parliament will be suspended next month after the prime minister succesfully secures the queen's approval, setting himself on a collision course with opposition parties. it'll now close early for more than four weeks, meaning mps trying to block a no—deal brexit have even less time, but the prime minister insists that was not his motivation. we need new legislation. we've got to be bringing forward new and important bills and that's why we are going to have a queen's speech and we are going to do it on october the 14th. more than a thousand people took to the streets in westminster to protest at the plans as opposition parties expressed their fury. 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 three a no—deal exit

from the european union. the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, a vocal critic of borisjohnson‘s, is now expected to quit tomorrow. outrageous or audacious? parliament and the prime minister square up for and the prime minister square up for a fight. also on the programme tonight... a last minute reprieve for bolton wanderers, one of england's oldest football clubs, as it finds a new owner despite its financial problems. there are pennies everywhere! and a couple with a metal detector uncover more than 2,500 coins in somerset dating back to 1066. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... could league one lincoln city cause an upset, scoring against premier league giants everton in the first minute of their league cup match?

good evening. borisjohnson has successfully secured the queen's approval to suspend parliament for more than four weeks next month. the current parliamentary session will now come to an end earlier than expected, shortly after mps return from their summer break. the move means mps wanting to block a no—deal brexit on october 31st have even less time to do so. the prime minister insisted the decision was all about getting on with the uk's future. but it has sparked fierce criticism from all sides. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, called it a smash and grab on our democracy. the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, said it was a constitutional outrage. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. protests at his door. borisjohnson‘s plan to shut

the gates of parliament for an extra week or so brought in thousands to whitehall tonight. angry that debates won't take place... borisjohnson has got to go! mps will not be able to vote to stand in the prime minister's way. we are bringing forward a new legislative programme on crime, on hospitals, making sure 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. but scores of mps are furious. suspecting this is about one thing only, closing the commons for some extra days to silence objections to leaving the eu without a deal, and senior tories are part of the resistance. 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 its job. 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 is he so afraid of? he is acting like some kind of tinpot dictator and it is frankly not acceptable and if mps don't stop it, it is no exaggeration and it is not hyperbole to say this is the day any semblance of uk parliamentary democracy absolutely dies. even the speaker, who is meant to be impartial let his fury be shown. he said he had had no contact from the government but this move contact from the government but this m ove re p rese nts contact from the government but this move represents a constitutional outrage. he went on to say...

it is not unusual for a new prime minister to close parliament for a short while to press reset, to announce a new programme at what they want to do. but it is intensely controversial to do it now because just as boris johnson controversial to do it now because just as borisjohnson 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 to stop him from doing that and by squeezing their time, the squeeze is their chances. are you ignoring parliament, mr walker? the government might say it is business as usual but some ministers seem to have been rather caught on the hop. we need to have a clean's speech, we have a new prime ministerand he clean's speech, we have a new prime minister and he needs clean's speech, we have a new prime ministerand he needs a new legislative programme. there are plenty of questions to answer. a

trio of those in the know disturbed the queen's summer holiday at balmoral to seek the official approval. are you trying to avoid scrutiny in parliament? certainly not. are you worried about a legal challenge? this is a proper constitutional procedure. not exactly your standard august day both and get used to hearing this defence from the cabinet table. this is clearly a political attempt to stop debate on brexit and block mps from preventing us from leaving without a deal, is it not? it is certainly not. the prime minister is clear he wants to use a new parliamentary session in order to ensure that the people's priorities are met. do you expect people to believe this has nothing to do with brexit? it has everything to do with a new prime minister making sure the policies he had announced and on which he won his mandate are implemented. people outside westminster wa nt a implemented. people outside westminster want a government that will make a difference and push change. that message would be as

popular as a wet wednesday at the protest that sprang up in manchester, durham, liverpool and edinburgh after the announcement, even though, crucially for number 10, there are lies from a different pa rt 10, there are lies from a different part of the uk are on board. the prime minister is entitled to go to her majesty the queen and seek a new queen's speech, particularly at a new leader and new prime minister. he wants to set out his domestic agenda and i don't think there was anything unusual about that. boris johnson has never shied away from making people angry. he wants to go down in history as the prime minister who did what it took to get brexit done but whatever it takes could take him down as well. laura is at westminster for us now. how much of a gamble is this for borisjohnson? it isa it is a provocative move and a risky one, risky politically of course because while some of his supporters are delighted he is showing he will ta ke are delighted he is showing he will take these kind of bold moves to get on with what he promised to do, to

get on with brexit, this could increase the resistance on the other side. it is very clear that mps, including senior tories, will fight him every inch of the way. it is also risky in terms of the president. while number 10 is right to say that every prime minister is entitled to take a breather before setting out their queen's speech, there programme for government, in there programme for government, in the current political climate, many people believe it is just beyond convention, beyond the rules and for some people it is nothing less than outrageous and those concerns do go beyond the usual suspects. there certainly is risk all around but now he has been in office for a while, who is really surprised that boris johnson is willing to be provocative in the way that he was willing to provoke people in the previousjob he has had to in government as an mp or of course for the many years as a journalist? he and his team are willing to be audacious, they are willing to be audacious, they are willing to be audacious, they are willing to break convention in order

to try to achieve what they want to. but for their detractors there is a real risk of the damage that breaking those conventions might well do on the way and while boris johnson is certainly stamping his authority on what he wants to do, his ambitions will meet a wall of resistance. mps are due back here next week. they will meet, of course, the suspension is not about shutting up completely for months on end but about extending the recess, the period during which mps were meant to go to party conferences. the race is now on for people who oppose his idea that we could come out of the eu without a deal in order to try to stop him. the clock is now counting down and it is very clear tonight, they will fight him every step of the way. laura kuenssberg, thank you. the scottish conservative leader, ruth davidson, is said to be on the verge of resigning because of disagreements over borisjohnson's political choices. those close to her say

personal reasons are also behind her decision. ruth davidson, who's been in thejob for almost eight years, has openly criticised the idea of a no—deal brexit, saying she could not support it. our scotland editor, sarah smith, reports ruth davidson rode onto the political scene unlike any tory we had ever seen before. a working class gay woman who didn't seem to take herself too seriously. she appealed to voters other tories couldn't seem to reach. declaring ruth davidson the duly elected leader... becoming scottish party leader atjust 32 eight years ago, she led the tories to overtake labour to become the principal party of opposition in scotland. and win a total of 13 mps at the last general election, up from just one, crucial to keeping the tories in power. a passionate remainer,

she clashed directly with borisjohnson in the brexit debates in 2016. you are being asked to make a decision that is irreversible. we can't change it. we wake up on friday, we don't like it and we are being sold it on a lie. and it's not good enough. you deserve the truth. last year she had a baby, finn, with her partner, jen. and she became the first serving party leader in britain to take maternity leave. the pressures of being a new mother have contributed to her decision to quit. back at work in time for the tory leadership contest, she did not support borisjohnson, backing sajid javid instead. now this is a phrase that i have not used very often, but he is the man for me. offering only lukewarm support for mrjohnson after he won. he wasn't my choice for a leader. i didn't vote for him, however i will judge his premiership by his actions in office. it was never going to be easy working with a prime minister

with whom she fundamentally disagrees. now it seems she has decided to walk away. here at balmoral, where the queen had to agree to suspend parliament today, she will have considered what the consequences of this move could have for the union. the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, had already said to date she thinks borisjohnson has now made scottish independence completely inevitable. scotla nd independence completely inevitable. scotland voted remain in the eu referendum. the snp say they will work with other parties to try to stop a no—deal brexit but of course they see some opportunity here as well because in the current political turmoil, they think there isa political turmoil, they think there is a much greater chance that scots would choose to vote for independence if there were to be another scottish referendum and remember that ruth davidson was a passionate advocate for keeping the uk together. without her leadership

in the scottish conservative party, they might struggle to make their voices heard, another independence referendum. sarah smith, thank you. so, this is what the next few weeks could look like. mps return to westminster on 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 will allow the government to present its 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 renegotiated brexit deal would have to be discussed. britain is due to leave the european union on the last day of october. more than 900,000 people have signed an online petition today calling for the decision to suspend parliament to be reversed. and tonight a legal challenge has been launched by the businesswoman gina miller,

who won a momentous victory in 2017 against the government and its approach to brexit. this time she's trying to stop boris johnson suspending parliament. what borisjohnson is doing is he is hijacking the queen's prerogative power and using it for, if you like, unscrupulous means. and i think that is what is so shocking about this, is that it is a very cowardly way of using these powers and, if you like, constitutional convention. you know, our unwritten constitution is a bit like a gentleman's agreement. and you have to say it's not being used in that manner. our legal correspondent, clive coleman, is here. there's not much time left. what chance does she have of success? no. gina miller'sjoins one going through the scottish courts led by 75 pro remain politicians. they are both seeking an emergency injunction to prevent the suspension of parliament, arguing the government's use of these powers vested in the

queen in these circumstances are unlawful and unconstitutional. gina miller saying they don't give mps enough time to debate and scrutinise the options on brexit. time is short. parliament can be suspended on the 9th of september. it is impossible, i beg your pardon, the courts would have to move very, very quickly and they can't do that. the chances of success? gina miller has done this before, she has got a track record, she has argued a case successfully to the supreme court on the use of prerogative powers by ministers. if her crack legal team, and it is the same legal team, can argue successfully that the intention behind the announcement today was to frustrate the workings of parliamentary democracy, then really it is all up for grabs. thank you. the welsh assembly will now be recalled early from their summer break following today's news. first minister mark drakeford said the "constitutional crisis which now faces wales" meant assembly members needed to be recalled.

their recess was due to end on 17 september, but the assembly will now hold a day of debate on 5th september. the decision to suspend parliament earlier came as a surprise. so, how exactly does this highly controversial move work in practice, and can anyone stop it? our home editor, mark easton, takes a look. it's a matter of time. by announcing a queen's speech to set out its plans, the government makes it harder for parliament to stop the clock as the country heads towards brexit day on october the 31st with or without a deal. i met constitutional expert hannah white 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 relating to brexit or otherwise, before the article 50 deadline is reached at the end of 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 that today sees government ministers using audacious and legitimate tactics to curb the powers of mps and peers. so how does it work? what we are seeing now is a real showdown between parliament and government. and 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, 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, i think, is going to be very difficult. stop the coup! with their options are narrowing, those who oppose a no—deal brexit, or even a brexit at all, are anxiously discussing tactics. but it may be they have already

missed their chance to delay or stop britain's departure from the eu. so question number three — can it be stopped? i think probably there are three options now. the first is to legislate, but as we discussed, that's really difficult in terms of the timing. the second is to try to bring the courts into it. but we are really in uncharted territory as to what view the courts would take of a challenge at this point. so third is to try a no—confidence vote in the prime minister, which can lead to an election. but the thing to bear in mind if they are, setting 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 their way is the truly democratic way. 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. what do voters make of today's dramatic news? alex forsyth has been talking

to 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. they've had three years to do this. mps i think now are not going to do it. they can suspend parliament and get on with brexit. some of the cafe's regulars, friends from across the midlands, have a similar view. it is sad that this little core 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's happening in parliament. the referendum result here almost mirrored the national picture and this town is still divided. mps are voted in so they need to have their own say, they need to actually say what the people want so... if it's being suspended, that's very alarming, isn't it? i think what he's doing is great because otherwise we're not going to get the democracy which is what 52% of this country voted for. sophie helped set up the brexit cafe where people can meet to discuss differences. she is an eu citizen and part of a local pro—europe pressure group. we have lived with anxiety and uncertainty for more than three years and it's just getting worse. you know, borisjohnson is turning into a tyrant, someone who just thinks he has all the power. and obviously it looks like it will then definitely be a no—deal brexit. that's what he wants. in a nearby pub, some share that worry about suspending parliament. the more time the mps have got

to talk about it and debate it and sort of put us in the best position, the better, really. you can't have one person saying this is what we are going to do and ignoring mps and suspending parliament and not giving them a say. but even among friends, there are different views. i think they've had long enough to mull it over and fight about it. they need to just get on with it. so, while the constitutional arguments reach farfrom here, the country is still split about the best way out of this crisis. alex forsyth, bbc news, stratford—upon—avon. let's talk to our europe editor, katya adler. does it make a new agreement with brussels more likely? well, from an eu perspective suspending parliament and the arguments for and against it, it

seemed very much as a domestic uk matter and that is why the european commission and angela merkel today refused to comment publicly. but if you ask me whether the prime minister bus actions today is making eu leaders set up, smell the coffee and believe he is serious about a no—deal brexit, i would say to you they already believed him. that belief is not panicking eu leaders. it has not sent them scurrying into a corner desperately looking for any compromise to avoid no deal. we know they would prefer to avoid no deal and that a no—deal brexit would be costly for the eu. but the eu tends to make compromises when it believes it is in its wider interest. when it comes to getting rid of the backstop for the irish border, if there is no realistic workable alternative in place, to the eu that means exposing its whole single market and it thinks that is more harmfulfor the eu than facing a no—deal brexit. you will remember the infamous refrain of theresa may where she said that no deal is better than a bad deal.

well, the eu believes that for itself as well. however, the eu says itself as well. however, the eu says it is open to alternatives to the backstop that the johnson government may come up with. there are already talks going on at a low level across the channel. thank you. and if you want to know anything more about the suspension of parliament or brexit, you can go to our wesbite at bbc.co.uk/news. bolton wanderers has completed a takeover deal tonight which will save it from collapse. administrators announced that the company football ventures had bought the league one club, which has been struggling financially for months. bury fc was expelled from the english football league yesterday, after a takeover bid fell through. here's our sports editor, dan roan. they're the fans left without a club. with bury‘s hopes of league survival washed away, they gathered at gigg lane today to try and take stock of the news. 134 years of history brought to an end, a community in shock. 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's 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 said 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? yeah, throughout the game. 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. but do you accept you've failed? what i accept it as 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. but tonight, some good news. bolton wanderers avoiding liquidation and expulsion after a takeover deal was finally completed. absolutely amazing. just chuffed to bits. relief. he can sleep at night now. he's not been able to sleep the last couple of nights. the fact that this club has been saved tonight will be a source of huge relief. but given bury‘s just a few miles away at a time when the top of the sport has never been richer, it's unlikely to stem mounting concern that something is fundamentally wrong with club finances and football governance. dan roan, bbc news, bolton. the 16—year—old swedish activist greta thunberg,

has arrived in new york after a two—week journey across the atlantic in a yacht. she's taking part in a un climate summit and refused to fly because of its environmental impact. a couple using a metal detector in somerset have uncovered thousands of silver coins dating back to 1066 and the battle of hastings. it's the second largest find of norman coins ever uncovered in the uk. 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 hold 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? maybe buy a house, yeah. maybe 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. that's it from us. goodnight.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall. a repreve for bolton wanderers as a buyer swoops to save them from liquidation. but bury are broken — as fans come to terms with the devastating news that they are out of the football league. everton avoid an early exit from the league cup after coming back from a goal down to league one lincoln city. and, what's next for former england internationaljames haskall. no, it's not modelling underwear, find out what, later in the programme.

good evening, and welcome to sportsday. it went down to the wire but bolton wanderers have been saved by a buyer. they were 1a days away from liquidation and possible expulsion from the english football league but the company football ventures limited finally confirmed a deal to purchase the club, much to the relief of staff, players and fans. ian haslan has been at bolton for us. while this football club has been teetering on the brink of disaster for a couple of months, amid increasing uncertainty over a proposed takeover. things finally came toa proposed takeover. things finally came to a head earlier this week, with the administrators warning that liquidation was possible, unless a deal was completed. yesterday, the clu b deal was completed. yesterday, the club was given 1a days to finalise that deal, orface club was given 1a days to finalise that deal, or face expulsion from the league, like local neighbours, bury, yesterday. at this evening, came the news from joint