how's that going to work out? neither of them are talking today. on saturday, the 15 celebrities will find out with which professional they've been paired. then they will have just three weeks to practise before they're dancing on live tv. we wish mike all the best. colin paterson, bbc news, television centre. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. and it is still hot for some. that's right, particularly across england and wales where we have had scorching days and in scotland it has been a record—breaking bank holiday, we could see this again gci’oss holiday, we could see this again across the south—east. but it is the last day of the heat and cooler air will be moving off the atlantic bringing stronger winds and

outbreaks of rain in the north and west of the uk. this more active weather front is pushing west of the uk. this more active weatherfront is pushing into parts of northern ireland and western scotla nd of northern ireland and western scotland but you notice we have this other feature ahead of it across western england into the south—west and also for wales. a few showers on it but most of the rain across western northern ireland and western scotla nd western northern ireland and western scotland at the moment, some heavier bursts increasing too. heat and sunshine, but these showers with thicker cloud across the west and southwest will blossom through the afternoon and we could see thunderstorms developing. those temperatures reach 30 degrees across england and wales, another scorcher, but cooler than that north and west. notice a line of showers and heavy thunderstorms will continue to affect the midlands as we head through this evening and overnight. some torrential downpours and also frequent lightning. that second weather front further west begins to move in for wednesday so a cloudier story, certainly for england and

wales a different feeling day. more cloud to wake up to, heavier bursts at times. sunshine pushing in behind that, cooler here with mid to high teens celsius, but the good 10 degrees lower across parts of south west england. around the low to mid 20 celsius. we have the pressure chart through thursday and friday showing low pressure taking over, particularly to the north—west of the uk, so it means we have this northwest, south—east split. breezy conditions for all but thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain for scotland and outbreaks of rain for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 14 to 24 and northern ireland. temperatures 14 to 2a degrees, closer to the seasonal 14 to 2a degrees, closer to the seasonal average, 14 to 2a degrees, closer to the seasonal average, although it may be a little bit below across the north. the weather system bringing persistent rain for scotland and northern ireland, then rain getting into the irish sea coast as well, quite windy by this point in the week. still the south—east staying dry, although cooler and fresher,

and more comfortable, it will be a dry next few days. into the weekend further showers, breezy conditions in the north and west, and it could turn chilly across the very far north of scotland by the end of the weekend. thank you very much. a reminder of our top story: jeremy corbyn meets other opposition party leaders — they agree to try to block a no—deal brexit with legislation. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. you're watching bbc news, i'm 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. the future of bolton wanderers and bury hangs in the balance — both league 1 clubs have been given a 5pm deadline by the football league to find buyers or face expulsion. let's head to bolton and speak to our sports correspondent, katie gornall.

good afternoon. let's start with bolton, where things look especially bleak bolton, where things look especially blea k after bolton, where things look especially bleak after what we had from the administrators over the last 2a hours. sale fell through over the weekend. that's right. it looked to be on the verge of completion. that was the understanding with the efl, but that takeover deal collapsed over the weekend, much to the frustration of fans and supporters and the football league itself. there was a statement from the administrators this morning saying that the dialogue is continuing as they try to resurrect this deal, but clearly they are facing the worst case scenario and there is a huge amount of concern among fans i have spoken to here this morning, when you think of what they have been through already this season. they have seen their manager resigned, lost their last two games 5—0 and been forced to field teenagers and you feel the macro players to fulfil their fixtures. it is a very

difficult scenario. —— field youth players. bolton are founding members of the football league, a few years ago they were a premier league club and reach the latter stages of what was the uefa cup and now that europa cup. a terrible fall from grace and they are on the brink at the moment. that's on the agenda at the efl board meeting after this 5pm deadline. also bury, as it has been for a number of weeks. they keep having this deadline extended but thatis having this deadline extended but that is also 5pm. also in dire financial situation, but there seems to be some degree of optimism a deal can be done to try to save the club. the last deadline before it got extended to 5pm tuesday was a friday at midnight. we heard then that a ta keover at midnight. we heard then that a takeover deal had emerged from steve dale, the current owner, said a

group called c&n spotting risk had done a deal. they had to do due diligence so that the deadline was extended to 5pm. they cannot keep suspending games. bury are yet to kick a ball this season. all six of their fixtures have been suspended because the owner of steve dale has not been able to provide the efl with proof he has the funds to pay the bills for the rest of the season so the efl have a suspended their six fixtures so far. they are adamant they will not do that any further so it appears that this group c&n sporting risk have until 5pm today to do their due diligence and get the deal over the line or bury could go under. 0ne and get the deal over the line or bury could go under. one of the old est bury could go under. one of the oldest in the football league, they have won the football alley fa cup. fans are optimistic, some volunteers have gathered at gigg lane to do the clear up there. the call went out

from the club over the weekend asking for volunteers to arrive at the stadium in order to get the stadium ready for their weekend fixture against doncaster, should that match go ahead. bury have not kicked a ball this season so perhaps a bit more optimism in bury that the deal can be completed in time, but clearly the clock is ticking. just three hours and a bit. it's going to bea three hours and a bit. it's going to be a long nervy afternoon for both sets of supporters at those league i clu bs. sets of supporters at those league i clubs. many thanks. robert snodgrass and steven naismith return to the scotland squad for the home euro 2020 qualifiers with russia and belgium next month. snodgrass — who has started once for west ham this season — has not featured for scotland since a friendly loss to belgium a year ago but manager steve clarke said the 31—year—old was "very keen" to resume playing after his recent hiatus. scotland are fourth in their qualifying with six points from four games. they need a couple of winds.

day two at the us open starts in the next few hours. british number one kyle edmund gets his campaign underway against spaniard pablo andujar. fellow brits dan evans and joanna konta are already through to the second round. so is five—time champion in new york, roger federer — but not without a scare. he dropped the first set against indian qualifier sumit nagal but went through in four. federer also lost the first set in the first round at wimbledon this year — but made it through to the final. serena williams was back on the main show court, the arthur ashe stadium, for the first time since last year's final when she had that rant at the umpire in her defeat to naomi 0saka. this was drama—free and and probably slightly worrying for her rivals. she swept aside the five—time grand slam champion maria sharapova in straight sets in under an hour6—i, 6—1. it is the first time the two have met in new york.

i'll have more for you in the next hour. that's all for now. thank you, talk to you later. two teenage sisters have rescued a man and a child from drowning off the coast of aberdeenshire. eilidh noble and her sister isla — aged 14 and 15 — heard cries for help while swimming near fraserburgh yesterday afternoon. they swam out with a lilo to help them to shore. the local coastguard said the pair deserve medals for their bravery. joining me now from their home in fraserburgh in the north—east of scotland are the sibling heroes isla and eilidh. we will hear your story. isla, let's start with you. you are out, having a swim, when we first aware that something was going on? we were in just paddling and we saw a small cuddly deeper than we wear and the toddler was on his dad's shoulders

so we thought he was having a laugh and dunking him under and the little boy was screaming but then we noticed they were going deeper and the man started shouting for help. he was taking brass when he was on top of the water and shouting and we realised he was in actual trouble. eilidh, what did you do then? realised he was in actual trouble. eilidh, what did you do then7|j eilidh, what did you do then?|j started eilidh, what did you do then?” started to run out but i called to ta ke started to run out but i called to take the lilo because it was easier andl take the lilo because it was easier and i went to get the phone. take the lilo because it was easier and i went to get the phonem take the lilo because it was easier and i went to get the phone. it is pretty quick thinking for both of you. what was going through your mind, isla at that moment? it was kind of just mind, isla at that moment? it was kind ofjust like, i need to get there and help them. i didn't really think. it was the way he was going down and coming back up, he couldn't stay up so i needed to get him out. when you got out there, he was exhausted. he was. he couldn't swim anywhere. he was trying to hold his son up but he was getting pushed

under so i took his son first and put him on the lilo and as i pulled him up, theirdad put him on the lilo and as i pulled him up, their dad kind of came up and he was leaning on it and it took his weight so he was out of the water. eilidh, it sounds very simple when you talk about it like this but i bet at the time, or is it frightening? how did you feel? it was scary to watch because it looked like the man was unconscious, he wasn't in control of his body, he wasn't in control of his body, he wasjust being dragged across. and so... wasjust being dragged across. and so... we are talking about a bloke in the water, difficult for anyone to handle. what did you to then do to handle. what did you to then do to get him back to shore?” to handle. what did you to then do to get him back to shore? i got his top half on the lilo and then started swimming out, but i could only use one hand because i was holding on to the lilo with the other. i was trying to get in but luckily there was another man who

was further up the beach who had noticed. he came in and got the other side of the lilo and we pulled him in together. how it was a toddler behaving? quite terrifying for them, as well. he was screaming at the start but once we got him on the lilo, he was ok. 0bviously he was a bit scared but he stopped screaming and he was better once he knew that he was kept up. eilidh, at this stage i think you got help from keith gray who was having a picnic nearby. what was his role, what happened then? he went out into the water to help pull him back in. and we re water to help pull him back in. and were you talking to each other at the time? what we're saying to each other? we were just kind of like, once keith helped us get him on the shore and everything, keith and eilidh put him in the recovery position and i found the coastguard,

but we were trying to figure out what to do next. now... he is unconscious, you must have had the worst thoughts going through your mind at that moment. when he was lying on the beach, there was foam coming out of his mouth and his fingers and feet were blue. what did you do? we put a towel on top of him to try to heat him up because he was shivering, but through a mumbled speech he was saying he was too hot when i was trying to put the towel on and he was saying no, no but we put the towel on and he slowly started to speak again.” put the towel on and he slowly started to speak again. i wonder what he had to say to you! he thanked us for he went away when his speech was much better. there was a nurse luckily walking her dog, so

once we had him out, she came over and helped, as well. eilidh, i know you are most modest about this but do you think you saved the lives of those two people? i think we helped save his life. you are being very modest, as i say, both of you. i know your school is thrilled with how you responded to this and plenty of people are saying you should both get medals. laughter it was just good to help. we didn't think, it wasjust it was just good to help. we didn't think, it was just instinct kicked m, think, it was just instinct kicked in, really. now, the rnli has praised your actions... what do you think? anyone who is watching you right now... a lot of people say it is what anyone would have done. it isn't, you know. you are both quite brave. just, like, you always say you have to help but you don't want to put yourself in a dangerous position. i am a confident swimmer soi

position. i am a confident swimmer so i knew i could go out deeper than what i could stand, but obviously try to help when you can but don't put yourself in danger, as well. eilidh, you get home after this little trip to the beach and your family says, what happened? what did you say? after he was in the recovery position and a nurse came walking along the beach, so she helped, she knew what to do. i went and found our mum and dad because they were further up the beach, to tell them what had happened, and they were shocked. obviously wasn't expecting us to say that. who would? i suspect they were more than shocked, i bet they were really proud, won't they? yeah. come on! come off the fence! isla, how did your parents respond ? come off the fence! isla, how did your parents respond? they must be thrilled! they are really proud and how we reacted as quickly as we did

and used our instinct rather than phoning them or something and reacting on what we thought would be best at the time. i'm going to ask you both one question and want a quick answer. we will start with you, isla. where you a hero yesterday? i try to be! out yeah! come on, you both wear. eilidh.” tried, as well. by the sound of your story, i think you are both heroes. many congratulations and i am sure if the man and his toddler eye watching you right now, i am sure they would share and say thank you very much for your amazing response. well done to you both and thank you for joining well done to you both and thank you forjoining us this afternoon. thank you. well done, both of you. that is isla and eilidh talking there. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. opposition party leaders have been meeting to try to resolve their differences about the best way to prevent a no—deal brexit. a police investigation is under way

as shocking cctv footage reveals 1,500 crimes on one ward of a northern ireland hospital in the last two years. documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the hs2 project was over budget and probably behind schedule three years ago. in the business news... the uk's going to decide by the end of the year, whether it'll exclude huawei from the roll out of 5g services. the company's been accused of having close links to the chinese government. it's denied that — and it says its equipment can't be used for snooping. an american court has ordered the drugmakerjohnson & johnson to pay almost £470 million for its part in fuelling the country's opioid addiction crisis. it's the first case of its kind to go to trial. the firm says it will appeal. parents are spending so much money

to get their children onto the housing ladder they are now among the biggest lenders in the uk. the figures from legal & general say the average contribution this year is more than £24,000 — giving a national total of more than £6 billion. if you thought you were spending more than ever getting your grown—up kids onto the property ladder — you're right! legal & general says the average amount parents are forking out has gone up by around £6,000 tojust over £24,000. the amount is so high that people are actually jeopardising their own retirement. chris knight from legal & generaljoins us now. chris, how is it that parents are putting their own retirement at risk? first of all, we should celebrate the fantastic generosity of the bank of mum & dad, that £6.3 billion for get you mentioned and

250,000 or more transactions they help. most people i doing that not out of a sense of duty but more because it is a nice thing to do. as you say, for many people that is fine but about one quarter of people fear as a result that they are now going to be suffering a less well off in retirement than they were planning. what is the mechanism for that? are they taking money out of their houses in equity? about half their houses in equity? about half the people are taking money out of cash and cash savings and about one quarter of people are taking money out of their house and that is where perhaps some of the answer lies for people because as a country we have £1.5 people because as a country we have £i.5 trillion of housing equity owned by the older generation and many people have in mind they are going to donate that to the next generation when they pass away, but something like a lifetime mortgage or equity release allows you to give that living legacy that you could enjoy while you are still alive as well as obviously make a huge difference to the next generation.” ta ke difference to the next generation.” take your point about generosity and

wanting to give to your kids, but is there an increase in is a sense of pressure that this is something you really ought to do? yeah, i think about 20% of people thought it felt like a sense of duty more than anything else, but i think that old adage that you can't take it with you tends to take over. we would a lwa ys you tends to take over. we would always recommend people take financial advice because while it is more flexible these days for people and rates are at much lower, these are big transactions, big decisions, and you should take care and think them through. what impact is this all having on the overall housing market, do you think? it is really helping in a way to keep the housing market going. 250,000 transactions isa market going. 250,000 transactions is a big lump of the housing market and there are pressures in the market. at legal & general we are trying to relieve those pressures by house—building as well as providing

people with financial solutions and hopefully it is positive at least, which would otherwise be a very difficult housing market. is it pushing prices up and keeping them artificially high with yellow i don't think so at this moment but it is doing a lot of good for people. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. there's been a landmark ruling against us drugs companyjohnson & johnson over its role in the country's opioid crisis. ajudge in oklahoma has ordered the company to pay $572 million — that's around £470 million. it's more than double what other firms have agreed to pay. purdue — which makes oxycontin — settled with the state for $270 million — around £220 million. and there was an $85 million settlement with the israeli firm teva announced earlier this year. around 2,000 other lawsuits are still waiting to go to trial. shares injohnson &johnson rose

about 5% after the verdict. that's because authorities had actually been asking for a much biggerfine. even so — the company says it will appeal. samira hussain has more from new york. thejudge in oklahoma said johnson & johnson was responsible for fuelling the opioid crisis. but the company was only fined $572 million — just a fraction of the $17 billion the state of oklahoma was asking for. in a brief statement made by the judge, he indicated the fine being levied on the company was the maximum amount he could force them to pay. lawyers for the drugmaker argued that physicians knew the risks associated with opioids — that abusing the drug could lead to overdose and death. ultimately, though, it was the state's argument that the aggressive marketing tactics helped to flood the market with drugs, leading to thousands of overdose deaths over the past

decade in oklahoma alone. this court case is being closely watched because it really opens the door for other lawsuits against drug companies, and it is whyjohnson & johnson has already said it will appeal the decision. if the company is found responsible in this particular case, it could be found responsible in other pending lawsuits, or lawsuits that have yet to be filed. lets have a quick look at the markets. the ftse has been treading water. people are still pretty worried about the prospect of a no—deal brexit as well as the continued tensions between the us and china. banks with exposure to asia are feeling the heat as the unrest in hong kong continues — so hsbc and prudential under pressure. the shared office company iwg has seen its shares do well. that's after reports it may launch on the new york stock market.

that's all the business news. was that script easy to read like that? i've memorised it all. banks! autumn is just around the corner and those long, cosy evenings wouldn't be complete without the return of channel 4's great british bake off, which gets under way tonight. a baker's dozen of 13 contestants will be taking part in the show‘s tenth anniversary special. earlier on, my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to great british bake off‘s first ever winner, edd kimble. he spoke about his experience on the show, and what the new contestants should expect. it's just one of those really simple shows to enjoy. it's not nasty, it's not about really, really competitiveness even though it is a competition. it's just a very friendly show and i think with all the stress going on in the world it is something that everyone can sit down, enjoy, and lose themselves inforan hourorso. i agree entirely with you on that. what has it meant for you in your life? it was nine years ago that i filmed my season and it has completely changed my life.

i have written three cookbooks, i travel the world teaching baking, i write for magazines across the world, and baking just became my job, which is all i ever wanted. for me, bake off was that amazing launch pad that enabled me to change my life completely. of course if you look at the range of contestants it reminds us that it's notjust grandma in the kitchen doing the baking! that is what bake off did a really good job with, especially at the start. baking nine or ten years ago was seen as a grandma thing, and i think having, back in the day and now, a really young cast or a mixed cast of ages, that really showed that baking can and should be for anybody. the idea that there are stereotypes in any part of the kitchen is just completely ridiculous and i love the fact that anybody can be on bake off to show that, literally, baking doesn't need to have a gender or whatever — it's a fun activity that anyone can do.

do you think it is as difficult now... the challenges are difficult but is it as difficult now for the contestants going into this latest series as it would have been for you back at the beginning of the programme to sort of predict the types of challenges that you might face, and the level of difficulty? i think there's a couple of things that have definitely changed, and one is that as the show has gone on, because baking has certain fundamentals, they have had to add much more decorating and, for me, i wouldn't enter the competition now with that, purely because it is not what i do. i think you have to have more of a skill in that manner these days and i think because they are always trying to introduce new things, sometimes the technical challenges are things you have never heard of. underneath the kind of name, they should be techniques that people know, but i heard someone say they are trying to pare it back a bit because i think they realise that the joy of bake off in the early days was to really

inspire people to get into the kitchen and bake themselves. when you have these really complex recipes no—one has heard of, it doesn't do the same thing necessarily, so i am hoping they pare it back a bit and really do things that actually inspire people to get back in the kitchen and bake. that is what the show did so well and has done throughout its whole run. presumably you will be watching this latest series avidly. of course, i always like to watch because i think it is interesting to see who is on the show that year, what they are doing differently and to remind myself that i don't need to do it ever again! afternoon at live follows shortly but let's look at the weather. for some of us it was a bank holiday weekend and we saw a record breaking hot bank holiday. three this week, the atlantic will take back control, it is cooling down for all. we start

to see the change taking place with these weather fronts. this one bringing more substantial rain and cloud to the west of scotland, may be western parts of northern ireland. the one head was tied a spike of heavy showers and thunderstorms across parts of england and wales, initially across western areas then spreading eastwards this evening and overnight. temperatures are still quite hot this afternoon, 27 to 33 degrees in the south—east but it is the last of the hot days. showers and thunderstorms becoming widespread this evening across central and eastern areas and into tomorrow, a story with of rain, low cloud, mist and tomorrow, a story with of rain, low cloud, mistand make, tomorrow, a story with of rain, low cloud, mist and make, something brighter across the north—west of the country late on a day but the cool air will reach the south east with highs of 23 or 24 degrees. cooler further north and west.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. iam simon i am simon mccoy. today at 2. agreement is reached asjeremy corbyn meets other opposition party leaders — they agree to try to block a no—deal brexit by passing legislation in parliament. let's try to put our tribal differences on one side because what we've got to do very effectively, is have one plan that is going to work to prevent no—deal brexit. the damning documents — discovered by the bbc — which suggest the government, and hs2, knew the high speed railway was over budget — and behind schedule — years ago. a police investigation is underway as shocking cctv footage reveals 1500 crimes on one ward of a northern ireland hospital in the last two years.