you're watching bbc news at nine with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: cabinet ministers strongly reject claims that the suspension of parliament is an attempt to stop mps from debating brexit or preventing a no deal exit. this is completely constitutional and proper. there will be lots of time to debate before the 31st of october and parliament will be sitting then and will be able to have whatever motions it wants. the suspension of parliament has sparked a furious backlash from mps and opponents of a no—deal brexit. to listen to our arguments against the fact that we think this request is illegal. the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, is expected to quit after almost eight years in the job.

the home secretary, priti patel, will meet her french counterpart in paris today, to discuss ways to deal with the rise in illegal migrant crossings to the uk by boat. at least 25 people have been killed in a firebomb attack on a nightclub in mexico. several more are seriously hurt. and the survival of bolton wanderers has been secured after football ventures limited completed its takeover of the club. the league one club had been facing liquidation. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the government has insisted that mps will have time to debate the uk's departure

from the european union — despite plans to suspend parliament for five weeks into october. yesterday, the queen approved the prime minister's request to close parliament until 14th october — less than three weeks before the uk is due to leave the eu. but the move has sparked protests around the country — a legal challenge is underway and a petition against proroging parliament has attracted more than one million signatures. 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 months 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. 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 14th 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. let's hear from our assistant political editor norman smith. number ten‘s announcement yesterday has unleashed a forceful response predicted when boris johnson first mooted the idea of suspending parliament. so as you consider the days and weeks ahead, how might things unfold 7 days and weeks ahead, how might things unfold? i think we are facing a titanic week starting on tuesday when mps, they believe, will have four days, just four days to try and

pass legislation to thwart any move to ta ke pass legislation to thwart any move to take us out of the eu without an agreement, and if they cannot do it in that timeframe, then i think the consensus is that that will be the last realistic opportunity. and you have to say, by proroguing parliament so soon, mrjohnson has only left a very narrow window of opportunity for those mps. they believe it can still be done, but it isa believe it can still be done, but it is a huge undertaking because you can guarantee that borisjohnson, his supporters, the brexit backing peers in the house of lords will do everything they can to thwart such legislation getting through. they've also been turning up the heat on mr johnson's critics, in effect accusing them of the constitutional outrage by what they claim is their desire to overturn the result of the

brexit referendum. and that was the view of the leader of the house of commons jacob rees—mogg when interviewed this morning. this is completely constitutional and proper. there is going to be lots of time to debate before the 315t of october. parliament will be sitting then and will be able to have whatever motions it once. i think the outrage is phony and created by people who don't want us to leave the european union and are trying very ha rd the european union and are trying very hard to overturn the referendum result and don't want the benefits of leaving the european union, including cheaper food, clothing and footwear when we are free to pursue out footwear when we are free to pursue our own economic footwear when we are free to pursue our own economic policies. labour have warned that if they cannot get legislation to thwart no deal through parliament then they may move to table a motion of no confidence and this morning the shadow cabinet minister barry gardiner accused borisjohnson shadow cabinet minister barry gardiner accused boris johnson of lying over why he had prorogued parliament. it has been really quite

ridiculous for number ten to say that this is simply about normal politics and getting on with the domestic agenda. everybody knows that that is not the case. the facility with which they have come out this morning and simply lied about it is really quite extraordinary. lied about? lied about what this is all about. it is about what this is all about. it is about preventing the will of parliament and stopping them from ensuring that the government does that, so we will initiate a standing order, section 24 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 315t of october is no longer there. while boris johnson's move october is no longer there. while borisjohnson‘s move seems to have caught his opponents on the hop, it has also emboldened many of them and

in to some extent unify what has been a fairly fractured and disparate band of opponents by giving them a common cause, in other words to oppose the prorogation and the potential of leaving the eu without parliament having a say. we have seen a steady stream of former big hitter cabinet ministers from mrs may's administration now voicing their opposition. yesterday we heard from hill it —— philip hammond, and today we have heard from david lidington, suggesting parliament was being gagged and we've also heard from greg clark who said far from parliament having less time to debate no deal at these critical moments, it ought to have more time possibly during the conference recess. and sam gyimah, another former minister who resigned over brexit, well, this morning he did not rule out potentially supporting a no—confidence vote in boris johnson's administration. what this

brexit process is doing is forcing all of us eventually to somehow choose between our careers in the country and i have long since gone past the point of focusing primarily on my career. i resigned as a minister to take on my career. i resigned as a ministerto take a on my career. i resigned as a minister to take a pay cut to stand up minister to take a pay cut to stand up for my constituents. i will continue to do so. so will you vote? let's see where we get to. the question was... i think i've given you my criteria for making a decision and we will see where we get to with the legislation next week. it is hard to think that this will end up anyway other than in a general election. if you look at how borisjohnson has general election. if you look at how boris johnson has approached general election. if you look at how borisjohnson has approached his premiership since stepping across the threshold of number ten, he has been making a high profile announcements, popular announcements on the nhs, are more police officers and has been splashing around billions of pounds in new spending commitments, and next week we have that spending round to set out

departmental budgets. it's very hard to think that he is not gaining, and that in one way or another that this is going to end up in a general election and a general election sooner. meanwhile a petition calling on the government not to suspend parliament has already been signed by more than 1.2 million people. clocking up more signatures as we look on. jacob rees—mogg pointing out that the petition is a long way short of the 27 million people who voted to leave the eu but certainly there has been a significant response in a short space of time since the government announced its plans to suspend parliament yesterday. we'll be answering your questions about what all of these developments mean and

what happens next in a special "ask this" at 12:30 today. so please do get in touch with whatever questions you might have. the contact details are on your screen now. the scottish conservative leader, ruth davidson, is expected to step down this morning after eight years in thejob. ms davidson has clashed with borisjohnson over brexit, but a spokesman said her decision wasn't directly related to the suspension of parliament. her friends say her departure is also due to family reasons. she gave birth to a son earlier this year. joining me now from aberdeen is ramsayjones, former special advisor on scotland to david cameron. good morning to you. her decision not directly related to the suspension of parliament, but do you think that might have been the tipping point for her?|j

think that might have been the tipping point for her? i think it could have been a factor but i also think the timing of the leaking of her impending announcement at 11 o'clock was unfortunate but for ruth the overriding factor is likely to set for those for whom she works exacting standards and even higher standards for herself. and i think now she has her gorgeous baby boy, she has reappraised a number of things. i don't discount the fact that brexit might be in that mix, but i don't think it is the predominant factor. do you think she is going to stay as an msp?” predominant factor. do you think she is going to stay as an msp? i think she will. i imagine her announcement today will be immediately stepping down as leader with presumably the deputy taking over. i think she will stay as an msp and that will give her the balance she is looking for. there are enormous questions about the consequences of it for herself,

the consequences of it for herself, the party and for independence and any number of things but those will no doubt be sorted in the days and weeks to come. let's explore that a bit. can you begin to imagine the conservatives having had the sort of revival of fortunes they have had in scotla nd revival of fortunes they have had in scotland under anybody but ruth davidson? her personality has been absolutely key. she has this most enormous charisma and i think the two qualities that have fascinated scottish politics and brought a bigger audience, and backing to the party in scotland. the first is just the charisma and the ability, that her of the brightest of rooms. but she has something that goes against their head of populist politics. she doesn't tell the electorate what she wa nts to doesn't tell the electorate what she wants to —— what we want to hear, but what we need to hear, but she does it in a way that resonates and she speaks their language and talks about their priorities. and she will be an enormously difficult act to

follow. you have said that the only two winners of this announcement will be her baby son and nicola sturgeon. so how would another independence referendum go without ruth davidson at the helm? it's difficult but the next if rent —— pendants referendum is not actually imminent. —— independence referendum. my prediction is that we are going the election with nicola sturgeon seeing the lesson of brexit is give me the powers to negotiate a deal and i will bring that to you, the people. so an independence referendum could be quite a long way away. and who knows where ruth davidson will be at that point, and if that comes and i would not discount that being ruth again as her foray back into front line politics. you can envisage her being backin politics. you can envisage her being back in front line politics at some stage? i can envisage her being back at some point doing something

whether it's front line politics in the uk or scotland, or maybe the un or nato. but she is a fighter and she will re—emerge somewhere. or nato. but she is a fighter and she will re-emerge somewhere. ramsay jones, thank you very much. the announcement from ruth davidson expected later this morning. the headlines on bbc news. cabinet ministers strongly reject claims that the suspension of parliament is an attempt to stop mps from debating brexit or preventing a no deal exit. the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, is expected to quit after almost eight years in the job. the home secretary, priti patel, will meet her french counterpart in paris today, to discuss ways to deal with the rise in illegal migrant crossings to the uk by boat. a day after bury were kicked out of the football league, bolton wanderers have been saved. a deal to sell them was confirmed last night, securing their short term future. sunderland caused the shock of the night in the carabao cup.

the league one side beat burnley 3—1 at turf moor. and novak djokovic is through to the third round of the us open. the reigning champion beat argentina's juan ignacio londero in straight sets at flushing meadows. i'll be back with more on that at 940 am. priti patel is meeting her french counterpart today to discuss ways to deal with illegal migrants crossing to the uk by boat. more thani,000 migrants have managed to cross from the french coast to the uk this year, more than three times the figure for the whole of last year. from the coast of northern france, our europe reporter, gavin lee, reports. welcome to graveline. a picture—perfect french coastal town by day, its harbour is now a magnet for migrants at night.

translation: they fled like rabbits when they saw the light of the car. they were trying to see if they could steal a boat. jean—pierre shows me where his £7,000 motorboat was moored. all that's left is a severed rope. he says his boat was stolen and discovered in british waters with eight migrants on board. the vessel is still in the hands of uk authorities. translation: we are not rich people, we can't afford to buy a new boat every month because migrants are stealing them. it is sad for those people but what about us? i am telling you, i won't let it happen again. i will defend myself the best i can. i won't let my boat be stolen again. a community night patrol has been set up by the boat owners, who say they live in fear of the migrants, who are searching the area by night. the boats are all now chained in place, including the french coastal rescue boat. some are alarmed.

alarm sounds. this man offers to show me what it is like attempting to cross the channel. he says it is too dangerous to attempt the whole crossing in a small boat, even for a trained seaman. here, in the middle of the channel, i already get a sense of how strong the current is, and today is relatively calm. you can see why this is called one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, with the freight traffic going across, and the ferries from dover to calais. migrants are taking smaller boats than this to make the journey, and the boat owners here say it is far too dangerous, and lives are massively at risk. this is the main base for migrants in northern france, a disused gym in dunkirk. aid agencies say around 1200 people live in tents here, numbers that have grown slowly since the closure of the calais jungle. no—one is willing to talk to us on camera about how they made their smuggled

journey across by boat. one man, zalilfrom iran, says he paid £3,000 to get in a boat, that he made it with 11 others to dover, and was picked up by borderforce, questioned by police, then spent 40 days in a detention centre. he was returned to france, was flown to toulouse, and he is back here now. he's going to try somehow, he says, to get back there. there are other similar stories. those who have made it have been sent back again. ayearago, migrants illegally crossing by boat seemed a rare occurrence. now it is happening every week. 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.

he 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. we can speak now to patrick green, ceo of the anti—knife crime charity, the ben kinsella trust. he joins us via webcam from lewisham in south london. thanks for coming along to talk to us thanks for coming along to talk to us and you must be incredibly alarmed by the findings of these tests. yes, alarmed but not surprised. we've been following the stories for a number of years and, frankly, things haven't got any better. retailers are still failing to comply with the law. we have to remember that this is the law, a legal requirement not to sell to underage teens and regularly we see in test purchases that one in five teenagers have brazenly been able to walk into a shop and buy a knife, which is unacceptable and shows that

the law has got to be applied more rigorously. so far, what we've seen is mostly slap on the wrist finds being issued to retailers who don't comply with the law and i think it's time to look at stronger action in terms of how to tackle this problem. one can't imagine that anyone on the street, whether they are a person working in the shop or a customer going in, is not aware of the dreadful effects of knife crime and the rise in knife crime we have seen in recent times, the deaths, the serious injuries that has caused. what sort of penalty are you talking about if it is not the slap on the wrist you have mentioned? the law does allow for fines but it also allows for imprisonment of up to two yea rs. allows for imprisonment of up to two years. and we have seriously got to look at repeat offenders. as an anti—knife crime organisation, we campaigned vigorously for those who regularly carry knives to feel the

full force of the law and if retailers are breaking the law in terms of knife crime they too must be subject to the law. this is something retailers can respond to very, very quickly. it's about staff training, and you are right on your summary training, and you are right on your summary that there are very few people who are not aware of knife crime and its devastating effects. i think stores need to be far more to train their staff about the applications of making that mistake and selling to somebody underage, and selling to somebody underage, and also need to step up and take responsibility in this area. looking at the responses from some of the stores where the tests were carried out, we are seeing comments like, a supermarket says it has a clear challenge 25 policies which require staff to check a customer's proof of age and another store saying it is changing or updating its training of staff and another one saying they have made significant changes to their approach to displaying and selling knives without taking choice away from customers, but clearly it

is at that point of sale, irrespective of how a knife might be displayed, it's at the point of sale that the system has got to work, so when you look at that, what more can be done? there are systems in place, and once you bar code an item you can receive an alarm in the same way cigarettes and alcohol are done. it is absolutely the same rigour that needs to be applied in terms of knife sales. i need to praise trading standards for their work in doing this mystery shopping. they are doing excellent work in highlighting this issue, but retailers need to sit down and take stock of what is happening. this is something they can put in business processes to stop and it's something they should be doing immediately. patrick green, thank you very much for your time today. millions of people who paid for ppi 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. let's return to our top story now, and the prime minister's decision to suspend parliament has prompted an angry backlash from mps and opponents of a no—deal brexit. the government insists that the five—week suspension in september and october will still allow time to debate brexit. the anti—brexit campaignergina miller — who previously won a legal battle against ministers over article 50 — has made a judicial review application to the courts about mrjohnson's decision. we can speak to her now. thank you for coming along to talk to us on bbc news. what grounds, first of all, are you basing your application for the judicial review on? the grounds are quite simply that legitimate powers that sit with the prime minister are being used in an illegal manner in that the effect

or intention of this prorogation for five weeks would be to hamper the hands of parliament and deny them the ability to pass legislation to stop no deal if that is what they wish to do. it is about limiting the voice of parliament, and as a representative democracy, our view is that that is illegal. so is it about the intention behind this action of proroguing, suspending parliament, or challenging the legality of the advice given to the prime minister? it is both. it is challenging the legality of the advice given to the queen by the prime minister to prorogue parliament, and this is not a usual use of this power. in modern times we have not seen parliament prorogue for five weeks, whatever number ten may say. it is using a legitimate power, we believe, in a legal manner to close down and deny parliament its voice. what do you say to the 70 million people who voted to leave

the eu who might say to you, that you are talking about defending democracy that you are thwarting it as far as we are concerned —— 17 million. i find it of extraordinary comments that ensuring parliamentary sovereignty, which was one of the main reasons voted to leave, they said they wanted parliament to be sovereign, that there would be any problem with defending that sovereignty. it is a pure nonsense argument to argue that defending democracy and sovereignty is somehow thwarting the will of the people. it is exactly what people voted for. the former supreme courtjustice has said that the only objection is that the decision by borisjohnson has been taken for questionable political motives, but that is not something that courts should rule on. he said it might be considered unconstitutional in that it might be argued to be contrary to a long—standing convention of the constitution, but he said that conventions are rules, but not legal rules. i'm presuming your legal team

have a very different opinions of that. we do. this is one of the main reasons we are seeking a judicial review because there are many different commentators with many different commentators with many different views. when i brought my case three years ago we were in exactly the same position with many different opinions. it is for the courts to decide on the evidence presented to them whether or not this is illegal or not. we are not saying we know the answer to that and we are approaching the courts and we are approaching the courts and asking them to give permission. and there is time to get this done? because many of the opponents of borisjohnson because many of the opponents of boris johnson have because many of the opponents of borisjohnson have talked about time being squeezed to stop an od or brexit and potentially to get something through the courts as well? —— a no—deal brexit. something through the courts as well? -- a no-deal brexit. the way that the prime minister has played this has been extraordinary in the way that they have used every trick in the book to try and deny people legitimate questioning and a route

to stop no deal. in the case of the law, we have asked the court to hear this as a matter of urgency next week and we will hear shortly if thatis week and we will hear shortly if that is given permission, and there is time for us to go to court for it to be resolved and for this illegal prorogation, if it is ruled as such, to be stopped. didn't opponents of no deal have the entire period of theresa may's premiership to try and stop this as well? that is not for me to say, that is for ministers. all i'm interested in right now is whether this is legal and what the prime minister intends to do. bearing in mind that over the summer we have been in legal conversation with the prime minister and his advisers since the 12th ofjuly and up advisers since the 12th ofjuly and up until monday evening at 5pm they sent us a letter saying that this was theoretical, that they had no intention of prorogation and at the same time they were drafting the press relational prorogation. i think this really does need to be cleared up and it has been misleading all summer as to their

intentions. on a personal level, i wa nt to intentions. on a personal level, i want to ask you, did you have to think in any way twice about the decision to take on this new legal challenge, given that the threats, abuse you have spoken about that you received over the article 50 challenge? i am on record that when i got the first letter back from the government on the 12th of august reassuring me over and over again, pages of it, that they would not prorogue and we would not have to progress to court, i was delighted. idid not progress to court, i was delighted. i did not want to be in this position but it is the prime minister's actions, we believe are illegal, that has put me in this position and i will step up and defend the right of mps to represent us in parliament. ok, gina miller, thank you for your time. in a moment the weather but first here's joanna gosling with what she's got coming up in the victoria derbyshire show. what do you make of the longest suspension of parliament since the

end of world war ii? it sparked outrage from opposition mps and some tories. protests across the country under petition of more than 1 million signatures so far, but the government insists the five—week break in september and october will still allow enough time to debate brexit. we have an audience of mps and voters and as always we would welcome your views. join us at 10am on bbc two, that bbc news channel and online. let's get up—to—date with the weather. good morning. well the weather today is certainly changeable if you are in the north in scotland and northern ireland you have rain and windy conditions coming your way, heavy rain pushing west to east in scotland. showers coming across northern ireland as we go through the day on and off. we have got mist and fog in england and wales but here, mostly dry, sunny spells developing, a few showers in the west, could see one in the midlands but temperatures up to 25 in the sunshine. now through this evening and overnight heavy rain pushes in

once again to northern ireland, and western scotland, there will be clear sky, still breezingly the south, windy in the north, but not as cold a night as the one that has just gone. tomorrow, heavy rain pushes across scotland, and also for a time northern ireland, the met office has a weather warning out for this, we could see very large rainfall totals in dumfries and galloway for example, that getting in in north—west england, north—west wales through the day but drier and brighter and warmer the further

hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines. cabinet ministers strongly reject claims that the suspension of parliament is an attempt to stop mps from debating brexit or preventing a no deal exit. this is completely constitutional, and proper, there is going to be lots of time to debate before 31st october, parliament will be sitting then, and will be able to have whatever motions it wants. the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, is expected to quit after almost eight years in the job. the home secretary, priti patel, will meet her french counterpart in paris today, to discuss ways to deal with the rise in illegal migrant crossings to the uk by boat. at least 25 people have been killed in a firebomb attack on a nightclub in mexico. several more are seriously hurt.

coming up in the next half hour, we hear from a mother whose son died falling from a balcony in majorca, she's back on the island warning other people about the dangers. let's return to our top story now, and the prime minister's decision to suspend parliament has prompted an angry backlash from mps and opponents of a no—deal brexit. the government insists that the five—week suspension in september and october will still allow time to debate brexit. michael gove mp, cabinet minister responsible for no—deal planning, was asked whether the decision to suspend parliament means a general election is now inevitable. well, the prime minister is going to bring forward a new queen's speech, that new queen's speech will reflect the priorities we have as a government and the country has as well. we need new legislation to

improve the nhs, we need to make sure we are doing more to help with the cost of living and new laws to enable us to crackdown on serious crime. that is what the new queen's speech will allow, that is what the prime minister is doing. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. the prime minister's decision to suspend parliament continues to attract plenty of reaction this morning. the leader of the the house of commons, jacob rees—mogg spoke to bbc breakfast to defend it, saying there would still be plenty of time to debate brexit. there will be the debate on the queen's speech, which is usually four or five day debate, and during that time people are free to raise any subject they like, so people could devote all of that to talk about leaving the european union, but there will also be the european council and time to debate any decisions that come from that council, and certainly, if there is agreement, there will be 13 days in which to debate

implementing that in uk law. so there's a great deal of time to discuss european matters if that is what parliament wishes to do. you will be very aware already, that what people are accusing this government of is narrowing the window, that it's a cynical ploy to stop mps being able to debate what is a crucial issue. i think people who are saying that are crying constitutional wolf. you must remember that the shadow leader of the house of commons, valerie vaz and chris bryant, both distinguished parliamentarians, kept on saying when are we going to have a new session of parliament? and we are now having a new session of parliament, which gives them back opposition days, and sets the parliamentary timetable, so it has benefits for the opposition. it is undeniable one of the results of what you are doing is there is less time to debate brexit. that is a fact. not necessarily, actually, because the time available to debate brexit hadn't been set,

so next week back there wasn't going to be specific debates on brexit. this allows with the day's debate on the queen's speech to have specific time allocated where people will be able to discuss brexit, and bear in mind we were about to go into the conference recesses, so parliament wasn't going to be sitting for most of this time any way. address if you would speaker of the house of commons, his quote is "this is a constitutional outrage, to stop debating brexit". there is a constitutional problem with what mr speaker said. speaker lenthall said that he had "not eyes to see nor tongue to speak", unless directed by the house. it is not constitutional for the speaker to express his opinion, without direction of the house. he has had no such direction and therefore his comments were in a private capacity, they cannot be as mr speaker. so what are you going do about that? you are saying he was allowed to say what he said. mr speaker has not eyes to see,

nor tongue to speak, unless directed by the house. what he said from holiday yesterday was not directed by the house. nicola sturgeon has said this is a dark day for democracy. i mean, there is a clear pattern, ok... nicola sturgeon would, wouldn't she. nicola sturgeon is the leader of a separatist movement in this country who wants to break up the united kingdom. you would expect her — if the government had said we would celebrate christmas day on 25th december nicola sturgeon would have been in a state of outrage, that is her default position. you can take that position in relation to one politician saying that, but a lot of people — and there is is a million people who signed a petition suggesting this should not happen. a lot of people are saying there is a principle here, a clear principle, which is mps should be given time to debate, and if we are at a time of crisis, however, whichever way you sit on this, you should be given more time, your government should not be taking away time at this moment.

well, first of all 17.4 million people voted to leave the european union, and dicey, the great constitutional theorist, who sets out the basis of parliamentary sovereignty, said the point of our conventions was that parliament and the cabinet could follow the will of the nation, and that is what parliament and the cabinet are doing, so this is completely constitutional and proper. there is going to be lots of time to debate before 31st october. parliament will be sitting then and will be able to have whatever motions it wants. i think the outrage is phoney, and it is created by people who don't want us to leave the european union, and are trying very hard to overturn the referendum result, and don't want the benefits of leaving the european union, including cheaper food, clothing and footwear which we will get when we are free to set our own economic policies. there's strong opposition to borisjohnson's move — notjust from other parties, but from those within the conservative party too, such as the former minister sam gyimah. we are reading in the papers today

that what we saw yesterday wes if first move. there are other moves being planned by the government which even if we were to pass legislation the prime minister will refuse to put it forward, for royal assent. so we will have by october 14th when the queen's speech happens, a prime minister who has beenin happens, a prime minister who has been in powerfor 80 days and has only been held to account by the commons forfive only been held to account by the commons for five day, ifjeremy corbyn did that many of you conservative colleagues would be accusing him of trotskyite tactic, it is not right. brexit is the biggest decision we are going, we are taking as a country in about four decades, parliament, which represents the people, and has the job of holding the executive to account has got to have as much time as possible, to do so. the former cabinet office minister, david lidington, resigned from the cabinet when mrjohnson became prime minister. he spoke to the today programme about his concern over

the suspension of parliament. my my biggest concern about this is there's a big difference between what happens in a parliamentary recess, and a prorogue investigation of parliament. it means all parliamentary activity shuts down. including committees. committees can can sit during parliamentary recesses and you can table questions, in a recess, and questions, in a recess, and questions that you askjust before a recess still have to be answered, where as now with a prorogation, if i put down a question that is guillotined it falls away when prorogation takes effect and gulf of mexico committees can't meet. gulf of mexico and the shadow international trade secretary, barry gardiner, told bbc breakfast it was "ridiculous" for the government to claim the suspension of parliament was about the "domestic agenda". well, we, it is not about debating,

it is about passing legislation that could bind the government to seek a further extension. that is what should happen, everyone the previous prime minister accepted that the majority in parliament, that not just the opposition parties, those are government, former government minister, indeed you will have heard the quotes from a number of the current cabinet saying this could be com pletely current cabinet saying this could be completely wrong to prorogue parliament in this way, many of them who said it would be wrong actually to pursue a no—deal outcome, but those members of the government's party, who are saying they do not wa nt to 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, they are very happy to have a deal, they are very 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. what does that look like? what are you going to do, your hands are

being forced? absolutely, it has been quite ridiculous, for number ten to say this is simply about normal politics, it is about getting on with the domestic agenda everybody knows that is not the case, but the facility with which they have come out this morning and lied about it, is really quite extraordinary. lied about? lied about what this is actually all about. it is about preventing the will of parliament, and stopping them from ensuring that the government doesn't... so we are going to initiate a standing order section 24 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 31st october is no longer in force. why haven't row done this before. lots of people will look at the labour party and say you are

just upset that boris johnson the labour party and say you are just upset that borisjohnson has outsmarted you, he has forced your hand, he has concentrated the time of debate now. look, sorry we have had a parliamentary recess, and therefore... you have had three yea rs. therefore... you have 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 in the labour party actually said to 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, yes, respect the result of the referendum, and leave the european union, but do so in a way that doesn't damage the economy, and that doesn't damage the economy, and that can get through parliament.

the suspension of parliament is the number one story on the most read section. if you scroll on down there are links to various pieces of analysis including at the bottom some from our political editor laura kuenssberg who asks the question what will be left of our political conventions and the number one most watched story is about heather ping who has gone to majorca to the site where her son freddie pring died two months ago. he went on a work trip but died after falling from a balcony on his first night there, so heather pring has gone to magaluf to see where he died and to issue a warning about young people travelling abroad for holiday or work, to take extra care. and that is it for today's morning briefing.

good morning. the immediate future of bolton wanderers has been secured after a takeover deal was completed to save the club from liquidation. the league one side was on the verge of going out of business after entering administration in may. a potential sale to a group called football ventures limited looked to have collapsed on monday, but it was rectified and completed yesterday — just a day after bury were kicked out of the football league. 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. sunderland caused the shock of the night in the carabao cup. the league one side came from behind to beat premier league burnley 3—1 at turf moor. 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—all 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 side 4—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 action tonight, they play the faroe islands in theirfirst qualifier for the euros. 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's going for back—to—back titles in new york and beat the argentinianjuan ignacio londero in straight sets to qualify for the third round. he wasn't entirely comfortably though, and had to be treated three times for a problematic shoulder. midway through the first set i didn't know if i would be able to you know, finish the match, so i am really glad i have, iam you know, finish the match, so i am really glad i have, i am going to assess the, this injury tomorrow, each more with further consultations with experts in sports medicine, and i'm hoping that in two days' time, i will be able to play pain free, if

thatis will be able to play pain free, if that is possible. in the women's draw serena williams 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 have a look at some of this morning's back pages. the sun leading with the rescue of bolton wanderers. more detail around the football ventures group that's bought the club. in the guardian — england fast bowlerjoffra archer says australia "panicked" in their defeat at headingley. and in the times. archer again, as they've put it, delivering "verbal bouncers to australia" ahead of the fourth test which starts on wednesday. well, austrlia's steve smith's been having his say too — he says he's looking forward to facing jofra archer again at old trafford next week. the australian batsman has been cleared to play in their tour match against derbyshire, after missing the last test with concussion caused by a bouncer from jofra archer. the ashes series is currently tied at one all — after that dramatic win for england at headingley. and archer reckons they've

got the upper hand. you don't have to be an optimist to think so, we have planted a few seeds of doubt in their heads so they will probably think twice and declaring.jimmy coming they will probably think twice and declaring. jimmy coming back at his hope ground, we will have want to do something special as well. i think the boys are coping. and it's clear there are still some basking in that impressive england win over australia. and why not — this caught our eye on social. labelled when you're an englishman living in australia... why wouldn't you wear your pads to work... you'd worry for that man if england lose the next test. round two clock gareth southgate will announce his england squad for

theirup coming euro will announce his england squad for their up coming euro 2020 qualifiers. from 6.00 there is the draw for the group stages of this season's champions league. manchester city, liverpool, spurs and chelsea all involved and you can follow it live on the bbc sport website and the bbc sport app. that is all your sport for now. more from quarter past 11, now back to you. 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 of majorca 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 holiday—makers about the dangers of balconies and the number of people falling from them. most of them is from a tragic accident 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 24 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 ground—floor rooms for their own safety. i don't want anyone to ever deal with this grief. 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 or just 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.

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. ramzan karmali reports. there was confusion, shock and despair outside the caballo blanco bar, in coatzacoalcos. these mothers wanted answers. translation: they don't tell us anything, theyjust try to make us go away. we have not been given any information. translation: what i want to know is if he is well or not, whatever god says. mexican police did eventually say the attack on the bar was carried out by gangsters. they fired at the nightspot and threw molotov cocktails inside. at least two dozen people were killed and many seriously injured. this is the worst single act of violence since andres manuel lopez obrador became president in december. he promised his term would bring peace. translation: it is shameful that

organised criminals act like this. to act this way is the most shameful thing there is. the president also said there would be an investigation into whether any collusion took place between the authorities and the criminals who carried out the attack. gang violence, often driven by the drug trade, is not uncommon in mexico, and the region where this attack took place is known to be one of the most violent in the country. ramzar kamali, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. i , thank you. good morning. it is is a cooler, breezier day for many of u windy for some. while it was a bit fresh overnight we have had some mist and fog round so a murky start, though that is lifting nicely. we have low pressure sitting up towards the north and west, a daisy chain of weather fronts lurking and it is here to the north and west we are

seeing the windiest condition and outbreak of rain. it is showery in they chur but some the showers may merge to form longer spells of rain. i should fragment. a few showers for wales, they will tend on to the exception rather than the rule. the cloud tending to increase. temperatures down on where they have been recently, rounds about average for the time of year. into this evening and that rain starts to get reinvigorated through northern ireland. we could see some heavy bursts for aim too and it will remain windy jeefr bursts for aim too and it will remain windyjeefr night. breezy elsewhere, largely fine and dry with clear spells down the far south and east but a milder night than last night, with most places hanging on to double digit temperatures so a mild start to friday morning but still the rain keeps coming and it south africa effecting similar area, some of the rain will be heavy and persistent and will slip further southwards, into north—west england

and north—west wales too. away from that, a largely fine dry day again, with spells of sunshine, in that sunshine it will feel warm, with highs of around 25 celsius for east anglia. now as we head into the weekend, it is going to remain u nsettled. weekend, it is going to remain unsettled. we still have low pressure in driving seat and it will be turning that bit cooler, particularly noticeable by sunday. so here is our daisy chain of weather fronts, still bringing so here is our daisy chain of weatherfronts, still bringing heavy rain to parts of northern ireland, and up into scotland where the met office has issued warnings, that rain starts to clear down to the south and east through saturday. gradually though, it will be a slow process not reaching the far south and east until tonight. here we will hang on to decent condition, spells of sunshine, temperatures certainly down on where they have been recently and that will be a trend as we head into sunday. the cold front introducing much fresher, a north—westerly airflow. through

sunday we will see a showery regime. there will be dry intervals but most will notice the temperatures will be coming down a peg or

hello, it's thursday, it's 10 o'clock, i'mjoanna gosling. the prime minister's decision to suspend parliament has prompted protests across the country and a petition signed by more than a million people. but cabinet ministers say it isn't an attempt to stop them preventing a no deal brexit. this is completely constitutional and proper. there is going to be lots of time to debate before the 315t of october. parliament will be sitting then and will be able to have whatever motions it once. we'll talk to mps and an audience of voters. it's not undemocratic, it'sjust it's not undemocratic, it's just not the right way to do it. proroguing parliament after the normal recess, mps will have ample time to debate

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