much of wales central and large, much of wales central and southern england have a dry and warm day with a high of 25 lcs and showers in northern ireland although mostly mainly dry. the isobars are further apart so the wind will be lighter by friday. the low pressure pulling away and foremost on friday are mainly dry day. you cannot rule out a couple of isolated showers but they should be few and far between. large amounts of cloud developed through the day with bright or sunny spells. in the sunshine with later wind feeling pleasantly warm, 25 celsius across central and southern england and for a large swathe the uk. much the same on saturday, i'm sure you can notice that subtle change. a frontal system pushing it off the atlantic increasing cloud across northern ireland, was in england. ringing outbreaks of rain here by the end of the day all the time could change on that so keep an eye on the forecast. ahead of that, temperatures between 20 two and 25 celsius. 0n temperatures between 20 two and 25 celsius. on sunday, the front has

pushed eastwards across the uk so allow for some showers, longer spells of rain at some stage on monday and behind it we see some spells of sunshine developing as the day wears on. some uncertainty as to the timing of the band of rain on sunday but we are more likely to see showers for a time on sunday. in between, spells of sunshine again. low 20s, mid— 20 celsius for many. that we start the new week with frontal system still fringing the western side of the uk, bringing long spells of rain into parts of wales in south—west england, parts of scotla nd wales in south—west england, parts of scotland ahead of it. staying mainly dry for neil but now. for next week, the jetstream, mainly dry for neil but now. for next week, thejetstream, that mainly dry for neil but now. for next week, the jetstream, that i mentioned at the start of the forecast, is still to the south of the uk and the situation happens we stay on the cooler side of the jet and areas of low pressure will continue to work east through the week ahead. so while in between bands of rain there will be warmth and sunshine there is further rain

in the forecast.

hello, this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines: borisjohnson visits wales to promise farmers there will be help if there is a no—deal brexit. we will make sure that they have the support that they need, that if there are markets that are going to be tricky, that we help them to find new markets. we need to know now what he's going to do if there's no—deal, because it's too late on 31 october. brexit means bad news for holidaymakers heading abroad, as the pound continues to fall. flash—flooding in north yorkshire, after more sudden thunderstorms and torrential rain wash roads away and make others impassable. and video assistant referees come to the premier league this season,

but not everyone is a fan. when you score a goal, you don't know whether to celebrate or not, because you know the goal‘s getting reviewed, and you don't know what's going on with it. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are pippa crerar, the political editor at the daily mirror, and claire cohen, who is the women's editor at the telegraph. all of tomorrow's front pages are now in. let's start with the i, and it says feathers are flying following discussions between british and irish leaders over brexit. the daily mail leads on the vip abuse inquiry. it reports that victims are calling for a fresh criminal probe into scotland yard's inquiry.

prince harry's warning of unconscious bias and its connection to racism is covered in the daily express. the duke of sussex's comments are also in the mirror. it says he only wants to have two children due to concerns over climate change. the same story makes the front page of the sun, which says there will only be one sprog more at frogmore. the financial times reports on a story we have covered today, that iain conn, the boss of british gas owner centrica, is to step down. the guardian carries a warning from mps that youth violence has escalated to the point of a social emergency. and britain's ten hottest years have all taken place since 2002. that is according to a study, that is in the times. so a varied set of front pages. let's see what our reviewers make of it all. let's start with the ft. boris johnson saying that he is going

to... well, they are reporting boris johnson is going to pledge billions on the nhs. we have had some announcements, of course, on hospitals and social care, so it is not totally clear what is new and what the exact numbers will end up being. no, it's not. last week he announced 20 hospital grades and now the ft tells us a new hospital programme will be announced within days. it is not clear, and it is not clear how it will be paid for. the piece mentions the £i.6 clear how it will be paid for. the piece mentions the £1.6 billion investment for struggling towns that theresa may announced earlier this year. will some of it come from that? will it raise taxes? we're sure. there is a lot of lustre going on. it is not entirely clear. we don't know how they will pay for it. social care is a rite of passage for any new prime minister, so i wonder how much we should read into it, especially a prime minister who might sense a general election coming down the road. we could do with some more detail before we

believe it, i think. and spending money on the nhs is a totemic issue for borisjohnson money on the nhs is a totemic issue for boris johnson in money on the nhs is a totemic issue for borisjohnson in particular because of that famous £350 million a week, plastered across the side of a week, plastered across the side of a bus, being spent on the nhs. it is clearly politically expedient for this government to deliver on those promises, particularly at a time when lots of people don't have much faith in the political process and don't think that politicians will deliver on promises. and secondly he personally, along with michael gove, one of the senior ministers now, has quite a lot at stake reputation only, because he became sort of caught up in this —— reputationally. 0n caught up in this —— reputationally. on one side of the debate it is seen as boris johnson's biggest lie, on one side of the debate it is seen as borisjohnson's biggest lie, on the other side it is seen as being key sort of pitch to brexit voters. this is the sort of thing which we would have more money to spend on.

so it is a really totemic issue. so it is unsurprising this is what they have focused on first. if he does deliver, and they have some figures saying that the health foundation announced an extra £3 billion a year to bring capital spending up to the oecd to bring capital spending up to the 0ecd average. if they deliver, it is clever, isn't it, to say we are investing in these areas, we are going to spend money on hospitals stop we are going to please hard brexiteers, but also bring in that liberal centre ground that you always need to win elections, we are told, by saying we will put the money back in after all these years of austerity. and actually theresa may at the last tory party conference said the era of austerity is over. and was it? not quite. ten yea rs of is over. and was it? not quite. ten years of cutting budgets across public services is very difficult to reverse , public services is very difficult to reverse, and public appetite is now coming around to wanting to invest in services again. they have been so constrained and so badly hit at schools and so comic hospitals are suffering, councils have had their budgets halved across the board.

people can see that the frontline delivery has really suffered. so yes, it is politically clever, but don't forget it is a tory lead government under the coalition and the tory government subsequently that delivered austerity. so boris johnson might get so far by promising to reverse it, but as claire mentioned, where is the money coming from, especially if there is no deal? away from the backstop, and in fact it is on the front page of the independent, with borisjohnson and a chicken. we know that he is due to be having talks, having talks tonight, having talks tomorrow, we think, and he finally spoke to the taoiseach. there will be many jokes being made about them playing a game of chicken over the next few hours. it has taken six days for him and the irish prime minister to have a conversation, which is widely seen asa

conversation, which is widely seen as a snub. neither one of them reached for the phone, it is a game of chicken, i suppose. i reached for the phone, it is a game of chicken, isuppose. i imagine borisjohnson, it of chicken, isuppose. i imagine boris johnson, it wouldn't necessarily be a warm and cosy chat once they got each other on the end of the line, and it certainly wasn't. i mean, if we had hoped that borisjohnson wasn't. i mean, if we had hoped that boris johnson might break wasn't. i mean, if we had hoped that borisjohnson might break the deadlock over the backstop, it doesn't look like it is going to happen. it is now a game of who is going to link first over the backstop. just to move onto the telegraph, they have a slightly different take on all of this, with some details of maybe how a johnson government might come to a deal. we have all been desperate to find out what boris johnson have all been desperate to find out what borisjohnson would do to get a deal when he has made it quite clear he would not sit down for negotiations with european union leaders, including leo varadkar, u nless leaders, including leo varadkar, unless they are prepared to rip up the withdrawal agreement and be in the withdrawal agreement and be in the backstop. they have made it clear that they are not going to do that —— bin the backstop. he seems

very confident he will be able to avoid no deal, and to me it seems almost certain direction of the government, that it is heading for a no deal brexit. he told the telegraph there is a vanishingly small chance of no deal brexit. nobody really seems to believe that in his cabinet, and this comes after his million to one chances, as well. and he is suggesting that what you could have is you could agree to extend the implementation period, so you get the withdrawal agreement, a new one, presumably, you would extend the implementation period, currently just over a extend the implementation period, currentlyjust over a year, to two yea rs currentlyjust over a year, to two years in order to have more time to doa years in order to have more time to do a deal, and then you wouldn't need the backstop. the problem is that the whole point of the backstop is that they didn't manage to reach a free trade agreement, and these things do not happen quickly. a free trade agreement, and these things do not happen quicklym relates to the order of talks, and

thatis relates to the order of talks, and that is why you needed the backstop. if you had been able to do the trade negotiations upfront, and also, do you think, this sketchy outline could be the start of what boris johnson will end up with post—election or going into an election? i think it depends when the election is, if the election happens before brexit, it is very different than if you have one post brexit. a lot of it is rhetoric coming out of number ten, and boris johnson seems to be setting us up to be ina johnson seems to be setting us up to be in a position where you can say both the eu have refused to budge, we have offered them a fantastic compromise and they have not gone for it, and presumably down the line parliament is blocking us from leaving without a deal. so what chance do we have? we have an election because we want to deliver brexit. i think a lot of people will now be looking at this and thinking it is very mixed. there is a lot of lustre. 0n the one hand we are being

told we are strongly preparing for no deal, but the chance of it is vanishingly small, and on the other hand the referendum gave government the mandate to present no deal, and if it happens it will be the eu's fault. there is some hedging of bets going on, and people will be disappointed to see that. let'sjust move disappointed to see that. let'sjust m ove o nto disappointed to see that. let'sjust move onto another story, not brexit related, but facebook, and it is still on the front page of your paper, claire, the telegraph. well, this is priti patel writing in the telegraph, and we have been running a duty of care campaign, and she has beenin a duty of care campaign, and she has been in the five eyes nations this week talking about proposed end to end encryption of their messaging services —— five eyes. and priti patel is saying this will hamper the fight against child abusers. it was only today the nspcc explains the

scope of the problem. and facebook are essentially not going to do anything about this. they are putting their own profit and secrecy, putting their own profit and secrecy, you might say, above safety. it is sort of a backward step when it comes to protecting children online as far as the nspcc are concerned. priti patel is a pretty controversial appointment as home secretary, but this topic, this area, is something that everyone worries about. and there seems to be more continuity here between the last government and this government, some of the language that she is coming outwith. they also wanted the big tech companies, big social media companies, to be much more proactive about how they deal with some of the problems. and you know, she is acknowledging in the article that there is this sort of conflict between privacy and sort of civil liberties, and people not wanting the police and the spooks to snoop on them. and on the other hand the necessity of being able to access these different means of communications to prevent child exploitation, or exploitation and

abuse. and one that is very difficult to resolve. let's move onto the times, because they are leaving on the weather, and their headline is the ten hottest years have occurred since 2002. this is climate change, claire. yes, i mean, you only had to be in britain last thursday, didn't you, to know how hot it was, and our ten hottest yea rs have all hot it was, and our ten hottest years have all occurred since 2002. a met office analysis showed how rapidly the country is warming up. scientists are now actually saying explicitly that they hope this data will make it obvious and help to convince sceptics who doubt the impact of man—made emissions on the climate. this will be news to extinction rebellion's years. yes, there are a few sceptics out there, in britain at least, but not in the united states, but in britain at least, the government seems to have finally woken up to the fact that

there is a real climate crisis, and they have adopted this zero carbon pledge by 2050, have i got the figure right? 2050, which is a legally binding pledge. which yes, it isa legally binding pledge. which yes, it is a long way off, but it is a clear direction of travel. labour has been talking about it for a lot longer and they have some meaty policies about the green new deal and how you can modernise industry so and how you can modernise industry so you and how you can modernise industry so you can and how you can modernise industry so you can still benefit from it economically and also make sure that climate change is helped slowed down, carbon emissions are minimised. so it really feels that, in the last six months or so, politicians have finally realised, actually, that you can'tjust politicians have finally realised, actually, that you can't just talk the talk on this. you actually need to bring in some positive policy changes. and it carries a lot of public support generally, doesn't it? and on that theme, the sun and the mirror have more on prince harry and meghan markle. meghan is guest

editing vogue and prince harry did an interview but his comments are getting interest including the number of children he plans on having. he is in this edition of vogue and has spoken about the number of children he and meghan markle might have. but i feel like the headline is possibly taking a little liberty because the quote in the interview he said, he spoke about children and she warned not too many and he said two. he has not come out as a birth striker and saying they are only having two. nonetheless it will be interesting to many young people who are concerned with the future of the planet and supporters of the scandinavian teenager who is making her name talking about this. you

only have to look at prince harry's work on mental health to see that people listen when he talks. he has found a powerful voice. people will be taking note of what he says. two of the people have spoken about that makes of the people have spoken about that ma kes two of the people have spoken about that makes two of the papers have spoken about how many children he may have but there is comments about unconscious bias and the suchlike. but there is comments about unconscious bias and the suchlikelj think he was taken aback by the mixed reaction, unfortunately, that meghan markle has received while most people are incredibly supportive and like her, she has received probably an unfair share of abuse andi received probably an unfair share of abuse and i suppose the feeling is that that was in part because she is mixed race and their son is mixed race as well and, inevitably, prince harry will have gone on a journey with it, really. he has grown up into it and seems to be mature and thoughtful individual and he

received a close up idea of the hurt racism can cause and he has been reflective in this interview. he was interviewing a climatologist but he gave away quite a lot about how he feels about personal issues. as claire says, he has the capacity to have an impact, not the least because he gets on the front page of mass circulation newspapers. the point now i guess with racism, there is overt racism but he is talking about something much more subtle. and it is everywhere, even in the most liberal institutions. he is a member of the royal family, most liberal institutions. he is a member of the royalfamily, he most liberal institutions. he is a member of the royal family, he works within an established delete all the time and yet he has seen these responses aimed at his wife, and some of the stuff. notjust twitter as well. mainstream media as well. every time she is criticised for

being an outsider or pushing the boundaries of the firm you do have to wonder where that criticism comes from. i think there has been a racist undercurrent. do you think it changes anything substantial? when you have this sort of debate? it is difficult, isn't it, to measure how the public mood has shifted. especially during this brexit era where immigration has been divisive. changes take time but someone as high—profile as him, in the ultimate british institution, the royal family, he suddenly looks a little more forwardthinking and outward looking, a little more global. i think that can only be a good thing. particularly during this time of brexit. many people who didn't vote for brexit feared that britain —— england would become inward looking

rather than outward looking with someone rather than outward looking with someone like meghan markle as a role model, that may help abate that. two children, a pledge. amine comment here about the number of children —— a mean comment here about the difference in the number of children between william and harry. are you going to be affected by your global response? i am one of three. they are definitely making mischief with this hitting harry and meghan against william and kate. but it is against william and kate. but it is a shame because actually the message and about the unconscious bias is the most powerful thing and i don't think we should let cheeky headlines distract from that. everyone is talking about it so we will see which message gets through. no doubt. lovely to see you both. thank

you for coming in and having a chat through the headlines. a mixed bag there on the papers. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a big thank you to my guests this evening, pippa and claire. and from all of us, good night. good evening. i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news. the first ashes test is just two days away as england look to regain the urn from australia. the first match is at edgbaston on thursday. the news coming out of the england camp today is that captainjoe root will bat at number 3 for that first

test withjoe denly dropping down to 4 in the batting order. henry morean's in birmingham for us as england go through their final preparations so two days to go until it all begins. five test matches to decide the winner of the ashes. the frustration for both sides is, well, the english weather. both teams want time batting in the middle but have not had much outdoor batting because it has been raining too much. england will be facing one of the best bowling lineups in the world and they have a top order that has not been firing in cricket, they have made a shift in the order and speaking to the england camp today we now know thatjoe root will be up to number three. joe root will be batting at three, yes, and i will batting at three, yes, and i will bat for. how does that make you feel? very excited. i was not fussed where i was that. it is just great

to be in the starting 11. i have batted at four before playing for kent and throughout my career so for me it was not a big issue. like i saidi me it was not a big issue. like i said i amjust me it was not a big issue. like i said i am just happy to be playing. tha nkfully said i am just happy to be playing. thankfully the weather forecast is much better than we have seen on monday and tuesday. edgbaston is a fortress for english cricket, they have won their last 11 games here across the formats and in 2015 england dominated against australia and they know that getting a good start to this series will be so crucial in what most people are saying is likely to be a tight series across the five matches. celtic are into the third qualifying round of the champions league after a 7—0 win on aggregate over nomme kalju. after a 5—0 win in glasgow last week, a side containing several fringe players got the job done in estonia. celtic will travel to romania next where they'll play cluj, who squeezed past maccabi tel aviv 3—2 on aggregate. harry kane scored the only goal as tottenham won their audi cup semi—final against real madrid in munich.

kane intercepted a wayward back—pass by marcelo after 22 minutes and slotted what turned out to be the winner past keylor navas. spurs will now face bayern munich in tomorrow's final of the pre—season tournament. imagine making your senior debut for your hometown football club against manchester united, whojust happens to be managed by your father. the 19—year—old son of united boss ole gunnar solskjaer came on for norwegian side kristiansund in a pre—season friendly tonight. united looked to be heading for a draw beforejuan mata went down in stoppage time. 0rdived. he scored the resulting spot kick himself from the penalty spot in the 92nd minute. england rugby union flanker brad shields will be out for up to six weeks, meaning he may not play again before the squad departs for the world cup injapan. the wasps forward returned home early from a training camp in italy last week after injuring his foot. he now faces a race to prove his

fitness before england's world cup opener against tonga on the 22nd of september. stradivarius won the goodwood cup under frankie dettori to claim a third successive victory in the race. the five—year—old is trained byjohn gosden and made it eight successive wins. it becomes only the second horse after double trigger to win the two—mile prize on three occasions. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. 0nce once again, heavy going at some of the racetracks across the british isles but that is the least of the concerns, particularly if you have been affected by devastating floods affecting some parts of northern yorkshire over recent hours. that was only half of the days with a

story. further south we saw a number of trees down across parts of east anglia and the southern counties of england. all of that came associated with the low pressure dragging this copious band of showers here ever further towards the east and putting them further north. it was strong wind on its southern flank that caused the concern across the southern counties and we not done yet with the showers. the number of flood warnings from the environment agencyjust taking flood warnings from the environment agency just taking up, flood warnings from the environment agencyjust taking up, notjust in the north of england but there are two into the west midlands as well and bubbling below that, but forgive the pun, some a0 flood watches as well. the potential, with more rain to come that we will see the number of flood warnings increasing all the while because that low pressure is not the fastest thing on two legs. here we are starting the day on wednesday and through the heart of the british isles there is still the chance of a heavy downpour. much improved day across the southern counties, listen their way of wind with fewer showers to report.

further north, well... the morning is dry enough across scotland but then we will pick up the showers in those gusts are nowhere near the values that we saw bringing down trees today. that wind will not be such an issue but a noticeable window for some. it is the intensity of the showers there across the flood affected area that will cause a little concern. there is a chance we will get more rain into the catchments that are giving concern in the north of england and in parts of the midlands after that wet weekend. 0n of the midlands after that wet weekend. on thursday, the same low pressure staggers its way out towards the north sea and reduces the chance of meaningful showers. there will still be some dotted around again across the eastern counties of england and lead in the afternoon with a little heat coming through we will find may be the potential for some thunderstorms, primarily but not exclusively, north of the central belt. thursday will bea of the central belt. thursday will be a decent day, a lot of dry weather around and some warmth as well. as we move towards the

weekend, with high pressure tending to settle things down, friday and the first part of saturdays dry and fine enough, the rain to come from the west is the weekend progresses. —— as the weekend progresses.

public support generally, doesn't it? i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: north korea launches multiple projectiles off its east coast, but it is not yet clear what sort of missiles were fired. more clashes in hong kong after police charge aa pro—democracy protestors with rioting, meaning they could face up to ten years injail. i'm samantha simmonds in london. also in the programme: democratic presidential hopefuls get ready for the second big debate on the road to the white house. and we will reveal why this tiny village in the alps has become