hello, you're watching afternoon live, i"m simon mccoy. today at 2: the lives torn apart in 82 seconds — relatives of those killed in the westminster bridge attack pay emotional tributes at the opening of the inquest into their deaths. a warning the conservative party is facing a "catastrophic split" over brexit — a claim 80 mps will side with borisjohnson and vote against theresa may's chequers plan. in from canvassing of colleagues and 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. give your liver a break — a new campaign urges people between the ages of 45 and 65 to have regular "drink—free" days. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. yes, it has been the perfect goodbye for alastair cook in his final test match before retiring from international cricket. he has had a century against india. i love all

the latest from the oval coming up. and the weather from louise. yes, just a few clinging on to sunny spells, further north and west the cloud gathers and rain already pushing into scotland and northern ireland. asign pushing into scotland and northern ireland. a sign of things to come to light and do tomorrow. more details in halfan light and do tomorrow. more details in half an hour. thanks, louise. also coming up — especially for them... kylie and jason are re—united on stage for a surprise performance of their 1988 duet. it was a surprise for him — he'd only gone to watch. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. in just 82 seconds on march 22nd of march last year the lives of four

people were ended as khalid masood drove into pedestrians on westminster bridge before stabbing a policeman to death. today — at the opening of the inquests into their deaths — a hushed court number one at the old bailey was told of the "moments of high and terrible drama" in the lead—up to the attack. then it was the turn of the relatives — to describe how their lives had been torn apart, among them family and colleages of pc keith palmer who paid tribute to the ‘brave‘ officer who gave his life to protect others. our correspondent helena lee is at the old bailey. an emotional and packed court here at the old bailey, families got their chance to publicly remember their chance to publicly remember their loved ones. as they did so many of them were in tears, and their photographs of those who died in the attacks were put up on screens around the courtroom for eve ryo ne screens around the courtroom for everyone to see. and the one—minute

silence was observed in their memory. westminster bridge, nearly a year and a half ago, an attack which the chief coroner said tore apart the lives of many today the inquest began into those who died, giving families a chance to tell the hearing about them, who they were and what they meant to their relatives. kurt cochrane was on holiday here. yesterday would have been his 56th birthday. a statement read out on behalf of his wife melissa said, the court heard leslie frey, a pensioner, known as les, was a private man who always helped others and loved hisjob as a window cleaner. ayesha freda's husband told the court she lived and breathed for her daughters. they had two.

andrea christie was described as a lovely, enchanting young lady. today would have been her 33rd birthday. and pc keith palmer, who was stabbed and killed in the attack. his sister said the best day of his life was when his daughter was born. the inquest will hear from specialist witnesses who will piece together what happened that day, and a second jury—led inquest will be held into the death of khalid masood, the man who carried out the attack. the court saw stills of the cctv digit of the american tourist who was on that bridge died in the attack. and those stills that were shown, you can see he was standing on the bridge with his wife melissa standing next to him, and the car approaching them. as he saw the car he pushed his wife, melissa, out of

the way to safety. he died in that attack. thejudge he says he hopes that the inquest will give some comfort to the families, and also a nswer comfort to the families, and also answer the many questions that they have. the inquest will continue here today and will go on for around five weeks. a former minister is warning the tory party faces a "catastrophic split" — if theresa may presses ahead with her brexit strategy. steve baker, who recently resigned from the brexit department, said up to 80 tory mps will vote against the prime minister's chequers plan for leaving the eu. it follows a weekend of renewed infighting among conservatives, after boris johnson compared mrs may's strategy to a "suicide vest". 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, reports. there must ag colleagues in

westminster willing to protest the chequers deal. it is not leaving the eu properly. and it is notjust mr baker. this man, a former conservative leader, is turning up the volume again. if the whole idea is that we will attack and lash out at everybody, it will be like the old days back when we had the maastricht debates when we ended up lunging out of government. what is the government's chequers plan was mike it would involve a comment rule book for all goods traded with the eu, a so—called facilitated customs arrangements to treat the uk and eu asa arrangements to treat the uk and eu as a combined customs territory, and as a combined customs territory, and a mobility framework, replacing the free movement of people. government ministers point out their plan is the only one on the table. but... what do you say to colleagues and voters in the country who look at

the chequers deal and say, it involves being too close to brussels after brexit, this is not what we voted for? i think it delivers on the referendum result. it takes by control of our money, our laws and oui’ control of our money, our laws and our borders. but of course it is a compromise. it requires difficult challenges from the european union. we were asked, what do you want, we give them a proposal. it involves difficult compromises from their point of view as well. we are still waiting for theirformal point of view as well. we are still waiting for their formal reaction. but i'm content delivers on the referendum result. but it seems a tad noisy here at westminster, just imagine how loud the volume could get when the conservatives are all cooped up at their conference in a couple of weeks' time. and in case you wondered, it is 200 days to go until brexit. just over six months. let's cross over to westminster and get the latest from our chief political correspondent, vicki young. yes, six months to go, and there are

many saying there should be a clear idea of exactly what kind of brexit we are heading for. instead we have both the main political parties still trying to work out which direction they are going to go on. and as we heard there from one minister, predicting that the conservative party could split over the issue. on thursday, theresa may will chair a special cabinet meeting to look at preparations for a no deal scenario. that's an unlikely scenario according to downing street, but they say it is best to be prepared. to discuss this a little more i am joined by one of the leading campaigners against the chequers agreement, we could say. what is wrong with that? lots of people, including some brexiteers, say it delivers on the referendum, and it was always good to have to be and it was always good to have to be a compromise. it does not deliver on the referendum. the prime minister said we would end free movement of

people, we would not give billions of pounds every year to the european union, we would make our own laws in oui’ union, we would make our own laws in our own countryjudged union, we would make our own laws in our own country judged by union, we would make our own laws in our own countryjudged by our own judges. chequers does not deliver that. but chequers has already been rejected by the european union, so it is time to move onto something else. they say it has not been completely, and if that was the deal you ended up with, are you not concerned by opposing it you are potentially bringing down your prime minister? i don't think there is a majority in the house of commons for anything that resembles chequers. i think we have to be honest about that, and i don't think for one minute a deal like chequers will be the final deal. i think we will move to something like a free—trade agreement that most people can support. what about no deal preparations? there is a cabinet meeting on thursday. are you happy that enough is being done, given that enough is being done, given that that could be something that happens in six months? are you happy that the country is ready for that? you call it no deal. in fact it

would be a trade agreement based on wto rules which is how we trade with... but even businesses i'm talking about, particularly, do you think they are ready considering there is only six months to go? we had this referendum in 2016, i used to be in business, of course we would be making plans to export the advantages of when we came out, and i'm sure businesses up and down the land are doing that.|j i'm sure businesses up and down the land are doing that. i word about borisjohnson. people say he is preparing to maybe try and challenge theresa may, that he does not back the chequers deal. what about his language, talking about a suicide vest, that that was the approach theresa may was taken, is otherwise? he is right to oppose the chequers agreement, he resigned over it, that is no surprise. and the difference between me and boris is that boris speaks in language that people readily listen to. if i was to say that the problem with chequers is the comment rule book and the fact there is not mutual recognition, they are falling asleep already. but

if you use the metaphor that there isa if you use the metaphor that there is a suicide belt around the british constitution, by the way, he has been mistreated the' misquoted. we are keeping power still with the eu. people understand that, and people speaking metaphors all the time. do you think you should be leader? he isa you think you should be leader? he is a risky one... if theresa may decides to step down at sometime in the future, he is clearly one of the leading contenders. we go out campaigning every saturday morning, and a lady said to me, i was wrote for you, by the way, the next leader 01’ for you, by the way, the next leader or to be boris. it's interesting. people just coming up and saying that. but there are a lot of other people that could be premised if theresa may wants to stand down. thank you very much. and that will be one of the main talking points at the party conference towards the end of the month. new figures suggest the uk economy grew faster than expected in the three months to the end ofjuly. the office for national statistics

said gdp grew by 0.6% during the period. it's thought hot weather and england's performance at the world cup helped boost consumer spending. unions are calling for a shorter working week so that staff can share in the wealth generated by new technology. the tuc‘s general secretary, frances 0'grady, told its annual congress in manchester that the wider workforce needs to see the benefits of developments in technology such as robotics and artificial intelligence. colletta smith reports. the owners of this judeo the owners of thisjudeo space in cardiff ta ke the owners of thisjudeo space in cardiff take a different view, staff only work for days. we felt that we had an opportunity to prove something that i felt was true, that people could be as productive in four days as five. if it does nothing more than has people who work for you who are less stressed, that'll benefit us in productivity at the end of the day anyway. because, you know, happier people work better.

here you are. thank you. those researching what work will look like in the future think that whatever size and type of company, technology could give us all more time to relax. left to themselves, many employers will continue exploitative working practices, making their employees work for longer and meanwhile commuting prices are going up. in fact it will be down to the state ultimately to give workers more voice and to regulate around working time. when a company buys a new piece of technology and makes more money from it, rather than the bosses and the shareholders keeping that extra cash, unions want them to share the benefits by giving the staff more time off. you know, in previous centuries we campaigned for the weekends, we campaigned for the eight—hour day. i think in the 21st—century we should lift our ambitions and say that the productivity gains of new technology should be shared fairly. and that could mean a four—day week for everyone, on decent pay.

bigger companies that have big powerjust aren't going to implement this, are they? frankly, if you look at the average supermarket today, or a warehouse, you will see there are lots of different shift systems. this is about saying flexibility should be two—way. there should be rewards for everybody from new technology and everybody needs and deserves a decent wage. it's clear that technology will play a bigger role in every industry in the years ahead. companies' attitudes will dictate if that will be a threat or a treat for the workforce. colletta smith, bbc news. 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. (read 0n) our news correspondent

danny savage has been following the hearing. proceedings began this morning when relatives of the fans who died at hillsborough filed into court and listens to what was going to happen today. the judge and listens to what was going to happen today. thejudge and barristers listens to what was going to happen today. the judge and barristers were in court. david dukinfield who is 110w in court. david dukinfield who is now 7a years old, he was the chief superintendent for south yorkshire police on the day of aylesbury disaster. he was not here in person, he appeared via video link. what happened this morning is that they read out the main charge that he is charged with manslaughter by gross negligence of their 95 people who died at the disaster, and it went through the whole list of the 95 names. that took several minutes to read out in court, a quiet atmosphere as they were read out. it was then put to david tuckman field what his plea was going to be, and he said very clearly —— david

dukinfield, he said clearly that he pled not guilty to the charges. also appearing beside him at the club secretary sheffield wednesday, also the safety officer, he is charged with two safety offences to which he also pleaded not guilty. going forward they will both face trial, beginning january next year, that is set to last several weeks once the trial gets under way. of course, 96 people actually died as a result of the disaster, but because one of the victims died more than a year after the event, dying of his injuries more than a year and a day after the events of that day, he is not covered by these charges. it is 95 people who died on or about that day because of their injuries at that end of this sheffield wednesday ground, those other people this case will focus on, and the trial will begin in the new year with both defendants pleading not guilty today. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines:

a coroner has told the inquests into the deaths of five people killed in the westminster bridge attack that lives were torn apart in "82 seconds of terrible drama". conservative opponents of the prime minister's chequers plan for brexit have confirmed they won't be publishing a formal alternative. middle—aged drinkers are being urged to have regular alcohol—free days, after a study suggests this age group is most likely to exceed recommended alcohol limits. coming up: together again — kylie and jason reunited on stage in hyde park. it has been a fairy tale ending for alastair cook in his final test match. the former england captain has hit a century against india. he is currently one to two not out with england reading by 326 runs. the women's tennis association has backed up serena williams' claim of sexism about how she was treated by

the umpire in a us open final defeat. she got a code violation, penalty point and the game penalty, but the wta said the umpire showed how a different level of tolerance if she had been a man. romanov amartey has apologised for grabbing a rival‘s brake lever at the motogp on sunday, saying it was a disgraceful gesture. his contract has been terminated, the group saying he endangered the life of another rider. drinkers over the age of 45 are being urged to have at least two days a week when they don't drink any alcohol. campaigners says this is a more effective approach in getting people to change their drinking habits. two—thirds of regular drinkers questioned in a survey for public health england and the drinkaware charity said cutting down on alcohol is more difficult than improving their diet or doing more exercise. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. a cold beer or a glass of wine.

it's the way many of us choose to unwind at the end of the day. but it's also a habit that middle—aged people in particularfind hard to break. research shows that those between 45 and 65 are most likely to drink more than the recommended guidelines of 1a units a week. and struggle to keep track of what they've drunk. it's difficult for everybody. it's difficult for me, even, and i work in that area all the time. so having alcohol free days is a much easier way of controlling your overall alcohol intake during the week as well as having immediate benefits for your health and well—being. according to a yougov poll, two thirds of regular drinkers say they find cutting down on alcohol harder than improving diet, exercise, or even stopping smoking. and one in five people surveyed drank more than the recommended 1a units a week, that's around six glasses of wine or six pints of beer. it can be difficult keeping track of the amount of alcohol, the number of units, you are consuming.

so public health england are hoping that a clear, simple message ofjust giving yourself a few days off each week will help. and the idea of drink—free days is already one that has been taken up by some in this pub. all of them enjoying soft drinks. i have a better sleep pattern, i feel more focused and more alert. my skin feels better and i feel just more alert, really. more with it. it's usually due to work, i start early in the morning so it's not really worthwhile having a drink during the week with obviously drink—driving laws and all that. up in scotland it's different from down here. so i give myself a rest during the week and then have alcohol at the weekend. if you have one, it leads to two, three, four or more some nights. you're better off just abstaining. it's not a problem, really. i enjoy it better at the weekend, when you are relaxed and not thinking about work. middle—aged people don't tend

to drink to get drunk, more as a social habit. but that habit can have a negative impact on our health. this campaign aims to reduce that impact by encouraging drinkers to take a few days off each week. a year ago gavin thomas claimed the leasing was facing a perfect storm due to budget cuts and rising crime. he now believes the service isn't even worse shape. a police superintendent group president says policing is utterly reliant on officers staying on other shift ends working while on leave. he says that

exploits police officers and defrauds the public. there are now developing in the last few months here is a policing are starting to come to crisis. and the model of our policing in england and wales now is reliant upon my colleagues, those they need, police staff colleagues, all of them working harder and longer to try to maintain and deliver a service to the public. the government has encouraged constabularies to pool resources and personnel. 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 0ffice addresses for the same job. the home office says it is carrying out a review of front—line policing to bring about improvements. joining me know is dr angela wood, lecturer in the public health and primary care department

of cambridge university who has recently led a study on the level of alcohol consumption. and i'm guessing you think this campaign isa and i'm guessing you think this campaign is a good idea. yes, any campaign is a good idea. yes, any campaign that focuses on or tries to reduce alcohol consumption can only bea reduce alcohol consumption can only be a good thing. the importance of having time off, is this because the liver regenerates and need to break every now and then? that's what some researchers are saying. but i think anything to ridges the weekly alcohol consumption is probably the key thing. we've had campaigns in the past such as dry november, which i think have been successful. but it is only for one month, it is not a regular change in a person's lifestyle. i think this particular campaign will really help people to think about what they want their weekly or even daily lifestyle to be. a lot of people will be

surprised if they analyse what the drink, to realise how much are they perhaps are. i agree entirely. and i think the campaign will help people to sit down and think how much they are drinking on a daily basis, even if it was just to try to choose the date on which the drink less. if it was just to try to choose the date on which the drink lesslj if it was just to try to choose the date on which the drink less. i have to declare a personal interest, i started last week not drinking on doctor's advice, is it easier to stop altogether rather than cut down? i don't know whether i can a nswer down? i don't know whether i can answer that and i'm sure it varies from individual to individual. i think this campaign was put forward because they have done some research to see whether cutting down, having smaller glasses of wine, or beer, was more successful change in attitude rather than having complete days without alcohol drinking, and i

think it seemed that on average having a day free of alcohol seemed to work best for people. but this is on average. i think it works differently for different individuals. we have been talking about the liver but you also look at the long—term effect on cardiovascular health. what is the evidence as to the damage that can be done long—term? evidence as to the damage that can be done long-term? cardiovascular disease is interesting because the past scientific thinking has always been that some moderate drinking is actually good for your heart, and oui’ actually good for your heart, and our work tried to get to the bottom of this and de—tangle it a bit more so of this and de—tangle it a bit more so that we could identify where that scientific evidence appears to be coming from. but long—term, basically, almost for all cardiovascular diseases, those who drink more attentively at higher risk of experiencing these diseases. and also mortality, those who drink more tend to have a shorter life expectancy. thank you forjoining

us, doctor. two british tourists have been injured in paris, they were among several people injured by a man armed with an iron bar and a knife. the man has been arrested in the motive for the attack remains unclear. a far right party in sweden says it wants a say in forming a new government after making significant gains. the anti—immigration sweden democrats won around 17% of the board, slightly less than predicted, while the two major blocks are tied. they have refused to work with the sweden democrats. time for the weather, and we're looking out for harry kane ‘s. time for the weather, and we're looking out for harry kane sm has been a quiet start for the hurricane season. we have a few

significant hurricanes to point out for you. let's look at the satellite picture. it is messy, but the first one you can see, this is florence, that looks likely to head towards the east coast, towards carolina. that is on the top left. the one in the middle is isaac which is going to move towards the caribbean sea and move towards some of those poorer islands that were devastated last year, and the one on the right—hand side we don't need worry about too much, that one is likely to drift steadily northwards. let's ta ke to drift steadily northwards. let's take a look at florence in more detail. florence is the first major hurricane of the season. you have to be category three or above to be classed as a major hurricane, and it looks likely as she continues to track steadily westwards over the next couple of days, to strengthen potentially to a category four. a lot ca n potentially to a category four. a lot can happen is you are aware,

there are so many factors that come into play. but it looks as though there is very little in the way of significant wind shear which could disrupt it. and this is going to continue to move oversight to warmer water so it will intensify further. if it moves towards the north carolina coast, they have not had a significant major hurricane for over 20 years, so this will be a significant storm, and we need to keep a close eye on that. what is the timeline? this is expected to make landfall potentially thursday night, friday morning uk time. if we move to the second one to try to clarify that, this is what i was talking about, bosses all coming at once. in the middle is isaac, that looks as though it could interact with islands like the dominican republic which is not great, and haiti. those islands where devastated about a year ago, but it

looks likely to be only a category one, not a significant storm, heavy rainfall and winds and storm surges, not what the locals want. and this one looks like it is tracking north. those hurricanes are the ones that cause headache for the uk models to try to decide what will happen to the uk weather. this time last year we had a few of these that had already caused a bit of trouble. yes, we had this three significant ones, harvey, burma and maria, which cause significant disruption. the waters were warmer, and hence the reason we had more of an active hurricane season slightly earlier than at the moment. your colleagues at the looking at this. harvey, burma and maria were hurricanes woodbrook records, each for different reasons. irma reached

category five with sustained mood winds of 185 miles an hour. it managed to sustain this intensity longer than any other tropical cyclone in recorded history. a perfect storm. it's one thing to talk about wind speed and pressure, but a completely different thing to experience a hurricane first—hand. but why did 2017 spaun such powerful hurricanes, and will we see anything similar last year crucially the ocean surface in the tropics was warmer than usual and this meant more energy for developing storms. also the atmosphere was often calm and lack any wind shear. these are disruptive currents of air which would otherwise prevent storms from forming. so far 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. we will now be brought up to date with what we can expect in the next few days. nothing like that? in actual fact, it looks like it will get cooler over the next days, and autumnal looks likely to arrive with a westerly wind coming in. we start with through the night tonight. will see gusts of wind, 45 or 55 mph, gale force gusts and a weather front sitting across the north of england and north wales by first thing tomorrow morning, so a miserable rush hourfor some. tomorrow morning in more detail... you can see some strong winds across west facing coasts of scotland and we have a hang back of cloud and showers into the north. not a bad start for scotla nd the north. not a bad start for scotland and northern ireland and the north—west of england will keep seeing rain, some quite heavy and

blustery winds. that will spill down into north wales and in north west midlands as well. further south and east, like today, starting with sunshine. the cloud will gather and it should stay dry for most of today, the rain arriving later on. we keep that 0range, the warmer russet tones, meaning temperatures into the low 20s. further north and west co m e into the low 20s. further north and west come a cooler, fresh appeal with a difference if caught in those showers and factoring in winds, 14 or16 showers and factoring in winds, 14 or 16 celsius. looking to the atlantic, you see the weather front, and it will pulsate north and south overnight, tuesday night into wednesday, meaning it will stay straddled across the centre of the country. to the south of the weather front, are... add to the north breezy and a scattering of showers to the north and west continuing. the weather front meanders south and east to bring out usable rain to gardens in the south—east corner, but look at the difference in the

field across the country. it will autumnal flavour with 11 or 17 celsius the hype. it looks as though as though as we head towards the end of the week will not see that much in the wake of change. i have not said this for quite some time. a generally cool peel across the country and some rain at times. be careful what you wish for. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: lives were torn apart "by 82 seconds of high and terrible drama" — that's how the coroner at the inquest into the westminster terror attack described the events of last march, which left five people dead. 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 uk economy grew more strongly than expected in july, as the heatwave and world cup boosted the retail sector. 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 a special report on vanellope wilkins, later this hour. sport now on afternoon live with azi. what a way to go for alistair cooke. yes, standing ovations every time he

has come out to bat and reached every landmark. he has hit a century. he's had standing ovations every time he's come out to bat in this test match and when he's reached every landmark. alastair cook has hit a century in his final test innings. he's helped england into a big lead in the fifth test against india and he's still going. cook is 134 not out, with captainjoe root also reaching a century, he's on 112. it brings england up to 295—2, for a lead of 335. -- 344 is —— 344 is the lead. cook's become the fifth—highest run—scorer in test history, and finish his test career with 33 centuries, five of which are double hundreds. that is so far because there is still time for a sixth. add to that his 57 half centuries, and you will see what england will be missing at the end of this his 161st test. and he's the only man to have a half century and a century in his first and last tests, with both coming against india. what great symmetry that is. isn't it marvellous? there is a

great clip online of the commentary, and it was a throw that led to the 100 and it is worth seeing and perhaps we will show it later on. with serena williams, the events of saturday night still being hotly debated. the fallout from the women's final continues, with the women's tennis association backing serena williams' claim of sexism for the way she was treated by the umpire during the women's final. williams got a code violation for coaching, a penalty point for racquet abuse and a game penalty for calling the umpire a "thief" in her defeat to naomi 0saka. she was later fined £13,000 by the united states tennis association, but the wta chief executive steve simon have said that the umpire showed williams a different level of tolerance than if she had been a man. novak djokovic has equalled pete sampras' mark of 14 grand slam titles. he beatjuan martin del potro in straight sets at the us open. djokovic won 6—3, 7—6, 6—3 to take a third title in new york. that's back—to—back grand slams

for the serbian after his victory at wimbledon and he has now moved up to third in the world rankings. and afterwards he gave his opinion on the wta's stance on the serena williams controversy. 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, just maybe changed... not maybe. he did change the course of the match and in my opinion it was maybe unnecessary. i don't see things as mr simon does, i really don't. i think, things as mr simon does, i really don't. ithink, you know, men and women are, you know, treated in this way or the other way depending on the situation... it's hard to generalise things. dele alli is out of the england friendly against switzerland tomorrow night. the midfielder has returned to have treatment with tottenham

after picking up a minor muscle strain against spain on saturday. there will be no further additions to gareth southgate's squad for the game in leicester tomorrow. moto2 rider romano fenati has now had his contracts terminated with his 2018 and 2019 teams, after grabbing a rival‘s brake lever while riding at 130mph during the san marino grand prix on sunday. fenati was given a two—race ban and has since had the rest of his 2018 contract with the marinelli snipers team terminated, with the team saying his "irresponsible act endangered the life of another rider". the forward racing team, with which he had a contract for 2019 have also cancelled it, saying they have never seen behaviour as dangerous as this. fenati has apologised for his actions. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. proposals setting out new parliamentary boundaries have been published by the government. the recommendations aimed at making

consistuency boundaries more equal, will slash the number of mps by 50, and would meanjeremy corbyn's islington north seat would be axed, and conservative mp borisjohnson could face a challenge to his seat. i'm joined from westminster by sam hartley, secretary to the boundary commission for england. first of all, why are they need to reduce by 50 the number of mps? good afternoon. it was actually parliament that decided back in 2011 that it wanted to make new rules to reduce the number of mps from 650 600 and make it more equal the number of electors in each constituency, so a more they electoral system the country. we are the independent body set up to do this review, to look into how best to do that, as you say, today we published our final recommendations. this is the combination of 2.5 years of work travelling around the country, taking views from over

people, looking at options, and setting out our views and the report we published today. the headline was grabbed byjeremy corbyn and borisjohnson's constituencies, why are these ones that you recommend you go? some of the constituencies have to reduce from 650 to 600, and that means in england dropping from 533 to 501 across the country, and that means the change is inevitable. after that we look at region by region, and looking within the london regional boundaries and equalising the number of electors in each constituency, meaning a fairly significant change which could happen across the board. the obligation for political parties or for individual mps... obligation for political parties or for individual mps. .. those political considerations don't enter our minds. no, that is ourjob, to speculate. talking about the size of

constituencies, we took about the number of voters per mp, if you like? correct. at the moment, we have the case in england we have some constituencies around the country with over 90,000 are lactose and somewhere there are only 50,000. a large disparity. —— over 90,000 people doing the electing. we want to even this out to get all constituencies close to 75,000 with a threshold of 5% either way working towards. but are the laws parliament set for us. we are keen to make sure within those rules we work to that we can count as many local views as possible. that is why we travelled around the country, hearing directly from people, having an open consultative three rounds of consultation, 35,000 people submitting views to us. i think what we have done is trying to affect as many of those views as possible. looking at the controversy surrounding this, looking at northern ireland, the plan is to release it from 18 to 17, just one,

but that is proving quite controversial. elevated his. we are the english commission and there is a separate commission in northern ireland. these are a uk wide, with constituencies, and all the three other commissions published their responses as well and final recommendations. you can see all of those both on the government website and you can look at our website as well. have a look and see which constituencies are going to be the next one... assuming this get approved. and these will come into effect at the next general election. i know you are presenting with the fa cts i know you are presenting with the facts in fa ct i know you are presenting with the facts in fact but looking at this, this must get parliamentary approval and you wonder, is this like turkeys voting for christmas? you have to ask people in parliament that question and as you will know we are an independent commission and will not be drawn on that. in terms of the process, the government must present legislation needed to put into effect our recommendations, and

both houses of parliament must vote on recommendations. if approved, there will be used at the next general elections, if not the existing ‘s will stay the same for the next election. bearing in mind, the next election. bearing in mind, the existing boundaries were set in 2006 and 2007 based on electorates from the year 2000 and that is a long year without changes boundaries. —— a long duration of time without changes are boundaries since the year 2000. companies are selling vehicle numberplates without carrying out proper checks, according to a bbc investigation. it means the real owners can face fines, or even be arrested, when vehicles with their numberplates are involved in crime. jonathan gibson reports. adam has a problem with parking tickets — someone else's parking tickets. he's received more than £1,000 in fines meant for a driver who has copied his numberplate. i'm kind of scared that someone will commit a bigger crime in using a car with my licence plate on it, and i will have police show up on my doorstep to arrest me. tia is another car cloning victim who thought she would be arrested

when police surrounded her car on the motorway. they started asking me how long i had my carfor, where i got it from. at that point, they then said the numberplates were involved in burglaries. no—one knows how many cloned cars are on the road, but it is a significant problem. the police and dvla do not record numbers. that's why anyone who sells numberplates has to be dvla registered and follow strict rules which include asking to see id and the logbook. but not all dealers are doing that. fantastic, mate, brilliant. james sells plates through the post but i've come to collect them. everyone is asking for documents these days, it's ridiculous. james knows the law but he's choosing to ignore it, which means when i make two further visits, he also supplies plates without seeing documents.

and he's not alone. i also buy plates from two other dealers. car cloning victim adam is not impressed. it is shocking because they know they should have the logbook. they are accessories to the crime. they shouldn't be in thatjob, or they shouldn't be allowed to print license plates. it is that simple. but willjames the dealer see it that way? we are from the bbc. i'd like to talk about a few numberplates. these numberplates that you supply to me illegally. why are you doing that, james? i am just asking you a few questions. go away! you don't want to respond to selling numberplates illegally. anyone caught selling numberplates illegally can face a hefty fine, and lose their licence. and if you are living in the west midlands, you can

watch more on this story, on inside out at 7.30 tonight on bbc one. maryam moshiri is here in a moment. he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. a coroner has told the inquests into the deaths of five people killed in the westminster bridge attack that lives were torn apart in "82 seconds of terrible drama". conservative opponents of the prime minister's chequers plan for brexit have confirmed they won't be publishing a formal alternative. middle—aged drinkers are being urged to have regular alcohol—free days, after a study suggests this age group is most likely to exceed recommended alcohol limits. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. 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%. volkswagen has gone on trial in germany in what is the first

court case against the carmaker over the diesel scandal. investors are pursuing vw for about £82 billion in damages, claiming the company should have come clean sooner about falsifying emissions data. 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. let's talk nike. last week nike announced it was using the controversial american football player colin kaepernick in its ad campaign. has the gamble paid off? interestingly, yes, it has.

surprise, surprise. unsurprising that a company as big as nike would ta ke that a company as big as nike would take a punt like this and get it wrong. the research that went into this... talking about the age group, younger people... element what are people talking about and thinking of? younger people want a bigger social conscience. young people. nike has tapped into young people in a massive way. the latest figures show that online sales at nike grew by 31% in the bank holiday weekend after that advert. any kind of publicity is good publicity, despite all of those trendy campaigns on twitter, just burn it or what have you, that has not... that was against it. we talked to our north america business correspondent, part of our tea m business correspondent, part of our team in new york, joining us now. a small victory here for nike, vindicating their decision? samak certainly there was a lot of pressure on nike when this was first

announced. there were hashtags trending on twitter, just burn it and they wanted a boycott of nati. —— a boycott of nike. when we look at the sales compared to this time la st at the sales compared to this time last year, sales were up 17%. looking at the share prices of nike, on the new york stock exchange, they trade higher this morning, on the new york stock exchange, they trade higherthis morning, some percentage points. it really does show is that some of the initial backlash that nike received as a result of this particular ad campaign really did not have an impact on overall sales and in terms of stock price going forward. i suspect that a lot of people within nike already knew would happen. absolutely. you talked about having an impact on sales and an impact on production. donald trump, we mentioned him in the nike story, and hit we did against nike's decision to use colin kaepernick. he also

predicted a about apple. august through the story. what has he said about apple? we have been talking about the fact that president trump wants to impose heavy harris on goods coming in from china, between up to 25%. the technology industry would be highly impacted, and particularly apple. apple on friday had said two us trade representative is, if these harry is going to place, things like the apple watch and macbooks are going to be significantly more expensive. —— that is if tariffs go into place. these products are made in china. president trump lashed out on twitter saying, apple, just build your products here in the united states. of course, apple has not responded to this. this is a simple cost question for apple. add the tariffs going to be enough to them to warrant to come and bring all of their operations to the item states?

are they going to be? build new factories and crucially... will they be willing to pay that much more for labour in the united states? to build these products in china it is low—wage, low skilled labour, and thatis low—wage, low skilled labour, and that is a cost question that apple has wrestled with time and time again and it has been more price efficient for them to build products overseas. colonic interesting. thank you very much indeed. let's look at the markets. i will show you some things here. debenhams' share price is down nearly 15%, it has recovered slightly but that news of the back of the fact it is calling in a company to help draft emergency plans to save it. we're not sure what the plans are an more details will come about later in the week. the ftse is treading water and barely changed. see you later. yes, you will. 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 day 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 of a 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. i certainly notice what she likes and what she doesn't like. she is quite happily voicing that well. naomi findlay, vanellope's mother, speaking there to our east midlands reporter. you can seem much more on inside out on bbc one in the east midlands at 7:30pm or everywhere on the bbc iplayer after that has transmitted. 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 dollars to support equality in the workplace. us media said his resignation

package could be worth $100 million. but cbs says mr moonves won't receive any money until an independent investigation is completed. 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. kylie minogue took her fans by surprise last night by calling her old neighbours co—starjason donovan up on to the stage. # now we're back together, together # i want to show you my heart is oh so true # and all the love i have is especially for you! # they performed their 1988 hit especially for you at the concert in london's hyde park.

it's emerged that jason had cycled to the show and never expected to be singing with kylie. when they knew he was in the audience, they said, come on stage and join. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. good afternoon. 0ur week this week is going to be dominated by a westerly wind and that will continue to drive in plenty of cloud from the atlantic. this conveyor belt of cloud moving its way towards the uk, so things look likely to become a little more unsettled. we've seen the first signs of that so far today and as we go through the latter stage of the afternoon, the rain will start to gather in intensity, and the winds pick up, gusting in excess of 40mph in the south—east, —— in scotland. and still a little more warm, with 22 celsius here but cooler and fresher as that with the front pushes in. and that's going to be this story as we go through the middle of the week. so some of the rain turning quite heavy overnight tonight as it moves its way to scotland, we will see gale force gusts of wind on exposed coasts. now, the rain will perhaps sit

across the north of england into wales by dawn tomorrow morning, and some of it's still quite heavy. but there will still be some rain around first thing in the morning, if we look at the finer detail across the northern isles and the north west of the great glen, we've got this hook of cloud and rain. and still some noticeably gale—force gusts of wind at times. drier across the borders and into northern ireland, but there is the rain, some of it heavy across north—west england and wales. just starting to fringe the north of the midlands as well. now, the south—east corner may well start off try and break, you will get the lion's share of the sunshine and potentially the warmth, as the weather front pushes its way steadily south, but not reaching the south—east until daylight, so here we keep the russet tones and that denotes that temperatures will be just over 20 celsius. but further north and west, the cool blue greens and the temperature is really disappointing. you will notice the difference. highest values around 15 or 16 celsius in the far north of the country. and this stays with us. it meanders its way north and south through tuesday night into wednesday and it's really not much change, and it will be the difference between the cooler air up into the north, brisk winds here and slightly milder conditions slowly starting to be

eaten away further south. that basically means on wednesday we start off with that weather front still across the midlands, moving its way south and east, but it will take most of the day before it arrives and then it will bring some usable rain into the south—east corner. behind it, it's a breezy affair. it's a cooler affair with a scattering of showers into the far north—west, and this cooler feel is likely to stay with us towards the end of the week. so generally cool and, yes, there is some more rain to come. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 3: the lives torn apart in 82 seconds: relatives of those killed in the westminster bridge attack pay emotional tributes at the opening of the inquests into their deaths. a warning the conservative party is facing a ‘catastrophic split‘ over brexit — a claim 80 mps will side with borisjohnson and vote against theresa may's chequers plan. from canvassing of colleagues there are 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. give your liver a break — a new campaign urges people between the ages of 45 and 65 to have regular "drink—free" days. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. yes, it has been a fairy tale ending for alastair cook in his final test match before retiring from international cricket. he has had a superb innings and hasjust international cricket. he has had a superb innings and has just gone for 1407i'll have the latest from the 0val at half—past. and only a favoured few will have sunny spells, mostly along the south coast, because the cloud is gathering. this is the story in the north west. a sign of what's to come for most of us overnight tonight and

tomorrow. thanks, louise. also coming up: especially for them. kylie and jason are re—united on stage for a surprise performance of their 1988 duet. it was a surprise for him — he'd only gone to watch. in just 82 seconds on march 22nd last year the lives of four people were ended as khalid masood drove into pedestrians on westminster bridge before stabbing a policeman to death. today at the opening of the inquests into their deaths a hushed court number one at the old bailey was told of the ‘moments of high and terrible

drama' in the lead—up to the attack. then it was the turn of the relatives to describe how their lives had been torn apart, among them family and colleages of pc keith palmer, who paid tribute to the ‘brave‘ officer who gave his life to protect others. our correspondent helena lee is at the old bailey. an emotional and packed court one at the old bailey, as families got their chance to publicly remember their chance to publicly remember their loved ones. as they did so, many of them were in tears. and photographs of those who died in the attacks were put up in screens around the courtroom for everyone to see. and a one—minute silence was observed in their memory. westminster bridge, nearly a year and a half ago, an attack which the chief coroner said tore apart the lives of many by high and terrible drama. today the inquest began into those who died, giving families a chance to tell

the hearing about them, who they were and what they meant to their relatives. kurt cochrane was on holiday here. yesterday would have been his 56th birthday. a statement read out on behalf of his wife melissa said, the court heard a pensioner, known as les, was a private man who always helped others and loved hisjob as a window cleaner. ayesha freda‘s husband told the court she lived and breathed for her daughters. they had two. andrea christie was described as a lovely, enchanting young lady. today would have been her 33rd birthday. and pc keith palmer, who was stabbed and killed in the attack. his sister said the best day of his life was when his daughter was born. the inquest will hear from specialist witnesses

who will piece together what happened that day, and a second jury—led inquest will be held into the death of khalid masood, the man who carried out the attack. the court saw stills of cctv to footage of the american tourist, kurt cochran, who died in the attack. and in those photographs you can see he was standing on the bridge with his wife melissa standing next to him. and the car approaching them. as he saw the car he pushed his wife melissa out of the way to safety. he died in that attack. thejudge here has said he hopes the inquest will give some comfort to the families and also a nswer comfort to the families and also answer the many questions that they still have. and the inquest will continue here today and will go on,

simon, for around five weeks. a former minister is warning the tory party faces a ‘catastrophic split‘ if theresa may presses ahead with her brexit strategy. steve baker, who recently resigned from the brexit department, said up to 80 tory mps will vote against the prime minister‘s chequers plan for leaving the eu. it follows a weekend of renewed infighting among conservatives, after boris johnson compared mrs may‘s strategy to a ‘suicide vest‘. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, reports. the monday morning feeling, the weekend a distant memory, as the prime minister arrived in downing street, around the corner one backbench battler for brexit, street, around the corner one backbench battlerfor brexit, a former minister, was claiming... there are almost 80 colleagues in westminster willing to protest the chequers deal. it is not leaving the eu properly. and it is notjust mr baker. this man, a former conservative leader, is turning up the volume again. if the whole idea is that we will

attack and lash out at everybody, it will be like the old days back when we had the maastricht when we ended up plunging out of government. what is the government‘s chequers plan? it would involve a common rule book for all goods traded with the eu, a so—called facilitated customs arrangement to treat the uk and eu as a combined customs territory, and a mobility framework, replacing the free movement of people. and government ministers point out their plan is the only one on the table. but... what do you say to colleagues and voters in the country who look at the chequers deal and say, it involves being too close to brussels after brexit, this is not what we voted for? i think it delivers on the referendum result. it takes back control of our money, our laws and our borders. but of course it is a compromise. it requires difficult challenges

from the european union. we were asked, what do you want, we‘ve given them a proposal. it involves difficult compromises from their point of view as well. we are still waiting for their formal reaction. but i‘m content it delivers on the referendum result. and if it seems a tad noisy here at westminster, just imagine how loud the volume could get when the conservatives are all cooped up at their conference in a couple of weeks‘ time. and in case you wondered, it is 200 days to go until brexit. just over six months. ina in a moment we‘ll get the latest from brussels but now let‘s go to westminster. it looks as though the tories are in for a few weeks leading up to their conference, some rather difficult issues. yes, that's because these brexit negotiations are coming to a head. talk of

whether a deal can be done by christmas, and of course that means that both sides in this are putting in their last—minute arguments, their pitch for the kind of brexit that they want. we have seen disquiet among many in the party with the chequers plan. we also know that the labour party are not acting it either, so lots of talk about whether that is dead in the water. that‘s not how the government sees it. downing street say it is the only deal on the table, the only one that delivers on the brexit referendum result but also stops the idea of a hard border in northern ireland. having said that, the prime minister is said to chair a three—hour cabinet meeting to look at preparations for a no deal scenario. lots of politicians have been talking about this over the summer, and that is an attempt to show she is serious about walking away from negotiations if there is not a deal that she likes put in front of her. but there are many who

are never going to be satisfied with what she has come up with. one of those who i spoke to ariel was peter bone. the prime minister said we were going to end free movement of people, we would not give billions of pounds every year to the european union, we would make our own laws in our own countryjudged union, we would make our own laws in our own country judged by union, we would make our own laws in our own countryjudged by our own countries. i'm afraid chequers does not deliver that. but chequers has already been rejected by the european union, so it is time to move onto something else. strong opposition there, and talk of around 80 mps who would be prepared to vote against the government on this issue. what might give the prime minister some confidence is that the brexit band are not speaking as one. there are leading brexiteers who are still behind the chequers deal, and to feel it was a lwa ys chequers deal, and to feel it was always going to have to be a compromise. their priority is to make sure the uk does leave you,

because we have seen more talk of a so—called people‘s vote, another referendum on the final deal, and i think that makes some brexiteers twitchy, that this procedure could be reversed. they want to get out in six months‘ time and then maybe worry about what kind of arrangement we have after that. and there were words of caution and the home secretary, amber rudd. the conservative party split? no, i think we can reach a good agreement and have the right kind of brexit. simmer down and have the right kind of brexit. simmerdowna bit, and have the right kind of brexit. simmer down a bit, and let's see what the final deal is going to look like. and i think that is the point. when mps are given a final deal and they have to look at what the alternatives are, you do wonder how the parliamentary arithmetic might change in the next few months. and then there is the issue of doris

johnson, waiting in the wings, some would say. interestingly, he has refused to sign up to an alternative vision to the chequers arrangement. he did not want to do that. the brexiteers have decided not to publish their alternative vision. many will feel that boris johnson is probably preoccupied with his private life. the announcement that he is getting divorced. but i don‘t think that. the speculation about him, his role and any potential readership it. thanks, vicky. let‘s go to brussels. what has michel barnier actually said?” let‘s go to brussels. what has michel barnier actually said? i have no wish to stop the pound from soaring or doing anything else on foreign exchanges. there was a flurry of excitement when michel barnier was reported as having been said that it now seemed realistic that a deal would be reached between

the uk and the eu in 6—8 weeks‘ time. what he actually said is if eve ryo ne time. what he actually said is if everyone is realistic, then a deal might be reached. in a sense that is not terribly surprising, because thatis not terribly surprising, because that is precisely the time frame built around that is precisely the time frame builtaround an that is precisely the time frame built around an already scheduled european summit in october, and an emergency summit that has been pencilled in for november to try to get the brexit deal over the line. it would be one thing if he was now saying it is will sit to expect that is going to happen, he is actually saying, if we are realistic, it might happen. she is trying to convey might happen. she is trying to co nvey m o re might happen. she is trying to convey more positive mood music from brussels, because here they see the difficulties in london, they don‘t wa nt to difficulties in london, they don‘t want to compound, and they do want to get the deal over the line but without compromising on their own principles. it is a pretty big if. it is, but the negotiators on both

sides would say progress has been made. there are plenty of areas where you can point to progress. everyone knows the sticking points, things like how the irish border will operate in future, the celebrated backstop. will that be a role for the european court of justice of any kind, direct or indirect? all of those things are still in play. a deal is not done although progress has been made. the european side have treated this all along as a bureaucratic admin is set and legalistic issue. they recognise it is high political drama on the other side of the channel. we don‘t wa nt to other side of the channel. we don‘t want to get involved in that, they don‘t want to make it worse, and i think we might see a concerted effort between now and the salzburg meeting next week where they will hear from theresa may, meeting next week where they will hearfrom theresa may, and meeting next week where they will hear from theresa may, and the summits in october and november, we might well see the european side trying to smooth the path the little, not by changing their

fundamental negotiating positions on things like freedom of movement, but at least on the language. tweaking is to make it sound a little easier for theresa may. not because they support are particularly as a political character, but because they recognise that if she were to go for any reason than the whole timetable would be thrown into chaos. so expect delicate and nuanced politics in language from here for the next 6—8 weeks. nuanced politics in language from here for the next 6-8 weeks. the guardian reports that european leaders next week are expected to announce they will hold a brexit summit, in november, november13. underlining the importance of a timetable, and the fact that the pressure is very much on. yes, we certainly have a summit in october. everyone is aware there is likely to be an emergency one on november 12 or 13th, that‘s because it is assumed the deal will not quite get over the line by the middle of 0ctober. why the urgency now when

everybody knows that brexit will happen at the end of march? that‘s because once the deal has been done, thatis because once the deal has been done, that is a withdrawal agreement plus a declaration on future relationships, those agreements have to be ratified by a grey national parliament in the eu and westminster as well. there is a tremendous amount of work to be done once the negotiation is finished. that gives you i would say the middle of november as an absolute deadline to get thejob done november as an absolute deadline to get the job done to allow an orderly withdrawal with the deal on the 29th of march. that‘s why the next couple of march. that‘s why the next couple of weeks are hugely important. kevin, thanks. the governing body of women‘s tennis has supported claims by serena williams that she was treated in a sexist way by the umpire in the final of the us open. the wta said the umpire would have shown williams more tolerance over her outbursts if she‘d been a man. the 23—times grand slam champion

was given a penalty point for racquet abuse and docked a game for calling the umpire a "thief" — during her defeat to naomi 0saka. our sports correspondent, richard conway, reports. you owe me an apology. i have never cheated in my life! a moment of madness, or fighting back against unequal standards in tennis? serena williams was warned for receiving instructions from her coach, and she then lost a point for smashing her racket. incensed at accusations of foul play, she directed her anger at umpire carlos ramos. you will never, ever, ever be on another court of mine as long as you live. you are the liar. you stole a point from me, you are a thief too. prompting him to then escalate the penalty by awarding an entire game to the eventual winner, naomi 0saka. after the match, williams claimed she was fighting for a greater cause than simply her own. i‘ve seen other men call other umpires several things and i‘m here fighting for women‘s rights and for women‘s equality. and for all kinds of stuff.

and for me to say thief and for him to take a game, it made me feel like it was a sexist remark. she has been backed by steve simon, the chief executive of the women‘s tennis association. but where is the line between emotion and verbal abuse? the statement has added fuel to the fire. novak djokovic, fresh from his own victory in the men‘s tournament last night, disagrees over questions of umpiring fairness between the genders. i don‘t see things as mr simon 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‘s hard to generalise things. serena williams spent her early

years being coached by herfather, richard. 0vercoming racism and financial obstacles on her path to sporting greatness. a seventh us open victory a year on from nearly dying giving birth to her daughter would have been a crowning moment. instead this final will be debated and remembered for very different reasons. richard conway, bbc news. let‘s speak to annabel croft, former british number one and broadcaster who was commentating on the game. was this a case of breaking the rules and facing a penalty, or was it something else? that's exactly how i saw it. it was dramatic, it was upsetting to watch. we can sympathise with serena williams for her anguish and how angry she was being accused of cheating, none of us will know she saw the signal by coach down the other end of the court. but i‘m flabbergasted that

suddenly the penalties that she had imposed on, by an umpire who was very clear, very decisive, he is a very clear, very decisive, he is a very principled man, i have seen him make the same judgments against male players, i‘m astounded that it has turned into a race row. it is a sexist row rather than a racist row, isn‘t it? sexist row rather than a racist row, isn't it? yes, sorry. to me it has absolutely nothing to do with sexism whatsoever. i‘ve seen that umpire many times get coaching warnings to rafael nadal, time violations. he‘s just a very principled umpire, he plays at by the rule book. one thing perhaps people have discussed he could have done is to give her a soft warning about coaching before coming in and hammering herwith soft warning about coaching before coming in and hammering her with the firstjudgment on it. but of course her behaviour subsequently led to the point penalty, and in the way she ranted at him so aggressively was what led him to think, i‘m not to be spoken to like that, and i believe he would have done exactly

the same with any male tennis player had the spoken to him like that. i think the one thing we have to remember is that serena williams wins a lot. she is not used to being ina wins a lot. she is not used to being in a uncomfortable as ishant, and the pressure and are in that match was so astronomical because she is trying to tie the overall record in the women‘s game, i think she just went into freefall and meltdown. when she was up against an opponent he was beating a quite significantly. it is a shame because she was just significantly. it is a shame because she wasjust beginning significantly. it is a shame because she was just beginning to get herself into the match and the situation happened and she went into freefall. but i think the umpire played it straight. how can we accuse him of not playing by the rule book? we would be attacking him if he hadn‘t, actually. i think he has been thrown under the bus a little bit, and i‘m astounded. it is not a sexism row anywhere at all. it's not a sexism row anywhere at all. it‘s just unfortunate situation. and i also say, in sport, that‘s the one thing about sport that is such a

great thing for young kids to get into because it teaches you about humility, have to cope with difficult situations, and how to ove rco m e difficult situations, and how to overcome adversity and problem—solving while you are out there. unfortunately what we saw was a great icon of the sport who was not dealing with that situation well, went into freefall and does come off court. i think it would‘ve been better browser she had come off court and been better browser she had come off courtand said, been better browser she had come off court and said, you know what, i didn‘t cheat i didn‘t see my coach, i apologise for the way i spoke to that umpire, it was aggressive and unacceptable. but unfortunately it has been turned into a sexism row. i‘m flabbergasted. has been turned into a sexism row. i'm flabbergasted. essentially you feel for the lady who won the game, difficult for her, and the wta and billiejean difficult for her, and the wta and billie jean king have difficult for her, and the wta and billiejean king have come out in support of serena williams on the basis of that argument about sexism. what‘s going on any given tennis at the moment? i'm confused about why

that‘s the case. i‘m at huge fan of billiejean that‘s the case. i‘m at huge fan of billie jean king, that‘s the case. i‘m at huge fan of billiejean king, i absolutely love the woman and she has done so much for women‘s tennis. i think we all understand that serena williams howzat! get where she has, and she is an amazing icon at the top of the sport. but it‘s not the first time we have seen have a complete and utter meltdown at the us open. it's happened twice previously, we remember one time before when she was losing many years ago and she went into freefall and was food faltered and had a meltdown at the linejudge and faltered and had a meltdown at the line judge and said you was called to runa line judge and said you was called to run a ball down his throat. that in itself, the fact she spoke like that of the line judge, there was a point penalty and she ended up being defaulted from the turn in. —— the tournament. we have to put it into the context of this particular match, she was trying to equal the

record of margaret court who holds the overall record. the pressure on how was astronomical. however many we re how was astronomical. however many were in that stadium were overwhelmingly in support of her, and she desperately wanted to give them what they had come to cheer for. everybody in the tennis world would love to see her do it, myself included. but those were the rules. if she got the code violation for coaching, he admitted he was coaching, he admitted he was coaching her, she says did not see it. but the racket smash was definitely going to get her a point penalty, and if you speak to an umpire like that, i‘m afraid those are the consequences. she didn‘t deal with it. she lost her composure com pletely deal with it. she lost her composure completely and utterly, but it had nothing to do with whether she was a man or woman, a man done the same thing i believe that carlos ramos the umpire would have done exactly the umpire would have done exactly the same thing. i‘m not quite sure why this conversation is even happening about a sexism row. thanks

for joining happening about a sexism row. thanks forjoining us. new figures suggest the uk economy grew faster than expected in the three months to the end ofjuly. the office for national statistics said gdp grew by 0.6% during the period. it‘s thought hot weather and england‘s performance at the world cup helped boost consumer spending. unions are calling for a shorter working week so that staff can share in the wealth generated by new technology. the tuc‘s general secretary, frances 0‘grady, told its annual congress in manchester that the wider workforce needs to see the benefits of developments in technology such as robotics and artificial intelligence. iain watson is at the tuc conference for us. if you want to get the crowd on side you suggest we work shorter hours, i suppose. i'll be blunt about this, it‘s hardly surprising that a group that represents nearly 6 million workers in britain, that is their

raison d‘etre, are actually worth asking for a shorter working hours for the workforce in this country. it is not counterintuitive to argue this. the argument from the general secretary is quite simply this, but the workforce is changing radically and will continue to do so in the yea rs and will continue to do so in the years ahead with new technology and the use of artificial intelligence. what she wants to avoid is especially low skilled workers being left on the scrapheap. she suggests that new technology should be harnessed to allow people to work fewer hours and other benefits of new technology should be shared more widely. she reckons that could be a boost to the economy between 100 and £200 billion as working patterns change. she wants to make sure that in effect this money does notjust go to the fat cats as she would call it, but this is used to reduce the time that people would spend at work. the argument she has to get across to sceptical employers is

quite simply this, that people can still be as productive working fewer hours and getting higher pay. a dose of scepticism, but unsurprising that she is standing up for workers. whether our more divisions and more likely to be divisions are on the brexit issue. that debate is going on even as we speak. the outcome of the autumn this is hardly in doubt. the tuc will agree in about an hour that they will give the possibility open of a new referendum if they don‘t like video comes back from brussels. 0n the conference floor would hear a range of opinions. some people want a new referendum straightaway, the option of a people‘s vote should be left on the table but would rather have a general election. the rail union rmt don‘t want any thought at all. what will come out of this in about an hour is at the tuc will endorse what the general secretary said of

keeping the possibility of a new referendum on the final brexit deal open, given that they do not expect to like what they see when theresa may comes back from brussels. ian watson. and you a fan of kylie minogue? who isn't? i should be so lucky... thanks, ian, we will talk to you later. but we will talk more about kylie minogue now. she took her fans by surprise last night by calling her old neighbours co—starjason donovan up on to the stage. # and all the love i have is especially for you #. they performed their 1988 hit, ‘especially for you‘, at the concert in london‘s hyde park. it‘s emerged that jason had cycled to the show and never expected to be singing with kylie.

when he was spotted in the crowd he was asked to come and join her on stage for that very special moment. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good afternoon. it is september proper this week. rain, wind, still warm for a time in the forecast. further north and west you can see the cloud has been gathering as we gone through the day, and the rain will start to intensify across northern ireland and on to western scotland. the winds will start to strengthen as well. a noticeable difference in the feel of the weather, with the best of the sunshine for the south temperjust could teach at 22. 0vernight, rain will continue to push south and east, heavy bursts for a time. gusts of wind on exposed coast of scotland. the wind will sit in

northern england and wales first thing. it will fish into the midlands and lincolnshire as we go through the day. some sunny spells in the far south—east. and behind that cooler, fresher and breezy with a scattering of showers. doctor butcher 13—23. —— top temperatures. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: lives were torn apart "by 82 seconds of high and terrible drama" — that‘s how the coroner at the inquest into the westminster terror attack described the events of last march, which left five people dead. 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 uk economy grew more strongly than expected in july, as the heatwave and world cup boosted the retail sector. 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. now let‘s take a look at the sport.

celebrations for alastair cook. his career has ended exactly as it began with a century against india. alastair cook‘s england career has ended exactly as it began — with a century against india. there was a long applause at the oval, as england‘s all—time record run scorer finally fell for 147 on day four of the fifth and final test. cook was caught behind hanuma, putting the debutant part—time off—spinner on a hat—trick afterjoe root had departed the previous ball for 125. england are currently 356 for six, for a lead of 396. cook finishes his test career with 33 centuries, five of which are double hundreds. add to that his 57 half centuries and you will see what england will be missing at the end of this his 161st test.

cook‘s 12,472 runs have made him the fifth—highest run—scorer in test history, overtaking kumar sangakarra. what a 12 years it‘s been, simon! amazing. and what a way to go. we move on to tennis, as we have been discussing, the disagreement over the treatment of serena williams which continues. it does. the fallout from the women‘s final continues, with the women‘s tennis association backing serena williams‘ claim of sexism for the way she was treated by the umpire during the women‘s final defeat to naomi 0saka. williams got a code violation for coaching, a penalty point for racquet abuse and a game penalty for calling the umpire a "thief". she was later fined £13,000 by the united states tennis association, but the wta chief executive steve simon have said that the umpire showed williams a different level of tolerance than if she had been a man. novak djokovic has equalled pete sampras‘ mark of

14 grand slam titles. he beatjuan martin del potro in straight sets at the us open. djokovic won 6—3, 7—6, 6—3 to take a third title in new york. that‘s back to back grand slams for the serbian after his victory at wimbledon and he has now moved up to third in the world rankings. and afterwards he gave his opinion on the wta‘s stance on serena williams. 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, just maybe changed... not maybe. he did change the course of the match and in my opinion it was maybe unnecessary. i don't see things as mr simon does, i really don't. ithink, you know, men and women are, you know, treated in this way or the other way depending on the situation... it's hard to generalise things. dele alli is out of

the england friendly against switzerland tomorrow night. the midfielder has returned to have treatment with tottenham after picking up a minor muscle strain against spain on saturday. there will be no further additions to gareth southgate s squad for the game in leicester tomorrow. moto2 rider romano fenati has now had his contracts terminated with his 2018 and 2019 teams. it‘s after he grabbed a rival‘s brake lever while riding at 130mph during the san marino grand prix on sunday. fenati was given a two—race ban and has since had the rest of his 2018 contract with the marinelli snipers team terminated, with the team saying his "irresponsible act endangered the life of another rider". the forward racing team, with which he had a contract for 2019, have also cancelled it, saying they have never seen behaviour as dangerous as this. fenati has apologised for his actions. before we go, justin rose has started his final round at the bmw

championship in phililadellpa. —— this is in philadelphia. he leads the tournament by a shot. a win will mean he goes to top in the world golf rankings. that‘s all the sport for now. proposals setting out new parliamentary boundaries have been published by the government. the recommendations aimed at making consistuency boundaries more equal, will slash the number of mps by 50, and would meanjeremy corbyn‘s islington north seat would be axed, and conservative mp borisjohnson could face a challenge to his seat. i‘m joined from glasgow byjohn curtice, who is a professor of politics at strathclyde university. i should call you professor... let‘s get that right. i want to start by. ...asi get that right. i want to start by. as i have mentioned, the seat of jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson, then they are. certainly the seat ofjeremy corbyn will get moved. i think the point

where it will arrive, the pinch, diane abbott, the shadow home secretary, and also the chairman of the public accounts committee of the labour party, they may end up having to fight for the same hack the seat when it comes to the question of who will fight next time round. —— the seatin will fight next time round. —— the seat in hackney. 28 or so labour seats will disappear as a result of this redistribution, and the question of who fights for the labour party at the next election, in argument about the reselection rules... the tenure of labour mps will be put at risk anyway. 0n the conservative side, the seat of boris johnson looks as though it will become more marginal, and more remarkably to other important characters on the brexit site, david davis, his seat with disappear. also priti patel will hope thatjohn whittingdale, her neighbour, will stand down, because otherwise she might have do. although this is a change where more labour mps are at

risk than there are a conservative mps, there are still some conservative mps who seeds are at risk, and as a result one thing that will worry the whips when they try to get the necessary statutory orders to the house of commons, probably next month, is whether or not some individual conservative mps whose personal careers are put at risk by these proposals might not be willing to back them, and given the smallness of the government majority, there is therefore silly question over whether or not this proposal will go through. that said, one crucial part of the boundary commission for northern ireland has largely endorsed its revised proposals, not the original proposals. the original proposals we re proposals. the original proposals were widely reckoned to be unfavourable to the dup, and the dup threatened to vote against them. the revised proposals are more a cce pta ble revised proposals are more acceptable to the dup, so maybe the government will now at least happy dup on site. because everybody else, labour, the nationalists... we can expect them to vote against the proposals.

in northern ireland, only a change from 18 to 17. correct, but it looks as though that may be the person who might lose out is the independent person. although there was only one seagoing, the dup we re there was only one seagoing, the dup were at risk of losing a couple of seats and sinn fein gaining a couple of seats and the proposals, the particular redrawing would be unfavourable to the dup, and therefore a lot of disquiet within therefore a lot of disquiet within the dup. we will wait and see what they‘re going to do but i suspect they‘re going to do but i suspect the dup might now be willing to accept this proposals, given that they are now perhaps no longer likely to suffer as a result. with mp's likely to suffer as a result. with mp‘s personal ambitions, gerrymandering by the conservatives. is there anything in the facts to back that up? it is not gerrymandering but one could argue about the merits. the crucial thing about this is that for the first time, we are going to have a set of rules that means that more or less every constituency apart

from a few islands off the coast will have to be around 75,000 people doing the electing, and therefore in particular the number of mps from wales and scotland will be proportionate to their electorate and that means in wells a substantial cut, but in truth it is very difficult to justify now —— in wales, given developments of devolution in wales for that to continue. the argument is really about the figures being used to measure the electorate. these are figures from december 2015 and it was a time in the government fast forwarded a change in the registration process, which perhaps certainly has made it somewhat less likely that students and lot younger people are on the register, and certainly we know from the facility that voters were able to use in the eu referendum and last year‘s general election, to put themselves on the register later, a lot of people did that, in particular younger people tending to do that, and people in labour constituencies we re and people in labour constituencies were more likely to do that than

conservatives. there have been arguments that perhaps rather than using the december 2015 electorate, which would be seven years or so out of date by the next election in 2022, which should have the process by the election as ofjune 2017. there is room for argument of the broader principle behind these rules, frankly the most coherent set of rules that we have had in the whole history of the drawing up a parliamentary constituencies... briefly, the store must get parliamentary approval, the phrase turkeys and christmas springs to mind. the government has not made easier for itself to get this through, by insisting on the cut from 650 to 600 mps, a legacy from the mps expenses scandal, and the former coalition saying they would cut the costs of politics... certainly given it all the opposition parties lose out, they can be expected to vote against commerce of the crucial thing is, the government minority... it needs the government minority... it needs the dup onside and it needs

conservative mps onside, including those who might have their own careers put at risk by these proposals, to be put at risk. i don‘t think anybody wants to put too much money on the government necessarily getting all this too. thank you very much, professor. landlords across the county are offering free rent in return for sex, a bbc investigation can reveal. the ministry ofjustice says this is illegal, and even placing an advert is breaking the law. rachel stonehouse has been investigating. free room available to female only. conditions apply. double room for naughty girl for exchange favours. female tenant needed, cheap rent, contact me to discuss. in the last six months, i have seen dozens of adverts like these on craigslist. the government says they‘re illegal but no—one else seems to care. i want to speak to the landlords, but when i contact them as a journalist, they don‘t respond, so i‘m going undercover. from his advert, mike claims to be in his 40s and says he is looking for a fwb relationship.

0k. the meeting makes me feel uncomfortable and all i can think about is the people who do this for real. one of those is 22—year—old laura from bristol. after a family breakdown left homeless, she entered into a more extreme sex for rent arrangement as a 19—year—old. laura is not her real name and she has asked for us not to show her face. you were living with friends, sofa surfing. yes. and then he ended up getting into this sex for rent arrangement? —— and then you ended up getting into this sex for rent arrangement? how did that come about? i sort of stumbled on craigslist. i went to london. and hejust, yes, he had a little almost like a little cabin outside that was a bedroom—living room.

but we had like an arrangement that was written down. a couple of times a week, he would sort of give me alcohol and drugs, take me out, whatever, and then we would have to sleep together. that was sort of like the arrangement instead of money. the ministry ofjustice says just placing an advert is illegal. but we have checked with the police, who are not aware of any prosecutions. so it has not been tested in court and a solicitor with expertise in this area does not think it is an open—and—shut case. i am not sure it is inciting prostitution. i think it is a grey area. and i suspect the crown prosecution service and police are not very interested in taking this on because there is no clarity. we offered mike the opportunity to be interviewed or to give us a statement. he says he is now living abroad and told us he was pretending to be a landlord and that he placed his advert to research his novel on the theme of the exploitation of women. i hope i will hear from you. i really do. yeah, iwill, yeah, definitely. we look forward to reading your book, mike. we really do.

what would your advice be to anyone who is maybe considering entering into one of these arrangements with someone? it is not worth itjust for saving a bit of money. it is dangerous, it is stressful, it puts you on edge... it isolates you. if you can afford to just about get by and pay rent, just do it. or if you have to like grovel a bit and apologise to family or friends, just do it. it is not worth all the added stress. you can see the full report on inside out west tonight at 7:30pm on bbc one. it will be available on the bbc iplayer after that. drinkers over the age of 45 are being urged to have at least two days a week when they don‘t drink any alcohol. campaigners says this is a more effective approach in getting people to change their drinking habits. two thirds of regular drinkers questioned in a survey for public health england and the drinkaware charity said cutting down on alcohol is more difficult than improving their diet or doing more exercise. here‘s our health correspondent, dominic hughes. a cold beer or a glass of wine.

it‘s the way many of us choose to unwind at the end of the day. but it‘s also a habit that middle—aged people in particularfind hard to break. research shows that those between 45 and 65 are most likely to drink more than the recommended guidelines of 14 units a week. and struggle to keep track of what they‘ve drunk. it‘s difficult for everybody. it‘s difficult for me, even, and i work in that area all the time. so having alcohol—free days is a much easier way of controlling your overall alcohol intake during the week as well as having immediate benefits for your health and well—being. according to a yougov poll, two thirds of regular drinkers say they find cutting down on alcohol harder than improving diet, exercise, or even stopping smoking. and one in five people surveyed drank more than the recommended 14 units a week — that‘s around six glasses of wine or six pints of beer. it can be difficult keeping track of the amount of alcohol, the number of units, you are consuming. so public health england are hoping that a clear,

simple message ofjust giving yourself a few days off each week will help. and the idea of drink—free days is already one that has been taken up by some in this pub. all of them enjoying soft drinks. i have a better sleep pattern, i feel more focused and more alert. my skin feels better and i feel just more alert, really. more with it. it's usually due to work, i start early in the morning so it's not really worthwhile having a drink during the week with obviously drink—driving laws and all that. up in scotland it's different from down here. so i give myself a rest during the week and then have alcohol at the weekend. if you have one, it leads to two, three, four or more some nights. you‘re better off just abstaining. it‘s not a problem, really. i enjoy it better at the weekend, when you are relaxed and not thinking about work. middle—aged people don‘t tend to drink to get drunk, more as a social habit. but that habit can have a negative impact on our health.

this campaign aims to reduce that impact by encouraging drinkers to take a few days off each week. dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester. we will have the business headlines but first the main headlines. a coroner has told the inquests into the deaths of five people killed in the westminster bridge attack that lives were torn apart in "82 seconds of terrible drama". conservative opponents of the prime minister‘s chequers plan for brexit have confirmed they won‘t be publishing a formal alternative. middle—aged drinkers are being urged to have regular alcohol—free days, after a study suggests this age group is most likely to exceed recommended alcohol limits. here are your business headlines on afternoon live. 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‘s 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. the tuc is holding its annual conference in manchester. the focus of congress today will be on the future of work. yes, and according to tuc the future

of work should hold fewer days work by people, by employees, for more money. they say basically in the future we will have automation, more technology, artificial intelligence, and this should be used, instead of being perhaps used by employers and not passed down to employees, it should be used to make people work less. in the uk according to tuc, 1.4 million people still work a seven—day week. that is just incredible figures. what the tuc once. . . is that legal? i don‘t know. i think possibly it isn‘t. let‘s move swiftly on. we talk to our guest, who is from the tuc. joining us now, kate bell, the head of economics per tuc. is it legal to work a seven—day week and wider1.4 million people do it? in most cases it should not be

legal. the working time directive should be better enforced and we are concerned about this. we are particularly concerned about the way we use technology at the moment is this idea of on demand workers, expected to be available at any time of the day. rather, we want to see technology used for good. looking back at our history we know that over time we have fought for shorter working hours, a shorter working week, that is what we say today. in the future we want to be able to use the future we want to be able to use the productivity benefits we can see from new technology to deliver better living standards for all workers. how will new technology help people work fewer hours? overtime new technology has doubtless boost productivity of the economy. that is what we have seen since the industrial revolution when the tuc was funded hundred and 50 years ago, people were generally working over 60 hours a week. today the average isjust working over 60 hours a week. today the average is just around working over 60 hours a week. today the average isjust around 30. things have got more efficient than we have new equipment and machinery, which helps us be more efficient. people have as unions have fought

for being able to reduce working hours. we now have the potential of new technology like robots and artificial intelligence. if they deliver the productivity benefits promised, we think we should be thinking about how we can use those to deliver higher pay and a shorter working week for all workers. how do people working fewer hours, a shorter working week, how does that benefit the economy and how does it benefit the economy and how does it benefit people? well, first of all, we are expecting this new technology to have significant economic benefits and they have not turned up yet. it is there to say we still seem very slow growth but the government for example has estimated new technology could boost the economy by around £200 million per year. we have a greater wealth we must think about how it is shared and we do think shorter working time is one of the ways we should be doing that. ok, thank you, kate bell from tuc. now let‘s look at the markets. the share price for debenhams, earlier i said it had dropped 17%

and it has now recovered slightly but still suffering after the weekend. they were called in accountants. the tesco share price is interestingly now having announced it is getting together with jamie oliver, the chef and author, promoting the company‘s food products. he had a relationship with sainsbury‘s for years which ended in 2011 and now it is tesco. you will see his ideas and recipes and face p°ppin9 see his ideas and recipes and face p°pping up see his ideas and recipes and face popping up in your local tesco. finally, the london market... it was just about keeping itself in positive territory last time i spoke but now it is slightly down. thank you very much. 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 bedroom, that‘s a bedroom... that‘s a bathroom and that is another bedroom over there. 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 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 cyclone 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 spawn such powerful hurricanes? and will we see anything similar in 2018? last year, crucially, the ocean surface in the tropics was a lot warmer than usual. this meant more energy 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. tomasz schafernaker reporting. time for a look at the weather. here‘s louise lear. good afternoon. 0ur week this week is going to be dominated by a westerly wind and that will continue to drive in plenty of cloud from the atlantic. this conveyor belt of cloud moving its way towards the uk, so things look likely to become a little more unsettled. we‘ve seen the first signs of that so far today and as we go through the latter stage of the afternoon, the rain will start to gather in intensity,

and the winds pick up, gusting in excess of 40mph in scotland. and still a little more warm, with 22 celsius here, but cooler and fresher as that with the front pushes in. and that‘s going to be this story as we go through the middle of the week. so some of the rain turning quite heavy overnight tonight as it moves its way through scotland, we will see gale—force gusts of wind on exposed coasts. now, the rain will perhaps sit across the north of england into wales by dawn tomorrow morning, and some of it‘s still quite heavy. but there will still be some rain around first thing in the morning, if we look at the finer detail across the northern isles and the north west of the great glen, we‘ve got this hook of cloud and rain, and still some noticeably gale—force gusts of wind at times. drier across the borders and into northern ireland, but there is the rain, some of it heavy across north—west england and wales. just starting to fringe the north of the midlands as well. now, the south—east corner may well start off dry and bright, you will get the lion‘s share of the sunshine and potentially the warmth, as the weather front pushes its way steadily south, but not reaching the south—east

until daylight, so here we keep the russet tones and that denotes that temperatures will be just over 20 celsius. but further north and west, the cool blue—greens and the temperature is really disappointing. you will notice the difference. highest values around 15 or 16 celsius in the far north of the country. and this stays with us. it meanders its way north and south through tuesday night into wednesday and it‘s really not much change, and it will be the difference between the cooler air up into the north, brisk winds here and slightly milder conditions slowly starting to be eaten away further south. that basically means on wednesday we start off with that weather front still across the midlands, moving its way south and east, but it will take most of the day before it arrives and then it will bring some usable rain into the south—east corner. behind it, it‘s a breezy affair. it‘s a cooler affair with a scattering of showers into the far north—west, and this cooler feel is likely to stay with us towards the end of the week. so generally cool and, yes, there is some more rain to come. hello, you‘re watching

afternoon live. i‘m simon mccoy. today at 4. the lives torn apart in 82 seconds: relatives of those killed in the westminster bridge attack pay emotional tributes at the opening of the inquests into their deaths. a warning the conservative party is facing a ‘catastrophic split‘ over brexit — a claim 80 mps will side with borisjohnson and vote against theresa may‘s chequers plan. from canvassing of colleagues there are 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. europe‘s chief negotiator says if negotiations are realistic — the first stage of the divorce deal could be agreed in six to eight weeks. calls for a four day working week: the tuc says workers should share the wealth from new technology. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — azi farni. alastair cook‘s international career

has ended with a superb century against india. i‘ll have all the latest from the oval coming up. doesn‘t this look lovely. kids are gone back to school, empty beaches, but this is what is heading your direction as autumn arrives through the course of this week, turning cooler and wetter at times. also coming up — news nationwide comes live from national railway museum in york, looking at what‘s gone wrong with the rail service across the north and what should happen next hello, everyone. this is afternoon live, i‘m simon mccoy in just 82 seconds on march 22nd

last year the lives of four people were ended as khalid masood drove into pedestrians on westminster bridge before stabbing a policeman to death. today at the opening of the inquests into their deaths a hushed court number one at the old bailey was told of the ‘moments of high and terrible drama‘ in the lead—up to the attack. then it was the turn of the relatives to describe how their lives had been torn apart. among them family and colleages of pc keith palmer — who paid tribute to the ‘brave‘ officer who gave his life to protect others. an emotional court at the old bailey as families had the chance to remember their loved ones. any of them were in tears. photographs of those who died in the attack were put up in screens around the courtroom for everyone to see, and a one—minute silence was observed in

their memory. westminster bridge, nearly a year and a half ago, an attack which the chief coroner said tore apart the lives of many by high and terrible drama. today the inquest began into those who died, giving families a chance to tell the hearing about them, who they were and what they meant to their relatives. kurt cochrane was on holiday here. yesterday would have been his 56th birthday. a statement read out on behalf of his wife melissa said: the court heard a pensioner, leslie rhodes, known as les, was a private man who always helped others and loved hisjob as a window cleaner. aysha frade‘s husband told the court she lived and breathed for her daughters. they had two. andreea cristea was described as a lovely, enchanting young lady.

today would have been her 33rd birthday. and pc keith palmer, who was stabbed and killed in the attack. his sister said the best day of his life was when his daughter was born. the inquest will hear from specialist witnesses who will piece together what happened that day, and a second jury—led inquest will be held into the death of khalid masood, the man who carried out the attack. the court saw stills of cctv footage of the american kurt cochran who died in the attack. and in those you can see he was standing on the bridge with his wife melissa next to him, and the car approaching them. as he saw the car he pushed his wife

melissa out of the way to safety. he died in that attack. the judge melissa out of the way to safety. he died in that attack. thejudge here has said he hopes the inquest will give some comfort to the families, and also answer the many questions that they still have. the inquest will continue here today and will go on for around five weeks. a former minister is warning the tory party faces a ‘catastrophic split‘ if theresa may presses ahead with her brexit strategy. steve baker, who recently resigned from the brexit department, said up to 80 tory mps will vote against the prime minister‘s chequers plan for leaving the eu. it follows a weekend of renewed infighting among conservatives, after boris johnson compared mrs may‘s strategy to a ‘suicide vest‘. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, reports. the monday morning feeling, the weekend a distant memory, as the prime minister arrived in downing street, around the corner one backbench battlerfor brexit, a former minister, was claiming... there are almost 80 colleagues

in westminster willing to vote to protest the chequers deal. it is not leaving the eu properly. and it is notjust mr baker. this man, a former conservative leader, is turning up the volume again. if the whole idea is that we will attack and lash out at everybody, it will be like the old days back when we had the maastricht debates when we ended up plunging out of government. what is the government‘s chequers plan? it would involve a common rule book for all goods traded with the eu, a so—called facilitated customs arrangement to treat the uk and eu as a combined customs territory, and a mobility framework, replacing the free movement of people. and government ministers point out their plan is the only one on the table. but... what do you say to colleagues and voters in the country who look at the chequers deal and say, it involves being too close

to brussels after brexit, this is not what we voted for? i think it delivers on the referendum result. it takes back control of our money, our laws and our borders. but of course it is a compromise. it requires difficult challenges from the european union. we were asked, what do you want, we‘ve given them a proposal. it involves difficult compromises from their point of view as well. we are still waiting for their formal reaction. but i‘m content it delivers on the referendum result. and if it seems a tad noisy here at westminster, just imagine how loud the volume could get when the conservatives are all cooped up at their conference in a couple of weeks‘ time. and in case you wondered, it is 200 days to go until brexit. just over six months. the eu‘s chief negotiator michel barnier says agreement on the first stage of the uk s exit could be completed within six to eight weeks if negotiations are realistic. 0ur europe correspondent

kevin connolly explained what he said. there was a flurry of excitement when it was reported that michel barnier said it was realistic that a deal would be reached in sick to eight weeks. what he actually said was if everyone is realistic, then a deal might be reached in that timeframe. in a sense that is not surprising, because that is precisely the timeframe built around an already scheduled european summit in october, and an emergency summit that has been pencilled in for november to try to get the brexit deal over the line. it would be one thing if michel barnier was saying it is realistic to say that is going to happen, he‘s saying, if we are realistic it might happen. he is trying to convey more positive mood music than brussels has sometimes

donein music than brussels has sometimes done in the course of these people asians because here we see the difficulties in london, they don‘t wa nt to difficulties in london, they don‘t want to compound them, they do want to get the deal over the line without compromising on their own principles. let‘s cross over to westminster and get the latest from our chief political correspondent, vicki young. the tories, europe. here we go again. it interesting those words from michel barnier, but there has been a lot of talk about no deal even today. we have the prime minister‘s spokesman saying theresa may would share a special cabinet meeting on thursday, three hours to look at preparations for that no deal scenario. 0n the other hand it feels like we‘re getting to the point between now and christmas where if a deal is going to be done, that‘s where it is going to be done, and it interesting that the mood music is slightly shifting. as for the conservative party, it feels as though there are two warring factions, those who backed the chequers agreement, those who say it is dead in the water. but of course

there are others who say there has to be compromise, and i‘m joined by one of them now. he‘s part of a group of conservative mps from the remain and leave side heading together and trying to think about how this deal can be done. are you optimistic a deal can be done even though everyone is saying there is no majority for this chequers deal that theresa may is putting forward? i think the nature of all negotiations is the start with neither side moving much, resisting the other one's offers, and not much happens until the 11th hour. not much will happen until the last few weeks and hours coming close to the deadline. what we're trying to do is provide the government space to be able to do this without setting red lines, or insisting on things which undermine the negotiation, and reflect what most of us have been picking up in the summer which is businesses and voters saying, get on with this. uncertainty does not help. get the best deal you can,

bank what you can in march, and then go after what you think you still want. that message does not seem to be persuading around 80 of your conservative colleagues who say there is no way they will vote for this chequers agreement, which potentially could bring down the prime minister. chequers is a proposal, not agreement, and every rebellion i've witnessed in the last ten years, the numerical element of it has never been clear until almost as the bell goes on people go to the lobby. so to say now, months ahead, that there is definitely going to be a rejection of a proposal we have not even seen yet, and even people talking about the numbers, there is a bit of mischief in that. none of us know. there may be a bigger rebellion, or maybe even as people come to their senses and realise that the clock is ticking and we owe it to businesses to get it right, that number might come down and that's what i'm trying to help achieve. when you look at the labour

party weather seems to be a move towards what they call a people‘s vote, a second referendum, others talking about article 50 be extended to give more time for negotiations, what do you make of that? talking about a third referendum is not even going to be a second referendum on this topic. certainty is important. if you are michel barnier and you look at uncertainty, that strengthens his hand. if you are voter awesome body looking at a business looking at this, you will be thinking, save me from this health. we have had a referendum people knew the score, we have to get this over the line marked as best we can and then try to improve it from there on in. there will be future general elections with the labour party and the liberal democrats can commit to yet another

referendum if they want and the nation will be able to vote on that commitment. but to talk now about a referendum on an outcome we don't even know is just contributing to uncertainty and strengthening michel barnier's hand, and neither of those things are helpful. simon hart, thank you. and although this with six months to go until that moment with the does leave the eu. unions are calling for a shorter working week so that staff can share in the wealth generated by new technology. the tuc‘s general secretary, frances 0‘grady, told its annual congress in manchester that the wider workforce needs to see the benefits of developments in technology such as robotics and artificial intelligence. the general secretary of the gmb union tim roache joins us now from manchester. it isa it is a bit obvious to stand in front of a group of employees and say, i want you to work less for more full stop but you think she has a point. i do think she has a point,

yes. first, we are trying to meet the challenge that will be automation, the rise of the robots, if you like, and we are ready to open dialogue with aggressive and far—sighted employers. what we cannot see is automation brought in at the expense of large numbers of people‘s jobs. we have at the expense of large numbers of people‘sjobs. we have always at the expense of large numbers of people‘s jobs. we have always talked about work— life balance and how important that is. yes, because of the rise of automation, if we go to a four day week, we‘re prepared to discuss that, but it needs to be on five days‘ pay, because of people do not have the money in the pocket the don‘t have the money to spend on the high street and the whole economy suffers. and yet the trend is going the opposite direction because something like 1.4 million people now work a seven—day week. something like 1.4 million people now work a seven-day week. exactly. that is not a good thing or a healthy thing for the uk. the whole conservative model of uk implement is higher and higher, conservative model of uk implement

is higherand higher, quick conservative model of uk implement is higher and higher, quick fix, conservative model of uk implement is higherand higher, quick fix, low skill, low pay economy, and it has to stop. they call it the gig economy, it sounds like a sexy phrase, it is anything but for the members who are abused today day out by employers, were hours flexible copper down at the turn of a text message. it has to stop. we are talking about responsible trade unionism, responsible working practices and contracts of implement in the future. what is the mood like in this congress? is a totally overshadowed by brexit? not at all, it is an upbeat and buoyant mood. we are determined that we need to ensure that people know and understand the relevance of trade unions, my own union, the gmb, has been growing for the last ten years because we are relevant and we listen to working people and we are very successful. my sister unions in the tuc are likewise. brexit is uppermost in most people‘s minds, my union last week made the decision

that it should be the people who decide on the final deal in which week out of brexit. not a second referendum at all, but a public vote on the deal, on the terms on which we come out of europe. at the moment you warned that things like next day deliveries could be a thing of the past. that's exactly right. we seen that if brexit goes through under the chequers plan then it could literally mean that next day deliveries would be a thing of the past. i‘m not sure that‘s what people voted for when they voted to come out of the european union. that‘s why the gmb is insistent it should be the people who decide the terms we come out, just as it was the people who decided whether we should come out in the first place. a coroner has told the inquests into the deaths of five people killed in the westminster bridge attack that lives were torn apart in "82 seconds of terrible drama". conservative opponents of the prime minister‘s chequers plan for brexit have confirmed they won‘t be publishing a formal alternative. europe‘s chief negotiator says if negotiations are realistic

the first stage of the divorce deal could be agreed in six to eight weeks. and alastair cook has had a fairy tale ending to his final test match. the former england captain hit a century against india before going for 147. joe root was caught for 125. england lead by 420. the women‘s tennis association has backed up serena williams‘ claim of sexism for how she was treated by the umpire during her us open final defeat. she got a code violation, a penalty point and a game penalty. the wda said the umpire showed her a different level of tolerance than she had been a man. a driver has apologised for grabbing a rival‘s brake lever during the motogp saying it was a disgraceful gesture. it is after the team terminated his contract saying he endangered the life of another writer. more on

those stories just after half past. new figures suggest the uk economy grew faster than expected in the three months to the end ofjuly. the office for national statistics said gdp grew by 0.6% during the period. it‘s thought hot weather and england‘s performance at the world cup helped boost consumer spending. 0ur economics correspondent, andy verity is here. good news? it is, better than people expected. over three months that is the reliable number. it is up by more than people thought. double we re more than people thought. double were expecting 0.5%. if you look at thejuly were expecting 0.5%. if you look at the july numbers were expecting 0.5%. if you look at thejuly numbers they are even better. injuly thejuly numbers they are even better. in july alone growth thejuly numbers they are even better. injuly alone growth of 0.3% is showing, with construction of 0.5%. you might remember me being gloomy about construction early this year. andy cole you have always been gloomy, that is why this special! it's

gloomy, that is why this special! it‘s always good to make a change. manufacturing is down slightly, by 0.2%, other retail picture is interesting. we had gloomy stories about house of fraser and others, and for non—food retailers these three months were a really tough time. but not because we are spending less, it‘s mainly a shift from shopping in stores to the internet, which is something like 18% of our spending. spending as a whole is going up. this will vindicate those on the bank of england‘s monetary policy committee who say we were right to raise interest rates in august, the economy is speeding up, we have to get ahead and cool it down. we also need to realise the internet is not going away, this is how we‘re going to be in future and indeed that figure willjust going up. yes, and even the retailers that have suffered like debenhams and house of fraser increased their online sales. that‘s a broader trend. 0n the other

hand, petrol prices were up by 12 present in this period, and that cat people‘s spending. if you think it is £1 34 people‘s spending. if you think it is £134 per gallon you might spend less tha n is £134 per gallon you might spend less than last year when it was less. one by 34 a gallon? we are in litres now, hardly? yes, you're quite right. if you‘re looking at it more expensive than it has been, that will curb demand. there are clouds on the horizon, one of them is the brexit deal. but not time to get the umbrella outjust is the brexit deal. but not time to get the umbrella out just yet. is the brexit deal. but not time to get the umbrella outjust yet. good news then. the governing body of women‘s tennis has supported claims by serena williams that she was treated in a sexist way by the umpire in the final of the us open. the wta said the umpire would have shown williams more tolerance over her outbursts if she‘d been a man. the 23—times grand slam champion was given a penalty point for racquet abuse and docked a game for calling the umpire a "thief" —

during her defeat to naomi osaka. our sports correspondent, richard conway, reports. you owe me an apology. i have never cheated in my life! a moment of madness, or fighting back against unequal standards in tennis? serena williams was warned for receiving instructions from her coach, and she then lost a point for smashing her racket. incensed at accusations of foul play, she directed her anger at umpire carlos ramos. you will never, ever, ever be on another court of mine as long as you live. you are the liar. you stole a point from me, you are a thief too. prompting him to then escalate the penalty by awarding an entire game to the eventual winner, naomi osaka. after the match, williams claimed she was fighting for a greater cause than simply her own. i‘ve seen other men call other umpires several things and i‘m here fighting for women‘s rights and for women‘s equality. and for all kinds of stuff.

and for me to say thief and for him to take a game, it made me feel like it was a sexist remark. she has been backed by steve simon, the chief executive of the women‘s tennis association. but where is the line between emotion and verbal abuse? the statement has added fuel to the fire. novak djokovic, fresh from his own victory in the men‘s tournament last night, disagrees over questions of umpiring fairness between the genders. i don‘t see things as mr simon 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‘s hard to generalise things. serena williams spent her early years being coached by herfather, richard.

overcoming racism and financial obstacles on her path to sporting greatness. a seventh us open victory a year on from nearly dying giving birth to her daughter would have been a crowning moment. instead this final will be debated and remembered for very different reasons. time for a look at the weather... you are tracking some hurricanes. you are tracking some hurricanes. you are tracking some hurricanes. you are well into the season. but so far it has not been bad. no, we have been talking about it being producer dude —— rather subdued. we have eight tropical systems scattered across the globe. everything seems to have happened, we talked about this a little while ago, hurricanes are like buses, now we have three. you can see them clearly on the

satellite picture. the first one looks to be more significant. the middle one is called hurricane isaac, that‘s currently category one. and the one on the right is not look as if it will be an issue, that will veer off to the north. but florence, that has been upgraded to a category three. it‘s a major hurricane, the first major one we have had. for the eastern seaboard. yes, category three or above becomes a major hurricane. it‘s the first significant one. potentially it could be the first storm that we see to hit north carolina for over 20 yea rs, to hit north carolina for over 20 years, so it could be significant. it is moving over warmer water, we potentially expected to strengthen even further. the sea temperatures around 29 degrees, and there is little in the way of wind shear. the

best way to describe that is if you flick a coin it spends on the table and if you blow on it, it will follow over. hurricanes doglike significant wins in the upper atmosphere because it disrupts them. it looks as though there is very little wind shear, it is strengthening across these warmer waters. there was? that it could stall. the cloud to the north, if that moves a little further north for further south than the hurricane may set off to the east coast and stall and not make landfall. that could be just as destructive because it could bring huge storm surges and relentless rain for a couple of days. we will need to keep an eye on florence, it will be a significant storm. and in hurricane season how unusual is something of this scale? at this time of year we get warmer waters so hurricanes are forming and of august and beginning of temper. the first one potentially to make la ndfall across the first one potentially to make landfall across north carolina for over 20 years. this is quite

unusual. let's look at the others. your mother last year —— you remember last year we had a significant storm season. sorry, that‘s my fault, the mind, we can talk about isaac... look at! someone is listening! thank you. isaac at the moment is category one. expected to drift west. you see the blue symbol is that the track. the wider the strike the more uncertainty. at the strike the more uncertainty. at the moment it looks likely to track to the south of... the south of haiti and dominican republic. they we re haiti and dominican republic. they were the islands that were decimated about a year ago. whether this is a category one storm or takes a direct impact or brushes to the south korea‘s event on those islands do

not need significant disruptive winds, heavy rain and a high storm surge because they are still trying to recover from what happened in just a year to the day. do we worry about helene? she looks likely to move further north. using the cloud up move further north. using the cloud up to the far north? that is tied into what is happening across the uk, and sometimes they can get mixed up uk, and sometimes they can get mixed up in the upper atmosphere and throw a bit ofa up in the upper atmosphere and throw a bit of a spanner in the works with our computer models and trying to forecast the uk weather. at this time of year it is a bit of a headache. as you said, it is a bit different from this time last year. yes, last year we are three significant storms, harvey, irma, and maria. harvey, irma and maria are hurricanes that broke records, each for different reasons. irma reached category five with sustained winds

of 185 mph. it managed to maintain this intensity longer than any other tropical cyclone 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. why did 2017 spaun such powerful hurricanes? and will we see anything similar in 2018? last year, crucially, the ocean surface of the tropics was a lot warmer than usual. this meant more energy for developing storms. also, the atmosphere was often come and lacked any wind shear. these are disruptive currents of air that can otherwise prevent storms from forming. so far this year the waters in the tropical atlantic have remained cooler than last year, perhaps signifying less energy for

hurricanes. but now conditions are becoming more favourable for growing storms as we approach the peak of hurricane season. now let‘s get the forecast for us. here is florence, as you can see first and to put it into context, this is the ribbon of cloud was trying to point out here that is the uk. fairly substantial and unsettled weather, changing and more autumnal across the uk for the next few days. we can already see signs of the rain coming in across western part of scotla nd coming in across western part of scotland and northern ireland, some of that heavy, and accompanied by gusty winds in excess of 30 mph and you to strengthen this evening and overnight. wet and windy to the north—west. it‘s been beautiful across southern england, a lovely afternoon and temperatures have reflected that. but things are set

to change over the next couple of days. if we take a look at the weather front in more detail through the night, the winds will strengthen to gale—force and exposed west coast, the rain turning heavy as a pushes north into england and wales. overnight, cooler in the north but staying in the mid—teams further south and east. we start tomorrow morning potentially a pretty miserable rush—hour. it will be windy in the far north and here is where showers set in more detail. when is still in excess of 30—40 mph quite widely. dry and sunny spells for scotland and northern ireland. the heaviest of the rain first thing to me miserable rush—hour in north of england and wales. but the rain doesn‘t push into the south—east. into the afternoon it will move into the midlands and east anglia, but the midlands and east anglia, but the extreme south—east might stay dry for most of the day. the rain arrived later. still warm feel,

temperatures expected to peak into the low 20s. further north and west, cooler, fresher, 16—17, scattered sharp showers likely. and this conveyor belt of rain feeds and from the atlantic, staying with us. not much in the way of change through choose the night into wednesday. the weather front still the dividing line between warrior in the south and cooler in the north, but not for much longer. as the front sinks south and east it will bring some rain to the gardens and growers across the south—east corner. behind across the south—east corner. behind a noticeable difference. by wednesday i suspect all of us will notice a difference, looking at mid—teens quite widely, and the story continues for the end of the week. it will feel like autumn, i suspect, as we move through the end of the week. generally cool and rain at times. this is bbc news.

our latest headlines: lives were torn apart "by 82 seconds of high and terrible drama", that‘s how the coroner at the inquest into the westminster terror attack described the events of last march, which left five people dead. 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 eu‘s chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has said it‘s "realistic and possible" to agree the first stage of the divorce deal with britain within six to eight weeks. 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. now let‘s take a look at the sport. alastair cook‘s test batting career is over, but he has gone out in style. there is a lovely symmetry to the

england career alastair cook, ending as it began with a century against india. there was a long applause at the oval, as england‘s all—time record run scorer finally fell for 147 on day four of the fifth and final test. cook was caught behind to hanuma virahi, after putting on a third wicket stand of 259 with joe root. ben stokes has just got out for 37, as england‘s lead grows. england are currently 417—7, a lead of 453 runs. cook finishes his test career with 33 centuries, five of which are double hundreds. add to that his 57 half centuries and you will see what england will be missing at the end of this his 161st test. cook‘s 12,472 runs have made him the fifth—highest run—scorer in test history, overtaking kumar sangakarra. what a 12 years it‘s been, simon!

let‘s talk about another big incident. this saturday, the tennis us open finals, serena williams, the argument continues. the fallout from the women‘s final continues, with the women‘s tennis association backing serena williams‘ claim of sexism for the way she was treated by the umpire during the women‘s final defeat to naomi osaka. williams got a code violation for coaching, a penalty point for racquet abuse and a game penalty for calling the umpire a "thief". she was later fined £13,000 by the united states tennis association, but the wta chief executive steve simon said that the umpire showed williams a different level of tolerance than if she had been a man. novak djokovic has equalled pete sampras‘ mark of 14 grand slam titles. he beatjuan martin del potro in straight sets at the us open. djokovic won 6—3, 7—6, 6—3 to take a third title in new york. that‘s back—to—back grand slams

for the serbian after his victory at wimbledon and he has now moved up to third in the world rankings. and afterwards he gave his opinion on the wta‘s stance on serena williams. 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, just maybe changed... not maybe. he did change the course of the match and in my opinion it was maybe unnecessary. i don't see things as mr simon does, i really don't. ithink, you know, men and women are, you know, treated in this way or the other way depending on the situation... it's hard to generalise things. dele alli is out of the england friendly against switzerland tomorrow night. the midfielder has returned to have treatment with tottenham after picking up a minor muscle strain against spain on saturday.

there will be no further additions to gareth southgate‘s squad for the game in leicester tomorrow. moto2 rider romano fenati has now had his contracts terminated with his 2018 and 2019 teams. it‘s after he grabbed a rival‘s brake lever while riding at 130mph during the san marino grand prix on sunday. fenati was given a two—race ban and has since had the rest of his 2018 contract with the marinelli snipers team terminated, with the team saying his "irresponsible act endangered the life of another rider". the forward racing team, with which he had a contract for 2019, have also cancelled it, saying they have never seen behaviour as dangerous as this. fenati has apologised for his actions. justin rose has started his final round at the bmw championship in philadelphia. if he wins the tournament he goes top of the world golf rankings. he was leading by one shot after the third round but now shares the lead with americans billy horschel and keegan bradley.

if he wins rose, will become the the fourth englishman to reach world number one. sir nick faldo, lee westwood and luke donald have previously held the position. in the last few moments, england have declared at the oval on 428—8, with a lead of 463. they will now have the rest of this evening and tomorrow to bowl out india and that is all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. now on afternoon live, let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let‘s go to the national railway museum in york, where a special inside out programme will be broadcast live this evening to ask what has gone wrong

with the rail service across the north and what should happen next. we will be with them in just a moment. and in birmingham, nick 0wen is here with news of a bbc investigation that has discovered dvla—registered companies selling vehicle licence plates to drivers without carrying out proper checks. it is amazing because we actually confront those responsible. first, a moment of history. we have three of the main presenters from inside out altogether for a special programme. keeley donovan and the two others. diane, explain how bad things are in the north that have you altogether. i think it is there to say that since the production of timetables in may we have had disruption and there is no part of the north of england which has not been affected. people have been affected seriously. in cumbria is small patch lying like windermere to 0xon home, a branch

line, not just people windermere to 0xon home, a branch line, notjust people going from a tob line, notjust people going from a to b buta line, notjust people going from a to b but a vital route for tourism and that service cancelled for a whole month. at another training provider like northern rhyl, it is estimated that delays in disruption to those services cost £30 million in the economy of the north. these are significant issues. as always it comes down to the passenger experience. the trains are overpriced and overcrowded and this is what they tell us. they are late. when it out there and this is what they tell us. they are late. when they tell us. they are late. when they turn up are notjust late but little instead of six carriages there are three. we have massive problems with overcrowding. 0ur passengers are really about this. chris, there are issues with the new trains planned for the east coast main line as well. here we are at the railway museum in york, fantastic, on the east course mainline and the premier line and bring in new trains, a lot of people saying at last. these are supposed to run on diesel and electric that we have discovered there is a real

problem with these because the electrics in the train are actually getting in the way and it appearing with signals and level crossings and taking them out and they must close the line down for a while. we have been told there has been a fix on other lines but they are trying to work out the east coast. they are supposed to come in at december but there is a war of words going on between network rail and the people making the trains. network rail say these trains and electrics are interfering with safety critical equipment and it is up to hitachi to prove the trains can run safely. hitachi say the trains are not the problem but the signalling which is the problem. all the bits of equipment... these tend to be north of york all the way to scotland so there is a big chunk of line worthy trains must switch to diesel. it isa trains must switch to diesel. it is a fabulous location. keeley, you have been talking to the transport secretary about all this. what has he had to say?

we invited him live on the programme this evening but he declined. we managed to catch with him in bradford on friday. he apologised to passengers for the chaos of the summer but he was more keen to focus on new investment in the railways. here is what he told inside out. do you feel that you owe the travelling public of the north an apology for what‘s happened? well, i‘m really sorry that the disruption we had. it‘s been a huge frustration for me because actually this was the introduction of a major investment that didn‘t work out at the start. we were expanding the northern rail network with large numbers of extra trains and the electrification from blackpool to manchester was delayed. we are now in a position in september where the timetable has stabilised. i‘m not saying it‘s perfect. we will, this autumn, see the start of the new trains arriving. every single train in the north of england is either being replaced with a brand—new train or completely refurbished as a new train. all the old pacer trains are going to the scrapyard. we are back on that wonderful shot.

the trouble with having three presenters is trying to get a word in edgeways. 0ne presenters is trying to get a word in edgeways. one of you need to tell me in edgeways. one of you need to tell m e exa ctly in edgeways. one of you need to tell me exactly what the plan is for inside out tonight. 0k, well... she did it! the plan is for all of us to present and the first time in history the three of us will be presenting together on inside out, so we will be on at the same time, 7:30pm on bbc one. a moment of history for all of us, thank you. good luck with the programme later on and it looks fabulous. we go to birmingham. this isa fabulous. we go to birmingham. this is a fascinating bbc investigation discovering that what dvla registered companies have been doing, selling vehicle license plates to customers without carrying out proper checks. i feel lonely compared with the other presenters. in some cases this has led to registered owners, in

other words, qualified owners, facing fines or arrest when it looks as if their vehicles have been involved in crime, which of course they have not. one birmingham family came across made a set of plates in ten minutes with no logbook checks, and no questions asked. if you want and no questions asked. if you want a new licence plate to be made, you should be asked to prove your name and address and your break to use the registration number. without those checks, plates are produced with licence numbers at the buyers have no right to use, so they can drive off carrying the identity of someone else‘s r. 0ne car owner from surrey received 18 letters demanding a total of £1000 in fines, more than £1000, from tickets handed out in places he had never been to. and there is a woman who told us she was stopped by police and told her number plate had been used in a burglary. they started asking me how long i'd had my car for, where i'd got it from, am i the registered keeper? which was the point where they then said that the numberplates had been used to commit burglaries. what about the people dealing with

the plates? to birmingham retailers both failed to demand to see a logbook, despite it being a dvla requirement for all registered retailers. when one undercover reporter asked for an place to be made... there was one which supplied three sets of plates and was able to produce a set in just ten minutes. an employee claimed to have software with the dvla that, quote, comes up with your name and registration. the dvla said no such system exists. 0ur reporter visited three suppliers who were acting illegally and here is what happened when he confronted one of them. hi,james. john gibson from the bbc. i‘d like to talk to you about a few. these numberplates that you supplied to me illegally. why are you doing this, james? you don‘t want to respond to the reason that you‘re supplying numberplates illegally? it is great television when that

happens, isn‘t it? that is on inside 0ut tonight. 7:30pm in your area. thank you for that. and to the three of you, diane, chris and keeley, have a great show, the three of you in one place and smiling. remember it. that is nationwide. for now! and if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer, and reminder, we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon live. drinkers over the age of 45 are being urged to have at least two days a week when they don‘t drink any alcohol. campaigners says this is a more effective approach in getting people to change their drinking habits. two thirds of regular drinkers questioned in a survey for public health england and the drinkaware charity said cutting down on alcohol is more difficult than improving their diet or doing more exercise. here‘s our health correspondent, dominic hughes.

a cold beer or a glass of wine. it‘s the way many of us choose to unwind at the end of the day. but it‘s also a habit that middle—aged people in particularfind hard to break. research shows that those between 45 and 65 are most likely to drink more than the recommended guidelines of 14 units a week. and struggle to keep track of what they‘ve drunk. it‘s difficult for everybody. it‘s difficult for me, even, and i work in that area all the time. so having alcohol—free days is a much easier way of controlling your overall alcohol intake during the week as well as having immediate benefits for your health and well—being. according to a yougov poll, two thirds of regular drinkers say they find cutting down on alcohol harder than improving diet, exercise, or even stopping smoking. and one in five people surveyed drank more than the recommended 14 units a week — that‘s around six glasses of wine or six pints of beer. it can be difficult keeping track of the amount of alcohol, the number of units, you are consuming. so public health england

are hoping that a clear, simple message ofjust giving yourself a few days off each week will help. and the idea of drink—free days is already one that has been taken up by some in this pub. all of them enjoying soft drinks. i have a better sleep pattern, i feel more focused and more alert. my skin feels better and i feel just more alert, really. more with it. it's usually due to work, i start early in the morning so it's not really worthwhile having a drink during the week with obviously drink—driving laws and all that. up in scotland it's different from down here. so i give myself a rest during the week and then have alcohol at the weekend. if you have one, it leads to two, three, four or more some nights. you‘re better off just abstaining. it‘s not a problem, really. i enjoy it better at the weekend, when you are relaxed and not thinking about work. middle—aged people don‘t tend to drink to get drunk, more as a social habit.

but that habit can have a negative impact on our health. this campaign aims to reduce that impact by encouraging drinkers to take a few days off each week. dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester. we will have the business news in a moment but first the headlines. a coroner has told the inquests into the deaths of five people killed in the westminster bridge attack that lives were torn apart in "82 seconds of terrible drama". conservative opponents of the prime minister‘s chequers plan for brexit have confirmed they won‘t be publishing a formal alternative. europe‘s chief negotiator says if negotiations are realistic — the first stage of the divorce deal could be agreed in six to eight weeks. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. shares in debenhams are still depressed, despite assurances from the retailer that its finances remain strong. this follows reports on sunday that kpmg has been brought in to draw up

a rescue plan for the business. this caused shares to dive on monday. more on this in a moment. 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%. volkswagen has gone on trial in germany in what is the first court case against the car—maker over the diesel scandal. investors are pursuing vw for about £82 billion in damages, claiming the company should have come clean sooner about falsifying emissions data. did you get that? it should have come clean sooner?

i glossed over as most people would have done. primark is bucking the trend on the high street. yes, they are doing well compared to rivals. it is surprising because, i am sure you will notice, primark does not offer an online store. you have to go into the store. no online offering but the company has been a bright spark for its owner, associated british foods, a huge company which also owns food like 0valtine, twinings, jordans muesli, and others. ryvita. its business has been affected by the local low cost of sugar in europe and also the strengthening of the pound. that is it. this is your cue to move on. is it? ok! debenhams, let‘s talk about debenhams, because they are in

trouble. they are, although the management have come up with a statement to try to calm down the fears that have come about after this weekend‘s reports that the accountants had been called in for some sort of rescue plan for debenhams. it looks like there could be a bit of trouble but management has come out, and in fa ct but management has come out, and in fact the chief executive has said the market environment means challenging underlying trends deteriorated. but he said... addison trying to cheer people up? melody said any sustained upturn would result in a rebound in... it sounds like gobbledygook but he says things aren‘t so bad so hold your horses. we will talk about debenhams. management have come to today to try to quell market jitters. the main worries here, what are they? a worry very much of getting up court in the doom and gloom across the high street, with the exception

of primark. in debenhams' case, it has a huge number of stores on incredibly long leases and the market looks at the fact that a lot of the stories are 19 year plus leases which will cost something like £225 million. actually, in fairness to debenhams, the core business is trading profitably and will make a profit of probably £33 million this year, pretty decent compared to some other high—street businesses we have seen. now we talk about associated british foods. a huge company and a lot of us know its brands, including one particular one, primark. it says strong profit performance at primark has helped offset other issues within the company. like—for—like sales in the primark stores, those which offer at least a year or up... broadly retail sales around the group are in good shape and there is a few areas not so good in northern europe, but generally primark is in good shape. they take

the wideraim at primark is in good shape. they take the wider aim at foods... we are clearly drinking a lot of twinings tea and eating ryvita because those parts of the business are good. but there is a sugar glut in europe. but generally a good business in good shape. of course, other brands of tea and crackers are available. let‘s talk about gdp... the world cup gave us a boost and so did this summer heatwave but it feels like it was more of a one off bush than a long—term trend. yes, we are not used to long hot summers and we got one of those and we are not used the england football team getting near as far as they did in the world cup. that has not happened for a couple of decades. there was a one—off boost in the economy and i think most economists and people would expect i will not carry on. . . and people would expect i will not carry on... if the summer is as rosy as it gets for the economy in 2018, may be.

thank you very much. a quick look at the market. the london market just a quick look at the market. the london marketjust managing to stay in positive territory and debenhams, we have been watching this all afternoon, and the shares... we do spend time together, don‘t we? debenhams has a match made in heaven. the share price recovered slightly, and a statement from the boss has helped things along possibly. associated british foods share price down slightly. tesco, with jamie oliver announcing he will be working with tesco to come up with fresh ideas and recipes. and that has put the shares up? yes, it has. he made money through the sainsbury‘s relationship up to 2011, about £10 million, and sainsbury‘s is well off the back of that. tesco will be in... it will be working with jamie oliver so he will be in your tesco stores, you know, soon. that is a fair bet. iam sure that is a fair bet. i am sure you will be happy to see

him. always. it has been a pleasure. thank you. you are watching bbc news. a driver being chased by police smashed his car through a terminal building and onto a runway in france. flights were grounded as more than a dozen police cars and a helicopter chased the driver up the wrong side of a motorway and through security barriers at lyon‘s international airport. the car sped across the runway before the driver tried to escape on foot. they were eventually tackled by officers and arrested. these pictures were taken on a mobile phone. if you ever see an event like this, turn the phone on its side because that fits our programme much better. it fits the screen better. remarkable pictures of this event in lyon earlier. kylie minogue took her fans by surprise last night by calling her old neighbours

co—starjason donovan up on to the stage. # now we are back together # now we are back together # together # together # i want to show you... #. they performed their 1988 hit, especially for you, at the concert in london‘s hyde park. it‘s emerged that jason had cycled to the show and never expected to be singing with kylie. he was spotted from the stage and they said, come on up, and have a dance and a single. that is the result. that‘s it from your afternoon live team for today. next, the bbc news at 5.00 with huw edwards. time for a look at the weather. here‘s louise lear. good afternoon. 0ur week this week is going to be dominated by a westerly wind and that will continue to drive in plenty of cloud from the atlantic. this conveyor belt of cloud moving its way towards the uk, so things look likely to become a little more unsettled. we‘ve seen the first signs of that so far today and as we go through the latter stage of the afternoon, the rain will start to gather in intensity, and the winds pick up, gusting in excess of 40mph in scotland.

and still a little more warm, with 22 celsius here but cooler and fresher as that with the front pushes in. and that‘s going to be this story as we go through the middle of the week. so some of the rain turning quite heavy overnight tonight as it moves its way through scotland, we will see gale—force gusts of wind on exposed coasts. now, the rain will perhaps sit across the north of england into wales by dawn tomorrow morning, and some of it‘s still quite heavy. but there will still be some rain around first thing in the morning, if we look at the finer detail across the northern isles and the north west of the great glen, we‘ve got this hook of cloud and rain, and still some noticeably gale—force gusts of wind at times. drier across the borders and into northern ireland, but there is the rain, some of it heavy across north—west england and wales. just starting to fringe the north of the midlands as well. now, the south—east corner may well start off dry and bright, you will get the lion‘s share of the sunshine and potentially the warmth, as the weather front pushes its way steadily south, but not reaching the south—east until daylight, so here we keep the russet tones and that denotes that temperatures will be just over 20 celsius. but further north and west, the cool

blue—greens and the temperature is really disappointing. you will notice the difference. highest values around 15 or 16 celsius in the far north of the country. and this stays with us. it meanders its way north and south through tuesday night into wednesday and it‘s really not much change, and it will be the difference between the cooler air up into the north, brisk winds here and slightly milder conditions slowly starting to be eaten away further south. that basically means on wednesday we start off with that weather front still across the midlands, moving its way south and east, but it will take most of the day before it arrives and then it will bring some usable rain into the south—east corner. behind it, it‘s a breezy affair. it‘s a cooler affair with a scattering of showers into the far north—west, and this cooler feel is likely to stay with us towards the end of the week. so generally cool and, yes, there is some more rain to come. today at 5, with 200 days to brexit day, we report on warnings of more conservative splits as the eu declares a deal is possible.

the eu‘s chief negotiator raised the prospect of agreement within two months if people were realistic, he said. if we are realistic, i want to reach agreement on the first stage of this negotiation, which is the brexit treaty, within six or eight weeks. but following the latest criticism from borisjohnson, there are new warnings from senior tories that the party will split if the prime minister persists with her chequers plan. it‘s very clear to me from my canvassing of colleagues that there are 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‘s not leaving the eu properly.