this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. 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 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‘ translation: we obviously looked at who these people are. we found them, they will appear soon, i hope, and tell you everything themselves. also coming up, the eye of the storm bearing down on the us coast as hurricane florence advances on several american states, nearly two million people have been ordered to leave their homes the surface appear in north carolina

as the storm of a lifetime barrels towards those people flee the coastline. and crumbling their way into the history books. the victorian society releases a list of some of the country's most endangered historic buildings good evening. a leading group of brexit—supporting conservative mps has 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 the one laid out in the government's chequers plan — and comes amid renewed questions about the support

the prime minister can command. 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. 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 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. under 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 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 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, 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 brexiteers' idea. it is wrong to say you cannot have any particular outcome because of the border problem. it has proved to be wrong.

the 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 reminderfrom 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 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. but in numberio

there is one big plan. keep calm and carry on. laura kuennsberg reporting there. let's talk to our political correspondent jonathan blake, at westminster. let's talk about theresa may's leadership. where that is at. the brexiteers say that they just don't wa nt brexiteers say that they just don't want her checkers planned, but what happens if she does not drop that plan? a very good question and that may determine whether it are not the talk at this stage about theresa may's leadership and whether it should be challenged turns into action. because what you have last night was a meeting of the european research group, some of its members at least up to 15 of them we

understand, meeting at westminster weather was a discussion about how best the leadership roles could be gained. as one person put it, to make a move against theresa may and co—ordinate that in the best possible way as far as they were concerned. but speak to senior conservatives today, none of them we re conservatives today, none of them were at that meeting, not the one saw in the report and say, talk as was the —— top was was and there was no immediate chance of a being against theresa may. but if there is anything like the checkers planned which the government agreed, the cabinet agreed, that the residents of the book months ago, there could be trouble. but it is mainly difficulty of getting that through the commons. before even start to talk about a problem with theresa may's leadership, because that there's a deal with the eu, it

contained most of the government's white paper, not only of the conservative side that they would not be to afford. these mps appear to have different approaches to brexit. come with this plan for the northern ireland border, unite them? there's been a frustration on a lot of conservative mps were supportive of conservative mps were supportive of brexit that the issue of the northern ireland border has become such a sticking point in the negotiations. they say that theresa may should never have agreed to the need for a backstop option, that is something that the eu, they say, put in to make it difficult for the uk has been allowed to dominate the negotiations and to hold them up and away that you heard others say that it didn't really need to. because if they see it, they are straightforward, practical solutions, many of which are ready exist which get over the need for

anything like a facilitative customs arrangement of the government is talked about between the uk and the eu but it would also negate the need for any kind of hard border and northern ireland. the government seesit northern ireland. the government sees it differently, it says its plan for a customs agreement is the only workable one. jonathan, are political correspondent, thank you. neale richmond is the fine gael spokesperson on european affairs, and chair of the brexit committee in the irish senate. hejoins me now from dublin a very good evening to you. you have dismissed these proposals on the irish border as being completely unworkable. why is that? absolutely, the past majority of the proposals have already been dismissed by the european commission and various committees and in parliament to stop my own committee and the irish senate. as always many members of

their own government. this is a blatant attempt on behalf of a panda that has no place at the stage. what is the problem, i do not quite understand was yellow the trust and trade thing is always been ——? understand was yellow the trust and trade thing is always been --? the trust and trade thing as. it is actually done, and they will be —— never be a would abide to the system. the checks and compromises improved registration reference, their reference because they happen within the eu neighbours states already. delete the single market in already. delete the single market in a customs union and not be able to participate in those checks. finally, this all goes at the current status quo between the eu in the uk will never change. how do we know that the uk won't change the standards? how we know the uk won't allow deportation of america american products. by make you raise

a series of points there, but this talking to you about the technology, when they talk about the technological solutions to the irish border. wouldn't it at least be helpful to at least discuss them? we've discussed them, we've been at this for over a two years, since the brexit referendum. these have been dismissed not just by brexit referendum. these have been dismissed notjust by the european union as i stated, but by the house of commons, the house of lords scrutiny community and the senate. they cannot work. they do not work anywhere else. the comparison between sweden and always completely unhelpful is, they have delays on their border. crossing the irish border every day, 30,000 people ci’oss border every day, 30,000 people cross for work, for education, there

is no way to implement the proposals and this report. what we need is an overall agreement between the eu and uk that is deep and contains customs and trade agreements that can allow us and trade agreements that can allow us to minimise the damage of brexit. the chair of the brexit committee and the irish senate. we are very grateful for your time and thank you for talking with us. to the united states now. up to 1.7 million people have been ordered to evacuate from the east coast as the ‘storm of a lifetime' approaches. hurricane florence is due to make landfall early friday with winds of 130 miles per hour. images from the international space station show the eye of hurricane florence as it approaches the coast of the carolinas, threatening to unleash potentially deadly flooding. the authorities in south carolina turned four motorways into one—way routes in order to speed up

the mass exodus. not everyone has complied with the evacuation order however, with some east coast residents choosing to board up their homes and businesses and ride out the storm. here‘s north carolina‘s governor giving a final evacuation warning to residents. the time to prepare is almost over. this morning‘s forecast shows the storm is only hours away. powerful winds will reach our beaches and sounds tomorrow morning. north carolina, my message is clear, disasters at the doorstep and it‘s coming in. if you‘re on the coast, there‘s still time to out safely. no possession is worth your life. well let‘s cross now to our correspondent laura trevelyan who is on wrightsville beach in north carolina. blue skies behind you, it looks to

bea blue skies behind you, it looks to be a beautiful day, but i imagine we should not be fooled. in fact, the surface up up up behind me, hurricane florence is about 400 or so hurricane florence is about 400 or so miles away from where i am talking to you now. just the thought these. winds of low hundred 30 miles an hourat these. winds of low hundred 30 miles an hour at the last update and it‘s due to get here sometime overnight on thursday to saturday, most likely it is be paralleling the shore here, but there is a triple threat from that hurricane. the storm surge, the strong winds and what is being referred to as titanic amount of flooding, anywhere between 15 and 40 inches. meanwhile, people are buying supplies and this is the scene a little bit earlier and about 100 miles or so, where people werejust

putting their hands on literally anything that they could and i‘ve seen people desperately trying to find water, queuing up for gas, people believing what they‘re being told that this is a monster storm, a life—threatening storm. and they are buying whatever they can. that was the scene there and if you can imagine, and now, not only north carolina have declared the states of emergency, but so has georgia, even further to the south. so similar scenes will be playing out across this coastline as people await what has been called the storm of a lifetime. from which you can tell, are people heeding the evacuation order? well you can see the beach behind me practically deserted, so on the beach, actually spoke to one couple where the woman remembers the hurricane of 1954 when she was a

child which destroyed this community here. she is not taking any chances so here. she is not taking any chances so she and her husband are leaving, anywhere on the stretch of beaches boarding up, just a couple of people staying put, determined to ride out the storm because they believe that they‘ve ridden out storms before. is this to be clear, people of course staying here being told by officials that we are not going to come and rescue there is a problem. we are going to pull back our first responders when the storm is being felt at its height. xavier cannot wait into we can come and rescue you. so this is likely to be catastrophic whether and people are really batting down the hatches. but i will talk to you soon, no doubt. well we can also speak to taylor fontenot, who is the captain of america‘s cajun navy, a volunteer group which conducts search and rescue missions after hurricanes. taylor is currently en route to the carolinas in preparation for hurricane florence.

i must stress that you‘re not driving at the moment. we pulled over for a driving at the moment. we pulled overfora minute, to driving at the moment. we pulled over for a minute, to do this and then will be back on the road, on a straight shot to the carolinas. but macjust tell us about the group and what you do. we are a volunteer search and rescue group, we started on katrina, i got started in a hurricane party. we did 35,000 rescues in ten days. distribution centres where somebody donated supplies and then went to puerto rico with two teams in contributed over 300,000 meals in six weeks. tell me more about the rescues and what does involve? houston was a

suburban neighbourhood and i, it's a neighbourhood under a seven or eight feet of water and we are talking about a gavage 20 square miles —— hundred 24 miles, we had elderly people, assistant to get overwhelmed, we use the mapping syste m overwhelmed, we use the mapping system to communicate and co—ordinate these rescues. system to communicate and co-ordinate these rescues. we know that there aren‘t these mandatory evacuation orders being enforced, but there are some people ignoring them. what do you say to those people? nothing in your home is worth more than your life is. i understand people are complaining about the expenses that evacuation entails but, it's what it cost you your life if you do not evacuate. and they are handing of citations to those who are not tearing up the evacuations. the rain stopped and

the reservoirs failed, and he got five days in a telling people that they could not get out. and next time, they are trapped in their attic area to go cut them out with a chainsaw through the roof. you're clearly doing amazing work but you‘re also putting your own life at risk are you not? yes, i may refer by day, a contractor and this is my nightjob. if by day, a contractor and this is my night job. if one by day, a contractor and this is my nightjob. if one of by day, a contractor and this is my night job. if one of these hurricanes and that killing me, i would never put my life before some analysis. what motivates you? adrenaline. once again the water, the first five days, i slept maybe three hours and the adrenaline keeps you going and the first night i did get to go home and the phone calls and haunted me about dire need and desperation because people were had there are so many voices that i cannot get to. we only lost a people

hurricane harvey but, a data does out hurricane harvey but, a data does our mapping, he's deploying our software not to do mapping for us again and he keeps those obituaries above his desk. he took it personally and he is devoted everything to making this platform better and dave deployed at every national disaster since including the earthquakes in mexico. will let you get back on the road, we are happy that you decided to talk to us on bbc and good luck. your support means everything, thank you. america's cajun navy, the comments give us motivation. bye. and we‘ll find out how both these stories and others are covered in tomorrow‘s front pages at ten forty and eleven thirty tonight in the papers — our guests tonight are the deputy political editor of the guardian, pippa crerar, and editor of the politico london playbook, jack blanchard 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 battening down the hatches — nearly two million people are ordered to leave their homes as several american states prepare for the arrival of hurricane florence 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 sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s john watson david weir says he plans to compete at the tokyo paralympics in two years time. he‘s won a total of six golds at the 2008 and 2012 games, but returned empty handed from rio and retired from track cycling soon

afterwards saying he would never wear the gb shirt again. speaking to the bbc he outlined his plans to return and spoke of the depression he suffered after the rio games. i wasn‘t involved in sport, did not know and, it is the first conversation i was on the floor in bits. i was crying. it made me realise just how bad it was. it‘s been the toughest journey realise just how bad it was. it‘s been the toughestjourney of my life but i‘ve been in such a positive mindset now that nothing can get in my way and if i want to get back to it, and going to get that. it‘s been another succesful day in the saddle for simon yates who‘s edging ever closer to becoming the second british winner of the vuelta a espana aftre maintaining his lead in the race. the stage through the basque country was won by canadian michael woods who emerged through the gloom. yates had his lead trimmed by five seconds but still has a 25 second over alejandro valverde

as he finished ahead of most of his main rivals. four stages remain. yates hoping to emulate chris froome‘s success in 2017. us open champion naomi osaka says she thought the crowds were booing her as she stood on stage before accepting her trophy on saturday. the atmosphere inside the arena turned when umpire carlos ramos docked serena williams a game after she‘d called him a thief. speaking on the ellen degeneres show in the united states the 20—year—old said she tried to block the events out. when you‘re a little, itty get angry, you‘re talk to like and try to focus, so i tried to do that. but i heard a lot of people and the crowd making noises i really want to turn around. at that time, i did think they were, because i couldn‘t tell what was going on because it was disallowed in there. it was a little that shows full. receiving

the trophy, there was a lot of booing in the crowd and serena leaned over and said something to you, what did she say to you? that she was proud of me and that the crowd was not doing at me. so i was really happy. dan evans will play for great britain for the first time since serving a 12—month ban for cocaine use in friday‘s davis cup tie against uzbekistan. evans has mainly played on the second—tier challenger tour since making his comeback in april. cameron norrie and jay clarke are also in the team, with doubles specialists jamie murray and dominic inglot. both chelsea and glasgow city have won their opening games of the womens champions league this afternoon. glasgow city beat cypriots somatio barcelona 2 nil in the first leg of round of 32 tie. english champions chelsea started their campaign with a 5 nil trashing of sarajevo. anthonyjoshua says an anglo—american power struggle is getting in the way of a potential world heavyweight title fight with american deontay wilder. joshua is preparing to take on russian alexander povetkin a week on saturday but wants a bout with wilder next april at wembley. there‘s been no agreement

between the two camps for a fight which could seejoshua crowned the undisputed world champion. it‘s been a lot of talking, back—and—forth and i think, i think it‘s that divide. uk, usa, 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. and people, they‘re educated, broadcasters back and forth. and things arejust, broadcasters back and forth. and things are just, take time and we have not got that much time. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. prosecutors in egypt say it‘s been found that an ecoli infection was the cause of death of a british couple who died on a thomas cook holiday.

john and susan cooper died within hours of each other last month at the aqua magic hotel in hurghada. at the time their deaths were a mystery, but thomas cook moved tourists to other hotels as a precaution. we‘ve been waiting to hear from the egyptian authorities now for a number of days over what they feel cause the death to make death ofjohn and susan cooper. and today, we have official confirmation of the medical examination that was carried out following their deaths. they say the e coli was a factor in their deaths on bothjohn and susan. in the case ofjohn cooper, it caused acute intestinal dysentery and because of his underlying heart condition, that proved fatal and in the case of his wife susan, they believe the e coli cause the infection it was linked to gastroenteritis and led to her death. and these findings appear to confirm what thomas cook found through his independent experts.

they told us last week that he found high levels of e coli bacteria at the hotel. at that time, they said they could not linked e coli to the couple‘s death. now the couple were on holiday with their daughter, kelly who has previously spoken to the bbc. she‘s described these findings by the egyptian authorities as utter rubbish. she doesn‘t believe them. she believes the authorities here are trying to blame someone. what she wants now is a new postmortem carried out on the bodies of her parents. repatriated and flown back to the uk and she‘s hoping that a new postmortem will then establish what she believes is the real cause of death. and egypt‘s minister of tourism has issued a statement

saying ‘the causes of death, e—coli bacteria, were medically determined by a team of internationally accredited pathologists, which i hope for the family s sake will put an end to previous speculative suggestions of what might have happened. the health and safety of all tourists to egypt are absolutely paramount and i am determined, together with the prime minister, to ensure the highest standards of well—being for all visitors to our country. 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. 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. 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. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. the coldest weather tonight will be across england and wales. especially in areas that saw the cloud break up very late in the day.

so the temperature‘s didn‘t get very high. we got this cloud moving it‘s way, slowly away from the southeast. clearer skies following. the showers in scotland and northern ireland will be replaced by a narrowing band of rain but strong winds keeping the temperatures up here. lighter winds clearer skies further south, lowest temperature is around temperatures in the midlands of eastern england. these areas will have a dry day on thursday,see how this band of rain is sinking southwards and then stops in southern scotland, far north of england and northern ireland. not much rain but it will start to pushback northwards to the southwest of scotland later. north east scotland seeing some sunshine. wales, midlands and southern england likely to be dry with some spells of sunshine, temperatures may be a shade higher at the end of the day. we‘ve got more wet weather for many northern and western areas on friday and that may continue into saturday as well. always the warmest sunniest and driest weather in the southeast. hello this is bbc news with rebecca jones.

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. 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. the russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury as civilians and not criminals. battening down the hatches — nearly two million people are ordered to leave their homes as several american states prepare for the arrival of hurricane florence. and crumbling their way into the history books. the victorian society releases a list of some of the country‘s most endangered historic buildings.

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 the 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% ina 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. 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, 16% 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 £1.8 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. 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. 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. ani 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. 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. 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. the russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury as civilians and not criminals. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. russia‘s president putin says two men accused by britain of attempting to murderformer spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia it‘s a week since alexander petrov and rooslan bosheerof, 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. gustav gressel is russia and security expert for the european council on foreign relations and joins us from berlin. good evening to you. what, in your view, is president putin‘s strategy? well the identity of the two nations is known now with little useful services for the russian armed forces and intelligence services. so the question for us and russian leadership is... what was arranged. i think this is at a preparation for them to turn them over. remember

that i was involved. for them of course you need to learn their civilians, so probably there are diversions... one name them now? what do you make of the timing of president putin‘s comments? speculations. it could be bureaucratic. it could also be that they are afraid ofjournalists or other intelligence agencies tracking them down. and it‘s holding something in the western media about them. that russia does not want to be shown. a russia sort of feels that he needs to get ahead in scripting the whole thing and sort of dominating the narrative about

them. and that it is better to act quickly and to go out with names now. the russian president has said the pair will appear soon and tell their story. how likely do you think thatis their story. how likely do you think that is and when might we see or perhaps just hear from them? that is and when might we see or perhapsjust hear from them? equally ha rd to perhapsjust hear from them? equally hard to tell, but i guess it is in the next few weeks to keep the story alive. we cannot guess how well prepared a rb forehand, creating an alternative narrative for them, creating for social media interest that messed up. it would make their story credible because they need to know that in all these cases companies will go on whatever they present and try to debunk it. a lease for the international audience, they can shield the

russian audience, but for the international audience the case needs to be as watertight as possible. if the case was prepared extensively before hand amanda silver kind of arranged in case their cover was blown and we expect their cover was blown and we expect the store to be told quickly. they have to figure out something in that oi’ have to figure out something in that or make it up. i might or will happen to them once they have spoken. and whether they have any reason to be afraid. no, this is the bottom line. of course you know that you want to protect your assets and protect your man. from the point of view from russian intelligence officers, they need to be protected

and to encourage further generations of talented people to join the intelligent services. they should basically be honoured as much as possible under the circumstances russia has. as i mentioned, you‘ll probably find the russian regime will find someplace to put them, where they have a decent life in russia. and i will compensate them from being able to leave russia anytime soon. gustav gressel from the european council on foreign relations. a so much for sharing your thoughts and insights. every year the victorian society publishes a list of ten endangered buildings, at risk of falling into disrepair. each tells its own story of neglect, but they all have the potential to be regenerated and reused for the benefit of the community. on this year‘s list: a huge glass and iron edifice on great yarmouth‘s golden mile... called the winter gardens. felicity simper reports. let‘s go to the winter gardens. i‘m

positively ashamed. built in 1904, this was the winter gardens in his heyday. this grade two listed glasshouse has been used as a ballroom, beer garden and more recently a children‘s playground. but it closed in 2007, in desperate need of repair. the timber frames that hold the glass in place have rotted, now the council is looking for somebody with a business plan to operate it. tremendous record hearing great yarmouth, our heritage buildings and the founding of them. somebody would be able to come along with a partner and work with us, it has tremendous potential. how do you feel about the fact is there is now appearing on this list?|j feel about the fact is there is now appearing on this list? i think it is great. that sounds a bit silly, doesn‘t it? in fact it is one of the ten most endangered buildings. but it does bring publicity and it does bring the opportunity for it to be noticed nationwide. the victorian society‘s top ten endangered buildings list aims to highlight the plight of buildings at risk. it‘s

got bells and great yarmouth thinking about what the winter gardens could be used for. restore, open it up, make a family place of it. first time we'd ever seen and we we re it. first time we'd ever seen and we were remarking on how lovely it was and how ashamed it was that it was not better preserved. it is such a shame seeing it like it is. it needs to be something that everybody, community, see it year after year and it is our breaking really. the building was originally constructed and travelled by barge to great yarmouth without a single pane of glass breaking. but now this iconic building needs around four and a half million pounds of repair work. quite a contrast to the original £1300 the council body four. when he first arrived here in the first half of the 20th century, it was just around about the same time that electricity was being widely used. when the building was lit, so it was like a crystal palace and it was beaming lightare like a crystal palace and it was beaming light are all on the scene

front. so it would have been really spectacular. almost to the sort of shocked of the new arriving in your efforts. —— in norfolk. shocked of the new arriving in your efforts. -- in norfolk. some of the ideas have been suggested to the council. at the moment the winter gardens future is open to debate. indian police have arrested two people who stole a lunchbox worth millions of pounds from a private museum. the two thieves stole items including a royal golden tiffin box worth up to £10 million. a jewel—encrusted teacup, saucer and spoon were also taken. the men posed as tourists to scope out the museum in the southern city of hyderabad. all the royalty, the king and queen

they had throughout the world given aof they had throughout the world given a of gives and this was one of the items which was received by hyderabad. the value of this would be about one. but they say in the international arcade this goal to 100. this was a case that was not just a property offence, it was a very emotional issue. it was an issue which do with the history, tradition, culture, legacy of hyderabad state and hyderabad city. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. in contrast to the window across the other side of the atlantic, the weather close to home is looking really very quite for the next few days. we have got to get cold tonight. the areas of bit like this where the cloud was late to break, there is a result where temperatures did not rise very much. his band of cloud here being as possible for some rain and drizzle is only very slowly moving south was. we have got the next band of about coming in more quickly from

the atlantic. that will request the showers in scotland and northern ireland with some strengthening winds and narrowing band of rain. to the south of that we eventually see the south of that we eventually see the ground—breaking in the southeast. there is ice following on the molecular and, too. the lowest temperatures tonight will be across the midlands and eastern england. where in rural areas would be down to around or4 where in rural areas would be down to around or 4 degrees. as we move into thursday morning, pick up a little bit more detail on the weather for early in the morning. into scotland, we have got that been a free moving his way down through the central into northern ireland. you can see how little ring bearings on that. showers with him beginning to fall already into the northwest of scotland. to be solved for england and wales, generally dry and sunny start will stop maybe some power left over. in the extreme southeast to push away. we‘ll see cloud bubbling up through today but it is fair weather clouds. the weather front that we have got tends to move down into the far north of england. it may well linger in northern ireland. and also mist

styling, ludwig bahrain angela beginning to push back northward later on in the day. that will depress the temperatures. for the south temperatures are likely to be a bit higher than today with a bit more sunshine around. this weather front stalls for a while across some northern areas and then comes back in again as the next weather system arrives. that is going to bring probably a bit more rain around during the day on friday. across ireland, northern ireland, into northern england. eventually sunshine and showers fall into the northwest. we could catch a few more showers for wales and the southwest of england and the midlands, east anglia and the southeast verbally try. this is where we will see some sunshine and temperatures again not far off 20 degrees or so. as we move into the weekend, we‘re all going to find that the winds will be picking up. across the southeast of the uk, for most of the week and it will be dry, sunny and warm. we have got rain in the northwest. that will start to edge its way into england and wales on sunday. hello, i‘m ros atkins, this is outside source. residents are urged to evacuate the east coast of the us

as the most powerful storm in nearly three decades strengthens even further. president putin denies the two men accused of trying to murder sergei skripal worked for him. he says they‘re just civilians who happened to be there. but the british government isn‘t buying it. apple has just launched its latest iphone and a range of other products — we have all the latest from our technology correspondent. and police in australia are digging at the home of a woman who disappeared 36 years ago — because of a podcast.