sunny spells. but cloud ”nh ”fi—ll: elilt elf“ wlmlur its sunny spells. but cloud bubbling up its sunny spells. but cloud bubbling up through the day and we could trigger one or two late showers, more especially across the western side of the uk. warmer conditions in the south—east, where it is likely to stay dry right the way through the weekend. these weather fronts coming in through the atlantic a lwa ys coming in through the atlantic always more active further north and west across the uk. this continues to make inroads on sunday, wetter weather for scotland, a few heavy bass perhaps in the north—west of england but much drier further south and east. and with light winds and sunshine it may turn out to be quite warm in the south—east of england —— heavy bursts. temperatures around 27, for example, in london stop that first weather front is just going to fade away and get swallowed up by the next one that is coming in from the next one that is coming in from the atlantic. still got that area of low pressure out to the west for the time being. this is all that is left of the first weather front, bringing patchy rain across northern scotland. the next one, some wetter

weather into northern ireland and the south—west. but large parts of the south—west. but large parts of the uk will have a drier day on monday and there will be some sunshine at times. those temperatures into the low to mid 20s. to look further afield we need to look at the jet stream. this is a fast moving ribbon of air and it is ina more fast moving ribbon of air and it is in a more southerly position than we would hope for at this time of year. there is a stronger arm of the jetstrea m there is a stronger arm of the jetstream from newfoundland. it picks up areas of low pressure, of course. the next one coming in on the back end of next week looks unusually deep and unusually far south across the uk for this time of year. essentially it will keep the u nsettled tea m year. essentially it will keep the unsettled team going well into next week. nothing particularly extreme but a little unusual for august. urban canoeing the most effective way to get across town.

hello. this is bbc news. we'll be having a look the papers in a moment but first, the headlines: a damning report into the abuse of hundreds of children in care in nottingham, sexually abused by the people meant to be looking after them. one woman in care at 11 says she still suffers nightmares. ijust wanted to go home, and that's all i kept focusing on, was thinking someone was going to come and fetch me and take me home. the chancellor, sajid javid, says more than £2 billion has been a

marked to spend on no—deal brexit preparations as the government steps up preparations as the government steps up efforts ahead of the october the sist up efforts ahead of the october the 31st deadline. collapsed bridges, flooded homes and towns under water in north yorkshire and greater manchester after heavy rainfall leads to flash flooding. borisjohnson rainfall leads to flash flooding. boris johnson visits rainfall leads to flash flooding. borisjohnson visits northern ireland, urging politicians to share power again and hearing concern about brexit and the border. hello and welcome to our look ahead at the papers for tomorrow. with me are writer and broadcaster mejia bowes, and former pensions minister baroness ros altmann. —— near here bowes. good evening. lots of the front pages are in an let's look at some of the top headlines. the government setting aside the extra £2 billion to repairfor a possible no—deal brexit according to the guardian, with money spent on

stockpiling medicines and extra border officers. labour say it's an appalling waste of money. the times leads on the news new justice secretary robert buckland backs a campaign for sex offenders and those accused of serious offences remain anonymous if they have a reputation to protect. the metro leads on reports coming out of america this evening that the son of the deceased al-qaeda leader osama bin laden has died. the paper says the us has not confirmed whether it played a role in the death of hamza bin laden. the ft reports the us fed has cut interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis in 2008. the army is launching a new division dedicated to cyber crime fighting according to the telegraph, saying it will specialise in information welfare and fake news attacks on britain. a bridge washed away in flooding in north yorkshire makes the front of the independent. the daily mail is reporting plastic

carrier bag sales at supermarkets have fallen 90% since the 5p levy came in, with the average shopper getting ten per year, down from 19 last year. the daily express leads on demands to cut stamp duty in an attempt to help older people downsize and free up help older people downsize and free up properties for younger buyers. a varied set of papers, so let's have a proper look. kicking off with the telegraph, and sajid javid doubling spending on no deal preparations. mihir, is this a good way to spend money given no deal was not an option? we were told no deal was a million to one chance but this is something you would expect boris johnson to do because he wants to show the eu that no deal is on the table and preparations are being made. this is an indictment of the government that nothing has been prepared so far and he wants to reassure his supporters. the money being spent... we're going to get

nearly half... £2 billion has been set aside, but immediately £i.i billion is being spent on officers and border security to help with arrangements there. for medicine. something like £434 million. then £108 million for businesses to be kept informed and so on with what they can do. and £138 million on information, giving the public information. actually, one must say, if there is a deal, this is wasted money. ros, you are obviously a conservative party member actively, is there something you support? i'm afraid it's not. i think there's a lot of conservatives who are deeply concerned at this threat of i'io deeply concerned at this threat of no deal. it looks to me like it's some kind of game of bluff and the

chancellor is saying he wants to turbocharge preparations for no deal. this is huge amounts of taxpayer money being spent on something the government itself has said will be hugely damaging to the british economy and to the british way of life. and, of course, it will be enormously problematic for northern ireland, one of the countries within our united kingdom. it does strike me as very strange that conservatives who would normally be the party to support this nurse, to help people keep their jobs this nurse, to help people keep theirjobs and be responsible, would be threatening to do something that parliament has voted against time and again and indeed the british people, when they've had an opportunity to vote against it, have voted against it every time since the referendum. when have they had the referendum. when have they had the chance to vote specifically against no deal? in the 2017 general election the majority of voters voted for parties that would not

support no deal. in the local elections in 2018, the same. and in the 2019 eu elections. in all of those cases, the majority of people voted against parties supporting no deal. mihir, many might say there might be an economic hit and a big public spend now to prepare for no deal, but if the conservatives don't deliver brexit then the brexit party, led by nigel farage, could make big gains whenever the next election comes stop that something unpalatable to many. absolutely. and nigel farage in an article in today's telegraph, yesterday's in that sense, has made it very clear that if the conservatives don't deliver on a no—deal brexit then the conservative party is finished. it was the fear of nigel farage that made david cameron call for a referendum when there wasn't public pressure for a referendum and the whole thing to a

certain extent has been driven by farage. johnson is very aware of that. talking about democracy, it's very interesting that now, at least the people in charge of the conservative party are saying the backstop is antidemocratic. conservative party are saying the backstop is antidemocraticlj conservative party are saying the backstop is antidemocratic. i know. i don't know why the backstop in ireland has become antidemocratic. sajid javid has said we have to have a good deal below abolishes the antidemocratic backstop. actually, the protection of the northern ireland border is an obligation on us as ireland border is an obligation on us as well as ireland and the us from an international treaty, and the people of northern ireland voted against leaving the eu as well. to call this antidemocratic when it's pa rt of call this antidemocratic when it's part of our duty as a responsible government to try to protect people in ourcountry... i government to try to protect people in our country... i just government to try to protect people in our country... ijust find that this word democracy is being used in ways it was never intended to be

used. if we've got parliamentary democracy and we want to restore parliamentary sovereignty, how can you then say we must do something that parliament has expressly voted against a that parliament has expressly voted againsta numberof that parliament has expressly voted against a number of times? this announcement from the government comes, of course, on the day of the latest by—election, where if the conservatives lose the seat, the majority comes down to one, which is very tight for them, but they could hold onto the seat. and labour in the guardian is attacking what they call an appalling waste of this £2 billion, saying that schools and other public services will use the money better. there's a balance a lwa ys the money better. there's a balance always between politics economics, isn't there? ultimately, if no deal isn't there? ultimately, if no deal is going to happen, the government would be negligent if they didn't prepare. there's already been preparation for no deal to be fair. we've heard all week's from farmers and business people for months and months that they are very worried.

so far it's been assumed that there will be a deal. this is the first time that we've had real measures to say we could have no deal and if you see the rhetoric and everything that's being said so far since boris johnson took over, the public are being prepared for a no deal. dominic raab on the today programme a couple of days ago even said during the 2006 campaign there could be rain no deal. isn't this a government that looks like they've got a government that looks like they've gota plan? government that looks like they've got a plan? —— could government that looks like they've gota plan? —— could be a. the announcements are not announcements, they are aspirations. there's nothing you can do to help a farmer whose markets have disappeared other by that are slaughtered that nobody wants to buy because the tariffs are too high. the idea you can protect an integrated supply chain with money, you can't! you can perhaps help tariffs but you can't help

businesses, under rules of origin, which they their products cannot be used in the production of certain items on the continent of europe, because they don't count as european any more. but they are going to spend on getting medicine. talking to anyone in the nhs, their great worry for the nhs ‘s medicines from the continent will dry up. worry for the nhs ‘s medicines from the continent will dry uplj worry for the nhs ‘s medicines from the continent will dry up. i find it astonishing that we're talking about astonishing that we're talking about a country that isn't at war and doesn't need to be talking about emergency measures you would normally find in wartime. what are we normally find in wartime. what are we doing? this is a monumental act of self— harm. we doing? this is a monumental act of self—harm. i understand that from the conservative party's perspective, it feels pressure to get britain out of the eu because that's what it leaves the majority of its supporters want. but we've

got to look after the whole country, and we have to look after our democracy. very quickly, how many mps do you think would not back the government ina think would not back the government in a no—confidence motion if it comes to it insect member/ october? from what i understand, there will bea from what i understand, there will be a significant number of conservative mps who will rebel against their government if it insists on a no—deal brexit, which we insists on a no—deal brexit, which we all know will be hugely damaging. the people who seem to think it's a game of bluff and the eu will blink at the last minute and we have to hang tough until the 31st of october and magically we will get a deal, they are totally misunderstanding and misjudging the situation. the eu doesn't want us in the backstop anymore than we do, they've compromised for it, but we need that to protect the integrity of the united kingdom and the northern ireland border. let's move on, if we from brexit, because of course

that's going to continue, and let's move on to the times. suspects in sex crimes should be anonymous, they say, and this is robert buckland, the newjustice say, and this is robert buckland, the new justice minister say, and this is robert buckland, the newjustice minister i think, saying he is backing a campaign for people like sir cliff richard and paul gamba cheney to ban the naming those arrested on suspicion of rape and other sexual offences, especially if they have a reputation to protect. he saying he is suggesting a 2—tier system. if you have a reputation to protect and you have a reputation to protect and you have been investigated for this and you haven't been charged, then your name shouldn't come out. but that proposal has been opposed by the victims commissioner who says there is sometimes a public interest in naming an sd prior to charge if

there is the prospect of other complainants stepping forward. the police have also taken that view. it is interesting that kristen lee, chairman of the criminal bar association, has criticised the proposal and he feels it goes against the historic principle of open, transparentjustice, against the historic principle of open, transparent justice, which against the historic principle of open, transparentjustice, which is not affected by who you are or how wealthy you may be. this is quite a controversial proposal. anyone could say they have a reputation to protect, even if they've been convicted of other offences. this is the difficult nuance here, who is to decide who has a reputation to protect? the problem we've got is we've had these awful cases where someone has come forward and falsely accused famous people of crimes they've had nothing to do with and they were nowhere near, but unfortunately, very often, if somebody's name is revealed in

the press as being accused of something, people say there's no smoke without fire, and that causes terrible distress and people like cliff richard and paul gambaccini's careers were really blighted, as were their lives stop robert buckland, the new secretary of state forjustice, he is perhaps saying let's consider this. there's a new campaign that's collected tens of thousands of signatures called faifr, falsely accused individuals for reform. he's trying to open up discussions about what and wouldn't be acceptable to help in this situation. let's move onto the ft, the fed has cut rates by 0.25%, saying there was more scope for easing. some asking whether the fed is as independent as it should be. donald trump has been

putting a lot of pressure. he wanted a higher cut. this is the first cut since the recession and what is interesting is that it was not an unanimous verdict of the federal reserve. there were two governors who didn't agree with this part, and of course, donald trump has his own political agenda. he is soon going to be campaigning to reclaim the presidency, and the reason they give is quite interesting. they say it is the uncertainty stemming from wea kness the uncertainty stemming from weakness in the global economy. and trade tensions. they don't actually say that the us economy is slowing down. probably trump wants the cut to make sure that the us economy keeps moving, but it raises some very disturbing issues on how the fed is being run under the trump presidency. political pressure. if you are trying to escape from politics or any of it at the moment, you might be slightly worried by the times top page story about ba pilots

possibly striking at the peak of the summer holidays. it seems so frustrating, i think, summer holidays. it seems so frustrating, ithink, to summer holidays. it seems so frustrating, i think, to a lot of travellers that every summer or christmas time when it is peak season there is some disruption to travel. i hope that the pilots do not go ahead with their strike. they are rejecting an 11.5% pay rise over three years, which is about £20,000, and you know, the average salary in this country is £25,000 or £26,000 a year. pilots are very specialised, highly trained jobs. under huge pressure and we want them to be, you know, top—class, shall we say? pressure and we want them to be, you know, top-class, shall we say? of course we do, but other staff have accepted this pay deal, and pilots have said we want more. to be fair, they did take quite a big pay cut when ba was in trouble and it made good profits last year. but at the

end of the day i do hope that some reasonable agreement can be reached, and that the british airways pilots will look after passengers and try and work with management to come to and work with management to come to an acceptable pay deal, that we can then all have our nice holidays. if this goes ahead, 145,000 people a day are at risk of having their holidays ruined over the summer. that's huge numbers of people. we don't want that. some people have something more immediate to contend with. if you are in yorkshire or manchester, that area, 82 millimetres of rain in 24 hours is the photo on the front page of the guardian. the army being called in to help with flood damage. lots of comments on the fact that these extreme weather movements can be linked with global warming, climate change. these things bring it home, don't they? they do, they emphasise

how climate is changing. what one does about it is different, and it isa does about it is different, and it is a question politicians have to consider very carefully. but we had five centimetres of rain in a few hours, and there was another picture where the bridge had been washed away. and this is not the sort of rain we expect in this country. we have tepid rain which you can't even judge, you know? you suddenly go out and find you need an umbrella and you have to come back. this is like being in the tropics. we have had a numberof being in the tropics. we have had a number of floods in recent years. you see the pictures, and householders are finding it very difficult, sometimes, to cope with the consequences of floods. and we have built housing on floodplains, which does seem rather strange, when you think about it. and of course, the other day we had the hottest day we ever had. after that, you must have floods. and rain hopefully will

not stop play as the ashes starts tomorrow. are you supporting england 01’ tomorrow. are you supporting england or australia? absolutely, when it comes to playing australia you want england to win and i think it will be very important for england to win back the ashes. a lovely picture of the captain holding the urn. why is it so special, the ashes? england and australia started test cricket, it goes back a longtime in and australia started test cricket, it goes back a long time in the history associated with it, and between the countries, english people who live in australia and the australians who live here, and so on, and the connections between the two countries, and of course england will hopefully win and hopefully over the five tests we will have wonderful weather and not a drop of rain. presumably as an england supporter, i saw australia being

booedin supporter, i saw australia being booed in one of the world cup matches, which i was quite shocked by. that is because of the sandpaper, you know, bowl tempering thing. but is that the right way to go? it is not the sporting spirit that british sport usually is played under, is it? what has happened in cricket, a certain amount of football style tribalism has come m, football style tribalism has come in, which is a bit of a pity, i think. cricket is best played when you want your team to win but you appreciate what the other side has done. because you clap the other side, don't you? but not as enthusiastically as you do your own side. england supporter really get behind him, but it doesn't mean you have to be vicious and nasty to opposition. we have to end it there. good luck to all the teams, both teams playing tomorrow. my children will be glued. thank you very much, and we can bring you, of course, all the paper reviews online if you want to catch up with previous editions.

all the front pages online seven days a week. and of course, you can catch up with the actual programmes on iplayer stop goodbye from all of us on iplayer stop goodbye from all of us this evening, and from everyone here, the late team in the newsroom, we will see you very soon. goodbye. good evening. here is your latest sports news. set your alarms, because it all starts tomorrow — the first ashes test, as england bid to regain the urn from australia. there was a surprise ommission from their starting lineup, however. world cup starjofra archer will have to wait a little longer for his introduction to the red ball format. joe wilson reports. cricket history lesson one. the ashes equals the ultimate. the

smallest prize in literal size, they are holding it, the biggest insignificance. except that this summer england have already achieved their goal, already made history. joe root held the world cup. so i asked him does that leave the ashes less significant? i think you speak to anyone that's captained england and is on the verge of an ashes series, to say that it doesn't mean as much as any other event, i don't think any of them would agree. i think any of them would agree. i think it's huge. it's a great opportunity. i think cricket in this country is probably at an all—time high. it's probably got interest that it's not had for a longtime, and we've got an opportunity as a tea m and we've got an opportunity as a team to make this summer a very memorable one. so could this be a friendly ashes series? well, australia's captain says they have been motivated by a quote they think came from winston churchill. in short, behaviour never lies. bear in mind, in this australia squad we will find smith, we will find warner, we will find bancroft, all

three men who were banned for their pa rt three men who were banned for their part in the bowl tempering sandpaper scandal. so if you do fancy booing from the stand, there will be plenty of chances. it's got the potential to unsettle anyone. they are human beings. they got feelings, they are no different to anyone else. what we have spoken about is that we believe it is going to go up a notch. tim paine said he can think of 15 grounds more intimidating than edgbaston. england women here often. that's why they are starting the ashes here stop this fantastic support from the fans here. the aussie said that when they've played here before. they get tucked into the aussies, but also aussies give a little bit back, and i think those that can deal with it i think we'll have a better time than those that can't deal with it. archer threw himself into training, but is being held back. there are five ashes test matches, and english eyes will linger on the site of this older in full flow. james anderson, at 37, is

says his captain getting better. there is ball—by—ball commentary on 5 live sports extra from 11:00am tomorrow morning. there are also in—play clips and full text commentary on the bbc sport website. england's women have finally won a match in their ashes series. they beat australia by 17 runs in the final t20 match in bristol. england batted first after losing the toss and finished with 139—5 from their 20 overs. lauren winfield and katherine brunt shared an unbroken partnership of 55. brunt and sophie eccleston then took three wickets each as australlia could only make 122—8, but still won the multi—format series by 12—4. tottenham claimed some preseason silverware this evening as they beat bundesliga champions bayern munich on penalties to lift the audi cup. an end—to—end match saw spurs take a two—goal lead, erik lamela and christian erikson finding the net in the first half.

the german giants fought back, though, to level the game and take it to penalties, spurs holding their nerve to win the shootout 6—5, their victory coming just 24 hours after their win over real madrid. liverpool came from behind to end a disappointing preseason campaign with a 3—1victory over lyon in geneva. 22—year—old harry wilson with the pick of the goals, giving jurgen klopp's side a much—needed boost ahead of sunday's community shield showdown with manchester city. there were also wins this evening for arsenal and chelsea. that's all the sport for now. good evening. as you have no doubt caught in some of the news footage, some of the showers that have rolled across the uk today have been real humdinger is, causing flash flooding and a lot of disruption to transport as well. i can't entirely promise you a dry story in the coming days, but the picture is looking

considerably quieter. here is our culprit, this is what has been causing all the problems on wednesday. this deep area of low pressure now pulling off into the north sea, and quieter conditions with a little bit of high pressure reading in from the west should be ours, especially for friday and the start of the weekend. lowe's still close by at the moment, throwing a few more showers into northern england, perhaps the midlands in the next few hours, and essentially i think a next few hours, and essentially i thinka dry next few hours, and essentially i think a dry picture for the majority of the uk by the end of the night. lows around the 14 or 15 degrees mark. there is that low centre ploughing towards the north midlands, but on the periphery things a little bit unstable in terms of where the sun does popped out as the day warms up. we could see some sun showers developing, and still the wind quite keen along the north sea coast and some thick cloud piling on as a result of that. showers by the afternoon developing across the north—west of scotland. perhaps some for northern england into east anglia. hard to make out

here behind me but if you as well across dorset, devon and cornwall. in the best of the sunshine, perhaps 25 degrees in what should be a dry london. for the first day of the ashes it will be a tiny bit touch and go whether we see the odd shower getting close to edgbaston through the late afternoon. but fingers crossed they should be a lot of sunshine around here and a dry day. friday, hopefully fine for the majority of the uk. still some showers to pick out, it is just where we get enough energy out of the sun to build—up some thick cloud and the odd sharp shower can't be ruled out. a dry story for the majority of the uk on friday. this little ridge of high pressure to thank. you can see itjust about clings on there on saturday and by sunday it is squeezed away. here we 90, sunday it is squeezed away. here we go, another weather front piling sunday it is squeezed away. here we go, another weatherfront piling in from the west. that's going to be more cloud moving into the western side of the uk through sunday, and asa side of the uk through sunday, and as a consequence of that, eventually some rain, possibly reaching many areas by the end of the day. the key thing to pick out, really, is by the

time we get into next week we kind of open the gate again to low pressure feeding letter weather away from the atlantic. so through the first half of next week, i'm afraid for many of us it is a case of the showers being with us once again. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: osama bin laden's son, hamza, chosen successor to lead al-qaeda, has been killed. it's unclear if the us played a role in his death. the us federal reserve cuts interest rates for the first time in more than a decade. president trump demands a bigger cut. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. the first night of debates for us democrats in detroit was a battle for the direction of the party. now it's time for round two. she's blue, she barks and more than likely, she's coming to a screen near you.