this is bbc news. the headlines at eight: a united front from the opposition to a no—deal brexit, they'll try to pass a law to stop it happening. i will put forward a legislative proposal to prevent the govt form crashing out without a deal. and that was something the parties agreed this morning. and a warning for borisjohnson from the brexit party we'll stand from the brexit party — we'll stand against you unless you leave the eu without a deal. if leave the eu without a deal. mrjohnson you insist withdrawal if mrjohnson you insist on the withdrawal agreement, we will fight you in every single seat up and down the length and breath of the united kingdom! cheering

dead and buried? bolton wanderers and bury football clubs face liquidation after the deadline to save them expires. documents discovered by the bbc suggest the government, and h52, knew the high speed railway was over budget and behind schedule years ago. brazil's president rejects an offer of aid from the g7 leaders to tackle the amazon wildfires unless he receives an apology. and would you be prepared to feed your pets insects? vets say it could help fight climate change. good evening. with just 65 days to go until the uk is due to leave the eu, the leaders of the main opposition

parties have met today and agreed to work together to stop britain leaving without a deal. jeremy corbyn says opposition mps will take the first steps towards trying to pass a law blocking a no—deal brexit when parliament returns next week. he added a book of no confidence remains a full option. the government accused them of trying to create chaos, delay and uncertainty. our political correspondent, ben wright, reports from westminster. the pace is slow and the parks are full. around parliament, there is little sign of the storm to come. but with boris johnson prepared to take the uk out of the eu without a deal, the heat is on opposition parties trying to find a way to stop him. i will put forward a proposal which will make sure that parliament trying to find a way to stop him. is able to debate a legislative way of preventing the government crashing us out with no deal.

for two hours, jeremy corbyn held talks with other opposition parties in his office, agreeing mps should try and force borisjohnson to delay brexit again. mr blackford, how was your meeting? i want to congratulate colleagues because there is a real spirit that we have to work together — we have to stop no—deal brexit. if boris johnson decides to pursue a no—deal brexit, there's pretty much nothing mps can do to stop it. oh, yes, there is. in the uk it is a parliamentary democracy, parliamentary sovereignty. parliamentarians have the power to stop this. there was a consensus around the room of people recognising that the best way forward is a legislative route. and i think that made for a very positive start to the meeting and very constructive discussions. you've got almost no time to pull this off, have you? time is very short and we need to get cracking with it, absolutely. but there is no clear decisive route for parliament to block or delay a no—deal brexit and the government does not need mps' approval to leave the eu without an agreement. as a democrat myself, i will be fighting tooth and nail to not allow a group of opposition

and democratic members of parliament to try and prevent the government from fulfilling the democratic wishes of the people. but this afternoon, 160 opposition mps signed a pledge that they would do whatever they can to stop a no—deal brexit. extraordinary is the new normal in politics. opposition parties putting aside their differences to try and stop a no—deal brexit. here, mps are vowing to thwart borisjohnson if he attempts to suspend the house of commons before brexit day. while just a few doors away, a meeting of the insurgent brexit party, planning for a general election and piling pressure on the government to make sure brexit happens. proving again just how polarised the argument now is, nigel farage said leaving the eu without a deal is the only acceptable brexit. if, mrjohnson, you insist on the withdrawal agreement,

we will fight you in every single seat up and down the length and breadth of the united kingdom. cheering. but he said if mrjohnson summoned the courage to pursue a no deal, the brexit party would work with him. the question of how britain leaves the eu is once in a generation stuff. as the days shorten, expect a two month struggle between government and parliament, rougher than anything ever seen so far. joining me now from westminster is dr brigid fowler — senior researcher at the hansard. thank you forjoining us. can you explain exactly how backbenches could pass legislation that would stop a no—deal brexit? could pass legislation that would stop a no-deal brexit? they face a 2—step process. the first thing they have to try and do is to take control of business in the house of commons. they need to take control

of the timetable in the order paper in the house of commons to give themselves the opportunity to pass a bill and then as a second stage, they need to actually try and pass they need to actually try and pass the bill itself so that becomes an act of parliament that is binding on the government and instructs the government what to do in this situation. it is a 2—step process. how long this that normally take? the government usually brings this sort of legislation. how difficult is a? it is difficult and needed necessarily take a long time, you can pass a bill through parliament, it would need to go through the lords as well. you can pass a bill to parliament. very quickly in a matter of days. if everybody is prepared to co—operate with the procedures that would require. in the first stage is the bigger obstacle, so it seems that the plan is to try and make that first move

of trying to take control of commons business perhaps even as early as next week to try and get this process under as early as possible. if such a vote was pious the delay brexit or even change with the fallback position is of article 50, there are so many options, could the prime minister ignore such a vote? if parliament has passed an act of parliament, if head has passed the bill and gone to her majesty for royal assent in the air that has been given, that is then the light of the land. no, the prime minister cannot ignore it at masters have gone all the way through to the end of that process. what about the numbers and parliament, obviously, the group that gathered today were appealing for conservatives support. i think the numbers could be tight, your viewers may remember that

parliament passed a similar act of parliament passed a similar act of parliament in april and the crucial vote in the house of commons there only went through by one vote. it could be tight, but i think the feeling is that going down this legislative route is potentially politically more promising then going down one of the alternative routes which is to try and pass able of no confidence in the government force of which is a lot more politically difficult for conservative backbenches to support. i think they have chosen this legislative route because it looks potentially politically more promising at this stage. and if the legislative route fails and there is a potential vote of no confidence, jeremy corbyn has indicated in the past that he would expect to lead an interim government but the problem is that he can i get support from the conservatives or the liberal democrats on that. that he cannot get support. how realistic is it for another member of parliament to lead

another member of parliament to lead an interim government? we are in unprecedented times, but with that be seen as acceptable?” unprecedented times, but with that be seen as acceptable? i think the question would be seen by who, obviously, the incoming prime minister needs to reside, and the sovereign, the monarch, needs to appoint somebody else to form a government. —— a redesign. the palace will want to be as short as possible that whoever the x to form a new administration can command the confidence of the house. that is where the difficulty is in for the palace and having that degree of certainty and for the house of commons and how best to indicate that. to the palace if you're in the unprecedented or very unusual territory of the prime minister having resigned or being a no—confidence, and it not necessarily being the leader of the

opposition who is the most obvious person to form an alternative administration. it can be done, but it hasn't been done under the current legislation. very briefly, the likelihood of parliament being suspended over a period of 31st of october, again, can anybody stop that happening? that i think would probably end up in the courts, my understanding of their is a court case already in scotland under way to try and prevent parliament from being paroled over that period including the 31st of october. that would be into really major constitutional conflicts over whether or not the prime minister which seek to do that. and whether oi’ which seek to do that. and whether or not another act of the court or the palace and extremists would step in to prevent that. that is real constitutional conflict territory.

thank you for talking to us. it will bea thank you for talking to us. it will be a busy few weeks. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:1i0pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph, asa bennett, and author and journalist, rachel shabi. the future of two of england's oldest football clubs hangs in the balance tonight. hopes of saving bury football club look bleak after a proposed takeover fell through with less than two hours to go before the deadline for it to be completed. the lawyer working to broker a deal, has said "alternative bids" have been put to the efl and they were now "awaiting an outcome". bolton wanderers also had until 5pm this afternoon for a sale to be agreed. there's been no word yet on a possible deal. our sports editor, dan roan, has the latest. after 134 years of history, the news bury‘s fans

were dreading, as a last—ditch rescue deal collapsed. as news filtered through, tension turning to anger towards the current owner as the threat of expulsion from the football league loomed. it's just absolutely devastating, honestly, devastating. yeah, we are heartbroken, honestly. i've been coming here since i were about three months old, my first day my dad brought me to. my mum tried to get me to old trafford and i was having none of it, i wanted to be a buryfan. the mascot, travelled to 60 odd grounds watching them, just gutted, gutted. earlier, volunteers arrived amid optimism a deal could be done, working to get the stadium ready for the weekend, should they finally be allowed to play for the first time this season after a series of suspended matches. bury had been given until 5pm this evening to complete a takeover all be thrown out of the league

but the prospective buyers, a data analytics company announced they would be pulling out because of complexities they had encountered during due diligence. the deal has collapsed. these lads came forward, they wanted to get the deal done. they tried to get a deal done on the stadium but sadly they couldn't do. without a stadium, they couldn't continue. but bury aren't the only club fighting for survival, a few miles away, bolton wanderers, one of the football league's founding members also had until 5pm to complete a takeover orface liquidation. just imagine what the great matt lofthouse, one of the game's most legendary players, would have made on the peril his old club faces. i have stood beside nat‘s statue and none of us are seeing this. we just want a football club to support, that's all we ask. seven years ago, bolton were premier league regulars but amid relegation, debts spiralled out of control and this year, they fell into administration. players and staff going unpaid.

tonight, the club said talks with a possible buyer were continuing but many believe this must serve as a warning against spending beyond one's means. i think there's so much competitive pressure in football, as in any sport, it's hard—wired into being a sports franchise. everyone wants to succeed every year and the temptation to spend and spend beyond budget to reach your targets at the end of every season is huge. matt lofthouse charges in and their's bolton second goal! whatever the reasons, to night, two clubs with hundreds of years of history between them remain on the brink. clu bs a re clubs are just any other business. they are hugely important to their community. that is why emotions are running high. in a statement this evening, barry appealed to the fans for calm and not the transparency or damage the stadium in any way. both he and bolton are saying that talks are continuing and there is still hope and appealing for even more extra time but in truth they are

deep into injury time now and time is very much running out. i think these crisis only served to highlight what is a growing concern within english football at what appears to be this great financial imbalance between the haves and the have—nots, the premier league buoyed by record tv deals come in the english football league and they are farfrom english football league and they are far from the only two clubs that are struggling financially, there will be scrutiny of that and balance of also the way the efl scrutinised as prospective owners but whatever the reasons i think this may at the predicament the two clubs face will extend well beyond these two towns in the northwest. with me is football finanace expert, dr rob wilson. and also i'm joined by andy walsh, national game development officer at the football supporters association. thank you both forjoining us. doctor rob wilson, to start with you, who thought do you think this is that both these clubs are now incense apparel and perhaps might

not return? ultimately, the board. the people the football clubs have made a series of what we would consider it not to be very rash decisions, financial, that didn't act in the sustainable financial interests of either football club. and they enable each of the clubs to spend way beyond their means is we just heard in the report there. and got to a position where they're simply not unstable and unsustainable and now need to be probably carved up and sold in some way i'm afraid the buck stops with the board. do you agree, and the there anything that can be done to save these clubs? it is very hard to see anything at this late hour. the clubs, the names will probably survive, the supporters of the clubs themselves may decide to launch a phoenix but what we have to look at is how this has come to pass. in the football league have got to share their own part of the response ability for their poor regulation,

foot ball ability for their poor regulation, football clubs are as much a community asset as anything else. the regulations are just not fit for purpose. in terms of the money flow of football, these clubs are very near massive clubs like manchester city and manchester united. do you think there should be a redistribution of wealth within the football world ? redistribution of wealth within the football world? i think they need to abolish the idea of a parachute payments coming out of the premier league. we heard in the report they are about competitive nature leaks in the gap between the haves and the have—nots. what is really simple is that the premier league has billions of pounds worth of revenue, and they then rub or any club that gets relegated with a financial package where the something in the region of £90 million. —— they reward any club. they have those clubs in the system. you can understand why some of the smaller clubs or older clubs are having not having that much success in recent times or maybe overstretching themselves to be competitive in the leaks they are operating within. and to avoid

relegation force of what i think there league administrators could do is take those parachute payments as a biting of money and perhaps distribute that much more equally through the leak system because what she would then get then is a group of teams that were able to financially compete with each of the more and that will put huge pressure on fees and player fees and help re—stabilize each of the leaks and perhaps stop this game of russian roulette we seem to be finding so many clubs in. i know you test about more regulation but isn't this partly just a reflection more regulation but isn't this partlyjust a reflection of more regulation but isn't this partly just a reflection of what fa ns partly just a reflection of what fans want. a few of them over the yea rs fans want. a few of them over the years watching clubs like barrie and flocking to the bigger clubs, it in this perhaps inevitable? that is not true at all. supporters are the victims of this more than anything else. the game and needs ambitious owners, the ambition needs to be regulated. we have made presentations to the fa board for the fa to step in and become a meaningful regulator of the game, it

cannot be left to the leaks because the leak is a collective representation of their owners. they are not capable. they have shown themselves incapable of regulating. the fa need to step in. fans of the victims, local communities where the revenue that is generated also going to be victims. arctic council be hit once again and you have people like ken anderson appleton and people like stephen dale and stuart day at back of have taken risk with those community assets that have been around for over 100 years between them. and they have been tossed aside because the league have not got their act together and not put robust regulations in place to ensure that that. let's not forget, ken anderson was banned from being a director for eight years. he was had an arrest warrant issued for him. he was still considered fit enough to pass the owners and erect a test but the football league. stephen dale has got a history of companies behind him that failed to get he still passed the owner and director

says. it is not good enough and supporters want some answers otherwise it will be more clubs that will go very soon. they really make those gentlemen are not here to defend themselves. i'm sure they would. in terms of what is next, either other clubs do you think at risk now? for sure. the analysis we do suggest that upwards of 30% of clu bs a re do suggest that upwards of 30% of clubs are really right on the edge of some sort of financial distress. let's be honest. most clubs the english football league system are taking decisions that are stretching beyond means and live in a hand to mouth existence. for women if they get some tv money or a new sponsor, and the next they are paying out. —— for one minute, they get some tv money. they need to be careful. the regulation happening in the efl has not worked. what andy said about the need for regulation around the fit and proper person sets within the football system let alone simply the

efl needs more scrutiny and respect them under needs to do much more work to prove they are bona fide and genuine us out owners for the clubs they want to buy. looking ahead, i think i am right in saying that spain and italy do not have a football clu b spain and italy do not have a football club per town as we have got use to in this country. the you think ultimately that needs to be a reshaping of the ball here? the world looks on how deep our football history is. we have got 92 professional clubs with probably another 20 odd professional clubs and a non—league game. 53 of the 72 english football league clubs are now spending more money than they have got coming in in revenue. there isa have got coming in in revenue. there is a serious problem. not because of too many clubs, that is because clubs are not being sustainably run. the leaks did not take enough scrutiny over how much clubs are spending. look at the championship lead, club spending over 100% of

revenue on player wages. how's that sustainable? revenue on player wages. how's that sustainable ? we revenue on player wages. how's that sustainable? we have a duty in this country at football fans in the foot ball country at football fans in the football authorities in particular to protect the history of football in this country to ensure that survives to future generations. look at that distress among the supporters of fans, that should not have ever happened and should not be repeated again. speaking as somebody to somebody who grew up at bury, i know exactly what you are talking about. thank you both for your time. —— somebody he was married to somebody who grew up in bury. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. here is jane and dougall. hello. good evening. two of the oldest clubs in the football league are tonight facing expulsion from the league after missing a deadline to find a buyer. bolton wanderers and bury were told by the english football league that they had to find a way out

of their dire financial situations or the process of liquidation would begin. both clubs had potential buyers in place but both fell through before the deadline passed at 5pm today. the bury owner steve dale has been critical of the efl saying the clubs need more time. we asked the efl to work with us. sadly, maybe they will give us a re—brief. let's hope so. so we can get a deal over the line. it is not just us. two of the great clubs and the north. being destroyed. ijust did not understand why there isn't a mechanism of saving them that takes this away. this threat. because what they need to do is allow them time to recover and carry on in the league. as steve dale mentioned, bolton wanderers are in the same predicament after a deal to buy the club collapsed over the weekend. their future will also be decided by the efl in the coming hours. their fans say they're devastated at the situation. it is our club. nobody else's. we

are the one doing all the suffering. sad enough getting people to support bolton. and when things like this happen, people laughing at us. just laughing at us. it is a jog. that will be the end of it have been institution in this area. generations of football fans. model the limit all of my three sons are fans. i don't know. what we will do. -- all fans. i don't know. what we will do. —— all of my three sons. a horrible thought of having the football club in 24 hours. eight premier league teams are in action in the second round of the league cup. aston villa went a goal up after just four minutes in their game against crewe alexandra. sheffield united also a goal up. norwich are a goal down. we will

keep you updated. aaron ramsey is out of the wales squad for the euro 2020 qualifying match against azerbaijan and belarus next month. thejuventus midfielder missed the start of the serie a season with a hamstring problem. the same problem that limited his involvement for arsenal last season before he joined the italian champions. robert snodgrass and steven naismith return to the scotland squad for the qualifiers with russia and belgium next month. snodgrass — who has started once for west ham this season — hasn't featured for scotland since a loss to belgium in a friendly a year ago. manager steve clarke said the 31—year—old was "very keen" to resume playing after drifting out of the international picture. scotland are fourth in their qualifying group with six points from four games. day two of the us open is under way with british number one kyle edmund facing the spaniard pablo andujar.

edmund took the first set 6—3, but he struggled in the tie—break for the second. he was a break up and in control in that set, but lost all momentum and andujar took the set 7—6. admin is now up in the third set. earlier defending champion naomi osaka battled from behind to beat russian 20—year—old anna blinkova. the top seed will now face polish world number 53 magda linette in round two. scotland lock sam skinner will miss the rugby world cup after suffering a hamstring injury in saturday's win over france. the exeter chiefs second row limped off during the win at murrayfield, and it's been decided he wouldn't recover in time to "play a meaningful part" in japan next month. glasgow warriors second row tim swinson willjoin up with the training group as cover, with gregor townsend naming his final squad next tuesday. 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.

thank you. documents seen by the bbc show the government knew the hs2 rail project was over budget three years ago. the documents were written in 2016 — before mps had signed—off the first phase of the project — which raises questions over whether parliament was given the whole picture. the high—speed line will link london, birmingham, manchester and leeds. our transport correspondent tom burridge has been speaking to a former hs2 manager, and has this exclusive report. this is the story of a former manager at hs2, the public company building britain's high—speed railway, who says he was fired just as he was about to reveal an uncomfortable truth. andrew bruce says his task was to work out how much the land and property needed to build the first stretch of the railway between london and birmingham would cost. it was a crucial part of the project's budget,

the figure hs2 was using at the time was £2.8 billion. i knew that the figure was wrong, i knew that it was manifestly wrong. he knew because thousands of properties and plots of land which had to be bought or compensated had been given very low values. what's more, hs2‘s estimate of £2.8 billion was based on 5,500 properties, when in reality more than 12,000 would need to be bought or compensated along the route. andrew bruce worked out that in reality hs2 would need an extra £2 billion to compulsorily purchase all of the land and properties, but he said that he was fired half an hour before he was due to present his work to senior figures at hs2 and the department for transport. i was told that my information, my data, the whole of that programme, the whole of that six months worth of work, was never used again. it was as if i had never existed. hs2 said it doesn't recognise andrew bruce's version of events. it strongly rejects the idea that mr bruce was dismissed because of a desire to hide the true cost. ministers and bosses at hs2 have,

until recently, insisted the project was on a budget and on schedule. but in this letter written in 2016 to the then chancellor george osborne, the transport secretary at the time, patrick mcloughlin, admits the project was £1 billion over budget. that figure, i'm told, didn't include andrew bruce's higher cost estimate for the land and property and it was all before phase one of hs2 was signed off by parliament. i think parliament was misled. i think we are now having to spend far more public taxpayers money on hs2 than parliament thought was going to be required. hs2 knew that and they knew that months, if not years, before. last year, the national audit office found that hs2 wasn't required to submit an improved property cost estimate to parliament so it cleared hs2 of any wrongdoing. hs2 said it had also faced extensive scrutiny from parliamentary committees. but with the team appointed

by the government to review the scheme set to begin their work tomorrow, it's hard to say how high speed 2 will evolve in the coming weeks. tom burridge, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello. and at day across southern and eastern england. 33 celsius reached in the greater london. things are cooling down. it will become more unsettled with fabrics arrange stronger winds. some weather fronts mark the changes over the next 2a hours. this friend britney some showers and thunderstorms to eastern parts of england and also scotland. they will clear away this next weather front will bring a lot of cloud outbreaks or rain by the end of the night. with the cloud cover it will be a fairly muggy missing a murky night in temperatures no lower than 16 degrees across eastern areas. wednesday, a different feel to things inclined around and operates a ring across english and welts. the

far southeast will stay dry with any swells and some sunshine appearing across scotland and wales. 17 to 2a degrees cool across the board and the southeast. for thursday and friday, more weather systems moving in and breezy with outbreaks of rain in the north. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. opposition parties say they have agreed to try to block a no—deal brexit by passing legislation in parliament. i will put forward a proposal which will make sure that parliament is able to debate a legislative way of preventing the government crashing out with no deal. and that was an agreement reached with all the opposition parties this morning. dead and buried? bolton wanderers and bury football clubs face liquidation after the deadline to save them expires. police investigating alleged abuse

at a hospital in county antrim say cctv footage has revealed 15,00 crimes committed on one ward. documents discovered by the bbc suggest the government, and hs2, knew the high speed railway was over budget and behind schedule — years ago. brazil's president bolsonaro has told local media he may reverse his decision to reject an offer of $20 million worth of aid from the g7 leaders. let's return to our top story, asjeremy corbyn says opposition mps will take the first steps towards trying to pass a law blocking a no—deal brexit when parliament returns next week. it comes as the archbishop of canterbury says he may consider chairing a proposed citizens‘ forum on brexit. justin welby was asked to take on the role by a group of senior mps who said a forum would "consider how to heal the divisions in our country since the brexit referendum".

speaking to our political correspondent nick eardley, he said the discussion would have to have cross—party support and must not be used to delay or prevent brexit. they won't solve it by themselves. it requires an effort by everyone. citizens forums have shown themselves to be very effective in other countries, and in the uk, and smaller situations. they are a contribution to sane deliberation, conversation about really painful issues. and i had an invitation, to which i responded on that. and what is your plan? you think this is the way forward for the country? i think this is one of a huge number of ways forward. it is not the solution, there isn't a magic wand that you wave. my approach is that we prepare it properly. it has to be reflective of the 2016 referendum and its makeup, it has to take the result of the vote as the vote that happened. the final decision of this

government and mps — it can't be any kind of trojan horse to delay or cancel brexit. it must be cross—party. so we take those things together, we meet in one of the great world centres of reconciliation, in coventry, and from there, the aim is to let people speak. i don't tell people what to think, i simply chair it neutrally. let's speak now to sebastian payne, who is the whitehall correspondent for the financial times. thanks forjoining us. there seems to have been some progress from the opposition groups today who has obviously previously been pretty fractured themselves. do you think they look more cohesive realistically while they have the numbers to get the revote? absolutely. all the mps in parliament who want to stop a new

deal brexit have been fractured over the summer over how is the best deal to proceed —— no—deal brexit. some wa nted to proceed —— no—deal brexit. some wanted to bring downjohnson's government through a foot of no confidence, others wanted an article 50 extension. this meeting today was crucial in deciding the strategy to go ahead with, to pass legislation. this has happened twice before the so—called bills that were passed in march and april this year. the numbers are clearly there in parliament for this to happen because there was a majority last nine, but numbers boasted by philip hammond maybe even theresa may, who is now on the back benches, and may support that bill. so when parliament returns next tuesday, i think it has a pretty good chance of starting the process of going through. but the question is does borisjohnson through. but the question is does boris johnson listen through. but the question is does borisjohnson listen to parliament,

or do they do their own thing and ignore? that is the realfight or do they do their own thing and ignore? that is the real fight that will come in the days and weeks ahead. i spoke to some in the hansard society ahead. i spoke to some in the hansa rd society and ahead. i spoke to some in the hansard society and the last few hours, and if a hansard society and the last few hours, and ifa bill hansard society and the last few hours, and if a bill is passed, the government can't ignore it? that was what the attorney general told theresa may earlier this year, jeffrey cox said to her, "if parliament passes this bill, you will have to go along with it". but borisjohnson is a very different prime minister than theresa may. he sees the crucial mandate being from the 2016 referendum, not votes that politicians have said. and you've heard from the prime minister's spokesperson that says the prime minister believes that parliament cannot choose which public votes to respect, not parliamentary votes. so i think that if parliament tries to pass an enforcement to article 50 again, he will eitherjust say no or he might go up and request an extension and say no on the terms offered. binding the prime

minister's hans will be very difficult, so they have an agreement now, a plan, but still lots of uncertainty as to whether it will actually result in changing his brexit strategy. the referendum vote was legally binding completely in a normal legislative sense. but surely ifa normal legislative sense. but surely if a vote goes to parliament, that is binding? that is probably what will be tested over the next couple of weeks, because mrjohnson might try to provoke parliament or shut it down where he can say, "i'm not interested in all this, i will shut down parliament, we will have a new one starting in a couple of weeks, and therefore deny mps the crucial chance to put a bill through to stop in no—deal brexit". or if the bill is passed and he chooses not to fulfil it, then that would end up in the courts. and you do think this process is going to end up in the courts eventually. everything we have heard from downing street today is very bullish, they are simply saying this is anti—democratic,

com pletely saying this is anti—democratic, completely outrageous, so we are heading for an almighty clash between the executive, mrjohnson, in the mps in parliament who there isa in the mps in parliament who there is a clear deal to stop a no—deal brexit. if they do succeed in enforcing a brexit delay, then what? there is no obvious plan from these mps about what they would want to do if brexit was delayed until the end of the year. do you want a referendum, an election, a different form of brexit? there is still no clear majority in the house of commons for any of those things. borisjohnson has also got nigel for all breathing down his neck from the other political angle. what do you think ofan other political angle. what do you think of an election given that threat from nigel? the other more likely thing that we are today that will push the election is the spending review. the government departments are about to run out of money unless the treasury gives them new spending estimates for the rest of the year. this was due to take

place in november over a three—year period where all departments would be battling for a new budget. but the chancellor has announced there will be a very quick spending review with the results coming as possibly as soon as next week. that is very much a sign that tories are ramping up much a sign that tories are ramping up preparations for a potential election. the problem for the brexit party element is that if the tories go to the polls before brexit is delivered, within the brexit party will run candidates in all its seats. and as we saw in the by election and the peterborough by election, when you have a brexit party candidate running, it splits the centre right to inlets in labour in peterborough, or the lib dems. so the conservatives cannot simply go to the ballot box before brexit is delivered or without doing an agreement with farage. he has talked about doing that agreement today, some tory mps want it, but boris johnson is very firm about not doing a pact with the brexit party.

finally, what chance, if any, of a deal with the eu by borisjohnson is a governmentjust trying to keep alive in order to keep potential tory rebels on the side? the chances are increasing but only very slightly. because when mrjohnson came in, he took this very hard—line approach, saying he will not talk to any eu leaders until they remove the backstop. he has nowjettisoned that and went to see merkel and president micron at last week, speaking to donald tusk at the g7 this week. they are prepared to listen to mr johnson, they have previously said the withdrawal agreement is not being changed, now they say in fact they could be changed if you come up with realistic, substantial proposals. mrjohnson has 2a days to do that based on the timetable set by angela merkel. the onus is now on him, if you can come up with something on the backstop that is agreeable to ireland and to the

other eu nations, then we may still get a brexit deal. but a lot of experts think that that is too late, there is not enough time and there are no realistic alternatives to the backstop. so at the moment, a no—deal brexit is about 40—50%, and the other options — we will have to see how the parliamentary games play out over the next few weeks. thanks very much, sebastian. the home secretary, priti patel, is to meet her french counterpart this week, to discuss the number of suspected migrants crossing the channel illegally. this morning three more boats were intercepted by border force officials off the kent coast. around 150 migrants have been stopped trying to cross the channel since last thursday. a british teenager has appeared in court in cyprus, accused of falsely claiming she was gang raped by 12 israeli tourists. the 19—year—old woman pleaded not guilty to causing public mischief. she was released on bail and ordered to surrender her passport until her trial on october the second. her lawyers insist she withdrew her

accusation under duress. police in county antrim, who are investigating allegations of abuse, at a hospital for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs, have said cctv footage has revealed 1,500 crimes on one ward. the incidents happened over a period of six months, at muckamore abbey hospital. our ireland correspondent chris page has been following the story. at this stage, police won't go into that individual incidents they've seen on the cctv. but in the past, families have spoken about how patients were treated at muckamore abbey hospital. one man said his son was punched in the stomach by a nurse. another woman said her daughter had been dragged down the corridor by her hair. the scandal became public two years ago when families first started to speak about these allegations of mistreatment. police have been

viewing more than 300,000 hours of cctv - to viewing more than 300,000 hours of cctv — to put it another way, that amounts to more than 3a years of footage. and they've identified, they say, 1500 crimes in one ward, they say, 1500 crimes in one ward, the psychoactive intensive care unit, between 2017—2018. that gives you an idea of the scale of the investigation, the biggest of its kind in northern ireland ever taken. police are expecting the number of suspended staffing here, currently sitting at 20, to rise. taller mobile phone masts could be built across the english countryside without council permission, as the government tries to improve mobile coverage in rural areas and speed up the roll out of the new 5g networks. currently, masts on public land must be no more than 25 metres high. but the government is looking at overhauling planning rules. here's our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith. finally surfing on high—speed, ag has arrived in the village, butjust two miles away, and it still a nightmare to try and make a call.

while the surrounding area is still not spot, things improved dramatically in sabden two months ago. when the phone mast got put up, i was actually working and suddenly all the locals realised that they had signal. i think somebody got a call through, and everybody had a little mini celebration as finally we have a call. it had a big impact on everyone in the village. i didn't use to bring my phone out of my bag, usuallyjust stay in my bag because nobody could reach and they had to ring the landline but now i can put my phone out and get a signal. my son is with one of the major networks and has gone from one bar to five bars and taken walk around happily in the house on his mobile, not hanging out the back door trying to get a signal. that's still just a pipe dream for will. i don't even have one bar. we don't get 3g, and they are talking about 5g. just two miles down the road from sabden, but the new mast has not helped connection here.

we are a rural community, and we seem to be ignored. the government say they want to make it easier to turn this into a taller, wider, stronger mast without extra planning permission. making masts taller and stronger gives it a better capacity, and that can only help because technology only gets better and better the more you invest it. but dan thinks it's only a not about improving what we got, but million more masts will still be needed. houses have to be coming more on site more and more but i think a lot of them are a bit careful and a bit worried about what it means politically, but what we have to realise is that the industrial revolution will be happening anyway. it's happening in other countries and it's happening really quickly and we have to get onside. there's a reason the countryside in the uk is so beautiful, and it's because tight planning regulations mean that things have to blend in and match the character of the area. for people living in rural areas, they have just as much demand and need for the latest technology. it would only bother

you if you looked at it, and if you just kind of turned a blind eye to it and obviously just reap the benefits, i think that would be better. it's a tussle that will continue as long as technology advances. colletta smith, bbc news. £18 million — that's what the world's richest nations have pledged to help brazil tackle the terrible fires raging in the amazon rainforest. but the brazilian government say it'll reject the offer from g7 countries. brazil's president, bolsonaro, says his country will not accept the money unless he gets an apology from his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. mr macron had accused him of "lying" about fighting climate change. satellite data shows the fires — mostly in the amazon region — are burning at record levels. sophie long sent this report from the city of altamira. the heart of the amazon, the world's lungs on fire. a chorus of condemnation echoed around the world and this

ecological disaster became a global political issue. brazil's president did not strike the match that lit these flames but many say he might as well have. today, when state governors asked him for help, he told them to unite, so brazil can maintain its sovereignty. and yet the world's largest rainforest continues to smoulder. we are just passing over an area of rainforest that is still burning. my guide tells me it's farmland but it's very close to indigenous land, home to a huge amount of wildlife, and also a tribe of people that has almost no contact with the outside world. it means they also have almost no means by which to put out the fires that are raging towards them. the fate of many amazonian people now lies in the government's hands. what is the greatest threat to the land where your community lives? in the forest on the banks of the xingu river, this man

tells me it's brazil's leaders. translation: one of the biggest threats my people face today is our government. they are trying to destroy the amazon, to exterminate our people. they are the people trying to destroy our country, then the amazon. some fingers have been pointed at farmers who want to raze the forest for their crops and cattle. but adelrado corner and his daughter who have worked the farmland here for more than three decades, tell me farmers are not to blame, and nor is their president. translation: it's people acting illegally who want to claim the forest. farmers who own registered land don't burn and they don't deforest. we have to leave promptly. the community here are angry about the way their country and their president are being portrayed. a group of indigenous leaders say the fires are just one of many threats to the amazon. one spoke anonymously because he fears for his life. he says his community have been

threatened and if they don't leave their land by wednesday, they will be killed. translation: if the government don't send protection and get the illegal loggers to leave, there will be a massacre. white people will kill indigenous people and indigenous people will kill white people. while miners and loggers continue to encroach on the scorched earth of the amazon, president bolsonaro says he will re—evaluate the laws surrounding indigenous lands to increase productivity. as flames are put out, hundreds of new fires are sparked. sophie long, bbc news, altamira in the amazon. two teenage girls have been praised for rescuing a toddler and his father from the sea off the coast of aberdeenshire. isla and eilidh noble — who are 15 and 1a — swam out on a lilo to help them. lorna gordon has more. they are the two teenage sisters whose quick reactions saved a man and his young son from drowning. we were just swimming and we were,

like, into knee height, and we heard the little boy screaming. so we thought his dad was dunking him under the water and wetting him and stuff, but then the dad started shouting "help" and we realised he was in trouble. the beach here is known for its undercurrents and with the water cold, the man was tiring quickly. isla swam out and lifted the toddler onto an inflatable lilo before getting the man to lie his head across it as best he could. to be honest, i wasn't thinking. i wasjust like, i need to get on it, because i saw him going under the water and then trying to come up for breath, but because his son was on top of him and he was trying to keep him up, he wasn't getting any breath, so it was like, get out of there as quickly as you can. bystander keith gray, who spotted what was happening, joined in to help. when all were safely back on shore, the sisters phoned 999. before being airlifted out, the father was able to thank his rescuers. the teenagers, though, don't think they are heroes, they said theyjust did what had to be done.

but the local lifeboat team said their presence and actions made all the difference, and they all deserve medals. lorna gordon, bbc news. vets are urging pet owners to consider feeding their cats and dogs with insects, instead of more traditional food. 20% of the world's consumption of meat and fish is eaten by our pets. and it has a considerable impact in terms of land use, water, fossil fuels and pesticides. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. would you feed your dog or cat on these? the larvae of soldier flies are high in protein and edible fats. the british vets association says they are ideal for your pet. there is a fantastic opportunity here to look at insects as providing an alternative source of some of the nutrient ingredients that we use in our pet food diets. the ingredients are produced in this vast insect farm in southern holland.

its uncomplaining workers are black soldierflies, chosen because they are not fussy what they eat and the grubs that hatch from their eggs are highly nutritious. these little marks on the perspex are actually black soldier fly eggs. this is a little demonstration pod, and the main breeding centre is way behind me. it's top secret, it's an industrial process and we aren't allowed there, but i can say it is bigger than an olympic swimming pool and is absolutely full of black soldier flies. the idea of farming flies for pet food is to reduce the impact of meat production on the earth and on the climate. if we are heating up the planet and eating everything, we are going to have to start giving something back, so we have to reduce our land use, but we also have to feed people, nutritionally. so we need alternatives, and this is our prime focus — to lower the footprint of this society. the larvae eat food waste and use

a fraction of the land and water of cows, and produce much lower greenhouse gas emissions. ground—up larvae are fed to fish, pigs and chickens. dogs and cats are a growing market. but do pets actually like insect—based food ? it's breakfast. 0h, she definitely likes it. she's usually quite a fussy eater, so i'm surprised she's eaten it all, so it must be good. it appeals to me, because i'm a vegan and i have to wrestle with the fact that i have to literally kill animals to feed big animals, to feed my dog and big animals that are eating a lot of grain are causing all the problems, so an insect—based diet makes a lot of sense to me. in fact, most pet food is based on offal such as heart and lungs that people in the uk don't like, but the vet say if dogs eat insects instead, it will free up the offal to be exported to people who do like it.

let's talk more on this now with simon doherty, president of the british veterinary association. we saw your little bit briefly there in that piece. you are in favour of this, why? i think provides another option. clearly the vast majority of pet food in the uk is produced using off cuts from normal meat production there are abattoir and meet system. and certainly for us, as the british veterinary services the micro association, we are a huge proponent of the... and about sustainable livestock production, which we are fortu nate to livestock production, which we are fortunate to have high—quality livestock production in the uk. but as you heard from one of the people that were interviewed there, it is providing that piece of consumer choice. it is not really an option to have a totally vegetarian cat. it

is possible to have a totally vegetarian dog, but certainly not to have a totally vegetarian cat. and what we are very much urging people to consider is to ensure that there companion animals are receiving a top—quality balanced diet in the same way that we need a balanced diet ourselves. and by using insect protein, and there is now an option for those people who maybe would prefer their cat or dog not to have livestock based food, to have something that contains insect protein instead. and have you seen this being used yourself? do you think it is something that cats and dogs would not notice? it is certainly the palatability, the actual — again, there was a dog in one of the clips which, despite a p pa re ntly one of the clips which, despite apparently being a fussy eater, was keen to get stuck in. so in terms of palatability and the nutrition

quality of the insect —based products, there's absolutely no way we can fault them. so certainly it is possible to create a balanced companion animal diet using insect protein instead of livestock.|j companion animal diet using insect protein instead of livestock. i know the argument here is about obviously using up less meat resources. but if it is only the off cuts being given to pets, then how does that realistically help? there is certainly a value in those off cuts, and obviously the fact that they are actually going into the pet food manufacturing chain means that they have an intrinsic value. as you heard through your reporter, i guess there is an option there thatjust because we don't necessarily eat heart and lungs in the uk, that they couldn't actually be a marketable product for a higher value if we we re product for a higher value if we were to export them to countries where those types of awful are

readily used for consumption. so there would at least be the option to export those products and then use insect protein. i don't think wholesale, we will see a huge shift away from livestock based chicken, lamb, beef, and so on in our companion animal pet foods. we won't see a wholesale shift to insect —based protein diets. but there is now that option for that to be considered, and for it to be a sustainable product. again, those insect —based proteins and oils are actually being produced using food waste, so using plant —based food waste. and with a relatively low carbon footprint. thank you very much, simon. we will see how this one takes off. now it's time for a look

at the weather with stav. hello there. it was another very hot day across southern and eastern england. 33 celsius reached in greater london, but things are cooling down from wednesday onwards, it will become more settled with outbreaks of strong wind. a couple of weather fronts mark the change in the next 2a hours, this weather front bringing showers and thunderstorms to eastern parts of england and also scotland through the night. they all tend to clear away, this next weatherfront the night. they all tend to clear away, this next weather front will bring lots of cloud outbreaks of rain by the end of the night. it will be a fairly muggy, misty night at 17 celsius across eat, or eastern areas. quite a lot of cloud outbreaks, the far southeast will stay dry with sunny spells and sunshine acute to make her and northern ireland. 17—2lidc, that is certainly cooler across the southeast. thursday through friday,

it turns breezy her and wendy are with epics of rain in the north.

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