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. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... the last preparations under way as

joshua proposed to defend his heavyweight titles. good evening. a leading group of brexit—supporting conservative mps have put forward proposals on the highly contentious issue of how the irish border will be handled after britain leaves the eu. the european research groups approach is an alternative to what's been laid out in the government's chequers plan, and comes amid renewed questions about the support the prime minister can command. this it includes simplified customs procedures to avoid the need for checks at the border, similar uk and eu regulations for agricultural producers, and a so—called trusted trader scheme for larger companies to clear goods for export and import. here's our political

editor, laura kuenssberg. plotting a way through, not, they say, plotting against theresa may. former cabinet ministers and a first—ever first minister of northern ireland say forget it the political force about brexit and the border, they claim there is a simpler way through.” border, they claim there is a simpler way through. i commend it to you for it is common sense, its practicality, its effectiveness in dealing with all of the serious issues, whilst at the same time delivering on the promise that british people —— to the british people to leave the single market, leave the customs union and therefore leave the european union. these are scratchy times. that plea is designed to get the prime minister to ditch her brexit plans altogether. while this group would never say it, there have been talks about whether to try to force her out. i have long said and repeated again and again but i think the

policy needs to be changed but i'm supporting the person. wonder what they call common—sense customs checks could be carried out miles away from the actual border. those checks could be minimised by better use of technology and having similar rules to the eu in some areas. what is it that makes you think as a group that either the uk government oi’ group that either the uk government or the european union would accept these proposals now when they have shown no sign of doing so so far? there is an iron focus in this paper oi'i there is an iron focus in this paper on answering the eu's problem, not doing what we've done before and saying how we would like to do it. we are saying, this is the problem you have outlined as the eu. and this is how it can be solved from your point of view. how far you've prepared to push the prime minister if she would not budge adopt your ideas? we are arguing this on logic, fa cts ideas? we are arguing this on logic, facts and the needs of the european union to protect their own market.

that is why they should listen and the prime minister should listen. those gathered here reckon she may have to listen because there are enough of them to defeat in the commons, even if they are coy about that now. i think if you were saying what happens if chequers is dead, chequers is dead because the eu have rejected it. the talks are getting stuck. we are running out of time. and pressure for this border plan comes from one side of northern ireland, too. remember the prime minister relies on support from a clutch of unionist mps. and their leader in westminster today backed the brexit —— brexiteers' idea. leader in westminster today backed the brexit —— brexiteers' ideam is wrong to say you cannot have any particular outcome because of the border problem. it has proved to be wrong. the peak —— paper today sets out more clearly. while she is under attack now for choosing a path that would keep us alongside the eu, theresa may is not budging. when we leave the european union we will be

an independent sovereign state with control of our money, our borders and our laws. labour says tory division puts ireland's stability at risk. i detect rising anxiety about the state of the negotiations. my message i suppose is this. ireland cannot pay the price of theresa may's failed negotiating strategy. if that wasn't enough, a reminder from europe there is little chance the government's overall proposals will be accepted as they are. someone who leaves the union cannot be in the same privileged position asa memberstate. be in the same privileged position as a member state. if you leave the union, you are of course no longer pa rt of union, you are of course no longer part of our single market and certainly not only in parts of it. but in numberio certainly not only in parts of it. but in number 10 there is one big plan. keep calm and carry on. why there seems to be somewhat problem about all of this and these

proposals today? they and rather sensible. for the british government, the irish comment and the european union the problem is there are too many ifs and maybes in there are too many ifs and maybes in the plan. the technology doesn't exist yet. there is no way could be ready as soon as we leave the european union. and remember, the issue of the border is the hardest conundrum to solve in all of the brexit negotiations. there is a big battle over the practicalities of fixing this and finding a solution. but it is also a proxy for whose vision of brexit wins out. laura kuenssberg in westminster, thank you. russia's president putin says two men accused by britain of attempting to murderformer spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury, are not criminals. it's a week since alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov were named by the uk as members of russia's military intelligence and suspects in the novichok poisoning. but president putin says the men are civilians, and has encouraged them to give their version of events. sarah rainsford reports from moscow.

captured on camera, the two men accused of a nerve agent attack on the streets of salisbury. it is a week since british police released these pictures and named the suspects as russian intelligence agents — a week russia has spent denying that any of this is evidence. now vladimir putin has addressed the claims directly. on stage at an economic forum, he announced the men were no agents but civilians. translation: we know who they are. we found them. i hope they will appear and explain everything. this would be best for everyone. there is nothing special here, nothing criminal, i assure you. the president's tone matches this. other officials have been busy mocking the british case as absurd — a soap opera — even claiming cctv footage was faked. british police say the names of the suspects are likely to be aliases, so it is possible, whoever russia has now found,

it is not the men who travelled to salisbury at all. with these surprise comments, vladimir putin has raised the prospect that the suspects in the salisbury poisoning could appear in public perhaps very soon. but, all along, moscow has dismissed the allegations coming from london as nonsense. so, whatever happens now, it seems unlikely to take the british investigation any further. this former kgb officer told me russia could be behind the salisbury attack though the culprits never expected to be discovered. so, behind their public statements, he thinks russian officials are worried. translation: all of the elite understands the mess that russia is now in. the leadership sets the tone. they say the british made it all up, that is all rubbish. that is just laddish bravado. everyone knows that the consequences will be serious. the poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter has already led to diplomatic expulsions and sanctions.

now, all eyes are on moscow for a first glimpse of the key suspects but, whoever appears, the chances of them facing criminal charges in britain are as slim as ever. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. tests carried out in egypt on the bodies of a british couple who died while on holiday last month suggest that the cause was e coli bacteria. john and susan cooper from burnley were staying in the resort of hurghada when they fell seriously ill. our correspondent, sarah campbell, is here. what have you learned? it is now more than three weeks since the couple died within hours of each other and the egyptian authorities have released results, postmortem results, and they say they both died asa results, and they say they both died as a result of complications from ecoli infections. mr cooper, 69, had underlying heart problems. they say thatis underlying heart problems. they say that is why his reaction was so catastrophic. and mrs cooper, 63,

was in the early stages of a syndrome which is a rare and more severe reaction to ecoli. thomas cook, which removed 300 guests from the hotel immediately after the news of these deaths, conducted a study, the results of which said there were higher levels of ecoli at the hotel. they are looking at the report today. i have spoken to mr and mrs coopehs today. i have spoken to mr and mrs cooper's only daughter, on holiday with them when they died. she is sceptical and doesn't believe ecoli killed their parents. —— her pa rents. killed their parents. —— her parents. their bodies are back in the uk and she is supportive of a further postmortem being carried here. sarah campbell, thank you. the inquests into the deaths of five people in the westminster bridge terror attack have been shown cctv footage of the moment a mother—of—two was struck by attacker khalid masood's car. aysha frade was on the way to collect her children from school when she was hit by the vehicle. daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. aysha frade's still grieving husband and two sisters came to court with their lawyer to hear the distressing

details of how she died. she was the beloved mother of two young daughters and was on her way to pick them up from school. in one of the last pictures of her she is texting her husband, unaware of what was about to happen. rob lyon was walking with colleagues on the bridge and saw it all. he saw aysha being hit by the car and landing right beside him and into the path of a london bus. "initially i sort of froze," he told the court. "i just remember trying to slow the bus down, because i could see it was going to run over aysha." in cctv footage shown in court, aysha frade can be seen walking up the bridge, where she is hit by the vehicle travelling straight along the pavement. these protective barriers weren't here then, of course. she is knocked right into the air and then almost directly under the wheels of a number 53 bus. the inquest was told she would have died nearly instantaneously and without suffering. soon afterwards, a passer—by found her phone ringing on

the pavement and answered it. it was aysha's husband. the stranger told him there had been a terrible accident. a police officer broke down in court today when asked about aysha's horrific injuries. richard webb—stephens was the first paramedic to arrive on his motorbike. but he realised there was nothing he could do. "her head injuries were absolutely incompatible with life," he told the court. the last person to be fatally injured on the bridge was romanian tourist andreea cristea. knocked into the thames, she died two weeks later. for the families it has been a gruelling week, watching their relatives' last moments, at first happy and relaxed, and then flung violently to their deaths by a terrorist‘s car. daniel sandford, bbc news at the old bailey. the government has put forward its vision of how farming in england will work after we leave the eu in march next year. a key part of it is how the current european subsidies to farmers will be replaced.

at the moment uk farmers receive £3.1 billion from brussels every year. in england, the payments make up 61% of farming income. the new system would see automatic payments phased out and farmers receiving cash for performing duties that benefit the environment. our rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports from outside dorchester. welcome to a very modern farm, where glamping and animals exist in harmony. guests are happy to pay for this view over the cheddar gorge. but this is the core of james small‘s business. he farms livestock. currently 40% of his income comes from eu subsidies. today's agriculture bill means this will go. for any business to start losing 40% of its income is a huge hit. we need to ensure that as individual businesses we are doing everything we can to make sure that our businesses remain viable and vibrant into the future. i'm just really keen that it should

be based around food production. the new environmental and land management system will reward those who provide the greatest environmental benefit. now it's notjust about how much land you own. i think this approach is absolutely right for all farmers. and we acknowledge that some of the wealthiest farmers with the biggest estates will lose a little bit of money at the edges. but as a result of that we will be able to invest notjust in the environment, but in technology and productivity for all farmers. but, say farmers, what about food production? the most recent data shows the uk only produces 60% of its own food. the nfu has warned the country would run out of food in a year if no deal is reached. this may be the vision for a green brexit, but the report today has highlighted some real concerns, including mainly the lack of vets and what this could mean for food exports and the health of animals here. this is a routine health and fertility check,

a staple in the working life of a vet. but according to the national audit office, if there is no deal then vets will be bogged down in the new paperwork requirements. an emergency recruitment campaign will have to start in october. if we haven't got sufficient veterinary surgeons to carry out that kind of normal daily herd health kind of work, then obviously it won't happen or it will be happening less frequently, or it wouldn't be happening to the kind of standards that we would want it to happen. so, as the brexit negotiations grind on, those in the countryside wait to be given a clear direction. claire marshall, bbc news, near dorchester. our top story this evening: conservative brexiteers have set out their ideas for how the irish border might work after we leave the eu. and the half a million pound jewellery heist at a luxury perthshire hotel — two men are convicted. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... david weir opens his heart and says

he's coming out of retirement to make it to tokyo 2020. this weekend it will be ten years since the collapse of lehman brothers bank — a key moment in the unfolding of the global financial crisis. in the period that followed, share prices plunged, the banking system teetered and millions lost theirjobs. the impact can be seen even today — research carried out for the bbc has shown that real annual wages are £800 lower than they were a decade ago. our economics editor kamal ahmed reports. it's called a financial crisis. you're totally oblivious to it when you're in it. what i was trying to do was make sure there was food on the table, you've got water, you've got heating. just happy to be in work. earl martin from manchester. like so many people, unaware events thousands of

miles away would still matter now. lehman brothers, america's fourth largest investment bank, goes bankrupt. this is a once—in—a—century type event. looking back now with his son. have you noticed any big changes in the last ten years? um, yeah. financially, loads. economically, loads. the recession. massive slump. we are slowly, slowly, slowly, people say, getting out of it. i'm onlyjust getting to the point where i was ten years ago. but with the cost of living, i'm actually still on a loser. what is remarkable is the long—term effects of this crisis. let's look at a household like earl's. if wages growth had continued as it did before the financial crisis, how much better off would the average household be? how about £4246? and growth has been

stuttering as well. the economy now, i6% smaller than it would have been without the financial crisis. i spoke to a former treasury adviser about what needed to be done. i think some of the reasons we're not seeing this robust wage growth, these great qualityjobs, is because we aren't seeing the skills coming out of our schools and universities in the way we should and i think therefore when we are rethinking how we consider economics — how we consider policy — much more emphasis should be placed back on strong government policy and how we build in long—term government incentives. and here is the man responsible for that — the chancellor. ten years on from the financial crisis, government debts £i.8 trillion, people's real incomes hardly moved over the decade. public services facing cuts. your government, previous governments, really, frankly, have not been very good at dealing with the terrible economic

consequences of that financial crisis. that is a shock from which people are still suffering the effects today. as you say, a decade of stagnation in real wages causing problems for people's standards of living and we are very acutely conscious of that. but, look, we have got through this in much better shape than many of our neighbours. we have not suffered catastrophic rises of unemployment. on the contrary, we have seen employment grow by 3 million jobs. mr hammond said there was light and the end of the tunnel and wage growth is returning. but there is a long way to go before people like earl martin feel more positive. kamal ahmed, bbc news. two men have been convicted of involvement in a half a million pound armed robbery at one of scotland 5 most exclusive hotels. a jury today found 42—year—old richard fleming guilty of assault and armed robbery during the raid at a jewellers inside gleneagles hotel. 30—year—old liam richardson admitted his involvement in the robbery at an earlier hearing.

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. late morning, june last year and three masked men enter one of scotland's most prestigious hotels. they are armed with a gun, machete and hammers and in the space of little over a minute, smash their way into display cabinets, snatching luxury watches worth £500,000. one of the gleneagles guests said she initially thought she was watching watching a film shoot. but the reality was, this was a brazen, violent heist which had been planned weeks in advance. as the masked men ran from the hotel to their getaway car, one of them brandishing a gun, threatened a member of staff here, saying, "move and you're dead". to another he said, "call the police and i will kill you". the gang then sped down this road at high speed. we saw that the car had screeched to a halt. the feeling went from, well this is all a bit bizarre, to this is a bit sinister.

because the two guys who got out where dressed in dark grey/black balaclavas, their faces were covered and then immediately starting spraying the car. all the things which you don't regularly see in rural perthshire. the robbers had been trying to cover their tracks by spraying their car with a bleach—like substance. the police trolled thousands of hours of cctv pictures to place the gang at the scene of the crime. they will be sentenced next month for their role in the crime. with the dramatic footage showing the robbery unfold, this was a case not of what happened, but whodunnit. as to the watches which were stolen, they have never been recovered. lorna gordon, bbc news, gleneagles. the east coast of america is bracing itself for hurricane florence. it is

being called a monster. free—to—use cash machines are disappearing at a record rate — because we're using less cash and because they're increasingly expensive to run. there are currently around 53,000 free cash machines in the uk, but more than 250 are disappearing every month. there are worries the closures could leave people — particularly in rural areas without access to cash. sian lloyd reports from the vale of glamorgan. st athan in the rural vale of glamorgan. people living here are charged to use the two cashpoints in the village. locals range from elderly to young families. not being able to visit a free cashpoint is seen as a problem by many. it's horrible. and to think that you have to make sure you've got the extra two quid in your bank to be able to withdraw just £10, that's stressful on its own because if you haven't got it, then you're stuck.

i'm not paying to get my own money out of the bank. i'd rather go and borrow £10 than pay to get my money out. i use contactless more than take my money out, which is an easier option. but it would be a lot easier if there were more cashpoints around the area. it is a different picture in city centres, where there is often a lot of choice. the organisation which coordinates the cashpoint network, called link, believes there are too many in some towns and cities, as demand for cash is falling with a rise in contactless payments. but in less populated areas machine operators say cashpoints are not so economically worthwhile. link says it has identified more than 2000 free—to—use machines in remote areas that it wants to ensure stay open. it believes one of the answers could be to give incentives to operators to install free to use cash machines in rural communities like this one, where there is currently a lack of provision. the industry regulator has been monitoring. we are concerned to hear that some communities have lost their free—to—use atm. that's why we are taking strong regulatory action now, to put rules in place on link to make sure

it's doing everything it can to put those back in place. many people still do depend on cash to pay for their shopping and bills. without action it is feared communities like this one may see more closures. sian lloyd, bbc news, st athan. dundee, a city with a rich history of creativity, is celebrating the opening of a new museum. v&a dundee is scotland's first design museum and has been hailed as "the jewel in the crown" of a one billion pound transformation of the city's waterfront. our arts editor will gompertz is there. welcome to dundee's waterside, which ona welcome to dundee's waterside, which on a lovely september evening, a bit draughty. to my left is the rsi discovery which was built in 1901 and a celebration of its history as and a celebration of its history as a shipbuilder. to my right is a

brand—new v&a dundee, which is an investment by the city in its future. it hopes it will become not only a tourist hotspot but a hub for the industries. v&a dundee's concrete—clad form is reminiscent of a jagged, overhanging cliff face or the prow of a ship about to sail up the tay estuary. it is a striking new addition to the city's waterfront — a low, inverted pyramid with triangular features. it was created as a whole, as in the building. it is the first building in the uk by the respected japanese architect kengo kuma. i got the inspiration from a cliff from scotland. that cliff is a kind of composition between water and land. the far side is a little bit twisted and inclined and as that gesture integrates nature and the city. the building's tone changes when you enter. the cold, grey exterior gives way to a warm, wood—panelled atrium from which you access the two main

galleries on the first floor. one will present temporary exhibitions — the other history of scottish design. we are in the heart of the museum, the part that looks at scotland's amazing design creativity. . we are a place that brings design to be inspirational to people coming here, whether locally from dundee or more widely from scotland or visitors from around the world. this is one of the museum's star exhibits — it's charles rennie mackintosh‘s art nouveau masterpiece — the oak room, which started life as a tearoom in 1907 in glasgow, before being salvaged prior to a hotel redevelopment in the 19705 and lovingly refurbished and reinstalled here for people to enjoy for the first time in 50 years. the galleries look terrific but what affect will it have on dundee itself? it means jobs and an increased profile across the country. more than anything, it means a sense of pride to the people who live and work here.

we have the affluent parts of the city. of course, there are still parts where there is economic deprivation and children living in poverty. we do have a drug problem. how will the v&a help that? it will encourage people to see that culture is notjust for affluent people. culture is for everybody. the museum expects to attract half a million visitors in its first year and hopes, like the guggenheim in bilbao, to become a cultural catalyst for change. will gompertz, bbc news, dundee. time for a look at the weather, here's ben rich a cool day today but lots of us got to see some sunshine once we cleared the cloud. but it is going to turn chilly, particularly across england and wales and temperatures in the big towns and cities will dip into

single digits. but as you can see it is widely going to be on the cool side out in the countryside, part of east anglia may be down to 3a degrees. a brisk wind and outbreaks of rain in scotland. and we will see this wet weather sinking further south and east across scotland and eventually into northern part of england. to the south of that we will see spells of sunshine. but if we look at the temperatures, they are not particularly impressive. just 12 degrees. the way, maybe getting up to 20 in london. on friday, a similar day in that the best of the weather will be down towards the south—east and we will see our breaks of rain pushing across north—western areas. friday will be breezy where ever you are so cool feel. then, we're going into the weekend and it is a story of split fortunes. frontal system is likely to push on to the north—west

of the uk. the biggest chance of cloud, rain and strong winds across the north west. this area of low pressure will be the remnants of hurricane her lean. but will scoop up hurricane her lean. but will scoop up warm tropical air and move it towards southern parts of the country. as we go through the weekend, it will turn cooler with some brisk rain at times. this is bbc news. here are 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 checkers proposals, including plans to avoid