tonight at ten, borisjohnson says he's "very confident" a new brexit deal can be reached, with the european union. in scotland, jeers from onlookers, despite his message that there was "scope for a new plan." we are very confident that, with goodwill on both sides, two mature political entities, the uk and the eu, can get this thing done. behind all the bluff and bluster, this government and the path it is pursuing, i think, is dangerous. and a warning that vauxhall‘s car plant could close at ellesmere port if profits collapse after brexit. with the pound falling to its lowest level for more than two years, we'll assess what a no—deal brexit might mean for the uk.

in londonderry, wherejournalist lyra mckee was killed, signs warn "informers will be shot". no one so far‘s been charged with her murder. the nhs is to release the first detailed study of england's opioid addiction crisis. and the royal edit — meghan takes over at vogue magazine. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, a call for england to raise their game for a hard and tough ashes series from the director of men's cricket, ashley giles. good evening. borisjohnson says he's "very confident" a new brexit deal can be reached with the european union.

speaking on his first visit to scotland as prime minister, he said theresa may's withdrawal agreement was "dead" but there was scope for a new plan. however, scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, after holding talks with mrjohnson, said she believed he was secretly pursuing a "dangerous" no—deal brexit, and warned it was now "almost inevitable" the uk will leave the eu without a deal. here's our scotland editor, sarah smith. visiting a vanguard class nuclear submarine on the clyde, borisjohnson wants the eu to know he is ready to go to battle to get a brand—new brexit deal. good morning, how are you? he has ordered the turbo—charging of no—deal preparations. but also seemed to contradict cabinet colleagues who suggested no—deal is the likely outcome. so michael gove says the government's working assumption now has to be that there will be no deal with the eu. is that your assumption? no, absolutely not. my assumption is that we can get a new deal, we're aiming for a new deal.

but of course, michael is absolutely right that it's responsible for any government to prepare for no—deal. we should go for a deal, there is every chance that we can get a deal. and i think, with goodwill, and with common sense, that is what we will achieve. so are the odds are still a million to one that we will leave with no deal? provided there is sufficient goodwill and common sense on the part of our partners, that is exactly where i would put the odds. booing. it may not sound like a very warm welcome, but this visit to scotland, arriving at the first minister's official residence just days after becoming prime minister, was designed to demonstrate his commitment to the united kingdom. but borisjohnson meeting nicola sturgeon face—to—face will not help them see eye—to—eye over brexit. not even close. a no—deal brexit would be unconscionable, says the first minister.

and she was not convinced during this meeting that he can find an agreement. this government and the path it is pursuing, i think, is dangerous. it became clear to me that this government, the new prime minister, has set the uk on an almost inevitable path to a no—deal brexit, the position that has taken makes it very difficult to see how any deal can be struck with the eu. and i think that will be catastrophic for scotland and, indeed, for the whole of the uk. that is not good enough! the scottish tory leader clashed with mrjohnson in the brexit debates during the eu referendum three years ago. and they still don't agree on europe. she says she will not support no deal, and told mrjohnson that when they met today. i said that i wanted to see the same level of energy and vigour that is going to no deal planning, going into trying to get a deal. i wanted to see the sort of shuttle diplomacy that is going to be required, if we are going to see changes that can be brought back to the house of commons. and i received the assurances

that i was looking for. mrjohnson does have some fans in scotland. hi, boris! yet, he found himself slipping out the back door after his meeting with miss sturgeon. he wanted this visit to renew the ties that bind the united kingdom. the snp are confident he will actually increase the appetite for scottish independence. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. the chief executive of the firm that owns car maker vauxhall says the company would shut its factory in cheshire if brexit makes the site unprofitable. the 1,000 workers at ellesmere port were told last month that, if a brexit deal was struck, the astra model would continue production. but the french owners now say there are contingency plans to make the car elsewhere in europe. here's colletta smith. vauxhall, like much of the car industry, have been warning about the implications of a no—deal brexit for some time. but today's comments are the hardest punch yet. now the boss says they've a southern european plant in mind

to build the next generation of vauxhall astra, if brexit makes building them here at ellesmere port unprofitable. the new foreign secretary says businesses have already been given help to prepare. we are going to be stepping up that and reaching out to those sectors and businesses that do feel vulnerable and will be more affected. let's remember, the car sector has been affected by a range of other issues, including the diesel situation and demand in china. the industry is certainly under pressure. honda is closing its swindon site, ford are to close their bridgend plant and nissan are opting for more japanese production lines. it is a worrying time... jon's been an employee here all his working life. the lunacy of no brexit is a problem, if there's no deal, on tariffs etc, but we stand ready, we stand ready as a union to make sure we do everything we can to maintain volume car production at this plan. but it will be a tough fight.

car manufacturing is a competitive business. there is always a tussle for the next contract and everyone here on the wirral knows just how important those jobs are. it's the kids and that that i feel for, because they are our next generation and if there is nothing here for us, then what's here for them? i think they are just going to use brexit as an excuse to close it. it's already going to close. that seems to be the opinion of a lot of people round here. you've got quite a few friends that are working in there at the moment? yeah, got a couple of friends working there. one is a paint sprayer and one works on the line. decisions taken a long way away will have a big impact here. my newsagent‘s, they tell me that they make a lot of sales from people travelling in to vauxhall in the morning on their shift. obviously, lots of people directly employed there, lots of people are employed in supply chain and associated industries, and it really is a symbol of ellesmere port. everyone associates vauxhall motors with ellesmere port. around 80% of the finished astras are shipped from here across the sea to europe,

and that makes this merseyside workforce more vulnerable than most. colletta smith, bbc news, at ellesmere port. the government's tougher rhetoric over the possibility of a no—deal brexit saw the pound falling to its lowest level for more than two years. so what exactly is a "no deal" withdrawal for the uk from the european union, and are we prepared? our business editor, simon jack, is here. no withdrawal after two laps after the 31st. means there is no transition period so, overnight, the eu will be forced, and that's important, by international law to treat the uk as if it's any other country with whom they don't have a deal, so they will treat us like the us or china, which means important things. the first is tariffs on goods made in the uk sold in europe,

so goods made in the uk sold in europe, so lam would see 40% added to the price. cars, most of those are exported to the eu that are made here, and they would have 10% added. there will also be a lot of extra paperwork. there are 200 million customs declarations a year which at the moment we don't have to fill in which we will. what can the government do to prepare? it's already set aside £42 billion for brexit preparations, and we expect sajid javid to put an extra billion pounds in that kitty because no deal is getting more likely, but a lot of this will fall to businesses. the government isn't going to fill in your customs declaration for you. the big companies have made preparations, much less the small ones. hmrc says most of them are not ready. the fact we have gone from no deal being a one in a billion chance to watch michael gove over the weekend called the working assumption of the cup and has hit the pound. if you back a little bit, you can see that's where we were

before the referendum, nearly $1 50. we came down here in that post period, we went up when we thought we'd get a deal, and in the last couple of days it's really plummeted as the no deal talk has started. the government could start spending big. borisjohnson has talked about rail infrastructure, digital connections, and that will boost the economy, but it will take time. it will not take effect before october the 31st. there may be longer term benefits, we can do our own trade deals, there will be some short—term disruption. most people in the cabinet accept that. you can reduce that by preparing, but you can't remove it. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at westminster. borisjohnson in boris johnson in scotland, borisjohnson in scotland, making it clear he believes that they can get a deal with the eu. nicola sturgeon one of those not convinced. that's

right. the language has certainly changed. we've heard a lot more about turbo—charging those preparations, these new committees really upping the planning for all of that, and an expensive advertising campaign, too. remember, borisjohnson has said, and set it again today, his preference is to leave with a deal. of course, two things are related. for a long time, brexiteers felt the way to get the best deal from the eu brexiteers felt the way to get the best dealfrom the eu is brexiteers felt the way to get the best deal from the eu is to brexiteers felt the way to get the best dealfrom the eu is to make sure they believe you will walk away from their talks, and they have never really felt that theresa may did that, so where has it left us? it's a bit of a stand—off. there are no plans or dates in the diary at the moment for boris johnson no plans or dates in the diary at the moment for borisjohnson to go to brussels, and today downing street put it like this, the pm obviously want to meet eu leaders and negotiate but he doesn't want to sit down and be told the eu cannot possibly reopen the agreement. so the question is, is borisjohnson willing to leave without a deal in

94 days? nobody knows the answer, but it can't be ruled out, and that could be the kind of uncertainty they are hoping will really focus they are hoping will really focus the minds of the negotiators in brussels. the murder in april this year of the journalist lyra mckee, shot dead during rioting in northern ireland by the republican group the new ira, sent shock waves across the province. but no—one has yet been charged with her murder, and in londonderry where she was killed, tensions with paramilitaries remain. 0ur ireland correspondent, emma vardy, has been back to the estate where lyra mckee died, and reports on the dissidents posing a threat to the local community. in the area of derry known as the creggan, normality belies an undercurrent of violence. this mainly catholic housing estate remains one of northern ireland's last strongholds where banned irish nationalist groups or dissident republicans still hold some sway. that is saying to people, just you keep quiet and we'll do what we like here.

since the death of lyra mckee, ira signs have appeared in the main street warning people not to speak to police. this one here says informers will be shot, with a picture of a rat on it. that actually is a very dehumanising poster. these people claim to be fighting for some form of human rights, where they treat people like animals if they don't agree with them. police believe the ira gunmen who shot lyra mckee was a teenager who was known locally. but warnings like these outside of schools make the threat to potential witnesses clear. why can't they be taken down? who's going to take them down? fear creates a culture of silence. the school here and plenty of parents i've spoken to have told me they don't think there's anything that they can say publicly about these signs, and the sense you get is, as much as they don't want it, it's just something that has to be accepted.

the new ira claims to be continuing a long standing armed struggle to end british rule in northern ireland. this year, the group have claimed responsibility for a bomb outside derry‘s courthouse, explosives sent in letters to train stations and airports across the uk, and a bomb found under a police officer's car in belfast. on friday, another dissident organisation tried to murder officers in craigavon, luring them towards a deadly booby trap. since lyra mckee's death, what police say are new ira political wing have launched a fresh drive to rally support. mirroring struggles past, this is saoradh taking part in a picket line supporting ira prisoners — many of whom have beenjailed for acts of violence and possession of weapons and explosive. police say members of saoradh are also in the leadership of the new ira.

your sign over here says, salute the men and women of violence, what does that mean, exactly? this is a pretty public demonstration. can you explain to people what you stand for? you put your posters up on the lamp post. one of their key messages in a new poster campaign is a call for a complete rejection of the police service of northern ireland, or psni, who they refer to as the crown forces. and to help with these campaigns, saoradh also recruit teenagers into its youth wing, eistigi. your campaign encourages people to reject police, what exactly are you calling for? do you support violence against authorities? put it down. 0ur camera is pushed away. bleep. neighbourhood officers in derry

face a constant threat. so how do you police a community then where there is an active campaign to destroy any trust in policing? we're basically trying to get people to understand that we're doing a job, we're there to help them without any favour. we are independent. we do our best, get out and speak to them, speak to them on their normal terms. let them see that we want to engage with them and we are open and willing to help. 0fficers normally patrol the creggan in armoured land rovers but we accompany them for their first patrols on bikes. that's all a show, it doesn't happen. it attracts attention. but the team say they want to do more face—to—face patrols in future. during the 30—year conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles, derry saw some of the worst of the violence, between the british army, pa ramilitaries and police. today those historical

tensions live on. the troubles began here in this city in ‘68, and they've never really gone away. there is some support for that message, then, you think? there is in derry, yeah. there would be. but the most extreme views of violent dissidents are opposed by the vast majority of those who live here. these groups need to know that they are not representing the people of this town when they're putting up posters like that and speaking like that. some community workers who say they cannot appear on camera have told us that behind the scenes there are negotiations taking place with the people responsible for the signs to try to get them removed. but so far, with little success. and neither the council or police show any sign of taking them down.

paramilitaries cast a shadow here that many believe only the community of creggan can resolve within itself. emma vardy, bbc news, derry. some of the other top stories... an investigation into the tory mp mark field has been dropped. mr field had been suspended as a foreign office minister after grabbing a greenpeace protestor at last month's mansion house dinner. downing street says borisjohnson viewed the issue as "a matter for the previous prime minister". mr field was not included in mr johnson's new government. the media regulator, 0fcom, has announced new rules to ensure participants in tv and radio shows are properly looked after. it follows the deaths of two former contestants on love island and a man who took part in thejeremy kyle show. public health england is due to release its first comprehensive analysis on patients with opioid addiction. the report will consider both over—the—counter and prescription medicines such as morphine, fentanyl and codeine, and has been described as a "wake—up call" on the extent of the problem.

0ur health editor, hugh pym, has been speaking to two women who have battled with addiction. i was in a lot of pain. the pain started in my spine, and i was put on my first lot of opioids. overtime, i knewi was addicted to them. and they knew i was addicted to them. sherry‘s been on and off opioid painkillers for more than 20 years. till recently, she struggled to even leave the house. it kept me trapped, really. i didn't have a life, so — i'm sorry, but... i couldn't have... yeah, i just didn't think i could live it. how you coming off your medications... thanks to counselling, sherry has managed to cut her daily dosage by two thirds. at this centre in bradford, helping combat opioid addiction is a daily challenge. it builds up really slowly.

it's sort of a gradual thing. and then before you know it, people are being prescribed for 20, 40 years, and their lives are a bit of a blur. bradford isjust one community where answers are being urgently sought. why are patients prescribed opioids for so long, and what can be done about it? gps have difficult decisions to make as they deal with patients in pain and address the underlying health issues. this expert in the field is helping them consider alternatives. she says opioids rarely work. fewer than one out of ten people who are taking them for pain will actually experience a reduction in pain. so that means it's a medicine that is not helping, but a medicine that is causing many harms. nikki is now a counsellor with an addiction charity. she first took opioid painkillers after a knee operation. but it was only years later

that she realised she was addicted. thought, you know, an addict would be someone that was just in a street alley, using heroin. i didn't think that i could have been a drug addict. i mean, there were people that were addicted to alcohol, and heroin, and thatjust wasn't me. you know, i'm a middle—class mum that had a family, a nice house, a nice car, and was still working. there is nothing here yet on the scale of the north american crisis. but a recent report said the uk was seeing one of the fastest increases in opioid availability of any leading health system. sherry hopes her experience, at least, can inspire others caught up in addiction. i want to come off of it completely. i can't wait until i'm off of it completely. just to see what sort of a person i'm going to be. i can't wait now. sherry flatt ending that report by hugh pym.

if you've been affected by any of these issues, you can get more information on the bbc‘s action line. at least 52 people have died in a prison riot in brazil. rival gangs battled for five hours and part of the prison was set on fire. two prison officers who were taken hostage have now been freed. russia's most prominent opposition activist, a severe critic of vladimir putin, is recovering after what his doctor says was a deliberate poisoning. alexei navalny was sent to jail for 30 days last week, after calling for street protests against a ban on opposition candidates running in local elections. but while in jail he fell ill, after what the authorities described as an allergic reaction. mr navalny‘s call for protests saw thousands take to the streets at the weekend, leading to hundreds of arrests. sarah rainsford reports now from moscow. led out of the hospital and back to his cell. these are the first images of alexei navalny after he fell ill

suddenly in police custody. his own doctor films as the opposition activists is discharged — against her wishes. mr alexei navalny has long been vladimir putin's sharpest critic. now, he suspects he may have been poisoned. he was in custody because of this — a mass rally in moscow on saturday over a local election the protesters believe is being rigged. many were battered as riot police swooped. well over a thousand were arrested. alexei navalny was detained before it even began though. locked up for a month for calling people to the protest. they came anyway. the next morning, mr navalny was rushed to hospital. his skin stinging, he says, eyelids swelling to the size of ping—pong balls. doctors diagnosed an allergic reaction. but his own political team do not buy that. translation: he really was poisoned by some unidentified chemical substance.

what it was and where it was, nobody can tell. it has not been determined at the moment. the activist was serving his sentence here. he says he has no allergies. but he has not ruled out an innocent medical explanation. mr alexei navalny‘s team though do have reason to worry. two years ago, he was attacked twice with dye. the second time, he almost lost his sight in one eye. so after this latest incident, his doctor has collected tissue samples to be sent for independent analysis. alexei navalny has now been returned to this detention centre. the mystery over whatever caused his sudden illness, still unresolved. but while his medical team and supporters push for answers, russia's most prominent opposition figure is now back to where he spent so much time in recent years — behind bars. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. it's official. after last week's heatwave, it's been confirmed that the uk did experience its hottest day ever,

on thursday. the met office confirmed that cambridge recorded a temperature of 38.7 degrees celsisus, in its botanic gardens. that's point two degrees higher than the previous record, recorded in kent, in 2003. the duchess of sussex has been revealed as the guest editor of vogue magazine for its september issue, regarded as the most important edition of the year, and rather than be photographed herself, she chose to put 15 women on its front cover, all of whom she describes as trail blazing change—makers. these are the women chosen by the duchess of sussex to grace the cover of british vogue. from new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, to the teenage climate change campaigner greta thunberg. she described them as fearless and breaking barriers. my force for change is yara shadidi. for me, i think chimamanda is incredibly inspiring. all remarkable women with a space reserved on the cover for the reader.

meghan markle chose not to grace the cover herself, saying it would be boastful. instead, she selected 15 women, each championing a cause. one change that i've noticed over the course of my career is just how polarised the world is now. i do think there is a solution to that though, and that ultimately is us coming back to the humanity that we all share. she's often criticised in the media, but the duchess said working with the british vogue editor in chief, edward enninful, had been rewarding. and she said she hoped their collaboration will steer the fashion magazine's focus onto values and causes represented by the women. i think my force for change is me. the new edition of vogue. that's it. newsnight starts on bbc

two in a few minutes. hello and welcome to sportsday. england need to "raise their game" for a "hard "and tough" ashes series against australia, that's according to ashley giles. we'll hear from the director of cricket. notjust a curtain raiserfor klopp... liverpool's manager calls sunday's community shield againt manchester city a final for his side. and the brothers prepare... andy and jamie murray warm up ahead of their doubles match at the washington open.

welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. england's cricketers dreamed this was the summer they won the world cup on home soil and then regained the ashes. half the job is done of course — after that spectacular win at lord's in the world cup final — now comes the next challenge. from thursday the ashes get underway in birmingham. england were less than convincing against ireland in their test last week which has lead the director of men's cricket ashley giles to say they must raise their game ahead of facing australia. our sports editor dan roan reports from edgbaston. it may be onlyjust over two weeks since that historic world cup triumph at lord's for england but now they have to switch attention to the second half of the summer and of course that means the ashes which starts here at edgbaston on thursday. as you can see behind me

the grandstand, final preparations to the wicket. it looks resplendent here. it has been a happy hunting ground, edgbaston over the years, for england. they have not lost a test match here for some 11 years. of course the ashes record is very impressive as well. not since 2001 they lost against australia in a test series on home soil. having said that they did of course get convincingly beaten in their last series away on australian soil by four tests to nil. thereforejoe root‘s side will be desperate to make amends for that and to regain the urn. earlier on i spoke to the managing director of english cricket, ashley giles. he told me just how important it was that england took advantage of their fine record here at edgbaston. i think it is always important to get off to a good start. playing at edgbaston hopefully will help us do that. it has been a good venue for us. we have had a lot of success here. but it is a relatively compacted series. australians have been here for a long time as well. so if we can start well it will make it a very

long trip for them, but it is important we do that. david warner, having served his year—long ban, he has a point to prove. he had a successful world cup campaign with australia. now he will be relishing the opportunity to score more runs in the ashes. at training today at edgbaston he was struck on the thigh. there is a injury concern over warner. i asked a former australian captain who has acted as a mentor for the current australian team about the latest. he is tough. it is just a cricket ball on the leg. it will sting a bit. ben stokes missed the last ashes series in the wake of that brawl outside a bristol nightclub in august 2017. since then much has happened. he was cleared of three last year and of course played a starring role at their world cup for england. he has 110w their world cup for england. he has now been rewarded by being reinstated as vice captain. giles

told me why they had made that decision. ben