hello, it's nine o'clock, i'm matt barbet, welcome to the programme. while i am sure a positive agreement can be reached, i am equally clear that no dealfor can be reached, i am equally clear that no deal for britain is better than a bad dealfor britain. for months this is what prime minister theresa may has been saying, that leaving the eu in just over six months‘ time without any deal might end up being the best option for britain. today brexit secretary dominic raab will release the first papers outlining the government's assessment of what the actual impact of leaving without a deal could be. we'll look at what a no—deal brexit might mean for you. also, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in england are getting their gcse results today, finding out how they did in a tougher, revised gcse exam system. most subjects are now being graded from nine to one. but what grade will students and teachers give the new system? i found it definitely a lot more challenging but also interesting, because obviously, it was a whole new system.

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and maybe want to take part in the programme, please include your phone number in your message. if you text, you'll be charged at the standard network rate. the government is publishing the first in a series of papers advising people and businesses on how to prepare for the uk leaving the european union without a negotiated agreement next march. the brexit secretary, dominic raab, says the plans will help to ensure the "smooth, continued functioning" of the uk economy. about 70 so—called technical notices will be issued during the next few weeks, covering sectors including farming, transport and medicine. ministers insist they're confident of securing a brexit deal. here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. as well as summer holidays, government ministers have been away on business over the last few weeks, touring the capitals of europe to talk up their plan for brexit. the agreement reached weeks ago by the cabinet at chequers has not been warmly welcomed by officials in brussels, which has meant more talk about the possibility of britain leaving the eu without a deal.

it does mean disruption to trade as we know it, and, as a consequence of that, a disruption to the level of economic activity. it makes sense to put those preparations in place for no deal, because we're in a negotiation. so we're taking sensible precautions, we're taking sensible measures, but we're working hard to get a good deal. hospitals and ambulance services have warned of a possible shortage of supplies. farms could be on the brink of collapse, according to the national farmers union. and a committee of mps said no deal would be a disasterfor the uk food and drink industry. the brexit secretary dominic raab said the government's technical notices will tackle what he called hair—raising scare stories. here at westminster, talk of leaving the eu without a deal is a sensitive subject. some see it as no bad thing. for others, it's the worst of all worlds. everyone, though, will be looking closely to see how the government has decided people should prepare. as the deadline for departure looms,

what life could be like outside the eu without a brexit deal is about to become a little clearer. jonathan blake, bbc news. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. good morning to you. apparently dominic raab is going to talk about doing something unilaterally today — what does he mean by that? that's right. he is making a speech at about 11 o'clock this morning setting out the government's approach and part of that approach he would say in the event of a no deal would be for britain to take what he calls unilateral action. it sounds pretty tough, doesn't it, but i think what it actually means is that in effect britain would have no choice but to continue to follow eu rules in many areas voluntarily immediately after brexit and then in his words diverged from the european union when we are ready. i think it might come as a disappointment to people who campaigned to leave the

eu. in other areas i think it is about the government stepping in, for example, making subsidies available to the farming industry which otherwise would currently come from brussels. on the one hand he has too try to tell people as he will do in his speech this morning that he thinks a good deal is within sight but also reassure businesses in particular that the government has been doing enough planning if everything goes wrong and that it is prepared for that type of outcome. in order to try to convince them that that is the case, there will be a whole range of things he will be covering, from organic food production to the financial services industry, 25 different areas what the government might do in the event of no deal. for example when it comes to medicines and blood supplies he will be saying we are largely self—sufficient when it comes to blood. and also in order to continue to do business on current terms inside the eu, banks, for example, can set up subsidiaries and so example, can set up subsidiaries and so they will not be cut out of the

financial markets. so there will be a lot more of that technical detail inafew a lot more of that technical detail in a few hours' time. thanks very much indeed, iain watson. annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. hundreds of thousands of teenagers in england, wales and northern ireland will be receiving their gcse results this morning. in england, 20 subjects have been marked with grades 9 to i replacing the old a* to g. the changes are part of a new approach designed to make the exams more demanding. elaine dunkley reports. as and bs, yes! that's good! under new changes, this is a thing of the past for gcse students in england. from today, it's out with letters, which have been replaced with numbered grades. most gcse subjects are now graded on a new scale from nine to one, as opposed to a* to g, with nine being the highest grade. i think we're used to it now, it's only teachers and students that but like, it's only

and students that are really used to it. like, parents or some employers might not understand. i found it definitely a lot more challenging but also interesting, because obviously it was a whole new system. and it's notjust the grades that are changing. there's less coursework and more emphasis on final exams to make gcses more challenging. fewer grade 9s will be awarded than a*s, meaning it will be harder to get top marks, and a grade 4 is broadly equivalent to a c grade. there's been very significant change in education with a—levels and as we're seeing today at gcse, that's put pressure undoubtedly on teachers, who haven't been able to rely on past papers in the way that they would, but i think it's also put huge pressure on young people, many of whom are doing six or more additional papers, they'll be doing 20 or more papers, with a great emphasis on exams, and they're worried that they're the guinea pigs in the system. there has been criticism that the reforms will lead to confusion amongst employers used to the old grading system, but the government says the new 9—1

grades are a better way to differentiate between the abilities of students. elaine dunkley, bbc news. the prime minister of australia, malcolm turnbull, who narrowly fought off a leadership challenge earlier this week, has said he'll quit if a second contest is approved by his party. he survived a vote on tuesday, but three more government ministers have now resigned, urging him to go. his challenger for leadership of the liberal party, peter dutton, has called for another ballot tomorrow. mr turnbull gave a statement to reporters. er, the reality is that a minority in the party room, supported by others outside the parliament, have sought to bully, intimidate others into making this change of leadership that they're seeking. a bbc investigation has found that ambulances from four different services took more than 2a hours to reach patients. trusts in east, south—east

and north—east england all had long delays, with the worst recorded in wales. ambulance trusts blamed the busy winter period and said they had to prioritise resources. the patients association calls the figures "extremely concerning". matt graveling reports. category i, the highest priority 999 call. the ambulance response in seven minutes or less can mean the difference between life and death. but calls like this can mean other patients must wait. it's my wife, she's fallen off a step and broke her wrist or leg or something, she can't move at all... this was not classed as category i. sylvia had broken a hip but had to wait on the floor while ambulances were diverted to more urgent calls. her daughter called again... unfortunatley we don't have any vehicles currently assigned at the moment. oh god, oh...

unfortunately we have been exceptionally busy in the area. i know, but two hours? south central ambulance service has apologised, saying there were nine patients in the local area with more serious or similar injuries awaiting a response, too. it took three and half hours for sylvia's ambulance to arrive, but our figures show that some patients have had to wait much longer. betweenjune 2017 and june 2018, ambulances from four different services took more than 2a hours to reach patients. these included people with breathing difficulties and mental health problems. the longest delays in the uk were recorded by the welsh ambulance service, which kept four patients waiting for more than 50 hours each. the service said the numbers were not typical. the trusts involved have said the longest waits were for less serious calls and said they had to prioritise resources to life—threatening emergencies. the government say they have recently announced an additional £36 million of funding to boost paramedic crews and improve ambulance fleets.

matt graveling, bbc news. a future labour government would consider levying a windfall tax on major tech companies such as google and amazon to subsidise journalism in the public interest. jeremy corbyn will float the idea in a speech at the edinburgh international television festival this morning, where he'll also propose changes to the way the bbc is funded. the conservatives said any additional charges on tech firms would be passed straight onto consumers. the us has imposed a new round of financial tariffs on chinese goods, worth almost £12.5 billion. duties will be collected on products ranging from motorcycles to steam turbines in an ongoing trade war between the two countries. china has responded by imposing tariffs of equal value on goods from america. over—the—counter medicines or more traditional remedies including honey should be the first line of treatment when suffering from a bad cough. according to new guidance from public health england and the national institute for health care excellence, the use of antibiotics will do little to speed up recovery and could even make

harmful bacteria stronger. one of america's longest running sitcoms, the big bang theory, is to come to an end next year after its upcoming 12th season. the show about socially inept scientists is watched by about 18 million people in the us. the production teams and cbs said in a joint statement they were "forever grateful" to the fans. a british—built laser satellite has been launched into space on a mission to provide meteorologists with better weather forecasts. the aeolus had been due to launch on tuesday but was postponed for 2h hour due to, you've guessed it, bad weather. the spacecraft blasted off late last night. the satellite, which was built in stevenage, is equipped with a powerful laser which will be able to directly measure wind speeds on earth from space.

that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9:30am. let's get some sport. olly foster is at the bbc sport centre. danny cipriani was up before the rfu last night, still paying the price for that night out in jersey. yeah. he spent five hours in front ofa yeah. he spent five hours in front of a rugby football union disciplinary panel in bristol last night, following his appearance in front ofjersey magistrates last week, he pleaded guilty to common assault and resisting arrest there after a nightclub incident on a pre—season tour with his club gloucester. his club also hit him with a fine and also a bit of community service, for ten hours. then the rfu got involved, charging him with conduct prejudicial to the

interests of the game, in their words. the players‘ association told the rfu to stay out of it because the rfu to stay out of it because the player had already been sanctioned twice, they said but the rfu stuck to their guns. here he is going into the panel yesterday. they reminded him of his position as a role modelled. remember this year he had been recalled by england, made his first start for ten years over the summer for a lee jones‘ his first start for ten years over the summer for a leejones‘ side. the rfu upheld the charge but let him off withjust the rfu upheld the charge but let him off with just a reprimand. gloucester still very unhappy, claiming that the rfu have singled him out because of his profile and all the media coverage over the past week. so he can now play and he might play in a pre—season friendly tonight against the dragons. switching to football, we heard last week about spain‘s decision, for la liga to perhaps play some games in the united states but some of the biggest players in la liga saying they are not happy about this? not at all. just go back ten years,

remember richard scudamore, the premier league chief executive proposed that 39th game to be played abroad and that was kicked into the long grass very quickly. but la liga have signed a 15 year deal to stage at least one match per season in the us. the players are up in arms. this is dem, a sign of solidarity, all ca pta i ns is dem, a sign of solidarity, all captains and vice—captains from the top teams are getting together, meeting with their union yesterday and they haven‘t ruled out going on strike. real madrid captain and sergio ramos, barcelona vice—captain sergio ramos, barcelona vice—captain sergio busquets, were among those players to discuss their concerns over the issue. la liga agreed the deal with a us media company last week, very vague about dates and seasons, week, very vague about dates and seasons, the players union says its members were not consulted. union chief was asked about strike action and he says, we will try not to

reach that extreme but we are willing to go to the end, if necessary. so, the players not happy at all about the idea that one of their regular—season matches will be played in the us. the globalisation of sport is fascinating, though, isn‘t it and let‘s just talk about formula 1. and we have been hearing from the son of michael schumacher? almost five years since michael schumacher had that skiing accident which left him in a coma the belgian grand prix at spa is coming up, a place that has played such an important part in michael schumacher‘s career. seven time champion, won his first race there, the first of six victories at spa. his 90 new rd son has spoken exclusively to the bbc and he is also a racing driver. his first formula 3 victory came at spa just a couple of weeks ago. that is him

driving one of his dad‘s old benetton car is which he won riff of his titles in in the mid nineties. he had a huge influence on me. as everybody knows, he‘s my idol. i‘m really following everything he did. you know, trying to look at something i can use myself. so, that had a huge role in how i am driving now. so, yeah, really happy about that. that exclusive interview with mick schumacher is on 5 live sport from 7.30 tonight. many thanks indeed. just last week the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt said in an interview that the uk leaving the eu with no deal would be a huge geo—strategic mistake that we would regret for generations — but despite such ominous warnings the the government is today publishing the first batch of its no—deal impact papers which will tell businesses and the general public what to do in the event of the uk

crashing out of the eu. ministers insist the so—called technical notices, covering issues including farming, financial services and medicine, are just part of planning for every eventuality. we‘ll be looking at some of these areas later but first, let‘s look at likelihood of securing a deal in the next six months. let‘s speak now to david henig, he‘s uk director at the european centre for international political economy and a former eu negotiator. jonathan lis, deputy director of the thinktank british influence, which champions the uk working closely with europe. and georgina wright, from the europe programme at independent policy institute chatham house. david, you‘re a former eu negotiator. why is the government putting out these no deal preparation papers?m

is part of the preparation the government should be doing that i think it is more about the state of the conservative party than the state of the negotiations. there is already plenty of information the eu has provided pretty clearly about what no deal means. this is going to be the uk equivalent, it will show that they are thinking about it but i don‘t think it is a serious negotiating move. ithink i don‘t think it is a serious negotiating move. i think it is more to say to the conservative party, we are preparing for every eventuality, we are not there to have a deal at any price. jonathan, do you think this is part of the deal process, looking like we‘re possibly getting ready for not having a deal, to ge things along? it is a bit like holding a gun to his head and saying, do you think i am crazy for doing this? what happens if he actually does do it? it is that crazy. first of all if you're planning to leave without a deal you should have issued these notices to years ago before you even tripled article 50. this far into the process nobody believes that we are

actually going to do this. even if the prime minister or her successor did plan to do this there would be uproar because it would have to be laid in place after december when the negotiations have broken down, the negotiations have broken down, the economy will start to collapse, public opinion will turn against it, mps will turn against it — no deal is not going to happen, this is wasting energy which could be expended elsewhere on actually getting a deal. georgina, this could be wise on the part of the government, to say, if it does happen, this is how you should prepare. on the other hand some people think if you give them a safety net you will be inclined to useit? safety net you will be inclined to use it? i am with jonathan, i think ano use it? i am with jonathan, i think a no deal is really unlikely. if you imagine no deal happening, the uk crashing out of the eu with no deal. at some point the eu and the uk are going to have to come back to the negotiating table and they are going to have to talk to each other. what is it going to do for political

trust? it is going to squander any lingering goodwill between them and it will make the atmosphere even worse. ijust don't think it's a price that's worth paying. theresa may thinks it is an even worse price to pay for a bad deal, no deal is better than a bad steel, she says?|j mean, better than a bad steel, she says?” mean, you know, then it is up to you to kind of make that planning and look at it from a strategic point of view and it does not really make much sense. obviously, economic repercussions are hard to quantify but there would be severe disruption and any disruption to trade inevitably means that it's going to become less efficient but more costly for producers. but then i also think politically, the uk government has said, we want a deal, the eu has said, we want a deal. and i think the recent press conference between dominic raab and michel barnier showed that that is what they are going to be doing. let's talk about dominic raab, jonathan, fairly new in thejob,

talk about dominic raab, jonathan, fairly new in the job, seems to have a bit more energy than perhaps his predecessor david davis... why are you laughing at that? well, yes, he is due to go there again next week and all that will be three times in and all that will be three times in a few weeks. he just likes hopping on the eurostar. no, that's what you‘ve got to do in negotiations, you‘ve got to do in negotiations, you‘ve got to put in the face time. but dominic raab is not in control of this show. who is, michel barnier? obviously, because he hasn't so much more power than the uk but theresa may and olly robbins, her sherpa as he is called, is running the show. all this is really about is about blackmailing the public and politicians. they want to scare people with this no deal... so this is project fear? it is project fear from the government, exactly, the government wants to scare us into thinking these terrible things are going to happen so that people run into the arms of the deal theresa may strikes. that is what this is about because they think

know deal is so terrible, any deal has to be better than that. that is the remainer point of view but there are plenty of brexiteers and plenty in parliament who think no deal is the best deal, busy working on world trade organisation rules because let‘s not forget plenty of countries don‘t have official deals with the european union but they still do business with them? they do but there are agreements which are set above the wto rules. that is the joint people have been making, including myself, which is wto rules is really a bad steel. you‘ve got the tariffs, all manner of barriers in place to sending goods and services... extra paperwork essentially. and that actually when we talk about wto rules, there are huge numbers of agreements and that evenif huge numbers of agreements and that even if we can‘t do a full, all singing, or dancing deal, we should still have those deals in place and

international negotiations take time. this is the big thing that‘s missing in all of this. you can‘t just go out in six months, you don‘t create international agreements in six months. certainly we have seen the deal canada has done, it has taken seven years, something like that. but the difference is that britain is part of the eu at the moment so our rules are already aligned so it shouldn‘t be that hard, certainly on the trade element, so what else is holding it up, ireland, gibraltar...?” element, so what else is holding it up, ireland, gibraltar...? ithink there is a point to be made about trade agreements, when you're striking eight trade agreement your trying to bring barriers down. now, at the moment we have the closest for the integration and basically we're talking about was recruiting new barriers in. and, you know, it's notjust new barriers in. and, you know, it's not just about having new barriers in. and, you know, it's notjust about having similar rules, similar rules helps but you still have lots of paperwork. if you're a british company and your exporting to the eu, all of a sudden you're going to have to fill in paperwork

to prove that your products meet those standards, you're going to have checks on the borders and all of those things take time. and at the moment we don't have to deal with that. but arguably more serious than that is the idea that we might not have enough medicine coming in. this isn‘t just not have enough medicine coming in. this isn‘tjust a trade thing which could be a of a shock to the economy couple, this could be life or death to some people? wto is about trade but no deal brexit is about all kinds of things, aviation, madsons, madsons come over the border. if the border gets clogged because the french are checking every single lorry, that means that insulin and radioisotopes will simply become useless at the border. the nhs is starting to stockpile in preparation for a no deal, which is what this is all? there are certain things you can‘t stockpile. the government is not all—powerful. there are some

things the government can manage and some they simply will not be able to do. we are talking a lot about ifs, buts and maybes, let‘s finish off with the three of you saying what you think will actually happen in march next year. we haven‘t even got onto the idea that there has been a time limit on this from the moment article 50 was triggered! but what will happen do you think in march, david? i think we're going to move into a transitional period, where more or less it looks like the same as we have now except we‘re no longer members of the eu. and then we will go into a long period of negotiations with the eu about the future. indefinite period potentially... ? future. indefinite period potentially. . . ? i think that we will probably get to the brink at some point towards the end of's year and i think there will be a real momentum for a new vote when people see what the options are and if there isn't a new vote then we will have a deal at the end of a

transition period which will last for a long time! any student will tell you when you have a deadline approaching you work just tell you when you have a deadline approaching you workjust a bit harder, don‘t you? approaching you workjust a bit harder, don't you? what do you think? it is worth remembering brexit is a political process but it is also a technical process of. if we think discussions so far have been complicated, let's wait until discussions about the future begin because that is going to be a whole new story. just give us a flavour, just to entice us. again on the eu side different member states are going to be impacted differently and they are going to have different priorities, there's going to be a lot of internal negotiations and then that makes the eu much more inflexible, because it's going to say, our position is now the outcome of compromise, how much can we actually budge to meet the uk's demands? we'll see! if the uk does do well out of this, has plenty of brexiteers will tell you, that it might entice some of the other 27 to think along those lines, too? it is

fascinating to see what will happen! still to come... they‘ve been billed as new tougher exams, this morning hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland are receiving their gcse results — we‘ll be with some of them. and how to make it big in the music biz. it‘s no longerjust about live tours and radio playlists, one of the best ways to breakthrough now is by having your music appear in video games. we‘ll speak to musicians about building a fan base this way. time for the latest news — here‘s annita. advice on what people and businesses can do, if the uk leaves the eu without a trade deal, will be released this morning. the brexit secretary, dominic raab, is expected to say the guidance will help make sure the economy continues to function smoothly in the event of a no—deal brexit, although he stresses he‘s confident an agreement will be reached. there‘s been a rise

in the overall proportion of gcse results reaching the pass levels. only 732 pupils across england who scored a clean sweep of top nine grades in all their gcse subjects. about 4% of entries received the top grade nine, as pupils took revised, more stretching gcse courses. an agreement has been reached in talks between ryanair and pilots‘ union forsa following a 22—hour negotiation session, the union has said. talks had been continuing to try to resolve the long—running dispute between the budget airline and forsa, which could bring an end to disruptive strikes. the proposed agreement will now be put to a ballot of members. a future labour government would consider levying a windfall tax on major tech companies, such as google and amazon, to subsidise journalism in the public interest. jeremy corbyn will float the idea in a speech at the edinburgh international television festival this morning, where he‘ll also propose changes to the way the bbc is funded. the conservatives said any

additional charges on tech firms would be passed straight onto consumers. some patients who have dialled 999 have had to wait more than 2a hours for an ambulance, according to a bbc investigation. the figures, which were ta ken between june 2017 and june this year, also showed that in one case a patient faced a 62—hour delay. the patients association says the findings are extremely concerning. over—the—counter medicines or more traditional remedies — including honey — should be the first line of treatment when suffering from a bad cough. according to new guidance from public health england and the national institute for health care excellence, the use of antibiotics will do little to speed up recovery and could even make harmful bacteria stronger. a british—built laser satellite has been launched into space on a mission to provide meteorologists with better weather forecasts. the aeolus

had been due to launch on tuesday but was postponed for 2h hours due to bad weather. the spacecraft blasted off late last night. the satellite, which was built in stevenage, is equipped with a powerful laser which will be able to directly measure wind speeds on earth from space. that‘s a summary of the latest bbc news. they will benefit from those forecasts next time they launch a rocket, one—day? here‘s some sport now with olly. the rugby football union have upheld their misconduct charge against danny cipriani after he was found guilty of common assault and resisting arrest in a nightclub incident in jersey last week. the gloucester and england fly—half had already been fined by the courts and his club and he will face no further sanction from the rfu. hampshire bastmanjames vince is expected to be recalled when england name their squad this afternoon for the fourth test against india. vince would replace

jonny bairstow who‘s broken a finger. stoke city are still without a win in the championship since being relegated from the premier league. last night they lost 3—0 at home to newly—promoted wigan athletic. players in spain‘s top diviison say they could strike over plans to schedule at least one game a season in the united states. la liga has signed a 15—year agreement with a us media company to do that, but players say they weren‘t consulted. i will be back with more sport after 10am. thanks very much. students are picking up their gcse results this morning. that feels like many years ago now. there has been a small rise in the number of pupils reaching the pass level — up to 66%. gone are a and a* in england, although not in wales and northern ireland. instead those english candidates who‘ve done exceptionally well will be getting 9s — and those who‘ve done less well get a one or ungraded.

it‘s a new marking system that‘s been rolled out across subjects in england this year — and the grades are supposed to give pupils more chance to excel. but have they infact caused teenagers extra stress? we spoke to some students to get their advice on how to cope on results day. exams don‘t define who you are. i was incredibly nervous for my results day. and so me and my friend had agreed that we'd get our results, and go to somewhere quieter away from everybody else. i failed my maths and english, which was pretty much a disappointment, considering english is a subject i love. but i decided to do it again. you can try as many times as you want to. no matter how you have done, there is the roads you can go down, there will be on the roads you can go down, you might have a career path you were set on one year and in the year after you decide you‘re going to do something else. there's people you can talk to on results day. careers advisers, teachers, who can help you with a path.

what should make you feel good on results day is not the great that you get on the paper, but the journey that he went on to get there, because it would have been difficult but you would have overcome so many obstacles. if you come out and you have failed half of them, you have three gcses, you‘re still yourself, you‘re not worth any more or any less. i have to say, is it me or our teenagers more impressive these days than when i was one? let‘s speak to our education correspondent elaine dunkley, who is at a school in east london. what is the atmosphere like there? incredible. welcome to the sydney russell school in dagenham, hundreds of stu d e nts russell school in dagenham, hundreds of students anxiously turning up to find out how all the hard work has paid off in the gcses. there has been major changes to the gcses in england, less emphasis on coursework and more emphasis on the final exam. results quantification has changed, instead of a* to g they get 1—9,

nine being the highest. how do you get on josh? really well, really happy with how it went. what are you most pleased with? happy with all of it but physics surprise me the most because i got a nine because that is usually my worst. you are right up there, you got the equivalent of a*. what was it like seeing the envelope? way i could explain it when you're told for a long time you are meant to achieve greatness and you get it you feel validated and it feels nice to achieve something. the gcses have changed for you and the other students. bid to have an impact? heavy impact, our year was difficult because even the teachers didn't know what to do, they over taught lots of things because they didn't know what to expect. obviously because we changed to numbers when we were doing it it was confusing to get used to because

everything shifted. there wasjust confusion really. gabrielle, you have a big smile, you looked nervous when you walked in, it turn out?” was nervous but i open my results and burst into tears because i was really happy. i did better in some subjects than expected so i worse really happy. what were you most proud of? geography, i got a nine i have not done so well in geography in year" so have not done so well in geography in year 11 so i'm happy with this nine because i worked really hard for it. when you tell your family and other people that you have a nine, do they understand what you have achieved and what the grid used to be in terms of higher than a*?” used the letter system still, i didn't use the numbers, i say it is a really high a*, i tell them as and bs still because they don't understand it. it is easier to tell

them the letters. you've done incredibly well, that is all you need to tell them. you did incredibly well. i did quite well. better than quite well peeping over there. even though i got a nine in other subjects the english one is the one i'm proud of the most because throughout the year i was getting sixes and fives and when i got eight in literature i was surprised because i didn't think i would do that well. wooded you get a nine in? maths, geography, biology, chemistry. that's incredible burqas just around 4% of those doing gcses in england got a nine. the principle is joining in england got a nine. the principle isjoining us now. how do you in england got a nine. the principle is joining us now. how do you feel today? as nervous as the children! it has been a difficult year, we didn't know what to expect, lots of turbulence for us, i think i'm feeling relieved, as if i've opened my own results. in terms of the changes had at the teachers cope because they are the ones teaching these courses, lots of it was new for them. it has been a tough few

yea rs, for them. it has been a tough few years, new syllabus, new linear exams, teachers have been unsure of what they are doing. in many ways, if i'm honest with you. teachers have been unsure of the boundaries, the grades, internal assessments have been difficult to gauge moving towards the gcses so it has been a challenging year for this year group. it is hard to look back at previous years because you are the new group, 20 gcses have been reformed this year, last year there we re reformed this year, last year there were changes to maths and english but this year there has been so much change. absolutely, it's been very difficult, even the new maths and english, we are only in the second year and we english, we are only in the second yearand we are english, we are only in the second year and we are getting to grips with those. it's been really challenging. you can't help but feel that these changes have come in at rapid pace all at once and we have had a situation change, the baby thrown out with bath water, it's been very difficult for us. but i'm very pleased for our students. these

quys very pleased for our students. these guys did exceptionally well and on top of getting fabulous grades, out in the corridor those who have done exceptionally well get a star with their name on and their achievements. a fantastic day for the students. i like that, it's like hollywood! congratulations to all of them. we will talk more about gcses shortly. some breaking news, estimated net migration was 87,000 in the year to march 2018, the new figuresjust doubt, in the year to march 2018, the new figures just doubt, the lowest level in more than five years from the eu to the uk, undoubtedly to do with brexit. more on that in the next hour. dominic raab said if there are any eu nationals hereafter brexit worried about staying will be absolutely fine. back to the gcses now. let‘s speak now to malcolm trobe,

deputy general secretary of the association of school and college leaders — which represents head tecachers and college principles. alan woods, chief executive of the vocational training charitable trust — an apprenticeship body. nansi ellis, head of education at the? national education union, who has designed the gcse syllabus in the past and edward hemmings, he recruits apprentices into hairdressing. would be a make of the new system of 1-9? it is difficult on the contents have been made harder, deliberately so, and the way the exams have been set they can become parabolika the yea rs set they can become parabolika the years which means the number of points you need to get to pass or get a good pass has obviously had to go down a bit so that you can compare with previous years. so the amount of stress this has put on stu d e nts

amount of stress this has put on students and on teachers teaching them is quite incredible. did a poll of students, teachers just at the end of last term, where we polled secondary teachers who told us they we re secondary teachers who told us they were seeing an the number of stu d e nts were seeing an the number of students they were seeing suffering from stress and anxiety purely because of the exams they are taking. those teenagers we heard elaine talking to seemed remarkably well adjusted and very impressive results as well. absolutely. do you think going from a* down to 1—9 is a good thing? it has been done so that we can see more of the differentiation between the differentiation between the different grades so that you can see what students have done a bit better with all of that. so there are good things in that. as the teacher on the clip said we have thrown the baby out with the bath water of it. because the content has got harder

and lots of teachers are saying they have to teach this over three years rather than two to fit in the content rather than two to fit in the co nte nt we rather than two to fit in the content we a re rather than two to fit in the content we are narrowing the curriculum for students lower down the school as they are having to make choices earlier. there are downsides to all of that as well. this is in a school system, primary and secondary, where kids are being tested much younger than other countries, sa ps tested much younger than other countries, saps in primary schools, the stress starts to early. we won‘t get into all of that but let‘s comeback to the here and now, what is your view malcolm, that having all of these grades? —— sats. why didn‘t they make one the best rather than nine? we have to congratulate the youngsters on what they have achieved today. we have talked a lot about the top grades but we must recognise the achievement of the youngsters right across the ability range and what they have achieved. what we are trying to do here with the new grading system is to

discriminate a little bit more, to differentiate between those who significantly are more able so you are seeing effectively what was the original b and c grade stretched out into more grades. i think it plays into more grades. i think it plays into more grades. i think it plays into more anxiety for teenagers. if you had got all bs several years ago but if you‘re getting six knowing full well there are three more grades above that you will feel like a comparative failure when you shouldn‘t. a comparative failure when you shouldn't. that's right and what we are seeing is we are getting reported to us, and we have done a quick survey of our members who are saying youngsters are finding the whole system much more stressful. they are sitting a lot more exams. they are sitting a lot more exams. they are sitting a lot more exams. they are now all for nothing exams

because effectively the grades all count on what you are doing in may orjune this year. we have lost a lot of the flexibility we had in the system. it is difficult and if you we re system. it is difficult and if you were expecting to get the top grade and you slip one you are going to feel i've not quite done what i should have done. when those kids could be saying i got all as and you gotan could be saying i got all as and you got an eight instead of a nine. hierarchies are being closed or love life, closing the gap between the top and bottom but now there are more grades to contend with. —— or love life. in the past you would be graded within your course but you are now being graded in apprenticeships as well. a lot of this is driven by employers who are saying they want to see the differentiation between students, that there were too many people getting a and they wanted to see who

the top people work so the government's response has been to make sure is a wider differentiation of scaling. let me come to you. i know that things need to progress in terms of grades and attainment and teaching but do you think there is a bit of a backlash that will help kids who don‘t get their academic achievement to get more into vocational lives by apprenticeships? should they be bolstered at the same time too? very much so. our concern is that there is the emphasis on the actual grade, not an emphasis on what happens after. the country, brexit or no brexit needs skills and these skills need to be taught. and actually whether you get a one or a nine there is no reason why you can‘t go into a traineeship, apprenticeship, and start learning your skills early in order tojoin

the workplace earlier. there definitely needs to be more emphasis on what happens afterwards, definitely, absolutely. it was the new labour government that wanted to get 50% of kids into universities and perhaps promote the idea that not going to university and doing something vocational was just as good. do you think that attitude has changed now or has it got a way to go? it has got a way to go but it is starting to change and parents are starting to change and parents are starting realise that their kids are going to be in a huge amount of debt with no guarantee of our £100,000 job, aged 22 with a degree, whereas some of the kids joining job, aged 22 with a degree, whereas some of the kidsjoining in industry aged post—gcse by that age are owning their own businesses and we have trained people who are running two and three salons aged 20, 21. they are actually providing, paying their taxes, putting back into the economy, while some of their friends

are still looking for thatjob. economy, while some of their friends are still looking for that job.” think of my own brother in this, he is dyslexic, by his own admission he was a very average is dyslexic, by his own admission he was a very average gcse student coming winter agricultural college and did a vocational course and now ru ns and did a vocational course and now runs his own business that has a very good turnover and he makes a good living. down to hard work, that‘s the biggest thing my brother does but it‘s not all about the grades and perhaps we need to remember that, don‘t we? grades and perhaps we need to remember that, don't we? absolutely and part of the problem is, yes, we need to think beyond the grave degrades as students get older but if you are focused so much on the academic subjects and passing those exams from the age of 1a and earlier than that and there isn‘t the space to be thinking about the skills you need to be learning, what other vocational areas you might be looking into and so will leave all of that in secondary schools get to your gcse grades and beyond, in fa ct. your gcse grades and beyond, in fact. so i think what we need to do, not only should we be looking at the broader academic curriculum but also have the opportunity within

secondary schools right from year seven and probably in primary as well to be really thinking about employment skills and the things that you need in order to order to develop to get the job, to be an entrepreneur, or whatever it is so that you have a balance of those things and notjust that that you have a balance of those things and not just that focus that you have a balance of those things and notjust that focus on passing exams and getting those grades and then what to do afterwards. absolutely right, i didn‘t get the grades, i failed at a—level, i‘m pinching myself now 20 yea rs a—level, i‘m pinching myself now 20 years later. thank you forjoining us. really good discussion about that. well done if you got good gcses this morning. if you‘re a band looking at ways to promote your music around the world, the traditional routes would be to get it played on radio, on the likes of mtv and to go on tour. gigging as much as you can. but a leading video game executive has said that there is another route — getting your tracks onto video games. simon schnur, president of music at game publisher ea, says the gaming industry is helping

the music industry thrive on entirely new levels and that tracks featured on games will be heard around the world one billion times, claiming that no medium in the history of recorded music can deliver such massive and instantaneous global exposure. in a moment we‘ll speak to musicians and a music industry executive. we‘ll also speak to jessica curry, a composer who works on video games. let‘s have a listen to some of her work. it‘s all over. i‘m the only one left. i watched a butterfly dancing in a strip of sunlight. all of its life contained in a single day. oh, god, what‘s happening to me? i couldn't...

it's me! can you hear me? are you hurt? the end is coming now. i‘m not afraid. what a lovely piece of music that was. we can speak now to charlie burley ? a member of the band april towers who had a song featured on ea‘s football game fifa 2016. jessica curry ? composer and presenter of classic fm show high score ? a video game music show. she also runs a video game company. and sarah pickering is head of creative at sony/emi. charlie, to you first. how important

was it to you to get your tune onto fifa? o'connor yeah, it was definitely the most significant moment in my band‘s career. it definitely propelled us to a new audience and we wouldn‘t necessarily have had had we not been on the game. we noticed in particular when we released our album that we had such a wide range of we were shipping out to. i think that fifa fundamentally was the reason behind that. i would definitely say that‘s the reason for the widespread exposure as such. i have a bit of experience at this, as it happens, because a mate of mine was in a band based in los angeles and they had a tune featured on fifa 2008 and i texted him last night and asked if he make decent money. he says, i‘m afraid i do know the out, i think he‘s lying, but that and make good money from licensing to tv and film, so much so we pay back our entire publishing deal of $70,000 within a year, which is mind blowing. it was

the future then and it‘s even more so now, jessica. absolutely. i have to say personally the games industry has transformed my entire career to a level i didn't know was possible and it has brought so many amazing opportunities for me. i've won a bafta, i present the classic fm show andl bafta, i present the classic fm show and i was at the royal albert hall present in evening of video game music, having my own music performed at the royal albert hall, the games by composers have been exhibited at art houses across the world. we had art houses across the world. we had a bit of your music and it is lovely. i like it but it is no tetris and super mario, these are the tunes i grew up simultaneously alongside guns and roses and a—ha and the rest of it, the songs are

almost as important as the regular ones. that's the amazing thing about games, often you put in hundreds of hours in and even campaign games you put in 70—80 hours of gameplay in so the music that accompanies those experiences is important and become locked in emotionally so gamers feel a real ownership of the music they are listening to and makes them very loyal fans. charlie, as are listening to and makes them very loyalfans. charlie, as a are listening to and makes them very loyal fans. charlie, as a songwriter and having gone through this process with fifa and we all know it‘s a massive game, does it change the way you approach writing songs afterwards ? you approach writing songs afterwards? not at all, we didn't exactly afterwards? not at all, we didn't exa ctly go afterwards? not at all, we didn't exactly go around planning to write a song for a football game, itjust kind of happened and it was a happy coincidence. i think the minute you, asa band, coincidence. i think the minute you, as a band, gear yourself towards writing a particular thing you will fall flat on your feet. for us it was a case ofjust doing what we are doing and sometimes you find a happy formula where it works and it is

accessible for that sort of market. that sort of track just happened accessible for that sort of market. that sort of trackjust happened to work and it was a happy accident. simon from ea said it would have been heard 1 billion times. it is a mind blowing number. are there any downsides to be in one of video game? are you pigeonholed as being video game artists? charlie. yeah, u nfortu nately i video game artists? charlie. yeah, unfortunately i think there is a stigma attached to it and you don‘t wa nt to stigma attached to it and you don‘t want to be that band that was on the game but sometimes that can be the case. it all depends if you move on from that point and progress. for us it has been difficult because we hit that height and then it is difficult to sustain the same number of streaming levels and views when you have had a song on a video game and that‘s the noticeable thing. you can‘t was put yourself in that position of saying is this some worse than the song because it has a temper the number of streams? you can temper the number of streams? you ca n start temper the number of streams? you can start questioning yourself if you look too much into that —— a

tenth of the number of streams. do you play fifa ? tenth of the number of streams. do you play fifa? i used to. it is great for charlie getting his songs heard but he‘s an artist, he‘s not a businessman. the idea of being heard by1 billion people, great, but it doesn‘t mean his necessarily going to be able to carry on writing brilliant songs afterwards. no, but i work brilliant songs afterwards. no, but iwork in brilliant songs afterwards. no, but i work in the synch industry, music for synchronisation of this is music because it's been heard on a game but there is television, adverts, charlie could write another hit that is heard on an advert. i think the great thing about all of this exposure is it isjust another avenue for artists to be heard that might not be heard in the charts

necessarily. is a problem, though? artists are about the art and about the music. should they be thinking so commercially about it? if i write this it could be on an advert or a tv show? to come back to my mate who had experience of this in the states. he said from the mid—2000s music supervisors on shows like boc and one tree hill worked hard to include new artists but they are burning through them and those artists are burning out because they cannot hit those highs again —— the 0c. we have the same thing now on made in chelsea and its often called the john lewis effect, we meet so many bands who come through our doors and sync is such a big thing for them now because although they are not necessarily writing for sync, like charlie said they are not writing to get that thing on a game thatjust got picked up to go on again, that's the secret, to make sure everybody still writing for themselves that there are so many

mediums to get music out there now. we get artists coming through now who are saying we would to be on fifa, this is what we want to do because this is where we have seen. but they are not writing for fifa, they're just giving us their music and saying anything that works, we are still working of a brief that comes through from the people making the games and they are saying, please make sure we are to the opportunities. jessica, it is great and something more authentic if people play these games, they are not just selling their wares people play these games, they are notjust selling their wares to the highest bidder and hoping they are seen by1 billion players around the world. do you think that‘s where it is going to go? there has to be more authenticity to musicians being involved in any area, notjust games. the wonderful thing about the world of games composers is we come from all walks of life, people from rock, pop, metal in terms of doom, classical. so we were all doing other things pretty successfully before we started writing music for

games but we found a passion for something we really wanted to do and if that is going to carry on we are going to find people who just love writing music and that's the great thing about it, there is a lot of authenticity within the games community and music being written for it is getting better and better. orchestras around the world are realising, the london symphony orchestra is playing at the rpo and incredible concert halls around the world. classic fm is a niche home for it. i'm going to write a wrap to make my millions! . bit of a musical theme to the weather, sunshine in scarborough, plenty of sunshine after the rain overnight. for others they might be singing here comes the rain again because we have chows across and heavy rain across northern ireland sinking

southwards into parts of southern and western scotland and northern england. we have a second band of rain stretching from east anglia down towards south west england and it is already fizzling out. we will keep an eye on this band of rain moving across from northern ireland into northern england down into parts of northern wales this afternoon. becoming more patchy and showery as it does so. behind that a few showers across northern ireland, and western scotland, elsewhere sunshine, gentle to moderate breeze, locally quite gusty for the western isles of scotland and northern ireland. quite a fresh, cool feel to the day, temperatures not higher than 14—16, still holding onto someone‘s across south—east england, 22 or 23 celsius but not for long. any showers passing through this evening will be in the fresh air. we will keep some showers going overnight for northern ireland, northern and western scotland, a few filtering down into northern england and north wales. elsewhere, dry, clearer skies, much fresher night

for england and wales, blows between 9-12dc, a for england and wales, blows between 9—12dc, a few degrees cooler in rural parts of scotland. we are in this fresh air to end the week, priskin north—westerly wind and in that wind direction we will see quite a few showers feeding into northern ireland, western, northern scotla nd northern ireland, western, northern scotland and don‘t don mcgahn to north wells. quite a brisk breeze so the showers will filter their way further south and eastwards through the day, maybe they rumble of thunder, dry on the southern and eastern coats, tests but nowhere immune from a shower, highs of 18 or i9. immune from a shower, highs of 18 or 19. a chilly start on saturday but dry with sunshine and with an area of high pressure building through saturday we should see fewer showers, not completely dry but most escaping with a mainly dry day. temperatures 1a or 15 in parts of scotla nd temperatures 1a or 15 in parts of scotland and northern ireland, 18—20 in england and wales. on sunday the area of high pressure starts to drift away, the fronts start gathering out of the west, increasing the cloud, and sunday outbreaks of rain

arriving into northern ireland, wales, south—west england. further east just about escaping, wales, south—west england. further eastjust about escaping, mainly dry into the afternoon particularly on eastern coasts, the best of the sunshine here but we will maintain that fresher and cooler feel. goodbye. hello, it‘s thursday, it‘s ten o‘clock, i‘m matt barbet. our top story — the government is issuing advice today telling people how to plan for a no—deal brexit. if we think discussions so far have been complicated, let‘s wait until discussions about the future begin! we‘ll look at what a no—deal brexit might mean for you. there‘s been a small rise in the pass rate for new, tougher gcses. girls have continued to do better than boys overall in the wake of the biggest shake—up of the exams for a generation. it has been a difficult year, we didn't know what to expect, a lot of turbulence for us, so i think i'm

feeling relief! we‘ll be hearing from more students and teachers later in the show. and jeremy corbyn says a windfall tax could be levied on tech giants such as google, amazon and facebook to pay for public interest journalism. good morning, it‘s 10 o‘clock. here‘s annita is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day‘s news. advice on what people and businesses can do if the uk leaves the eu without a trade deal will be released this morning. the brexit secretary, dominic raab, is expected to say the guidance will help make sure the economy continues to function smoothly in the event of a "no—deal" brexit, although he stresses he‘s confident an agreement will be reached. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have begun receiving their gcse results. under a new system, most are being graded from 9 for the highest achievements to 1. 4% of exams were given a 9. the overall pass rate rose by a half of 1% tojust under 67%.

estimated net migration of european union citizens into britain fell to its lowest level since 2012 during the year to march, according to official data. the office for national statistics said 87,000 more eu citizens moved to britain than left it during the year to march 2018, 13,000 less than a year ago. overall net migration into britain rose to 270,000 in the year to march. an agreement has been reached in talks between ryanair and pilots‘ union forsa following a 22—hour negotiation session, the union has said. talks had been continuing to try to resolve the long—running dispute between the budget airline and forsa which could bring an end to disruptive strikes. the proposed agreement will now be put to a ballot of members. a future labour government would consider levying a windfall tax on major tech companies, such as google and amazon, to subsidise journalism in the public interest. jeremy corbyn is delivering a speech at the edinburgh international television festival this morning, where he‘s proposing changes to the way the bbc is funded.

the conservatives said any additional charges on tech firms would be passed straight onto consumers. some patients who have dialled 999 have had to wait more than 2a hours for an ambulance, according to a bbc investigation. the figures, which were ta ken between june 2017 and june this year, also showed that in one case a patient faced a 62—hour delay. the patients association says the findings are "extremely concerning". a british—built laser satellite has been launched into space on a mission to provide meteorologists with better weather forecasts. the aeolus had been due to launch on tuesday but was postponed for 2h hours due to, you‘ve guessed it, bad weather. the spacecraft blasted off late last night. the satellite, which was built in stevenage, is equipped with a powerful laser which will be

able to directly measure wind speeds on earth from space. that‘s a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10.30. still to come, the big bang theory is coming to an end to. i have never seen it! we will be looking at that. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag victoria live. if you‘re emailing and are happy for us to contact you, and maybe want to take part in the programme — please include your phone number in your message. if you text, you‘ll be charged at the standard network rate. let‘s get some sport now. olly foster is at the bbc sport centre. former england playerjeremy guscott

says danny cipriani‘s england career will not have been ruined by the latest arrest following an incident ata latest arrest following an incident at a nightclub injersey. the rfu upheld their own misconduct charge after a five—hour hearing last night. but they let him off with a reprimand. jeremy guscott says cipriani should not now be ignored by the england head coach eddie jones. i believe he will give danny his opportunity to let rugby do the talking. this was an incident a way from england. they weren‘t in the england squad, it was a club tour to jersey and i hope he does let the by jersey and i hope he does let the rugby do the talking because danny has played so well in the last few yea rs, has played so well in the last few years, cameo appearance in the second test in the summer was good, he got a call—up for the third test and he put a lovely little ball in forjonny may to score the try. so he‘s got the talented. danny will sutton lisbie hoping that this does not affect his selection. after defeat to india at trent bridge

yesterday england will be naming their squad for the next test this afternoon. changes are expect to. especially in the batting line—up with james vince likely to be recalled as cover forjonny ba i rstow, recalled as cover forjonny bairstow, who‘s broken finger. england are still 2—1 up in the five match series. the players in spain‘s top division could go on strike in response to la liga‘s plans to stage one match a season in the us. representatives from all 20 sides met their union yesterday, including real madrid captain sergio ramos and barcelona vice—captain real madrid captain sergio ramos and barcelona vice—ca ptain busquets. real madrid captain sergio ramos and barcelona vice—captain busquets. a 15 year deal with a us media company was agreed last week to take la liga matches to the states. the union says its members were not consulted by the league and asked about a possible strike action the players chief said, we will try not to reach that extreme but we are willing to go to the end if necessary. now, at the belgian grand prix at spa this

weekend and seven time champion michael schumacher won his first race there there in 19 92 getting six victories in total there. his teenage son won his first formula 3 race their last month and he has been speaking exclusively to the bbc. this was him last year at spa driving one of his father‘s old benneteau in cars. it is almost five yea rs benneteau in cars. it is almost five years since schumacher senior was placed in a coma following a skiing accident. is son has been talking about how his father has shipped his own racing career. he had a huge influence and i am following everything he did and he had a huge role in how i am driving now so i‘m really happy about that. that is the sport for now.

the latest migration figures have just been published — the estimated net long—term migration to the united kingdom from the eu was 87,000 in the year to march 2018, the lowest level in more than five years. the overall figure for net migration to the uk was 270,000. daniel sandford is our home affairs correspondent. very low, as opposed that is unsurprising given the brexit background but put the figures into context for us? definitely the headline from this morning is this ongoing reduction in enthusiasm for eu citizens to come and work here. it's eu citizens to come and work here. it‘s still positive there‘s still a net increase in the number of eu citizens coming here but each year since 2015 we‘ve seen it dropping down a little bit, essentially since the brexit vote, whether that is to do with changes in economics or a sense of feeling less welcome or a sense of feeling less welcome or a sense that britain is going to be a different sort of place. to give you an idea, 189,000 eu citizens came to

britain in the year to march of this year but in the same time 87,000 left. so, when you split it up, you get this reduction in this positive figure but it is still a positive figure. and overall we have still got this net migration of 271,000 coming into the uk so you have still got more people moving to the uk then leaving. so, a population increase partly driven by that. another interesting set of figures coming out this month gina labour force survey, a different way of estimating how many people are in work in the uk and the eu citizens heart of that has had its most significant drop since records began in 1997. it has gone down by 87,000 in the year to june. in 1997. it has gone down by 87,000 in the year tojune. that‘s really quite interesting. but still, a long way off the target? yeah, the

government is still saying it has this aspiration that it wants to reduce immigration to what it calls the tens of thousands. that means under 100,000. that still looks unachievable in the current immigration environment. some very significant things would have to change for that to be possible. for the government to achieve that figure. it will be interesting to see what the figures will be next year, see what the figures will be next yea r, close to see what the figures will be next year, close to a brexit, no deal or otherwise. but also we have seen in the last couple of days the mood music from the government, dominic raab, saying, don‘t be alarmed, eu citizens, you don‘t all have to leave and go back to europe, you‘re going to be ok if you stay. do you think that could impact migration? obviously, messages from the government are important but i think a lot of these migrants have made decisions based frankly on their wallet. they have made calculations

that britain is a place where they could come and make money and have a good quality of life for their family. i think if that changes, then the figures can change more dramatically. i think the problem for the government is trying to deal with that sort of general public mood which is affect by the brexit phot, that people felt uncomfortable about the large numbers of people that were moving to britain and how you deal with that. but at the same time making sure that the economy doesn‘t fall off a cliff because there isn‘t anyone to do the work. quite. because we have still got quite high levels of employment in this country. so, while the government wants to make sure that that sense of disquiet about community changing too fast is dealt with, at the same time if you cut off the labour supply, then there is a turning point. there is indeed. the government will today publish the first batch of its no—deal impact papers that detail what preparations should be made in the event the uk leaves europe without a deal.

the release will come at 11.30 and is expected to cover the health and finance sectors, amongst others. but what does this advice mean in real terms? we‘ll look at the potential implications of a no—deal on health and finance and discuss how these might be mitigated. let‘s talk to mark dayan from health research organization the nuffield trust, professor amelia hadfield, director of the centre for european studies at canterbury christ church university, which hasjust completed a report on health care in the event of an extreme brexit, and ceo of crowdfunding service money and co, nicola horlick, who is also a director of an nhs foundation trust. i would like to come to you first because a lot of people‘s worries and we have heard it from people in nhs england only this week, worries centre ring around a life and death situation regarding medicines and healthcare provision — could that be the case in a no deal brexit? yes, i think it could. i think we would

like to distinguish between a no deal brexit, which i think would be something of a cataclysm and just a ha rd something of a cataclysm and just a hard brexit, which would entail the management of the regulator which structures with which the uk could be aligned. but i think the central figure is a complete drop—off in terms of eu labour, eu skills, eu talent upon which the nhs specifically relies. the work that we have done in canterbury sees that asa we have done in canterbury sees that as a real problem in the short and indeed the long—term. as a real problem in the short and indeed the long-term. mark, brexiteers would say because i should say you are all pro—remain... you are wavering? is an institution we do not have a position of brexit, it isjust we do not have a position of brexit, it is just about what kind we do not have a position of brexit, it isjust about what kind of brexit would work best. brexiteers would say this is project fear, we are not going to fall off a cliff, and we hear about stockpiling medicines, we should be prepared and maybe this no deal advice isjust a part should be prepared and maybe this no deal advice is just a part of that? yes, i think that is it. the difference between this and the sort

of project fear that we heard about the economic impact of brexit is that this isn't some sort of long—term projection on some quite sophisticated mathematics which could be wrong or right, this is about some really concrete things which will change in the event of a no deal, which i think is still unlikely by the way. it would mean that you would have to have a lot more checks basically straightaway on products and medicines coming into the uk. you would have to write a lot more cheques as well u nfortu nately! a lot more cheques as well unfortunately! yes. and you would have to have people with special certificates saying they can inspect things... it's quite difficult to see how you can argue that that will make no impact. i think that's why quite rightly civil servants and planners have been looking at things like stockpiling. it is drastic as you say and it will cost money but i think it is a realistic thing to do and that is what we have been looking at in that event. nicola, you also have involvement in the nhs. there are still those who vociferously say the nhs will benefit, there will be more money after this, especially if there is a no deal brexit, because we might get

out of paying any divorce bill and that could benefit the nhs? well, i think that claim which was made during the referendum of £350 million a week for the nhs has been totally discredited. i think a lot of brexiteers... it was based upon the gross amount that we pay and did not into account the rebates. it is absolutely not going to be the case that the nhs is going to be better off terrible but there might be more money at the end of this whole scenario for the nhs? there are so many other causes and people knocking on the government's door saying they need more money. the research budget is going to have to be propped up because we're not getting as much money from europe. wales needs propping up, northern ireland, cornball... wales needs propping up, northern ireland, cornball. .. a wales needs propping up, northern ireland, cornball... a lot of money has poured into the poorest parts of britain from the eu. more than has poured out? no. 7 billion is not a big figure. we were net contributors, weren‘t we? big figure. we were net contributors, weren't we? some or has gone out? spending 120 billion

on health, 7 billion on its own is not going to change the course of the health service. more went out when we were part of the european union and continues to do so? very marginally so. to say there is going to be more money available for the nhs isjust to be more money available for the nhs is just nonsense. to be more money available for the nhs isjust nonsense. it is a fact is that the figures say that we spent more than we got back. you are also an expert in business and we‘ve already seen the european union putting out its own advice for what businesses should do in the event of ano businesses should do in the event of a no deal brexit — have you had a look at that and do you think it is right that we should be doing the same? because business and finance isa same? because business and finance is a huge driver of our economy? well, there is a bit of a difference between business and finance. finance, we are a global centre for finance. we are the european centre for finance certainly. so this is a very, very key point. what is going to happen? because finance, i know a

lot of people feel antipathy towards the industry because of what happened in 2008 but it has been a huge driver of growth in our country over the last 30 years. and what i think people fail to realise is that these big financial services companies are a bit like a pyramid, you‘ve got a small number of people at the very top who generate the revenue is. so what i think will happen if there is no deal is that those people generating the revenues will be moved to paris, frankfurt or maybe just back to the us... will they be missed one cash the point is that the revenues will go to another country and we will lose a vast amount of tax take. it is a bit like amazon and google. doing lots of business in the uk but booking the revenue someone else, which is of course a huge complaint. well, that‘s what‘s going to happen in finance and it‘s going to be incredibly bad for our economy. on the other hand, mark, the government is looking at lowering corporation tax and making it more attractive to do business in this country, which if it is competitive against the likes of ireland and luxembourg then we can attract more business to

replace the stuff that not an expert in finance so i could not tell you how likely that is to work. coming back to the nhs and the health sector, that there is a tricky thing where you face a bit of a difficult decision which is, after brexit will we let the eu keep inspecting medicines for us? in a way that would be better for the nhs because it means we can still buy supplies for a wider area. indeed the government has said they want us to stay pa rt of government has said they want us to stay part of the eu system, although whether they will be able to negotiate that or not i'm not sure. but also if you can do your inspections to sell to the uk in the eu, well, that potentially creates quite an incentive to shift operations to the eu. that's why i think the government approach, which you saw for example in theresa may's chequers plan to try and keep us in the single market for medicine specifically, i think we welcome that. the big question is, can they manage to negotiate that in the context of a brexit negotiation

where they are trying to pull out of the single market? i hope they can but i don't think you would be totally sure. there was quite a reaction to the supposed chequers deal, it probably had more holes than swiss cheese but do you think at least it got the conversation going again and moving in the right direction and this advice out today is just direction and this advice out today isjust a part direction and this advice out today is just a part of that? direction and this advice out today isjust a part of that? well, the chequers project certainly pushed the idea that a soft brexit was still on the table, and i think the problem with that is that itjust deepened the divide within the cabinet once again. it has suggested that maybe customs agreement might be the next possible step, the third idea in this. how would that work? well, it is sort of an average of the previous wreath customs agreements which came out last year. it is really a combination of enhanced technology in terms of being able to charge goods coming across the border. but also it certainly depends upon a degree of regulatory equivalents. and i think thatis regulatory equivalents. and i think that is what pulls together

healthcare and the financial services conversations, the need to try and re—establish even from third state status that britain will become after brexit, some degree of sustainable regulatory equivalents which works both for the healthcare industry and for the financial services. it's mindbending, isn't it, all of this. a lot of the sticking points are actually quite simple task and one of those is having no border between northern ireland and the republic — can they square that circle? well, that's not simple. it is simple to understand, not to solve! it is very hard to solve! and that one of the major problems which has been discussed over the last 18 months between michel barnier and the uk, what are we going to do about that? i am old enough to remember how terrible it was when northern ireland had the real troubles and things were really dire and terrible. the idea that we're just going to throw away the good friday agreement and just not

bother about northern ireland, that is not acceptable. to finish off, do you think we will do a deal? yes, we will add it will be a terrible deal and my view is that we must have another referendum. amelia? the deal will not be nearly as effective i think as the soft brexit option and we should certainly have a vote on the deal. and martin? i do not have a position on whether we should have a position on whether we should have a vote, i hope we can get deal which delivers what healthcare we need, it ina high delivers what healthcare we need, it in a high degree of alignment would be better. at the end of the day i think any deal we are likely to get is probably better than a no deal from the nhs's point of view so i hope that we can sort something out. thank you all very much indeed. coming up... we will bring you some ofjeremy corbyn‘s speech later on. there‘s been a rise

in the number of pupils passing their gcses following the biggest shake up to the exam system in a generation. there‘s a new grading system for students in england with students being awarded results on a scale of 9 to 1 with 9 being the highest. just 4 per cent of students got that top grade 9 and just over 700 students got a clean sweep of 9s in all subjects. while about two thirds of students were awarded a 4, equivalent to a c. that‘s slightly up on last year. let‘s speak now to najma khan, she‘s from pakistan and has done a maths degree in the uk but has had to do a maths gcse before being able to teach. she got her results today. skye turner struggled with his identity during exams the first time and has now resat his english gcse. darcie thomas had mental health problems during her gcses so has also resat her exams with skye at liverpool city college. and katie spall alsojoins us,

she‘s the assistant principal at liverpool city college. good to see you all, some smiles there, not so many others. you have a degree in maths, you don‘t need a gcse, do you? that's correct. it was quite surprising when i found that out but having said that, i think it was a berry necessary experience to go through. ok, how did it go? it went really well, i was really elated to get 8. and i would like to say that when i was going through the process of the gcse contents, i found, even though i have done a degree there were some areas which we re degree there were some areas which were never touched upon when i was doing my degree so i think it gave mea doing my degree so i think it gave me a good subject knowledge. like, for example, circle theorems and some probability and trigonometry

whenever being touched upon when i was doing my degree because my degree was more specific with number theories and optimisation and differential equations. so, iwas happy that i actually got this exposure and i think it was a good experience. i would definitely say it was necessary because as a teacheri it was necessary because as a teacher i think when i‘m going into the classroom i should be confident about all the contents, about all the concepts and i think it was a very necessary experience. worthwhile, then, going back and doing what is effectively a lesser exa m doing what is effectively a lesser exam compared to a degree. congratulations forgetting 8 which is the equivalent of a*. darcie, how did you find the process? it was definitely a challenge, it was a lot of ha rd definitely a challenge, it was a lot of hard work and revision went into it. i have sat gcses on the old spec and on the new spec and i have definitely noticed that there is a jump, definitely noticed that there is a jump, iguess, in definitely noticed that there is a jump, i guess, in how hard you have to work to get the top grades. how

did you get on? i ended up getting an8as did you get on? i ended up getting an 8 as well. so i was really happy. you should be. skye, what has your experience been? so, it was the third time i had reset it and to go from the old spec to the new spec was a big from the old spec to the new spec wasa bigjump from the old spec to the new spec was a big jump because it has gone from coursework to two exams which... ifreak from coursework to two exams which... i freak out when it comes to exams so it was quite scary for me. you're not alone in that, plenty of people freak out with exams. do you think there should be more coursework options perhaps like they used to be? yes, definitely, i think it can be quite unfair. when i originally did them i did really well on the coursework but failed miserably in the exams. even though i passed it was very scary and i was very stressed. i came out of the exa m very stressed. i came out of the exam a couple of times due to

nerves. so i think students should have the opportunity to do coursework or exams.” have the opportunity to do coursework or exams. i think it's fairto coursework or exams. i think it's fair to say to both you, skye, and darcie, that you have had other stuff going on in your lives as well. frankly if you could pick a really bad time to do exams it is when you are 16, whose idea was that? however, do you think there has been more provision to help you through what is a really difficult stage of life with your gcses?” would say to an extent, the teachers have been really helpful, everyone has been really supportive. but a lot of it you keep to yourself and it's hard to talk to people sometimes about it, because there's such pressure to do really well. so it's really hard to balance everything. but definitely whenever i've asked the roof support i've definitely received it from the teachers. what about you, skye? it is great with our college the fact that we are given those options. if

you have to reset your maths and english you can be quite gutted about it, having to do it again and again and again but i was told, you‘ve got to do it again. and as much as i didn‘t want to i‘m glad that i have done it because now i have got it and it will help me out in the future. i can't be the only one who is going back to the old system and working out what the number would be in terms of the letters, a re you number would be in terms of the letters, are you doing that as well? or have you got your heads around the numbers? no, we haven't! but when anybody comes in and asks you, what is it equivalent to? you are always going to compare back to a syste m always going to compare back to a system which has been ingrained for the last goodness knows how many years of education. is it frustrating, though, that this is yet another generation who are being treated as guinea pigs? it is hard

to hide the teaching staff and it is ha rd to hide the teaching staff and it is hard for students, because this is notjust the gcses hard for students, because this is not just the gcses that have hard for students, because this is notjust the gcses that have had changes, it's lots and lots of qualifications and it makes it hard in terms of, there's extra content to these gcses and you have to make sure that we've got our teachers are aware of exactly what the content is and making sure that we can support students, because many of these students, because many of these students who come to us to do a research programme, they've been de—motivated at school, they've had a difficult time, they don't want to do english and maths but they have to. and so it is ourjob to make sure we've got the content of right for them, make sure we can deliver it in for them, make sure we can deliver itina for them, make sure we can deliver it in a kind of individualised way for the learners. and hopefully as we've just seen with skye and darcie and many of our other students, they get a different experience than they may be had at school but it is hard. there's barely any exam papers available for the students to test themselves, because, of course, its

new, so a i think we had maybe one specimen paper for the students to use as a guide. so, it's going to be slightly easier we hope for the kids next year. the other thing is as well, gcses, very rarely an end in itself, it leads other things, a—levels, perhaps an apprenticeship ora a—levels, perhaps an apprenticeship or a vocational course — are those other parts of education and the workplace in tandem now with gcses, or they need to be looked at and improved to take into account what has been done here with this cohort of kids? they are undergoing the changes, the a levels have gone to linear a levels, there is a huge amount of maths in a lot of the subjects now. the qualifications are changing, apprenticeships have gone through a huge reform as well. what we‘re trying to do for students is to make sure they have the core skills they

need to help them succeed in employment when they get to the world of employment and give the qualifications, vocational, apprenticeships, a levels, but we have to give them the skills to make sure that they succeed in the workplace. can i just sure that they succeed in the workplace. can ijust say, sky and darcy are having a good chuckle. i will ask you about that and a second. you moved here from pakistan, you are a mother so your kids will go through the british education system at some point. a lot of these changes are to do with making britain more competitive with the likes of the subcontinent. do you think it is a good thing that britain is looking abroad and saying, "we‘ve got to do better, we‘ve got to do better than china and india and pakistan and other places?" i think it's a good step and the contact stomach contents are getting more intense and i think more in line with what others have

gone through. when i was doing my maths all of my secondary education in pakistan, when i moved here and i looked at the exam papers for the previous years i thought that it was too easy and i thought the children should have been pushed. iwas too easy and i thought the children should have been pushed. i was quite glad that now the new content, the new syllabus, is more competitive. i think it's a very good move. najma, thank you, kate, thank you. darcy and sky, what were your laughing at? because i was acting like a school teacher? i'm getting loads of notifications now and i think is people who have seen me on the television. you are famous and there are no gcse results back and get you that. congratulations on all of your ha rd that. congratulations on all of your hard work. we appreciate you joining us this morning. next up. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says a windfall tax could be levied on tech giants such as google, amazon and facebook to pay for public interest journalism.

we‘ll hear the view of the tech industry and those campaigning to reform the media landscape. it‘s been announced that the tv series big bang theory is coming to an end next year — it‘s america‘s biggest show, a worldwide hit, and when it finishes it will be running sitcom in us history. even longer than friends. the series focuses on a group of four scientists and their aspiring actress neighbour. time for the latest news — here‘s annita. the bbc news headlines this morning. advice on what people and businesses can do, if the uk leaves the eu without a trade deal, will be released this morning. the brexit secretary, dominic raab, is expected to say the guidance will help make sure the economy continues to function smoothly in the event of a "no—deal brexit" — although he stresses he‘s confident an agreement will be reached. hundreds of thousands

of students across england, wales and northern ireland have begun receiving their gcse results. under a new system, most are being graded from nine — for the highest achievements — to one. 4% of exams were given a nine. the overall pass rate rose by 0.5% — tojust under 67%. estimated net migration of european union citizens into britain fell to its lowest level since 2012 during the year to march, according to official data. the office for national statistics said 87,000 more eu citizens moved to britain than left it during the year to march 2018 — 13,000 less than a year ago. overall net migration into britain rose to 270,000. an agreement has been reached in talks between ryanair and pilots‘ union forsa following a 22—hour negotiation session, the union has said. talks had been continuing to try to resolve the long—running dispute between the budget airline and forsa which could bring an end to disruptive strikes. the proposed agreement will now be put to a ballot of members. some patients who have dialled 999 have had to wait more than 2a hours for an ambulance,

according to a bbc investigation. the figures, which were ta ken between june 2017 and june this year, also showed that in one case a patient faced a 62—hour delay. the patients association says the findings are extremely concerning. that‘s a summary of the latest bbc news. many thanks indeed. here‘s some sport now with olly. thanks, matt. the rugby football union have upheld their misconduct charge against danny cipriani after he was found guilty of common assault and resisting arrest in a nightclub incident in jersey last week. the gloucester and england fly—half had already been fined by the courts and his club and he will face no further sanction from the rfu. hampshire batsman james vince is expected to be recalled when england name their squad this afternoon for the fourth test against india next week. vince would replace jonny bairstow who‘s broken a finger. stoke city are still without a win in the championship since being relegated from the premier league. last night they lost 3—0 at home

to newly—promoted wigan. stoke were booed off the pitch. players in spain‘s top division say they could strike over plans to schedule at least one game a season in the united states. la liga has signed a 15—year agreement with a us media company, but players say they weren‘t consulted. that‘s all the sport for now. i will be back after 11am on bbc news with more. thanks very much indeed. labour leaderjeremy corbyn is calling for a radical reform of the media in an effort to — in his words — ‘get to the bottom of why the news media is failing‘. in a speech this morning at the edinburgh tv festival, mr corbyn said what he called the ‘stranglehold of elite power‘ over the news media should be broken. he set out plans for a new tax to be levied on tech giants such as google, amazon and facebook, and said a labour government could use the cash to increase funding for public interest journalism and pay for the bbc licence fee. he‘s faced criticism for the proposals from the conservatives, who say it would only increase consumers‘ bills.

let‘s take a listen to some of what he‘s been saying. we need to accept some home truths about our media. while we do produce some fantastic drama, entertainment, documentaries and films, when it comes to news and current affairs, which are so absolutely vital and essential for a democratic society, i believe our media in many cases is failing. one solution to funding public interest media could be by tapping up the digital monopolies that profit from every search, every share and every like that we make on our computers or smartphones. a strong self—confident government could negotiate with these tech giants to create a fund run entirely independently to support public interest media. google and news publishers in france and belgium were able to agree a settlement. if we can‘t do

something similar here but on a more ambitious scale we will need to look at the option ofa windfall tax on the digital monopolies to create a public interest media fund. our media correspondent david sillito is here. david, a lot of headlines are being generated by what mr corbyn is saying. can you shed any light on the detail of how this could work? i‘ve watched a lot of mactaggart lectures in my time and this is an alternative mactaggart lecture. there is lots in it. it breaks down to two science, one is the opening statement, he said print media and tv news is failing the public and he said he wants to address those two issues, one is the problem of journalism and the other is the problem of the bbc. journalism, he says we need to have more investigative journalism, says we need to have more investigativejournalism, there is a crisis in journalism at the investigativejournalism, there is a crisis injournalism at the moment, looking at the number of newspapers being sold, it goes down every year, the number of journalists goes

being sold, it goes down every year, the number ofjournalists goes down every year so he said what we need isa every year so he said what we need is a new fund paid for by the big tech companies, he‘s talking about google and facebook essentially a tax on them and then they would give money to fund this journalism. the question, of course, is what journalism do you fund, what organisations do you fund, there are lots of websites out there and lots of people doing great work, which ones would you choose and how would you do it? it asks a lot of questions. and then there is the bbc element, again it is about policy because he wants to make the bbc more independent so every ten or 11 yea rs more independent so every ten or 11 years as it is now there is a negotiation with government over a charter and that‘s where the licence fee is set and he wants to make that independent and free of government. he also wants to introduce elections to the board which may introduce new political questions for the bbc, all sorts of people might appear on the bbc board that people might feel quite uncomfortable with. we are sat in the bbc here now and another part of whatjeremy corbyn was saying was the bbc should be more transparent

about the social class about the people of people who work here. i imagine there has been a discussion about this upstairs, has there? the first thing that happened this morning, i walked first thing that happened this morning, iwalked into first thing that happened this morning, i walked into the office and people were thinking, what class amaya? you can ask all sorts of questions, is it what school you went to? your family background? what your father and mother did as jobs —— what class am i? it raises all sorts of questions and makes us think about who we are working with and where they come from. it is interesting because in all journalism, and you have to accept this, there are inherent biases, people come with their own experiences behind every story and you try as hard as you possibly can to be as independent and objective as possible but you always come with your own experiences and the more broad your experiences in an organisation the more likely you are to represent the country as it is. whether you can do that by identifying social class and what social class actually is is very difficult. we definitely need more detail there. david, difficult. we definitely need more detailthere. david, good to

difficult. we definitely need more detail there. david, good to see you. i‘m joined now by vinous ali, who is the head of policy at tech uk, a trade organisation representing hundreds of british technology companies and des freedman, the chair of the media reform coalition, a body dedicated to changing the uk‘s media landscape. as david said, vinous, there are so many headlines in this, not an awful lot of detail about how it may actually work in a nuts and bolts kind of way. what is your first reaction to whatjeremy corbyn would like to do if he is in power?” think it‘s great to see labour engaging with this issue. like you said, these are ideas and we will engage with them. what is interesting as this is not new. over the summer we have seen a number of proposals being put forward to, say, the government has put forward a social media levy proposal, the dcms select committee put proposals on taxing tech giants on everything from helping them in education school literacy etc to children‘s

charities helping online safety. i think the thing is here these are all piecemeal tax proposals. the economy is changing. we are moving far more to digital and with that you need something far broader and holistic look at our tax as it stands. i want to come in on that briefly. it‘s not as if hmrc has not tried to tax the big tech giants already. so that really is the problem, whether or notjeremy corbyn wants it, you tax them on profits and they don‘t have much in the way of profits here because in amazon‘s case they plough a lot of it back into the business, or they have headquarters in luxembourg, so how is that going to work? sure and that comes to the point, this is an international global market and these piecemeal solutions, though workable? probably not and we need to work with international partners to work with international partners to find solutions at the highest level. dares, that is a great point, isn‘t it? level. dares, that is a great point, isn't it? it level. dares, that is a great point, isn‘t it? it misses the point as to where the media landscape is. it is

global and whatjeremy corbyn is talking is tinkering around locally. i think this is precisely the opposite, dealing with the structural transformations taking place in the media and tech landscapes, this is the very beginning of the process and i'm glad you welcome the debate. we definitely need the debate, too often it has been shut down, partly by people inside the media who don't wa nt by people inside the media who don't want to have too many questions about their own operations. i think this is a very healthy way of saying, look around you on advertising has migrated online, there are enormous cuts to local journalism. budgets are what journalists are paid, these are big questions we need to talk about. he is asking a series of questions, coming up with the initial proposals which i think will help really to deal with the balance of power in the media that i think has been all wrong for a number of years. much too much about a handful of billionaires and now tech giants, and not enough about the people who are supposed to be people who count in this which are the viewers,

listeners and readers. but ultimately it comes down to what you wa nt to ultimately it comes down to what you want to consume, doesn‘t it? ultimately it comes down to what you want to consume, doesn't it?” ultimately it comes down to what you want to consume, doesn't it? i think that‘s an important point, we have seen the media diversify, agencies such as buzzfeed, vice and fox have been allowed to flourish and thrive because of the internet and we should not forget in that this is a new stage and we are all learning here. what hopefully is the end point is that the have a more diverse range of media outlets to go to. those brands, buzzfeed, vice, netflix, they are all american brands and they are global in their outlook. they are coming for our cash. shouldn‘tjeremy outlook. they are coming for our cash. shouldn‘t jeremy corbyn outlook. they are coming for our cash. shouldn‘tjeremy corbyn be talking more about bolstering companies, corporations like the bbc, to be more global in its outlook and take them on in those wider markets? i think that's one of the things he could be thinking but at the moment we are facing a democratic crisis in this country which is felt in pockets of the country. buzzfeed will not report on

what goes on in trevor roe, cornwall, it is glib to say the media should hold power to account but it's incredibly important. i don't think it is doing that enough and it needs to do that at the local level, regional and national level, as well as having the brand around the world. people are not being served appropriately. may be the politicians to look at themselves here. that's right. for a long time afterjeremy corbyn became the leader of the labour party was dodging reporters left, right and centre. you say he was dodging journalists, he was dodging the bullets they were throwing at him. that‘s life as a politician, isn‘t it? this is life beyond what a politician should expect in normal circumstances. the systematic attempts to delegitimise him which we have evidence for goes beyond what a normal politician should have to expect. they prejudged him before he was in office and there were assumptions being made. so no, i don't think he's trying to avoid the mediacom he'sjust don't think he's trying to avoid the

mediacom he's just trying to say there should be a media that is answerable to the citizenship of this country and not just to the murdochs. sorry to interrupt, a lot of news was broken on social media and i‘m going to twitter now to give you a flavour of the views are audience thinks. steve lee says corbyn is right, babos —— amazon uses our infrastructure but does not give back. who decides what is public interest news? it‘s as like political correctness and political censorship and cultural manipulation to meet. vinous. that's important to note, these digital tools are being used by politicians. if the constituent wants to do as their mp question they will likely go on to a media platform and ask why facebook or twitter. i think it‘s important, again, to remember that these tools have allowed politicians to get closer to the people. final word. who decides what is news? at the moment we have a handful of people

upstairs. corbyn is saying opened the process up to the citizens of the process up to the citizens of the country. it makes perfect sense to me. it is a question of democratising and i'm sure we have the imagination to figure out ways in which this will not be done in an authoritarian way, but actually in that benefits all of us.” authoritarian way, but actually in that benefits all of us. i think the internet will be key to the democratisation process. you won't be surprised that the conversation going on in my ear is along these lines, everybody has a vested interest whether they are making it all consuming it. thank you for joining us. mary and colette moore are both getting ready to go to hospital to have double mastectomies. meaning they are more likely to develop breast or ovarian cancer. they been talking ahead of colette‘s surgery. i felt ifelt guilty i felt guilty because i have ifelt guilty because i have passed this on. all smiles at the end, wishing them the best of luck. us television series the big bang theory is set to become the longest running sitcom next year — passing the 275 episodes

of 1980s show cheers. but as it breaks the record it will also be preparing to shut up shop — as after 12 seasons the show is finally coming to an end. the series focuses on a group of four scientists and their aspiring actress neighbour. let‘s have a quick look at the show. i hope it‘s all right. i told my girlfriend bernadette she could join us for dinner. sure, the more the merrier. no, that's a false equivalency. more does not equal merry. if there were 2,000 people in this apartment right now would we be celebrating? no, we'd be suffocating. laughter we ordered for five people, not six. oh, come on, it‘s fine, we‘lljust put it all on the table. you know, family style. sure, and while we're at it why don't we put our hands behind our backs and have an old—fashioned eating contest? laughter relax, it will be fine. sit down, you guys. no! what? oh, yeah, you can‘t sit there. why not? that's where sheldon sits. he can't sit somewhere else? the show has been credited by some for a renaissance in "geek chic".

not least because of thatjumper! but it‘s come in for criticism for stereotypes of autism. joining me from our studio in cambridge is tom purser — he‘s head of campaigns at the national autistic society and with me is also our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. whatever people think of it it has been a huge success. it has, one of the most watched programmes in the world, syndicated to dozens of countries. its primary intention is to entertain but of course what people are also concerned about is that especially as its viewership has grown it has a responsibility to at least address certain problems responsibly. does it do that, or does it unacceptably reinforce particular stereotypes? that is what has triggered all of this discussion over the last 12 hours, and certainly something a lot of people

are split on. it is incredible when you think it has overtaken cheers and friends which perhaps had broader reach because the subject matter was not about geeks. its remarkable in that respect, isn‘t it? it is more than just a show about geeks, that‘s the crucial thing, it‘s about human behaviour in general and friendships and relationships. and what it did, perhaps more successfully than friends and cheers, is it expanded from a small core of characters in the first series and started adding more characters on, sheldon‘s girlfriend amy, howard‘s partner... so it really didn‘t try and do the same kind of things series after series, it realised it needed to go into different ground and more fertile ground as it went on, part of that by expanding the number of characters, the number of guest characters, the number of guest characters that came in while maintaining the central characters at the core. are you a fan, tom? it's an entertaining show have lots

of people around the world clearly are but when it comes to the question of autism it's not a case of being a fan or not. why not? what we have seen over the course of the 11 seasons so far is the writers have, perhaps, picked and chosen the aspects of autism that they wanted portraits and felt free to depart from an accurate portrayal when it suited the story and when it suited the script. at the national autistic society we work with producers, film creators, to make sure that those big mainstream portrayals of autism are accurate and that actually companies and writers are talking with autistic people to make sure those portrayals are accurate, and there isn't really any evidence that that has happened through the big bang theory. specifically then what did they get wrong in terms of portraying autism? it's not so much about whether they have particular things right or wrong, it is more a case through never actually

explicitly saying the character is autistic i think that means certain aspects of autism they have not treated as sensitively as perhaps they should have, that they have perhaps created a character that is based about on stereotypes. that is not helpful... just come in, if they had never specifically said, it is sheldon we are talking about, is autistic, how do we know? well, we don't know, other than the sorts of bits of reports that we get through interviews, interviews with the actor who portrays amy, one of the characters in the show, i think from backin characters in the show, i think from back in 2015, something last year from an anecdote being reported of a conversation with one of the writers, and yes, the writers themselves have never claimed that they are trying to give an accurate portrayal of autism but i think that is where the problem lies really am that you can't pick and choose the bits of autism that you want to use

for entertainment purposes and feel free to maybe mock some of those things or make jokes out of things, but then also feel free to depart from that so you are kind of creating an inaccurate conception of what autism really is. on the other hand it‘s not the only show, is it? inking of the character in bow bridge is often described as autistic but it is never explicit in the show orfrom autistic but it is never explicit in the show or from the actors playing the show or from the actors playing the parts. even though there are 700,000 autistic people in the uk, not every single one of them will have a diagnosis or even be publicly open about being autistic and if you look something like the bridge and look at saga noren, that is a more sensitively handled portrayal of some of the challenges that can come in particular scenarios. and also it isa in particular scenarios. and also it is a woman in that respect and lots

of people make the false perception that autism is a male specific thing. we have to finish, thank you for your time. now, here‘s a good news story this morning. a couple who received a £2,000 donation to help them get ivf treatment have revealed they are expecting their second child. marisha chaplin and jon hibbs, from nottinghamshire already have a daughter as a result of ivf but were unable to afford a second round of treatment until facebook friends stepped in to help. here‘s their story. well done to both of them. i warn you that two kids is much more difficult! bbc newsroom live is coming up next. thank you for your company today. just before we go on our top story, on facebook, somebody says we have to get on with brexit, i don‘t care any more one way or the other. that sums up everybody‘s feelings, i think. have a good day. goodbye. hello, good morning. there is a bit

ofa hello, good morning. there is a bit of a contrast in the weather across the uk. down towards south—eastern areas we still have some warm and humid conditions, elsewhere it is much fresher and there is a bit of sunshine. as you can see from our weather watcher in derbyshire. quite a bit of cloud in the south—east of england, still some outbreaks of rain clearing away eventually. rain moving its way from northern ireland, giving showers in north—west england, north and west wales, particularly in the west of scotland, further showers coming into the west of northern ireland later, much fresher feel for many, temperatures down by good few degrees, 27 celsius yesterday in lincolnshire, 23 celsius at best a day. overnighter night showers continue in the north—west with lengthy clear spells, and it could turn quite chilly in the countryside across northern parts. those temperatures could get down into fairly low single figures. on friday there will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers, it will feel cooler still, though, through tomorrow, temperatures in northern

areas 1a—70d at best, 19 in the south—east. bye—bye. this is bbc news, i‘m annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at 11am: the government prepares to unveil its advice for people and businesses if the uk leaves the eu without a deal. the plans will unveiled by the brexit secretary in the next few minutes. we‘ll bring you that speech live. a slight rise in the overall pass rate as pupils across england, wales and northern ireland pick up their gcse results. got three nines, six eights a

i7. labour‘sjeremy corbyn calls for a tax on tech giants such as amazon and google to fund public—interest journalism. running in the family — michael schumacher‘s son has told the bbc he‘s delighted to be following in the footsteps of his father.