good morning, welcome to breakfast, live from westminster with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: borisjohnson‘s suspension of parliament sparks protests and condemnation with opponents calling the prime minister's move a constitutional outrage. more than one million people have signed a protest petition but ministers argue there's plenty of time to debate brexit. after almost eight years as leader of the scottish conservatives, and campaigning to remain in the eu, ruth davidson is expected to quit her position. up for renewal — £26 billion worth of mortgages come to end of their fixed terms over the next few weeks.

so could it be cheaper to remortgage? i'll get an expert view. saved from the brink — bolton wanderers will stay in existence, and in the football league, after a takeover deal was confirmed last night. it is going to be wet and windy today for scotland and northern ireland. bright and breezy for england and wales with a few showers in the west. i will have more in 15 minutes. it's thursday 29th august. we're live in westminster this morning, where the politcal fallout over the prime minister's decision to suspend parliament continues, with labour promising to table a vote of no—confidence in the government. mrjohnson‘s announcement has sparked protests across the country, a legal challenge and a petition with more than one million signatures.

our political correspondent nick eardley reports. outside downing street, in cities across the united kingdom, protests against borisjohnson‘s hugely controversial decision to send mps home for more than a month just weeks before the brexit deadline. ample time in parliament for mps to debate. he says it is all within the rules, normal for a new government with new policies, and not about stopping or trying to limit the debate on brexit. the prime minister is clear that he wants to use a new parliamentary session in order to ensure that the people's priorities are met. it is also the case that parliamentarians will have plenty of time when they come back next week to debate brexit. many simply don't believe that. the speaker, the man in charge of the commons, said it was a democratic outrage,

and mps are lining up to warn mrjohnson they will fight him in parliament next week to try and rule out leaving the eu without a deal in october. when parliament does meet, on his timetable very briefly next week, the first thing we will do is attempt legislation to prevent what he is doing, and secondly we will challenge him with a motion of confidence at some point. it is profoundly undemocratic to shut parliament down, to stop it doing itsjob at a time of national crisis like this. there is a big battle coming here. the government is adamant there will still be enough time to discuss brexit in parliament. packing this place up for five weeks means there will be far less than some were hoping for. those who want to stop no—deal are still optimistic they can find a way to do it, but there is no guarantee they will succeed. with two months until the uk leaves the eu, the battle to decide

what that looks like is increasingly bitter, and the stakes are increasingly high. nick eardley, bbc news. what a day. what do you make of it? it was a surprise move from the prime minister, certainly in terms of the timing of borisjohnson has built a career as a politician that does things differently and set himself apart from the crowd. a differently that might have thought this is too risky and people around him saying you cannot do that but borisjohnson has him saying you cannot do that but boris johnson has gone him saying you cannot do that but borisjohnson has gone ahead and done it. it has caused outrage from all sides at westminster and beyond. protests across the country and no shortage of hyperbole from politicians, talking of boris johnson as a tinpot dictator,

misusing his power as prime minister but mps were due to take a break for the party conference season next month those dates would have to be confirmed by mps. this move, suspending parliament, and the queen giving her approval, means mps have no say in the timing and also extend the break. it is normalfor government to suspend parliament at queen's speech but it is such a sensitive time there are those who argue parliament should be able to discuss brexit for as long as they need to. jacob rees mogg, discuss brexit for as long as they need to. jacob rees m099. who we will be speaking to later on, he says nothing to see here, normal practice, carrying on with the constitution, albeit in a few days. they are quick to dismiss this notion that something exceptional is

happening. nothing to do with brexit is the line and a government minister will tell you if you ask them but that does not fly with opposition parties at westminster and with mp saying this is such a sensitive time, so close to the deadline, parliament should not be denied any of the time to try and influence the process and you can argue whether it should have that role or not given the result of the referendum but the reality is now there are two tight windows for mps opposed to a no deal, when they come back next week — they will have a week or so because we did not know the exact date. it will be some point the week after that. and again in mid october after the crucial eu summit which is a last chance really for borisjohnson to get a new deal if he can and the government has announced its plans for the year ahead in the queen's speech. there

will be vote in parliament and perhaps an attempt at the very last minute to avoid a no—deal brexit but it really would be days before the deadline. questions about weather the labor party has clarified its position about accent. will they table a no—confidence notion, forcing an election? there are two main options forjeremy corbyn, the labour party and the other opposition parties to try and force the government's hands or bring the government down. one is a vote of a straightforward process where a clear majority in the comment against the government... how long does that take? --in the house of commons. it could be debated one day and then the next. could be tighter than that, depending on the speaker and how much other legislation and

business could be happening. we could see that happening very quickly next week. if the government loses that, there is a two week period for either the prime minister oi’ period for either the prime minister or someone period for either the prime minister or someone else who can demonstrate could form a government and hold a majority in the house of commons. if that does not happen then a general election would follow but crucially the premise that set the date for the premise that set the date for the general election and number 10 seems to be willing or content to hold it after the brexit deadline meaning we would have an election campaign and the middle of the brexit buildup. we will have plenty of time to look at so many of the macca nations. that macca nations. we're something from the scottish conservative leader.

at least 25 people have been killed in a fire at a bar in mexico. police say gang members, recently released from prison, are thought to be behind the blaze in the city of veracruz, which left another 11 people badly injured. there was confusion, shock and despair. these mothers wanted a nswe i’s. despair. these mothers wanted answers. translation: they do not tell us anything, theyjust tried to make us go away. we have not been given any information. translation: i want to know if he is well or not. mexican police said the attack was carried out by gangsters. they fade at the nightspot and through molotov cocktails inside. at least two dozen people were killed and many seriously injured. this is the worst single act of violence since andres obrador became president in december. he promised his term bring

peace. translation: it is shameful that organised criminals act like this. to act this way is the most heartless thing there is. the president also said there would be an into whether any collusion took place between the authorities and the criminals who carried out the attacks. gang violence, often driven by the drug trade is not unusual and this place is going to be one of the most violent in the country. radical changes to the way people live are essential, if the uk wants to meet its target of virtually halting greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. that's according to the government's chief environment scientist, who says most people are unaware of the challenge. we have got to reduce demand to a much greater extent than we have in the past and if we do not reduce demand, we will not reduce our emissions. if they do not buy into

some of the consequences in the long run, beyond 2050, might be quite difficult for us and other people on the planet. a skull dating back almost four million years skull has been discovered by researchers in ethiopia. their study challenges ideas about how humans evolved from ape—like ancestors. the discovery is reported in thejournal, nature. in africa, in the distant past, advanced apelike creatures evolved into the first humans. for decades, scientists believed this specimen, nicknamed lucy, was the apelike ancestor to the first true humans but a dig in the afar region of ethiopian found this object. it turned out to be the near complete skull of an ancestor of lucy called anamensis. using computerised scans, researchers built up this face of what anamensis

actually looked like. very little was known about anamensis until now. we have jaw bones, i'm bones and a leg bone stop until now, this was all we had, not enough to know very much about it by the discovery of a nearly complete skull has transformed our understanding not just of skull has transformed our understanding notjust of this species but how the first humans evolved from these advanced apelike creatures. an analysis published in nature suggests that lucy's kind is a branch of anamensis rather than in a branch of anamensis rather than in a direct descendant. there are many more contenders now to lay claim to being the ancestors of the very first humans to have walked the earth.

we are spending some time at when spinster. all the foldout to the decision to suspend the parliament. also some of the demonstrations that have been taking place about that decision and very much illustrated in this morning's papers. the daily mail has a picture of borisjohnson inafighting mail has a picture of borisjohnson in a fighting mood. i lays say he will refuse any suggestion to delay brexit again. the guardian say there is outrage and that mps are ready foran is outrage and that mps are ready for an historic parliamentary clash to prevent a no—deal brexit. for an historic parliamentary clash to prevent a no-deal brexit. johnson goes for broke on the times. mr johnson has surprised his opponent, the paper says. in the sun, hey big suspender... laughter. the paper says. in the sun, hey big suspender. .. laughter. see the paper says. in the sun, hey big suspender... laughter. see what the paper says. in the sun, hey big suspender. .. laughter. see what they

did to their! mrjohnson branded a tinpot dictator adding both remain as and leavers protested at his political coup. and the mattress and the queen was thrust in the centre ofa the queen was thrust in the centre of a constitutional crisis when she agreed to suspend parliament. —— the metro. i am not sure i have got the clothing right. the temperature has changed. days of glorious sunshine but it is cooling down a little. it is warm in the studio and temperatures are a little lower than they have in. in some parts of scotla nd they have in. in some parts of scotland they are even lower where you are. temperatures around five or six degrees in balmoral. we have weatherwise today is a bit of a mixture. the northern half of the

country, scotland and northern ireland will see some rain and it will be windy to busy with sunny spells further south and a few showers. low pressure coming in from the atlantic with the fronts will bring in some rain. you can see a lot of dry weather and sunshine to start the day but we already have some rain across northern ireland and parts of scotland and that will continue to move north—eastward is as we go through the day, followed by showers. so windy gusts of exposure up to 44, 45 mph. for england and wales, yes it will be a few showers in the west. some cloud around so in between that we will see some sunny spells. temperatures up see some sunny spells. temperatures up to 2a degrees in the south—east. yesterday in suffolk we reached 27. 14 yesterday in suffolk we reached 27. 11! across the globe to through this evening and overnight we start off with the showers and rain coming in across northern ireland and also scotla nd across northern ireland and also scotland to come south there will be

cloud around that equally there will be clear spells. look out the rain sta rts be clear spells. look out the rain starts to pick up across northern ireland, particularly across parts of western scotland. temperatures range from 12 in the north to 11! in the south. not as cold and night as the south. not as cold and night as the one just the south. not as cold and night as the onejust gone. the south. not as cold and night as the one just gone. what is happening on friday is that is dominating the weather in this weather front goes all the way into the atlantic, wiggling and waving and bringing us in the north and west. the met office does have a weather warning for south—west scotland in particular because we are looking at all rain coming in across northern ireland and western scotland, some of it getting into northern england. over the hills we could see a lot of rain through some parts, four inches and the yellow warning extends from midday on friday to midday on saturday. south of that band of rain for southern england and parts of wells we are back into the sunshine and temperatures picking up to 25

degrees. on the other side there will be bright spells and showers but the temperature is only about 15 degrees. for the weekend it is still looking unsettled. look at the long front heading towards the atlantic. that will still had our way and the other thing is that it will turn cooler than it has been. here we are on friday still with a weather front. into saturday as well. draped across the north and the west. is as cold front and behind it we will see a change in temperature and wind direction. here we have the rain from our weather and across scotland, moving out of northern ireland, northern england and wales down into the south—west to brighter skies behind the cold front. ahead of it we will have some sunshine. 21 degrees across the london area. you can see that quite nicely so there is the cold front pushing away and taking the amber colours with the,

leaving yellow behind, indicating that temperatures will be a little lower. on sunday you can see that it looks unsettled and there will be some sunny spells around but equally it will have showers and some will merge into bands moving from the west towards the east. temperatures are 11 in the north, reaching 18 in the south. last sunday at heathrow it was 33.3dc, you will certainly notice that this than —— difference. it isa it is a big change. we are spending time at westminster today following the decisions made by prime ministerjohnson. we're leaving the events at westminster for our next story. freddie pring was just 20 when he died injune afterfalling from a balcony at the hotel he was staying in while on a work trip to magaluf. now his mum heather has travelled back to the island to warn other young people about the dangers of falling from heights as sarah corker reports.

his smile could light up any room. he broughtjoy his smile could light up any room. he brought joy to his smile could light up any room. he broughtjoy to anybody. when he died, part of me died. heather pring has come back to magaluf to see where her son freddie died. it was his first night staying at this beachfront hotel when something went tragically wrong. beachfront hotel when something went tragically wrong. how could he have fallen on his own? i cannot comprehend how someone so happy and full of life could just, in seconds, die instantly. which balcony was it? he was on the second floor and it is the third one out. you canjust he was on the second floor and it is the third one out. you can just see the third one out. you can just see the corner. he fell and caught himself on the way down. so severe traumatic brain injury. that was his cause of death. his friends were asleep in his room and he was on his own and had gone out to the balcony, had sat at a table and chairs and

u nfortu nately had sat at a table and chairs and unfortunately either had fallen asleep or tripped and had the fatal accident. this popular party resort attract hundreds of thousands of young british tourists every year. heather wants to warn holidaymakers about the dangers of balconies and the number of people falling from them. most of them is from a tragic accident are dying alone, not in a group of people, not mucking around. she first came to magaluf injune to bring freddie ‘s body back to the uk. i wanted to come and visit him and speak to him and tell him i was doing my best to bring him home. u nfortu nately i doing my best to bring him home. unfortunately i can't bring him home how i want to. the foreign office in spain say most balcony accidents happen in three other islands. in 2016 there were 12 serious or fatal. high. in 2017 there were nine. but last year, the number increased to 24 last year, the number increased to 2a including seven deaths. the vast

majority of those who died were alone at the time. most of them are 18-30. alone at the time. most of them are 18—30. when you are young and going on yourfirst 18—30. when you are young and going on your first holiday together with your friends it is on your first holiday together with yourfriends it is not on your first holiday together with your friends it is not about putting a downer on the holiday, we want them to have a great time. but stick together and look out for each other and be aware that there can be dangers. some hotels in magaluf are now putting british tourists in groundfloor rooms for their own safety. i don't want anyone to ever deal with his. losing a child is unbearable. if i could wait gray's awareness just to say one person ‘s life and make people aware of any kind of balcony safety orjust even staying in groups and looking after each other. freddie was a keen rugby player and his family have set up a memorialfund in player and his family have set up a memorial fund in his player and his family have set up a memorialfund in his name to support sportsmen and women. and heather says one of the most heartbreaking things is that she may never know how or why freddie died that night.

a harrowing event for that family. and on friday's programme we'll be live in spain with a special report looking at the healthcare concerns of expats living overseas. the home secretary is going to meet her french counterpart in paris later to discuss the sharp rise in the number of migrants trying to cross the channel using small boat —— boats. over a thousand people have attempted the crossing so far this year. priti patel has been challenged to visit the area to see the situation for herself. sleeping where they can. in a disused petrol station, by the side of the road, or in this woodland. groups supporting migrants say there are now 2000 in northern france. this man from afghanistan says he is tempted to try and reach the uk by boat even though he cannot swim.|j wa nt to boat even though he cannot swim.|j want to go to england. why? my

friends and my cousins and my uncles at there. i do not have anyone here. how will you get there? by truck or by boat. the french authorities rescue 25 migrants who got stuck on the sandbank of cali but over a thousand have succeeded in getting to the uk in small boats this year. the so—called jungle hearing kelly may have been torn down but what has been replaced by a much smaller encampments like this one where people are allowed to stay forjust a day or two before they are moved on by the police. there is no sense of permanence, even though the people remain here. the situation in calais and the drawer of the uk is to be discussed by the home secretary and her opposite number in paris. but charities insist they need to see the situation for themselves in northern france. our concern is if the funding and the resources that are put towards this though toward fences, barbed wire and policing in the situation will

continue to deteriorate. but the debate continues over whether this is primarily an issue for britain or france. that is the latest news. all morning we are coming to you here from westminster following the decision of the prime minister to suspend parliament that has prompted an angry backlash from mps and there have been protests across the country as well. it is an extraordinary time. of course, right now it would normally be quiet westminster. given the events of yesterday we know that parliament will be suspended for up to five weeks in all. an extraordinary reaction to that we will speak to jacob rees morgan just after seven this morning to get the government ‘s perspective. they very much say it is business as usual and there will be time available to debate brexit issues. of course, he was the one who led a small group of heavy counsellors to the queen to ask her to approve the suspension, pro— broking of parliament. the

prorogation is the longest period we will see now for at least a0 years, since 2010. this is something that happens, jonathan blake has been explaining that to us to this does happen regularly since 2010. the average suspension has been about eight days and usually happens ahead of the queen ‘s speech. so we are here at westminster. this is the view. like charlie said earlier it would normally be quiet but there is a lot of outrage amongst ministers and opposition parties. we will have and opposition parties. we will have a view on what could happen throughout the programme. lets find out what happens where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm sonja jessup. campaigners are calling for more dedicated parking spaces for disabled people across the capital as new rules come into force this week to shake up the blue badge scheme. from friday, more people with non—visible disabilities such as anxiety and crohn's disease could be eligible to display a blue badge in their vehicle. there are currently ten blue badge

holders for every dedicated space in london. now we're used to hearing headlines every winter about the pressure facing hospitals with some struggling to cope with the surge in demand for services during cold weather. in essex they're planning to create dozens of new bed spaces. they will be created at two hospitals in south essex ahead of this winter in a bid to cope with the expected surge in demand for services. broomfield near chelmsford will open a new 26 bed ward, while basildon hospital will create 37 new spaces across the facility. emergency cardiology patients will also be transfered to a specialist centre at basildon to ease pressure elsewhere. these will be permanent in terms of how we provide the bed capacity that is needed. and for the long—term, i am sure over the next five years we will be planning further beds as population changes and the ageing population changes and the ageing population continues to and we know from our experience that this is a service we need to provide and we must have the right number of beds to meet demand that emergency

patients bring to this hospital and ensure we can always offer a safe service. let's take a look at the travel situation now. no the travel situation now. problems as of yet. apart the no problems as of yet. apart from the bakerloo no problems as of yet. apart from the ba kerloo line. no problems as of yet. apart from the bakerloo line. minor delaysjust p°pped the bakerloo line. minor delaysjust popped up. looking at the roads now. this is marking. delays on the a 13 into central london because of an accident westbound near the lodge avenue flyover. those tail backs stretch back to rain. in putney, the high street is closed northbound from the south circular because of works near putney station. and more weeks to look out for as you head out. the kingston road is closed outbound. time now for a look at the weather. a breezy day today then we saw yesterday and a good deal of sunny spells to come. the best of the sunshine through this morning. first thing this morning there could be a

little bit of residual cloud in the far east that will clear away quite quickly and we are looking a good lengthy spells of sunshine through the morning, a bit more cloud into the morning, a bit more cloud into the afternoon still some good spells of sunshine with highs of 2a celsius and the south—westerly breeze. through the evening and overnight it will stay dry with areas of loud and also simply spell. temperatures overnight staying in the double figures, a minimum ofaround ten overnight staying in the double figures, a minimum of around ten or 11 celsius as we move into tomorrow. that brings a fairly similar day, looking dry with good spells of sunshine. the best of the sunshine later in the day and tap just similarto later in the day and tap just similar to today maximum of 25 celsius. saturday looks like it will remain dry was sunny spells, patchy rain later. cooler on sunday and sunny spells and a few showers. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now.

hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. all morning we're live here, at westminster, getting all the latest reaction to the prime minister's decision to suspend parliament. including the leader of the house, jacob rees mogg, who travelled to us the queen to ask you to suspend parliament. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: cabinet ministers have strongly rejected claims that the suspension of parliament in the run—up to brexit is an attempt to stop mps from debating the issue or preventing a no deal. the prime minister announced the suspension yesterday but his decision has been met with outrage by opposition mps and some tories. opponents say they will step up their plans to pass new legislation in order to block no deal. in mexico. (tx 00v)police say gang

members, recently released from prison, are thought to be behind the blaze in the city of veracruz which left another 11 people badly injured. the president, andres obrador described the attack as "shameful." radical changes to the way people live are essential, if the uk wants to meet its target of virtually halting greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. an investigation has found that it's still too easy for children to buy knives on the high street — that's despite major retailers pledging to end illegal sales. trading standards say underaged shoppers were sold knives on more than 300 occasions in a year when their teams carried out tests at various national chains and independent stores. iam fairly i am fairly shocked. we want to get figures down and help retailers prevent selling them lives. radical changes to the way people live are essential, if the uk wants to meet its target of virtually halting greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. that's according

to the government's chief environment scientist, who says most people are unaware of the challenge. we have got to reduce demand to a much greater extent than we have in the past. and if we do not reduce demand, we will not reduce our emissions. if they do not buy into it, some of the consequences, in the long run, beyond 2050, might be quite difficult for us and other people on the planet. greta thunberg has arrived in new york after spending two weeks crossing the atlantic on a yacht to avoid the carbon emission of flying. she is due to speak next month on a summit on climate change. she was met by a flotilla of boats in new york harbour and says she was taken aback. the home secretary will meet her counterpart in france to discuss the number of migrants are trying to cross the channel. refugee agencies in calais have challenged priti

patel to visit the area to see the situation for herself. millions of people who paid for pp! have until midnight to claim for compensation. banks have been accused of mis—selling the policies but consumer groups say many could miss out if they do not take action today. a skull dating back almost a million has years has been discovered. the discovery was reported in thejournal, nature. we are looking in—depth at quite what will happen in the building behind us, parliament, of course, as we now know will be suspended for a period of time. it is slightly unclear the exact date. but let's get an update

with the spot. bury is out but bolton is a safe, good news? yes, good news. just one day after the efl pulled the plug on bury, bolton wanderers have been saved. the league one club was on the verge of liquidation yesterday after entering administration in may, and had been given two weeks to prove it can complete it's fixtures this season. a potential sale to a group called football ventures limited looked to have collapsed on monday, but it was rectified and completed yesterday, securing the club's immediate future. we are absolutely delighted. this has obviously been dragging on for such a long time and if they have been points of deep, dark times when people thought this would not happen, especially given what has happened to bury but it has been fantastic news for the club. plenty of action in the second round of the carabao cup last night,

including an upset at turf moor, where sunderland, who now play in league one, came from behind to beat the premier league side burnley 3—1. george dobson completing the comeback and upset with a well—worked third goalfor sunderland. everton avoided a shock of their own against lincoln city, who'd taken the lead afterjust 20 seconds and then drew themselves level at 2—2 with this brilliant hit. everton's premier league class eventually showed though, as they scored twice in the last ten minutes to beat the league one a—2. all the results from last night are on the bbc website, along with the draw for the third round. phil neville says he wants his england women's side to be "braver and tougher" if they're to win a major tournament. they play belgium in a friendly tonight, the start of their preparations for a home european championship in 2021. it's the first time the squad has been together since they finished fourth at the women's world cup. wales are also in friendly action tonight, they play the faroe islands.

to the us open, where britain's dan evans and jo konta will try again today after their second round matches were postponed because of rain. roger federer meanwhile is through to the third round. but he didn't have it all his own way at flushing meadows. he lost the first set to damir dzumhur, but eventually got his act together and won in four sets. as for novak djokovic, he was struggling with a sore shoulder, but still had enough to beat the argentinianjuan ignacio londero in straight sets. he's going for back—to—back titles in new york. and in the last couple of hours, serena williams has confirmed her place in the third round. she lost the first set against fellow american caty mcnally, but found her rhythm and won the next two pretty comfortably. now you might think that after retiring from a long and successsful rugby career you'd want a little break. not james haskell. the former wasps and northampton player retired from rugby in may, and recently signed a deal

with a leading mixed martial arts promoter. he insists though that it's not a gimmick, and he's taking the sport very seriously. iam not i am not messing around with this. i think a lot of people, that has been overwhelming support, but i think people think it is like rocky three, wherein glove and training and it is all glam but that is not what i am about. i am dedicating my life to this and i want to make sure i am in the best possible shape. now finally, as the sun gives way to rain in some parts of britain, let me take you to tahiti for some surfing. it was the tahiti pro in the world surf league. reigning world champion gabriel medina produced the first perfect 10—point—ride of this year's league. many of his rivals did not fair as well with plenty suffering frightening wipe—outs. the competition runs until sunday.

from tahiti to westminster serving the waters there. they are choppy waters! we are spending some time down here at the house of commons trying to get you some clarity on what will happen next and first of all, helpful if we go through some of the timetable. it is not entirely clear today how the timetable will work. we have the outline of how that will happen. there has been a successful securement by the queen to approve a new timetable is set parliament as being corroded. —— prorogue. mp's will return to westminster on tuesday 3rd september. most of the following day will 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 time for the party conferences, and then for the government to present its future plans in a queen's speech on monday the 1ath of october. three days after that, europe's leaders will meet in brussels, where any re—negotiated brexit deal would have to be discussed. this might be the last opportunity the prime minister has to avoid a no—deal brexit. britain is due to leave the european union on the last day of october. a senior lecturer in constitutional lawjoins us. people like you would be scratching our heads are trying to work out is this business as usual? how exceptional is proroguing parliament? in absolute terms this is unprecedented in unprecedented

times. proroguing, as a suspension of parliament, when you and one parliamentary session and you begin another, the time between that. it is quite normal. it happens every year but having it now and for the length of time we are having it, about five weeks, is really quite unprecedented. in reality this means there is very little opportunity for parliament to come together and to decide an alternative. if we look at those date we were discussing, very important date we also need to think about is that 17th and 18th were an alternative agreement would have to agreed by a majority of the other eu member states, agreed by a majority of the other eu memberstates, including agreed by a majority of the other eu member states, including parliament here. parliaments would have to pass legislation here for an alternative withdrawal agreement in addition to the european council. if we are

suspending parliamentary debate on the 10th of september, that leaves about 3— five days between the third and 10th of september for any legislation to be passed, any debate to be had on anything either than a no—deal brexit. to be had on anything either than a no-deal brexit. it has been described as a coup, a constitutional crisis, is that fair or is that over dramatising?” constitutional crisis, is that fair or is that over dramatising? i am wa ry or is that over dramatising? i am wary to be dramatic, especially as a lecturer, for me and for many of my collea g u es lecturer, for me and for many of my colleagues is a constitutional crisis is one of the institutions of our state that parliament, government, the queen and the courts dash did not recognise the power of each other. had the queen not accepted the advice of the prime minister we could have had one. she was exercising her royal power to prorogue. but do not accept the

advice of a prime minister that could have been a constitutional crisis dash to foundational powers not recognising each other. are we looking at a situation in which either parliament does not recognise the power of government to prorogue or in using this power to stop parliamentary debate and in real terms restrict the amount of time to make any legislation of any alternative to a no—deal brexit. what are some of the practicalities next week when mps are here. we have said this before but it is a crucial week. this short time span, what are the options available in terms of them changing what appears and inevitability? we can see everyone breaking out the parliamentary rulebooks. we will see a lot of emergency debates and even a situation where an mp tries to bring forward an order to suspend ordinary

parliamentary business to try and ca ptu re parliamentary business to try and capture time for mps to debate and push through emergency legislation. this would have to be passed by a majority of the house of commons and a majority of the house of lords and become law in about three days. suspension proroguing through is that it suspension proroguing through is thatitis suspension proroguing through is that it is the end of a session. any loss sitting on the parliamentary floor, on the 10th of september which is not become law, dies. it is ended so if anything is to be done before parliament is suspended, it has to be done quickly and it probably has to be done through emergency, extraordinary measures. thank you very much. we need to get an update on what is happening with the weather. it is cooler than the past few days and i think that

you are spot on as ever. temperature is quite low. in swansea however it is quite low. in swansea however it isa16 is quite low. in swansea however it is a 16 .a. in london around 12 degrees. temperatures will go up today but the maximum are also going today but the maximum are also going to be lower than they have been. the forecast is windy and wet in the north courtesy of this area of low pressure. breeze in the south and we will see some sunny spells with a few showers in the west. mist and fog around in parts of the contract, the midlands, heading in the direction of wilts. that will lift and we will see the sunshine come through. —— wilts. a few showers getting into the west of england and also wales. windy across scotland and northern ireland today. gusts of a5 miles per hour with exposure up

to 50 miles per hour but in this south it willjust be breezy with highs of 2a. yesterday in this anglia we hit 2a. overnight a lot of clear skies. the next system coming in from the atlantic bringing rain across northern ireland, into western scotland with a few showers across western areas. but at school and night as the one just gone. most of us staying in double figures. a big difference for example in aberdeen. this rain will turn heavier and more persistent through the day. look out the weather front extent all the way into the atlantic so that will be with us as we head into the weekend for possibly moderate and from friday into saturday midday, yellow whether one out for heavy rain, particularly across south—west scotland where on

the hills we could have four inches. we will see deluged at lower levels as well. that rang crossing northern ireland and getting into parts of north—west england. move away from that to eastern england and we are back into dry conditions and some sunshine with highs up to 25. breeze in the south but windy across the north of the country. that leads us into the weekend. it is looking u nsettled into the weekend. it is looking unsettled and it is going to turn cooler. if we take a look at that, we still have this weather front, still out in the atlantic look at the cold front aspect. the blue triangles, bringing rain and behind, it will turn cooler and the wind is going to change to a more of a north—westerly. the rain continues to move. remaining dry in the south—east. in the north, it will be

that bit fresher. the north—westerly wind but drying up with a few showers here and there. the cold front taking the milder amber colours with it. replacing it with the cooler yellows. temperatures will be down compared to what we have been accused of. on sunday, u nsettled have been accused of. on sunday, unsettled sums it up. a lot of showers. some merging. bands of rain crossing from the west into the east. bright skies in between but look at the temperatures, ranging from 11 — 18. last sunday we had 33.a degrees in heathrow. that is quite a drop. we are at westminster this morning, mindful of the fact that the decisions are to be made in this place and next week is looking particularly interesting to that for ordinary people wondering what this means and where the process lies, it is getting very confusing. even if

they understand what pro— broking is. nina has been looking at it and trying to find people who have offered an opinion on what they make offered an opinion on what they make of what is or is not happening here as we lead up to that deadline. how many times over the last three years have we stood here, going over the twist and turns of what has happened in the big house and the little house up the road, ten downing st. it is easy to listen to those who shout loudly so government, protesters. but what about everybody else?! yesterday wanted to to boris johnson ‘s constituency. we waited for five o'clock so there was time for five o'clock so there was time for this news to percolate and then we asked people how much do you know about this latest dramatic development? just because you are a member of parliament as prime minister it does not mean you are entirely sure what he is up to. pro- rogue? what does that mean? suspend. i have not heard

about that. i have not heard. what happened? he is suspending parliament for a few days. that is confirmed? what are your thoughts on it? i don't know. i am not that political. confused? don't be. boris johnson says it is just a few more days away from parliament for our mps and a chance to bring forward policy ideas for families which are not all about brexit. some say it is a way of stopping parliament from stopping a no—deal brexit, that will do nicely. i think he has made a step in the right direction. i hope it is in the right direction. but he has made a decision to would. it feels like progress. definitely, to me. it is the prime minister 's right to ask for a break before setting out plans through the queen ‘s speech. opponents say in

upholding one british tradition, the prime minister is seriously damaging another. and that is the long established right of our elected representatives. so our members of parliament, to do theirjob, which is to scrutinise government decisions and decide on our behalf what happens next. and oxbridge they are proud that this is where the battle of britain bunker helped turn around the war effort. but some question of these new battlelines are being drawn for the right reasons. i think it is probably selfish reasons. i think he is suspending parliament for himself and not necessarily for the majority all the good of the country. so, yes. iam all the good of the country. so, yes. i am worried. i think it is a step backwards. the prime minister has a comfortable majority here. but is he confident enough nationally to call an election? halloween is creeping closer. some see more toil

and trouble ahead, for others, are closing in on an exciting new day. nina, you were looking at what was happening and what people thought. those people are quite. they are quite not worried. we don't know what people are thinking and we should not dare to assume what they think and making assumptions over the last three years has led to a lot of tension and animosity. what i would say is that there are two opinions coming up a lot now. one woman we spoke to yesterday who said that at work we do not know what is happening and her employer is staving off making decisions until they know what happens with brexit. the second of familiar opinion was amanda put his fingers in his ears and said don't talk to me about this until something actually happens. and said don't talk to me about this until something actually happensm some ways, the principle here is that some people really hold onto notion that they elect their mps and the constituency that you are in, if

that happens to be borisjohnson, they come here and they have a chance to debate and put things forward to what we are entering now, theissue forward to what we are entering now, the issue of suspending parliament, that part of the process, some of it, has been taken away. people care? that is hard tojudge. it, has been taken away. people care? that is hard to judge. as ever, it depends on where you come from. some people say the fundamental principle of democracy lies with the referendum and that should try the mac trump everything. others say the fundamental part of democracy as those who we elect to represent us and that is where the tension today lies. we will take a step away from politics perhaps. a lot of people are coming off their fixed rate mortgages this october. that growth has dropped and there is popular —— speculation about interest rates. ben has been taking a look at this. it's the busiest month of year for people coming off

fixed terms mortgages. according to industry figures, 26 billion pounds worth of mortgage loans come to the end of their introductory periods in october. it means a lot of people will have to take action or they'll revert to the often more expensive, standard variable rate. according to which, homeowners on standard variable rate mortgages could be paying up to £a,000 per year more than if they switched to a new deal. for many the question is what to switch to. sarah coles is a personal finance expert at hargreaves lansdown and joins me now. can you explain this for us? why are so many mortgage deals coming to an end. a lot of money. it goes back to two years ago. if you think back to 2017, there was not a lot of talk about rates rising to rates did rise

slightly in november that year but there was so much talk and many people thought it was probably time to fix in a slightly lower rate so you had a huge number of people fixing. two years is how long most people will fix for so those people are now coming to the end of their fixed rate payment and are wondering what they should do next. fixed rate payment and are wondering what they should do next. in some respects, that is good news that people got the message. that fixing works in the longer term if you want to lock yourself into a cheaper deal while rates are low. the question now is what you people do next? should they look for another fixed rate of maybe two years to try and get a deal? what tends to be the big decision is you decide between a variable rate, which can rise and fall, but tends to be lowered to start with, or pay a little extra now in order to fix and have the security. what we see is about nine from ten people fix at the moment because it is actually relatively cheap to do so. you will pay slightly more but not a great deal more. many people are looking to fix

and one of the things happening at the moment is an interesting change from the fixed rate mortgage overall slightly longer period. from the fixed rate mortgage overall slightly longer periodlj from the fixed rate mortgage overall slightly longer period. i wanted to talk about that because most people would fix for one or two years because they don't know what the circumstances will be and whether they will need to move or not. are more people now thinking in five or ten year terms? we see a lot more of those mortgages come to the market. the huge boom in five or ten years. a couple have been released in august over 15 years. a decade since we have seen these long mortgages. how rare is that? not many people will know that you can get a mortgage for 15 years. i imagine that probably means you can manage your finances a bit better, even though you seem to be locked in. do you though you seem to be locked in. do y°u pay though you seem to be locked in. do you pay a lot of penalties if you try to get out a 15 year mortgage? they are all different. some have high penalties if you come out so you need certainty over the next 15 yea rs you need certainty over the next 15 years which is quite difficult to but others are more flexible so it is worth looking at terms and

conditions of your mortgage. the reason why we conditions of your mortgage. the reason why we see conditions of your mortgage. the reason why we see them now is because it is relative cheap for manx —— banks to offer them. what is happening is because the market is expecting rates to drop, it comes cheap for banks to offer fixed rate mortgages. over the long—term they can offer rates and the difference between two years and five years is down to one third of a percent. it is really. it becomes attractive to think about. take out your crystal ball forest. where our rates going at the moment? there is a lot of debate about whether or not we will see a rise. as well as the big exit issue, the uncertainty on the horizon that no—one knows what it will do to the economy. one of the things it is worth doing is always thinking about your own circumstances and what makes sense for you. the markets at the moment are pricing in the first rate rise for december but markers can be wrong and it can change from our two—hour. so there is no way of

telling. if you need certainty it is worth fixing but if you don't and you have flexibility and you want to ta ke you have flexibility and you want to take a longer term view than you can look at longer term rates —— variable rates. and do something rather than nothing because if you reserve “— rather than nothing because if you reserve —— revert to the standard variable it will be more expensive. yes. for 5% and if you are switching you could pay less than 2%. it is a big saving to the great advice as always. thank you very much for joining us. if you are coming to the end of your fixed term joining us. if you are coming to the end of yourfixed term deal, start thinking about whether or not you would like to start shopping around. more from me after 7pm but i will hand you back to westminster. just picking up on certainty, that is one of the things around brexit that has been crucial throughout the debate, coming to a head with that news yesterday from boris johnson, the prime minister that parliament would be suspended for a period of time. pro robed is the technical term. a lot of angry people in

protest about the country. we will be with you all morning from westminster. look at it. glorious this morning, the sun is peeking through. find out what is happening with you with the weather, news and travel. good morning from bbc london, i'm sonja jessup. campaigners are calling for more dedicated parking spaces for disabled people across the capital as new rules come into force this week to shake up the blue badge scheme. from friday, more people with non—visible disabilities— such as anxiety and crohn's disease could be eligible to display a blue badge in their vehicle. there are currently ten blue badge holders for every dedicated space in london. now we're used to hearing headlines every winter about the pressure facing hospitals— with some struggling to cope with the surge in demand for services. in essex, two hospitals have been talking to bbc london about how they're preparing this year. broomfield near chelmsford will open a new 26 bed ward, while basildon hospital will create 37 new spaces. emergency cardiology patients

will also be transfered to a specialist centre at basildon to ease pressure elsewhere. these will be permanent in terms of how we provide the bed capacity that is needed. and for the long—term, i am sure over the next five years we will be planning further beds as population changes and the ageing population continues. and we know from our experience that this is a service we need to provide and we must have the right number of beds to meet demand that emergency patients bring to this hospital to ensure we can always offer and safe service. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there the travel situation now. are minor delays on the ba kerloo there are minor delays on the bakerloo line with a signal failure. looking now at the roads. this is barking where there are delays on the a13

heading into central london. there's been an accident westbound near the lodge avenue flyover, there are tailbacks back to rainham. in putney, the high street is closed northbound from the south circular to norroy road, there's works taking place near putney station. and some more works to look out for as you head out of staines towards ashford. the a308 kingston road is closed eastbound from the a30 at the crooked billet to the fordbridge roundabout. time for a look at the weather now with lucy martin. a breezy day today then we saw yesterday and a good deal of sunny spells to come. the best of the sunshine through this morning. first thing this morning there could be a little bit of residual cloud in the far east that will clear away quite quickly and we are looking at good lengthy spells of sunshine through the morning, a bit more cloud into the afternoon but still some good spells of sunshine with highs of 2a celsius and the south—westerly breeze. through the evening and overnight it will stay dry with areas of loud and also clear spells. temperatures overnight staying in the double figures, a minimum of

around ten or 11 celsius as we move into tomorrow, it brings a fairly similar day, looking dry with good spells of sunshine. the best of the sunshine later in the day and temperatures just similar to today maximum of 25 celsius. saturday looks like it will remain dry was sunny spells, patchy rain later. cooler on sunday and sunny spells and a few showers. that's it from me for now. i'm back in around half—an—hour. now it's back to naga and charlie at westminster. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast, live from westminster with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: borisjohnson's suspension of parliament sparks protests and condemnation. opponents call the prime minister's move a constitutional outrage. more than one million people have signed a protest petition but ministers argue there's

plenty of time to debate brexit. ruth davidson, the scottish conservative leader, is expected to quit after almost eight years in the job. one in three customers have encountered problems with their smart meter since it was installed, that's according to an energy comparison website. i'll be talking to the body that's responsible for rolling them out to find out why. saved from the brink — bolton wanderers will stay in existence, and in the football league after a takeover deal was confirmed last night. for scotland and northern ireland, it will be wet and windy. for england and wales brighter and breezy with a few showers in the west. i will have more in 15 minutes. it's thursday 29th august. we're live in westminster, and the question this morning is how much time, over the coming weeks, mps will have to gather and debate brexit.

the prime minister borisjohnson gained permission from the queen yesterday to close down parliament. the government says there's still plenty of time to discuss leaving the eu, but the move has sparked protests across the country. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. outside downing street, in cities across the united kingdom, protests against borisjohnson's hugely controversial decision to send mps home for more than a month just weeks before the brexit deadline. ample time in parliament for mps to debate. he says it is all within the rules, normal for a new government with new policies, and not about stopping or trying to limit the debate on brexit. the prime minister is clear that he wants to use a new parliamentary session in order to ensure that the people's priorities are met. it is also the case of parliamentarians will have plenty of time when they come back next week to debate brexit. many simply don't believe that.

the speaker, the man in charge of the commons, said it was a democratic outrage, and mps are lining up to warn mrjohnson they will fight him in parliament next week to try and rule out leaving the eu without a deal in october. when parliament does meet, on his timetable very briefly next week, the first thing we will do is attempt legislation to prevent what he is doing, and secondly we will challenge him with a motion of confidence at some point. it is profoundly undemocratic to shut parliament down, to stop it doing itsjob at a time of national crisis like this. there is a big battle coming here. the government is adamant there will still be enough time to discuss brexit in parliament. packing this place up for five weeks means there will be far less than some were hoping for. those who want to stop no—deal are still optimistic they can find a way to do it, but there is no guarantee they will succeed.

with two months until the uk leaves the eu, the battle to decide what that looks like is increasingly bitter, and the stakes are increasingly high. morning are here from westminster, trying to give you an idea of what is happening next. mp's will return to westminster on tuesday 3rd september. most of the following day will 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 time for the party conferences, and then for the government to present its future plans in a queen's speech on monday the 1ath of october. three days after that, europe's leaders will meet in brussels, where any re—negotiated brexit deal would have to be discussed. this might be the last opportunity the prime minister has to avoid a no—deal brexit.

britain is due to leave the european union on the last day of october. we're joined now by our political correspondent jonathan blake. it has not been a boring at all. what happens next and who can do what? what happens next and who can do what? the arguments will run and run. we have seen protests across the country, a petition has attracted more than a million signatures, legal challenges on the courts. but those opposed will have to decide what to do thanks because by the impact of this decision is is that it shortens the time available to mps who want to stop a no—deal brexit at any cost to do anything about it. have they got enough time to do what we elected them to do, to debate the issue. they have a few

days next week when they come back. after the suspension towards the end of october but it is really very tight and there are a couple of options available to jeremy tight and there are a couple of options available tojeremy corbyn who want to stop the government dealing, either a vote of no confidence pass legislation to force them for an extension but both will be difficult for the time available. we can speak now to our europe reporter adam fleming who is in brussels for us this morning. adam will the decision to prologue parliament increase the prospect of coming up with a new deal with europe? what were reactions from eu leaders? people in brussels were quite surprised because they had not been told it was going to happen and they we re told it was going to happen and they were not expecting it. eu leaders are keeping very quiet about it because they see this as a domestic internal political process do want to get involved in and it is not

something for them to comment on talking to eu leaders they do not buy the strategy. that if they can get people to shut up, they can get a better deal in brussels. in brussels, they think boris johnson's opponents will keep fighting him and tried to get what they want right up until the last minute and they also say that negotiating strategy is based to protect the eu rather than in response of whether the government is ramping up planning for no deal or whether opponents for no deal are getting more organised. having said that, a few european politicians say it is not a good look for a european democracy. the brexit co—ordinator tweeted yesterday saying this was sinister. a french mep close to emmanuel macron said it was almost like the

uk was suffering from some kind of disease which did not want to make big momentous historical decisions and a few former prime minister has said they would never have done this when in office. interest. a fellow parliamentarians saying that the voices of mps need to be heard. we'll be talking about this lots more this morning but now let's catch up on the other stories making the headlines today. at least 25 people have been killed in a fire at a bar in mexico. police say gang members, recently released from prison, are thought to be behind the blaze in the city of veracruz which left another 11 people badly injured. the president, andres obrador described the attack as "shameful." an investigation has found that it's still too easy for children to buy knives on the high street — that's despite major retailers pledging to end illegal sales.

trading standards say underaged shoppers were sold knives on more than 300 occasions in a year when their teams carried out tests at various national chains and independent stores. radical changes to the way people live are essential, if the uk wants to meet its target of virtually halting greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. that's according to the government's chief environment scientist, who says most people are unaware of the challenge. the home secretary will meet her french counterpart in paris later to discuss the sharp rise in the number of migrants trying to cross the channel using small boats. so far this year, more than a thousand people have attempted the crossing. refugee agencies in calais have challenged priti patel to visit the area to see the situation for herself. millions of people who paid for pp! on loans and credit cards have until midnight tonight to put in a claim for compensation. banks have paid out tens of billions of pounds for mis—selling the policies, but consumer groups warn that many could miss out if they don't

take action today. a skull dating back nearly four million years has been discovered in ethiopia. analysis of the specimen challenges ideas about how humans evolved from ape—like ancestors. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, reports. in africa, in the distant past, advanced apelike creatures evolved into the first humans. for decades, scientists believed that this specimen, nicknamed lucy, was the apelike ancestor to the first true humans, but a dig in the afar region of ethiopian found this object, which challenged that view. when cleaned up, it turned out to be the near complete skull of an ancestor of lucy, called anamensis. using computerised scans, researchers built up this face of what anamensis actually looked like. very little was known about anamensis until now.

these are replicas of bone fragments from anamensis. we have gotjaw bones, arm bones and a leg bone. until now, this was all we had, not enough to know very much about it but the discovery of a nearly complete skull has transformed our understanding, notjust of this species, but how the first humans evolved from these advanced apelike creatures. an analysis published in the journal nature suggests that lucy's kind is a branch of anamensis rather than a direct descendant. this suggest that other species of advanced ape living at the time, may also have branched and so there are many more contenders to lay claim to being the ancestors of the very first humans to have walked the earth. pallab ghosh, bbc news. this morning we're coming you from westminster, trying to figure out

what this proroguing of parliament means. charlie is up on the balcony with the man who led a small group of privy council as to the queen to ask for permission. who better to ask for permission. who better to ask that very question you asked a moment ago, what does it mean exactly the proroguing parliament and procedure that lies ahead, jacob rees mogg. would you give us the simplest possible explanation of the procedure the government has now outlined? what happens, normally every year, a new session of parliament began to sell all the business of the previous parliament ceases and you start afresh and you have a queen's speech setting up the policies implemented over the following year. unusually, this session has gone on for over two yea rs session has gone on for over two years so it has been extraordinarily long and at the problem with that is

that it has run out of steam. it is a slightly late to have a new session and a queen's speech. there has been confusion over the number of days that mps will be able to debate in the house of commons between now and the time we leave the eu on the 31st. how many days will it be? there will be the debate on the queen's speech, which is usually a— five days and people are free to raise any subjects and people could devote all of that to talk about leaving the european union. the european council also and certainly, if there is agreement, they will be 13 days in which to debate implementing that into uk law. there is a great deal of time to discuss european matters if that is what parliament wishes to do. to discuss european matters if that is what parliament wishes to do. you

would be aware that people are accusing the government of narrowing the window and that it is a cynical ploy to stop mps being able to debate what is a crucial issue.|j think people who were saying that our crying constitutional wall. the shadow leader of the house of commons both distinguish parliamentarians are kept on saying when are we going to have a new session of parliament and we are now having one which gives them back opposition days and reset the parliamentary timetable so it has benefits for the opposition as well. it is undeniable that there is less time to debate brexit. that is a fa ct. time to debate brexit. that is a fact. not necessarily because the time available to debate brexit had not been set. next week back there was not going to be a specific debate on brexit. this allows to have a specific time allocated were people will be able to discuss brexit and bear in mind parliament

was not going to be sitting for most of this time anyway. the speaker of the house of commons says this is a constitutional outrage to stop debating brexit. there is a constitutional problem with what mrs becker said. he had no eyes to see not time to speak unless directed by the house. it is not constitutional for the speaker to speak his opinion without direction from the house. he has not had such direction. what are you going to do about that? mr speaker has not eyes to see not time to speak unless directed by the house. it was not directed by the house. it was not directed by the house what he said yesterday. nicola sturgeon has said this is a dark day for democracy. there is a clear pattern... for democracy. there is a clear pattern. . . why for democracy. there is a clear pattern... why wouldn't she? she is

the leader of a separatist movement who wants to break up the uk. you would expect her... if the government had said we would celebrate christmas day on the 25th of december she would have complained. a million people have signed a petition suggesting that this should not happen and many people are saying there is a principle, a clear principle here. mps should be given time to debate. and if we were in a time to debate. and if we were in a time of crisis, whichever way you sit on this, you should be giving more time to your government should not be taking away time at this moment. firstly, 17.4 million voted to leave the eu. and the great constitutional theorist said the point of our conventions was the parliament and the cabinet could follow the will of the nation and

thatis follow the will of the nation and that is what parliament and the cabinet are doing. this is com pletely cabinet are doing. this is completely constitutional and proper. be a lot of time to debate before october 31. parliament will sit then and we will have whatever motions it wants. i think the outrageous phony and it is created by people who do not want us to leave the eu and are trying very ha rd to overturn leave the eu and are trying very hard to overturn the referendum result and do not want the benefits of leaving the eu including cheaper food, clothing and footwear. people say you and your government, boris johnson, are being disingenuous. you have actively tried to narrow that down the time and are presenting it, as you have done quite eloquently this morning, isjust normal business. nothing unusual here. nothing to see. they say that you as well being disingenuous. nothing to see. they say that you as well being disingenuouslj nothing to see. they say that you as well being disingenuous. i accept that there is one abnormality and that there is one abnormality and thatis that there is one abnormality and that is that this session has gone on for so long. this parliament has

not been doing anything are not getting through business. it is not a legislative programme, the warmth that parliament needs to show the country is being governed. this will give parliament back that. are you seriously suggesting this new energetic borisjohnson seriously suggesting this new energetic boris johnson government could not make the nhs better, could not make us deal with schools better or could not start that process without doing what you have now done? are you seriously suggesting that estimate i am because one of the things new session does is clear the things new session does is clear the parliamentary deck so you are free to set forth a new legislative programme and you have a year to get it through. currently there is an expectation that this session would end fairly soon and therefore you cannot start complicated new bills because it would be likely to run out of time. so it is important to have a new session to get on with those domestic priorities. so mps will be here next week and the? is what will those who oppose to you do? they may well seek some form of

legislation through the commons, a vote of no—confidence. is your government prepared to take this to a general election? is that the big game of life that you are playing? it seems that mr corbyn does not have any friends and will not risk a vote of no—confidence because nobody wa nts vote of no—confidence because nobody wants him to be prime minister. that is his problem not mine to no party should ever be frightened of the british people did if they have a vote of confidence, let them see if they can win it. and to my mind, all these people who are wailing and gnashing their teeth know that there are two ways of doing what they want to do. wants to change the government the other is to change the law. if they do either of those, that will then have an effect. if they do not have the courage or the gumption to do either of those, we believe october 31 in accordance with the referendum result.|j believe october 31 in accordance with the referendum result. i draw your attention to ruth davidson and we await to see later this morning

but many people are saying that she is about to make a very big decision about wetting the party and her role. if that happens, and clearly we don't know, as we stand here now, thatis we don't know, as we stand here now, that is a seismic blow for the conservative party. ruth davidson and dave —— davidson is a formidable opponent that a politician but we will have to wait and see what she says. i don't know what the implications of what you are doing would be a tangible impact. once we see what she says and what reasons she gives but i have had a great relationship with her and she has done a lot for the conservatives. thank you very much for joining conservatives. thank you very much forjoining us here on the balcony with the sun shining. is had now to carol with the weather. the sun shines under a boris johnson government. there is also some

missed this morning in the forecast and some fog as well as you can see here in basingstoke from one of our weather watchers. also are misting us across weather watchers. also are misting us across part of worcestershire and really we are looking at it anywhere across worcestershire and gloucestershire, the midlands, lincolnshire as well. and shropshire. but it is not everywhere. so if you are driving, bear that in everywhere. so if you are driving, bearthat in mind, everywhere. so if you are driving, bear that in mind, it will rapidly lift. today it will be windy and wet in scotland and northern ireland. sunshine and showers and breezy. most of the england and wales has that. low pressure drives the weather with weather fronts coming across our shores, squeezing isobars in the north indicating it will be windy with gusts solve wind reaching a5-50 mph, windy with gusts solve wind reaching a5—50 mph, rain moving out of northern ireland and across scotland. later we will see some showers again across northern ireland and again through more rain. for england and for wales, it is largely dry, a fair bit of cloud around with sunny spells developing. a few showers in the west and later we could see some pop up in the

midlands. the temperature today is 14 midlands. the temperature today is 1a degrees in the north, 2a degrees in the south. as we head through the evening and overnight we will still have some showers and the rain pushes and once again across northern ireland and also across western scotland where it will turn heavy and more persistent by the end of the night. not as cool a notice the one just of the night. not as cool a notice the onejust gone. of the night. not as cool a notice the one just gone. we're looking double figures more or less across the board. as we head into saturday, look at this weather front. it dangles on the way back into the atla ntic dangles on the way back into the atlantic and it will be with us all the way through the weekend. especially in the north and west. tomorrow morning, coming across northern ireland and scotland, the met office has a yellow weather warning out for heavy rain across dumfries and galloway. they could have up to four inches across the hills. you can see where we are looking at that rain. that will get into north—west england, possibly north—west wales by the end of the afternoon. the further south and east that you travel, the drier and

sunnier it will be with highs of 25. still breezy in the south, still windy in the north. as we head into the weekend, the forecast is u nsettled the weekend, the forecast is unsettled and we still have a weather front that will turn cooler. critical where you are this morning as well. really is. i think i misjudged it this morning. the sun is coming through and you saw in that interview the sun is coming through on the balcony so i do think it will warm up we will leave events at westminster now for our next story. freddie pring was just 20 when he died injune afterfalling from a balcony at the hotel he was staying in while on a work trip to magaluf. now his mum heather has travelled back to the island to warn other young people about the dangers. sarah corker reports. his smile could light up any room. he broughtjoy to everybody. when he died, part of me died. heather pring has come back to magaluf to see where her son freddie died.

it was his first night staying at this beachfront hotel when something went tragically wrong. how could he have fallen on his own? i cannot comprehend how someone so happy and full of life could just, in seconds, die instantly. which balcony was it? he was on the second floor and it is the third one out. you can just see the corner. he fell and caught himself on the way down. so he had double injuries, severe traumatic brain injury. that was his cause of death. his friends were asleep in his room and he was on his own and had gone out to the balcony, had sat at a table and chairs and unfortunately either had fallen asleep or tripped and had the fatal accident. this popular party resort attract hundreds of thousands of young british tourists every year.

heather wants to warn holidaymakers about the dangers of balconies and the number of people falling from them. most of them is from a tragic accident are dying alone, not in a group of people, not mucking around. she first came to magaluf injune to bring freddie's body back to the uk. i wanted to come and visit him and speak to him and tell him i was doing my best to bring him home. unfortunately i can't bring him home how i want to. the foreign office in spain say most balcony accidents happen in ibiza, mallorca and menorca. in 2016 there were 12 serious or fatal falls from height. in 2017 there were nine. but last year, the number increased to 2a including seven deaths. the vast majority of those who died were alone at the time. most of them are 18—30. when you are young and going on your first holiday together with your friends it is not about putting

a downer on the holiday, we want them to have a great time. but stick together and look out for each other and be aware that there can be dangers. some hotels in magaluf are now putting british tourists in groundfloor rooms for their own safety. i don't want anyone to ever deal with his. losing a child is unbearable. if i could raise awareness just to save one person's life and make people aware of any kind of balcony safety orjust even staying in groups and looking after each other. freddie was a keen rugby player and his family have set up a memorialfund in his name to support sportsmen and women. and heather says one of the most heartbreaking things is that she may never know how or why freddie died that night. and on friday's programme we'll be live in spain with a special report looking at the healthcare concerns of expats living overseas.

all morning we're live at westminster following the prime minister's decision to suspend parliament which has prompted an angry backlash from mps and campaigners. opponents say it will leave mps with little time to stop a no—deal brexit others, though, have defended the plan. have a look if you we have here at westminster. courier ‘s sunshine. and let's find out what's happening where you are this morning. —— glorious sunshine. good morning from bbc london, i'm sonja jessup. campaigners are calling for more dedicated parking spaces for disabled people across the capital as new rules come into force this week to shake up the blue badge scheme. from friday, more people with non—visible disabilities such as anxiety and crohn's disease could be eligible to display a blue badge in their vehicle. there are currently ten blue badge holders for every dedicated space in london.

now we're used to hearing headlines every winter about the pressure facing hospitals with some struggling to cope with the surge in demand for services. in essex two hospitals have been talking to bbc london about how they're preparing this year. broomfield near chelmsford will open a new 26 bed ward, while basildon hospital will create 37 new spaces. emergency cardiology patients will also be transfered to a specialist centre at basildon to ease pressure elsewhere. these will be permanent in terms of how we provide the bed capacity that is needed. and for the long—term, i am sure over the next five years we will be planning further beds as population changes and the ageing population continues. and we know from our experience that this is a service we need to provide and we must have the right number of beds to meet demand that emergency patients bring to this hospital to ensure we can always offer a good and safe service. let's take a look at

the travel situation now. the tube's running fairly well but there are minor delays on the bakerloo line. there's been a signal failure at willesden junction. let's take a look at the roads, and this is barking where there are delays on the a13 heading into central london. there's been an accident westbound near the lodge avenue flyover there are tailbacks back to rainham. in putney, the high street is closed northbound from the south circular to norroy road there's works taking place near putney station. and some more works to look out for as you head out of staines towards ashford. the a308 kingston road is closed eastbound from the a30 at the crooked billet to the fordbridge roundabout. time for a look at the weather now with lucy martin. a breezier day today than we saw yesterday and a good deal of sunny spells to come. the best of the sunshine through this morning. first thing this morning there could be a little bit of residual cloud in the far east that will clear away quite quickly and we are looking at good lengthy spells of sunshine through the morning,

a bit more cloud into the afternoon but still some good spells of sunshine with highs of 2a celsius and the south—westerly breeze. through the evening and overnight it will stay dry with areas of cloud and also clear spells. temperatures overnight staying in the double figures, a minimum of around ten or 11 celsius. as we move into tomorrow, it brings a fairly similar day, looking dry with good spells of sunshine. the best of the sunshine later in the day and temperatures just similar to today maximum of 25 celsius. saturday looks like it will remain dry with sunny spells, patchy rain later. cooler on sunday and sunny spells and a few showers. that's it from me for now. i'm back in around half—an—hour. now it's back to naga and charlie at westminster. bye for now. hello this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty.

we're live at westminster all morning bringing you up to date with all the latest developments following the prime minister's announcement yesterday to suspend parliament. we will get more detail on that and more on those who say it is the wrong decision. more on those who say it is the wrong decision. let's bring you a summary of the main stories. as you've been hearing, cabinet ministers have strongly rejected claims that the suspension of parliament in the run—up to brexit is an attempt to stop mps from debating the issue or preventing a no deal. the prime minister announced the suspension yesterday but his decision has been met with outrage by opposition mps and some tories. we have been speaking to jacob rees mogg. i think the outrage is a phony and created by people who do not wa nt and created by people who do not want us to leave the european union

and want to turn the referendum result and do not want the benefits. the decision has led to criticism across the uk. our correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow for us this morning, lorna, criticism in scotland, and court cases as well? and perhaps news from ruth davidson? nicola sturgeon has described the prime minister as a template dictator and says she believes boris johnson has now made scottish independence completely inevitable. the snp is working with other parties to stop a no—deal brexit, at the same time cross—party group of parliamentarians and peers are trying to bring forward to hearing which had been scheduled for next friday in the court of sessions to hear motion that the suspension of

parliament is illegal and then, as you mentioned, the expectation today that ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives will quit. we're told her are a mixture of the personal and the political. the pressures of being a new mum contributing to her decision but make no mistake, she is no fan of borisjohnson she was in the anyone but boris camped in the leadership campaign and is fiercely opposed to a no—deal brexit. at least 25 people have been killed in a fire at a bar in mexico. police say gang members, recently released from prison, are thought to be behind the blaze in the city of veracruz, which left another 11 people badly injured. the president, andres obrador described the attack as "shameful." an investigation has found that it's still too easy for children to buy knives on the high street —

that's despite major retailers pledging to end illegal sales. trading standards say underaged shoppers were sold knives on more than 300 occasions in a year when their teams carried out tests at various national chains and independent stores. it's all fairly new. we've covered nation—wide to get he figures so we are, i am fairly shocked that we've got such a high percentage. we want to do is just get those figures down and help retailers to do the right thing to prevent selling knives. radical changes to the way people live are essential, if the uk wants to meet its target of virtually halting greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. that's according to the government's chief environment scientist, who says most people are unaware of the challenge. the home secretary will meet her french counterpart in paris later to discuss the sharp rise in the number of migrants trying to cross the channel using small boats. so far this year, more than a thousand people have attempted the crossing. refugee agencies in calais have challenged priti patel to visit the area to see the

situation for herself. let step away from when spinster and look at some spot. just one day after the efl pulled the plug on bury, bolton wanderers have been saved. the league one club was on the verge of liquidation yesterday after entering administration in may, and had been given two weeks to prove it can complete its fixtures this season. a potential sale to a group called football ventures limited looked to have collapsed on monday, but it was rectified and completed yesterday, securing the club's immediate future. we are absolutely delighted. this has been obviously dragging on for such a long time and there's been points, really deep, dark times when people just thought this would not happen, especially given what has happened to bury, but it is fantastic news for the club and fantastic news for the time. plenty of action in the second round of the carabao cup last night, including an upset at turf moor, where sunderland, who now play in league one, came from behind to beat

the premier league side burnley 3—1. george dobson completing the comeback and the upset with a well worked third goalfor sunderland. everton avoided a shock of their own against lincoln city, who'd taken the lead afterjust 20 seconds and then drew themselves level at 2—2 with this brilliant hit. everton's premier league class eventually showed though, as they scored twice in the last ten minutes to beat the league one a—2. all the results from last night are on the bbc website, along with the draw for the third round. phil neville says he wants his england women's side to be "braver and tougher" if they're to win a major tournament. they play belgium in a friendly tonight, the start of their preparations for a home european championship in 2021. it's the first time the squad has been together since they finished fourth at the women's world cup. wales are also in friendly action tonight, they play the faroe islands.

to the us open, where britain's dan evans and jo konta will try again today after their second round matches were postponed because of rain. roger federer meanwhile is through to the third round. but he didn't have it all his own way at flushing meadows. he lost the first set to damir dzumhur, but eventually got his act together and won in four sets. as for novak djokovic, he was struggling with a sore shoulder, but still had enough to beat the argentinianjuan ignacio londero in straight sets. he's going for back—to—back titles in new york. and in the last couple of hours, serena williams has confirmed her place in the third round. she lost the first set against fellow american caty mcnally, but found her rhythm and won the next two pretty comfortably. let's get back to westminster. we

are spending some time and when spinster looking at the aftermath of the decision to prorogue, to suspend parliament. 1 million people have signed a petition so far. mrjohnson does have support from within his party but also many conservative mps who say they are unhappy with the decision. one of them joins us now. what is your reaction to the news? what is your reaction to the news? what the prime minister is doing is taking a wrecking ball to our constitution. legally it is a fine but we know it is the first in a series of moves designed to muzzle parliament from holding him to account on a no—deal brexit. parliament from holding him to account on a no-deal brexit. you still have time to debate brexit. he's squeezing the amount time possible. if you were to pass legislation that says we have to

extend article 50 which we would need to do if we are going to go for a deal, it would be difficult to do in the time constraint available. jacob rees mogg said there was no specific timetable on how many days you would have to debate brexit anyway. you can talk about all the niceties about it. we are reading in the papers that this was the first move and there are other moves are planned by the government that even if we were to pass legislation the prime minister would review —— refused to put it forward. ifjeremy corbyn did what we did, many of our conservative colleagues would be accusing him. it is not right if

jeremy corbyn doesn't and it is not right if we do it. this is the biggest decision we have taken in about four decades and holding executives to account means we must have as much time to do so. many people will say frankly, you mps have had plenty of time to debate this issue. you have not achieved anything. on top of which, there are moments in time now is the possibility, next week... maybe you can give us some clarity. what do you intend to do next week? your point about parliament having a lot of time to debate this. the prime minister himself also voted against brexit under the backbenches, he vote against the deal twice. remainers have spent three years

frustrating the will of the people. the truth is the deal in front of us fosters to choose a third—rate deal for the country. we are where we. what will you do? but i will be doing is working across parties to seek to bring forward legislation that would hopefully force the government to actually allow itself to be scrutinised more on a no—deal brexit. can you give us more clarity on what that means? brexit. can you give us more clarity on what that means? i do not want to get caught in the detail but i will tell you why we're doing what we're doing which is nobody voted to have a situation where it was doubtful we could get medicines for this country, where we would have direct rule over northern ireland...” country, where we would have direct rule over northern ireland... i do not want you to rehearse those arguments. what is helpful now,

given that next week is the timespan, are you talking about legislation? can you give us a sense of what this procedure is? we are discussing it... but you do not have any time. i am talking to other mps across the house. how many other conservative mps are like minded as you? i think a significant number of conservative mps are extremely concerned. there were at least a0 two voted against or abstain before we went into recess so a lot of mps concerned about this because it is not the way our constitution operates in this country. the conservative party is split, as it appears to be. jeremy corbyn has the option and many are calling for him to put forward a motion of no confidence. would you vote for that?

what we're looking at initially is legislation... if that happens it... we're looking at legislation and what this exit process is forcing us to eventually choose between our careers and the country and have a long sense gone past the point of focusing on my career stopped i resigned to take a pay cut and stand up resigned to take a pay cut and stand upfor my resigned to take a pay cut and stand up for my constituents. would you vote ? up for my constituents. would you vote? let's see where we get to with the legislation. i have given you my criteria. let's see where we get to. cross— party criteria. let's see where we get to. cross—party meetings happening today, between people of your mindset. are they taking place today? there are meetings and discussions taking place today, that's right. that is ourjob. that is what we are elected to do, to hold the government to account and represent our constituents

interests. if we have a situation with the prime minister of the day can get away without being held to account, that ceases to be a parliamentary democracy so i will be doing myjob as an mp as well as a lot of others. the otherjob you haveis lot of others. the otherjob you have is to make sure brexit happens by the 31st of october. while you are arguing about proroguing whether it is correct, a decision has to be made. borisjohnson surely has focused the minds. any deal would require an extension of article 50. borisjohnson himself require an extension of article 50. boris johnson himself said require an extension of article 50. borisjohnson himself said a few weeks ago that a no—deal brexit was a million to one. he knows that a no—deal brexit is not what people voted for and it is not what was in our manifesto. we promised a smooth and orderly exit and a comprehensive free trade deal. the reason why borisjohnson was playing down a

no—deal brexit is because he knows there is no band—aid for it outside there is no band—aid for it outside the country. if that is what he wa nts to the country. if that is what he wants to pursue, he should go to the people rather than to subvert our constitution in order to achieve it. we live from the house of commons this morning. it was quite cool this morning when we first started.|j have been given this. carol, you can see this. and autumn leaf! the sun is shining but it is cooler and it feels like the weather is turning. sunday is the first day meteorological autumn so it will turn cooler than unsettled than. there is mist and fog around this morning as you can see from this picture taken in oxfordshire. but not everywhere. sunshine in greater london. the forecast today is for a windy and wet one for scotland and northern ireland. sunshine and

showers for england and wales and breezy. and that is after we lose the mist and fog which is anywhere from lincolnshire towards the midlands into east wales. low pressure is dominating our weather and with it we are seeing a bit more cloud and some rain. heavy rain already coming in across the south—west of scotland, pushing eastwards. showers across northern ireland with some bright spells developing and we lose the mist and fried from literature in the midlands across east wales it will brighten up but still a few showers across western part of england and wales and we could see the odd one in the midlands later on in the days city early breeze and early sunshine, feel pleasantly warm in 2a degrees it will get lower temperatures as we push north. through the evening and overnight we still have some showers and then we see a new band of rain coming in across northern ireland and also western scotland and by the end of the night that will be quite heavy and persistent. still a few showers knocking around and late during the

day today it will be windy across the northern half of the country, breezy in the south. overnight temperatures not as low as the night that has just gone. on friday you can see the weather front bringing heavy and persistent rain but look how far back into the atlantic it goes. it will be with us into the weekend. the met office has a yellow weather warning out for heavy rain for south—west scotland. you can see there will be rain across western scotland, southern scotland and northern ireland and that is where we are picking up as much as 100 millimetres, four inches, over the hills. through the day we see some of that rain getting in across north—west england, possibly into north—west england, possibly into north—west wales come south, dry conditions with sunny skies and here, 25 degrees. breezy again, still windy across the north. it will feel cooler, especially in the wind and especially in the rain. ahead dub for the weekend, it remains unsettled with the weather

front across a. —— a heads up for the weekend. let's pick up on business down here in westminster. mps will return next week. there is no—one here right now apart from those who are paying attention to what is happening right now. big question marks however about how much people understand or care about this pro road king, the suspension of parliament. i feel that many people are saying they have had enough. —— pro road king of parliament. nina, you have been asking people about this and have spent a lot of time trying to explain what prorogation is. whether there is some teary emotive. it is difficult for people to get a tangible sense of how it affects their lives and sometimes you think we get carried away with what happens in the big house in the small house up the road. we listen to the loudest voices in the government and the opposition. but what does everyone

else think? yesterday and last night i went to borisjohnson ‘s constituency in oxbridge to ask people there what they thought about prorogation. just because your member of parliament is prime minister does not mean you know what he is up to. he is suspending parliament? as i confirmed? i don't know what i think about it. i am not the political. confused? don't about it. i am not the political. confused ? don't be. about it. i am not the political. confused? don't be. borisjohnson says it is just a few days away from parliament for mps and a chance to bring forward are not all about brexit. some say if it is a way of stopping parliament from stopping an ideal brexit, that will do nicely. stopping parliament from stopping an ideal brexit, that will do nicelylj think he has actually made a step in

the right direction. i hope it is in the right direction. i hope it is in the right direction. but he has made a step, made a decision. would. it feels like progress to definitely comment to me to get it is the prime minister ‘s right to ask for a break before setting out plans through the queen ‘s speech. but opponents say in upholding one british tradition, the prime minister is seriously damaging another. and that is the long—established right of our elected representatives, so our members of parliament, to do their job, which is to scrutinise government decisions and decide on our behalf what happens next. in oxbridge they are proud that this is where the battle of britain bunker helped to turn around the war effort. some question if these new battle lines are being drawn for the right reasons. i think it is probably a selfish reason. i think he suspended parliament for himself and not necessarily for the majority all the good of the country. so, yes. iam

all the good of the country. so, yes. i am worried. i think it is a step backwards. the prime minister has a comfortable majority here but is he confident enough nationally to call an election? halloween is creeping closer. some see more toil and trouble ahead. for others, we are closing in on an exciting new day. so pretty clear there about how most people feel. they cannot get away from it. and i have given up trying to predict what people are thinking. there are so many opinions around and brexit takes twists and turns and brexit takes twists and turns and it is dangerous to try and guess what people are thinking unless we speak to them and we saw in the past how toxic it can become when we make assumptions. what i would say, over the last few months there are two opinions that keep coming up. what isa opinions that keep coming up. what is a lady we spoke to yesterday who saidi is a lady we spoke to yesterday who said i am really worried about my job. my employer is staving off

making important decisions until we know how brexit is going to turn out to the second was a man who literally put this fingers in this is and said don't talk me about brexit. the only time i want to talk about it is when it is actually done and things are moving forward because some people think nothing has happened yet. and that is the big question here this morning that we are addressing. how much time does parliament have now that this prorogation has taken place? so we will have more for you in a few minutes time but right now it is back to the studio where ben is waiting for us, talking about smart metres. —— smart meters. yes, this is research from comparison site uswitch. a smart meter sends your gas and electricity readings automatically to your energy provider and also comes with a display that gives you details about your energy usage. the government wants 50 million households to have one, but the survey found that one in 5 of the households who've got one say they were offered old—style meters

that lock you into your supplier — not the new ones that should be made available. and over half of the homes surveyed said their supplier didn't explain the full benefits of their meter before installing it. robert cheesewright is a director of smart energy gb — that's the body responsible for rolling out smart meters. good morning to you. this report is rather damning because there is a lot of confusion about this rollout of smart metres. —— smart meters. this report says that people were given the old one, the one that looks you went to a supplier. what is going on? the reports has two interesting things. firstly, that is true. there have been challenges with the rollout. it is a massive national infrastructure up rate and u nfortu nately national infrastructure up rate and unfortunately with many upgrades like this they can be challenging. particularly one like this where it is trying to deal with climate

change. we need to do a lot of things between now and 2050 to get our country ready and they will be ha rd to our country ready and they will be hard to keep things to acknowledge those frustrations and there have been frustrations and that is not what we wanted, but it will be worth it in the long run. the second thing in the report says that people say they have saved £100 with their smart meters. they are working on making a real difference. it is a mixed story, rather than a com pletely mixed story, rather than a completely one—sided view. mixed story, rather than a completely one-sided view. the issue you have is to explain to people the benefits of them. most people might think it is an upheaval, someone has to come around and change the metre. benefit in the long—term bit of an upfront hassle. it does not help when people found they have been installed with an old metre that locks them into a certain supplier when we are told that you need to be able to move around. why were the old ones installed ? able to move around. why were the old ones installed? the old ones have been important for the rollout. every single old one has the functionality to help us manage

energy in a more efficient way and bring on more renewable energy.- keep still locked into a single supplier. with the first generation meter, when you switch supplier you can lose service. the good news is that they will be enrolled into a national overstretched —— infrastructure so that problem will be resolved. but next week we will have the second million of the second—generation installed so, again, everyone only things that they do want a smart meter and a £100 saving and to do their bit for climate change, we have a second—generation two for you now. please do try and get one. this all sounds quite costly, the idea that there are different meters going in different places, some will change, some won't. will end up paying? will we end up paying more on our bills? this is a huge national infrastructure rate and a big investment in our country and planet. it is completely wetted because it will save up to £a0 billion. it also saves a lot of cost

for the energy company because they no longer need to send out meter readers. a digital system is much cheaper than analogue so it is better for us all. so why do we pay? the energy companies saving because they do not need to send out meter readers so why don't we take the muqqy readers so why don't we take the muggy from that rather than us stumping up the extra cost? every single product or service we buy, it contains the coast of delivery. i think you hit on an important point. the benefits to the energy supplies area the benefits to the energy supplies are a small part of what this is about to the big thing it is about is if we are able to charge an electric vehicle overnight cheaply using renewable, that will save us hundreds of pounds a year, take pressure off the grid rather than using a peak fossil fuel energy and that will help us save the planet and with the vehicle to grid charger foran and with the vehicle to grid charger for an electric vehicle and a spa charger, we will be able to sell energy back to the grid, making muqqy energy back to the grid, making muggy from the energy still in a battery in our car. i saw a kettle

at the university of newcastle, the cattle can charge up and then sell energy back to the grid. all of that really amazing and exciting stuff that help us save muggy is coming but we need to get smart meters first. thank you very much for being with us. we will be back in westminster with the latest on all the events and bring you up—to—date on what is happening there. before that, let's get a look at the travel and weather where you are. campaigners are calling for more dedicated parking spaces for disabled people across the capital as new rules come into force this week to shake up the blue badge scheme. from friday, more people with non—visible disabilities such as anxiety and crohn's disease could be eligible to display a blue badge in their vehicle. there are currently ten blue badge holders for every dedicated

space in london. now we're used to hearing headlines every winter about the pressure facing hospitals with some struggling to cope with the surge in demand for services. in essex two hospitals have been talking to bbc london about how they're preparing this year. broomfield near chelmsford will open a new 26 bed ward, while basildon hospital will create 37 new spaces. emergency cardiology patients will also be transfered to a specialist centre at basildon to ease pressure elsewhere. these will be permanent in terms of how we provide the bed capacity that is needed. and for the long—term, i am sure over the next five years we will be planning further beds as population changes and the ageing population continues. and we know from our experience that this is a service we need to provide and we must have the right number of beds to meet demand that emergency patients bring to this hospital to ensure we can always offer a good and safe service. let's take a look at the travel situation now.

the the travel situation now. problems on the bakerloc have the problems on the bakerloo line have now cleared up and all lines are now running well now. chiltern railways have suspended london bound services because a train has broken down. it is still looking bad in parking. where there are delays on the a13 heading into central london. there's been an accident westbound near the lodge avenue flyover there are tailbacks back to rainham. in putney, the high street is closed northbound from the south circular to norroy road there's works taking place near putney station. and some more works to look out for as you head out of staines towards ashford. the a308 kingston road is closed eastbound from the a30 at the crooked billet to the fordbridge roundabout. time for a look at the weather now with lucy martin. a breezier day today than we saw yesterday and a good deal of sunny spells to come. the best of the sunshine through this morning. first thing this morning there could be a little bit of residual cloud in the far east that will clear away quite

quickly and we are looking at good lengthy spells of sunshine through the morning, a bit more cloud into the afternoon but still some good spells of sunshine with highs of 2a celsius and the south—westerly breeze. through the evening and overnight it will stay dry with areas of cloud and also clear spells. temperatures overnight staying in the double figures, a minimum of around ten or 11 celsius. as we move into tomorrow, it brings a fairly similar day, looking dry with good spells of sunshine. the best of the sunshine later in the day and temperatures just similar to today maximum of 25 celsius. saturday looks like it will remain dry with sunny spells, patchy rain later. cooler on sunday and sunny spells and a few showers. that's it from me for now. i'm back in around half—an—hour. now it's back to naga and charlie at westminster. bye for now.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, live from westminster with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: borisjohnson's suspension of parliament sparks protests and condemnation. opponents call the prime minister's move a constitutional outrage. more than one million people have signed a protest petition but ministers argue there's plenty of time to debate brexit. ruth davidson, the scottish conservative leader, is expected to quit after almost eight years in the job. the pound takes another hit amid more brexit uncertainty. it means overseas holidays will cost more, and makes imported goods more expensive, but it's good news for british firms selling abroad. i'll explain a little later. saved from the brink. bolton wanderers will stay in existence, and in the football league after a takeover deal was confirmed last night. good morning. mistand good morning. mist and fog around this morning across parts of england and wales but it will be dry, bright

and wales but it will be dry, bright and breezy with a few showers in the west, but the scotland and northern ireland, windy, and if you haven't got the rain already, it is on its way. more in 15 minutes. it's thursday 29th august. we're live in westminster, and the question this morning is how much time, over the coming weeks, mps will have to gather and debate brexit. the prime minister borisjohnson gained permission from the queen yesterday to close down parliament. the government says there's still plenty of time to discuss leaving the eu, but the move has sparked protests across the country. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. outside downing street... ..in cities across the united kingdom, protests against boris johnson's hugely controversial decision to send mps home for more than a month just weeks before the brexit deadline. ample time in parliament, for mps to debate. he says it's all within the rules.

normal for a new government with new policies, and not about stopping, or trying to limit the debate on brexit. the prime minister is clear that he wants to use a new parliamentary session in order to ensure that the people's priorities are met, but it's also the case that parliamentarians will have plenty of time when we come back next week to debate brexit. many simply don't believe that. the speaker, the man in charge of the commons, said it was a democratic outrage, and mps are lining up to warn mrjohnson they will fight him in parliament next week to try and rule out leaving the eu without a deal in october. when parliament does meet, on his timetable very briefly next week, the first thing we'll do is attempt legislation to prevent what he's doing, and secondly, we'll challenge him in a motion of confidence at some point. it is profoundly undemocratic to shut parliament down to stop it doing itsjob, at a time of national crisis like this.

there is a big battle coming here. the government is adamant there will still be enough time to discuss brexit in parliament, but packing this place up for five weeks means there will be far less than some were hoping for. those who wants to stop no deal are still optimistic they can find a way to do it, but there's no guarantee they'll succeed. with two months till the uk leaves the european union, the battle to decide what that looks like is increasingly bitter and the stakes are increasingly high. nick eardley, bbc news. let's take a look at what the next few weeks could look like. mps will return to westminster on tuesday 3rd september. most of the following day will 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 time for the party conferences, as they were scheduled already. and then for the government to present its future plans in a queen's speech on monday the 1ath of october. three days after that, europe's leaders will meet in brussels, where any re—negotiated brexit deal would have to be discussed. this might be the last opportunity the prime minister has to avoid a no—deal brexit. britain is due to leave the european union on the last day of october. and that, in a way, everything is geared around the 31st of october date. but depending on how you look at it, we spoke with jacob rees—mogg and he said there was nothing unusual and it happens almost every year, proroguing parliament, taking a bit of downtime, but when hear the

criticisms... yes, the government's argument is perfectly legal and constitutionally correct in what you would expect to happen at this time usually there are programme before they the parliamentary term. the controversy at this decision at this time is the length of the suspension of parliament with people saying that it of parliament with people saying thatitis of parliament with people saying that it is longer than it needs to be and, of course, the timing being so close to the brexit deadline with many arguing that mps need every day, every hour, every minute available to them to debate and discuss brexit and potentially force the government into action. so the narrowing of the window means next week becomes a compelling moment in british politics. it does. the time was already tight for mps wanting to stop the uk going out without a

deal, and now it is tighter. so as soon as mps get back from their summer break next tuesday in parliament starts again we will see, i think, events unfold very quickly. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn's movements will be key, as welljohn bercow, in terms of what he will allow in parliamentary procedure, but it will either be a vote of no—confidence in the government very quickly or moves to introduce legislation to take charge of parliamentary business and force the hand of the government. these things will happen within a few days. the timing is tight and there is no guarantee that the opposition parties that either will succeed. thank you very much. we were talking about what those opposed to this might be doing and we will speak to barry gardiner in a few moments. we can speak now to our europe reporter adam fleming, who is in brussels for us this morning. so much debate about the decision made by boris johnson. so much debate about the decision made by borisjohnson. what are people saying where you are?

yesterday we got some quite critical comments, actually from the european parliament. the european parliament practice coordinator called the senator. brent was micron said it was suffering from a disease —— emmanuel macron. and a few european prime ministers have said they would never dream of doing this in office. the current european leaders are keeping very quiet and they think that this is a domestic political issue and not something for them to intervene in and when you speak to the eu's negotiating team and the officials and diplomats in brussels in private, they do not by boris johnson's central strategy, the idea that it might be a better deal from brussels to the uk if only boris johnson could beat his critics and opponents in parliament in the first couple of weeks in september. they think borisjohnson's couple of weeks in september. they think boris johnson's opponents couple of weeks in september. they think borisjohnson's opponents and the people who want to stop a node

your brexit will keep fighting until the last minute, and as we know, the last minute is the 31st of october —— stopa last minute is the 31st of october —— stop a no—deal brexit. the pound has dropped this morning amid more brexit uncertainty. ben is looking at this from our salford studio this morning. good morning, charlie. i've been looking at the numbers from here and the markets are open again and it's afamiliar the markets are open again and it's a familiar tale, all about uncertainty weighing on the markets. and what you find at times like this isa and what you find at times like this is a real difference. the pound is down again, and since the announcement yesterday from westminster, it has lost about 1% and a similaramount westminster, it has lost about 1% and a similar amount of the ftse 250, more representative of uk business. what you often find is the ftse100, that is up, because they are more internationalfirms when they report in dollars, given the exchange rate, it makes their results look better but if you delve into the details essentially this

means that overseas holidays for all of us will cost us a little bit more. the pound falling against both the dollar and the euro. it also means that stuff we import from overseas is more expensive, so we could see price rises for things that are important to the uk from elsewhere. on the flip side, it means that goods made in the uk are cheaper abroad, so it makes british business more attractive, but at the same time it means that foreign firms looking for a bargain to snap up firms looking for a bargain to snap upa firms looking for a bargain to snap up a british firm, it makes those purchases cheaper. it's also worth bearing in mind what this tells us about with the state of the economy, businesses exposed to the uk market, things like house—building, they are feeling that more than most, down 2% so far this morning. i will keep an eye on the numbers for you and i will see you soon. then, thank you very much. more from westminster on what will happen in the buildings behind me in the next weeks and months, but let's bring you

up—to—date with the other news first. at least 25 people have been killed in a fire at a bar in mexico. police say gang members, recently released from prison, are thought to be behind the blaze in the city of veracruz which left another 11 people badly injured. the president, andres obrador described the attack as "shameful." an investigation has found that it's still too easy for children to buy knives on the high street — that's despite major retailers pledging to end illegal sales. trading standards say underaged shoppers were sold knives on more than 300 occasions in a year when their teams carried out tests at various national chains and independent stores. radical changes to the way people live are essential, if the uk wants to meet its target of virtually halting greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. that's according to the government's chief environment scientist, who says most people are unaware of the challenge. the home secretary will meet her french counterpart in paris later to discuss the sharp rise in the number of migrants trying to cross the channel using small boats.

so far this year, more than 1,000 people have attempted the crossing. refugee agencies in calais have challenged priti patel to visit the area to see the situation for herself. a skull dating back almost four million years skull has been discovered by researchers in ethiopia. their study challenges ideas about how humans evolved from ape—like ancestors. the discovery is reported in thejournal, nature. little noisy at westminster but this time of year you might not expect there to be many politicians in this area, but today is different because of the announcement by borisjohnson and the conservative government yesterday to suspend parliament. naga is with one of those people who is vehemently opposed to what might

happen next. yes, up on the balcony and the view over westminster, glorious sunshine beating down. not sure if the mood is quite as sunny when it comes to the labour party. barry gardiner, the shadow international trade secretary is with me. i am always sunny. that may be, but is your disposition sunny after what boris johnson be, but is your disposition sunny after what borisjohnson has done? every commentator, every newspaper headline has said that this is unprecedented, a constitutional outrage. that is the words of the speaker of the house of commons. what the government has tried to do is to stop parliament where there is a majority who believe that it would be wrong to take us out of the eu without a deal and for which there was no mandate and it was never a feature of the referendum that we

would leave without a deal, and all the business organisations in the country have said it would cause economic chaos. ok, we know that, but you still have time to debate it. it's not about debating. it is about passing legislation that could bind the government to seek a further extension. that is what should happen. even the previous prime minister accepted that the majority in parliament, lats —— that's not the opposition parties, former government ministers, and you would have heard the quotes from a number of the current cabinet saying that this would be completely wrong to prorogue parliament in this way. many of them who have said it would be wrong to pursue a no deal outcome. but those members of the government's party who are saying they do not want to see us crash out of the european union without a deal, they are very happy to have a deal, they are very happy to have a deal, happy to leave the european union, but they do not want to leave without a deal and they will be

joining the rest of the opposition parties next week to try and prevent the government from doing this. it is disingenuous. what are you going to do? your hands are being forced. absolutely and it's been quite ridiculous for ten downing st to say that this is simply about normal politics and about getting on with the domestic agenda. everybody knows thatis the domestic agenda. everybody knows that is not the case. what are you going to do? the facility with which they have come out this morning and simply lied about it is quite extraordinary. lied about? lied about what this is about. extraordinary. lied about? lied about what this is about. it's about preventing the will of parliament. and stopping them from ensuring that the government doesn't do that, so we are going to initiate a standing order, section 2a debate, an emergency debate, to try and do that. what is that debate about? to what end? the end would be to force the government by law to seek an extension from the european union.

so that the deadline of the 31st of october is no longer in place. why haven't you done this before? you had lots of time. lots of people look the labour party will say that you are upset that borisjohnson has outsmarted you and force your hand and concentrated the time of debate. we have had a parliamentary recess and therefore... you've had three yea rs. and therefore... you've had three years. no, the government had three yea rs years. no, the government had three years to negotiate a deal. that was what the referendum mandated them to do, to negotiate an agreement with the european union. they are the ones who failed, they are the ones who failed three times to get it through the house of commons. we are in the labour party actually said to the government, look, please, change your red lines. if you change your red lines we believe there is a deal that can respect the results of the referendum and leave the european union, but do so in a way that doesn't damage the economy and that

can get through parliament. in reaction to this, let me ask you, has labour lost momentum in order to push for a no—confidence motion? the theory is you won't push that because if it goes through it will go to because if it goes through it will gotoa because if it goes through it will go to a general election and you are not ina go to a general election and you are not in a position to win it. go to a general election and you are not in a position to win it. no, not at all. you saw the meeting the other day where all the leaders of the opposition parties invited by jeremy corbyn to sit down and that was an extraordinary meeting, i meeting where people who are not allies and bedfellows all agreed that the interests of the country must be made paramount and the interest of the country is not to leave the european union without a deal. that is why the government has been forced to take this action, because they saw there was a united opposition that were resolute in achieving that end. let me quote jacob rees—mogg. it seemsjeremy corbyn doesn't have any mates and therefore is not going to risk a

vote of confidence, because nobody wa nts vote of confidence, because nobody wants him to be prime minister. all these people wailing and gnashing their teeth know there are two ways of doing what they want to do, one, change the government, the other, change the government, the other, change the government, the other, change the law. if you don't do either of those, that will be the effect. if you don't have the courage or gumption to do those, we will leave on the 31st of august in accordance with the referendum result. jacob rees-mogg can bandy about insults as much as you like —— 3ist about insults as much as you like —— 31st october. i been astonished at the ease with which this morning he has simply twisted the facts on so many issues. when he was talking about prorogation he said this was perfectly normal and gave the example ofjohn major's government. he didn't say that the reason john major prorogued it for a lengthy period of time was to avoid the cash for questions scandal. in fact, the tories then were doing exactly what they are doing now, they were trying to shut down proper parliamentary

scrutiny and parliamentary control. jacob rees—mogg seems to have forgotten that, actually, when the referendum took place, he was out there saying that this was about the sovereign uk parliament taking back control from europe. now he is trying to deny that very right that he pretended he was fighting for. in his view, and many on the right wing of the conservative party, what it's a lwa ys of the conservative party, what it's always been about is leaving without always been about is leaving without a deal because that is in their economic interests, their financial interests. it is not in the economic interests. it is not in the economic interests of the ordinary working person in this country. barry gardiner, thank you for talking to me. you must have noticed how sunny it is here. generally temperatures coming down though. good morning to you. yes, that's right, particular during the weekend and sunday especially, your notice a big change in the temperatures but this morning we

have sunshine around, picture from cornwall and another beauty from john o'groats where you can see the sun shining, but it's not shining everywhere as we have mist and fog this morning and across parts of finland and wales it is fairly patchy and we also have rain coming in across western scotland with a few showers around. the northern half of the country today is going to be windy, as you can see from the squeezed isobars. low pressure is driving the weather with attendant fronts. wide spaces in the south means it is breezy rather than windy. we lose the mist and fog in the south, the sun will come out and we could see showers in western england and wales heading into the midlands and may be this afternoon as well and some showers again across northern ireland with some bright spells in between. for scotland, heavy rain pushes east and fragments making it quite a showery afternoon with a fair bit of ploughed around, but nonetheless here and there we will temperatures of 1a in the north to 2a or 25 in

the south. through the evening and overnight, a lot of clear skies are crossing land and wales but through the night we see heavier and more persistent rain move across northern ireland and into western scotland. what, but a cooler night than the one it's gone stop on friday we see the weather from bringing one it's gone stop on friday we see the weatherfrom bringing heavy one it's gone stop on friday we see the weather from bringing heavy rain but it goes back into the atlantic across our shores across the weekend. on friday you see the rain piling on across northern ireland and scotland and the met office has and scotland and the met office has a yellow weather warning which is valid from midday on friday to midday on saturday for heavy rain across the south west and dumfries and galloway, where as in the hills there could be as much as 100 millimetres, four inches. south of that, dry and the rain across north—west england and eventually

north—west england and eventually north—west wales. for the weekend it looks like it will be unsettled, don't forget the weather fronts and as you rightly said, it is turning cooler. on college green, a cool start, but temperatures rising in the sunshine. quite right and it was a beautiful morning here, and that it. prorogue learning words at the moment. thanks forjoining us. nicola, these are challenging times for newspapers, readers, for our viewers and in terms of grasping the scale of what is happening, but literally just understanding the mechanics of somewhat uncharted territory. definitely. i don't think any of us

would say prorogue was a word we would say prorogue was a word we would expect to use regularly and we have had to kind of brush up on the constitution. much of which relies on convention, and that is the point about what boris johnson has on convention, and that is the point about what borisjohnson has done, he hasn't done anything that is illegal or broken any rules, but critics say that he is kind of playing with convention here because this suspension is so long. it's not unusual to have a suspension but this is one of the longest in recent times. on the issue of how you are telling the story for the readers... it's not a clue but it is delivering on the vote in 2016. it's a dramatic thing to suspend parliament for five weeks and he says he allowed enough time to get a deal through and he's honestly trying to eat into the time to stop brexit. i think it is a relief we are finally getting to a degree of concluding this three years of uncertainty which has been going on for so long. companies hate

it, people hate it, readers hate it and we want to get a resolution either way and we will get it.l number of politicians right for your newspaper. jacob rees—mogg wrote for you this morning and we spoke to him this morning. political stances are obvious, just looking at your front pages this morning, that is clear but nonetheless, even your editors must sometimes be surprised at the steps that are taken and how this is unfolding. it's been in the ether, the idea. it's a aoo a parliament which means we have been sitting without a new legislative programme without a new legislative programme with 400 without a new legislative programme with aoo days and we have built it around this conference break and added a week for good measure and it's probably what needed to be done. it is a dramatic move by boris johnson. yet we look back at some of the conservative colleagues, like michael gove, saying it would be a terrible thing if we shut down parliament during hustings. amber rudd says it is a ridiculous

suggestion to suspend parliament. they should answer for themselves. matt hancock as well. their turnaround, they will answer for their own words, but there has been a major turnaround that these people are the ones who are in this government. they said that themselves, they believe that. matt hancock made a remark about world war ii, and i think they have to answer for themselves if that what they think but it is clearly in the armoury. this is politics. john major did the long prorogation in 1997 and it happen before that. if we really are in the biggest crisis since the war, again, it takes a big thing to deal with it. we were speaking to barry gardiner a moment ago. those who are opposed to this are coming in for a bit of flak right now for being, if you like, outsmarted. they said we will pick our moment and we will choose when we will make the big move and challenge the government, and then this happens. i can't remember who

said yesterday that you do not bring a rule book to a gunfight, and that's effectively what has happened. boris johnson is that's effectively what has happened. borisjohnson is working within the law but perhaps not the spirit of it, and they have been outsmarted. they have had enough time, effectively. this has been in the running for a long time. there is now a very short period of time when parliament comes back in order to try and get some emergency legislation through, highly reliant on the speaker agreeing to that. his remarks yesterday suggest that he will be amenable to that because i think you called it a constitutional outrage, so he's nailed his colours to the mast. just a thought on that. you can see it either way, but there is some sowing confusion amongst the critics on boris johnson is some sowing confusion amongst the critics on borisjohnson or maybe it is the moment that they finally think we really have to act together and do something. for boris johnson, all the right people are furious

with him why did the labour party not vote for the theresa may deal? it was turned down three times by parliament and people complain that they didn't vote for the dealer may face or no—deal brexit. it's on them as much as anybody else. thank you very much for your time this morning. we are live here all morning. we are live here all morning. nine time for the weather and news where you are. while there is a lot of dry weather round we have some showers. it is down to this area of low pressure sitting up to the north and west and around it we have a daisy chain of weather fronts that will become stalled in northern ireland and scotland. here we are seeing the majority of the shower, merging together at times to form longer spells of rain and here it will be windy too. gusts between a0 and 50mph. there will be one or two

showers but they will be the exception rather than the rule. a fine dry day with spells of sunshine but temperatures down on where they have been recently. into this evening we will keep the rain going for northern ireland and scotland, that will become heavy an persistent and still windy here too. elsewhere it remains breezy, mostly dry with clear spells, down to the south and the east, temperatures in double figures for most of us so a fairly mild start to friday morning. we still have the rain through northern ireland and up into scott, here like todayit ireland and up into scott, here like today it will remained windy. that rain slipping further southwards, into parts of northern england too. elsewhere, across much of england and wales, once again another fine, dry day with spells of sunshine and feeling warm, east anglia reaching highs of 25 celsius but it will be breezy still. it remains unsettled as we head into the weekend. turning cooler, particularly on sunday. so this is how saturday is shaping up. the weather front that has been

stalled is on the move. gradually, slowly sinking south and eastwards, not reaching the far south and east until the overnight period. some of the rain could be heavy at times. noticeably cooler on saturday, cooler still for sunday.

this is business live from bbc news, with victoria fritz and ben bland. as the uk government suspends parliament, busines groups react with anger. live from london, that's our top story on thursday 29 august. pounded again — sterling drops on the news parliament is to be suspended, but regains some ground. also in the programme. no—deal‘s not an option. uk businesses step up warnings about the dangers of a hard brexit.