goats at the buttercup sanctuary have been involved in an experiment, showing they much prefer happy human faces. angry people can butt out. founder bob birch is not surprised. goats love people who are happy. i think it rubs off on them if they have got people coming and visiting them and also staff and volunteers that are happy all the time. i think it creates a happy atmosphere for them and that is good. previous research has shown dogs and horses are very good at differentiating human expressions from photographs. the researchers from queen mary university of london wanted to see if goats could manage it too. so they tested the reaction of 20 goats to photos showing people looking happy and angry. theyjust had to walk across the enclosure and investigate the photographs on the opposite side. we found that the goats were far more likely to walk towards the photographs with the happy face. the overall aim of our research is to raise awareness of how perceptive dog species are. the researchers hope their findings will improve

animal welfare standards. people visiting the sanctuary today were generally quite convinced. i would definitely say they can tell whether you are happy or not because when i first came here i seemed a bit worried with the amount of goats and they could tell. they are really friendly because when i came in, as soon as i came in, they all come towards you and they let you stroke them and that. i haven't noticed them see if i am really happy. but i would say the more you talk to them and the more likely you say hello and stuff, i'd say that they could probably see that you are interested in talking to them. it's just an emotion. you can probably tell how someone is feeling by the way they are acting so i don't see why goats would not be able to tell it. so if something has got your goat, don't try and get down with the kids. now you know. let's catch up on the weather the news on the weather.

hello. this weekend is the first of september, which meteorologically speaking is the first day of autumn, when all of the data we started colic now becomes part of the autumn statistics, but hold off, some hasn't finished just yet. i did speak about this yesterday and it looks as though somewhere in the south—east potentially the weekend could see temperatures into the mid to high 20s, albeit briefly. one of the reasons for the quiet spell of weather is high pressure that will build, and it will allow the south—westerly flow to dominate for a time. so that means thursday could be on the chilly side but there will be on the chilly side but there will bea be on the chilly side but there will be a sparkling start to thursday, clouding over from the west through the day, and the outside chance of isolated showers almost anywhere, but further north and west and if we get the sunshine highs of 21 degrees. out of thursday and we have high pressure with us, so it will be

a chilly start into friday, with the weather fronts pushing a chilly start into friday, with the weatherfronts pushing in from a chilly start into friday, with the weather fronts pushing in from the atlantic. they are going to be killed off significantly. we are not too concerned about them. they will bring with them about cloud, maybe a spot of light and patchy rain nibbling at the western fringes of northern ireland in scotland. the cloud will develop during the day. as you can see, a good slice of dry and sunny weather, 16 to 21 degrees the high. as we move into the weekend, it is similar, the high pressure might drift further east, but it stays the dominant feature really and the weather fronts topple across the top again. not bringing much heavy, persistent rain. it will bring a north—west, south—east divide into the weekend. the best of the sunshine eastern england into south—east england. north and west thick cloud is thick enough for some light and patchy rain or drizzle, 1a to 18 here and temperatures pick up

in the east. a similar story on sunday. we get some sunshine with the wind moving to a subtly we could see temperatures in the mid—20s, maybe in the south—east even higher. the weather in the north—west, perhaps bringing rain into northern ireland and western fringes of scotland. this weather front here continue to slip south and east. just like we had on wednesday. it will weaken as it pushes south and east, just a band of cloud and a little drizzle from time to time. in the south—east corner, at whittlesea plenty of sunshine and the potential for some warm, fresh conditions into the far north and west. so that's the far north and west. so that's the story across the uk through the course of the week, south—westerly flow driving in warm air, but as weather fronts pushing flow driving in warm air, but as weatherfronts pushing it will introduce something fresh to the north and west. the jet stream is not particular powerful at the moment. it is quite undulating. all the time the uk stays to the south

of the debt. it looks like in the longer six to ten day period the high pressure will stay as a dominant feature —— the jet. high pressure will stay as a dominant feature —— thejet. however some computer models will be high to lose the identity and split into two and that means we could see more showers from time to do. it doesn't look as though that is the most significant story. at the moment we are sticking with mostly dry weather, largely sunny and, fingers crossed, often warm. take care. hello. this is bbc news, with me, rebecca jones. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, resigns from the scottish national party after 45 years as a member, amid allegations of sexual harrassment, which he strongly denies. the british ambassador to france has raised concerns about the actions of french fishermen off the normandy coast, as violence broke out yesterday in a row over scallop fishing. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they've self—harmed,

as a report says gender stereotypes and worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. the cabinet office minister, david lidington, tells french business leaders that the eu has to choose between the british government's chequers plan or the risk of there being no deal on brexit. west midlands police are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of janbaz tarin, who is wanted for questioning after the murder of his ex—partner and her mother. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and writer, steve richards, and camilla tominey, associate editor of the daily telegraph.

welcome to you both. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the i splashes with the former scottish first minister, alex salmond, who has resigned his membership of the scottish national party following allegations of sexual harassment. the metro leads with moped violence on the streets of london after two burglars ambushed a police van in bid to free an accomplice. the ft reports on the brexit secretary dominic raab‘s comments that britain and the eu are unlikely to meet their target of agreeing a brexit deal by october. meanwhile, the daily express says michel barnier has dramatically raised hopes of a brexit deal by conceding that the bloc is finally ready to offer britain a unique partnership. the times suggests president macron is preparing to throw theresa may a lifeline by pushing other eu leaders to agree a close relationship with britain after brexit. the guardian claims children and young people with serious mental

health problems are being treated as far as 285 miles from their homes. and the daily telegraph says children will be banned from buying energy drinks under plans announced by theresa may to tackle disruptive behaviour in classrooms. and pictures the duke and duchess of sussex at a gala performance of hamilton at the victoria palace theatre. so, a variety of front pages for us to chew on, so why don't we start with the times scottish edition, and the breaking news, which is that alex salmond has stepped down from the snp - alex salmond has stepped down from the snp — he quits the snp to avoid party rifts. just talk to us about the significance of this resignation, first of all. it is very significant. alex salmond is a

towering figure in scottish politics andindeed towering figure in scottish politics and indeed uk politics. without him it is highly unlikely that there would have been the referendum in scotla nd would have been the referendum in scotland which, although the snp lost, the defeat in itself triggered an extraordinary rise in support for the snp. he was instrumental in the recovery of the snp. he became first minister and so on. so even though he makes it clear he hopes to rejoin the snp, fora he makes it clear he hopes to rejoin the snp, for a figure who has been so the snp, for a figure who has been so dominant in that party to leave even fleetingly in this controversial context, is a big moment. i think it is an unsettling moment for nicola sturgeon who she describes quite openly as her mentor. and although on one level it helps her that he separate himself from the party, it heightens the sense of trauma. so although it is on the scottish papers, it is a big

uk political story and it will feature heavily in the uk papers as well. and you've made a comparison, this would be as if a former british prime minister stepped down. yes, in the uk context it is the equivalent ofa uk the uk context it is the equivalent of a uk prime minister, a former one, having to leave his or her party to fight allegations which they contest. and in scottish context, it is as big as that. and it is, as i say, a moment of great significance in that context. he might be able to return to the snp. but for now the figure who was the snp first minister, led the scottish independence referendum, there are so independence referendum, there are so many these days, he is now not... both referendums on both counts, and camilla, do you agree with that?” do, and it is worth reflecting that alex salmond was a less prominent figure in the independence campaign

because of nicola sturgeon's rise to fame and high know that her star is fading and he had courted controversy with associations with russia today and he is known as a character in politics, and the outspoken character for the independence cause. it is a difficult time for nicola sturgeon generally. we heard that there would not be enough money and the taxpayer wouldn't tolerate a second referendum purely on fiscal grounds. and because the economy isn't doing as well a she would have hoped. so it is obviously hard for her and the party. people might look at it as honourable that the allegations... nothing has been proven. people are innocent before being proved guilty. it shows his loyalty to the party that he doesn't want to taint the courts with what he has alleged to have done. maybe the separation of powers is quite significant. nicola sturgeon has commented tonight, this

has put her in a difficult position. she released a long statement referring to him as mentor and friend over 30 years and that the independent courts remains untainted because obviously that is separate to the allegations he is facing. and he has done the right thing in separating the allegations from the party itself. on a macro level it is damaging, of course it is, and the headlines won't read well here or north of the border. it comes at a highly charged moment for nicola sturgeon, the snp, she said she'd say something more of our second referendum on independence this october, not very far away, and some in her party eight for the referendum, she obviously does, but she knows she has to win it —— ache. she doesn't know whether the form of brexit and the chaos of westminster will help her towards that goal, or if it will be a further obstacle to

people willing to make the leap. so there is a wider context in which nicola sturgeon, who was walking on water in scottish politics for a long time, is facing some sort of turbulent waters for now and this kind of ads to that sense i think even though of course it has nothing to do with her. beyond the fact that this figure alex salmond was the dominant figure as she rose in the party as well. let's move on to brexit. laughter. slip off the tongue on your part. we can't keep off the subject. it is ona we can't keep off the subject. it is on a lot of the papers in different guises, isn't it, camilla? make a deal with britain, macron tells eu leaders, so what is the french president saying the deal might look like? it is quite interesting because the times has written it up and they used the language of macron throwing theresa may a lifeline, suggesting he might rally eu leaders to come to some sort of mutually beneficial arrangement. you could also say he is throwing barnier a

lifeline by suggesting he will do this. we know there are leaders in southern european states clamouring to do southern european states clamouring todoa southern european states clamouring to do a deal. there is a lot of rhetoric around who needs each other more, do we need them more than they need us and the rest of it, and i would suggest they need each other and any deal is better than no deal. we have seen a lot of rhetoric in re ce nt we have seen a lot of rhetoric in recent weeks around that, also with the british putting out the position papers, and raab putting out the speech saying it is not any ideal scenario, that it would be harmful for the eu scenario, that it would be harmful forthe eu and britain scenario, that it would be harmful for the eu and britain if it —— britain if it goes ahead and macron suggesting that eu leaders needing to think and embrace some kind of the spooky with britain, partnership with britain, at the same time as barnier, the chief negotiator for the eu, opening the door that we won't be given the off—the—shelf trade deal and that we will have something which other third—party countries don't have. that plays into theresa may's cans. that's what

she's been calling for all along. there is still this idea at at chequers that barnier won't accept it and neither will her party —— hands. whether we go from this parliament early remains to be seen and whether this will lead to the extension of the article 50. macron won't accept the chequers steel. and what he is proposing according to the times has been explored many times before —— chequers deal. you have the inner circle of the euro and then you have the outer circle of eu members who are in the euro and another circle with countries like the uk still maintaining a close —ish relationship, which sounds great, and is cause for some optimism, but again you ask how. macron more than any other eu leader is committed, as much as angela merkel, to the purity of the single market, free movement et cetera.

they won't renege on that. so how this works — they are also committed to no hard border across ireland. so how, how, how? even though we are going to be deluged with front pages in the next few weeks speculating about getting closer to a deal, there will be no deal, due in the last week, talking about no deal, the question of how this togetherness comes over issues which are so togetherness comes over issues which are so far unresolved, i don't know. i can't quite see. niche then they have to an extension of this whole process. there is the powerplay of emmanuel macron, guess he is a europhile, you may want to expose some of angela merkel's weaknesses, she has suffered huge lows, in order to be the leader of the eu nations and try to take on germany and provide an end to the stalemate,

which is an interesting powerplay from him, at a time when he is looking vulnerable of the electorate. the so—called man of the people under heavy criticism for making crude remarks about people on benefits, for having his chateaux on the riviera refurbished with a new swimming pool. and interesting strategic move from him as all. and my reading this wrongly? up until 110w my reading this wrongly? up until now it seemed the eu countries had stayed together. is he slightly breaking cover? no, i don't think so, i don't think there will be any chink of light between them. the uk co nsta ntly ma kes chink of light between them. the uk constantly makes this mistake that if you do a separate meeting with angela merkel you will get something from her. david cameron made the same mistake with his renegotiating that —— renegotiation, where he can get a great deal. if he thought he could deal with one of the leaders are worried he could get something.

i think they will stay pretty solid. solid too, to the kind of purity of the single market, for example. so how a deal emerges, which theresa may could accept and sell to her party, i think remains as unclear this august evening as it did really at the very beginning. there will clearly be an attempt to get one because no deal will be a calamity. having said that, it is interesting that some of these southern states publicly might talk about unity. donald tusk said he won't bring us together, but behind doors there are countries clamouring to get a deal and what is interesting is in day is torn by, you will have a british leading a veto and everybody behind them saying we don't want to veto go, but we will use your. lot of the states don't have asked to climb off the back of apple have to show their muscle to show that they are not

being ruled by france and germany. what is certain is that everything is uncertain, let's be honest. let's move on to error, they are claiming a energy drinks victory. kids banned from buying danger cancer. these are ca ns from buying danger cancer. these are cans of drinks, all sorts of different brands, which are higher in both sugar and caffeine, how will then work must make —— how will this then work must make —— how will this then work? the sun campaigned for this and none of us in this newsroom would dream of it, there is a statistic to suggest that one in four britain drink energy drinks and they are shocking because kids as young as eight are drinking them and they are full of caffeine and sugar and there is evidence to suggest that children have ended up in suffering anxiety, getting the

jitters and having their schoolwork disrupted because drinking something that contains 20 spoonfuls of sugar in the morning at class isn't the most conducive way to learning. i think yes, this is wider and possible about the macro of a sugar tax. we have an obesity crisis, the drink ‘s company tried to rally for this, they say they have made huge strides to sit us on to diet drinks and what is the point of this? it is just a way of attacking them and they point to the fact that there is no sugar tax on dairy products, some of which, milkshakes and other items are full of as much sugar, but probably not the caffeine, which is one of the issues. i am not sure how this will work. these kids will go into the shop and the shopkeepers will not be able to sell them. the la st will not be able to sell them. the last time we were on about ten years ago or whenever it was, that, you

know, there is a much larger number fortunately of under 10—year—olds in the uk why these drinks and others, which i didn't know. —— by a. —— buy. you can't buy cigarettes, supposedly under a certain age, you be able to get the string. to ban' work? they do, toa get the string. to ban' work? they do, to a certain extent. i didn't know this was a huge issue until camilla said there was a huge gap. at some hate —— at some point an agency has to intervene and i cannot see any other form of intervention. a government doing it, you have to look very closely at the evidence before moving but if that is the case, that eight —year—olds are that knocking back this high dosage drink before breakfast, yeah, you can ban get. you least we know the sugar is

in there. there is a mistaking what is in an energy drink. —— no mistaking. when it comes to sugar, what people object to most is the stuff that claims to be healthy and is an. and all the hidden sugars in foods that we can't do anything about, sugar in brad? —— brad. —— bread. you are targeting the one thing, it is like well let's start vending jam doughnuts, everybody knows it is bad for you. i get the point, i am apparent. but parental responsibility as well. —— apparent. —— a parent. let's move on, an exclusive about retention rates in prison. efforts ofjail officers retention rates in prison. efforts of jail officers fuels retention rates in prison. efforts ofjail officers fuels new crisis. story that one in three prison officers whojoin the story that one in three prison officers who join the service leave within a year. pretty alarming. that

isa within a year. pretty alarming. that is a good thing, if that is the figure it is alarming. it is another example, we know that with a lot of public services, what the problems are. we know that problems of the railways because many of us experience the chaos of the railways and you could see the fragmentation isn't working and there needs to be more resources. with the present, it is largely hidden, by definition. —— prison. we don't know what these trained up offices leave. they are under resourced, and the level of accountability are blurred. —— levels of. if these figures are true, crisis is an overused word but i think true, crisis is an overused word but ithink in true, crisis is an overused word but i think in relation to prisons we can use it. is itjust a question of resources ? can use it. is itjust a question of resources? there is only a finite amount of money and i know the government will say they are putting more money into trying to recruit more money into trying to recruit

more prison officers. yes, although i think that prison officers association says the stuff —— cuts to staffing have been unprecedented and there have been rearrangements, so and there have been rearrangements, so there have been too few sell office rs so there have been too few sell officers will will walk in the walkways are. it says here some of the reasons cited for those who have left within a year, chaos among inmates, lack of respect from management, an absence of support. will we want people to be working in prisons to be safe but also to be in charge. that is the whole point. if you have this situation where inmates are ruling the roost, something has gone very wrong as to how the whole management structure is concerned. we know things that are doing —— getting done by this, the new prisons minister said cobbled weeks ago he would resign if he didn't turn around the conditions after the report into birmingham about the conditions and disorder from within. yes, it needs to be

looked at and we should be judged by the way we treat our prisoners in this country and actually, the better prisons are the more chance people will be of getting rehabilitated and lessens their chants of returning to crime, which is the point. i know people want to throw away the key. we must talk about the duke and duchess going to see hamilton, which lampoons his a ncestor see hamilton, which lampoons his ancestor george iii. million and harry on the front page. —— —— meghan. she is in a taxi to suit, you have been following the fashion is very closely. we will see a lot or of them because they are out and about, back from their holidays, we have hired the old —— the whole markle debacle, herfather speaking hired the old —— the whole markle debacle, her father speaking out

hired the old —— the whole markle debacle, herfather speaking out at every turn. i think they have a unicef bash this week and in september they are going to sydney for the invicta skeins of. they are doing a tour of the pacific, it is all go for harry and accurate to. —— markle. you know, it is impossible to get tickets for hamiltons of. i keep getting tickets, i have bought some, people give them for presence of. i could see them every evening, iam of. i could see them every evening, i am surprised i wasn't there with them, actually. we are delighted you are with us instead. steve and camilla, terrific, thank you very much. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, steve and camilla. goodbye. good evening. it has been a

beautiful sunset for some, but with some clear skies overnight tonight at this time of year, that could only mean one thing. temperatures are likely to fall away. the area is coming from the north—west, a cooler source and as you can see hardly a cloudless sky. we are expecting single figures quite widely, may be low single figures in sheltered rural spots further north. actually such a their morning, it will be a lovely one, lots of sunshine early on. as to go to the day and riches start to climb again, some of that heat could bottle up a cloud across the country and maybe we could see the country and maybe we could see the odd isolated showers to pick they will be very isolated, high speu they will be very isolated, high spell values of 15 to 21 degrees across thursday afternoon. a repeat performance on friday, a chilly start and could deal a dry, sunny weather, but a weak weather front will bring more cloud into western fringes of scotland and maybe a

little bit of showery rain to go with. ahead of it in the sunshine, highs again at 21. this is newsday, on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. the headlines: russia rows back on controversial pension reforms. public pressure forces vladimir putin to think again. outrage from australia's aboriginal leaders, after former prime minister, tony abbott, is appointed special envoy on indigenous affairs. the community questions his track—record. i'm ben bland, in london. also in the programme: decades of conflict and thousands disappeared. one women's search for truth in indian administered kashmir. and women's wrestling conquers the world. we meet the new generation of wrestlers thrilling sell—out crowds.