rebel tories and opposition mps assess their options after the government's decision to suspend parliament for five weeks. one former minister says next week could be mps‘ last chance to challenge a no—deal brexit. parliament does have a responsibility to act and it may well be that next week is the only opportunity for us to do so. scottish conservative leader ruth davidson resigns — citing "professional and personal" reasons — and calls on borisjohnson to find a deal. i 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. and a scottish court is considering a legal attempt

to block the suspension of the uk parliament. the other main stories on bbc news at five. ellie gould — the 17—year—old stabbed to death in may — another teenager thomas griffiths pleads guilty to her murder. a warning to eat less red meat, cut down on transport if the uk is to meet emissions targets. and, the discovery of a four million year old ape's skull in ethiopia — that could change our understanding of how humans evolved. it's five o'clock, good evening. our top story is that mps opposed to a no—deal brexit, are considering their response

to the government's decision, to suspend parliament for five weeks. the formerjustice secretary, david gauke, said next week could be the only opportunity to make their case in the commons, today saw the first resignation from the government, over its plans. lord young, a whip in the house of lords, says proroguing parliament, risked fundamentally undermining the institution. ruth davidson has quit too, as tory leader in scotland. but while she says she's mainly stepping down for personal reasons, she urged borisjohnson to strike a new deal with the eu. this report contains some flashing images. the morning after a day of drama at westminster and the fallout continues from the prime minister's decision to suspend parliament. it is business as usual as far

as the government is concerned. ministers say the break is merely an overdue chance to set out their plans. the prime minister will bring forward a new queen's speech. that new queen's speech will reflect the priorities that we have as a government and that the country has, as well. but there is anger and outrage at this move. protests claiming the government is abusing its power, opponents of brexit say they are being silenced. there will be lots of time to debate before the 31st of october. parliament will be sitting then and will be able to have whatever motions it wants. i think the outrage is phony and it is created by people who don't want us to leave the european union and are trying hard to overturn the referendum result and don't want the benefits of leaving the european union. time was already tight for those who want to stop a no—deal brexit. now a warning from a senior conservative — prepared to act against their own government — that next week might be their last chance. i'm afraid it does look as if our options have now narrowed

and if paraliment is going to assert some control and say, "if we leave with no deal, that has to have the consent of parliament, " then would suggest we have to move sooner rather than later. it is about preventing the will of parliament and stopping them from ensuring that the government... so we're going to initiate a standing order section 2a debate, an emergency debate, to try and do that. what we have to decide, and what's been dividing the various groups, is are we in favour of a soft brexit, where we do leave, accept that the best compromise is to leave the eu political institutions, but to keep all our economic ties intact? or do we, actually, just go for a second referendum in the belief it will reverse the whole thing? the arguments about the rights and wrongs of this decision to suspend parliament will run and run. protests, an online petition, legal challenges and more. but for the government it's another chance to show they are willing

to take the uk out of the eu, with or without a deal, by the end of october. for the opposition who want to avoid a no—deal brexit, it is perhaps a moment to focus their minds. stepping out of the spotlight today, the tories' leader in scotland — she said for mainly personal, not political, reasons. but although she's hardly boris johnson's biggest fan, she left with a warning to mps to back him to get the deal she's convinced he wants. i 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 in biarritz have helped open the door a crack. i know that what would help further would be for people who want to avoid no deal to come out and say that if a deal‘s brought back to parliament, that they would back it. the shouting has started again at westminster, as parliament's summer break draws to a close. when mps return next week,

expect the noise levels to rise even further. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. this move byjeremy corbyn and labour next tuesday to prevent prorogation or parliament suspension, what does that involve? at the moment they are trying to keep their tactics secret for obvious reasons. they do not want people to know, they do not want the government to know, they want to try to ta ke government to know, they want to try to take them by surprise. the most likely think they will do is to try and change the law. this happened before when they forced theresa may to ask the eu for a delay to brexit. i would imagine they might try something similar again. of course, there are have swelled, because there are have swelled, because there are have swelled, because there are severalformer there are have swelled, because there are several former cabinet minister is now on the backbenches, people like hammond, david gauke, and others, who are determined to stop no deal, so they could help with all that. but there is still a problem because if you look at the people who are trying to achieve

this, they are all from different parties, they have different objectives, and they do not agree ultimately on what should happen. yes, they might be forcing boris johnson to ask for another delay to brexit, it is not entirely clear what they would like to do with that time. some want another referendum, some do not want to leave the eu at all, others want a softer brexit. they have to have discipline, they will have to keep in mind, make sure they are all in the same page, not just for one afternoon, but day after day, and that is at difficult thing to do. this is whatjeremy corbyn had to say about next week. thing to do. this is whatjeremy corbyn had to say about next weeklj had a very constructive meeting with the leaders of all the opposition parties in my office a couple of days ago, to go through this and we are working to do everything we can to ensure that parliament is able to assert itself on behalf of the british people to prevent a note deal exit from the eu. what about a vote of no confidence, how does that fit in? it fits in absolutely of course. that will be put at the appropriate moment.

but the problem there is that even if the opposition were able to win a vote of no confidence, borisjohnson loses it, you then have to replace him with someone who does have the confidence of the house, and at the moment itjust does not feel as if jeremy corbyn is that person. there is all to play for next week. meanwhile the government, still pursuing the option of leaving without a deal, they are determined that the eu recognises they are serious about that. it is not their preferred option, boris johnson serious about that. it is not their preferred option, borisjohnson c he would prefer a deal, but what he is doing is narrowing the options of everybody, hoping that as we get to the middle or end of october parliament is presented, he hopes, with a new deal, or that no deal option, then he can get that through. let's talk to professor sirjohn curtice, at the university of strathclyde. hejoins us now from glasgow. thank you for being with us. first of all, let us talk about ruth

davidson. no denying this is a huge blow for the conservatives in scotland. there is no denying certainly that ruth davidson has proved to be a highly effective leader of the conservative party north of the border, and in these has resided over what has been the most significant revival, indeed the only real revival in scottish conservative fortunes since they started going downhill as long ago as the 1960s. certainly a very formidable record. that said, i think we should recognise that she has been in politically and increasingly difficult position during the course of the last two yea rs. during the course of the last two years. although she received a lot of the plaudits for the success of the conservatives in the 2017 uk general election in scotland, winning 13 seats, 13 seats that were crucial to the ability of theresa may to survive, it is also clear that that success was dependent on winning over leave voters north of the border, minority know they are, and in many respects, the advance of the tories in scotland with limits

for parties vote south of the border, and not a consequence of ruth davidson's personal position, which is one of the more strongly remain members of the conservative party. ever since, she has been trying to square the circle of being somebody who it is known at the end of the day would prefer the uk to remain inside the european union, with a conservative party which has become increasingly dominated by those who at most want to see a hard brexit. let us move on to prorogation of parliament, what do the british people think of that? there was one attempt at an instant survey yesterday. we should always be careful about polls that are taken be careful about polls that are ta ken immediately. be careful about polls that are taken immediately. that said, 47% of people against, 27% in favour. in this poll as with any on the subject, there are two needing to ta ke subject, there are two needing to take account. they remain voters clearly oppose, leave voters, just not quite so clear that they are in

favour. before yesterday had a number of polls that asked about the subject in a number of ways. one was asking specifically on 31st of october. what the government has done is less dramatic. that's tended to find rather more people against that in favour but again remain and leave voters on different sides of the fence, but that said, there was one survey the fence, but that said, there was one survey that has more publicity, slightly more people saying mps should do what needs to be done to make sure brexit happens. but at the end of the day, brexit divides as between remainers and levers, and then on tactics, tactics adopted by then on tactics, tactics adopted by the government, and on the opposition. what you often hear from opposition. what you often hearfrom remainers is that the public did not vote for a no—deal brexit, those who decided they wanted to leave the european union in the 2016 referendum. we

heard from jacob rees—mogg, leader of the house, actually courting you. he suggested that the polls has not shifted amongst leave voters as to whether or not leaving with no agreement is any different. there are two questions behind that. there are two questions behind that. the first is what was the view of leave voters in 2016, the honest truth is we do not really know. this was not an issue that was discussed in the referendum. all that i can say is there are a couple of pieces of survey evidence on which people we re of survey evidence on which people were asked how likely do you think it is that the uk if it leaves the european union will be able to strike a deal, and leave voters were more optimistic about that prospect than were remain voters. from that you might want to infer that many leaf voters were presuming that indeed we would be able to strike a deal. as to where we are now at present, basically, it looks as though, if you look at the range of

survey evidence, amongst leave voters, around half of them, give them a range of alternative ways of doing brexit, they would say their first preference is to leave without a deal. there is no doubt that no deal has got a considerable degree of popularity. there is probably another quarter or so of the leave voters who would say, if the alternative is a long delay or if the european union are very obdurate, in the end, i would also be willing to accept no deal. that does therefore mean that amongst leave voters at least this is a relatively popular path to pursue, but of course it is deeply opposed by remain voters, and therefore, like every other option about brexit, it is in the end something thatis brexit, it is in the end something that is only approved of by a minority of voters, and indeed when voters give the absolutely straight choice we tend to get slightly more against than in favour because of the views of remain voters. boris johnson is effectively articulating

a quite common view amongst leave voters, but at the same time, he is expressing a view and pursuing a path that is deeply antithetical to the other half of the british public. that in espousing potentially, or acting in accordance with the wishes he believes, of that section of the leave votes, that believe leaving with no deal is acceptable, is he then shoring up support among leave voters in the event of a possible election, of which of course the odds seem to have shortened, to possibly even as $0011 have shortened, to possibly even as 50011 as have shortened, to possibly even as soon as november? the answer to that lies in the relationship between the conservative party and the brexit party, what has happened in the course of the summer is that support for the brexit party, which in the immediate wake of the european parliamentary elections was running at around 20%, it is now down to around 13—14% that you get achieved in 2015. the conservatives have been the beneficiary. as a result the conservatives now have something

like an lead on average in the polls. there is quite a lot of variation around that. what that means in terms of the house of commons, it would probably mean a 50% chance, no more than that, that borisjohnson would get an overall majority. in truth he needs the brexit party vote to go down further. he is hoping that by delivering brexit he will succeed in doing that but the warning that came from nigel farage14 hours ago, hang on, might terms and conditions are brexit without a deal, and mr johnson, as ruth davidson has reminded us, that is not his official position, no deal is his fallback position. there will be the fascinating position if boris johnson does indeed achieve a deal, and does indeed get it through the house of commons, then another question as to what the stance of the brexit party would be and whether or not in the end that 13-14% whether or not in the end that 13—14% vote would remain solid or whether as some brexit party voters have indicated, they would back the prime minister and thereby provide a

foundation for him at winning the general election. there is some hope and reasonable expectation therefore the conservative party but it is not in the bag and it depends on the progress of brexit and the reaction of nigel farage. thank you. a scottishjudge is a scottish judge is set to rule tomorrow on the proroguing of parliaments. the argument is that this is an abuse of power. similar cases are set to be heard in northern ireland. our scotland correspondent is in edinburgh. take as through their case today. this cross—party group of parliamentarians and piers which number more than 70 rays this case more than one month ago because they

said they foresaw the government taking this action to prorogue parliament. but of course event speeded up with that privy council meeting at balmoral yesterday so they put in place a emergency request for what is known as an interim interdict ahead of a full hearing next week. today here at the court of session we had some of the arguments for this interim interdict. the qc for the petitioners argued that while this case is unprecedented, so too are the actions of the government. unprecedented, he said, as well as being unlawful and unconstitutional. he told thejudge being unlawful and unconstitutional. he told the judge that the powers of the executive are never unlimited or u nfettered. the executive are never unlimited or unfettered. he said, we do not live ina unfettered. he said, we do not live in a totalitarian state and that the suspension of parliament meant a denial of political accountability. joanna cherry, lead to petitioner, said that their arguments were not against her majesty the queen, rather they were questioning the

legality of the advice that the queen was given. the queen was put in a difficult position and the queen acted on the basis of the advice she was given, and asi basis of the advice she was given, and as i said earlier, we are seeking to impugn the advice that was given, the action is raised in my name and the other petitioners against the advocates general who represents the british government, he is the british government's the officer in scotland, the action is not raised against the queen, it is the advice that the queen was given that we are criticising. acting on behalf of the government, the qc said proroguing was an exercise the queen alone could enter into and it was not a matter for the court. he said parliament never had a say in prorogation and it was entirely normal for prorogation to occui’. entirely normal for prorogation to occur. thejudge will entirely normal for prorogation to occur. the judge will now consider overnight whether or not to grant that interim injunction to suspend the plans to suspend parliament.

whatever he decides, it is likely it will be appealed. thank you. eu foreign and defence ministers have been meeting in helsinki, for talks on the security implications of climate change. but the issue of brexit wasn't far away, with the defence secretary defending the government's decision, to suspend parliament. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in helsinki now. ben wallace the defence secretary had a few interesting things to say about the government's motives for prorogation. he did. this was candid comments that the defence secretary made to his french counterpart. these were just in the meetings here as they we re just in the meetings here as they were getting under way. the cameras we re were getting under way. the cameras were all in the room. the ministers had walked in. mr wallace turned up, went and greeted the french defence minister, and asked immediately about the government's decision to

prorogue parliament, he was very candid, on camera, saying essentially that he thought this was not a revolution, it was a few more days than normal, he said it had come about because for three years the uk had talked about this, parliament had not been able to agree what it wanted, he said, any leader has to try. he did not talk about the queen's speech, interestingly, the need for a new legislative programme. it he went on to explain to the french minister, he said that the problem was that the uk system was a winner takes all system and the issue had been that the government, he said, suddenly found themselves with no majority in a coalition and that is not easy for oui’ a coalition and that is not easy for our system. those comments have caused a bit of a star but interestingly, that european ministers here, all backing off commenting about this, they are saying this is a uk issue for the uk to sort out the politics of it, but deeply concerned about the prospects ofa no deeply concerned about the prospects of a no deal. we have people like

the estonian foreign minister are saying nowt they are planning for a no deal except being the primary case they are planning for. finland says they will sit down with the foreign secretary and asked how this will all play out, how will the timetable work? mr wallace in his comments that were overheard, he told the french minister, he did not know how it was going to turn out, he had no idea. a teenage boy has pleaded guilty, to the murder of the schoolgirl ellie gould. thomas griffiths appeared at bristol crown court today. ellie, who was also 17, was stabbed to death at a house in calne in wiltshire, in may. jon kay has sent this report from bristol.

in may this year she was stabbed to death. police described it as a violent attack. today, thomas griffiths, also 17, and thought to have been at school with the victim, pleaded guilty to her murder. until now griffiths could not be named by the media because he is under the age of 18 but today the judge said he was lifting reporting restrictions because of the extremely grave nature of this crime. the families of the two teenagers sat just yards crime. the families of the two teenagers satjust yards apart crime. the families of the two teenagers sat just yards apart from one another in court. they left separately without making any public comment. in a statement wiltshire police said the family should have been enjoying the summer holidays ellie...

thomas griffiths was remanded in custody and will be sentenced in november. by then he will have turned 18. councils in england are warning they will have to end contracts regarding social care. nearly £2.5 billion of short—term grants are set to end next year. local authorities do not know if they will be replaced. figures released by the organisation representing county council show on average they represent more than one third of the many councils get from central government. here is our social affairs correspondent. another person arrives at this hospital in need of medical help. to meet these precious staff have to do all they can get other patients you are ready to leave back home quickly

and safely. teams like this bring health and care staff together to make this happen, it is vital work short —— funded by short—term government money that that runs out in march and they do not know what happens next. we want to be able to think about what workforce we need in order to cope with the current strain on both adult social care and health services. at the moment that is proving particularly difficult given that funding will finish as of 3ist given that funding will finish as of 31st of march, and we have invested in additional rules that we may not be able to apply as of that period of time. another scheme at risk in the county has helped 65—year—olds margaret miller regain her independence and ability after a major operation. she had feared she would end up in a care home. the support was second to none. i am

here in my own home. that is the biggest thing. the uncertainty for councils in england over whether or not these short—term government grants will continue to pay for vital care services is a sign ofjust how hand to mouth local authority funding has become. in councils like this short—term government grants represent nearly 20% of the money they spend on supporting older and disabled people. it means difficult discussions are already taking place between those in charge of running finance and care services. 34 finance and care services. 3a million, including the 28 million better ca re 3a million, including the 28 million better care fund, what do we do we have to plan for different scenarios. we will have to give notice on contracts, independent ca re notice on contracts, independent care providers. unless they are told the grants will be renewed soon they will start winding some contracts

down within weeks. deeply worried, as every treasurer will be across the country. they are not quite sure what plans to make. but we have to do is come up with different scenarios and plan for that money being there or not being there. it is lots of people's jobs being there or not being there. it is lots of people'sjobs but crucially it is people's lives. the government says it has put extra money into adult social care and that further funding will be looked at in next week's spending review. it also says the prime minister is committed to fixing the system for the long term. we're all going to have to travel less, eat less meat and buy fewer clothes, if the uk is to meet the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero, by 2050. but the government's chief environment scientist, who leaves the job today, says few people fully understand the radical changes they need to make, to tackle climate change. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin.

as the climate heats, fires across brazil clear land for cattle or soya to feed cattle. meanwhile, round the world, mining firms dig for minerals that make the goods we buy. and factories pollute as they fuel the economy. sir ian boyd says this level of consumption won't bring a stable climate. a lot of the kinds of things we like to buy, whether it's anything from clothes through to luxury food to luxury items like vehicles and these sorts of things, we are not really going to be able to have a lot of them just on demand in future. we've got to reduce demand. that will also mean making flying more expensive, especially for the wealthy minority who clock up by far the most journeys. and there's more. if we cook steak from cattle that have been fed on soya, we are indirectly contributing to deforestation in the amazon

where the soya is grown. and suppose i decide to change my work surface because this one is no longer fashionable. imagine the carbon emissions involved in ripping out a slab of granite like that, polishing it and shipping it to the uk. sir ian says we all simply have to consume less. new technologies like electric cars will solve climate change, the prime minister says. but will that be enough? electric cars are a big part of the solution, butjust electrifying all the cars on the road isn't going to get us to where we need to be. it needs to be paired with a lot of effort going into reducing overall travel demand. so improving walking opportunities and cycling opportunities and public transport. business agrees the government needs tougher policies. the thing i'm really struck by when i travel around the country and talk to businesses is how

passionate they are about the move to a net zero economy and how much they want to get behind some of these newer technologies that will help us to make that transition. i think if we get the right government policies in place, we will see business and households get behind it. but how will consumers react to the scientists' message that they can't have more of everything and keep a stable climate? politicians may not risk finding out. roger harrabin, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. there is no doubt that the best of the weather through the rest of this month will be across south—eastern parts of the uk, we have all got a south—westerly wind but that will bring wet weather into parts of scotla nd bring wet weather into parts of scotland and northern ireland. showers been replaced by rain as we head to the night. many parts of england and we also be dry. because of the south—westerly when there is more cloud, shall not be as cold as last night, temperatures staying in

double figures. rain across northern ireland, a good part of scotland, wet and western parts of scotland, reign over the irish sea, into the north west of england, the rest of england and we are is likely to be dry. it will feel quite warm. temperatures in the south—east in the mid 20s. very different further north and west. we still have rain overnight and into saturday, clears away from northern ireland, lingers away from northern ireland, lingers a bit longer in scotland, rain pushes into england and wales, head of that in east anglia, east midlands, still quite warm for one more day, 25 degrees, further north and west, across the uk after the rain, sunshine and showers. temperatures on the this is bbc news. the headlines... the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said mps will make an attempt on tuesday to stop boris johnson from

shutting down parliament, and pursuing a no—deal brexit. the scottish tory leader, ruth davidson, resigned citing professional and personal reasons, but called on borisjohnson to get a deal with the eu. after 17—year—old ellie gould was stabbed to death in may, a teenager, thomas griffiths, pleads guilty to murder. and a warning to eat less red meat, to buy fewer clothes and cut them on transport if the uk is to meet its emissions target. the home secretary meets her french counterpart in paris in the fight to prevent illegal migrants crossing the channel. and the discovery of an ape skull, four million years old in ethiopic, which could change our understanding of how humans evolved. now here's all the sport. good afternoon. gareth southgate has named his england men's squad for their upcoming euro 2020 qualifiers against

bulgaria and kosovo. manchester united fullback aaron wan—bissaka and aston villa centre—back tyrone mings join the senior squad for the first time. mings's boss at villa park, dean smith, says there aren't many better left—footed centre—backs in england. it's that form that helped aston villa gain promotion from the championship and make a solid start in the premier league, and that's impressed england boss gareth southgate. there is a lot room for improvement, but i really like his leadership qualities. an outstanding athlete, very composed with the ball. so i'm looking forward to working with him, because we see a lot of potential and room for growth, given the number of games he's actually played. so here is that squad in full then. three uncapped players. james maddison and mason mount are picked again. there are recalls for kieran trippier, alex oxlade—chamberlain and harry winks, but kyle walker of manchester city misses out, as does chelsea frontman tammy

abraham. wales's women have begun their qualifying campaign for the european championship in 2021, looking to make their first ever major finals. they're in the faroe islands. that game kicked off a little over half an hour ago. it's currently 2—0 to wales. meanwhile, england start their preparations in the next hour. they take on belgium. the tournament is being held in england, so they don't have to qualify, so instead they've got a succession of friendlies between now and then. the match in leuven is live on bbc two and on the bbc sport website. it will be good to just get the ball rolling again. on the back of the world cup, we are still in preseason now, and hopefully we can start as we mean to go on and just see where we mean to go on and just see where we are at as the team and come off the back of the world cup, we are on a bit ofa the back of the world cup, we are on a bit of a downer because we've not spent enough time together. four british teams are in action in the europa league

play—offs this evening. celtic, rangers and wolves all kick off later, but one game already under way, where linfield are taking on qarabag in azerbaijan. they are a goal down, so that's currently 3—3 on aggregate. linfield looking to be the first tea m linfield looking to be the first team from northern ireland to make the europa league. to the us open, where two brits are in singles action over the next couple of hours. first up, dan evans is on court at flushing meadows, where he is facing lucas pouille of france. and he's a set up early on there. took the first set and he has a break of serve in the second. he leads 4— free. also playing this afternoon, johanna konta who faces margarita gasparyan from russia. steve smith is making his return for australia today in a tour match against derbyshire after missing the last ashes test with concussion. he's been out in the field and bowled one wicketless over as they dismissed derbyshire for 172. smith says that now he's

been cleared to play, and he's relishing the prospect of facing joffra archer again at old trafford next week. the ashes is currently tied at 1—1 after that dramatic win for england in leeds. and archer reckons england got the upper hand. i've got to be optimistic. i think we planted a few seeds of doubt in the australians and they'll probably think twice about declaring, if one over is enough. jimmy coming back, hopefully he'll want to do something special, so i think the ball is in our court. sally conway has picked up britain's first medal at the world judo championships in tokyo. she's won bronze in the under 70—kilo category. the 32—year—old has now won medals at all major championhips, having already made olympic, european and commonwealth podiums. a record 22 races will be held in formula one next season, but the german grand prix will not be one of them. despite providing one

of the most entertaining races in recent memory last month, financial issues have plagued the event in recent years. f1 will return to the netherlands to start the european season in early may, whilst vietnam's debut will take place in april. in driver news, renault will replace nico hulkenberg with esteban ocon with valtteri bottas remaining at mercedes. i'll be back with more for you, including the details of the champions league draw that is taking place right now, in sportsday at 6:30. will have the details on who has got which team. borisjohnson's decision to suspend parliament in september and october has sparked criticism from many mps, who argue it was done to prevent them from blocking a no—deal brexit. it has certainly shortened the time available to them. so what can they actually do to try and get their way and prevent the uk from leaving the eu without a deal? one scenario is that mps could request an emergency debate next week, taking control

of the parliamentary timetable for a day, in an effort to force through legislation. this could, for example, force the pm to request an extension to the brexit deadline. among those planning to back this option is former justice secretary david gauke. he said mps need to act quickly to take control of the commons agenda. i'm afraid it does look as if our options are now narrowed and, if parliament is going to assert some control and to say, well, ok, if we leave with no deal, that has to have the consent of parliament, then that would suggest we need to move sooner rather than later. seen by some as the nuclear option, mps could hold a vote of no confidence and try to force out the government, potentially leading to a general election. labour leaderjeremy corbyn made it clear this afternoon that, while a vote of no confidence was not the first option, it is certainly being considered. i had a very constructive meeting with the leaders of all the opposition parties in my office a couple of days ago to go through these, and we are working together to do everything we can to ensure that parliament is able to assert itself

on behalf of the british people to prevent a no deal exit from the union. what about a vote of no confidence? how does that fit in? it fits in absolutely with it, of course, and that will be put at the appropriate moment. it is, of course, still possible for mps to approve a new deal before the october 31st deadline, and this is the course of action ministers say they prefer. the pm could return from the eu summit in mid—october with a new deal which is acceptable to mp5. in her resignation speech, scottish conservative leader ruth davidson said this would be the best way of preventing a no—deal brexit. at the moment, there appears to be little progress in talks for a deal. prime minister, get us a deal on the european union. what i want to say to people who say that they want to avoid no—deal is what i just said. the prime minister brings a deal back 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 for it. and it's notjust mps

who could try and get in the way of the prime minister's plans. the decision to suspend parliament is facing legal challenges, including ina is facing legal challenges, including in a scottish court, which has today considered whether the government advice to the queen was lawful. joanna cherry of the snp is one of those backing the challenge. the queen was put in a difficult position and the queen acted on the basis of the advice she was given and, as i said earlier, what we are seeking to impugn is the advice that the queen was given. so the action is raised in my name. i am the first petitioner and the other petitioners against the advocate general, who represents the british government. he is the british government's law officer in scotland. the action isn't raised against the queen and, as i say, it's the advice that the queen was given that we are criticising. let's discuss those options in a bit more detail. professor vernon bogdanor is with me. he's from the centre for british politics and government at king's college london.

thank you for coming in. let's discuss the first option, which seems to bejeremy corbyn's preferred option, and what he suggested to date may be tried on tuesday, and that is legislation to try and prevent boris johnson's plans. how do you see this working? very difficult. parliament would have to take over the legislative agenda from government and it would have to suspend the standing order giving the government priority in legislation. also, in my view, the standing order reserving to ministers the power to spend public money because, if we stay in the eu longer than october the 31st, we'd be spending more money because we'd be spending more money because we'd be making budget contributions. you'd have to do that and you'd have to be getting legislation through all its stages in parliament against the wishes of the government in a very short time. in a way, more important is a question of substance. suppose you did get an

extension, that's not a policy, that's a gateway to a possible policy. what would the policy be? so far the deadlock is line not only at westminster but with the eu itself, who said there is no alternative to a deal which parliament has three times rejected. 0k, a vote of no confidence. how do you see that playing out, bearing in mind that there are now a number of rebel mps who were in the government, the conservative government, david gauke, philip hammond and others, who have now left the cabinet? absolutely, and a vote of no confidence would require the support ofa confidence would require the support of a small number of conservative mps. i of a small number of conservative mp5. i think that would be the end of their political careers if they we re of their political careers if they were to vote against their own party. some of them might wish to join the lib dems, some might wish tojoin change uk, which is perfectly possible, and there are some issues which people find so overwriting they are prepared to desert their party on it, but i

suspect there would be very few. i think a vote of no confidence would be very close but, of course, that is the logical solution because, if parliament doesn't like the flagship policy of the government, it is the duty of parliament to get another government, eitherthrough duty of parliament to get another government, either through an alternative government in the present parliament, which is perhaps unlikely, or through a general election. the eu coming back and saying, ok, let's continue talks and we're going to get a new agreement and a new deal. borisjohnson says this is what he wants. so far, brussels doesn't seem to be biting in terms of getting rid of the biggest impediment to a new deal, which is the irish backstop. absolutely. there is a lot of talk as if the government are responsible for the fact we are approaching a new deal brexit. it's worth remembering that every member of the cabinet except two, priti patel and theresa villiers, voted at one time

of delete or another for the deal borisjohnson of delete or another for the deal boris johnson voted of delete or another for the deal borisjohnson voted for it at of delete or another for the deal boris johnson voted for it at the third occasion. it isn't theirfault that it was rejected in parliament. the brady amendment, which was passed by the commons, said they wa nted passed by the commons, said they wanted an amendment to the backstop, and the eu says it isn't possible, so the ball is in the court of the eu, not the government. talking about courts, this court of session in edinburgh... that was a dreadful segway! ajudge is going to rule tomorrow morning, we understand, and whether or not to allow this legal intervention put forward by several scottish mps and also other opposition mps as well. if the judge did rule that it is possible to stop proroguing parliament, what do you think the reasoning would be? the reasoning would be that the advice

offered to the queen was unlawful because unreasonable because it undermined the rights of parliament, and that seems to me the view of a very distinguished mp, who is acting forgina very distinguished mp, who is acting for gina miller, who is bringing another case on this issue. but there are lawyers and judges of equal distinction who take the opposite view, for example a former supreme courtjudge who said, while this may be unconstitutional and politically wrong, in his view, it is not illegal. i think, between two such distinguished people, it would bea such distinguished people, it would be a mistake to try and come to judgment oneself. if the decision in scotla nd judgment oneself. if the decision in scotland to try and stymie this attempt to prorogue parliament, it will go all the way to the supreme court, won't it? yes, and that's the only way you can stop prorogation. only the courts can do it. you are a constitutional scholar, you've been

watching this keenly. what is your gut telling you? not many constitutional scholars have very good guts! but this prorogation makes it no—deal brexit much more likely, which, in a way, is ironic, because it wasn't the first choice of the british government or parliament nor, i suspect, the first choice of the eu. we will leave it there. thank you forjoining us. the headlines. following the government decision to suspend parliament, a former minister warns mps that next week might be their only challenge to two no—deal brexit. ruth davidson has resigned citing personal professional reasons and has called on borisjohnson to get a new eu agreement. after 17—year—old ellie gould was step to death in wiltshire in may, teenager thomas griffiths pleads guilty to her murder. —— stabbed to death.

the home secretary, priti patel, is meeting the french interior minister in paris, to discuss how to deal with growing numbers of illegal migrants reaching the uk across the channel. more than 1,000 people have made the journey so far this year, three times the number for the whole of 2018. our europe correspondent, gavin lee, has been to gravelines on the north french coast to assess the scale of the problem. welcome to gravelines. a pictu re—postca rd 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? so i'm 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 each night. the vessels are all now chained in place, including the french coastal rescue boat. some are alarmed. alarm goes off. this man offers to show me what it's like attempting to cross the channel. he says it's too dangerous to attempt the whole crossing in a small boat, even for a trained seaman. here in the middle of the channel, you already get a sense of how strong the current is — and it's relatively calm today. and you can see why this is called

one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world with the freight traffic going across, the ferries from dover to calais. now, the migrants are taking smaller boats than this to make the journey and the boat owners here say that it's 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 1,200 people live in tents here — numbers that have grown slowly since the closure of the calais jungle. there was no—one willing to talk to us on camera about how they made their smuggled journey across by boat. but one man from iran said he paid £3,000 to get in a boat, and made it with 11 others to dover. he was picked up by border force, questioned by police and spent a0 days in a detention centre. he was returned to france, he was flown to toulouse and actually he's back here now and he's going to try somehow, he says, to get back. there are other stories quite similar, those who've made it

and been sent back again. ayearago, migrants illegally crossing by boat seemed a rare occurrence. now it's happening here every week. let's cross now to paris where we can speak to our correspondent, hugh schofield. is there any reason as to why the numbers of attempts by migrants to cross the channel has spiked so much this year, compared to previously?” think so. it's remarkable that the majority of the people making this small boat journey are majority of the people making this small boatjourney are iranians, or certainly they were, so there is a community that has arrived in the last year or so and is resorting to this method. that might be because, one, they've got money, and it costs more to do this than to try and smuggle with the help of gangs onto lorries and so on. it might also be

because the more traditional smuggling route on lorries, on the trains and so on, which goes on, is in the control of other nationalities, gangs from other nationalities, gangs from other nationalities, so the iranians, who for some reason have been arriving in large numbers in the last year, need a new way to do it. they started doing this small boat route and, as we can observe, the numbers are and, as we can observe, the numbers a re really and, as we can observe, the numbers are really growing very markedly, andi are really growing very markedly, and i think the warnings which we get over and again from the authorities here and in britain about it being a dangerous route are not being borne out by the numbers because, as we heard, thousands of people have made it across, and i've only counted one or two in that time, so quite clearly the calculation is being made by these people that it may be dangerous in one way, because of the traffic and the currents and so on, but properly handled it's a risk worth taking. this has been a perennial problem

going back many years. we all remember the sangatte camp refugees and migrants in calais, thejungle, now dunkirk. one wonders what kind of initiative to patel and her french counterpart will be able to come up with to deal with this problem. —— priti patel and her french counterpart. they will not be able to do away with it, it's going to go on. every year for 15, able to do away with it, it's going to go on. every yearfor15, 20 yea rs, to go on. every yearfor15, 20 years, we've reported on meetings between home and interior, home secretaries and interior ministries on this problem, and it will go on. i don't think there was any point pretending that, as long as the tension is there, a border which separates england from people who wa nt to separates england from people who want to get there, we are going to continue to have this problem. what happens is coordination and more coordination and more coordination, and sometimes an agreement on a change of tactics, and the problem is limited for a time and then it comes back in another form.

is limited for a time and then it comes back in anotherform. i think, right now, compared to certain times in the past, its relatively under control. we don't have the massive problem of the sangatte camp or the calaisjungle. problem of the sangatte camp or the calais jungle. we have problem of the sangatte camp or the calaisjungle. we have that tent city in dunkirk with people trying to get across on boats, but one reason for the boats might be because there is a much more successful attempt at stopping people trying to get through on the ferries and the trucks and so on. so, you know, relatively speaking, i think priti patel and her counterpart will be saying, things aren't too bad, but the question of more cooperation is very much on the table still, and there was british money put forward in january to pay for extra french detectors and police, which is functioning, but it's clearly not enough. thank you. millions of people who paid for payment protection loans or credit cards have until midnight tonight to put

infor have until midnight tonight to put in for compensation. banks are paid out tens of millions, but consumers are warned many pets miss out if they take action today. an investigation has found that it's still too easy for children to buy knives on the high street, 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 something fairly new. we've gathered nationwide to get he figures, so, yeah, i'm fairly shocked that we've got such high percentages. we want to do is just get those figures down and help retailers to do the right thing to prevent them selling knives. researchers have discovered the almost complete, nearly 4 million—year—old skull of an early human—like ape in ethiopia. the find raises doubts about ideas of how the first humans evolved from apes. palab ghosh has the details. in africa, in the distant past, advanced ape—like creatures evolved

into the first humans. for decades, scientists believed that this specimen, nicknamed lucy, was the ape—like ancestor to the first true humans... ..but a dig in the afar region of ethiopia found this object, which challenged that view. when cleaned up, it turned out to be a near complete skull of an ancestor of lucy, called anamensis. using computerised scans, researchers built up this face of what anamensis actually looked like. 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 evolutionary 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, the 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.

tv drama pea ky tv drama peaky blinders might have inspired some of the most popular baby names in england and wales, according to the office for national statistics. arthur entered the top ten for boys for the first time since the 19205, with ada in the top 100 for the first time in a century. oliver and olivia retained the number one 5pots. no lucy, no clive, no darren. what's that about? i don't think darren or clive has ever been in the top ten! there is a good chance they won't ever be. we'll see what happens. south—westerly, atlantic wind5 through the rest of this month, actually, so not that cold, but we're going to find some rain, and this cloud is coming in from the atla ntic to this cloud is coming in from the atlantic to bring some rain overnight into tomorrow and saturday. we've had a fair number of shower5, especially in scotland, but

some fantastic rainbows as well. for much of england and wales, it's been dry, with the best 5un5hine toward south—east england and east anglia, with temperatures into the mid 205. for many pa rt5 with temperatures into the mid 205. for many parts of england and wales, it 5tray5 dry over most of the wet weather is coming from that thickening cloud into northern ireland and scotland, turning much wetter later in western scotland. a warmer night than last night. it should stay in double figures. tomorrow, really mixed fortunes. rain on and off across the northern isles —— northern ireland, heavy over the hills, wet in western scotla nd over the hills, wet in western scotland and a bit of rain coming into north—west england, especially cumbria, threatening north wales. the rest of england and wales, dry and quite warm with south—westerly winds and some sunshine towards the north—west, a weather front keeps the rain going through friday, friday night and in some areas into saturday, and that rain accumulating

over the space of 48 hours or so. could get a couple of inches of rain over the hills in northern ireland, and somewhat weather in south—west and somewhat weather in south—west and central parts of scotland. the rain on saturday should move away from northern ireland, leaving sunshine and showers. it lingers longer in scotland, with the rain band pushing into input at wales but it doesn't really reach the mid 205, but elsewhere the numbers are a lot lower, so quite a contrast depending on which side you are of that weather front. that won't bring much rain into eastern areas on saturday evening, but it draws in behind us a north—westerly, cooler air, evening, but it draws in behind us a north—westerly, coolerair, polar maritime air mass and, for the first day of meteorological autumn, the first day of september, it will feel more like autumn, with a lot of showers on the scene on sunday, especially from north wales northwards, some of them heavy thundery, and temperatures typically

in the mid—teens. perhaps a bit warmer in the south—east of england, 19 or 20 if you are lucky, and certainly a chill in the air for the end of the weekend and the start of next week. a chilly start on monday morning. that's it from me. see you later.

mps are warned that next week may be their only chance to have their say in parliament before a no—deal brexit. formerjustice secretary david gauke says those against leaving eu without a deal need to act fast, after the government said it was suspending parliament for five weeks. parliament does have a responsibility to act, and it may well be that next week is the only opportunity for us to do so. ruth davidson has resigned as leader of the scottish conservatives and urged the prime minister to do everything he can to get a brexit deal. we'll be taking a look at some of your questions about the suspension of parliament and what could happen next. a teenage boy has pleaded guilty to murdering 17—year—old ellie gould, who was stabbed to death at a house in wiltshire in may.