this is bbc news, i'm joanna gosling. these are the top stories developing at ham... the former brexit minister steve baker says as many as 80 conservative mps are prepared to vote against the prime minister's chequers brexit plan. it is very clear to me from my canvassing of colleagues that there we re canvassing of colleagues that there were almost 80 colleagues already who are willing to vote in the house of commons to protest the chequers deal. it would leave is half in, half out. it is not leaving the eu properly. parts of the police service in england and wales are "on the verge of crisis" — a stark warning from the president of the police superintendents‘ association. the world cup and warm weather helped the uk economy to grow more strongly over the summer — with the construction sector bouncing back. two british tourists are among seven people who have been wounded by a knife attacker in paris. cutting down on alcohol and not drinking some days a week. doctors advise middle—aged drinkers to have regular alcohol free days after a study suggests they're more

likely than any other age group to drink more than the recommended amount. and the bbc sports pundit mark lawrenson says howard keen eyed football focus viewer alerted him to a cancerous patch of skin on his face. —— how a keen eyed. good morning. it's monday, the 10th of september, i'm joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the head of the tuc is due to address the organisation's annual congress in manchester. frances 0'grady is expected to say that a four—day working week is achievable this century. iain watson is at the tuc conference for us. tell us more about what she is going to say. the key thing she's got a

this week is that the workforce over the coming years should be beneficiaries are not victims of automation. artificial intelligence could cost low skilled jobs but what she is arguing is that this would give a multi—billion pound boost to the economy and the benefits of that should be shared more widely. so for example she is suggesting that the working week could be reduced to four days without any reduction in pay and she is also going to argue that that could make the workforce more productive. she points out that in countries where people work shorter productivity is high. this is the 150th congress in which they been arguing for improved working condition. a two—day weekend for example, an eight hour working day and that hasn't affected economy. now the challenge for the future is

again that the workforce get greater rights rather than fewer job opportunities from the massive change in the way we work over the yea rs change in the way we work over the years ahead. she will also be addressing the brexit issue of course and she will also be calling on technology companies to be very mindful of the kind of material they are running, especially when it comes to material put out by far right campaigners. three messages in her speech but the real message to the people here, to the trade union delegates is that the tuc is good because to excel for the forefront ofarguing because to excel for the forefront of arguing for shorter working hours as the workforce and working day changes over the next 15 to 20 years asa changes over the next 15 to 20 years as a result of technology. where will she go on brexit? there is get to bea will she go on brexit? there is get to be a debate on brexit this afternoon and i think the position they will reach is the one she outlined yesterday that the tuc could put its full weight behind a

new referendum on the final brexit deal but there are conditions on that. they would have to be satisfied that the deal theresa may brings back from brussels is not one thatis brings back from brussels is not one that is good, a nephew, for the workforce. but it falls down on protecting workers‘s rights. secondly, if theresa may comes back with no deal that may also be a case ofa with no deal that may also be a case of a referendum as well. that position will be big posed by some unions, saying that a new vote will sibley look like a second referendum and they believe there are political dangers in arguing that. at the other end is scale another union thinks that there should be no referendum at all. the labour party because of saying they would be open to this, they would not take it off the table but they would much rather have a general election. what we're going to see today is an agreed position from the tuc which will say under certain circumstances let's

get behind that new referendum and then you will see pressure behind—the—scenes to see if labour will move a little bit more in that direction in two weeks' time when they have their conference. and that is what the shadow brexit secretary was doing a behind closed doors yesterday, trying to sound out the unions on whether they were prepared to move. the head of the tuc is due to address the organisation's annual congress in manchester. frances 0'grady is expected to say that a morning that a four—day working week is achievable this century — if businesses are forced to share the benefits of new technology with their workforce. lets cross over to manchester where frances 0'grady is speaking. the conservative party will suffer a catastrophic split unless theresa may backs down over her brexit plan — that's the warning today from a former brexit minister. steve baker, who resigned from the government injuly, says the prime minister faces a ‘massive problem' ahead of the party's conference later this month. he warned that as many as 80 conservative mps could vote against the chequers plan for leaving the eu.

downing street says the plan for future relations, agreed at chequers, was the only credible and negotiable deal on the table. steve baker this morning explained why he didn't think the prime minister's plan for the future relationship with the eu would work. the chequers plan is not a compromise acceptable to the conservative party. you can see that it is not just conservative party. you can see that it is notjust eurosceptics. there isa it is notjust eurosceptics. there is a lot of conservatives who just wa nt to is a lot of conservatives who just want to move past this dispute. what you will notice is there are conservatives on the remaining side of the argument who will not accept chequers. i have now reached a point where i have met conservatives who we re where i have met conservatives who were previously disinterested and automatically fall remains saying that we should go for no dealjust to escape the set of problems. that is not what i want. i want to go forward with a deal in our mutual interests. the uk economy grew by 0.3% in july after being helped

by the heatwave and the world cup, according to the office for national statistics. in the three months to july, the economy expanded by 0.6% percent. the 0ns says the figures account for a boost in retail sales, growth in the service and construction sectors. 0ur political editor norman smith sent us this report. well, he did send as the report but we can't bring it to you just now so we will send it to you when we can. parts of the police service in england and wales are "on the verge of crisis", that's the warning from the president of the police superintendents‘ association. chief superintendent gavin thomas says forces are "utterly reliant" on fewer staff working longer hours. here‘s our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. a year ago, gavin thomas claimed policing was facing a perfect storm due to budget cuts and rising crime. now, he believes the service is in even worse shape. the police superintendent‘s association president says routine policing is utterly reliant on officers staying on when their shift ends

or working while on leave. that, he says, exploits police officers and defraud the public. the government has encouraged constabularies to pool their resources and personnel. but according to mr thomas that has led to some officers spending four hours in a car driving between forces. and others using two different laptops and e—mail addresses for the same job. the home office says it is carrying out a review of front—line policing to bring about improvements. danny shaw, bbc news. british embassy officials in paris say they are assisting two people who are reported to have been attacked by a man armed with a knife and an iron bar. in all, seven people have been injured — four of them seriously. the man, who is said to be an afghan national, has been arrested. french police say at this stage there is nothing to indicate that it could be a terrorist attack. an inquest into the deaths of the five people killed in the westminster bridge attack last year has begun at the old bailey.

kurt cochran, leslie rhodes, aysha frade, and andreea cristea were run down by a car and constable keith palmer was stabbed to death outside parliament. the attacker, khalid masood, was shot dead by armed officers. the nationalist sweden democrats, a far—right, anti—immigration, anti—eu party has won about 18 per cent of the vote in the country‘s general election, while the two main parliamentary blocs are almost tied with about a0 percent each. a protracted battle to form a working coalition now looks inevitable, with sweden becoming the latest eu country to shift to the right over fears about immigration. from stockholm, here‘sjenny hill. sweden is today waking up to a rather new political era. the far—right sweden democrats say they are the true winners of this election. that is stretching it a little bit far. they have taken just under 18% of the vote but in a country like sweden with its long, liberal tradition, that is a pretty

extraordinary results. their real achievement, i suppose, is that they are now complicating what is an already very intricate political landscape here. broadly speaking, there are two political groupings here, want to the centre—left, one to the centre—right. neither of those groupings has sufficient support to form a majority and that means they will have to do either shuffle around a bit to make some changes to their political alliances or even work with the sweden democrats. now, the two main parties here say they refuse to do that but coalition talks are expected to go on for weeks as opposed to the average of six days it would normally take to form some kind of government here. this is all of course been closely watched in other european capitals but it is causing a lot of controversy within the country too. many swedes are dismayed by the relative success of the sweden democrats, who gained in popularity following the migrant crisis. this country of course took in, per head of population,

more people seeking asylum than any other european country. but many of the people we have spoken to here say they are really concerned about the anti—immigrant rhetoric that the sweden democrats have employed, particularly their focus on what they say is migra nt—related crime. there is also concern about their pledge to hold a referendum on taking sweden out of the eu. so a rather divided country today, a lot of concern and as i say, a lot of eu capitals will be looking on because sweden, for all its liberal values and traditions, like so many other european countries now in the wake of the migrant crisis does appear to have shifted towards the political right. the police commander at the hillsborough inquest is claimed not guilty. proceedings got under way at about

10:30am this morning. david duckenfield was onto screens on the court on a video link from another location and he was sitting there at this other location listening to proceedings in court this morning. it was the formalities of having the charges for what happened at hillsborough red, that they back in 1989, read out to him in court. he formally pleaded not guilty to 95 charges of manslaughter by gross negligence. and the court fell silent as all 95 names of those who died at hillsborough over that time we re died at hillsborough over that time were read out in court this morning. david duckenfield pleaded not guilty. he will appear for trial here at preston crown court probably early next year. let‘s go back to

the tuc conference. frances 0‘grady is addressing the conference right 110w. let‘s also be proud of our contribution to other great courses that we are celebrating. 70 years of oui’ that we are celebrating. 70 years of our wonderful nhs. applause 90 years since all women got the right to vote. and 100 years since the birth of nelson mandela. now, he led people on that long road to freedom and i am proud that we should all be proud that the global trade union movement, born in manchester, backed him every step of the way. this seems to be the year

of anniversaries because of course 30 years ago schachter lord gave his famous address to our congress. 1988, the year kylie minogue topped the charts with her song cap next i should be so lucky. funnily enough, we we re should be so lucky. funnily enough, we were not feeling it. then, as now, we were under a tory government and the prime minister was rolling out the red carpet for another american president, you remember him well, ronald reagan. the original warmongering, anti—trade union, b list celebrity president. but the other man offered something different. he spoke about peace in europe and plans to boost trade.

that mattered forjobs. he encouraged us to become architects ina new encouraged us to become architects in a new plan for better working lives. so over time, alongside our friends in europe, we weren‘t paid leave for working parents, stronger equal pay rights for women, pensions for part—timers and at long last one of the first ever goals of our movement, paid holidays for everyone. now, countries don‘t have to belong to the european union to be in the single market. but if they wa nt to be in the single market. but if they want to trade inside the market, every worker must get these rights. they are the rock that national laws and union agreements are built on. but now we face brexit. in exactly 200 days. this country needs a deal

that works for working people but frankly there is no sign of that. as they stand, the prime minister‘s chequers proposals will not get past brussels or westminster. and if she really believes that an agreement with the eu can be signed and delivered by november then she is either fooling herself or she delivered by november then she is eitherfooling herself or she is trying to fool the british people. the risk of crashing out is real. now, to reason they say is and i quote her, "no deal wouldn‘t be the end of the world." now, i think most people would like the bar set a little higher than that. and frankly it is cold comfort for the millions of people whose jobs are on the line. of course for wealthy, tory mps like, i don‘t know, jacob

rees—mogg, no deal is the holy grail. 0n rees—mogg, no deal is the holy grail. on his planet, 50 years of hardship is a small price to pay but then again he won‘t be paying it. so then again he won‘t be paying it. so the tuc is clear, we want a brexit deal that protects working people, not just the well—to—do deal that protects working people, notjust the well—to—do in the posh parts of surrey. and notjust the city of london of big business either. but a dealfor the people who are the backbone of this country. all along, we have said that we are open to any deal that protects workers jobs and rights and peace in northern ireland. that is what most people want. decent livelihoods, dignity at work, the kind of country where their children get a better life than they did. and thatis get a better life than they did. and that is what we want too. but the stark reality is this, if we crash

out or if we end up with one of those deals, trade barriers will go up, that means it is more expensive to make things here. companies move factories abroad and investors look elsewhere. bang go good jobs, up go prices and dover becomes one big lorry park. so this is what needs to happen next, the pm needs to be straight with us. about how her deal would hitjobs. and she needs to serve notice that we need an extension to article 50 so instead we can negotiate the deal that workers need. this isn‘t about delaying brexit. it is about leaving the eu on the right terms, where jobs and rights come first. and if she won‘t do it or if her party won‘t let her, well then i am

serving notice on the prime minister. if you come back with a deal that doesn‘t put workers first and if you won‘t call a general election, then i‘m warning you, we will throw our full weight behind the campaign and demand that the terms of the deal are put to a popular vote. after all, we are the movement that fought for the vote for working—class people. and we know that democracy belongs to all of us. and when it comes to our future, one way or another, people must a say. because we have had ten long years of wage freezes, cuts and austerity and the stakes are very high. the poet, as people will know

my favourite poet seamus heaney wrote that when human beings suffer, they get hurt and they get heart. that is what the far right want to exploit. stirring up division, spreading hate. some politicians have warned of violence on the streets. well, i have got news for them. it is already happening. since them. it is already happening. since the referendum two years ago there has been a shocking rise in attacks by far right folks against muslims and jewish people, against gay and disabled people and against migrant workers too. look at tommy robinson‘s gang, recruiting on the terraces, rampaging through our streets, targeting trade unionists. and this isn‘t the 1930s of the 19705, and this isn‘t the 1930s of the

1970s, this time they are notjust organising on the streets, they are mobilising on facebook and whatsapp. aided and abetted by russian hackers, paid for by american billionaires. and when neofascists threaten public order and peace, we don‘t retreat. we don‘t let them intimidators. 0ur response must be more democracy, not less. and i want to say this, any self—serving politician who flirts with the far right is playing with fire. let me be clear, a woman who wears a niqab ora be clear, a woman who wears a niqab or a burqa is still our sister. and we defend the right of muslim

women and all women to wear whatever they want. so i want to save this to borisjohnson. we see you, we know what you are about, we know exactly what you are about, we know exactly what buttons you are pushing. but our movement will always call out those who dog whistle racism. so borisjohnson, those who dog whistle racism. so boris johnson, shame on those who dog whistle racism. so borisjohnson, shame on you. and, delicates, here is another prejudice that needs nailing, which iam fed prejudice that needs nailing, which i am fed up about. from the far

right, rich men. they claim to champion the interests of blue—collar workers. but they don‘t. it may suit them to tri— and stereotype everyone who is white and working class as a racist. but they are wrong. the great majority of decent men and women. look at the trade union movement, whatever our nationality, race or religion, we stand together as workers. and we will keep speaking up for common decency because this movement‘s mission is to unite working people. and we can stop the far right in its tracks. so here is what we will do, first we will mobilise our members. trade unions bring people together, we build friendships and communities. there are nearly 6 million of us and our members are the most powerful force

we have. now, we are not in denial, we have. now, we are not in denial, we know we have got work to do on attitudes about anti—semitism, immigration, islam. so first we will get behind our workplace wraps so they feel confident to counter far right views and build up a wall against them. second, we need parliament to wake up and take urgent action and that needs new rules to take big overseas money out of our politics, notjust at election time but for good. it means tough new duties on social media giants to stop the spread of hate. and, yes, it must be their new deal for working people too. because it is true, our hospitals are understaffed, waiting lists are too long, it is true that school staff

are overworked and classes are too big. and it is true that too often, our kids can‘t find an affordable home or a decently paid steadyjob. but we don‘t blame polls or romanians, we don‘t blame muslims and we don‘t blame migrants. we blame a tory government that is bankrupting blame a tory government that is bankru pting public services. blame a tory government that is bankrupting public services. we blame tax dodging transnational companies too greedy to pay their fair share. and we blame bad bosses, a lwa ys fair share. and we blame bad bosses, always on the lookout for cheap labour, undercutting wages and driving decent employers out of business. so today, let‘s pledge that we will organise working people into movements in towns across the country. and we will work with

unions in europe and internationally too, to demand a decentjobs, homes and stop racist scapegoating once and stop racist scapegoating once and for all. and wherever the far right marches or tries to attack mosques or synagogues, the trade union movement will be there defending our communities, standing firm. let‘s send a message, delicates. let‘s send the message they will not pass. but all the while, we will keep our eyes on the future and tackle the root causes of hate and win that better life that working people deserve. right now, we are living through a time of rapid industrial disruption. capital is grabbing more

and more of big gains and labour is short—changed. but as new tech grows, short—changed. but as new tech grows , eve ryo ne short—changed. but as new tech grows, everyone should get richer. productivity gains from artificial intelligence alone could be worth £200 billion. if even half of those promised gains are true, then we can afford to make it happen. now, as ever, we demand fair shares. that means higher wages, less time at work, more time with our loved ones. now, in the 19th century, unions campaigned foran now, in the 19th century, unions campaigned for an eight—hour day. in the 20th century, we won the right toa the 20th century, we won the right to a two—day weekend and paid holidays. so for the 21st—century, let‘s lift our ambition again. i believe that in this century we can wina

believe that in this century we can win a four—day working week with decent pay for everyone. let‘s take back control of our working time, ban zero hours, win two—way flexibility and end exploitation once and for all because it is time to share the wealth and stop the greed. take jeff to share the wealth and stop the greed. takejeff baeza ‘s, he runs amazon now $1 trillion company. he is the richest man in the world. he is the richest man in the world. he is racking up the billions but his workers are collapsing on the job. ambulances called because staff are exhausted. workers afraid to go sick in case they get disciplined. campaign out because work won‘t stretch covering the cost of transport. britain today, you bet we

wa nt transport. britain today, you bet we want strong unions and we want the rights to go into every workplace, starting with those warehouses. you know, amazon‘s company motto, i looked this one up, amazon‘s company motto is work hard, have fun, make history. well, let me say to amazon and all those other companies that exploit workers, that is exactly what our union organisers intend to do. brothers and sisters, we are at a crossroads and the political choices that we make now will determine our future. if used for good, technology can protect the planet from climate change and make our lives better

no one needs to tell this movement what happens when a company goes bust overnight. when there is no help for industries to upgrade or for workers to re—train. we know how much that hurts people. people used to respect and a decent standard of living treated like nobodies, abandoned, on the scrapheap. and we cannot let bosses make working life worse. tracking and timing workers‘ every m ove , worse. tracking and timing workers‘ every move, snooping on what staff say on their own time on facebook and instagram. sweating them on targets set by a computer. but we have as a trade union won this battle before and we can again. with a share of the wealth, stop big brother surveillance and negotiate

new technology agreements so people can move smoothly into the jobs of the future. because if we want a more equal britain, collective bargaining isa more equal britain, collective bargaining is a big part of the solution. let‘s agree that every worker should have the right to a collective voice. let‘s have an obligation on employers to bargain with us in good faith and let‘s deliver a technology revolution that benefits the whole country. but we need a government that wants to work with us. not one obsessed with its own party power games. when they should be focused on the real lives of the people that they are supposed to serve. franklin d roosevelt who was the architect of the original new deal, he took over as american president years into the great

depression. and he spoke of the despair when a nation looks the government but the government looks away. well, today in britain, we have exactly such a hear nothing, see nothing, do nothing government. theresa may stood on the steps of downing street promising to help the just about managing. remember that? but two years later, nothing. nothing to stop universal credit caps, nothing to get wages rising. —— universal credit cuts. nothing on building council homes orfor the windrush generation. what is this government was my plan to help working people? absolutely nothing.

i believe it is time for change. we need a better government than this one. working people deserve a better government than this one. so i want to end with this message. to the prime minister. if you cannot deliver a brexit that protects jobs and rights if you cannot invest in our nhs, schools and public services. if you will not put the royal mail, water and railways back into public hands where they belong. if you won‘t build a country where we can live in peace with their neighbours and where right across the nation people get fair shares. if you will not give us the new deal that working people demand, mrs may, stand down. applause stand down, theresa may, and take

your do nothing government with you. give us a general election and we will do everything in our power to elect a new prime minister and a new government that will. thank you, delegates. happy 150th. stay strong. here‘s to the next 150. frances 0‘grady addressing the tuc conference with two main strands to her speech there. one talking about working rights and saying after unions fought for a two day weekends, she says the next challenge is full—time pay for a

four day working week across the country. and through an ultimatum down to theresa may over brexit, saying if the party comes back with a deal that does not put workers first and theresa may does not call a general election, the tuc will demand the terms of the deal are put toa demand the terms of the deal are put to a popular vote. she said democracy belongs to all of us. she also hit out at borisjohnson saying any self—serving politician putting with the far right is playing with fire. any woman who wears the lurker on the —— she will call up dog whistle racism. alastair cook has reached a half—ce ntu ry alastair cook has reached a half—century on day four of the fifth and final test against india as he bats for the last time. he has reached 65 not out with england

141-2 in reached 65 not out with england 1111—2 in their second innings for a read of... alastair cook will call time ona read of... alastair cook will call time on a 12 year international career at the end of this test at the oval. novak djokovic won is 14th grand slam title by beating dell parker —— one martin dell parker. —— del potro. there is a lot of significance of me being now shoulder to shoulder in terms of grand slam wins with him. i watched him win one of his first wimbledon championships and i grew up playing and thinking that one day i will be able to do what he does. and today should be here is a dream come true.

the women‘s tennis association has backed up serena williams‘ sexism against the umpire of the us open final. she got a coaching, racket destruction and calling the umpire a thief penalty. the wta said she showed williams —— he showed william isa showed williams —— he showed william is a different level of tolerance thanif is a different level of tolerance than if he had been a man. wells have been beaten by denmark in the new nation is bleak —— nations league tournament. kristian ericsson puts denmark ahead. and scored a second from the penalty spot. delhi ali is having treatment with

totte n ha m , ali is having treatment with tottenham, withdrawing from the england squad. —— delle alli. —— dele alli. calls for a lifetime ban in the motor tooth —— cal crutchlow was among those who said that romano fenati should not ride again after grabbing a break in the moto2 race. the san

francisco 49ers quarterback has tweeted his support... the miami dolphins defeated the tennessee titans 27—20. you can find more sport on all of those stories at the bbc sport website. parts of the police service in england and wales are "on the verge of crisis" — a stark warning from the president of the police superintendents‘ association. chief superintendent gavin thomas says forces are "utterly reliant" on fewer staff working longer hours. here‘s our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. we can speak to gavin thomas. tell us more about your concerns. last year, i said i us more about your concerns. last year, isaid ifelt us more about your concerns. last year, i said ifelt the

us more about your concerns. last year, i said i felt the service was ina year, i said i felt the service was in a perfect storm. i believe it still is and hold true to that statement. but now developing in the last 12 months, a crisis. policing in england and wales is reliant on my colleagues, police staff comics through the working harder and longer. areas coming into crisis, which specifically? i could go further and say the whole system is starting to go into crisis. but particularly around across england and wales people call the service, getting screened out because we are having to make those heart choices as to where we put our finite resources to best effect. that is causing frustration for the public and for police officers. police

officers do not want to feel they are letting the public down. they got into the vacation to serve the public and it is extreme with frustrating that we feel like we are at times. public protection for instance, acute high risk, protecting vulnerable children and adults, my colleagues leading protection units are having to make very ha rd protection units are having to make very hard choices hourly and daily as to where they put the finite resources in what is a contentious, high risk area of policing. can it go on like this for much longer? we have got two choices, i think. the first choice, as i called for last year and first choice, as i called for last yearandi first choice, as i called for last year and i continue to call for this year, we want a conversation, a review about policing. what do we wa nt review about policing. what do we want our police service to be doing in the 21st—century? that conversation has to be stakeholders such as yourself, the public, people in policing and with politicians.

0nce in policing and with politicians. once we have an answer, to that question, we can start to think about how we structure and resource our police service, modern police service, accordingly. the alternative is we carry on as we have done now for the last 5—7 years in what i can only describe is a rather haphazard approach. we have been trying to do collaboration in different forms over probably the last 12 years. frankly, as i was saying yesterday, there is a definition where you try to do the same thing time and time again with the help of getting a different outcome, which is called insanity. thank you, gavin thomas. save the children, estimates that more than half a million boys and girls underfive will die of hunger this year in countries hit by conflict where aid is deliberately blocked. the charity says access to humanitarian aid was denied 11100 times last year and is now calling on governments around the world to protect children in conflict and to hold those responsible for blocking food and

medicine to account. final proposals will be published later for changes to parliamentary constituencies — which would cut the number of mps by 50. reviews by the boundary commissions of england, scotland, wales and northern ireland will set out which of the 650 seats should be abolished or altered. a previous shake—up was abandoned in 2013 by the coalition government when the liberal democrats withdrew support. the head of the american media giant cbs has resigned with immediate effect, following allegations of sexual misconduct. les moonves has been under investigation by the company since allegations first appeared in the new yorker magazine injuly. fresh accusations from six more women appeared on sunday. mr moonves denies wrongdoing. cbs said that the company, together with mr moonves, is to donate $20 million to support equality in the workplace. us media said his resignation package could be worth £100 million.

more now on the news that a former minister has warned the conservative party will suffer a catastrophic split unless theresa may backs down over her brexit plan. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith sent us this from westminster. the stark warning from the former brexit minister steve baker backed the party could split over at theresa may‘s plans. number ten have hit back accusing a lack of a plan from the brexiteers after they called to approve some sort of document... that is a problem for you. you do not have a plan?”

document... that is a problem for you. you do not have a plan? i think it is rather strange of downing street to claim there is no plan or alternative. they themselves already claimed there is an alternative called wto. the word alternative should be dumped. we're talking about choices that need to be made around the kind of arrangement we need to have with the eu body flexibility is like, what does the change, at the heart things like the backstop arrangement which should never have been accepted by the government in december and is boxing into the checkers arrangement. first and foremost does not deliver on what the prime minister said, becoming rule—makers and not ruled ta ke rs becoming rule—makers and not ruled takers we're looking at this and the government should recognise this is about ideas, not personalities and we will be bringing forward a whole set of new ideas about the way to go and the better arrangement to the liver. brexit is unacceptable to the vast mass of the party and most mps.

don‘t you need more than ideas and choices? we are six months away from the european union exit. you need a clear, alternative set of proposals, detailed ideas about what you do over possible regulatory, customs checks, northern ireland border? the government has to present to the electorate, may i remind you, the best solution that can be found and my view and many's is that chequers does not meet that requirement because it makes us ruled takers. locked into a large part of what the eu does. it stars with the government being open—minded about the prospect. it is not about alternatives because chequers is essentially i think that. it does not work. the government needs to understand to get something through they need to open their minds to what we can actually achieve when all the other perspectives... artifice is the critical bit about

the backstop which has driven the government into what i think is an obsession with chequers. i think it is wrong. they are the ones that have to come forward ultimately with the plan. we will give them the ideas, they need to come forward with their plan. let‘s get more now on the inquest into the deaths of the five people killed in the westminster bridge attack last year has begun at the old bailey. our news correspondent, helena lee is at the old bailey. thejudge as you the judge as you say has opened the inquest here at court one year at the old bailey. he began by summarising the events from last march. last year where five people died. he told the court he helped the process would be of some comfort to the families who lost loved ones in that attack. he also warned the court that during the hearing that

some shocking footage would be shown and he would warn those in court when that was going to be shown in case anyone wanted to leave. he told the court he helped lessons could be learned from the inquest. he had a one—minute silence. he asked those in the court to stand, holding a minutes silence for those who died. and emotionalfor the minutes silence for those who died. and emotional for the families of those who died, pen portraits, statement read out on behalf of family members or from family members themselves who lost loved ones to really tell the court about the person they lost and about what their loss is meant to them. we heard from a statement read on behalf of kurt cochrane‘s wife, they we re behalf of kurt cochrane‘s wife, they were on holiday at the time he was on westminster bridge, knocked down and killed by the car that‘s masood

was driving. i am so lucky, she said, to have had so long with a man of my dreams. would have been his 56th birthday yesterday. we are hearing further pen portraits for the other four victims in this attack. the hearing at the old bailey is expected to last about five weeks or so and a separate inquest, jury lead, into the death of what officials knew about the man who carried out the attack, khalid masood, and devastated so many lives. in a moment we‘ll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... the former brexit minister steve baker says as many as 80 conservative mps are prepared to vote against the prime minister‘s chequers brexit plan. the world cup and warm weather helped the uk economy to grow more

strongly over the summer — with the construction sector bouncing back. parts of the police service in england and wales are "on the verge of crisis", — a stark warning from the president of the police superintendents‘ association. the uk economy grew by 0.3% injuly after a boost from the summer heatwave and world cup football. the figures, from the office for national statistics show that in the three months tojuly, the economy expanded by 0.6%. so could that better growth mean a rise in interest rates? no — according to market watchers. it‘s expected that the bank of england won‘t vote to raise rates this week, when it meets on thursday. they were raised in august, for only the second time a decade, to 0.75%. shares in department store chain debenhams fell more than 17% this morning, after reports this weekend that it‘s

called in accountants to advise it over future options. it‘s thought the store could be looking at a company voluntary arrangement which would see it close stores and look to renegotiate rents at others. debenhams has issued three profit warnings so far this year. good news for the economy last month — it got a boost from the warm in the three months tojuly, the economy expanded by 0.6%, the fastest pace in almost a year. services — which account for around three quarters of our economy — grew particularly strongly, with retail sales performing well, boosted by warm weather and world cup fever. the construction sector expanded too. joining us now is yael selfin, chief economist at kpmg. what do you make of these figures? two very distinct things, the world cup and the weather, they are temporary. what does it mean for the

month to come? yes, these are monthly figures forjuly and we cannot read too much into them. we had strong, very warm weather and strong spirit if you like on the back of the world cup. that drove retail sales. and also strong growth in restaurants and hotels. services. we have seen a mixed performance overall with manufacturing not doing that well despite the week pound. construction is still positive but slowing in terms of the momentum from earlier in the year. so good and bad. i‘m starting with the bad. what did not do well, you touched on it. even with manufacturing exports more attractive with the currency, not doing as well as we thought? manufacturing actually contracted in terms of output injuly and that is disappointing given the pound remains relatively weak. indeed,

exports are not doing that well despite... it is probably down to the uncertainty of the external markets, likely to be looking beyond brexit. the good. the service sector accounting for three quarters of our economy, really important that does well because it creates to so many jobs, contributes to economic growth, it doing particularly well. essentially, we all went out and spent a bit more because the weather was good and we felt better? strong spending, even the terms of the spending, even the terms of the spending, focused on items related to the strong weather. less demand for the bulkier items. a little bit of shaky ground if you like. 0n the other hand, some strong growth in professional services. another part of services. financial services have

not done that well. a bit mixed but generally relatively positive for july. a nice note to end on. we will have a look at the markets a little later. chef and authorjamie 0liver is teaming up with tesco for the first time to promote the company‘s food products. he has created a series of recipes and tips for tesco, which will include "healthier" recipes from scratch. his fee has not been disclosed but he earned more than £10 million from a previous 11—year deal with rival store chain sainsburys. that deal ended in 2011. the chinese owner of volvo cars was planning to list on the stock market, and sell shares in the firm this year. but according to the financial times geely‘s plans are now on hold because of the trade war between the us, china and europe. the share sale would have valued volvo at $30 billion and the shares would have listed in stockholm. jack ma, the boss of chinese e—commerce giant alibaba,

is to step down next year. mr ma, one of china‘s richest men, will hand over the reins to daniel zhang, currently chief executive. alibaba is one of the world‘s most valuable companies — its shares nearly doubled in value last year. no wonder he is smiling. at about one third, ftse100. debenhams, real concern about what happens next. the reports that it has called in the accountancy firm kpmg. that is worrying investors. a new poll says middle—aged drinkers find cutting back

on alcohol far harder than eating healthily or exercising. the yougov study also says they‘re more likely than other age groups to drink more than the recommended 1a units a week. a public health england campaign is urging people between the ages of 45 and 65 to have regular "drink—free" days. the duke and duthcess of sussex are to make their first major overseas tour as couple on a visit to the pacific region in october. the couple will spend 16 days travelling around australia, fiji, tonga and new zealand, and are expected to attend the 2018 invictus games in sydney — which were created by prince harry. some sunshine across southern parts of england, feeling quite warm again this afternoon. for many of us, typical british weather with the area and the wind is coming from the west. look at the cloud from the mid—atlantic all west. look at the cloud from the mid—atla ntic all the way west. look at the cloud from the mid—atlantic all the way to the united kingdom. for many, cloudy.

some bright spells here and there across the north—east of scotland but the best of the sunshine down towards the south, where temperatures getting to the 20s. elsewhere, cloudy, rain across northern ireland, west of scotland. temperatures away from the south getting to 14—17. this evening, overnight, blustery in northern areas. rain pushing its way to northern england, across wales and the north midlands. with all this cloud and rain, temperatures not falling too far for many of us. 13-15, falling too far for many of us. 13—15, perhaps chillier further north and east with more clear skies. through tuesday, the weather front, all associated the cloud with the weather front. moving southward gradually on tuesday. the isobars close together. blustery start to the day. on tuesday. 25 and more

miles per hour. up to 60 as the day goes on for exposed northern areas of scotland. sunny spells across northern areas but further south the line of cloud and a patch of rain moving to the south east. ahead of the cold front, remaining quite warm across the south east. temperatures 16-18 across the south east. temperatures 16—18 typically. still up into the 20s across the south. into tuesday night into wednesday. a little kink in the cold front. uncertainty in the forecast for wednesday. still the forecast for wednesday. still the dividing line, colour and fresher to the north, milder and warmer to the south. with the kink, heavier rain for a time across central and southern areas of england. still some uncertainty. further north, some dry and brighter weather with some sunshine, some

showers in the west. temperatures for all of us down to 16—17. a cooler to end the week and with that some outbreaks of rain as well taking us into the weekend. 0ver next few days i think plenty of dry weather around as well. goodbye. this is bbc news i‘mjoanna gosling. these are the top stories developing at midday. the former brexit minister steve baker says that the conservative party will suffer a catastrophic split if the prime minster sticks to her chequers plan. it is very clear to me from my canvassing of colleagues that there were almost 80 colleagues already who are willing to vote in the house of commons to protest the chequers deal. it would leave us half in, half out. it is not leaving the eu properly. here at westminster, theresa may‘s brexit critics defend their planned not to come up with an alternative plan. they say it is not up to them

it is up to mrs may to think again. at the tuc conference, the general secretary, francis 0‘grady calls for a shorter working week so that people can share the wealth genererated by new technology. i believe that in this century we can wina i believe that in this century we can win a four—day working week with decent pay for everyone. parts of the police service in england and wales are "on the verge of crisis" — a stark warning from the president of the police superintendents‘ association. the world cup and warm weather helped the uk economy to grow more strongly over the summer, with the construction sector bouncing back. cutting down on alcohol and not drinking some days a week. doctors advise middle—aged drinkers to have regular alcohol—free days after a study suggests they‘re more likely than any other age group to drink more than the recommended amount. and the bbc sport pundit mark lawrenson meets the keen—eyed football focus viewer who alerted him to a patch of cancerous skin on his face. and you have just met this morning

to the first time. we're having a bromance. yellow so what you say to this man who spotted it? thank you. good afternoon. it‘s monday, the 10th of september, i‘m joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the conservative party will suffer a catastrophic split unless theresa may backs down over her brexit plan — that‘s the warning today from a former brexit minister. steve baker, who resigned from the government injuly, says the prime minister faces a ‘massive problem‘ ahead of the party‘s conference later this month. he warned that as many as 80 conservative mps could vote against the chequers plan for leaving the eu. downing street says chequers was the only plan on the table that would deliver on the will of the british people, while avoiding a hard border in northern ireland.

we can cross to westminster and speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. we are getting a sense now of the chasm between the two sides of the tory party over mrs may‘s brexit plan. the chequers plan, which many regard as unacceptable and that desperate hour to get the prime minster to drop. all eyes on the tory party conference, hopes that there might be an uprising there that can pull mrs may back from the brink to look at some other approach to brexit. because the former brexit minister steve baker raised the prospect this morning that the party could actually split over the issue. that i suspect is more rhetoric than reality but it gives you a sense of just how fraught relations are now inside the tory party. mr baker

adamant that chequers will not get through parliament. the chequers plan is not a compromise acceptable to the conservative party. you can see that it is notjust eurosceptic. there is a lot of conservatives who just want to move past this dispute. but what you will notice is there are conservatives on the remain side of the argument that won‘t accept chequers. i have now reached a point where i have met conservatives who we re where i have met conservatives who were previously disinterested and automatically poor remain who are saying we should go... we should go forward with the fred deal in our mutual interest. white critics of mrs may have also been forced onto the back foot after they shelter plan to publish their own alternative plans to the chequers deal. they say they will still bring forward specific details on some of the key issues around brexit but

they will not be presenting a fully formed, detailed worked out alternative to brexit. they say they will come up with ideas and choices but that it is up to the government to put those in a formal revamped package on brexit. and the former tory leader iain duncan smith has also urged downing street to tone down the rhetoric and warned if not a return to what he called the bad old days of maastricht and the danger of the tories plunging out of government. eye i will have a little bit of advice to the government and thatis bit of advice to the government and that is they don‘t need to go picking fights internally in the party. if you want to stay together and cohesive, they need to tone down their rhetoric can be very clear that what they are searching for is the best plan that will get us to deliver on what the british people voted for, not what is the only plan that they can get through the eu. it has to be about what the british

people voted for, not what the eu only will accept. to brexit critics are not going to produce their own plan to underline their case, chequers remains the only viable, pragmatic plan on the table. and so far there is absolutely no sign of mrs may backing down. have a listen to the brexit minister. mrs may backing down. have a listen to the brexit ministerlj mrs may backing down. have a listen to the brexit minister. i think it delivers on the referendum result, it takes control of our money and laws and borders. but it is a compromise, it we‘re constantly asked what you want. we have given them a proposal. it involves some difficult compromises from their point of view as well. we‘re waiting forformal reaction point of view as well. we‘re waiting for formal reaction but i am content that it delivers on the referendum result. we seem to be heading towards an inevitable showdown between the anti—chequers tories and mrs may‘s supporters, probably at the party conference in three weeks‘

time because all the indications are that mrs may is determined to press on with chequers, notjust because she regards as the only deal which means the issue of the northern ireland border but is also the only deal that will be sellable to the eu and the deal that she believes will minimise the disruption to british business. but on top of that there isa business. but on top of that there is a personal element of this, she has invested so much it is very hard to see her backing off. some of her critics say this is not about leadership, this is not about replacing mrs may, i think there is a pretty widely held assumption at westminster that if the chequers deal goes down then mrs made probably will go down too. meanwhile, lurking increasingly prominently in the wings is one borisjohnson, formerly of the foreign office, with increasingly loud interventions. this morning not just getting stuck into the chequers deal but also sketching out a rather

larger ca nvas canvas for the sort of leadership is looking for. talking about the need to press ahead with tax cuts, to abandon hs two, because i think in many people‘s eyes, if mrs may does quit then boris johnson many people‘s eyes, if mrs may does quit then borisjohnson looks very likely to be the next person coming forward to be tory leader. in the past hour the tuc‘s general secretary has told its annual co ng ress secretary has told its annual congress in manchester that four—day working week with decent pay for everybody was achievable before the end of this century. let‘s go to ian watson at the tuc conference forums. pick up on the main themes for us. the main theme was quite simply from the most senior official in the trade union movement, the world of work is going to be changing

radically because of artificial intelligence and so on in the years ahead and she wanted to make sure that the workforce were the beneficiaries of this are not victims of it. she said there is a world where people, especially those with low skills, could end up on the scrapheap. but she had a different view that people should be able to work less and take the benefits of new technology to allow themselves to ta ke new technology to allow themselves to take home the same wages and be liberated from longer working hours. right now, we are living through a time of rapid industrial disruption. capital is grabbing more and more of the games and labour is short—changed. but as, everyone gets richer, productivity gains from artificial intelligence alone could be worth £200 billion. if even half of those promised gains are true then we can afford to make it happen. now, as ever, we demand fair

shares. that means higher wages, less time at work, more time with our loved ones. now, in the 19th—century unions campaigned for an eight hourday. 19th—century unions campaigned for an eight hour day. in the 20th century, we won the right to a two—day weekend and paid holidays so for the 215t—century, let's lift our ambition again. i believe that in this century we can win a four—day working week with decent pay for everyone. obviously that message went down well and in all this is the 150th meeting of the tuc congress. as you heard, gains in terms of a two—day weekend, a shorter working day had already been achieved so she thinks it is possible this can happen again in the future. but i think some

employers might be a little bit more sceptical about moving to a shorter working week and have taken with a pinch of salt that her assertion that working fewer hours can lead to higher productivity. the uk economy grew by 0.3% in july after being helped by the heatwave and the world cup, according to the office for national statistics. in the three months to july, the economy expanded by 0.6% percent. the 0ns says the figures account for a boost in retail sales, growth in the service and construction sectors. parts of the police service in england and wales are "on the verge of crisis", that‘s the warning from the president of the police superintendents‘ association. chief superintendent gavin thomas says forces are "utterly reliant" on fewer staff working longer hours. here‘s our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. a year ago, gavin thomas claimed policing was facing a perfect storm due to budget cuts and rising crime. now he believes the service is in even worse shape. the police superintendents‘ association president says routine policing is utterly reliant on officers staying

on when their shift ends or working while on leave. that, he says, exploits police officers and defrauds the public. the government has encouraged constabularies to pool their resources and personnel but, according to mr thomas, that has led to some officers spending four hours in a car driving between forces and others using two different laptops and e—mail addresses for the same job. the home office says it‘s carrying out a review of front—line policing to bring about improvements. danny shaw, bbc news. an inquest into the deaths of the five people killed in the westminster bridge attack last year has opened at the old bailey. four people were run down by a car and constable keith palmer was stabbed to death outside parliament. the attacker, khalid masood, was shot dead by armed officers. 0ur correspondent helena lee

is following the inquest. thejudge has opened the judge has opened the thejudge has opened the inquest here at court one here at the old bailey. he began by summarising the events bailey. he began by summarising the eve nts fro m bailey. he began by summarising the events from last march. last year where five people died. he told the court that he hoped the process would be of some comfort to the families who lost loved ones in that attack. he also warned the court that during the hearing some shocking footage would be shown and he would warn those in court when that was about to be shown in case anyone didn‘t want to sit in the court room. he also told the court that he hoped lessons could be learnt from this inquest. we then add a minute‘s silence, he asked those in court to stand and hold a minute‘s silence for those who died. and then, very emotional for the families of those who died, pen portraits, those are statements that

we re portraits, those are statements that were read out on behalf of family members orfrom were read out on behalf of family members or from family members themselves who lost loved ones to really tell the court about the person they lost and about what their loss has meant to them. we heard a statement read on behalf of one man‘s wife, they were on holiday at the time in london. he was on westminster bridge, he was knocked down and killed by the car that khalid masood was driving. in that statement she said i was so lucky to have had 25 years with the man of my dreams. we heard in court as well that yesterday would have been his 56th birthday. we are also hearing further pen portraits for the other four victims in this attack. the hearing here at the old bailey is expected to last around five weeks or so expected to last around five weeks orso and expected to last around five weeks or so and there will be a separate inquest which will be jury led into the death of khalid masood. that

will look into what officials knew about him, what intelligence that was about this man who carried out the attack and devastated so many lives. the police commander at the hillsborough disaster has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 liverpool fans. the former chief superintendent david duckenfield appeared at preston crown court, via video link. our news correspondent danny savage brought us this update from outside preston crown court. proceedings got under way at about 10:30am this morning. david duckenfield was onto screens in the court on a video link. he was sitting there listening to proceedings in court this morning. it was the formalities of having the charges for what happened at hillsborough that day back in 1989 read out to him in court. he formally pleaded not guilty to 95

charges of manslaughter by gross negligence and the courts fell silent as all 95 names of those who died at hillsborough over that time we re died at hillsborough over that time were read out in court this morning. david duckenfield pleaded not guilty, he will appear for trial here at preston crown court probably early next year. the headlines on bbc news... the former brexit minister steve baker says as many as 80 conservative mps are prepared to vote against the prime minister‘s chequers brexit plan the world cup and warm weather helped the uk economy to grow more strongly over the summer —— with the construction sector bouncing back. parts of the police service in england and wales are "on the verge of crisis", — a stark warning from the president of the police superintendents‘ association. sport now, here‘s 0lly foster. england‘s lead is now past 200 in

the final test against india at the 0val. alastair cook is still at the crease looking to end his test career just as crease looking to end his test careerjust as he started it with a century. he is now up to fifth in the rankings of all—time test scorers. he resumed on 46. he is now on 78 with england 178 in their second innings. joe root has also brought up his 50. england have already clinched the series remember. cook has called time on a 12 year international career at the end of this 0val test. novak djokovic has equal pete sampras‘s mark of 1a grand slam titles. he won to ta ke mark of 1a grand slam titles. he won to take a third title at flushing meadows. that is back—to—back grand slams for the serb after his victory at wimbledon over the summer. he has

now moved up to third in the world rankings. the fallout from the women‘s final continues after that extraordinary outburst from serena williams. the women‘s tennis association has backed williams‘s claim of sexism for the way she was treated by the umpire. she got a code violation for coaching from the stands, again penalty for calling the umpirea stands, again penalty for calling the umpire a thief and a liar in her defeat. she was later fined $17,000 by the united states tennis association but the wta chief executive has said that the umpire showed williams a different level of tolerance than if she had been a man. well, novak djokovic get his ta ke man. well, novak djokovic get his take on the incident. man. well, novak djokovic get his take on the incidentlj man. well, novak djokovic get his take on the incident. i have my personal opinion that maybe the umpire should not have pushed serena to the limit, especially in a grand slam final. you know, maybejust... it did change the course of the

match and was in my opinion may be unnecessary. i don‘t see things as the umpire does, i really don‘t. i think, you know, men and women are treated in this way or the other way, depending on the situation. it is hard to generalise things. wales we re is hard to generalise things. wales were beaten two nil by. denmark in their second match of the new nations league tournament. the danes have been in dispute with their association over image rights. they refuse to play in a friendly against slovakia. tottenham‘s christine eriksson scored both goals. it was a bit of a reality check for the welsh because they thrashed the republic of island for— won him the only match. delhi alley is out of the england only against whitsun tomorrow night. —— tap—in two. there

will be no further additions to gareth southgate‘s england squad flag in leicester tomorrow evening. that is all this author now. alastair cook still going strong. up to 79 now so not that far off that century that craving. british embassy officials in paris say they are assisting two people who are reported to have been attacked by a man armed with a knife and an iron bar. in all, seven people have been injured — four of them seriously. the man, who is said to be an afghan national, has been arrested. french police say at this stage there is nothing to indicate that it could be a terrorist attack. let‘s get more on this from our correspondent hugh schofield, who‘s in paris. confirmation that two brits were caught up with this. just bring us up caught up with this. just bring us up to date with the latest. the latest is not good news because what we have been told about the condition of these two men, british tourists, is that they are among the seriously injured. they were taken

with what the french called absolute urgency to hospital after the incident with knife wounds to the chest and stomach. now, what their condition is right now i don‘t know but the wii can say that they were among the those suits the injured last night. —— we can say. it seems the attack was in a second phase because the man had brought out a knife and an iron bar in a popular area in the north—east of the capital and attack people at random and then he was chased by a crowd and then he was chased by a crowd and he went down a side street and there came across these two british tourists and the crowd behind him shouted to the two british tourists, be careful, this man has got a knife. but it seemed they didn‘t understand what was being shouted at them. they froze instead of running away and then they were attacked. that is certainly the account that has been given to media by eyewitnesses. the man was then overpowered and came within an inch

of having his own life taken from it by the crowd, it seems. but the police arrived and he was taken into custody. this afghan national, a p pa re ntly custody. this afghan national, apparently in an unconscious state and hasn‘t spoken to police yet. middle—aged drinkers are being encouraged to have two alcohol—free days a week. the advice from public health england comes as a yougov poll says people in their forties and fifties are most likely to drink heavily. jenny kumah reports. dryjanuary, dry january, if you dryjanuary, if you did it, maybe a distant memory. 0r dryjanuary, if you did it, maybe a distant memory. or you may be thinking of going sober for october. today though sees the launch of a health campaign with a different approach. rather than promoting the idea of taking a whole month of alcohol, it is encouraging people to have more alcohol free days. absence programmes like january staying

soberfor programmes like january staying sober for october are beneficial but we also know that people can come of those programmes and get into their old habits very quickly. so what we tried to suggest is that we take more drink free days on a regular basis as well as that, so that we can cut down our drinking overall. the more you drink, the greater your risk your health, it is really that simple. according to you got paul, two thirds find reducing alcohol harder than exercise of bias. 0ne two thirds find reducing alcohol harder than exercise of bias. one in five survey to drag more than the recommended 1a units a week, that is around six glasses of wine or six pints of beer. health experts say if you are raising too many classes, you are raising too many classes, you are raising too many classes, you are also raising your risk of developing conditions like heart disease, cancer and high blood pressure. we can speak to a doctor now from the university of sheffield‘s alcohol research group. what you think about this advice

that people between 45 and 65 in particular should have regular alcohol free days? particular should have regular alcoholfree days? it particular should have regular alcohol free days? it aligns very well with the work we have been doing on trends in drinking. we often talk about young people and binge drinking, it is a typical in their 40s and 50s now who are the heaviest drinkers in britain. youth consumption has fallen a lot in the last ten to 15 years where is middle—aged drinking has remained at the same level of the ticket middle—aged women has gone up in recent yea rs. middle—aged women has gone up in recent years. is this because it is a group of people who are drinking more heavily when they were younger or is ita more heavily when they were younger or is it a trend that sort of happens inevitably at that stage of life? and if so, why? i think there‘s a lot going on. it is certainly true that each successive generation until recently has been drinking more than the last and that has had a knock—on effect over time on milledge thinking. but we‘ll solve so seen a rise in drinking at home, women drinking and all these

things tend to come together in middle age to create quite high levels of alcohol consumption. so we we re levels of alcohol consumption. so we were hearing in our report that alcohol free days are much better than a whole month of cutting out alcohol because by the end of that month people feel quite virtuous and go straight back to where they were. if it is going to be alcohol free days, how many? the chief medical 0fficer recommends that you should have at least two or three alcohol free days a week, possibly 45. the evidence on this is bit unclear, there may be some health benefits, there may be some health benefits, there are certainly indications there are certainly indications there are certainly indications there are benefits for the liver, we have this idea of a live holiday. but perhaps the biggest thing is breaking their habitual nature of drinking. so not getting into the habit of drinking every day and it is not necessarily that these middle—aged drinkers are getting drunk every night, there must at not in most cases, but they‘re having

one, two, three drinks overnight —— every night and it builds up over time. having a break in the week can break those habits and encourage you to drink less overall. what is the important willey impact overall on the average middle—aged drinker if they are not getting drunk but it is building up overtime? they are not getting drunk but it is building up over time? we hear reports about young people turning up reports about young people turning up in any departments but actually most of the harm from alcohol comes from middle—aged people developing chronic diseases such as the seven types of cancer that are caused by alcohol, heart disease and of course liver disease which is the biggest killer as a result of alcohol. and crucially, all of those diseases tend to hate in middle age or older. so cutting down drinking at that point can be particularly beneficial. thank you. the nationalist sweden democrats, a far—right, anti—immigration, anti—eu party has won about 18 per cent of the vote in the country‘s general election,

while the two main parliamentary blocs are almost tied with about 40 percent each. a protracted battle to form a working coalition now looks inevitable, with sweden becoming the latest eu country to shift to the right over fears about immigration. from stockholm, here‘sjenny hill. sweden is today waking up to a rather new political era. the far right sweden democrats say they are the true winners of this election. that is stretching it a little bit far. they have taken just under 18% of the vote but in a country like sweden with its long, liberal tradition that is a extraordinary result. their real achievement is that they‘re now complicating what is an already intricate political landscape here. broadly speaking, there are two political groupings here, one to the centre—left, one to the centre right. neither of those

groups has sufficient support to form a majority. that means that they will have to either shuffle around a bit to make some changes to their political alliances or even work with the sweden democrats. the two main parties here say they refuse to do that. but coalition talks are expected to go on for weeks as opposed to the average six days it would normally take to form some sort of government here. this is all of course being closely watched in other european capitals but it is causing a lot of controversy within the country too. many swedes are dismayed by the relative success of the sweden democrats who have gained in popularity following the migrant crisis. this country took in more people per head of migrants than any other country. many of the people we have spoken to here say they are very concerned about the anti—immigrant rhetoric that they sweden democrats have employed, particularly say about migrant

related crime. devils are pledged to hold a referendum on taking sweden out of the eu so rather divided country today, a lot of concern and other eu capitals will be looking on because the sweden with all its liberal values, like so many other european countries now in the wake of the migrant crisis, does appear to have shifted towards the political right. now it is time for a look at the weather with louise. we have got a bit of everything in there today. you take a look at the softwa re there today. you take a look at the software did you can see where the best of the sunshine south of the m4 corridor. as we go through the latter stages of the day we will see rain gathering in intensity through northern ireland, west of scotland, north—west england as well. he already a fresh appeal to things, 14 to 16 degrees but we might see

warmer in the south—east with the best of the sunshine. 0vernight tonight some rain heavy, gale force gusts likely in the far north of scotland, some rain heavy for the early morning commute am afraid across the north of england down into wales and eventually that will push its way into the midlands. in the extreme south—east corner we might seea the extreme south—east corner we might see a little in the way of sunshine here and some warmth with 23 degrees but further north and west cooler, showery and breezy with it. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... a former brexit minister says as many as 80 conservative mps could reject theresa may‘s chequers plan for brexit. steve baker — who quit over the deal — says it‘s unacceptable to many tories. the tuc is calling for a shorter working week. its general secretary, frances 0‘grady, told its annual congress that a four—day working week is achievable — before the end of this century.

many areas of the police service in england and wales are "on the verge of crisis". that‘s the warning from the president of the police superintendents‘ association, gavin thomas. the uk economy grew more strongly than expected in july, as the heatwave and world cup boosted the retail sector. police in paris have arrested a man, said to be an afghan national, on suspicion of stabbing seven people, including two british tourists with a knife. people between the ages of 45 and 65 are being urged to have alcohol—free days after a study suggests this age group is most likely to exceed recommended alcohol limits. and a baby girl who survived being born with her heart outside her body is preparing to come home after nine months in hospital. we‘ll bring you the latest on vanellope wilkins from nottingham. more now on one of our main stories. parts of the police service

in england and wales are "on the verge of crisis" — that‘s the warning from the president of the police superintendents‘ association. chief superintendent gavin thomas says forces are "utterly reliant" on fewer staff working longer hours. it comes a year after he warned policing faced a "perfect storm" due to budget cuts and rising crime. earlier i asked the chief superintendent to explain his concerns. last year, i said i felt the service was in a perfect storm. i believe it still is and hold true to that statement. but now developing in the last 12 months, areas coming into crisis. policing in england and wales is reliant on my colleagues, police staff colleagues through the service

working harder and longer. areas coming into crisis, which specifically? i could go further and say the whole system is starting to go into crisis. but areas particularly around across england and wales people call the service, crimes getting screened out because we are having to make those hard choices as to where we put our finite resources to best effect. that is causing frustration for the public and for police officers. police officers do not want to feel they are letting the public down. they got into the vacation to serve the public and it is hugely frustrating that we feel like we are at times. public protection for instance, acute high risk, protecting vulnerable children and adults, my colleagues leading protection units are having to make very hard choices hourly and daily as to where they put the finite resources in what is a contentious,

high risk area of policing. can it go on like this for much longer? we have got two choices, i think. the first choice, as i called for last year and i continue to call for this year, we want a conversation, a review about policing. what do we want our police service to be doing in the 21st—century? that conversation has to be stakeholders such as yourself, the public, people in policing and with politicians. once we have an answer, to that question, we can start to think about how we structure and resource our police service, modern police service, accordingly. the alternative is we carry on as we have done now for the last 5—7 years in what i can only describe is a rather haphazard approach. we have been trying to do collaboration in different forms over probably the last 12 years. frankly, as i was saying yesterday, there is a definition where you try to do the same thing

time and time again with the hope of getting a different outcome, which is called insanity. gavin thomas. a prison reformer has said trans people who have committed violent offences against women should not be able to transfer to women‘s prisons if they haven‘t legally changed their gender, after it emerged that a transgender inmate had sexually assaulted fellow prisoners after being sent to a women‘s prison. karen white was on remand for sex offences she‘d committed as a man, against women, when she told authorities that she now identified as tra nsgender and wanted to go to a women‘s jail. after a full review, they agreed — despite the nature of the crimes and her not undergoing any physical or legal gender transition. while there, white sexually attacked female inmates — she committed four assaults — and was transferred back to a male prison. last week white pleaded guilty to the assaults. earlier, a transgender former prisoner told victoria derbyshire she thought the current rules were unfairly allowing offenders to manipulate a system that is designed to protect

the rights of trans people. what i‘m seeing at the moment, real transgender people like myself, transitioned as children, i‘ve lived my entire life as an adult as a female and now all these people are coming out of the woodwork making it really difficult for me and people like me. they‘re just letting them change willy—nilly and it is going the wrong way. sorry, it‘s making me quite emotional. do you think that men who have committed violent offences against women should not be able to transfer to a women‘s prison if they have not legally changed their gender? exactly, no way should they be allowed to do that, no way. they should have to have operations, they should not be able to change their gender behind bars. i do not understand why they let people do that and i am a transgender person. but in prison that is not the kind of place you want to be transitioning.

it is dangerous and inappropriate what they‘re doing. the government is right now consulting on allowing people to self identify or self—declare, the change their gender when they say it has changed. and that means that people will be able to declare themselves as a man or woman without getting the consent of two doctors as you have to do now. what will that mean for inmates? any male prisoner would be able to sign a form and become legally female despite having a male body and then would be eligible, as eligible as i would be, to be moved into a women's prison. that is wrong and we must oppose that. but if self identification goes through and the government is consulting, could there be more cases like this? of course, there are 13,000 sex offenders in prison and how many of those would like to move into a women's prison. the issue of having a female birth certificate is not enough

to stop people moving. save the children estimates that more than half a million boys and girls underfive will die of hunger this year in countries hit by conflict where aid is deliberately blocked. the charity says access to humanitarian aid was denied 1400 times last year and is now calling on governments around the world to protect children in conflict and to hold those responsible for blocking food and medicine to account. joining me now is kevin watkins, ceo of save the children. is this issue getting worse? this is an unfolding human tragedy and it is getting worse. we have seen a 20% increase in the number of children at risk of fatality from malnutrition in conflict affected countries. just to give you an example, i was in yemen a few weeks ago when i met a young girl, aisha,

14 months old, 3.5 kilos, treated at one of ourfeeding 14 months old, 3.5 kilos, treated at one of our feeding programmes. 14 months old, 3.5 kilos, treated at one of ourfeeding programmes. 3.5 kilos, the average birth weight of a child here in the uk. that is a little girl whose life we were able to save because we have workers on the front line. but there are so many children we are not able to reach. in the case of yemen, the saudi led coalition is using hunger systematically as a weapon of war. aisha and girls like her are carrying the risk with our lives. this aid was not being deliberately blocked, what difference would it make? the parents of that little girl would not be in poverty, we would not see the sort of full price inflation, 30% in the case of yemen, we are currently seeing. —— food price inflation. we would not see the total collapse of livelihoods like we have across much of yemen.

the real problem is we have a major power, saudi arabia, and the uae, in fragrant violation of international law regard it as acceptable to starve children and civilian populations in pursuit of military objectives. we are saying that is wrong. and those responsible need to be held to account. how can they be held to account christmas many mechanisms, the international criminal court, other legal mechanisms both regional and international. in that particular case, the uk government itself is a major arms supplier involved in military cooperation with the saudi government. we have to start attaching a price to governments who regard it as acceptable to violate international law with impunity. are you seeing any difference in attitudes? we hear what you are putting out and it is very shocking

but the countries blocking aid and seeing this happen are well aware of the impact of it. what we are trying to do with this report is to highlight the sheer scale of the problem. we are calling on the public in this country and other parts of the world to step up to the challenge. we all have a responsibility here, we as an organisation, save the children, are doing our best on the front line. we need the public calling on our government and other governments to respect international law. in other countries, the democratic republic of congo, the biggest number of children at risk, only 10% of the humanitarian budget for the country is currently funded. that is putting lives of young children at risk and a problem we can solve. going back to the little girl, aisha, you said save the children‘s assistance has saved her from a terrible fate right now. but what is to stop her ending

up now. but what is to stop her ending up right back in that situation?‘ good question because when i spoke to her mother, she told me this was the second time she had had to take that little girl to an intensive feeding clinic. fortunately, in that case, we managed to get her back on herfeet case, we managed to get her back on her feet and she is on the road to recovery. in the end, if we have government that will persist in obstructing humanitarian aid and using starvation as a weapon of war we will see more casualties like that little girl. thank you, kevin watkins. men in the uk are becoming less fertile, and no—one is exactly sure why this is. but for the first time male infertility is now the most common reason that couples seek ivf. the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme has been told that men‘s fertility is being continously overlooked — and they‘re not being offered the right treatments or warned about the risks infertility can carry — and ivf is too often being used as the solution. adam eley has this exclusive report. my gp essentially said,

you are producing no sperm so you won‘t be able to have children. take a ticket, out the door. away you go. no support whatsoever. that was how craig franklin and his wife katie found out he was infertile as a result of a chromosome defect. in a health system that experts say overlooks men‘s fertility, he felt forgotten. and his mental health spiralled. when we found out about it, i was very angry for a long time. my performance at work deteriorated quite significantly, to the point that i lost myjob late last year. i saw a man break basically. he didn't feel like a man. and that is so unfair. male infertility is now the most common cause of couples seeking ivf in the uk. and it is a growing issue. with men wanting to have children later in life and sperm quality decreasing and due to modern lifestyle factors. it is now quite urgent that we look at the problem.

men are not being looked after properly, not diagnosed and cared for. professor sheena lewis is one of the uk‘s leading fertility experts. she is head of the british andrology society. one of her biggest concerns is that there is so little research into treatment, that ivf, a process that revolves around a woman, is being used to treat male infertility. the woman actually acts as the therapy for the man‘s problem, so we are giving an invasive procedure to a person who doesn‘t need it, in order to treat another person. that doesn‘t happen within any other branch of medicine. it is really rather absurd that it still happens. mark harper, who has two children via donor sperm, was told that he was infertile having had testicular cancer. i don‘t think they actually had an awful lot of guidance to give you, an awful lot of knowledge. they were clearly following a very set pattern and trying to lead

you down certain routes. when mark was found to have no sperm, the doctor told his wife first. i got a phone call at work that afternoon that just said, "i'm really sorry to tell you that the sperm count is zero. if you‘re talking to a male about his infertility problems, you ought to be talking to the male about it. i‘m here, i‘m a person. i was the one sat in front of you and i‘m the one you sort of need to be talking to about male fertility issues. we arejust we are just hearing from the crickets that alastair cook has scored a century, his 33rd test century for england in his final international innings after announcing his retirement from international cricket. he has scored a century in that test match against india at the oval. we will have the latest in the sport. the duke and duchess

of sussex are to make their first major overseas tour as couple on a visit to the pacific and australia in october. the couple will spend 16 days travelling around new zealand, fiji, tonga and australia, and are expected to attend the 2018 invictus games in sydney — which were created by prince harry. the headlines on bbc news... the former brexit minister steve baker says as many as 80 conservative mps are prepared to vote against the prime minister‘s chequers brexit plan. the tuc is calling for a shorter working week. its general secretary, frances 0‘grady, told its annual congress that a four—day working week is achievable — before the end of this century. parts of the police service in england and wales are "on the verge of crisis", — a stark warning from the president of the police superintendents‘ association. the bbc sport pundit mark lawrenson has revealed how a keen—eyed football focus viewer alerted him to a patch of cancerous skin on his face.

the observation led to him undergoing two operations and he‘s now been given the all—clear. my colleagues, naga munchetty and jon kay have been talking the pundit and the gp who spotted the lesion. you have just met this you havejust met this morning you have just met this morning for the first time. we are having a bromance. i say thank you. i called ita bromance. i say thank you. i called it a blemish, bromance. i say thank you. i called ita blemish, it bromance. i say thank you. i called it a blemish, it is a lesion.” bromance. i say thank you. i called it a blemish, it is a lesion. i did not think it had grown bigger. we have a picture here. you thought it was a mole you always had? in your 60s, was a mole you always had? in your 605, it was a mole you always had? in your 60s, it is just life, was a mole you always had? in your 60s, it isjust life, isn‘t it? playing football, no one had suncream or anything when you are children. i have a house in majorca.

iamjust children. i have a house in majorca. i am just thinking it is the sun. then i had a kick up the backside. is this what you do, right into television personalities? it is the first time i have e—mailed in to any show about anything like this. you did it as a gp? as soon as i seen mark‘s lesion, it instantly stood out as something that could be potentially serious. how did you get in touch with them? i essentially just e—mailed the show. i didn‘t hear anything for a couple of weeks, gotan e—mail hear anything for a couple of weeks, got an e—mail back from the bbc thanking me. you must get loads of comments. mostly bad! my boss said

this guy e—mailed in, you need to get it sorted. that is basically what i did. two operations later. the worst thing in the end, after my second operation to check the lymph nodes and all that, they are the conductors for cancer for the rest of your body, i am led to believe. a malignant melanoma. i got the news before i went to russia for the world cup, the day before. eating time was having to wait for the results. i came back, had had my major operation august two. and just on wednesday i got the all clear. when i walked into the hospital and the lady did the operation, as soon asi the lady did the operation, as soon as i what‘s in it she said it is good news. the thought of sitting their first 30 seconds... what is their first 30 seconds... what is the message? you said, i am 61. blokes think they are

indestructible. women do, too. absolutely. i felt fine, indestructible. women do, too. absolutely. ifelt fine, i have a lwa ys absolutely. ifelt fine, i have always felt fine, but you just don‘t know. thanks to alan. if alan had not e—mailed, would you ever have got it checked out? i think it had maybe grown a little bit, i think i would. but when you are ugly you do not look in the mirror every day. i was not looking at you when i said that was that you actually were! hold on a minute, that has gone a bit... it happen so slowly, especially on your face committee —— you just don‘t notice. especially on your face committee —— you just don't notice. what is the key message? if you are concerned about a mole lesion, go and have it checked over by your own dr. —— mole or vision. a baby girl who survived being born with her heart outside her body and without a breastbone

is preparing to come home after nine months in hospital. vanellope wilkins from nottingham made medical history when she was born with one of the world s rarest conditions. specialists say her recovery has been remarkable and they now believe she s one of a kind. marie ashby has been following her progress. baby vanellope has lived in hospital from the days she was born. soon, that is about to change. without a breastbone, she still needs vital equipment to help her breathe. and at the queens medical centre, her parents are being shown how to use it. we have had to do six years of training in nine months, nearly. do you know what i mean? it isn‘t something easy to get your head round. we have to do all that and that is obviously not something that we‘ve ever done before. i think that it is the scary side of it. there is lots of work that goes into getting a child home safely so we look at equipment needs, training, who is going to be looking after that child. and training those carers up. to be able to safely care for a child at home on a ventilator. vanellope‘s case was unprecedented.

her extremely rare condition diagnosed in the womb. her chances of survival were less than 10%. a medical team of 50 were in theatre at glenfield hospital for this special delivery. born with her heart outside her chest and without a breastbone, doctors now believe she is one ofa kind. there is nobody else's act to follow, certainly. there is nothing we can find that will guide us in our decision—making. we always knew it was rare but how rare she is is probably rarer than we thought. vanellope will need surgery again in a few years to build a breastbone to protect her heart. the bigger she is, the easierfor us to do some reconstructive surgery. using her own cartilage or bones or using some artificial materials. baby vanellope has spent her whole life in hospital so far. she will be one in november.

her family can‘t wait to bring her home soon. she is a feisty little thing. feisty. certainly notice what she likes and watch doesn‘t like. and she is quite happily voicing that well. naomi findlay, vanellope‘s mother, speaking there to our east midlands reporter. you can see more on inside out on bbc one in the east midlands tonight at 7:30 — or everywhere on the bbc iplayer. a year ago, hurricane irma slammed into florida. it was the first category—five storm of the 2017 hurricane season, which was the deadliest and costliest on record so far. hurricanes harvey, irma, jose and maria all brought devastation to the caribbean and parts of the us, but what are the prospects for this year? bbc weather‘s tomasz schafernaker, who was in florida when irma hit, has been taking a look. last year‘s atlantic hurricane season will never be forgotten

in the caribbean and the us. it spawned extreme storms, from record rainfall in houston to entire island nations being devastated. parts of the carribean still have many years of recovery ahead of them. among them anguilla, st martin, puerto rico and dominica. this is a bad room, that‘s a bad room. it started picking up and the rain came in. at a point in time, i was sleeping and my brother woke me up. i am holding him. we are fighting the wind. florida had not seen a major hurricane in many years. it also experienced widespread damage and massive disruption. we originally came here because the eye was going to come past this location. but overnight at the track changed

and it is going to strike the other side of florida. that is how unpredictable hurricanes can be. harvey, irma and maria are hurricanes which broke records. each of them for different reasons. irma reached category five with sustained winds of 185 mph. it managed to maintain its intensity longer than any other tropical cyclones in recorded history. the perfect storm. it is one thing to talk about wind speed and pressure but it is a completely different thing to experience a hurricane first—hand. but why did 2017 spawned such powerful hurricanes? and will we see anything similar in the 2018? last year, crucially, the ocean surface in the tropics was a lot warmer than usual. this meant more energy for developing stops. for developing storms.

also, the atmosphere was often calm and lacked any wind shear. these are disruptive currents of air which can otherwise prevent the storms from forming. so for this year, the waters in the tropical atlantic have remained cooler than last year, perhaps signifying less energy for hurricanes. but now, the conditions are becoming more favourable for growing storms as we approach the peak of hurricane season. bbc weather‘s tomasz schafernaker reporting. in a moment it‘s time for the one o‘clock news with ben brown but first it‘s time for a look at the weather. dominated by westerly wind of this week. driving in plenty of card from the atlantic. the conveyor belt of cloud —— cloud moving towards. the

rain starting to gather in intensity through the afternoon. the wind picking up to 40 mph in scotland and more. warmer in the south east, 22, cooler and fresh as the weather front pushes in. that is the story through the middle of the week. some of the rain turning quite heavy overnight tonight. gale—force gust of wind on the exposed coast. some still quite heavy... still some rain first thing this morning. the north—west of the great grand, northern isles, lots of rain. gale —force northern isles, lots of rain. gale—force gusts of wings. dry across the borders into northern ireland. just starting to finish the north of the midlands. the south east corner might start of dry and bright, the lion‘s share of the

sunshine, potentially the warmth. weather pushes south but not reaching the south east until daylight. temperatures just over 20. but the cooler greens. temperatures disappointing. highs of 15—16 in the far north of the country. the weather front stays with us, meandering north and south through tuesday into wednesday, really not much change and it will be the difference between the cooler air to the north and brisk wind sear and slightly milder conditions slowly starting to be... further south. we starting to be... further south. we start off wednesday with the weather front moving south and east. when it arrives, rain into the south east corner. a breezy affair behind it, showers into the far north—west. a cooler feel likely to stay with us towards the end of the week. jeremy

cole and more rain to come. —— generally cool. a warning the conservative party is facing a "catastrophic split" over brexit. a former minister says 80 mps will side with borisjohnson and vote against theresa may‘s chequers plan. we need to come together around a plant that can work, a plan which the eu can deliver. we‘ll be reporting live from westminster and from brussels. also this lunchtime... the westminster bridge terror attack: inquests open into the deaths of the five people murdered by khalid masood. calls for a four day working week: the tuc says workers should share the wealth from new technology. the punishment of serena williams was sexist, according to the governing body of women‘s tennis.