today at 5. .. leading pro—brexit conservative mps insist they are not planning to oust theresa may. the group — led byjacob rees—mogg — meets to discuss alternatives to the prime minister's chequers proposals but says now is not the time for a change in leadership. she is a fantastically dutiful prime minister and she has my support. ijust want her to change one item of policy. the same group of tory mps also insists a hard border on the island of ireland can be avoided after the uk leaves the single market and the customs union. we'll have the latest from westminster and belfast. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... egypt's public prosecutor says e.coli was a factor in the death of a british couple at a hotel in the resort of hurghada. russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury as "civilians, not criminals." we obviously looked

at who these people are. we've found them. they will appear soon, we hope, and tell you everything themselves. battening down the hatches — mandatory evacuation orders are issued as several american states prepare for the arrival of hurricane florence. it's five o'clock. our top story... members of a group of pro—brexit conservative mps have dismissed suggestions they want to overthrow theresa may because of her chequers blueprint for leaving the eu. jacob rees—mogg, who's the chairman of the european research group, said the policy needed to be changed but he was "supporting the person".

the erg today published a plan for tackling the issue of the irish border after britain leaves the eu — one of the major stumbling blocks in the negotiations. the group insists its proposals would enable the uk to leave the single market and the customs union without the need for a hard border. leila nathoo reports from westminster. brexiteers walking tall in westminster this morning with one purpose, to try to prove they have an alternative vision for how britain's departure from the eu would work. but what of talk that some of their colleagues on the tory backbenches are now openly discussing a challenge to the person in charge? does brexit need new leadership? the prime minister is worthy of support, she is extremely dutiful in attending to the business of brexit, i want a change in policy and i have made that clear, as have many of my friends in parliament. they say they have their own plan for how to resolve the irish border

question, the crucial issue at the heart of the brexit talks. the paper is a fabulously practical, sensible process and the only way we are going to resolve this issue and thereby unlock the negotiations, that is what this is about, this is about unlocking the negotiations, and the way to do that is by engaging at a practical level, which this paper does in a way which the union has not yet been done. their solution to keep goods flowing freely between the republic and northern ireland relies on technology and checks away from the border. too late in the day for wrangling, say some. if we are leaving the eu, my understanding is they want progressively to move away from regulation alignment. what they had down here it is incompatible with

the situation where you did not have complete regulatory alignment. we believe these proposals have more to do with internal conservative politics and actually solving the problem. they do not do that. do you have the confidence of your party? though her critics are sacked lincolnshire is not in imminent danger. there are not yet the numbers to force her out or an obvious rival candidate. in the house of commons towards the labour leader. the brexit negotiations are an abject failure. i can see that by the faces behind her. and that is not just the the faces behind her. and that is notjust the er g group, it is a whole lot of them. theresa may standing firm behind her strategy. we have put forward a plan delivering on the result of the referendum, ensuring we take control of our borders and money and laws,

protecting jobs and livelihoods, protecting jobs and livelihoods, protecting jobs and livelihoods across the united kingdom. negotiations with brussels are coming toa negotiations with brussels are coming to a head. westminster will see its fair share of wrecks it battles in days and weeks to come. —— of brexit battles. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in westminster. how serious is the threat to the leadership of theresa may? since the general election when theresa may's decision to call the earlier contest meant the conservatives lost their majority. walking around this place you could find conservative mps discussing how to get rid of her every day. there was a meeting last night and we have spoken to people who are at it and who discussed it. they felt it was not the overwhelming purpose of the meeting, nor the only thing they discussed

full sabitzer is hard to find people here, even her critics, who feel it isa here, even her critics, who feel it is a good moment to get rid of her. some say it is not how they have a problem with it is the policy they do not like those that the question is, if she does not back down from and she goes to brussels and they get her to hand over more concessions, what do they do then? there are not many people who think that bringing in a new leader right now as the negotiations get to such a crucial point, that would do any good at all, certainly to the conservative party. we'll have to see if they feel like that once the final deal that this place will have to vote on between now and january, when we know what that is why that is when the picture will become much clearer. —— and that is when. in the last hour, the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, has tweeted strong criticism of the erg plans — calling them a reheat of ideas that

are already shown to be unworkable. he goes on to say that the eu and the uk need to stick to the commitments agreed at previous eu summits and guarantee there isn't a hard irish border after brexit. our ireland correspondent, chris page, is in belfast. that is just one of a range of reactions to the proposed plan for the border. that is right that the irish government is trying to portray this report as kind of an irrelevance. simon said on twitter this afternoon, describing it as a reheat of ideas which have already been seen to be unworkable. the party they have left, the main response to these proposals to what neil richmond who chairs a brexit committee and the irish parliament when he has said the main flow in

these proposals is it assumes the eu will in some way split with the irish republic, that it does not recognise that ireland is part of the eu 27 and therefore the final arrangement needs to be between britain and the eu, not a bilateral agreement between britain and ireland. in northern ireland the main nationalist party can sinn fein, predictably dismissing the proposals by calling them fantasy. the dup, his voice is very important, because it is their ten mps who are keeping theresa may in power, they have said it is a timely and positive development. interesting because the proposal does raise the possibility perhaps that there might be some kind of checks between northern ireland and the rest of the uk when it comes to agricultural products will do they say the rest of the border issue can be resolved through essentially technology that they say has been recognised by all communities it is

important to capitalise on protection, the tickly with trade and agricultural goods. in strasbourg is mairmead mcguiness — irish mep for the ruling fine gael party and vice—president of the european parliament. welcome to bbc news. thank you for talking to us. what do you make of the proposals? are they a potential solution? in strasbourg there is very little interest in these proposals put of it is another paper from another group. we are focused on the discussions and negotiations between the united kingdom, led by the prime minister, and the european union led by michel barnier got up we have proposals on the table in terms of the withdrawal agreement and the future relationship. the publication of ii and the future relationship. the publication of 11 pages today, you know, people it because it is not

important. it is not part of our work here. what is interesting and i think your previous correspondent picked up on it, already it seems the erg have discovered the island of ireland for plant and animal health and disease and treatment of livestock, there are already checks and patrols at the ports and airports when it comes to fight his sanitary issues. it is important they have discovered that. in terms of york questions —— your questions, they are not relevant for the discussions. we are moving towards the 11th hour and we believe a withdrawal agreement and a framework of the future relationship can be negotiated within six to eight weeks. i believe it has to be done. i believe that even the farmers and the dup also want a deal to be done

and are working towards that. to some extent it is a news story but not part of our discussions. when you say it is not important, nor releva nt, you say it is not important, nor relevant, they talk about mobile solving problems, most customs inspection units and combined import and export declarations, isn't it helpful to at least discuss some of these things? i made the point i think is helpful. there is a realisation that today, as the uk and northern ireland, part of the uk in this european union, we'll ready has some checks and controls on the island of ireland to address some of theissues island of ireland to address some of the issues i have talked about. it is late in the day. brexit are not pa rt is late in the day. brexit are not part of the negotiating team, they are not part of theresa may's negotiating team. in a sense it is pa rt negotiating team. in a sense it is part of the noise of brexit that has gone on forfar too part of the noise of brexit that has gone on for far too long. part of the noise of brexit that has gone on forfar too long. it is part of the noise of brexit that has gone on for far too long. it is a

very serious issue and can only be resolved by negotiators from the united kingdom and the european union. iam meeting united kingdom and the european union. i am meeting michel barnier tomorrow and i met david liddington this week. to some extent we will read all of these ideas and we'll all comment on them. they are opinions. beyond that, we can who are part of making things work that must ensure those who are at the table can come to an agreement working with what is already on the table and trying to amend and make progress, for the sake of all our citizens. we must leave it there. thank you forjoining us from strasbourg. we appreciate it. thank you. russia's president vladimir putin says the two men that britain accuses of carrying out the nerve agent attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury are not criminals. the uk says alexander petrov and ruslan bosheerof are members of russia's military intelligence but president putin says the men are civilians, and he hopes they will give their side of events.

reports suggest russian state tv has spoken to a man thought to be petrov, who said he may give a public statement next week. meanwhile, the prime minister's spokesperson says russia continues to respond to the government's request for information with "obsfucation and lies". jenny kumah reports. on their way to allegedly carry out a deadly nerve agent attack in salisbury. the british government says these two men are russian military intelligence officers responsible for the plot to murder the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter. they have been named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov. russia has always denied any involvement, but now president putin is saying his government has found the two suspects and appears to be saying they are not intelligent agents. translation: we obviously looked at who these people are.

we found them. they will appear soon, i hope, and tell you everything themselves. there's nothing particularly special or criminal here. translation: are they civilians? translation: sorry? translation: are they civilians? translation: i can't hear you. translation: civilians? of course they are. just last week scotland yard and the crown prosecution service announced there was enough evidence to charge the men. the police released images showing their arrival at gatwick airport on march 2nd, two days before the poisoning. from gatwick they travelled to east london, staying in a hotel where investigators found traces of novichok. on sunday, march 4th, they travelled to salisbury by train, and were seen near the skripals' house around the time it's thought the nerve agent was sprayed onto the door handle. just last week a russian spokeswoman dismissed the allegations,

saying the whole story was created to punish russia and to introduce sanctions. there is no prospect of the suspects being brought to trial in the uk as russia doesn't extradite nationals accused of crime. president putin's latest words though at least indicate that the men are in russia and known to the authorities. jenny kumah, bbc news. our correspondent, oleg boldyrev, is in moscow. how can president putin be so sure about the identities of these two men? presumably the authorities would have scanned the flight ma nifests would have scanned the flight manifests of the airline on the day mentioned by theresa may in her address to parliament last week. russian media, some of them, were circulating information about who

the people might have been. alexander petrov was slightly more visible in the social media and in his professional career. last week, when contacted by a publication from saint petersburg, he said, this is all nonsense and he has never been to the uk. today, when the same call was made by russian state tv, he said he probably would be able to speak to them next week. we wonder what the story will be then. even if it isa what the story will be then. even if it is a new chapter, the book remains the same. russia says it is the victim of this information campaign or slander and it says that if it was not part of the british investigation into the attempted murder of the skripals, it has no reason to trust that. sam greene is with me. he's the director of the russia institute at king's college london.

what, in your view, what, in yourview, is what, in your view, is the strategy of president putin? here's probably trying to get out ahead of the story little bit. since the announcement in london, the two suspects, police had been looking for information to try to track them down. it was only a matter of time before someone did that and get information to fit the storyline which your correspondent was talking about quite so easily. it provides an opportunity for stage—managing of the situation. what do you make of the timing? stage—managing of the situation. what do you make of the timing7m was a question of making they had fed ducks in a row, allowing them 20 of time to find the individuals. figuring out what to do. from their perspective, there is no perfect time, no wrong time, to do this.

perspective, there is no perfect time, no wrong time, to do thism just happens. do you think we will see them or hear from them?m just happens. do you think we will see them or hear from them? it is impossible to imagine that when the president of russia has done this, i think, in due course, maybe next week, we should expect to hear something from these individuals. what happens to them after they have spoken? that is anybody's guests. they can end up in parliament. they can end up in a perfume shop in central moscow. there are all kinds of options. they will not be extradited to the mighty kingdom and it is unlikely they will make anything approaching a confession. i think we will hear this is in the best scenario a case of mistaken identity and more likely we will hear a story that lines up with what we heard in the beginning that this has been a fabrication from the

british side from beginning to end. should they be worried about their own safety? could anything happen to them? only if they speak out of turn. if they were to say something that was out of line with the official response. i do not think they are seen as a threat generally to the government. i do not think they would have heard these state m e nts they would have heard these statements out of the president today if he was not fairly confident about what would come next. dr sam green, really good to talk to you. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: leading pro—brexit conservative mps insist they are not planning to oust theresa may, despite meeting to discuss alternatives to the prime minister's chequers proposals, including plans to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury as "civilians, not criminals." egypt's public prosecutor says e.coli was a factor in the death

of a british couple at a hotel in the resort of hurghada. and in sport... naomi osaka says she thought the crowds were booing her after serena williams's outburst in the us open final. after critcism of his handling umpire carlos ramos said you can't pick and choose the rules. anthonyjoshua says there is no reason why he can't fight american deontay wilder despite a breakdown in communications between the two camps. the heavyweight champion is fighting russia's alexander povetkin at wembley next weekend. six—time paralympic champion david weir is to return for great britain at the tokyo olympics in 2020 after previously saying he would never wear the gb vest again. i'll be back with more on those stories later etc. it has emerged that e. coli was one

cause of the deaths ofjohn and susan cooper in egypt. at the time their deaths were a mystery. thomas cook moved tourists to other hotels asa cook moved tourists to other hotels as a precaution. our correspondent sarah campbell is with me to give us the latest on this. john and susan cooper died on the 2ist john and susan cooper died on the 21st of august. it is three weeks since the family has been waiting to hear what happened was the egyptian general prosecutor has released a statement following the autopsy is saying what they believe had happened. john cooper is 69 for that they talk about an underlying heart problem and they say his death when

he tested positive for e. coli bacteria which cause the beer —— caused severe diarrhoea and vomiting was because of the underlying heart problems it led to severe gastroenteritis and his death. susan cooper did not have any underlying heart problems but she also tested positive for the bacteria and she was in the early stages of something called hus, a serious complication that a small percentage of people affected with e. coli can get as well. very much saying that bacteria is behind both deaths. thomas cook removed 300 of their customers from that h. they released a report last week saying they had found higher levels of the bacteria in the hotel than would have been expected. has

there been a reaction from the family? they were on holiday with their own daughter, family and friends plus their three grandchildren. she is not doing any interviews at the moment she is awaiting clarification. it has been awaiting clarification. it has been a long process in trying to get information from the egyptian authorities that she feels this diagnosis, she believes to be absolute rubbish. that was her words. she is very sceptical. she said last week she mentioned the fa ct said last week she mentioned the fact that thomas cook published this poor and she believes the egyptian authorities have jumped onto that. —— this report. is very upset and are waiting for more news. we understand the bodies are back in the uk and the home office will conduct a postmortem in the uk and she is very supportive of that because clearly she wants answers to what happened to her parents. because clearly she wants answers to what happened to her parentsm

because clearly she wants answers to what happened to her parents. in 04 that. sarah campbell, our correspondent. thank you. this weekend is the tenth anniversary of the defining moment of the global financial crisis — the collapse of lehman brothers bank. it was the largest bankruptcy in history and sparked a chain of events that led to the worst crisis since the great depression. banks collapsed, markets plunged and millions of people across the globe lost theirjobs. the impact is still felt today. research for the bbc by the institute for fiscal studies shows that on average people's real annual wages are £800 lower than they were a decade ago. our business presenter, maryam moshiri, has spent the day in newark in the east midlands — one of the hardest hit regions in the uk. newark is a typical market town. the market is closed for the data it has

been here since the 12th century. it has been thriving because it is on the river trent and it enjoys strong railand the river trent and it enjoys strong rail and road connections will do over the last ten years since the financial crisis hit the economy of the country dry places like newark have had to face tough times. markets like this have seen the number of traders and stools falling and people in the east midlands area have suffered as well for stock my colleague went to meet one family to ask them about how the financial crisis in fact of their lives. —— interacted their lives. life for mark and claire has changed over the last decade. we struggle from payday to payday. we're only sort of like one payday from going under. she works for a small business. holidays? yes, thank goodness for visa cards, otherwise we wouldn't have a holiday. he used to be a self—employed sports coach, but the work ran dry. i tried to live the dream of being my own boss. it was nice, but it got to a stage where, can we afford the mortgage? so he retrained as a

teaching assistant. cuts had to be made. and i was one of them cuts that was made within schools and sporting organisations. the family budget is under pressure. we are a lot worse off. i'm earning the same amount per hour now than what i was earning ten years ago. the east midlands is one of the most tightly squeezed regions, with pay more than 6% lower than it was ten years ago. are people talking about it at the moment? yeah. we're not the only ones. there's a lot of families like us. we see more and more school trips not been paid for. so the school has to pay. we can't deny these kids. we can't say, "you can't go because you haven't paid." three orfour years ago, maybe we were thinking, oh, are we coming out of this now? are we starting to see the green shoots? but it looks like for you guys as a family, and this area as a whole, maybe you are not really seeing this happening? no. i feel it's getting worse. it's getting worse. the pinch on what we have left every

month once the bills are paid, itjust seems to get less. for you as parents how does that make you feel when you are thinking of your kids? it's sad. it's quite sad. it makes me feel angry because we've always worked, just like other families. we're just normal working—class people. did you ever have an inkling that it would impact your family in this kind of a way? no. you know, it's one of those things you hear on the news. it's going to affect the bankers, it's going to affect the rich city boys. and i thought, you know, you just think, it's just another blip, we've had those before. i now worried that if my wages aren't increasing, that that same is going to happen for the next generation for my kids, and that they're never going to have an opportunity to even get on the housing market. claire and mark are still being rocked by the waves of the economic storm ten years ago. it is the pinch declarer mark were

describing that has impacted places like this market in newark. it is not all bad news i have been speaking to the council today and they have said over the past year they have said over the past year they have said over the past year they have spent £1.8 million on regenerating the local economy. that is the key thing, the council says, the sense of regeneration, trying to make a difference by helping small businesses start up and continued striving to make the future different to the past. thank you. and we will be looking more at the impact on people's wages with carl emmerson from the institute of fiscal studies atjust after 5:30pm, so stay with us for that. the warnings could not be starker

from the united states. the storm could not be stronger. hurricane florence is being described by the us weather service as a monster and the "storm of a lifetime" and its expected to strengthen further as it heads towards the southeast of the country. more than a million people have been ordered to leave coastal areas and emergencies have been declared in several states. the main roads out our choked and shops have been emptied as people tried to prepare in these final hours. donald trump says the hurricane is the biggest in decades but insists the authorities are ready. our correspondent, laura trevalyan, is in wilmington in north carolina. it looks rather lovely and sunny where you are at the moment but what is actually like? the surf is already up. right now hurricane florence is about 450 mars away from us, bearing down on skype currently a category four hurricane with winds of 130 miles an hour. —— bearing

down on us and currently. everyone must be gone tomorrow for that very few people have remained. memories of hurricane hazel destroyed this community. people are heeding the warnings and heading out of town. the storm is forecast to track the shore, perhaps not even making landfall, but there will be huge amounts of rainfall, 35 inches if you can imagine as well as the storm surge and the wind. people in north carolina have warned this could be a mike tyson punch to the coast, reminiscent to being knocked out by that boxer. stay safe. we will no doubt speak again. thank you. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich with the forecast. it was certainly cooler. in the south today, it was already cool in the north. we have seen a little bit

of rain around in southern areas as well today. as we go to this evening and tonight, we will seize on further outbreaks of rain across northern and western areas that further south, where we have had the coalfield today, it's going to turn into me decidedly chilly night query keep hold of clear starry night especially across england and wales. the towns and cities will get into single digits. in the countryside, it could get down to three, four or 5 degrees. chilly start tomorrow. you will notice different weather in north west, wet and windy across scotland. as we go through tomorrow, the cloud and rain will go across scotla nd the cloud and rain will go across scotland and northern ireland and into northern england, tended to fizzle as it goes. further south, south of sunshine but again equal viewing day at best, 19, maybe 20 degrees and further north and west, stornoway is atjust 12 degrees with a mix of sunshine and showers. as we head towards the weekend, southern areas may warm up, head towards the weekend, southern areas may warm up, north and west seeing outbreaks of rain and it will often be windy.

this is bbc news. the headlines: leading pro—brexit conservative mps insist they are not planning to oust theresa may, despite meeting to discuss alternatives to the prime minister's chequers proposals, including plans to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury as "civilians, not criminals." egypt's public prosecutor says e.coli was a factor in the death of a british couple at a hotel in the resort of hurghada. let's get the latest sport news now. john watson's at the bbc sport centre. after serena's outburst,

naomi osaka says she thought the booing was aimed at her. the atmosphere turned when the umpire ducked serena williams again after she called him a fee. speaking on the calendar generates show in united states, the 20 oh said she tried to block the events out. winger little, you are taught not to look, your to turn around and try to focus, so i tried to do that, but i heard a lot of people in the crowd making noises and i wanted to turn around. at the time, i thought they we re around. at the time, i thought they were booing me. i couldn't tell what was going on because it wasjust allowed in there. it was a little bit stressful. receiving the trophy, there was a lot of booing in the crowd and then serena leaned over and said something to you. what did she say to you? that she was proud of me and that i should know that the crowd was not booing at me, so i was really happy. britain's simon yates

has maintained his lead in the tour of spain after wednesday's 17th stage. his lead was over 30 seconds heading into the basque country today. he lost eight seconds on his nearest rival alejandro valverde, but remains ahead in the general classification. four stages of the race remain, yates is aiming to becomejust the second british rider to win it after chris froome's success in 2017. and joshua says a fight could happen a week on saturday but once a bout with welder next april in wembley. there has been no agreement between the two camps for a fight which could see joshua the two camps for a fight which could seejoshua crown is the undisputed world champion. there's been a lot of talking, lots of back and forth. i think it is the vibe, you know? uk, usa. the usa want to

own the division again. i think it's been a long time since great britain had this kind of respect in the heavyweight division. people have got good management team is now, they are educated, broadcasters, back and forth and normally things just take time and we haven't got that much time in this division. david weir says he plans to compete at the tokyo paralympics in two yea rs' at the tokyo paralympics in two years' time. he has won two golds at the 2008 and 2012 games but was empty—handed and said he would never wear the shirt again. speaking to the bbc, he outlined his plans to return and spoke of the depression he suffered after the realjejunal games. i found someone that wasn't involved with sport, didn't know me and literally the first conversation i was and literally the first conversation iwas in, and literally the first conversation i was in, on the floor in bits, to be honest, crying. i didn't realise how bad it was. yet, ie almost

jack's life in. it has been the hardest journey of my life. but i have such a positive mindset now, nothing can get in my way and if i wa nt nothing can get in my way and if i want to get to tokyo, i'm going to get there. dan evans will play for great britain for the first time after a ban for cocaine use. evans is mainly played on the second tier challenger tour since making his comeback in april. both chelsea and glasgow city have won their opening games of the women's champions league is after doing. glasgow city beat the cypriots 2—0 in the first leg of their round of 32 tie which champions chelsea their started campaign with an impressive 5—0 win. that was in sarajevo. and that is all for the moment from the bbc sports centre. we will have plenty more for you in sports day at half past six. let's get more now on the substantial impact on people's wages in the decade

following the 2008 financial crash. research for the bbc by the institute for fiscal studies shows on average someone's ff real take home pay is £800 lower than in 2008. people aged 30 to 39 are the hardest hit, earning £2,100 less than people of the same age a decade ago. and the annual average salary has also fallen from £24,100 in 2008 to £23,300 last year. with me is carl emmerson, deputy director of the institute for fiscal studies, who carried out the analysis for the bbc. thank you for coming in to talk to us thank you for coming in to talk to usa thank you for coming in to talk to us a little bit more about it. a lot of figures there but the headline, i think, remains the same. wages have fallen, why? it has been remarkable. normally we would expect wages to grow over time and grow faster than

inflation, but over the last ten yea rs, inflation, but over the last ten years, they have actually fallen relative to prices. initially, of course, we had a big recession, the financial crisis. what was perhaps even more interesting than that is the recovery afterwards has been so weak. productivity growth in the uk has been appalling, notjust through the crisis but all of the year since then and that is what has been the main driver of why wage growth has not emerged. why have young people seen their wages hit hardest? there area seen their wages hit hardest? there are a lot of things we do not know about what is going on. with young people, it might be that those people, it might be that those people in their 30s were entering the labour market just people in their 30s were entering the labour marketjust as the financial crisis was at its worst. it may have been a particularly bad time to read education at the first job. another thing that might have been going on is that employers were squeezing wages and being less generous to those joining their firms and young people would often changejob to firms and young people would often change job to get a pay rise and they may have been much less scope to do that over last ten years. does it make a difference where you work?

by it make a difference where you work? by the regional differences? there are. in london, we see the same as what we see across the country as a whole just more exhilarated, saw in london, there is much stronger employment growth but weaker wage growth so london is the hardest hit but it is not all about london. the south—west, east midlands have also had a much bigger hit than the rest of the country. how do wages here compare to the rest of europe? is a similar picture? uk had a particularly bad time to the financial crisis. obviously, many countries were affected, most of the economies were affected. the uk was hit harder than most because we had a biggerfinancial sector. hit harder than most because we had a bigger financial sector. that hit harder than most because we had a biggerfinancial sector. that may have been an important part of the story there. what are the chances of a steel wages rise again, say, over the next decade? the big open question is will the next decade look like the last seven or eight yea rs look like the last seven or eight years in terms of appalling productivity growth? or will we see a bounce back to more normal times like we experienced over the seven

decades before the crisis? obviously, we would hope to get back to the pre—2007 picture, but the fear is that maybe weak productivity growth will persist and if it does, that will become weaker wage growth. we have focused on wages but there are other aspects of the economy. at the financial crisis, for example, affect the housing market? there is affect the housing market? there is a big story about young people. young people today are much less likely to own their own homes and people of the same age 20, ten, 20 yea rs people of the same age 20, ten, 20 years ago. people in their 30s, their homeownership rates have actually collapsed. part of that story is because of wages being weak relative to houses, so house prices would very expensive next wages and pa rt would very expensive next wages and part of the story is, for a very good reasons, we have tighter conditions around mortgages and you cannot get a 95% mortgage as easily as you could ten years ago and that might particularly affect the young because they find it much harder to have a decent sized deposit to buy that first home. what about

borrowing? haven't we seen a huge increase in national debt? we saw a big increase in the government's borrowing, when the economy is behaving badly and people are paying less in tax, tax revenue is weak. the government has borrowed lots of money over the last ten years. now we are in a position where the government is borrowing about the same as it did before the crisis of the government, because of spending cuts and tax rises, has its annual borrowing under control but all that borrowing under control but all that borrowing it did over the last ten yea rs has borrowing it did over the last ten years has added to the national debt. the government's debt is now more than twice the level that ten yea rs more than twice the level that ten years ago. thank you very much. the inquest into the deaths of five people killed in the westminster terror attack last year is continuing at the old bailey. cctv footage of the moment mother—of—two aysha frade was struck by khalid masood's vehicle has just been shown in the courtroom. our correspondent helena lee is at the old bailey. bring us up—to—date with what you

have seen and heard today. well, there were more tears in court today as the events from last march we re today as the events from last march were relived by those who had seen what happens. the barrister, jonathan hough 0c, who is the council for the jonathan hough 0c, who is the councilfor the inquest, jonathan hough 0c, who is the council for the inquest, began jonathan hough 0c, who is the councilfor the inquest, began the inquest into ayush afraid earlier today and he told the court that there would be graphic footage. that was an opportunity, really, for anyone who wanted to do leave the court room at that stage. her family, her husband, john, and her two sisters decided to stay in court, but they closed their eyes, bowed their heads as the footage was strode and at times they wiped away tea rs. strode and at times they wiped away tears. that did was then shown to the court. it showed ayesha afraid, a mother of two, walking along westminster bridge. she was on her

mobile phone at the time and com pletely mobile phone at the time and completely unaware that khalid masood's i was approaching her from behind. jonathan hough 0c told the court, she was thrown into the air, propelled forward under the rear side of the bus. she died, the court heard, very quickly. she was on her way at the time to pick up her two children from school. the court also heard from witnesses and people who went to try and help aysha frade. one of those in the witness box earlier today was pc kirsty bambara and she came to court in her police uniform quietly spoken in the witness box. she had stayed with ays ha witness box. she had stayed with aysha frade for quite some time after she had died and i think that was some comfort to her family. and thenit was some comfort to her family. and then it was put to her that she had seen aysha frade's horrific injuries and at that point the witness broke down in tears in the witness box.

when she had finished her evidence, she left the witness box, what hast ays ha she left the witness box, what hast aysha frade's family. they looked at her, they smiled and they mouthed thank you. we had this afternoon the opening of the inquest into the fourth victim of the attack, andrea christie. she was with her boyfriend visiting from romania. again, harrowing footage shown of the impact when the car hit andreea cristea on the bridge and she was thrown into the river thames and there was bitter in court of able rescuing her, putting her in an ambulance and she died some days later in hospital. her inquest will continue tomorrow. on friday, we expect the inquest opened into pc keith palmer. he was the other uniformed officer who was outside the houses of parliament who was stabbed and killed by khalid masood. the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker says the eu will work day and night to achieve a brexit

deal with britain. in his annual state of the european union address he repeated the eu's negotiating red lines, but said the uk will always be a close neighbour and partner. mrjuncker also called on the eu to become a bigger player in global politics. adam fleming reports from strasbourg. it's jean—claude juncker‘s last state of the union before brexit. he didn't want it to be dominated by brexit, so britain only got a small mention. he wants the uk and the eu to be close friends, but he poured cold water on theresa may's trade plans. we also ask the british government to understand that someone who leaves the union cannot be in the same privileged position as a member state. if you leave the union, you are, of course, no longer part of our single market. and certainly not only in parts of it. the prime minister accentuated

the positive in the house of commons a short time later. i want to say to our closest allies in europe, you will never, also never, be an ordinary third party for us. back in strasbourg, jean—claude juncker stuck to his preferred theme, making the eu more ambitious on the global stage, meaning a trade deal with africa and making the single currency, the euro, a rival to the dollar. do you want the eu to be a superpower? i don't know what that really means. i want the eu to become a major player in the global scene. superpower, i don't like that expression. we have to be super but not a superpower. to make europeans feel safer, he announced more details of an eu border force with 10,000 staff, and plans to make websites take down terrorist content an hour after it's posted. he ended saying he was in love with europe, but his big fear is his last year in office

will be dominated by the rise of parties that hate it. the headlines on bbc news: leading pro—brexit conservative mps insist they are not planning to oust theresa may, despite meeting to discuss alternatives to the prime minister's chequers proposals, including plans to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury as "civilians, not criminals." egypt's public prosecutor says e.coli was a factor in the death of a british couple at a hotel in the resort of hurghada. doctors are warning that reductions in contraceptive services in england are leading to a rise in unplanned pregnancies and abortions. the bbc has seen figures which show

that half the councils in england have cut or have plans to reduce the number of sites in their area that offer contraception. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. friends and new mums melissa and lisa adore their children. but both got pregnant unexpectedly, even though they thought they were protected. melissa says says it has been too difficult to get the right contraception. i said, "i'm asking for contraception. i need it." i said, "you can't tell me i don't need it when i'm 22 and i have two kids sitting in front of you." i suffer with mental health and i have two kids. and i can't do this any more. i need to have some sort of protection. lisa says says she's struggled too, with a long delay to get the contraceptive implant. you shouldn't then be having to wait two months to get your contraception. it's absolutely ridiculous. having a baby is a lot more strain on the nhs, and is going to cause a lot more

repercussions, than just having a contraceptive appointment. public health england agrees, estimating that every pound spent on contraception saves £9 of public money over a decade. it recommends that women should be able to choose from a full range. there are 15 types of contraception available and the most widely accessible is still condoms. the most commonly prescribed is the pill. but nowadays, more women are asking for longer lasting options like the coil and implants. but even though more women want these, the numbers being prescribed are going down. there's been an 8% fall in women getting them. this comes as 49% of councils in england say they have cut, or are planning to, sites offering contraceptive services. meanwhile, after several years of staying roughly level, abortion rates have gone up by 2.3% in a year. it's such a basic human right. don't you think women need to be able to access contraception

when they want it? my concern is that the unmet need might get translated into unplanned pregnancies and possibly increased abortion rates. thank you, baby. the department of health and social care says it's giving £16 billion to local authorities for public health, including contraception, and that it's up to councils to decide how to spend the money. catherine burns, bbc news. a 39—year—old british man has been shot dead by spanish police after firing at officers, authorities have said. sean hercules, who had previous convictions for a robbery and a shooting in the uk, was allegedly spotted fleeing a car accident while carrying a weapon near malaga on monday morning. officers later located him at a hotel in the town of estepona. police said hercules opened fire on officers when confronted and was killed in the shootout.

two men have been convicted of involvement in a half a million pound jewellery armed robbery at one of scotland's most exclusive hotels. 42 year old richard fleming was convicted following at a trial at the high court in edinburgh. another man, liam richardson pleaded guilty at an earlier stage. the pair made off with high—value rolex watches — which have not yet been recovered — from the gleneagles resort. tottenham hotspur‘s world cup—winning goalkeeper hugo lloris has been fined £50,000, and banned from driving for 20 months, after admitting a charge of drink driving at westminster magistrates court. the 31—year—old — who captains the north london side and the french national team was found to be more than twice the drink—drive limit when he was stopped by police in central london in august. police in australia have launched a new search for the remains of a woman who vanished more

than 30 years ago. the disappearance of lynette dawson is at the centre of a crime podcast series which has topped download charts around the world and its popularity has given the investigation new impetus. our australia correspondent hywel griffith reports. inch by inch, a new search to trying solve a decades—old mystery and a case which is now being followed by millions of people around the world. lynette dawson disappeared 36 years ago, leaving behind her two young daughters and her husband, teacher chris dawson. he's always insisted that she abandoned them and denies any wrongdoing, but his affair with a schoolgirl has led many to believe he killed his wife. two coroners have called for him to be prosecuted, but he's never been charged. lynette dawson was reported missing by her husband, former newtown jets rugby league star chris dawson. the new search at the family home follows the success

of the teacher's pet, a podcast which has scrutinised every step and encouraged more people to come forward. officers believe they now have the makings of a case. this is important that we do the bestjob we can, this is all about getting justice for lyn. we need to put our best foot forward and we need to make sure that the evidence we present is sound. the dawson family moved from sydney a few years after the disappearance but rumours about what happened here have always remained. this affluent, normally quiet sydney suburb is now the subject of intense scrutiny. the police say even if they don't find a body in that house, they could still bring forward murder charges. with part of the street now treated as a crime scene, some neighbours are understandably anxious. winnie carrol hopes the search will finally bring answers. i definitely hope that they find what they're looking for and if it is not found at this house than i hope that they find remains of her or an outcome

for her if it's located somewhere else. but i thinkjust some closure so the family can rest easy and know what happened with her disappearance all those years ago. the digging and sifting will take at least five days. the police say the search will be their most comprehensive and they know people across the world are waiting for the results. the v&a, the world's leading museum for art and design, is about to branch out beyond its london base. the v&a dundee opens on saturday, and it's a central part of a huge project to transform the city. lorna gordon reports. it's the show stopping centrepiece of a billion—pound riverside restoration. the v&a dundee, described as much as a sculpture as much as a building, with curves, sharp edges, its stone panels a cliff face jutting out over the tay.

the total form of the building is very different from normal concrete walls. as an organic movement and to follow the winds flow is the basis of this design. with the scottish design galleries, the meticulously restored charles rennie mackintosh oakroom and scottish engineering a feature of the ocean liners exhibition, scotland's design heritage features large. ocean liners is the major international show and, as part of that story, scottish engineering and the work that was done on clydebank is a central part of the exhibition. it's that aspect of how we approach design which is really important, that we need to be appropriate to site and allow scottish design to really shine but we want it to shine within an international context. the museum tells a global story and there is plenty of interest from around the world in its opening. dundee is a city, though, with creativity at its core

and this addition to the city's cultural landscape has ambitions which lie closer to home. my hope is that we're going to create a new generation of designers and artists, coders and engineers and architects coming out of dundee. i hope that thousands and tens of thousands of people are going to come to dundee to see this great building and this great collection and we're going to help dundee find some of that confidence which might have been lost in recent decades. this museum bringsjobs, yes, but it's also a bold statement about dundee's design heritage and scotland's cultural clout, a destination notjust for tourists but for the people living here, too. ina in a moment, the bbc news at six, but let's catch up with the weather. it's been pretty cool out there

today. more cool weather on the way we will have a detailed look at the weather in a moment but we have already talked about hyuri kaymer florence earlier in the programme. let me show you the storm here. it is making its way across the atlantic. you can see a clear eye in the centre of this hurricane, a category four, sustained winds of hundred and 30 mph. it is going towards the carolinas but if you we re towards the carolinas but if you were watching earlier on, we mention the fact that this storm is likely to stay close to the coast for a couple of days so there may be huge amounts of rain as well as damaging range and dangerous weather on the way. not sold here at home. it is very quiet, a strip of clouds here. that's bringing brain southwards. hang that is, all of us into that cooler, fresh air. as we go into this evening, quite a cool field for many. these are the temperatures we expect, 13 degrees for glasgow, heading down to 15 degrees in london

and all temperatures will continue to head downwards as we get deeper into the evening, especially across england and wales with clear, starry skies overhead. different in the north—west, clouds and outbreaks of rain. a brisk breeze as well across parts of north—west scotland, the further south, the green shades on the temperature chart, even in the towns and cities, will be down to seven, eight, or 9 degrees. in the countryside, shave a few more off, maybe three or four in east anglia. a chilly start tomorrow, but a bright start in england and wales. sunshine is clouding over later in northern england with patchy rain. that rain is coming across northern ireland and parts of scotland. the far north of scotland is having a mixture of sunny spells and shower was being blown along on a brisk breeze. 12 degrees in stornoway but 20 in london. an improvement compared to where we were today. on friday, a similar story with the best of the dry and bright weather in the south—east. areas of rain across north—western areas. some sunshine and showers in the far north. 11 or 12 degrees, maybe 19

across parts of the south and south—east. we then go into the weekend. ‘s fortunes. frontal systems pushing close to the north—west of the uk. you're most likely to see rain across the north and west. down here, we have what will be the remnants of another atla ntic will be the remnants of another atlantic hurricane gain, hyuri kane hell end. it will not be a hurricane in at this stage but it might be bringing some tropical air. —— hurricane helene so we might warm up through the weekend. further north and west, cooler and breezy with rain at times. conservative brexiteers set out their ideas for how the irish border might be handled after we leave the eu.

they say technological solutions exist, and deny that they're trying to unseat the prime minister. theresa may has enormous virtues. she's a fantastically dutiful prime minister and she has my support. ijust want her to change one item of policy. we'll be looking in detail at how the border proposals might work. also this evening: president putin says the two russians suspected of the salisbury poisonings are not criminals, and that they'll soon tell their story. tests show ecoli caused the death of a british couple on holiday in egypt. the disappearing free cash machines — more than 250 are being closed down every month. and scotland's first museum of design opens on the waterfront in dundee.