good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today. theresa may defends her brexit plan as the prime minister hits out at speculation about her leadership. this is where i get a little bit irritated — this is not, this debate is not about my future. this debate is about the future of the people of the uk and the future of the united kingdom. 25 people are killed in flooding and landslides in the philippines as typhoon mangkhut heads towards hong kong. these are the live pictures we're seeing this morning. we'll have the latest. in the us, president trump has declared an official disaster in north carolina as storm florence continues on its path of devastation. in sport, it was one of the most anticipated fights of the year — as canelo claimed beating golvkin on points in las vegas. good morning.

we've seen some rain moving its way through scotland and northern ireland overnight. that's sinking slowly southwards, but there is some sunshine to be had today, the best of which across central and southern areas. more details on all of that coming up shortly. it's sunday, the 16th of september. our top story. the prime minister has defended her plan for brexit and revealed she becomes "irritated" when asked how long she'll last in thejob. in an exclusive interview with the bbc‘s nick robinson, theresa may said the debate was not about her future, but the future of the united kingdom. and she was also critical of the former foreign secretary borisjohnson, as our political correspondent chris mason reports. you know what some people say? they rather liked it when you joked about being that "bloody difficult woman." they liked that. and they sometimes say, "where's she gone?" laughter. "we want her back." well, she's still there. there's a difference between those who think you can only be bloody difficult in public and those of us who think, actually,

you bide your time and you're bloody difficult when the time is right. smiling but defiant, in her car and at chequers, after a week in which some of her mps openly plotted ousting her and others met to plan how to derail her blueprint for brexit, the prime minister says... this is where i get a little bit irritated. this debate is not about my future. this debate is about the future of the people of the uk and the future of the united kingdom. that's what i'm focused on and that's what i think we should all be focused on. it's ensuring we get that good deal from the european union which is good for people in the uk, wherever they live in the uk. there was then her reaction to this man, former foreign secretary borisjohnson and specifically his remarks last weekend in which he said her brexit plan was akin to wrapping "a suicide vest around the country." just look at the cold contempt with which she reacts to that.

well, first of all, i have to say i think that choice of language was completely inappropriate. i was home secretary for six years and as prime minister for two years now. i think using language like that was not right and it's not language i would've used. and what was signed off here at her country retreat injuly, she insists, has to be implemented, not least for northern ireland. the only proposal that has been put forward that delivers on not having a hard border and ensures that we don't carve up the united kingdom is the chequers plan. and yet plenty in parliament, including on her own side, think her ideas are a dud and brussels has sounded sceptical too. it's going to be a long autumn. chris mason, bbc news. you can see that full interview on panorama on bbc one tomorrow, at 8.30pm.

the leader of the conservative party in scotland, ruth davidson, has said that she never wants to be prime minister because she "values her mental health too much". in an interview with the sunday times she's spoken for the first time of her struggle with depression, suicidal thoughts and self harm. ms davidson, who is pregnant with her first child, had frequently been tipped as a future leader. the liberal democrat leader sir vince cable will announce proposals to raise a wealth tax in order to pay for a citizens fund — which he says will spread britain's resources evenly and strengthen public finances. we can join our political correspondent jonathan blake who is at the party's annual conference in brighton. this sounds like it's got vince cable's fingerprints all over it, very much a lib dem policy. it's classic vince cable and comfortable territory for the leader. he says ten yea rs territory for the leader. he says ten years on from the financial crash that it's a disgrace the

taxpayer hasn't felt the benefit or been repaid for bailing out rbs, and financial institution. he says it's time to sell off some of the government's shares in that bank and reinvest that money into a sovereign wealth fund which he says will benefit society as a whole. he's also talked about putting up wealth taxes on people who have big investments and earn lots of money year after year. this will be an easy sell for the party membership. it's the sort of policy they like and last night sir vince cable did a brief speech at the rally at the conference centre, firing up the party membership and giving them perhaps a reason to be cheerful. if they had come to brighten feeling a bit down in the dumps with all this talk about where the lib dems are going and whether they should turn into a movement for moderates, vince cable said the party is different, its distinct and we are proud of it. you'll need support beyond the party membership in brighton if the parties to re—emerge from the

margins of british politics. thank you. the number of people killed by typhoon mangkhut in the philippines has risen to 25. violent winds of more than 160 miles per hour and torrential rains, triggered landslides and caused extensive flooding. but blocked roads and wrecked communication lines means the true impact on rural areas is not yet clear. our philippines correspondent howard johnson reports. mangkhut has been called by meteorologists the strongest typhoon in the world so far this year. and now, the reality of the utter devastation it has caused is becoming obvious. extreme flash flooding. the fragility of human existence laid bare. the road to cagayan province was littered with destruction. electricity posts ripped from the ground, street lamps bent in two, and this man's house torn to shreds. he showed me where the roof had been pulled back like a tin of sardines. fighting back the tears, he told me how he'd spent the night in an evacuation centre,

worrying about the fate of his home. the scene here repeated across this vast region. debris scattered across the ground. electricity cables dangling dangerously. people wading their belongings through floodwaters. two rescue workers were killed in one of many landslides, and a third person drowned in 6—metre high storm surges. the typhoon is now on its way to southern china and vietnam. it's expected to pass near hong kong tomorrow. the magnitude of the devastation left behind here in the philippines still isn't known, and more heavy rain is on its way. howard johnson, bbc news, tuguegarao. this is the scene in hong kong. it's ha rd to this is the scene in hong kong. it's

hard to believe but see our camera warbling a bit, the winds have actually eased ever so slightly. hong kong is expected to avoid a direct hit but local residents advised to stay indoors. you may be able to make out some of the windows that have been taped up, they've taken down scaffolding as a precaution to avoid the high winds. expecting it to pass through into mainland china where it is expected to ease by tuesday. our china correspondent robin brant is in hong kong and sent this report earlier sent this. this is typhoon mangkhut at its worst, it's not a direct hit but it's passing east to west at the moment. these winds in excess of 100 mph. it's quite tricky to stay on your feet. people being mph. it's quite tricky to stay on yourfeet. people being told mph. it's quite tricky to stay on your feet. people being told to stay inside, it's too dangerous to be

out. hundreds of flights have been cancelled and most of the shops are closed. for the next few hours this will be as bad as it gets here. we were hoping to speak to him this morning but you can see from the live shot all the windows in his building have now smashed so he's had to move and go to safety. he's com pletely had to move and go to safety. he's completely fine. you get a sense of the power and destruction when you those pictures. america's east coast is facing an "epic amount of rainfall," particularly in north and south carolina where at least 11 people have died as a result of tropical storm florence. many people in the area have been evacuated and those that have attempted to return home are being urged not to, as further flooding is on the way. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler reports. this storm has left streets submerged across north carolina. towns along the coast and now inland have become badly flooded, leaving rescue teams as the only route to safety for some families. from the air, you get a better sense of the scale of the problems here,

and during the brief breaks in the weather, this has been the most effective way of getting people out of cut—off areas like new bern. driving conditions are increasingly difficult. motorists have been advised to avoid this state completely if they can. and new evacuation warnings have come into force for more of these carolinan towns. the worst is yet to come. mandatory evacuations for areas within one mile of the cape fear river in fayetteville, and one mile of the little river have been implemented. the number of people who have died as a result of this extreme weather is continuing to rise. florence is no longer a hurricane, but this sprawling storm is moving slowly across the carolinas, dumping months of rainfall injust days. the effects of hurricane florence are still being felt — and the authorities say as long as the rain falls, there is the danger of further catastrophic flash flooding.

and after this week in north carolina, both man and beast are well aware of the impact of that. chris buckler, bbc news, wilmington. the royal college of pathologists is warning that cancer patients are facing worrying delays in diagnosis and treatment. radio 5 live investigates has been told just 3% of the laboratories which diagnose and study diseases across the uk have enough staff to meet demand. the department of health says it's increased medical training places for home—grown doctors by 25%. we love a rocket launch on brea kfast. we love a rocket launch on breakfast. three, two, one... the satellite mission,

called ice sat 2, should provide information on how ice caps are being affected by global warming. the billion—dollar project will put a satellite almost directly over the north and south poles and from there it will fire a laser at sea and land ice to take measurements. sobhi, firing a laser at the earth sounds like a bad thing! particularly at ice, they don't want to melt it any more! i'm sure they know what they're doing! it's the second day of the liberal democrat party conference in brighton today and on the agenda are wealth taxes, brexit and immigration. but should members be more concerned with their party's leadership? we can speak now to their home affairs spokesman sir ed davey who joins us from brighton. good morning. iwant good morning. i want to start with this proposalfor good morning. i want to start with this proposal for the wealth tax. you said if you tax people's earnings you'll be able to create a citizens fund. where will that money

come from? what we are saying is that people who are earning money and have incomes are being taxed too much and also when not investing in the long—term infrastructure. we need to find money from somewhere. we don't want to tax people who are working hard, but actually in britain people who are extraordinarily wealthy are undertaxed in our view. people have got massive shareholdings and land—holdings, some very expensive properties. they don't pay their fairshare of properties. they don't pay their fair share of tax and what vince cable and the liberal democrats are arguing for is more fairness in our society to make sure those people who really can afford it, the super wealthy, put a bit aside so we can use that for the long—term investment in this great idea of a wealth fund but also to reduce tax on people on low incomes. wealth fund but also to reduce tax on people on low incomeslj wealth fund but also to reduce tax on people on low incomes. i want to talk about two of the most pressing issues being discussed, one of those issues being discussed, one of those is brexit. first, the leadership. sir vince cable says he won't stay

on as leader. is this your opportunity to stand? what vince cable has said is he wants to com plete cable has said is he wants to complete four objectives. he wants to fight against brexit. liberal democrats the 1—party arguing for the people to have a vote on the deal. he also wants to ensure these reforms which will enable the party to speak to more people, for more people tojoin us, to speak to more people, for more people to join us, that those are carried through. he also wants to prepare the party for an early general election and next year's local election. everyone is focused on helping him achieve those objectives so liberal democrats can go from strength strength. he said he would stand down once brexit question is out of the way so the question is out of the way so the question is out of the way so the question is who takes over, will it be you? some of us want to focus on making sure the party's message gets out there. there's a crisis in british politics at the moment. people are looking atjeremy corbyn‘s extreme left—wing militant

leadership and don't see that as an option. then they are seeing this brexit conservative party off to the right. they are politically homeless. the amount of people who tell me they don't have a home any more. liberal democrats are saying is we can be your political home. we are opening ourselves up, making it easierjoin. so whoever is the leader after vince cable will inherit a party that is doing even better. we've been performing much better. we've been performing much better in local elections, i think with these reforms in our new policy ideas we'll attract more people. the reason i want to push you on this, because the issue is that there is criticism of the leadership of both the conservatives and labour, both of those caught up in leadership issues and questions right now. what the general public want to see is a leader of a party they can stand behind and support and the question of vince cable leaving is now answered, he will leave when brexit issueis answered, he will leave when brexit issue is resolved. they want to know

who will lead liberal democrats. i'm glad they are interested, because that's important. we have a massively important role to play because of the earthquakes of brexit and the earthquakes to the divisions in the other parties. what's interesting about liberal democrats leadership and vince cable is we wa nt leadership and vince cable is we want him to stay. there's no disunity in the party about his leadership. we fully support him and are behind him and his objectives that he wants to achieve. you can't say that about jeremy that he wants to achieve. you can't say that aboutjeremy corbyn or theresa may. so you want ruling yourself out, are you? —— you are not ruling yourself at. i'm not thinking about it at the moment. the leadership elections of the future will take care of themselves. what we are about now is fighting something that is happening now, the brexit crisis undermining our economy, jobs and investment, threatening people's livelihoods. liberal democrats are fighting

brexit and we are showing a way out. we are saying when a deal is eventually done, and it's all taking so eventually done, and it's all taking so long, it's so much more complicated and costly than they said, isa complicated and costly than they said, is a complete disaster. if we get a deal then obviously the british people should have a vote on it. that's the democratic thing to do and the liberal democrats are arguing for that. that's happening now, not next year, that debate is happening now and the lib dems and vince cable are showing leadership on that issue now. you've described two big earthquakes for the uk, one is the internal division in the labour party and conservatives, but brexit is the other earthquake. how would you theoretically deal with that if you were the leader of the lib dems? well, we've got to see what the deal is. i think it's not going to be a good deal, i think it's going to break all the promises made in the referendum to leave voters. they've already had their promises broken because it's so costly, has taken so long and is

such a mess. when that deal eventually emerges, however, i don't think it's politicians who should make the final decision. liberal democrats think it should be the people. whoever is the leader, that would be opposition. we trust the people to make the final decision. is this the deal you want or would you rather stale and keep what you've got? what with that vote look like? we've heard a lot of debate about if there was a second referendum, what with that actually look like? what with the question be that we all vote on? as ijust said, here is the deal, this is what brexit actually means, do you want that or would you rather have what you've got? would you rather stay in? ithink you've got? would you rather stay in? i think that's the right thing to do. in 2016, people didn't really know what brexit meant and the evidence for that is we still don't know what brexit means because we still don't have a deal. if you listen to the many factions in the

tory party there are four, five or six versions of brexit even now over two years after the referendum. it's such a mess. all the options looking incredibly costly in terms ofjobs and lost taxes, chaos at our ports and lost taxes, chaos at our ports and so on. when that is resolved, if it can be resolved, then i think that's where this vote could take place with that deal such as whatever it is, and then the option of staying in. ed davey, thank you. i think it's fair to say he didn't rule himself out to how many times did you asking? lots of things for them to discuss liberal conference. now the weather. good morning. i'm going to take a quick look at the latest on the storms. this is a rainmaker as we've been hearing, florence is now a

record—breaking storm. it's brought over 30 inches of rainfall across north carolina, the most rainfall ever into north carolina. it is moving at quite a snail‘s pace as it moves steadily west. it's going to stay in north carolina and then gradually move up towards new york in the early half of next week. i suspect we are going to see substantial rainfall totals of in excess substantial rainfall totals of in excess of 30 inches that we've already spoken about. but, as for mangkhut, you could see earlier on in hong kong is causing some issues as it starts to make landfall pretty close in the next few hours to the south of hong kong. it's going to actually make second landfall across hong kong and then bring further spells of heavy rain as it moves inland and high storm surges. closer to home things are a bit quieter. we have seen some rain overnight and thatis

have seen some rain overnight and that is seeking south and east and weakening all the time. this is the front that brought the rain, some of it quite heavy as it moves steadily south and east through the day today. it will weaken as it pushes against this high pressure into the south. that's keeping things quite quiet and still this south—westerly flow so things will get milder over the next couple of days. the weather front weakens as it moves into the midlands and lincolnshire. behind some sunshine returning into the north of england with a scattering of showers and breezy conditions up into the far west of scotland. as we go through the night, that weather moves southeast. 0vernight, that front moves southeast. 0vernight, that fro nt m oves moves southeast. 0vernight, that front moves southeast. the odd spot of rain in the wind. a mild night in the south—east. behind it, we keep some cloudy conditions with a

scattering of showers. a relatively mild night for all of us. monday will start off relatively quiet, as we go through the day we are likely to see the wind strengthening because of this area of low pressure. we've been talking about this for several days, this is the remnant of hurricane helene which is likely to track its way overnight monday into tuesday. still dragging up monday into tuesday. still dragging up the warm tropical air. really humid, particularly in the south—east corner. the windiest of the weather and the wettest of the weather at the moment looks likely to be in the far north—east. generally on monday we start off quite quiet. there will be some cloud around but a good deal of dry weather. by the end of the day you can weather. by the end of the day you ca n start weather. by the end of the day you can start to see that rain moving into northern ireland and western scotland. by the middle of the afternoon gusts of wind is around 30-40 afternoon gusts of wind is around 30—110 mph. afternoon gusts of wind is around 30-40 mph. 14-17 afternoon gusts of wind is around 30—110 mph. 14—17 degrees is the high but still quite a pleasant day in the south—east corner. the remnants

of this ex—hurricane and deepening area of low pressure moving across northern ireland into scotland bringing severe gales potentially. it rattles through at quite a pace and should have cleared by tuesday morning. certainly forthe and should have cleared by tuesday morning. certainly for the next few days the winds are quite a feature. the warmest of the weather in the south—east but some rain in the far north and west. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's time now for a look at the newspapers. the author catherine isaac is here to tell us what's caught her eye. what have you got from inside the sunday papers today? the first one that caught my eye was the observer have run a fairly wide—ranging interview with the head of ofsted amanda spielman. she says she has being driven nuts by the low

expectation of disadvantaged pupils. she says teenagers from deprived backgrounds are being given books that are suitable for a lower reading age than their actual age, and they aren't reading the challenging texts they should be in secondary schools. i'm really interested in this as an author, because i've written ten novels and all of that came from a love of reading that i developed at precisely this age. the books i was reading weren't especially challenging, it wasn't shakespeare and chaucer. it was books i fell in love with and developed a passion for reading. it's generating that love of books from an early age, whatever the level of the book, get people involved in books and ml whatever the level of the book, get people involved in books and nlfind their own way. i think so. i think i worry about the idea of throwing

very challenging texts at teenagers before they've actually developed the habit of reading and the sheer enjoyment and pleasure from it. on the flip side, how do you get a teenager to read an old—fashioned book on paper? when they are glued to their device? this is the big challenge at the moment. there's so many distractions in the age we live m, many distractions in the age we live in, with social media and it really isa in, with social media and it really is a different time. the children's that industry is doing brilliantly. young adult fiction is incredible. absolutely. it's those kind of books that develop that passion for the english language and for the words that will stand people in good stead for the rest of their lives. speaking of distractions for young people, baroness brady has a suggestion for what people should be doing with some of their free time.

my own teenager will be delighted that i've picked up on this one! she says all children should have completed at least 25 hours of volunteering and had a part—time job and beena volunteering and had a part—time job and been a member of the sports team or club by the age of 16. it's quite a lot... as well as gcses! i think she's making a really point, actually. i'm not the only mum who will have experienced the phenomenon of the teenager wanting to spend lots and lots of time on an xbox or this game fortnite which takes over their lives if it's allowed to. and actually, even though they are on social media and communicating with their friends in that way, lots of kids aren't getting out as much as they necessarily worth a decade ago. and socialising. exactly. this is

why things like the duke of edinburgh scheme is thriving still, because it gets them out and gets them volunteering and doing all those things they wouldn't automatically do. and all sorts of things happen by accident as a result of that, chance encounters that could be instrumental in their lives. people you might need or opportunities. if you're not leaving the house, it's not going to happen. they won't have the big important moments of their lives while playing fortnite. it's going to be when they're out eating people and broadening their horizons. we've got a lovely picture of mary berry in the daily mail. you're not talking about mary berry but the story next to her which is about all bran. when i was growing up all bran was the

healthiest breakfast cereal you could have. apparently there's been a report by the independent scientific advisory committee on nutrition, and they say if a serial has... most of our food should only have up to 5% added sugar and anything over that doesn't fulfil their guidelines, basically. and actually, all these bran —based cereals have quite a lot of sugar in them. they say it should be banned from being advertised on children's tv. how times have changed! thank you very much. the andrew marr show will be on air at 10am this morning. andrew, what's coming up on the programme? it's been quite a week in politics. lots and confrontations all around the shop. i'm joined lots and confrontations all around the shop. i'mjoined by lots and confrontations all around the shop. i'm joined by environment secretary michael gove who is out there trying to sell theresa may's

chequers deal. i've got sadiq khan the mayor of london coming out in favour of a second referendum, a people's vote. in the first of our conference season, lead interviews, vince cable of the lib dems on their future. i'll also be talking to the great american journalist bob woodward, originally famous for woodward, originally famous for woodward and bernstein and the fall of nixon, he is now produced a book about the trump administration. a busy hour after 10am. thanks. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. here's a summary of this

morning's main news. the prime minister has told the bbc said she gets "irritated" by constant speculation about how long she will remain in the job. in an exclusive interview with nick robinson, theresa may was also critical of borisjohnson and said the brexit debate was about the country's future and not her own. the road might time in public service it has been about service, asa service it has been about service, as a councillor, as an mp, as home secretary and now as prime minister but actually... this is where i get a little bit irritated — this is not, this debate is not about my future. this debate is about the future of the people of the uk and the future of the united kingdom. one person being tipped as a possible future conservative leader, ruth davidson, has today ruled herself out of ever becoming prime minister because she "values her mental health too much". in an interview with the sunday times she has spoken for the first time of her struggle with depression, suicidal thoughts and self harm.

ms davidson is currently the conservative leader in scotland and is pregnant with her first child. typhoon mangkhut, which caused devastation when it tore through the philippines, has now hit land in hong kong and this is how it looks. it's hard to believe but the winds have actually eased slightly in the past hour. a landslide warning is now in place across the city and the region. windows in some tower blocks have had their windows blown out. in nearby macau, the government has for the first time shut all casinos as a precautionary measure. as we mentioned, the philippines has so far born the brunt of mangkhut with at least 25 people killed. from there our correspondent howard johnson sent this report earlier. the destruction here in aparri is pretty bad, as you can see. we've been speaking to the local community chief, who told me around 750 buildings have been affected here. we were here a couple of days ago.

unfortunately there's been a blackout here with communications so we only managed to get here today to find out what happened to this community. when we were here a few days ago we spoke to one man who said he was going to watch the waves and pray to god to hope his building would be ok. we revisited him today and we saw that his home had been flattened. he showed us around his house. we saw that his tv set, his electric fan, had all been ruined by these high winds. another neighbour said he could hear the wind howling outside. he said he couldn't see a thing because the water was so thick with moisture, he said it was moving in all different directions, north, east, south, west, he said. in good news, the sea wall that was built here in the last year has remained intact and they say that stopped the sea from crashing into this town. they say all the damage was caused by high winds. today philippine president rodrigo duterte is flying over this region to assess the damage.

we are yet to find out what happened in some remote parts of this country along the coastline and in the mountains, and until we know those details, we won't know the full extent of the damage caused by the storm. the east coast of america is facing an "epic amount of rainfall" where at least 11 people have died as a result of tropical storm florence. the national hurricane centre in miami has warned that further flooding is on the way and residents attempting to return home are being urged not to. those are the main stories this morning. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one — bye for now. he left the arena without speaking to the media but we have some quotes from him saying he would not criticise the judges. they will go home with a lot of

money each and raised the possibility of doing again. so they would have a trilogy. simon yates will become britain's third different winner of cycling's grand tours this year, provided he stays on his bike to cross the finish line of the vuelta espana in the final processional stage in madrid today. yates extended his lead after yesterday's 20th stage and will be just the second briton to win in spain, as joe lynskey reports. just a decade ago, this sight seemed impossible. but british riders now rule the roads. in simon yates, this sport has entered unique territory. in one year, three men representing one country are set to win all the grand tours. yates nowjoins chris froome and geraint thomas as one of cycling's superstars. he all but sealed this vuelta title in his new home. the man from berri lives and trains in the hills of andorra. with his twin brother adam, he's learned to master these mountains. his job on stage 20 — to protect his overall lead.

but yates's approach has been to attack. soon, his nearest challenger couldn't keep up. commentator: valverde looks a spent force. as valverde fell away, yates could start the uphill procession. the supporters saw him dominate may's giro d'italia, then fall away in the final week. in spain, the legs have stayed with him. the jersey has stayed red. and today, he rides into madrid as britain's latest endurance king. football now with the premier league returning after the international break with wins for chelsea and man city and another win for liverpool. their 2—1 victory over tottenham at wembley yesterday means they've now made their best league start for 28 years. liverpool dominated the match and it was wijnaldum who put them ahead in the first half before roberto firmino scored one of the easier goals of his career.

erik lamela got one back for spurs late on — but for liverpool it was their fifth win a row. no problem, nothing to criticise today. it was brilliant, it was the best game of the season so far. we were offensively good, we were defensively good. i'm completely fine with that. and then the performance was much better than the result, to be honest. great britain's alistair brownlee was disqualified from the grand final of the world triathlon series as mario mola won a third world title in a row. brownlee was initially given a 15—second penalty in australia forfailing to go around a buoy in the swimming. but this was then upgraded to a disqualification, although he continued to compete with the chance to appeal against the decision after the race. his brotherjonathon was the highest brit in 8th place. worcestershire rapids have won the t20 blast title for the first time. they beat sussex sharks in the final by five wickets. worcestershire's hero was ben cox who scored 46 not out

and hit the winning boundary. the rapids had never even reached finals day before but beat lancashire in the semi before seeing off sussex in the penultimate over. the worcester boys are happy... these are the celebrations afterwards, much deservedly, i would say. i don't believe a word of it, mind you. and we think we might have seen a premier league record broken yesterday— for the oldest mascots. this is vera cohen, who's 102 and her sister olga halon who's 97 and they got to walk out with the team at the etihad yesterday. vera's been going to city games for 85 years and even managed a quick chat with pep guardiola before kick off. i said, "so, david, so you're one of my favourite players,"

which was true, and he gave me a kiss, so i said, "will you please score a goal for me today?" and he did, so that was lovely, and then later on, guardiola said hello to me, and i said, "thank you very much for all you've done for this team." vera, 102 years young. amazing. and just sticking by them through thick and thin. you need to be fighting fit to become a professional boxer but our next guest — the aptly named muhammed ali — hasn't let his medical condition stand in the way of his ambition. he has type one diabetes but has become the first person with the condition to fight professionally in the uk — and he's won his first fight. nice to see you. how are other hans?

the left hand is a bit sore, it swelled up. you fought last night, so how many hours have you had to recover? i've not had many. your left hand is a bit sore. we will have a little luck but this is last night, the last 20 seconds of the fight, so what was going through your head? the amount of build-up i've had with the fight, yesterday i had no nerves, ijust went in as normal, locked everybody out because a lot of people came to support me andi a lot of people came to support me and ijust a lot of people came to support me and i just had a lot of people came to support me and ijust had a vision of eye could see was my opponent in the ring. that is what you call mental strength but we mentioned you are

diabetic, see you were insulin—dependent and you had to work with the british boxing board of control to get to this point. i've got a sensor, a monitor which goes over here. it is scanned over my sensor, which i havejust below my sensor, which i havejust below my hip and the doctor, every time i went back to the doctor he would scan it for me and the results were shown on there and they stayed the same, around the eight mark. what does it change about your preparation? to do what you do needs a lot of time in the gym and practice, how does it change your routine? boxing is a dangerous sport, it consists of a lot of hard work. personally i think diabetes and boxing works hand—in—hand. rock

singer is a way to categorise sport, diabetes works with healthy nutrition, whereas in boxing if you eat healthy you stay within your weight category, so they work hand in hand. if i'm eating good food, i will maintain good health. you have the discipline built—in already. when you talk to boxers now, in the old days boxers had to live off a certain diet, meat and eggs and all that kind of thing but not if you talk to david hay, he is the din and he trains and fights almost entirely on greenjuices so he trains and fights almost entirely on green juices so what we know about nutrition is changing. my sugar monitor test my blood sugars, in the past the boxing board were saying i could not take the gloves off in between rounds, it will take too long to prick my finger for

blood, but technology is moving fast and things are improving. the same date a0 years ago as your fight, muhammad ali,... won his third title. that's a lovely symmetry. that was motivation for me. how did you use your namesake as motivation? my you use your namesake as motivation? my family have zero boxing history, i was just called muhammad ali, it's nothing to do with boxing and it has just worked out as a blessing in disguise for me to have such a big name in boxing as my name, it worked out well for me. we will not forget your name, that's for sure. you'll hear about me! lovely to meet you, and i'm sorry, we shake your hand earlier. my right hand is fine. see

you later. he off already. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. it's a real mixed bag. we've been talking about hurricanes and typhoons but what is it like here? a real north—south divide, the best of the weather in the south—east, a glorious sunrise in kent. further north and west, some rain around, not as heavy as it was but an overcast start in wigan, that photo illustrates the story and to add insult to injury there is more rain to come across the north. improving into scotland but that weather front moves to england, wales and into the south—west, a weakening band of rain

into lincolnshire, the south—east will keep the sunshine and we will see brighter conditions with sunny spells and scattered showers, a breezy afternoon in scotland but still up to 19 degrees, highest values of 2a degrees so with that warmth around, that cloud acting a bit like a blanket so it will be a mild and muggy night if you were trying to sleep, 16 or 17 in the south—east and smiled generally across the country. we start off quiet on monday but there is a significant blow pushing on, the re m na nts of significant blow pushing on, the remnants of ex—hurricane helene, the winds will strengthen, that will push in some cloud and some rain into northern ireland and western scotland, with strong winds up to a0

miles an hour in the afternoon but thatis miles an hour in the afternoon but that is nothing compared to what we will start to see overnight monday into tuesday, may be severe gales across northern ireland and into scotland. you will need to keep an eye on the detail, further south it's likely to stay dry but windy for all as you can see, but they are still coming from a south—westerly direction so it will feel old over the next few days because it will be muqqy the next few days because it will be muggy and windy, but temperatures in the south could see mid 20s but up into the north that is where we will see the wettest and windiest weather. thank you, louise. british farmers could receive a share of a £a00 million compensation scheme after being caught up in banking scandals. the bbc‘s countryfile programme has been finding out there are concerns that a lack of regulation could still see farmers targeted by lenders more

interested in taking their assets than helping their businesses thrive. charlotte smith reports. across the uk many farmers are saddled with large—scale debt. today that stands at £19 billion. but can they be sure their lenders are dealing with them fairly? we discovered farmers across the uk who have lost their land, their livelihoods and even their homes because of how they were treated by their banks. kenny and emma rick and their banks. kenny and emma rick and their four children today live in suburban hampshire. until two years ago they were farmers in scotland. they say it was the high fees and interest rates on banks lent them they needed that for them to sell their farm. i think the worst moment was leaving, everyone crying, the dog in the car and leaving your farm

for the last time. they were among 16,000 small businesses start with by the high street bank rbs between 2008 and 2013. earlier this year the bank ‘s regulator, the financial conduct authority, said there had been widespread inappropriate treatment of its small—business customers. it said rbs had given businesses misleading information and failed to support them properly. we got hit with charges and £10,000 a month, £3500 for consultants, the interest rate went up by 2.5%. but isn't interest rate went up by 2.596. but isn't this what happens if the business gets in trouble, you will lose the farm? i'm not accepting that. if we didn't get hit with the charges we did, we would still be on that farm and bigger and better than

ever. rbs insists it provided extensive support and forbearance and that the bank itself lost more than £2 million when their business failed. it says the regulator found no evidence that it art —— artificially distressed otherwise viable businesses or that management behaved dishonestly but regulators say a lack of regulations means farmers are unprotected from complex loa ns farmers are unprotected from complex loans that carry high fees. the crime commission for thames valley police investigated a separate lending scandal at hbos, for which six people were jailed last year. he's been looking into ongoing allegations of sharp practice at some banks when it comes to farm lending. what makes you confident this is still happening? i'm still seeing people having their houses

repossessed, who had money taken fraudulently. 0ne farmer sent me a photo of his farmhouse, which had beenin photo of his farmhouse, which had been in his family for generations and he was losing it. meanwhile the rednecks are among 1500 businesses that have so far submitted claims to £a00 million compensation scheme set up £a00 million compensation scheme set up by £a00 million compensation scheme set up by rbs but they say this isn't just the money. i want an apology. i wa nt just the money. i want an apology. i want them to acknowledge what they did to us was wrong. rbs is now considering the complaint and says the way it deals with business customers today is fundamentally different. you can see that full report on tonight 5 countryfile on bbc1 at 7pm. benedict cumberbatch and james corden are just some of the british nominees up for an emmy award, which take place in la tomorrow night. it's the first year that the categories are dominated by the streaming service netflix. 0ur los angeles correspondent james cook reports. enemies to the east.

enemies to the west. and game of thrones has vanquished them all, winning more emmy awards than any other drama series in tv history. whatever stands in our way... we will defeat it. this year, it leads the field with 22 nominations. do you ever stop to wonder about your actions? westworld, where cowboys meet science fiction, has 21 nominations, including a second supporting actress nod for thandie newton. you're going to take me to my daughter. who knows where westworld's going to go for season three? we certainly have no idea. do you not? no, not at all! i'm having dinner with lisa joy, who's one of our show runners, next week and i'm going to get her very drunk and i'm going to get some dish out of her, yeah! the handmaid's tale,

with its bleak vision of a totalitarian united states, is also a frontrunner again. it won best drama last year. is the handmaid's tale a piece for our times? of course. my goodness, of course. i feel like it's the only piece for our times right now. the other shows are sources of entertainment and inspiration, but i really feel like it holds a mirror up to society and ask hard questions, particularly about women and the roles of women and equality, and so i think it's necessary. somebody help! she will keep hurting people until i catch her! spy thriller killing eve debuted on bbc one last night, but it's already thrilled american audiences, winning a nomination in best drama for sandra oh, a milestone for an asian actress. help me! it can only be great. i mean, it could only be great!

to discuss it in any kind of way, i'll leave that to other people because it should be discussed. but not for me. i'm just happy. in hollywood, the crown remains hugely popular and it's in running again. but what's the fascination with the royals? i think we're sort of secretly happy that their life is more miserable than ours, because they live in what we imagine is the gilded cage with everything that you could think of that you'd want to be, princes and kings and queens, they have this incredible lifestyle supposedly, but then you understand that in the middle, they've all the same problems we do. and that's what makes good drama, whether you're in la or the yorkshire dales. so, when i'm in england, iwatch, like, emmerdale and shows like that. you do not! you're an emmerdale fan? me and my mum love all of those. why? they're just — they're very addictive. they know how to write a show, you know. they leave those cliffhangers real good. this annual bafta tea party is a curtain raiserfor the emmys, and very soon, we'll find out who will be sipping the champagne.

some great british success stories and we wish them all well. joining us now is the digital spy tv editor, morgan jeffery. what have you got your money on? you would be foolish to bet against game of the rounds, it has 22 nominations so it's bound to go home with something, and westworld, both strong contenders. potentially a great night for british tv. the crown is up for pretty much all the major acting categories, claire foy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series, matt smith who played

the duke of edinburgh is up for outstanding supporting actor. how much of a landmark moment is it that these streaming services are being recognised in their own right? netflix and amazon, amazon prime, all potentially doing really well. we've been talking about this for a while saint streaming services are rivalling traditional broadcasters, they have now done it. hbo for the first time in18 they have now done it. hbo for the first time in 18 years was not the most recognised broadcaster in the emmy nominations, netflix kept that to the post with a nominations so they are leading the way. what does that say about the way watching tv? people don't differentiate between a streaming service and a broadcaster, they just sit down streaming service and a broadcaster, theyjust sit down and go what are

theyjust sit down and go what are the best shows? there are hundreds of tv shows and people go for the best stuff, they don't care whether it is on netflix for channel a. best stuff, they don't care whether it is on netflix for channel 4. and also budgets, because we all use to assume big blockbuster movies had all the money and tv was an also—ran. it really does contend with hollywood now. it's not the small screen anymore, especially the streaming services have a lot of money behind them, the playing field has levelled and a lot of actors cite the stories aren't there so much in hollywood so you have the best screen talent and writing talent coming to tv. is it easier to ta ke talent coming to tv. is it easier to take a risk on the tv series than a movie? possibly, there has been a lot of talk of movies being dominated by spectacle, more of a

formula to cinema, whereas tv, there's so much more variety in tv and streaming services in particular seem to be taking more risks with commissioning. and high profile actors and actresses are getting involved behind the seat as executive producers, julia roberts and reese witherspoon, it's giving them more power. yes, she is involved in the upcoming amazon prime series homecoming, ten years ago you wouldn't expect to seejulia roberts in their tv series so this is exciting. thank you for that, we will talk to you again during the week. that's all from us today. join dan and naga tomorrow from 6am and with just six months to go on negotiations they have a special programme on brexit. stay tuned for that. nice to see you today. have a nice day, whatever

you're doing. this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 9.00. theresa may defends her brexit plan — as the prime minister hits out at speculation over her future. this is where i get a little bit irritated — this is not, this debate is not about my future. this debate is about the future of the people of the uk and the future of the united kingdom. at least 25 people are killed in flooding and landslides in the philippines — but the impact of typhoon mangkhut on rural areas is still not clear. as the typhoon approaches hong kong, heavy rain and strong winds begin to build. in the united states, communities on the east coast face "epic amounts of rainfall" as tropical storm florence continues its path of destruction.