just putting a face and the whole anatomy to a species that we knew basically nothing about, or that we knew very little about. that means we can start making comparisons with other species, and then we can try to understand the revolutionary relationships. very little was known about anamensis until now. these are replicas of bone fragments from anamensis. we've got jaw 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 ape—like creatures. an analysis published in the journal nature shows that, rather than being lucy's ancestor, two species coexisted for at least 100,000 years.

this suggests that lucy's kind is probably a branch of anamensis, and, if that's the case, other species of advanced apes living at the time might also have their own branches. researchers say that this means there are now many more contenders, as well as lucy, to lay claim to be the ancestor to the very first humans to have walked the earth. pallab ghosh, bbc news. time for a look at the weather — here's darren bett. still quite warm across the south—east in the next few days with some sunshine. further north and west cooler and wetter with all this cloud coming in from the atlantic we've seen cloud increasing with showers particularly across scotland. not so many across the borders but a few here later in the day. certainly more cloud coming into england and wales although most places dry with a bit of sunshine. 0ne places dry with a bit of sunshine. one or two showers towards the west. they showers affecting northern ireland with wetter weather across western scotland where it is windy

in the north—west. the best of the sunshine on the south coast of england and in the south—east temperatures in the mid 20s. through this evening and overnight still the threat of rain coming back into northern ireland and particularly western scotland. the wind is easing down later, generally dry for england and wales with cloud and south—westerly breeze. warmer than last night. tomorrow some rain at times affecting northern ireland and across scotland, quite wet across western parts of scotland with a threat of rain in the north west of england and north wales. down through the midlands towards east anglia and the south—east it's dry and feeling quite warm. further north and west cooler and wetter with the weather front hanging around through friday, friday night and saturday. focusing the rain into scotla nd and saturday. focusing the rain into scotland and northern ireland. quite heavy rain, particularly over the hills of northern ireland and across

the south west of scotland and across central parts of scotland as well. the wet weather leaves away on saturday from northern ireland, clinging on to scotland and we will see the rain pivoting into wales and west in england. through the midlands and east anglia, lincolnshire and the south—east, warm but quite a difference as you head further north and west across the uk. the weatherfront head further north and west across the uk. the weather front on saturday bringing the rain, not much rain but once the weather front has gone it opens the door to polar maritime air. this is cooler air bringing sunshine and showers. sunday, the first day of meteorological autumn, lots of showers in northern parts of the uk and typical temperatures into the mid teens. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon.

good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. let's start in new york and the us open — where three of the biggest names in tennis are all safely through to the third round. but it wasn't all plain sailing for roger federer, novak djokovic or serena williams, as jim lumsden reports. serena williams has few challenges left but despite that she is still one short of margaret court's all—time grand slam record of 2a titles. she stalled against fellow american caty mcnally, losing the first set. she swiftly recovered. she rediscovered her rhythm and won with ease. i made so many errors

in the first two sets, there were just too many. you cannot win tournaments making that many errors so i knew i had to play better and i knew i could. novak djokovic has roger federer‘s 20 slam record in his sights. he currently resides on 16 and is 6 years younger than his rival. he was troubled less by his argentine opponent than by a troublesome shoulder. midway through the first set, i did not know if i would be able to finish the match so i am really glad that i have. i will assess this injury tomorrow. flushing meadows is not a happy hunting ground for federer, it is 11 years since he last won here. he lost his first set 6—3, perhaps that was just an extended warm up for the former champion. he dominated the rest of the match. next up for federer it is either

dan evans or lucas pouille. sunderland caused the shock of the night in the efl 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—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 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 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. 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. and wales have handed test debuts to 0wen lane and rhys carre for saturday's rugby world cup warm—up game against ireland in cardiff. they are among 14 changes to the side that defeated england, with warren gatland set to name his final squad for the tournament on sunday. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport.

ruth davidson has resigned as leader of the scottish conservatives — urging borisjohnson to strike a brexit agreement with the eu before the end of october. she said her decision to step down was primarily for personal reasons — after becoming a mother last year — but acknowledged her internal conflict over brexit. she's previously criticised mrjohnson‘s approach. at a news conference in edinburgh, ms davidson gave him this message: prime minister, get us a deal in the european union. what i say to people who want to avoid a no deal, is what i have just said. if the prime minister brings a deal by to the house of commons, as i know he is trying to do, for god's sake get behind it and this time, at the fourth time of asking vote it for it. yes? if you cannot stand foursquare behind borisjohnson, why should the scottish public and indeed the british public? tell me this, has he

weakened the union... 7 i have made clear both in my statement and on the questions i have already answered that i stand foursquare behind the prime minister's attempts to bring back a deal that can pass in the house of commons. and i ask my colleagues to pass them as well. what i would say to him, as well as the letter i have published that i wrote to the chairman of the scottish party, i have written a formal letter to the prime minister as well. it is up to his office to decide is to publish it or not, i am happy for them to do so. when i personally thank him for his commitment to facing down another second referendum and to securing scotland's place in the union and to, in the short time we have worked together since his selection as prime minister to his positivity, enthusiasm and understanding tell me this, has he weakened the union... 7 enthusiasm and understanding in terms of an engagement with scottish events but also his understanding that warm words are not enough, they have to be backed up

by resource as well. i will take one more question. you accuse the leave campaign and borisjohnson of not telling the truth during the eu referendum campaign. do you now believe that those people who are running the government, including borisjohnson, are really honest about the prospects of a no deal, about the prospects of suspending parliament? can you in good faith defend the position of the tory party now and boris johnson? look, there has been a lot written about my relationship with the prime minister. i went down to downing street to meet him last week in a private meeting. i stared him right in the eye and asked him outright, look, i need to know, are you actually trying to get a deal or not? he categorically assured me that he was. he believes that his efforts have helped open the door a crack. i know what would help further would be for people who want to avoid a no deal, to come out and say that if the deal is brought back to parliament, they would back it in this turn, in the way they have failed to do three times already. so i want him to get that deal, i believe that is what he and his

government are working towards and i support him in that effort. ruth davidson who announced she is stepping down. the anti—brexit campaignergina miller — who previously won a legal battle against ministers over article 50 — is questioning the legality of the decision to suspend parliament. she has made a judicial review application to the courts about mrjohnson‘s decision. she spoke to my colleague annita mcveigh who asked her what grounds she is basing her application 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 so it is about limiting the voice of parliament and as the representative democracy, our view is that is illegal. is it about the intention behind this action of provoking parliament or is it challenging the legality of the advice given to the prime minister? ——proroguing. it is both because it is challenging the legality of the advice given to the queen by the prime minister to prorogue parliament. this is not a usual use of this power, in modern times we have not seen parliament prorogued for five weeks, whatever number ten may say. it is using a legitimate power, we believe, in an illegal manner to close down parliament and deny it its voice. what you say to the 17 million people who have voted to leave the eu who might say you're talking about defending democracy but you are thwarting democracy as far as we are concerned?

i find it an extraordinary comment that actually ensuring parliamentary sovereignty, which is one of the main reasons people voted to leave, 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 thwarting the will of the people. it is exactly what people voted for. the former supreme courtjustice has said, the only objection is the decision by borisjohnson has been taken for questionable political motives but that is not something the court should rely on. —— rule on. he went on to say it might be considered unconstitutional because it might be contrary to long—standing convention of the constitution but conventions are rules, not legal rules. i presume your legal team have a different opinion to that? we do. this is one of the main reasons we seek this judicial review because there are many different commentators with many different views. when i brought my case

three years ago, we wre in exactly the same position with many different opinion. it is by the courts to decide whether evidence presented to them, whether this is illegal or not. we're not saying we know the answer. we are approaching the courts and asking them for permission to hear arguments and the government's arguments. is there time to get this done because many of the opponents of what borisjohnson has done has talked about time being squeezed by them to soften a no deal exit or potentially to get something through the courts as well? the way downing street has advised prime minister to play this has been extraordinary in the fact they have used every trick in the book to deny people a legitimate questioning and routes to stop no deal. in the case of the law, we have asked the commons to hear this as a massive urgency next week. —— the courts. we will hear shortly if that is given permission and then 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 they have their entire period of theresa may's premiership to stop no deal as well?

that is not for me to say, that's for the prime minister and ministers. all that i am interested in is what is the prime minister intends to do legal? we had a conversation with the prime minister over the summer since the 12th ofjuly and up until monday evening, they sent us a letter saying this was theoretical. they had no intention of prorogation and the same time they were trapped they were trapped —— drafting in the press release on prorogation. this really does need to clear it up. it has been misleading all summer as to their intentions. on a personal level, i want to ask did you have to think twice about the decision to take on this new legal challenge, given the threats and abuse you have spoken about that you received over the article 50 challenge? i am on record, when i got the first letter back from the government

on 12th of august reassuring me over and over again that they would not prorogue, we did not have to go to court, i was delighted. i did not want to be in this position but it is the prime minister's actions which we believe is illegal that put me in this position and i will step up and defend the right of mps to represent us in parliament. gina miller sticking there. in the last few minutes, the prime minister has put out a statement on ruth davidson, the leader of the conservatives in scotland, on her decision to step down as leader in scotland. he said on behalf of eve ryo ne scotland. he said on behalf of everyone in the conservative and unionist party, i want to thank her for her wonderful service of the last eight years. she has dedicated so last eight years. she has dedicated so much time and energy to the role and has been instrumental in the revival of our fortunes in scotland. she should take immeasurable pride in the role she played in the

independence referendum campaign because her presence was crucial to the result. i and delighted she will continue to use her enthusiasm, passion and dedication to make the case for scotland's place in the uk from the backbenches and beyond. from borisjohnson, from the backbenches and beyond. from boris johnson, his from the backbenches and beyond. from borisjohnson, his response to the decision of ruth davidson to step—down from the scottish conservatives leadership. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, has resigned — citing both "professional and personal" reasons. a hearing on an emergency motion to block the prime minister's decision to suspend parliament has been taking place in the court of session in edinburgh. 17 year—old thomas griffiths has pleaded guilty to the murder of 17—year—old ellie gould, who was stabbed in may. griffiths was remanded in custody until sentencing.

hello, and the business use.... last chance saloon for ppi claims. there are only hours left to make a claim for mis—sold payment protection insurance. billions of pounds has already been paid out in compensation ahead of the midnight deadline. the uk regulator issues a fresh warning to online advertisers over use of personal data. the industry, dominated by google, has until the end of this year to get its house in order. after that companies could face fines for breaching the law. simon mcdougall who is leading the investigation says he's been given "vague, immature and short answers" to how advertisers safeguard personal information. worse than the recession: britain's car manufacturing industry is suffering its longest period of decline since 2001. july marks 14 months of shrinking output. are you paid more than your parents were? a new report just out shows that generational progress on pay is weak across the uk.

those born in the late 19805 are earning just three per cent more aged between 26 and 28 compared to those born in the early 19705. but that group earned 16 per cent more at the same age, than those born 15 years earlier. there are some regional variations though in these latest figures. nye cominetti, economic analyst at resolution foundation is here. hello, what accounts for this week to get in generational pay? partly it isa uk to get in generational pay? partly it is a uk wide picture. we are used to generational progress is a fact of life in the 20th century where each generation began more than the la-— each generation began more than the la —— the last, but this is going holt in the 21st—century. as you mentioned, young people are earning i'io mentioned, young people are earning 110 more mentioned, young people are earning no more than their parents were. there are quite big regional

differences. probably most interesting, young people in the north—east are doing significantly better than the previous generation in the north—east. it is interesting because the north—east is a lower pa rt of because the north—east is a lower part of the uk but we are seeing catch up. whereas areas like london and the south—east are actually doing less well in terms of generational progress for young people in london today, compared to a generation ago. what about the west midlands, there generational people is particularly weak, why? yes, it is particularly bad if you look at people with and rates of employment in the west midlands and home ownership. young people in the we st home ownership. young people in the west midlands in sinaloa is progress compared to their predecessors, computer young people on the other parts of the country. —— compared to. that is worrying. what does your

report show in terms of proportion of the on housing costs for example because there are stark differences there? yes. we all know that housing in london is the most expensive in the country so young people are spending 130 of their income on housing which is much more than anywhere else in the country. —— spending one third. quite a generational divide there, on average generational divide there, on ave rage across generational divide there, on average across the uk young people spend one quarter of their income on housing. prior to that it was just 1596 housing. prior to that it was just 15% so housing is one of the big pressures. thank you very much for joining us. some other news for you today. apple apologised to users of its voice assistant siri on wednesday, acknowledging it had failed to live up to its own privacy ideals when it

hired contractors to listen to customers' audio recordings. the global trade in gold is beset by a forgery crisis after the discovery of $50 million worth of fake bars in bank vaults. at least 1,000 counterfeit gold kilobars, the standard 1kg size, have been found in the past three years. all of switzerland's refineries have identified fake bars. us fashion retailer forever 21, which has stores in the uk and elsewhere around the globe, is preparing to file for bankruptcy, bloomberg is reporting. sources familiar with the plans, who were not named, said the company was trying to restructure its debt, however talks with lenders had stalled. lets get the latest now from the financial marketsand the ftse 100 has ticked up a little helped by another slight fall in the pound — as it's stuffed full of international companies who book profits in dollars. but also there is a glimmer of hope that the us china trade war could be calmed after beijing's ministry of commerce suggested beijing will not immediately retaliate to america's latest tariffs, when they kick in on sunday. more than 200 us footwear firms have today called on president trump to scrap the tariffs which are due

to come into effect on the majority of shoes imported from china. shares in the uk software group micro focus have fallen sharply after slashing sales outlook. they‘re blaming ‘weak sales execution‘ and ‘deteriorating macro environment‘ — read into that fears about the global economy profits at recruiter hays dipped in its latest financial year, hit by the costs of restructuring that‘s all the business news. thank you. a judge at scotland‘s highest court, is today considering a challenge to the suspension of the current session of parliament. a cross—party group of more than 70 mps and peers who opppose a no—deal brexit, have submitted an emergency motion, asking the court of session in edinburgh, to overturn boris johnson‘s plans. joining me now from outside the court in edinburgh is snp mp joanna cherry. good afternoon, thank you for being

with us, just outline the basis of your case which is being held in the code behind you. we actually raise this case about a month ago because we anticipated borisjohnson we try to prorogue parliament in order to prevent parliament from scrutinising his sponsor a no—deal brexit. at the time it was the case the british government said the question was academic and indicated they had no plans to prorogue. as of yesterday morning, we got wind of what boris johnson was up to. we asked the court to get an urgent interim healing to try and get orders to suspend the effect of yesterday‘s decision and get an interim interdict which is the same as an interim injunction in english law, preventing uk government ministers from acting on the order yesterday. it is important to understand what

we are sticking to have found unlawful is the advice which was given to the queen yesterday. —— are seeking. clearly under constitutional law of the uk, advice given by the executive can be judicially reviewed and under constitutional law scotland, the sovereign is not above the law. the courts basically have to be in a position to adjudicate between the executive, that is the government of borisjohnson executive, that is the government of boris johnson and the executive, that is the government of borisjohnson and the citizens of this country and of course parliament represents the citizens and mps are citizens. he made the point that the sovereign is not above the law, are you suggesting the queen acted it on easily in giving consent? no, the queen was put ina giving consent? no, the queen was put in a difficult position and acted on the advice she was given. what we are seeking to impugn is the

advice she would get. we had the advocate general who represents the british government, the action is not race against the queen but against the advocate general. we are criticising the advice the queen was given. this is something that you, and all the remainers and parliament have dug for themselves. absolutely irish at that. can i raise the question, he had three opportunities. -- absolutely refute that. you had three opportunities to vote for a deal in parliament and on those three occasions, the snp and others in parliament refused to do so. others in parliament refused to do so. as a result, not only are you staring down the barrel of brexit but also what some would say is the worst possible brexit, a new deal.

my worst possible brexit, a new deal. my constituents voted to remain in the european union. i‘m standing in the european union. i‘m standing in the centre of the capital city of scotla nd the centre of the capital city of scotland where 75% of voters voted to remain in the european union. ruth davidson‘s constituents voted to remain in the european union. my mandate is to remain in the european union. theresa may‘s deal was bad and would be damaging for scotland, any exit is damaging for scotland. as an snp mp it is myjob to prevent that damage to scotland and scottish society and i have no regrets about voting against the deal, it was a rotten deal. it is not my fault, it is the failure of the conservative government to consult across the united kingdom and the political parties in the light of a narrow victory in 2016 and now boris johnson, because he knows that as an

majority against no deal is trying to suspend parliament like a dictator and we know where that sort of behaviour will end up. you say there is a no deal majority but there is a no deal majority but there has been nearly three years to try and get back... there is a majority against no deal in the british parliament. it has voted on many occasions against no deal. all right. without due respect, it is not myjob to try and saute the failure of british democracy. it is myjob to failure of british democracy. it is my job to protect failure of british democracy. it is myjob to protect my constituents in scotla nd myjob to protect my constituents in scotland from the consequences of a no—deal brexit. it is also myjob as an mp to make sure the constitution is respected and that the government acted lawfully which is why i am happy to be in court today. all right, joanna cherry, thank you for joining us. now it‘s time for a look at the weather.

hello there, contrasting weather across the country at the moment to close down our working week because of this weather front pushing into the far north—west bringing wet and windy weather. further south, still under the influence of high pressure. we keep simpler skystrator night but we will have more cloud putting on of the atlantic which will prevent chapters falling to five but it will be breezy in the far north—west with relentless rain, a sign of what is to come on friday and saturday. so the rain, some of that heavy in western scotland and perhaps northern ireland and into north—west england as but for the south from derbyshire and into the south east corner it should be giant settled with sunshine and we should see highs of 25 degrees. noticeably cooler for all on sunday with a scattering of showers around. take care.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m simon mccoy. today at 2... an angry backlash to the suspension of parliament —with protests, a legal challenge and a 1.a—million—strong petition — but no sign of a government re—think. this is completely constitutional and proper. there is going to be lots of time to debate before the 31st of october. this is completely constitutional and proper. there is going to be lots of time to debate before the 31st of october. a hearing on an emergency motion to block the prime minister‘s decision to suspend parliament is under way in the court the face of a killer. 17 year—old thomas griffiths pleads guilty to the murder of 17—year—old ellie gould, who was stabbed in may. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport.

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