shock in westminster and beyond — the government says it hello, the headlines that mike the will suspend parliament for more than four weeks in september as the brexit deadline looms. queen approves the substantial apartmentjust queen approves the substantial apartment just days after mps returned to work in september which could deny mps the time to dry and stop a no—deal brexit. the prime critics say it's a constitutional outrage, a dark day for democracy, but the prime minister insists it's minister insisted proroguing about getting on with parliament would not prevent mps the country's future. playing their role in the brexit process. bringing forward a new we need new legislation, we've got to be bringing forward new and important bills and that's why we're going to have programme on crime, hospitals, a queen's speech and we're making sure we have the education going to do it on october the 14th. funding we need and there will be ample time on both sides of that suspending parliament is not crucial october acceptable, it's not on. what the prime minister is doing is a smash and grab on our democracy in order to force through a no—deal exit. tonight, ruth davidson, leader of the scottish conservatives, said she was on the verge of resiging.

the decision to suspend parliament was not expected — we'll be guaging reaction across the uk. we voted to come out and we should do it whatever way necessary. parliament must have a say and that's what we, as ordinary, common people, want parliament to do, have a say. we put them there to have a say. borisjohnson boris johnson puts borisjohnson puts himself on a collision course with parliament. mps are due to return within days. also on the programme tonight: expeued expelled after 125 years. an investigation is promised into what happened at bury fc. and a couple with a metal detector uncover more than 2,500 coins in somerset dating back to 1066. and coming up on bbc news... rain delays play at the us open — but nick kygrios is again at the heart of the storm — hitting out at the atp tour saying he doesnt care if he's suspended.

good evening. parliament will be suspended next month after the queen approved the prime minister's request to shut it down temporarily. it means the current parliamentary session will come to an end just days after mps return from their summer break. they'll be back for the queen's speech — when the government will lay its new agenda — less than three weeks before the uk is due to leave the european union. borisjohnson said the decision was all about moving forward with the country's future. but it has provoked fierce political criticism from all sides. critics criticism from all sides. have called it a constitutional critics have called it a constitutional outrage and a smash and grab on our democracy. scottish conservative leader, ruth davidson, said she was now

considering her position. our political editor laura kuenssberg is at westminster not so long ago borisjohnson said he wasn't attracted to the idea of proroguing parliament. but he was careful never to rule this out, and action many of his critics see as deeply, deeply radical and controversial. as a new prime minister, he is perfectly entitled to ask for a pause, the opportunity to ask for a pause, the opportunity to set out his plans, for all sorts of things, the way he wants to run the country. but doing it now is provocative and many mps believe that this time he risks making a dangerous precedent of how things are meant to work round here. shutting up shop — at the prime minister's request. the gates will clang shut here for an extra few days next month. debates won't take place, mps won't vote or stand in the way of borisjohnson. we are bringing forward a new legislative programme on crime, on hospitals, and making sure that we have the education funding that we need.

and there will be ample time on both sides of that crucial october the 17th summit, ample time, in parliament for mps to debate the eu, to debate brexit and all the other issues. ample time. it is not unusual for a new prime minister to close parliament for a short while to press reset, to announce a new programme of what they want to do. but it's intensely controversial to do it now, because just as boris johnson is determined that we leave the eu at the end of october, even without a deal, so a huge group of mps is equally determined to try and stop him from doing that and, by squeezing their time, he squeezes their chances. one former minister told me it's a declaration of war, and certainly the first big shot in a fight that's been brewing since borisjohnson moved into number ten. and the outrage is shared by senior tories, too. at a time of national crisis, parliament must be able to

meet, to hold the government to account, to represent our constituents, the electorate, up and down the country, and it is profoundly undemocratic to shut parliament down, to stop it doing itsjob. suspending parliament is not acceptable, it's not on. what the prime minister is doing is a sort of smash and grab on our democracy in order to force through a no deal exit from the european union. what's he so afraid of? he's acting like some kind of tinpot dictator. frankly, it's not acceptable and, if mps don't stop it, then it's no exaggeration, it's not hyperbole to say this is the day any semblance of uk parliamentary democracy absolutely dies. the scottish tory leader's expected to quit tomorrow after tensions withjohnson. even though those close to her say there are personal reasons, too, and the decision is not a direct result of today. even the speaker, who is meant to be

impartial, let his fury be shown. he said he'd had no contact from the government, but this move represents a constitutional outrage. he went on to say, it's blindingly obvious that the purpose of prorogation now would be to stop parliament debating brexit. that would be an offence against the democratic process and the rights of parliamentarians as the people's elected representatives. are you ignoring parliament, mr walker? are you ignoring parliament? are you ignoring parliament, sir? ignoring some questions certainly. we need to have a queen's speech. we have a new prime minister. he needs a new legislative programme. thank you very much. ministers are all too aware this is controversial, and won't be surprised by an onslaught of scrutiny. are we in a constitutional crisis? sorry, i'm just going to go. not exactly all forward about making the case today. but the move was officially sealed with the queen by a trio of conservative privy councillors, who disturbed her majesty's own summer recess at her balmoral estate

in the highlands today. are you trying to avoid scrutiny in parliament? no. certainly not. are you worried about a legal challenge? this is a completely proper constitutional procedure. all entirely normal, the leader of the commons told us at the airport later. and brexit backers, guess what, back this, too. the prime minister is entitled to go to her majesty, the queen, to seek a new queen's speech, particularly as a new leader and a new prime minister. he wants to set out his domestic agenda, and i don't think there's anything unusual about that. nobody can deny that this parliament has really endlessly debated brexit. it's hardly talked about anything else. we know everybody's position, we know what their view is. boris johnson wants to write himself into history as the prime minister who did what it took to get brexit done, but the methods he will pursue to do that could make or break him, too. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. so this is what the next few weeks

could look like: mp‘s return to westminster next tuesday. they'd normally have had a fortnight before breaking for the party conferences. most of the following day will now be taken up with the chancellor sajid javid's statement on government spending. parliament is now due to be suspended as soon as six days later. that'll allow the government to present it's plans in a queen's speech on monday the 14th of october, which mps then vote on. three days after that, europe's leaders will meet in brussels, where any re—negotiated brexit deal would have to be discussed. britain is due to leave the european union on the last day of october. it all means that mps who were hoping to block a no—deal brexit before halloween, will now have very little time to do so in parliament. our home editor, mark easton, looks at what boris johnson's decision to suspend parliament will mean and how it will work. it's a matter of time. by announcing a queen's speech to set out its plans, the government makes it harderfor parliament

plans, the government makes it harder for parliament to stop the clock as the country heads towards brexit day on october the 31st with 01’ brexit day on october the 31st with or without a deal. i met constitutional expert hannah whyte on parliament square, where else? with three questions. first, what is happening? what it means practically is that mps and peers will have significantly less time to talk about anything related to brexit or otherwise before the article 50 deadline is reached the end of october. a pause and her majesty the queen“. october. a pause and her majesty the queen... the queen's speech ceremony emphasises the tensions between her majesty's government and an independent parliament. slamming and banging of doors, a reminder of a sometimes fractious relationship. although audacious, on this occasion, government ministers appear to have found a constitutionally legitimate way to curb the powers of mps and peers.

so, how does it work? what we're seeing now is a real showdown between parliament and government. what the government has done is quite clever, because it really constrains the time available to people in parliament who want to legislate to try to prevent no deal. if they don't get legislation through in the next couple of weeks, it will fall and they will have to try again in october, starting from scratch and getting a bill through the commons and the lords in the limited time available will be very difficult. with their options are narrowing, those who oppose a no—deal brexit or even a brexit at all will be anxiously discussing tactics. one group of politicians has asked scotland's top civil court to grantan has asked scotland's top civil court to grant an interim interdict to block the suspension of parliament but some believe they may already have missed their chance to delay or stop britain's departure from the eu at halloween. so, question number three, can it be stopped? broadly there are three options now. the first is to legislate. but as we discussed, that is really difficult in terms of the timing. the second

is to try to bring the courts into it, but we are into uncharted territory to what view the courts would take of a challenge at this point. the third is to try a no—confidence vote in the prime minister which could lead to an election but the thing to bear in mind is setting the date of the election is up to the prime minister and that could be after brexit has happened on the 31st of october. both sides in this dispute claim the moral high ground, that their way is the truly democratic way, that history willjudge them well. but when the dust finally settles on these extraordinary political events, who, if anyone, will be honoured with a statue here at the epicentre of our democracy? mark easton, bbc news, parliament square. so how is borisjohnson's decision to suspend parliament being viewed in other parts of the uk. being viewed in other parts of the uk? in a moment we'll hear from sian lloyd who's in cardiff bay and then in belfast our ireland correspondent emma va rdy. first our scotland editor sarah smith is at balmoral

where the queen met the leader of the house jacob rees mogg and signed the order to agree a suspension of parliament. the queen may have had no choice other than to agree to prorogue parliament when she was visited here at palmyra by ministers earlier today that she will have been very clear about what the implications, potentially, could be. you can hear there are potentially, could be. you can hear there a re protesters potentially, could be. you can hear there are protesters outside the gates of our moral already. being in scotland, the queen will have been aware of what this could mean for the union. the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, has already said that she thinks boris johnson has now made to scottish independence completely inevitable. scotland, of course, voted to remain inside the european union. the snp say they will work with any other opposition parties to do whatever they can to try to stop a no—deal brexit. but at the same time but they do believe this current political turmoil does make it more likely that scottish voters would choose to leave the uk if they were offered the choice in another

independence referendum. of course, the other big political news in scotla nd the other big political news in scotland is that we understand the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, is now set to quit. she's always been a fierce opponent of a no—deal brexit. she didn't support borisjohnson for the leadership and has been at odds with him since he became prime minister. the opposite feels she can no longer defend his policies all his actions. we expect an official statement from her about that tomorrow. i will hand to my colleague, emma vardy, in belfast. well, that move to suspend parliament has been roundly criticised by parties here in northern ireland except for one, the democratic unionists, the tories a bus to suspend parliament has been roundly criticised by parties here in northern ireland except for one, the democratic unionists, the tories' partners in westminster are getting behind this strategy. not surprising if you remember that the dup's main problem was with theresa may's old withdrawal agreement, which included in it, for them, the dreaded backstop, which could have made northern ireland facing different treatment after brexit.

they dup see this as boris johnson projecting that and see it as him showing the eu that he means business. but, of course, northern ireland is deeply divided on this. northern ireland, the majority of people here voted to remain in the referendum. the dup's rivals, sinn fein, have called borisjohnson's strategy a callous political play and it's also been called disgraceful and anti—democratic by others today and that is because people here opposed to brexit fear that a no deal scenario could tear apart trading links with the republic of ireland and cost thousands ofjobs. republic of ireland and cost thousands of jobs. so, republic of ireland and cost thousands ofjobs. so, for many people today, that worst—case scenariojust got people today, that worst—case scenario just got a lot closer. overall, the people of wales voted to leave the european union but the

position of the labour run welsh government in cardiff bay has always been that to leave the eu without a deal would be catastrophic for the welsh economy and there has been significant anger here from first minister of wales at this move, which will make it more difficult... studio: apologies for the sound quality in cardiff. thank you all. it's been a turbulent day for the financial markets. the value of the pound has fallen following news that prime minister boris johnson is planning to suspend parliament. the pound is down around 0.05% against the euro and us dollar. it means £1 is worth one euro ten. and against the us currency one pound will buy you $1.22 cents. so what do voters think of today's news? our political correspondent alex forsyth has been getting the views of people in stratford—upon—avon. during the last days of summer on the banks of the avon, the seismic moves in westminster might seem a world away. but, at the deli cafe in the town

centre, there is brexit talk. ownerjean voted to leave and welcomes what she sees as decisive action from the prime minister. we've had three years to do this, so mp5, i think now, let him do it. mps, suspend parliament and get on with brexit. some of the cafe's regulars, friends from across the midlands, have a similar view. it's sad that this little corner of politicians who didn't like what we, the public voted for have thrown their rattles out of the pram and caused all this fuss. and ijust think boris is absolutely right. i'm surprised that he can actually prorogue parliament but, at the same time, it's not democratic what is happening in parliament. the referendum result here almost mirrored the national picture, and this town is still divided. if normal procedures are being suspended, that's always very alarming, isn't it? i think what he's doing is great, because otherwise we are not going to get the democracy, which is what 52% of

this country voted for. sophie and manuela set up a brexit cafe to get people to talk through differences. both eu citizens, they are worried about the future. it's, you know, borisjohnson's turning into a tyrant. we've lived with anxiety and uncertainty for more than three years, and it's just getting worse. you know, he promised during the leave campaign to defend this parliamentary democracy. can't think why, with a divided country, a government want to actually divide it even more. they are part of a local pro—europe group, angry at the decision to suspend parliament. to hear it might actually happen, you can't believe it! we are now no longer the fair—minded, well—balanced democracy we all thought we were when we were growing up. so the constitutional arguments may be raging farfrom here, but so is the row across the country about the best way out of this crisis. alex forsyth, bbc news.

let's talk to our europe editor, katya adler. the prime minister is playing hard ball, does it make a new agreement with brussels more likely? suspending parliament and the arguments for and against it at such arguments for and against it at such a crucial time in uk politics, the eu sees it as a domestic affair and that's why the european commission and for example angela merkel, refused to comment. if you are asking me if the prime minister's actions today have made eu leaders sit up and smell the coffee that he is serious about a no—deal brexit, they believed him already and that has not sent eu leaders scurrying into a dark room in a panic trying to avoid a no—deal brexit. when the eu compromises, it does so when it thinks it is in the wider interest. but getting rid of the irish backstop without a workable alternative in place, which would mean exposing the whole of the

european single market, the eu doesn't think it's worth it, even though it will definitely suffer in the case for no—deal brexit. remember the famous refrain of theresa may's, no deal is better than a bad deal, eu leaders think the very same thing. if you are asking they will now work with the johnson government to try and look at possible alternatives, that is happening at an informal and lower level already across the channel. thank you, let's go back to westminster and talk to laura kuenssberg. it was a surprise, but how much of a gamble is this? the doors of parliament will not be slammed for weeks and weeks and months on end. what number ten will do is extend the brake mps were already being given to go to their party conferences around the seaside. that doesn't mean it's not controversial and it doesn't mean it doesn't matter. it has made a lot of people very angry, including some senior

mps. there are some protests that have already started in westminster tonight. people gathering to express their anger at what has been done. but politically for number ten, some of their supporters and i believe that actually, this move makes some of the right people angry. in other words, by making those people they believe have been blocking brexit cross, actually that will be the kind of thing that delights the people who were pleased to see boris johnson moving into number ten. technically, they are of course, within their rights to do this. politically, some people are worried it pushes up the precedents, those unwritten rules that makes sure things in westminster run smoothly. but lastly, what this also does is show us this number ten is going to be provocative. they are going to pull off political moves that drive some people crazy and delight others. i think that does probably make it clearer that we are moving

towards a possible general election. one cabinet minister said today, we know an election is coming, the only question now, is when. laura, thank you. the rest of the news now and the head of the english football league says she is "devastated" by the expulsion of bury from league one after the club failed to find a rescue deal. debbiejevans has promised to learn lessons from the collapse and review the league's rules. but there's also been harsh criticism of the efl‘s role and a call for an investigation to ensure other clubs don't suffer the same fate. our sports editor dan roan has the latest. with hopes of league survival washed away, for this club and this community these are dark and desperate times. 134 years of history brought to an end as bury reeled from the news that it was all over. it's a bereavement isn't it? you're losing part of your family. i have a sister who hasjust been diagnosed with alzheimer's. i used to bring her here and that's the only thing that she could really accept. there is none of that now.

yesterday, there had been hope the club could be saved, volunteers getting the stadium ready for the weekend. but their efforts were in vain as prospective buyers backed out just before a deadline. anxiety turning to anger towards the club's owner as pleas for a last—ditch reprieve came to nothing. all: we want dale out and we want dale out. bury‘s captain neil danns, now finds himself without a club. today in a cafe next to gigg lane, the midfielder told me the crisis must serve as a wake—up call for football's authorities. when a club exchanges hands i think it should be a lot more stringent. it should be looked into a lot more and there's a lot of people that need to have a look at themselves. throughout the game, notjust here? throughout the game and you see it happening at other clubs now and i think it's something that needs to be revised. today, the woman forced to finally pull the plug on bury admitted the league's rules on new owners would now be reviewed. this is a devastating situation. i accept that we need

to look and we need to learn lessons from it. do you accept you've failed? what i accept is that we operated within the regulations that are there laid down and we will go back and discuss those with the clubs and look at it. given the 1a days to complete a takeover, bolton could still suffer the same fate as bury. the pressure on a sport where the top clubs enjoy unprecedented wealth mounting. the football authorities have failed to act on this for a long time. i think if they won't act what parliament should consider doing is using its powers to create a new, independent regulator that will have the power to intervene when things go wrong in the management of clubs. but for bury, any such reforms will come all too late. the fans unsure when, or whether their team will play again. in the last few minutes, some much better news has emerged because the administrator down the road at bolton wanderers has announced that a takeover deal with a company

called football ventures has been agreed which appears to avert the imminent threat of liquidation. that will be a relief to the fans are bolton. it will be little comfort to the bury fans who have been left without a club and nor lets the wider debate about the finances in clu b wider debate about the finances in club football. the troubled travel firm thomas cook says it has agreed a rescue deal with the chinese investor fosun tourism, one of its major shareholders. the new deal would see the chinese group take control of thomas cook with a 75% share in the tour business and 25% share of the airline, in return for a £450m investment. a couple using a metal detector in somerset have uncovered thousands of silver coins dating back to the battle of hastings — it's the second largest find of norman coins ever uncovered in the uk.

the coins show the defeated king harold ii as well as the triumphant william the conqueror. our correspondentjon kay reports. oh my god. there's pennies everywhere. in a muddy somerset field, the discovery of a lifetime. beeping. this was the moment metal detectorists found more than 2000 silver coins. lovely. today, looking like lottery winners, lisa grace and her partner adam staples, came to inspect theirjackpot. they're in fantastic condition. now, all cleaned up and catalogued at the british museum in london. just a fantastic find and i don't think we'll ever find anything like it again. no, it's a dream come true. i think it's king harold. experts say the hoard is hugely significant. half the coins are from the reign of king harold ii. the rest were minted when harold was defeated by william the conqueror at the battle

of hastings in 1066. beeping. there's another one as well. lisa, adam and their friends couldn't believe it when their metal detectors just kept beeping. it went from two to ten, to 50 to 100, to wow, how many are there? and from then on, it was just crazy. that's a lot of beeps? yeah. i bet you were saying a lot of beeps as well, weren't you, when it happened? there was a lot of swearing going on. the precise location where the hoard was found is being kept top secret, but it's somewhere here in the chew valley. if a coroner declares it treasure, then the landowner and the group of metal detectorists could share a reward, possibly millions of pounds. what are you going to do with the money when it comes? may be buy a house, yeah. may be more than one. it's hoped the hoard will go on display in somerset although at least one private collector also wants to buy it. jon kay, bbc news. time for a look at the weather.

here's tomasz schafernaker. that evening. yesterday it was 33 degrees in london, today in the mid 20s and it is fresher across many parts of the country and that is how it will stay for the foreseeable future. the atlantic satellite picture, low—pressure lining in the atla ntic picture, low—pressure lining in the atlantic heading our way and that can only mean one it will be quite u nsettled can only mean one it will be quite unsettled across western parts of the uk. this is thejet stream, and the uk. this is thejet stream, and the depth opens up the doors for the cooler air from the the depth opens up the doors for the cooler airfrom the north the depth opens up the doors for the cooler air from the north atlantic to come our way. the hot air is being pushed toward central and northern parts of europe and they are experiencing a heat wave. in the uk we have cloud and rain pushing across tonight, at least the first pa rt across tonight, at least the first part and then later on it will clear up part and then later on it will clear up and it will be chilly in eastern scotland. temperature is about 9 degrees in city centres, outside town it could be five or six.

despite low pressure approaching us tomorrow and the wind strengthening in the north west with occasional showers here, much of the country is infora showers here, much of the country is in for a bright and breezy day, breezy around these western coast. 24 breezy around these western coast. 2a in london, not far off the average and around 19 across northern england, scotland and northern ireland. i mentioned low pressure in the atlantic and the daisy—chain of a weather front approaching north—western parts of the uk. quite a big difference in the uk. quite a big difference in the weather between the north west and the south—east, as we head towards the end of the week. not much rain in the south—east but most of the rain will be heading towards northern ireland and northern scotla nd northern ireland and northern scotland on friday into saturday there could be quite a lot of rain in dumfries and galloway. the outlook into the weekend, you can see quite a mixed picture. a reminder of our top story... the government says it will suspend parliament for more than four weeks in september as the brexit deadline

looms. that's all from the bbc news at six. so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s 00:29:06,550 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 news teams where you are.