hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm carrie gracie. today at 2pm: the prime minister says his opponents are damaging britain's chances of securing a new brexit deal. the more the parliamentarians try to block the no—deal brexit, the more likely it is we will end up in that situation. meanwhile a legal challenge fails to temporarily halt borisjohnson‘s plan to suspend parliament, but mps behind the move remain hopeful. leading pro—democracy activists in hong kong are arrested, ahead of another weekend of mass protests. coming up on afternoon live all the sport: some bad news ahead of that crucial foruth ashes test next week.

james anderson has been ruled out for the rest of the series.. in a massive blow for england. i'll bring you more details at half past two. thanks. and we have all the weather: some of the summer not for all as you can see from this picture. we have some rain moving into north—west scotland and northern ireland and it is here to stay until the end of tomorrow. more details if you want them, coming shortly. also coming up — women on menopausal hormone therapy risk developing breast cancer a decade after treatment ends, according to scientists. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. borisjohnson says his opponents are damaging the chances, of getting a good brexit deal with brussels. the prime minister's promised a renewed effort to get an agreement before the deadline at the end

of october, but is facing fierce criticsm, for his decision to suspend or prorogue parliament. among his critics are labour's deputy leader, tom watson, who says he'lljoin a legal challenge being brought by the campaigner, gina miller, at the high court in london. the former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major, has also said he wanted to be involved. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chanting: stop the coup! in manchester... chanting: stop the coup! in london... boris out! and right on the prime minister's doorstep, anger and outrage this week at his decision to suspend parliament, but boris johnson says it is mps, not him, that are raising the chances of leaving the eu without a deal. the more the parliamentarians try to block the no—deal brexit, the more likely it is that we'll end up in that situation, so, the best thing now is for us to get

on and make our points to our european friends with clarity and with vigour, and that's what we're doing. the decision to shut up shop here for five weeks took many by surprise. now labour is urging more action against what it says is a government acting unlawfully. we'll use any means necessary to prevent this undemocratic behaviour. and that includes people taking to the streets, that includes people taking to the airways, that includes people going to court. but protests and legal challenges aside, mps know if they want to stop a no—deal brexit, they will have to do something about it in parliament. those hoping to force a change in the law are finalising their plans. i hope that parliament will take a series of actions in a proper, orderly way that, by the end of the week, mean that boris johnson knows that, as prime minister,

he has the backing of many of us to get a deal but if he doesn't get a deal, he is going to have to seek an extension. efforts to reach a new deal are stepping up. uk and eu officials will meet twice a week in brussels from now on. but, despite warmer words from european leaders, the two sides are still far apart on the key sticking point of keeping an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. at the moment, nothing credible has come from the british government in the context of an alternative to the backstop and, you know, if that changes, great, we will look at it in dublin, but, more importantly, it can be the basis of a discussion in brussels. but it's got to be credible. so, no sense of a breakthrough soon, and back here, a government determined to stick to a deadline, parliament intent on imposing its will. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. let's get more on all of this, with our political correspondent

iain watson, who's in westminsterfor us. more from jonathan now. this is a numbers game and how to read it at this point. all of the net when he was a key figure in terms of the effort to stop the government taking the uk out of the eu without a deal said this morning that it would be foolhardy for him to predict whether they have the numbers to pull off what is a very tough task in the time available. it will depend on all types of factors, whether the conservatives, who are very uneasy about the prospect of a nodal brexit, decide to come across and vote with the opposition parties, then how many labour mps who represent leave voting seats feel they can vote to stop a nodal brexit, or if it comes to it a vote of no in deed and the government. and then it will come down to the parliamentary procedure, and all kinds of facts about whether the moves the opposition parties make are met with counter moves by the

government. so there is talk, as i'm sure you've heard, of all—night sittings and working through the weekend in the house of lords getting involved and the bill that mps will try to push through parliament, which will ultimately force the government, if it does get a new deal, to ask for an extension, it comes down to how quickly they can get that through and whether they have the numbers to do it successfully. but it is going to be one big showdown when parliament returns from its have on tuesday. one big showdown when parliament returns from its have on tuesdayli suppose one thing that would change the game significantly is if there we re the game significantly is if there were signs of a deal or meaningful negotiations towards a deal. downing street is doing its best, suggesting is there will be all these meetings with europe, but on the other hand the europeans seem to be saying there's nothing new the table from there's nothing new the table from the brits in terms of alternative rearrangements of the backstop, and the irish team say the same thing. soa the irish team say the same thing. so a lot ofa the irish team say the same thing. so a lot of a lot of different noises, but quite negative noises,

coming from people borisjohnson these positive noises from. yes, there are a lot of moving parts and there are a lot of moving parts and there is no doubt that the mini reboot of the negotiations with the eu that is taking place in brussels is part of the strategy. officials will meet their eu counterparts twice a week and we are told they are trying to find common ground, given a bit of a shift in tone from the eu in general and eu leaders recently after boris johnson's meetings with angela merkel and president macron to try and turn what downing street described as a rhetorical shift into a substantial shift. an actual shift in position rather than just a shift in tone. but whether those talks will actually amount to much or any progress will be made, or whether they are actually just progress will be made, or whether they are actuallyjust going through they are actuallyjust going through the motions to make it look like they're trying to get a new deal and progress is being made, we will have to see. but it is clearly all part of the same strategy to show mps and

the eu that the government is actually keen and its first preference is to get a new deal. but if it doesn't, and the eu does not make the required move that the government needs it to, then it is prepared to take the uk out of the eu without a deal, which is why in turn we are seeing mps redouble their efforts to try to make sure that does not happen. jonathan, thank you. meanwhile, questions have been asked about what would happen if any brexit legislation ended up in the house of lords, and how they would deal with it. lord lilley is a conservative peer and former trade and industry secretary. hejoins me now. thank you. before we talk about what would happen inside the house of lords, can we pick up what we were talking to jonathan lords, can we pick up what we were talking tojonathan about, and i hope you could hear it, i don't know what you think about the situation where the prime ministers talking about opponents damaging his chances of getting a deal, while the europeans and the irish sound quite negative about any chances of

getting a deal anyway. he's obviously right that they can't legislate for a deal because a deal requires agreement by two parties, and they can't force the eu to give us and they can't force the eu to give usa and they can't force the eu to give us a reasonable deal. the eu clearly would prefer we didn't leave at all, or if we leave we leave on terms which leave us as a kind of vassal state. so they will try to put it at the worst possible terms, in the hope that british people change their minds. unless they believe we are live willing to leave without a deal on wto terms. which we clearly should be, we trade very successfully on wto terms with many countries, the biggest single market is the us, we deal with them on wto terms, we have a surplus with them against a deficit with europe. we should not be afraid of no—deal. we wa nt to should not be afraid of no—deal. we want to deal, if we don't get it here before we leave we should leave

on wto terms are negotiated deal subsequently. that explains where you will be standing next week. what do you think will happen in the lords and what will part will you try to play in that, because you will know better than i that there is talk of this drama getting to the house of lords if the legislation to extend article 50 get through the commons. will you try to stop it in the lords? i don't think the lords has power to stop it. for two reasons, first there is an overwhelming majority in the lords of virulent remain as. they are not set to wed sympathetic to the democratic vote of the british people. they have been trying to reverse it ever since. and they will use their majority to do that. the minority of us who are in favour of leaving we want to subject the bill that may reach us from the house of

commons to proper scrutiny, but we tried that in march and we were not allowed to do so. the procedures of the house of lords do not lend themselves to that, the majority will probably be able to terminate discussions undemocratically, steam roller it through, send it back to the commons, and if the commons agree with it then that will be it. i hope the people in the house of commons realise that don't put their faith in the house of lords stopping something which they should stop. and when i say they, i mean notjust the conservatives and the dup, but the conservatives and the dup, but the sensible labour members who know the sensible labour members who know the people have voted as they voted in 2016, that they were elected on a promise in 2017 to implement that decision, and they should go ahead and do so and not try to prolong it or rely on the house of lords letting them off the hook. before we go back to the house of commons, just press you for a moment further on the house of lords. i'm just going to acknowledge for a moment that some of them who sit there would not recognise a description of

themselves as virulent remain as, or steam—rolling or ring anything. we'll leave that to one side. would you attempt to filibuster the legislation as it goes through?” think anything as serious as this should be given proper scrutiny. in march it wasn't, it was washed through, all stages in the house of commons, then rushed through the house of lords without proper scrutiny. and it was a pretty ill thought out measure. this is a very serious measure, if it comes to the house of lords then they ought to as the chamber whose only powers to make the house of commons think again, think it through thoroughly, revise it, amend it and send it back either defeated or amended so the house of commons can reconsider. but i suspect we will not be allowed to do that. one should not put 1's faith in the house of lords to make good a mistake house of commons may have made. so under scrutiny, how long does that take because time is

of essence, according to the prime minister's plan parliament will be prorogued between the ninth in the 12th. it depends on what we are sent, if they send a simple bill saying we are seeking an extension, that clearly would not be much use because the prime minister could seek an extension, the e will pose all sorts of unacceptable conditions, and he can say he didn't get anything acceptable. so they will have to lay down all sorts of conditions and that will need scrutiny and that will take days. thank you. a judge at scotland's highest civil court, has rejected a request to put an immediate block on boris johnson's decision to suspend parliament. the court will instead hear full arguments next week. a cross—party group of more than 70 mps and peers, is asking the court to rule that it would be illegal and unconstitutional for the government, to suspend parliament, limiting the amount of time mps

have to debate brexit. lorna gordon reports. it is scotland's highest civil court. decisions made here can reverberate far beyond this cobbled square. few, though, as potentially far—reaching as this. the decision made today to wait untilfull arguments can be heard, with the judge refusing to order a temporary halt to plans to shut down parliament. i am not satisfied that it has been demonstrated that there is a cogent need for interim suspension or interim interdict to be granted at this stage. lawyers acting for the government said proroguing is an exercise the queen alone can enter into based on the government's advice, and it is not a matter for the court. pro—remain campaigners outside those court disagreed, while inside, lawyers acting for those seeking to stop the proroging of parliament argued that the advice given to the queen was unlawful,

and unconstitutional, and motivated by a desire to restrict parliament's ability to hold the government to account. those behind the action called on the prime minister to submit a sworn statement to court on the reasoning behind his decision. this prime minister doesn't behave as other prime ministers do, but i think if he believes that he has a good case for prorogation, he should have the guts to swear an affidavit as to the reasons for that prorogation. a spokesperson for the government said, "we are glad the court found against the interdict," adding that there was no good reason to seek one, given the full hearing is due to take place next week. that hearing will now take place next tuesday, with a ruling delivered soon after. lord doherty said it was in the interests of justice and in the public interest that the case proceeds as soon as it can. lorna gordon, bbc news, at the court of session in edinburgh.

our correspondent clive coleman is here. extraordinary times. we have for example, a former conservative prime minister taking a sitting conservative prime minister to court. well, he is intervening in an existing case. but it is extraordinary. gina miller plasma case will take place next week at the high court in london. in the essence of her case is really focused on the intent to act unlawfully, if i can put it in that way. and intent is very difficult thing to prove, it is something we have to prove in criminal cases a lot of the time. if you have, in your back pocket a former prime minister, a former conservative prime minister who will have had, given that advice to the monarch, will have considered the proroguing

of parliament and whether that can be done in accordance with the effective running of our parliamentary democracy, that is no incredibly powerful thing to have in your armoury, and so it is certainly a huge boost for gina miller and her claim. going back to the question of intent, it is quite hard... impossible for a layperson to see how a court could determine intent in the situation like this. when the prime minister has said his intention is something entirely different. it's quite hard for a court to say we do not believe what you said, we believe your intention is something else. exactly, it is difficult to prevent criminal cases because people never write down, i really intended to do was x... so how do you prove it? you prove it with a range of evidence and arguments. so if sirjohn majorfor insta nce arguments. so if sirjohn majorfor instance was to say, from my perspective, having been in that

position, the only intention behind this could have been to curtail parliamentary time, to frustrate the workings of our parliamentary democracy, then that would be one factor that the court would have to weigh. as you say, the government, and they clearly had some success thus far in scotland with this, have made it clear all the way through that they say this is a perfectly lawful use of prerogative powers by proroguing parliament, it's done all the time, is not out of the ordinary, and in any event they are saying it's an issue the courts really should not adjudicate upon, this is politics, they are effectively saying to the courts, stay out of it. and that raises a really interesting constitutional tension, because it is one of the great constitutional tensions over time really that you have a powerful executive that likes to get its way, on the one hand, you have a small independent judiciary on the one hand, you have a small independentjudiciary on the other. but they do have the power, and it's been given to them through this mechanism ofjudicial

been given to them through this mechanism of judicial review, been given to them through this mechanism ofjudicial review, to stop thejuggernaut of mechanism ofjudicial review, to stop the juggernaut of government in its tracks if what ministers are proposing or have done is unlawful. and that is arguably... in fact there is a very interesting book by there is a very interesting book by the former chiefjustice where he charts the rise ofjudicial review back to the 805, the thatcher year5, ata time back to the 805, the thatcher year5, at a time when parliamentary opposition to the government was really quite weak, and what he effectively says is that the judges sort of jumped into effectively says is that the judges sort ofjumped into the void to hold the government to account. some senior the government to account. some 5eniorjudge5 thinkjudicial review has given thejudge5 5eniorjudge5 thinkjudicial review has given the judges too much power to intervene in political matters. so it's a kind of fascinating constitutional hotspots we have at the moment. bubbling over with tension5. the moment. bubbling over with tensions. and really it is uncharted. and if it is uncharted, you can chart it for us, put you on the spot. which way is it going to

go? obviously i don't know the a nswer to go? obviously i don't know the answer to that. but what i would say i5, gina miller has the same crack legal team, lord pannick, whom many regard as the greatest barri5ter at the bar, 5he regard as the greatest barri5ter at the bar, she won the article 50 case, if they can argue per5uasively that using john major or whatever that using john major or whatever that the intention of the prime minister was unlawful, it was to reduce parliamentary time, to reduce mp's reduce parliamentary time, to reduce mp‘s ability to scrutini5e and discu55 mp‘s ability to scrutini5e and discuss various options, if she can do that then she has a chance. clive, thank you. you're watching afternoon live — these are our headlines: the prime minister says his opponents are damaging britain's chances of securing a new brexit deal. meanwhile, a legal challenge fails to temporarily halt bori5johnson‘5 plan to suspend parliament, but mp5 behind the move remain hopeful. leading pro—democracy activi5t5 in hong kong are arrested, ahead of another weekend

of mass protest5. and in sport... jame5 anderson's been ruled out of the rest of the ashes series in a huge blow for england. somerset‘s craig overton has been called into an otherwise unchanged squad ahead of the fourth te5t next week. the draw has been made for the group stage of the europa league — with manchester united fans 5et for a 7000 mile round trip to the capital of kazakstan. and rangers will have to close a section of ibrox for theirfirst europa league group game — leaving 3000 5eat5 vacant — after being found guilty of a second charge of sectarian chanting. i'll be back with more on those stories at 2:30. the authorities in hong kong have stepped up their crackdown on pro—democracy demonstrations, by arresting three leading activist5. two have appeared in court, charged with organising an illegal protest. another march is planned tomorrow, despite police banning the protest

and warning that anyone taking part is likely to face arrest. from hong kong, stephen mcdonell reports. activi5t5 descended on police headquarters five weeks ago as part of hong kong's ongoing political crisis. police stations have been marked out for special attention here, with many in the pro—democracy movement calling for fellow protester5 already detained to be released. amongst those seen outside this building on the 21st ofjune was pro—democracy campaignerjoshua wong. for this, according to his demosisto party, the high—profile figure was 5natched off the street this morning as he walked to an underground train station. he was then forced into an unmarked van and driven away by police officers. all we ask for is just to urge beijing and hong kong government to withdraw the bill, stop police brutality and respond to our calls for a free election.

even i have beenjailed three times and i need to face a trial on the 8th of november, which means three months later, but we still keep on our fight. we shall not surrender. jo5hua wong and fellow demosisto leader agnes chow have been charged with "inciting other5 to participate in unlawful assembly" and also "knowingly taking part in such a gathering". hong kong police say they are not taking sides in this di5pute, but that when people break the law, they will be punished. in an off—the—record briefing inside the barricaded police headquarters building, officers told us that today's arre5ts were not part of some broad crackdown on the pro—democracy movement. however, when you consider the arrests in connection with the prohibition of a planned mass march on the weekend, many are predicting this could spark yet more violence in this city over the coming days.

in defending the decision to refuse permission for tomorrow's march, police said that a large, peaceful rallies in the city have been leading to street clashes. they are threatening more arre5ts if protester5 turn out to march illegally. but such threat5 have been ineffective in recent weeks and seem highly unlikely to work this time. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, hong kong. stephen mcdonell is in hong kong. it's another potential stand—off between both sides tomorrow, how many people can the hong kong police actually arrest if the scale of demonstration come5 actually arrest if the scale of demonstration comes out again? that i5a demonstration comes out again? that is a very good question. if the authorities here really wanted to encourage there to be violent 5treet clashes in the city and not any peaceful gatherings at all, one way to do that would be to deny

permission for a mass march and then arrest 5ome high—profile figures within the pro—democracy camp. the police have warned that anybody who turns up tomorrow to this now illegal march will be breaking the law and risks being arrested. but we've already seen so many of these prote5t5 which have taken place illegally, especially amongst the young, it doesn't stop people coming out in their thousands. the difference is that maybe there won't be hundreds of thousands, it could be hundreds of thousands, it could be more like ten5 be hundreds of thousands, it could be more like tens of thousands, i'm not sure how many will actually prote5t tomorrow. but you can be 5ure prote5t tomorrow. but you can be sure that those who come along will know there is the possibility of a clash. and i think he won't see any peaceful portion of the day, they will be straight into challenging the authorities, and i can imagine the authorities, and i can imagine the riot police will be re5ponding ina very the riot police will be re5ponding in a very tough fashion. and at the other end, there was talk of

negotiations or at least sit down di5cussion5 negotiations or at least sit down discussions with those who had grievances. there was talk about trying to get the police to engage effectively with some elements of the demonstrations. where is the more peaceful end of hong kong's way of handling the situation gone. part of handling the situation gone. part of the problem is that the government, though it talks about having di5cussion5, has not 5pecified really how this would take place, there have only been di5cussion5 place, there have only been discussions with hand—picked community representatives that the government doesn't mind talking to. and they've 5aid point—blank that they won't consider any movement at all on any of the protester demand5. according to the pro—democracy camp, what is the point of us trying to talk to you if you won't consider anything we are saying anyway? and we've also seen a report today that a p pa re ntly we've also seen a report today that apparently the hong kong government even asked beijing if it could

formally withdraw this very unpopular bill allowing for extradition to mainland china's court5, extradition to mainland china's courts, and beijing 5aid extradition to mainland china's courts, and beijing said no. and if thati5 courts, and beijing said no. and if that is to be believed then where is the power anyway? does the hong kong government even have the authority to withdraw the bill? or to adhere to withdraw the bill? or to adhere to any of the protester demands? or i5 beijing really calling the shots here? and i think according to many in the pro—democracy camp, they think that is the case, that what is the point in talking to hong kong because they see their leader is a kind of lame duck figure now anyway, so kind of lame duck figure now anyway, so again this is the problem, the government says we won't consider anything and you stop protesting, protester5 say we won't stop prote5ti ng protester5 say we won't stop prote5ting unle55 protester5 say we won't stop prote5ting unless you consider our demand5. so it goes round and round and becomes ever more violent. and again, ithink and becomes ever more violent. and again, i think we will see more 5treet clashes again in the coming day5. 5treet clashes again in the coming days. and if it is anything like

last sunday, it will be violent again with more arre5t5, lots of projectiles, injuries, and of course the thing everyone is worried about i5 the thing everyone is worried about is the potential that somebody could be killed in one of these clashes, given that the police have now been seen given that the police have now been seen pulling out their side arm5 given that the police have now been seen pulling out their side arms at time5 seen pulling out their side arms at times to push protester5 back. seen pulling out their side arms at times to push protesters back. very worrying. thank you forjoining u5. people living in florida, have been warned that hurricane dorian could 5trengthen, as it approaches. a state of emergency has been declared, and donald trump has cancelled a planned trip to poland. dorian is set to sweep through the bahamas, and is expected to reach the us mainland early next week. florida residents are preparing for all extremes. cbs news correspondent david begnaud sent this update from merritt island in florida. we are in merritt island, florida, which is just outside of orlando. people are waiting in line right now to get sandbags. yesterday, they waited for more than eight hours. today, people showed up before 6am. sandbags were going to be distributed at 8am but a couple of people brought their own shovels,

grabbed the bags that the police left over and are now serving them5elve5. you can understand why, as people prepare for what is expected to be a major hurricane. the governor of florida, ron desantis, has told people prepare now, do not wait until the weekend. and they want people to prepare not only with sandbags, but also with food, water and fuel. we've seen lines for gasoline stretching blocks and even for a half—mile. shelves at various stores are empty, specifically the shelves for things like bread and water. in fact, some grocery stores are telling people that you are limited to four cases of water per family. i should tell you this, no—one seems to be panicking here in the state of florida, everyone is calm, but heeding the warning from the governor to get ready now. david begnaud, cbs news for the bbc. louise joins louisejoins us. after a required

start the season, the caribbean sea is now rife the growing quite a beast, hurricane dorian could be a really significant storm at the moment. actually the caribbean islands have managed to escape the worst of it because the track changed and it drifted a little further north. but it does look as though it is heading potentially during the latter stages of friday night across to barbados, the far north of barbados. it is moving quite fast. at the moment it is between category two and three. about 110 miles an hour sustained winds. anything over 110 it becomes a category three. then it will slow down and that will be the cause for concern, because as it pushes towards the shores of florida it will be quite a slow—moving storm and it will be the rainfall that will be the issue, and that's what the americans call the rainmaker, we will see significant rain and that

is the flooding, huge saum sturge, and damaging gusts of wind but potentially the rain is the real issue. in this blue cone, the people who don't know, that is the uncertainty of the track. they are quite difficult to pin down as they are travelling over warm seas. so we will need to keep a close eye on that, but potentially arriving on the shores of florida for labor day weekend on the monday. a lot of tourists in our area as well. so when will they know when and where in that expanse that it will actually hit? obviously they will wait to see whether it arrives over the bahamas, but they are quite difficult beasts, and they are very difficult beasts, and they are very difficult to pinpoint. almost, sometimes, to the very last minute. i track some of the years that arrived to the gulf of mexico that they thought would arrive towards houston, texas, and at the last minute it turned east and went

towards mississippi. so will have to keep an eye on that. i'm sure we will have updates for you. and what about our weather? quiet of the summer about our weather? quiet of the summer not for all. a lot of heavy rain into the weekend. a taste of autumn, accompanied i'm saying it. i'm sorry. but we have some rain at the moment across the highlands of scotland, some of it will be turned quite intensive the next couple of days. and fairly relentless. this has been so far today, real north—south divide, in the south—east corner we have sunshine and warmth that temperatures in the mid 205. but the rain is here to stay through this evening, overnight, and then it really will gather in intensity and it will move across scotland for tomorrow. we could see quite widespread rain first thing. quite a lot of cloud greeting is first thing on saturday. i'll start. then as we move into northern ireland and scotland,

weather warnings out for widely two inches maybe more across high ground of scotland, that could lead to localised flooding. it has been a pretty wet august already. that rain is fairly extensive across scotland, it moves into north—west england, wales and south—west england, gradually weakening into the midlands, and it may well arrive towards east anglia and the south—east by the end the day. but if we get sunshine we will get some warmth in the south—east. noticeably cooler behind. and it is the cooler air that went out in the second half of the weekend. a5 air that went out in the second half of the weekend. as a cold front moves away it allows the wind direction to change to more north—westerly, dragging on a scattering of showers across the country. that basically means on sunday it will be sunny spells and scattered showers, some of them quite heavy and frequent the further north and west you are. they moved further inland but look at the difference in the feel of the weather. by sunday afternoon we will see a maximum of 12 to 20 degrees.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the prime minister says his opponents are damaging britain's chances of securing a new brexit deal. the more the parliamentarians try to block the no—deal brexit, the more

likely it is that we will end up in that situation. meanwhile a legal challenge fails to temporarily halt borisjohnson's plan to suspend parliament, but mp5 behind the move remain hopeful. leading pro—democracy activists in hong kong are arrested, ahead of another weekend of mass protests. new research suggests women on menopausal hormone therapy, risk developing breast cancer, a decade after treatment ends. sport now on afternoon live with holly hamilton. in the last half hour, england have named their squad for the fourth ashes test against australia — and there is a big name missing from the team sheet? a huge blow for england. james anderson has been ruled out of the rest of this series. he'd been playing for lancashire's 2nd eleven in a bid to prove his

fitness but he felt a pain in his calf yesterday. medical teams have ruled him out for the final two tests. earlier this week, there had been some positive noises from anderson. he said he felt like he was really getting somewhere and seemed hopeful of playing in the fourth test next week. he'll be replaced by somerset seamer craig overton. with the ashes series tied at one all, the momentum is all with england after that sensational win at headingley last week. but remember, australia will be bringing back their not so secret weapon in steve smith — back from his concussion. playing for the first time since the concussion. it is australia who lead by 61 runs with eight wickets remaining, so steve smith is back on form.

and the europa league? how does the draw that? manchester united fans will be racking up the air miles in the group stage, facing the prospect of a 7,400—mile round trip to kazakhstan for the clash with fc astana. it's not a bad draw in terms of competition for ole gunnar soljkaer‘s side. out of those three opponents, they've only faced fk pa rtizan once before. they've also got dutch side az alkmaar. last season's finalists arsenal have been drawn against eintracht frankfurt, standard liege and vitoria guimaraes. wolves have been handed an interesting draw in their first european compeition since 1981 — will see them travel to turkey, portugal and slovakia. besiktas perhaps the most dangerous one for nuno espirto santo's side. espirito santo's side. celtic have a pretty tough draw — including the team that knocked them out of champions league qualifying. and rangers have a tough one too — they're in a group with porto.

rangers will be forced to leave at least 3,000 seats vacant at ibrox for their first europa league group game after being found guilty of a second charge of sectarian chanting. it's the same punishment as was served during the second leg with legia warsaw on thursday. as a result the club has said the'll not be taking their allocation for their first away match in europe. manchester united manager ole gunnar solskjaer says a loan move to roma would do defender chris smalling the world of good. smalling is in italy to finalise a deal with the serie a club — they've reportedly agreed a year—long loan, with roma paying a fee of £2.7 million. i couldn't promise chris regular football. of course, he is on the plane over now and i think he will enjoy the experience over there. it's a big club, a good league. there are not many english players who have had the chance to play in italy and i'm sure he will come

back stronger and better for it. formula one is back after its summer break — and second practice is underway in spa ahead of the belgian grand prix on sunday. it was a tough morning for lewis hamilton. power issues affected his early session — although he was able to set the 6th fastest time in p1. ferrari's sebastian vettel was quickest. and staying with motorsport, how about racing an electric suv around the arctic? that's what has been announced for 2021 for the first ever extreme e series. in extreme e the teams will race electric off—road vehicles in remote parts of the world, while hoping to highlight the negative impact climate change is having on the planet. greenland is the first location to be named with four more to follow in other remote locations like the rainforest and desert. the tracks will be designed to incorporate existing natural obstacles and race organisers say they'll enusre there is "no negative impact from either environmental

or social perspectives." that's all the sport for now. concerns about healthcare and dwindling pensions is leading some british ex—pats living in spain, to consider whether to stay in the country after brexit. a group representing brits abroad has told the bbc, ex—pats feel ‘alone and forgotten' by the uk government. tim muffett has been on the costa del sol for us today. on a day like this it is not hard to see why so many british citizens choose to live in spain. more than 300,000 are registered as living here, more ——around 70,000 pensioners. it is their access to health if there is a no deal brexit that is causing a lot of concern amongst many. a lot of them have been telling us how worried they are because they don't know

for sure what will happen if a no—deal brexit occurs. we've been speaking to some. under the spanish sun, dave is sweating on events in brussels and westminster. good to meet you. hi, good to meet you too. how do you feel you been treated by the british government? drea dfully. i think if i'd treated a dog the same way, i'd have been in court. what they've told us has been half—truths, lies, misdirections. it seems to change week by week. dave moved to almeria in andalusia in 200a. he has parkinson's disease and has had two heart attacks. like other british pensioners, he has been able to access health care in another eu country but the chance of a no—deal brexit has changed things. this is a cardiac drug. that drug is for parkinson's... if it's a no—deal brexit, you do not know for sure whether you can access these medicines. i can't get them without prescription, any of them. the cost of medicines alone is around 700 euros a month. i can't afford it. something would have to give. i'm wondering, you know, is it worth going on?

if i lose my health care, wouldn't it be easier to just die? even if there is a no—deal brexit, both the british and spanish governments have said they want to carry on offering a reciprocal health care agreement to pensioners from both countries, but nothing yet has been formalised and it is that uncertainty which many are finding so unsettling. my battle with cancer has been hampered by actually having a fight with brexit, as well. lisa moved to spain three years ago and is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. expats have been advised to register for spanish residency. lisa says her application has been rejected on a technicality even though she has been here for three years. if i don't have residency, i don't have my health care rights. do you fear if there is a no—deal exit, your treatment could effectively stop? yes, of course it could! i mean, suddenly countries

can decide they don't like each other too much. it's unlikely, but so was prorogation and this is why the panic and the anxiety is rising. others are confident things will be sorted. neil runs a support group for expats. there is no question in my mind that britain and spain would want an agreement. before spain evenjoined the eu 30—35 years ago, there were lots of different agreements between britain and spain over health care, pension rights, workers' rights, but no government is going to let people not be covered, it's just not going to happen. people here expect to feel the heat but as brexit gets nearer, the questions keep coming. the government has today announced a £3 million package of funding for for uk citizens across the eu to help them register their residency.

we're in the wigan bar, what have the british people been telling you about the concerns about what may or may not happen? recently, more than anything, because the pound has been dropping at drastic rates. the major concerns are if it carries on dropping it might get to the point that people can't afford to come out. once britain has left completely, are the airlines going to skyrocket the prices? are we going to start losing our customers because i would say 95% of our clientele is british. if our customers can't afford to come out here because the pound drops so much, then we could suffer greatly. we have been looking at the plight of pensioners, clearly you're not a pensioner! but is there a fear that without a deal being done between spain and the uk to clarify the health care situation, that many families are going to be

put in a very difficult situation? i5 enough being done to reassure them? the problem with that situation is the only thing that will reassure them is the time once everything has happened, and that might be too late. a lot of people at the moment are moving back, just for the reassurance that if the ship is sinking they want to be on the island, you know? a lot of people don't know what to do. only time will tell, unfortunately. the british embassy in madrid has set up a series of workshops to go along to register their residency. is that enough? is there enough information? it's not that there are no places to do it. it's that... we have a waiter, for example, when he was getting his residency, it took him four months to get it because every time you go it's "you are missing this document, that document." thenifs then it's this, then it's not. ——

then it's that. you can't get your residency without a work contract but you can't go on contract without a residency. that is the dilemma for so many people. thanks so much. this extra funding has been announced today by the government. the british embassy has set up a series of workshops to give people advice, especially pensioners and disabled people. despite all of that, there is a lot of uncertainty. a major international study has found that women who have menopausal hormone therapy experience an increased risk of developing breast cancer for more than a decade after treatment ends. researchers from the university of oxford, who looked at more than 100,000 women from around the world, estimate a million cases of breast cancer may have been caused by the treatment since the 19905. here's james gallagher. louise rivers started having symptoms of menopause three years ago. she says she lost her brain and was struggling to work. herjoints ached, she was not sleeping well and she began to get migraines. louise says starting hormone therapy last year

was a difficult decision, but the right one. i definitely feel as if my concentration levels are back where they were a few years ago. i feel a lot more confident working. i still have a few bad days here and then, still get some migraines, but overall, i feel much better taking it than i did before when i wasn't taking it. it has long been known that menopausal hormone therapy increases the risk of cancer. the latest study shows the increased risk lasts more than a decade after stopping the drugs, and that the dangers are twice as high as previously thought. it means for every 50 50—year—olds taking daily oestrogen and progesterone therapy for five years, one would have a cancer caused by their hormone therapy before they turn 70. we don't want to alarm women, but we don't want to give them false reassurance about the risks associated with hrt. what we would hope is that women would use this information to make a much more informed decision

about whether or not they want to start taking hrt or perhaps continue taking hrt. doctors say the risks and benefits of treatment need to be balanced for each individual patient. a5 clinicians, we are looking at women, so when you have got a woman in front of you who feels absolutely dreadful because she has gone through the menopause, then, you need to help her, and she needs to make the decision, do i want to feel better, do i want to have a better quality of life? louise says she found the latest findings concerning, but that she was not going to panic. taking hormones has improved her quality of life and she plans to chat to her consultant at their next appointment. the australian government says the great barrier reef is continuing to suffer because of climate change. a new report says rising sea temperatures, caused by global warming, means the reefs prospects have been downgraded to "very poor", its lowest level, jeopardising its world

heritage status. in a moment we'll have the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live: the prime minister says his opponents are damaging britain's chances of securing a new brexit deal. meanwhile a legal challenge fails to temporarily halt borisjohnson's plan to suspend parliament, but mp5 behind the move remain hopeful. leading pro—democracy activists in hong kong are arrested, ahead of another weekend of mass protests. here's your business headlines on afternoon live: uk house prices were unchanged in august compared with the previous month. this is according to latest figures from the nationwide building society. annual house price growth remained subdued at 0.6%. the average home is valued atjust over £216,000. the strongest growth

came from properties close to transport hubs in major cities. shares in shoe zone have plunged by more than 30%. the high street chain announced that its boss had resigned with no notice. it also warned that its profits would be lower than expected. the firm has 550 uk stores and employs 4,000 people. it blamed "tough" trading conditions since may for the profit warning. strikes have resumed on south western railway. it's part of a long—running dispute over train guards. the firm is cancelling 800 trains a day until the end of monday — about half its services — following the walkout by rmt union members. the union accused the firm of "rowing back on their public pledges" about the future of guards. the operator said it was "committed to finding a solution" to the dispute. let's start in the us, as there has been a development in the opioid case against pharmaceuticalfirms in the us.

yes, let me explain the context — opioid use in the us is at a crisis point. it's estimated that around 1.7 million americans are suffering from substance use disorders related to prescription opioid pain, ——drugs to relieve pain, and opioid—related deaths continue to take the lives of thousands in the us each year. so this issue has become a public health crisis. this week the state of oaklahoma won a $572 million judgment against drugmakerjohnson & johnson. the judge ruled that firm the johnson & johnson had intentionally played down the dangers and oversold the benefits of opioids. now the pharma industry faces faces tens of billions of dollars in potential damage payments forfueling the opioid addiction crisis. anotherfirm, perdue, this week proposed a deal to resolve more than 2,000 lawsuits for its role in the crisis. but it's now facing push back

from lawyers across america. we'rejoined now by samira hussain from our new york bureau. what is the latest in terms of perdue, this drugs firm, and its proposed deal to try and resolve cases? for months, perdue has been trying to settle these 2000 cases it has against them. this has been filed by several different entities, including states, attorney —— states‘ attorney generals. part of the plan, it is accompanied go to plan but part of it would entail perdue filing for bankruptcy, allowing the company to restructure itself and selling off some of its other pharmaceutical brands to try and raise the money it was used to pay for some of these lawsuits. the other way they were actually going to be raising money to pay for these lawsuits was through the sale of the

oxycontin drug, the exact drug for why they are being sued in the first place. and so it was one of those... there is a few state attorney generals that found that particularly distasteful, that they we re particularly distasteful, that they were going to use the profits from the sale of those drugs to try to pay for those lawsuits. so there now some pushback coming from different states to say, this dealjust doesn‘t work for us. states to say, this dealjust doesn't work for us. what about other drugs companies? given the significance of that againstjohnson &johnson. there are certainly a lot more pressure on pharmaceutical companies to start settling these lawsuits. in fact, there are some smaller drug companies that have already started settling and are looking to settle even more of these suits against them. we are also seeing in the us, there is more of a push to try and get everyone who is involved in this sale of these drugs, so people who are marketing

them, people distributing them, people who were making them, even a loss it is trying to go after retailers like cbs that or even a lawsuit trying to go after retailers, and doctors overprescribing them. so there is a real push to try and get some sort of corporate responsibility and help these companies accountable for their role in this epidemic. thanks for the update. clearly a story that is going to have major repercussions right across the pharmaceutical industry. it would be very interesting if they could get accountability to work pre—emptively so they didn‘t actually get involved in abuse in the first place, so anyway, let us turn to another interesting story. and marks and spencer is making a fresh environmental pledge today. yes, i am really sorry to be talking about christmas when it‘s still only august, but there is going to be a bit less sparkle for marks and sparks this year —

in its cards and wrapping paper range, anyway. m&s has removed glitter from its entire christmas celebration range this year, in a bid to improve recyclability and reduce the impact of microplastics on the environment. glitter ends up in the oceans and is very detrimental. all designs which previously featured glitter are now widely recyclable and have been replaced with innovative paper patterns or minimalfoils to maintain the festive sparkle. what about the rest of its card range? and tinsel and things like that, is that going? i'm not sure about tinsel, but as far as the rest of the clouds, glitter will be gone by 2020, -- the clouds, glitter will be gone by 2020, —— as far as the rest of the cards. lots of ego glitter firms have been set up but it‘s the recyclability element that i think marks & spencer are also focusing on. “— marks & spencer are also focusing on. —— buts of eco glitter firms. the cooling of trade tensions between the us and china has helped equity markets for a second day.

some traders hoping to spot a bargain and buying up shares, particularly mining stocks doing well. haven't got time to get into discussion of the wisdom or otherwise of that! that'll be next hour. good afternoon. some of us are lucky enough to see some sunshine, but others, it‘s rather cloudy, grey and a little disappointing, and it‘s across the highlands at the moment where we are seeing some persistent rain, and in fact we could have as much as 2—3 inches of rainfall before the frontal system cruise through over the next 204! was. so this weather front will continue to dry its way in. —— drive its way in. elsewhere, we are still under the influence of this high pressure so we still have that sunshine. so the rainfairly we still have that sunshine. so the rain fairly persistent across northern ireland in western

scotland, but the night it will intensify and become fairly widespread across parts of scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere we will continue to see some clear skies in the south—east for a time, but as cloud filters in from the west it will be a relatively mild stuck to our saturday morning. in fa ct, stuck to our saturday morning. in fact, overnight lows are sitting at perhaps 10—15. starting off saturday with this north—south divide continua, we‘ll have some early morning sunshine in the south—east, and it will continue to cloud over as the weather front moves in. looking at northern ireland and scotla nd looking at northern ireland and scotland in more detail, a couple of inches quite widely, may be three inches quite widely, may be three inches on higher ground in scotland, as “— inches on higher ground in scotland, as —— before it eases through. it‘s already been a pretty wet august, so that could potentially lead to localised flooding. persistent rain to the north—west, it will put in to england and when. it eases off, and ahead of it we should see some sunshine and may be a little patchy rain to east anglia and the south—east. but if you get that sun,

you might see 20 or 24, but noticeably cooler behind it, temperatures in scotland are struggling. this cooler air will filter in from the north—west as winds change direction and bring a marked contrast in the feel of our weather for the second half of the weekend. so on sunday, a north—westerly flow takes over, we‘ll see a scattering of showers across scotland, northern ireland and north—west england, there a little further inland as the day goes on but the talking point will bea goes on but the talking point will be a few of the weather, top temperatures of just 12—20. disappointing for the the beginning of september.

weather. by sunday afternoon we will see a maximum of 12 to 20 degrees. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m carrie gracie. today at 3pm: the prime minister says his opponents are damaging britain‘s chances of securing a new brexit deal. the more the parliamentarians try to block the no—deal brexit, the more likely it is we will end up in that situation. meanwhile a legal challenge fails to temporarily halt borisjohnson‘s plan to suspend parliament, but mp5 behind the move remain hopeful. leading pro—democracy activists in hong kong are arrested, ahead of another weekend of mass protests. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport — with holly. some bad news ahead of that crucial foruth ashes test next week. james anderson has been ruled out for the rest of the series in a massive blow for england. i‘ll bring you more details

at half past three. thanks. and we‘ll have all the weather: yes, all the weather: it‘s a tale of two halves today, yes, it‘s a tale of two halves today, some lovely sunshine and dwarf across central and southern england, but rain arrived across the north west of scotland and northern ireland, and it is here to stay throughout tonight and tomorrow. all the details coming up shortly. also coming up this hour: google reports a "sustained effort" to hack iphones over two years. apple issues a fix, but hasn‘t commented. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. borisjohnson says his opponents are damaging the chances, of getting a good brexit

deal with brussels. the prime minister‘s promised a renewed effort to get an agreement before the deadline at the end of october, but is facing fierce criticism, for his decision to suspend or prorogue parliament. the former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major, and labour‘s deputy leader, tom watson, both say they want to join a legal challenge being brought by the campaigner, gina miller, at the high court in london. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chanting: stop the coup! in manchester... chanting: stop the coup! in london... boris out! and right on the prime minister‘s doorstep, anger and outrage this week at his decision to suspend parliament, but boris johnson says it is mp5, not him, that are raising the chances of leaving the eu without a deal. the more the parliamentarians try to block the no—deal brexit, the more likely it is that we‘ll end up in that situation, so, the best thing now is for us to get

on and make our points to our european friends with clarity and with vigour, and that‘s what we‘re doing. the decision to shut up shop here for five weeks took many by surprise. now labour is urging more action against what it says is a government acting unlawfully. we'll use any means necessary to prevent this undemocratic behaviour. and that includes people taking to the streets, that includes people taking to the airways, that includes people going to court. but protests and legal challenges aside, mp5 know if they want to stop a no—deal brexit, they will have to do something about it in parliament. those hoping to force a change in the law are finalising their plans. i hope that parliament will take a series of actions in a proper, orderly way that, by the end of the week, mean that boris johnson knows that, as prime minister,

he has the backing of many of us to get a deal but if he doesn't get a deal, he is going to have to seek an extension. efforts to reach a new deal are stepping up. uk and eu officials will meet twice a week in brussels from now on. but, despite warmer words from european leaders, the two sides are still far apart on the key sticking point of keeping an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. at the moment, nothing credible has come from the british government in the context of an alternative to the backstop and, you know, if that changes, great, we will look at it in dublin, but, more importantly, it can be the basis of a discussion in brussels. but it's got to be credible. so, no sense of a breakthrough soon, and back here, a government determined to stick to a deadline, parliament intent on imposing its will. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. a judge at scotland‘s highest civil court, has rejected a request to put

an immediate block on boris johnson‘s decision to suspend parliament. the court will instead hear full arguments next week. a cross—party group of more than 70 mp5 and peers, is asking the court to rule that it would be illegal and unconstitutional for the government, to suspend parliament, limiting the amount of time mp5 have to debate brexit. lorna gordon reports. it is scotland‘s highest civil court. decisions made here can reverberate far beyond this cobbled square. few, though, as potentially far—reaching as this. the decision made today to wait untilfull arguments can be heard, with the judge refusing to order a temporary halt to plans to shut down parliament. i am not satisfied that it has been demonstrated that there is a cogent need for interim suspension or interim interdict to be granted at this stage. lawyers acting for the government said proroguing is an exercise the queen alone can enter into based

on the government‘s advice, and it is not a matter for the court. pro—remain campaigners outside those court disagreed, while inside, lawyers acting for those seeking to stop the proroging of parliament argued that the advice given to the queen was unlawful, and unconstitutional, and motivated by a desire to restrict parliament‘s ability to hold the government to account. those behind the action called on the prime minister to submit a sworn statement to court on the reasoning behind his decision. this prime minister doesn‘t behave as other prime ministers do, but i think if he believes that he has a good case for prorogation, he should have the guts to swear an affidavit as to the reasons for that prorogation. a spokesperson for the government said, "we are glad the court found against the interdict," adding that there was no good reason to seek one, given the full hearing is due to take place next week. that hearing will now take place next tuesday,

with a ruling delivered soon after. lord doherty said it was in the interests of justice and in the public interest that the case proceeds as soon as it can. lorna gordon, bbc news, at the court of session in edinburgh. let‘s now speak to ian murray — the labour mp for edinburgh south. thank you for talking to us. the prime minister suggests people like you are damaging the chances of getting a deal with europe. do you agree? the only passing damaging a negotiation with the eu is the prime minister himself. he was called out earlier this week by angela merkel by saying these at alternative arrangements don‘t exist in ireland and if they do he has 30 days to persuade her and europe that they can be put in place. asking the impossible and looking for somebody else to blame. turning to edinburgh,

why is this happening in edinburgh? we have action in london, in edinburgh, in belfast, why do we need this confetti of cases?m edinburgh, in belfast, why do we need this confetti of cases? it was brought in a court in scotland because the english court system was closed over august and it was imperative that the court case came forward quickly. it is binding on the government through the court of session in scotland so there are other legal cases being ta ken session in scotland so there are other legal cases being taken by gina millerand in other legal cases being taken by gina miller and in northern ireland. and we will leave no stone unturned to try and stop this undemocratic feminist it from suspending parliament. so the more court cases and the more judgments we parliament. so the more court cases and the morejudgments we can get the better. you didn't get the interim interdict today. obviously we‘ve heard in that piece that that will come in terms of full arguments on tuesday. what is the argument that you expect the prime minister‘s side to make? firstly, i think we have to thank the judge for what he said today, we didn‘t get the interim interdict which would have

given a temporary halt on prorogation, but because the full hearing will be on tuesday rather than friday next week, we should get some results before parliament is prorogued next monday. the key thing here, is really what the defence secretary said yesterday, the advice the government have given to the queen to prorogue parliament is not the reason they want to prorogue, and the defence secretary said yesterday it was to try to stop mp5 from stopping an ideal brexit. so the legal advice that has been given to the queen to agree with the prorogation of parliament was the wrong advice, and the privy council are unconstitutional to give the wrong advice. to be clear, you are saying the stated intention for the suspension of parliament is not the real intention and you will ask the judges to determine the inside of the prime minister‘s head and what his real intentions are, whatever he says about them ? his real intentions are, whatever he says about them? given this as a

court of law, it would be good if the prime minister of the government could come to scotland or sign a legal affidavit to suggest under oath that what the government are trying to do it in the interests of the country and what they‘re trying to do is prorogued parliament to just have a treat queen speech. nobody believes that. they want to stop mp5 from having their democratic role in the democratic duty to try to prevent a catastrophic no—deal for this country in october. the only way he can achieve that is shutting down parliament. we have three days next week to try to get some legislative change in the withdrawal act, to change in the withdrawal act, to change the date from the 31st of october to prevent a new deal. we will use that and all other avenues, of which the court cases are part. going back to a point you made a moment ago, don‘t you think you‘re putting the queen in a very invidious position, she‘s taken the advice, she is acted on it, if you we re advice, she is acted on it, if you were to succeed next week in the

court of session, then the point will be, one, that the queen acted on unlawful advice. what is she supposed to do next? the queen doesn‘t really have anything to do with it. she is duty bound to prorogue parliament as the head of state and she does it on the advice she is given by her own government. and if the court case was successful that would deem this prorogation unconstitutional or illegal, then the government would be given instruction and recommendation to resolve that. it could be the case that we end up proroguing in any case, but we should leave no stone unturned in challenging the prime minister. the great thing about our democracy is that ordinary members of the public can use the court system to challenge a government thatis system to challenge a government that is out of control and sending this country to a devastating economic spin with an ideal brexit, and that is what we‘re trying to prevent. it‘s all in the national interest, if it means we are in a situation where our constitution has to change we need a written

constitution, then so be it. we cannot allow the promised to go unchallenged when he is doing something so undemocratic and the people are horrified that a prime minister can do this at a time of national crisis. thank you for joining us. craig connal is a partner and solicitor advocate at international law firm pinsent masons, and hejoins me now from glasgow. what is your take on all of this at this point on this friday afternoon? i think one of the interesting features is the selection of scotla nd features is the selection of scotland as the first venue for any attempt to take this matter before the courts. i think it is a reflection on a can—do attitude that is apparent with judges like lord doherty who have spent much of their time doing commercial actions, whether they are keen to provide a service to those litigating, and i think his ability first to fix an early hearing on the 6th of september and now to take a very

practical step and say if there is a problem let‘s make it even faster, will make it tuesday, is a credit to the scottish court system. and then there is the matters which lord doherty will have to consider, which are doherty will have to consider, which a re really doherty will have to consider, which are really very tricky. a5 doherty will have to consider, which are really very tricky. as we were discussing, thejudge are really very tricky. as we were discussing, the judge will have to make a determination about the intention as distinction there were distinct from what the prime minister said his stated intention was. that may come to it, there may be steps before that, because there we re be steps before that, because there were questions as to whether the court can get involved in the process of proroguing or suspending parliament at all. that is a political act and it has been used in the past as a political act, and all the courts to venture there at all? but you‘re quite correct, that the objective that those in the scottish courts is to try to

challenge the act that have been taken, and when they started nothing had happened but they have now come on the basis that it‘s not a proper purpose. so you are trying to look into the mind of someone who is saying, at least officially, other things. and that is quite a difficult step, i would have thought, for us court to take. but we will need to wait and see what lord doherty makes of it. and if i can ask you to spread your attention wider, we have this action in london now, gina millerjoined by sirjohn major, who himself was a former conservative prime minister, so in terms of determining intention, there is clearly a willingness to use evidence from those who possibly have been in that proroguing situation and also, we heard ian murray they‘re referring to the hot mic remarks suggesting some?

intention of proroguing coming from government. so those are proponents of the suspension will look wherever they can for evidence. it is perhaps slightly unusual to find the possibility of three sets of proceedings, one well under way in scotland, the gina miller proceedings in england supported by others such as sirjohn major, and i understand there are probe proceedings in belfast. to that would create a slightly odd situation in which severaljudges might be asked a version of the same question in different parts of the uk. and that could conceivably come to different answers. but i think the underlying issue is still going to be can you attack what has been done by alleging what you say is an improper purpose? thank you so much for giving us your insights this afternoon. you‘re watching afternoon live — these are our headlines: the prime minister has accused mp5 trying to block a no—deal brexit of making that outcome

even more likely. meanwhile a legal challenge fails to temporarily halt borisjohnson‘s plan to suspend parliament, but mp5 behind the move remain hopeful. leading pro—democracy activists in hong kong are arrested, ahead of another weekend of mass protests. and in sport... james anderson‘s been ruled out of the rest of the ashes series in a huge blow for england. somerset‘s craig overton has been called into an otherwise unchanged squad ahead of the fourth test next week. the draw has been made for the group stage of the europa league, with manchester united fans set for a 7000—mile round trip to the capital of kazakhstan. and rangers will have to close a section of ibrox for theirfirst europa league group game, leaving 3,000 seats vacant, after being found guilty of a second charge of sectarian chanting. i‘ll be back with more on those stores later.

police in hong kong have warned that anyone who takes part in illegal demonstrations tomorrow faces arrest. the authorities have banned a planned protest and arrested a number of pro—democracy activists. from hong kong, stephen mcdonell reports. activists descended on police headquarters five weeks ago as part of hong kong‘s ongoing political crisis. police stations have been marked out for special attention here, with many in the pro—democracy movement calling for fellow protesters already detained to be released. amongst those seen outside this building on the 21st ofjune was pro—democracy campaignerjoshua wong. for this, according to his demosisto party, the high—profile figure was snatched off the street this morning as he walked to an underground train station. he was then forced into an unmarked van and driven away by police officers. all we ask for is just to urge

beijing and hong kong government to withdraw the bill, stop police brutality and respond to our calls for a free election. even i have beenjailed three times and i need to face a trial on the 8th of november, which means three months later, but we still keep on our fight. we shall not surrender. joshua wong and fellow demosisto leader agnes chow have been charged with "inciting others to participate in unlawful assembly" and also "knowingly taking part in such a gathering". hong kong police say they are not taking sides in this dispute, but that when people break the law, they will be punished. in an off—the—record briefing inside the barricaded police headquarters building, officers told us that today‘s arrests were not part of some broad crackdown on the pro—democracy movement. however, when you consider the arrests in connection with the prohibition of a planned mass march on the weekend, many are predicting this could spark

yet more violence in this city over the coming days. in defending the decision to refuse permission for tomorrow‘s march, police said that large, peaceful rallies in the city have been leading to street clashes. they are threatening more arrests if protesters turn out to march illegally. but such threats have been ineffective in recent weeks and seem highly unlikely to work this time. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, hong kong. a major international study has found that women who have menopausal hormone therapy, experience an increased risk of developing breast cancer for more than a decade after treatment ends. researchers from the university of oxford, who looked at more than 100,000 women from around the world, estimate a million cases of breast cancer may have been caused by the treatment, since the 19905. here‘s james gallagher. louise rivers started having symptoms of

menopause three years ago. she says she lost her brain and was struggling to work. herjoints ached, she was not sleeping well and she began to get migraines. louise says starting hormone therapy last year was a difficult decision, but the right one. i definitely feel as if my concentration levels are back where they were a few years ago. i feel a lot more confident working. i still have a few bad days here and then, still get some migraines, but overall, i feel much better taking it than i did before when i wasn‘t taking it. it has long been known that menopausal hormone therapy increases the risk of cancer. the latest study shows the increased risk lasts more than a decade after stopping the drugs, and that the dangers are twice as high as previously thought. it means for every 50 50—year—olds taking daily oestrogen and progesterone therapy for five years, one would have a cancer caused by their hormone therapy before they turn 70.

we don‘t want to alarm women, but we don‘t want to give them false reassurance about the risks associated with hrt. what we would hope is that women would use this information to make a much more informed decision about whether or not they want to start taking hrt or perhaps continue taking hrt. doctors say the risks and benefits of treatment need to be balanced for each individual patient. a5 clinicians, we are looking at women, so when you have got a woman in front of you who feels absolutely dreadful because she has gone through the menopause, then, you need to help her, and she needs to make the decision, do i want to feel better, do i want to have a better quality of life? louise says she found the latest findings concerning, but that she was not going to panic. taking hormones has improved her quality of life and she plans to chat to her consultant at their next appointment. a woman who won a landmark court case over bereavement benefits, says it‘s "shameful" that a year on, she still hasn‘t received a penny.

siobhan mclaughlin, from county antrim, wasn‘t married to the father of her children when he died in 2014, and so couldn‘t claim widowed parents allowance. but despite her court victory, the law still hasn‘t been changed. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. four children lost their father whenjohn adams died in 2014. he lived with their mother siobhan maclachlan for more than two decades. a year ago, she won a challenge against the decision for a widow‘s allowance from the supreme court. but she hasn‘t received any money and says the government must bring in new legislation. how can they not? it really, really is shameful that they haven‘t, it really is. at the end of the day, these are children were talking about, you know? they have lost a parent. siobhan maclachlan says she did it not mainly for herself, but for the children of all parents who found themselves in the same situation.

according to bereavement charities, that‘s about 2,000 families a year. some of them have contacted siobhan‘s solicitor. what we‘re saying to those families is you should apply for this benefit but when out the stage where they are now than having to consider ending their own challenges and you do wonder how many grieving families is going to take? the department for work and pensions as it‘s actively considering options following the ruling. it says it‘s widened the support for bereaved families in addition for cohabiting couples through the wider welfare system. a minister was recently questioned about the judgment. there are a number of options that i have on the table at the moment. i want to make a decision as quickly as possible, but because of the complexity, every time i think i‘m looking at a potential solution there are more unintended consequences of that that then lead to more issues. i desperately want to find a solution to this as quickly as possible. this time last year they hoped

their battle with the state last year was over but their campaign is still on. chris page, bbc news, belfast. florida is under a state of emergency as the state prepares for what may be the strongest hurricane to hit its east coast in nearly three decades. authorities are urging residents to stockpile a week‘s worth of food and supplies as hurricane dorian gathers strength. it‘s forecast to hit the state as soon as monday as a category four storm. cbs news correspondent david begnaud sent this update from merritt island in florida. we are in merritt island, florida, which is just outside of orlando. people are waiting in line right now to get sandbags. yesterday, they waited for more than eight hours. today, people showed up before 6am. sandbags were going to be distributed at 8am but a couple of people brought their own shovels, grabbed the bags that the police left over and are now serving themselves. you can understand why, as people prepare for what is expected

to be a major hurricane. the governor of florida, ron desantis, has told people prepare now, do not wait until the weekend. and they want people to prepare not only with sandbags, but also with food, water and fuel. we‘ve seen lines for gasoline stretching blocks and even for a half—mile. shelves at various stores are empty, specifically the shelves for things like bread and water. in fact, some grocery stores are telling people that you are limited to four cases of water per family. i should tell you this, no—one seems to be panicking here in the state of florida, everyone is calm, but heeding the warning from the governor to get ready now. david begnaud, cbs news for the bbc. time for a look at the weather. it looks to be a very significant weather event. yes, it looks like it will be one of those storms we talk about the

several days. the last time we had a significant hurricane that made la ndfall significant hurricane that made landfall on the east coast of florida was irma, the one that caused all the devastation in the caribbean as well. that was in 2017. this could be as significant a storm for some. it looks as though it could bring some really intense flooding rainfall. but for the residents of the caribbean, they‘ve been relatively lucky because it has just brushed to the north, it is now moving over very warm waters and expected to head towards the far north of the bahamas. that will be late friday, their time, so during the early hours of saturday in our time. then it potentially looks likely to slow down, and obviously as it is moving over the warmer waters we expected to strengthen. currently it is category two. only a few days ago we were talking about a quiet storm season, what a quiet seasonit quiet storm season, what a quiet season it had been. yes, but conditions a few weeks ago were

quite windy over the sahara and that brought a lot of dust into the atmosphere, and that sand in the upper atmosphere prevents the cluster of cigna there were thunderstorms from getting any significant rotation. it does look like conditions are really quite ripe, so there is another storm potentially developing just off the west coast of africa as well. so it could be quite as busy september. it arrives potentially it was the bahamas, this blue funnel denotes the uncertainty of the track, they are very the uncertainty of the track, they are very difficult beasts, particularly when they start interacting with land, it may weaken for a bit and then strengthen again before it arrives to florida. perhaps during monday, and of course it is labor day, and there‘s the potential for it to move towards a orlando, a lot of residence there, a lot of holiday—makers, and disney world prides itself on being open 365 days a year, it is only closed seven times since 1971, because of

storms, so we will have to keep an eye on the volume of rain, it will bea eye on the volume of rain, it will be a very slow—moving storm so it could bring significant flooding. be a very slow—moving storm so it could bring significant floodingm the rain is what to worry about, more than the winds. it looks as though it will be so slow, obviously huge storm surges well for low—lying coastal areas potentially flooding as well. very rough seas, damaging gusts of wind, but it is really the fa ct gusts of wind, but it is really the fact that it is so slow—moving in the rain will be relentless. it could potentially come if it makes la ndfall could potentially come if it makes landfall on monday, stay for as much as five days. my son is camping in scotland, how does that look? character building. i hope he‘s not watching, because this is what is happening in the highlands at the moment. it looks as though it will be wet and stay wet tonight and also tomorrow as well. the rain at the

moment is quite fragmented, but it will start to gather in intensity and become more widespread overnight. into northern ireland and scotland. elsewhere we will see fair amount of cloud, a relatively mild night to come, but again a real contrast with the weather conditions we will see across the country for saturday. northern ireland and scotland, weather warnings out for widely a couple of inches of rain through friday into saturday. maybe more on higher ground of scotland. could be some localised flooding. also wet weather into north—west england, wales, into the midlands, it will be can offer touch and head of it we should get some sunshine, maybe even some warmth again across east anglia and the south—east. here we could see temperatures of 23 or 24, but behind it, coolerand fresher, and it is that story that will lead us into sunday. the cold front clears away, the winds become more north—westerly, it will drive

in plenty of showers across north and west facing coasts. through the day some will push further inland. i would imagine on sunday you will be talking about how difficult to wear different it feels. the first day of september, the first day of meteorological autumn, and it will feel more autumnal with temperatures at 12 to 20 degrees, down where they should be for the beginning of the new month. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the prime minister says his opponents are damaging britain‘s chances of securing

a new brexit deal. the more the parliamentarians try to block the no—deal brexit, the more likely it is we will end up in that situation. meanwhile a legal challenge fails to temporarily halt borisjohnson‘s plan to suspend parliament, but mp5 behind the move remain hopeful. leading pro—democracy activists in hong kong are arrested as police warn people not to take part in a mass rally planned for tomorrow. and coming up, google reports a "sustained effort" to hack iphones over two years — should we be worried? sport now on afternoon live with holly hamilton. news of a injury blow for the england cricket team? a huge blow for england. james anderson has been ruled out of the rest of this series. he‘d been playing for lancashire‘s 2nd eleven in a bid to prove his fitness but he felt a pain

in his calf yesterday. medical teams have ruled him out for the final two test. for the final two tests. earlier this week, there had been some positive noises from anderson. he said he felt like he was really getting somewhere and seemed hopeful of playing in the fourth test next week. he‘ll be replaced by somerset seamer craig overton. the squad is otherwise unchanged. with the ashes series tied at 1—1, the momentum is all with england after that sensational win at headingley last week. but remember australia will be bringing back their not so secret weapon in steve smith — back from his concussion. and he has been playing for the first time since that concussion for the second day of australia‘s three—day tour match against derbyshire. he‘s been bowled out for 23 runs, though — perhaps saving himself for next week. let‘s turn to football, another sad

story been running all week,. and there‘s been an update about bury football club? the club are not taking their expulsion from the english football league lying down. remember they were expelled earlier this week after a buyer pulled out of a takeover. they now say they‘re considering legal action against the efl. we know members of the club‘s executive met earlier today to discuss their options, having earlier sent the efl a letter questioning its handling of the affair. bbc sport has seen this letter — it incudes questions like why a late bid from a brazilian multi—millionaire, which emerged on tuesday afternoon, was not accepted, why owner steve dale passed the fit and proper person test, and why the efl refused to meet with representatives of bury today. and the club‘s lawyer has told bbc sport all options are on the table. one that has to be considered is legal action. they‘ve given the efl until four o‘clock to respond, so things should move quickly depending on their response. manchester united fans will be racking up the air miles in the group stage of the europa league. they face the prospect of a 7,400—mile

round trip to kazakhstan for the clash with fc astana. let‘s take a look at how the all british teams fared in today‘s draw. i‘ts not a bad draw in terms of competition though for ole gunnar soljkaer‘s side. out of those three opponents, they‘ve only faced fk pa rtizan once before. they‘ve also got dutch side az alkmaar. last season‘s finalists arsenal have been drawn against eintracht frankfurt, standard liege and vitoria guimaraes. wolves have been handed an interesting draw. in their first european competition since 1981 they‘ll travel to turkey, portugal and slovakia. it‘s a tough one for celtic — their group includes the team that knocked them out of champions league qualifying. and rangers have tough one too — they‘re in a group with porto. rangers will be forced to leave at least 3,000 seats vacant at ibrox for their first europa league group game after being found guilty of a second charge of sectarian chanting. it‘s the same punishment

as was served during the second leg with legia warsaw on thursday. as a result the club has said they‘ll not be taking their allocation for their first away match in europe. manchester united manager ole gunnar solskjaer says a loan move to roma would do defender chris smalling the world of good. smalling is in italy to finalise a deal with the serie a club — they‘ve reportedly agreed a year—long loan, with roma paying a fee of 2.7—million pounds. i couldn‘t promise chris regular football. of course, he is on the plane over now and i think he will enjoy the experience over there. it‘s a big club, a good league. there are not many english players who have had the chance to play in italy and i‘m sure he will come back stronger and better for it. newcastle‘s matt ritchie could be out for two months

with an ankle injury. he suffered ligament damage during wednesday‘s league cup defeat by leicester, in what his manager steve bruce described as a "horror challenge" by hamza choudhury. it‘s proven to be a day of ferrari dominance in belgium — as formula one returned from it‘s summer break. charles leclerc set the quickest time in second practice for sunday‘s grand prix, with team—mate sebastian vettel, second quickest. vettel had gone quickest in the first session. world champion lewis hamilton set the fourth quickest time. that‘s all your sport for now. let‘s go to the port of calais now where the french government has been holding no—deal brexit rehearsals ahead of october 31st. cabinet office minister michael gove has been in attendance, we have not seen him yet but we‘re

keeping an on that. he‘s looking at how passengers‘ vehicles are inspected and commercial traffic is managed as part of new systems being tested out. they‘ve brought in some 700 additional customs officials, apparently, upgrading technology in an attempt to ensure there would be smooth transit of goods in and out of the eu the uk leaves, if it does so as of the eu the uk leaves, if it does so as planned on october 31. we may go back and take another look when we see michael gove and his french house appearing in calais. —— his french hosts. concerns about healthcare and dwindling pensions is leading some british ex—pats living in spain, to consider whether to stay in the country after brexit. a group representing brits abroad has told the bbc, ex—pats feel ‘alone and forgotten‘ by the uk government. tim muffett has been on the costa del sol for us today. on a day like this it is not hard

to see why so many british citizens choose to live in spain. around 70,000 pensioners are registered as living here. it is their access to health if there is a no deal brexit that is causing a lot of concern amongst many. a lot of them have been telling us how worried they are because they don‘t know for sure what will happen if a no—deal brexit occurs. we‘ve been speaking to some. under the spanish sun, dave is sweating on events in brussels and westminster. good to meet you. hi, good to meet you too. how do you feel you been treated by the british government? drea dfully. i think if i‘d treated a dog the same way, i‘d have been in court. what they‘ve told us has been half—truths, lies, misdirections. it seems to change week by week. dave moved to almeria in andalusia in 2004. he has parkinson‘s disease and has had two heart attacks. like other british pensioners, he has been able to access health care in another eu country but the chance of a no—deal brexit has changed things. this is a cardiac drug.

that is for parkinson‘s... if it‘s a no—deal brexit, you do not know for sure whether you can access these medicines. i can‘t get them without prescription, any of them. the cost of medicines alone is around 700 euros a month. i can‘t afford it. something would have to give. i‘m wondering, you know, is it worth going on? if i lose my health care, wouldn‘t it be easier to just die? even if there is a no—deal brexit, both the british and spanish governments have said they want to carry on offering a reciprocal health care agreement to pensioners from both countries, but nothing yet has been formalised and it is that uncertainty which many are finding so unsettling. my battle with cancer has been hampered by actually having a fight with brexit, as well. lisa moved to spain three years ago and is undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

expats have been advised to register for spanish residency. lisa says her application has been rejected on a technicality even though she has been here for three years. if i don't have residency, i don't have my health care rights. do you fear if there is a no—deal exit, your treatment could effectively stop? yes, of course it could! i mean, suddenly countries can decide they don't like each other too much. it's unlikely, but so was prorogation and this is why the panic and the anxiety is rising. others are confident things will be sorted. neil runs a support group for expats. there is no question in my mind that britain and spain would want a one—to—one agreement. before spain even joined the eu 30—35 years ago, there were lots of different agreements between britain and spain over health care, pension rights, workers' rights, but no government is going to let people not be covered, it'sjust not going to happen.

people here expect to feel the heat but as brexit gets nearer, the questions keep coming. the government has today announced a £3 million package of funding for uk citizens across the eu to help them register their residency. we‘re in the wigan bar, your family own this bar. what have the british people who come here been telling you about the concerns about what may or may not happen? recently, more than anything, because the pound has been dropping at drastic rates. the major concerns are if it carries on dropping it might get to the point that people can‘t afford to come out. once britain has left completely, are the airlines going to skyrocket the prices? are we going to start losing our customers because i would say 95% of our clientele is british. if our customers can‘t afford to come out here

because the pound drops so much, then we could suffer greatly. we have been looking at the plight of pensioners, clearly you‘re not a pensioner! but is there a fear that without a deal being done between spain and the uk to clarify the health care situation, that many families are going to be put in a very difficult situation? i5 enough being done to reassure them? the problem with that situation is the only thing that will reassure them is the time once everything has happened, and that might be too late. a lot of people at the moment are moving back, just for the reassurance that if the ship is sinking they want to be on the island, you know? a lot of people don‘t know what to do. only time will tell, unfortunately. the british embassy in madrid has set up a series of workshops to go along to register their residency. is that enough? is there enough information?

it‘s not that there are no places to do it. it‘s that... we have a waiter, for example, when he was getting his residency, it took him four months to get it because every time you go it‘s "you are missing this document, that document." then it‘s this, then it‘s that. you can‘t get your residency without a work contract but you can‘t go on contract without a residency. that is the dilemma for so many people. thanks so much. this extra funding has been announced today by the government. the british embassy has set up a series of workshops to give people advice, especially pensioners and disabled people. despite all of that, there is a lot of uncertainty. there‘s been a "sustained effort" to hack iphones over at least two years, according to security experts at google. malicious software was implanted to collect contacts,

images and other data. apple has issued a fix, but hasn‘t commented. well, for those of us with iphones, should we be taking steps to secure our devices? emily taylor is cybersecurity expert at chatham house and she‘s with me now. you should always be updating your operating systems and downloading the latest updates of your apps. but one of the aspects of this attack is that there wouldn‘t really be anything visual for a user to that there wouldn‘t really be anything visualfor a user to know whether or not they‘d been targeted. it's whether or not they‘d been targeted. it‘s going in at three layers, from a website, down to vulnerabilities in the kit that makes your browser work and then gives itself root access. very high level of privileged access to your phone‘s operating system. so, for viewers who might at this point go their phone, go into the system software, change the operating system is updated protect themselves, how would they know at this point whether they might have been a

victim? i don't think they would know. i think we will learn more in the coming days, we will learn what website it was the trigger date... we will learn more in the coming days but let‘s face it, this was elected to apple in february, why didn‘t we know more in february? —— elected to apple. —— alerted. didn‘t we know more in february? —— elected to apple. -- alerted. you're right, security experts at google discover the vulnerability, did the responsible thing and informed apple, who fixed it, in february. now we are in the end of august and it seems to have taken google a long time to piece together exactly what happened. so there‘s a lot to take in. but they haven‘t said what websites where the actual trigger for the exploit to wend its path... which is important, because only by knowing the website will be have any idea whether this is a commercial black market transaction to make money or whether it‘s some state actor trying to spy on individuals

of demographic. exactly. however, these are vulnerabilities in the browser and in the phone, so this is one version of what could have happened, but even the researchers are saying, there could be many more that we don‘t know about yet. are saying, there could be many more that we don't know about yet. so there are a lot of questions unanswered. it seems surprising on the face of it that were not hearing anything from apple. it is surprising. i would anything from apple. it is surprising. iwould have anything from apple. it is surprising. i would have thought apple would want to get out ahead of this story, particularly given its credentials. it at the high end of the market, it really makes a thing of security and privacy. and yet one of security and privacy. and yet one of the disturbing, for me, most disturbing elements of this report is it saying, some of these things should have been obvious with basic unit testing before the thing worshipped. and if apple is not doing that, the rest of the, that‘s the gold standard in industry, what on earth is of the industry doing? —— before the things were shipped.

we needs to get behind this, not looks like there‘s so much data on your phone now, it could be operating your front door, your thermostat, whatever. it is our external soul, so much of ourselves as embedded in that device. our external soul? pretty much! how do you feel if you lose your phone or visit behind somewhere? you feel anxious about who‘s got it and what doido anxious about who‘s got it and what do i do without it? —— or it behind. and who had it come in the case of this story. if your credentials have been compromised, if you‘re using facial recognition, how do you reset your biometric data? we don‘t know the answer to that yet. thank you. whether it‘s the swings or the seesaw, a trip to the playground for many children is a highlight of the summer holidays. however, there are concerns

that the number of play areas for children in england is falling. in the past 5 years councils in england have closed a total of 347 playgrounds and local authorities have cut their spending on maintaining play areas. sam fenwick reports. this used to be a playground where children would while away the hours climbing on ropes and swinging as high as they could. it was good when it was here. what did you do on it? we used to play hide and seek and hide under it and hide in it. yeah, it was good. but last summer their playground was dismantled because the council couldn‘t afford to maintain it. do you miss it? yeah, ido. yeah, it's been there ever since i've moved in and that was a long time ago. here we did have the larger climbing frame for the bigger kids. we have a vast amount of kids, different ages, that play. obviously, that is now nothing. we just need to get something back for the kids and for the community and make it for everyone. it‘s so sad to see it like this. it‘s a waste.

an absolute waste. the obesity rate in barrow is quite shocking. so having parks taken down is not going to help. it‘sjust going to make things worse. in the past couple of years the council here in barrow have had to close six playgrounds because they can‘t afford to keep them open and they‘ve reduced the maintenance budget by nearly 30%. and barrow might not be alone. the group representing companies which provide much of this play equipment says that by 2021, councils will be spending £25 million less than they were three years ago. barrow council says finding the money to maintain playgrounds is really difficult. it costs us tens of thousands of pounds a year to maintain them all. it is not easy because it‘s the ongoing running cost really. people don‘t tend to appreciate that. they think it‘s only a swing or something but you have to check it to make sure that it‘s safe. the government says that in the past two years they‘ve spent £15 million bringing parks and green spaces that have fallen into

disrepair back into use. in a moment susannah is going to bring us the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the prime minister has accused mp5 trying to block a no—deal brexit of making that outcome even more likely. meanwhile a legal challenge fails to temporarily halt borisjohnson‘s plan to suspend parliament, but mp5 behind the move remain hopeful. leading pro—democracy activists in hong kong are arrested, as police warn people not to take part in a mass rally planned for tomorrow. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live: uk house prices were unchanged in august compared with the previous month. this is according to latest figures from the nationwide building society. annual house price growth remained subdued at 0.6%. the average home is valued

atjust over £216,000. the strongest growth came from properties close to transport hubs in major cities. shares in shoe zone have plunged by more than 30%. the high street chain announced that its boss had resigned with no notice. it also warned that its profits would be lower than expected. the firm has 550 uk stores and employs 4,000 people. it blamed "tough" trading conditions since may for the profit warning. strikes have resumed on south western railway. it‘s part of a long—running dispute over train guards. swr is cancelling 800 trains a day until the end of monday — about half its services — following the walkout by rmt union members. the union accused the firm of "rowing back on their public pledges" about the future of guards. the operator said it was "committed to finding a solution" to the dispute. so the latest lending figures are out — what do they show?

yes, these have come from the bank of england — there are lots of different lending figures, lending to businesses, consumer credit and mortgage approvals. the report shows mortgage approvals forjuly hit a two—year high. the bank of england data revealed that lenders approved 67,306 mortgages last month, up from 66,506 injune. and demand for personal debt remains quite strong, with consumers borrowing an additional £900 million injuly — that‘s a rise of 5.5% per year. but compared tojune borrowing has fallen slightly. lending to businesses fell by £4.2 billion last month — the sharpest fall since august 2017. interesting. i‘m sure the political beasts will be looking at that and seeing how it fits into their arguments. but let‘s turn to another business story.

kidults — going home. yes, times are tighter at the hotel of mum and dad. moneysupermarket found that last year, adult offspring were returning for an average of 9.7 months, while parents were incurring costs of around £895. about a quarter of young adults in the uk aged 20—34 live at home — a figure which, according to the office for national statistics, has been growing steadily for 15 years. many returning adult children enjoy home comforts such as cooked meals, a full fridge and cleaning, as well as their bills being covered as well as their bills being covered. to talk about these stories, let‘s talk to a personal finance journalist. let‘s talk about lending as far as the housing market is concerned, it‘s interesting, there‘s mortgage approvals up, what does that tell us? it tells us several things. obviously, brexit is not the only factor driving that spike in mortgage approvals. we have seen quite strong employment statistics

and a pick—up in wages this year. but obviously, brexit is a big factor. and that is because silos may be dropping their prices and deciding that is worth it to get sale completed ahead of the 3ist october because of all the uncertainty that a no—deal brexit would bring. —— sellers may be dropping their prices. and also, people buying and marketing may be deciding to take advantage of low interest rates and look into those competitive deals before the 3ist of october, in case interest rates did up. it's impossible to say whether they will, but obviously a lot of people are not leaving anything to chance. let's look at those consumer credit figures as well, barring an additional £900 million in july, credit figures as well, barring an additional £900 million injuly, a rise year on year, and this report from money supermarket talking about the rising costs for the bank of mum and dad. it does seem as though everything is costing more, and as a result, there is more borrowing.

everything is costing more, and as a result, there is more borrowingm you take a look at consumer credit, whilstjuly wasn't that you take a look at consumer credit, whilst july wasn't that different, when you look at burrowing behaviour compared to other months this year, it did continue this overall decline that we have seen since february 2016 in consumer credit. in february 2016 in consumer credit. in february 2016 it was well over £2 billion, compared to today, there has been a noticeable downward trend albeit with peaks and troughs along the way. when it comes to the bank of mum and dad, it is now officially one of the biggest mortgage lenders in the country, that is absolutely no surprise. that has been going on for some time now. again, lots of factors contributing to that but one of the biggest is this chronic undersupply of housing that is not keeping up with demand, particularly among young people, who really do wa nt among young people, who really do want to fly the nest and achieve financial independence. and i don't think that problem will be sorted any time soon. thanks. until that is sorted out, it seems as though the hotel of mum and dad is picking up

the bill. now, markets. the ftse 100 the ftse100 is up on yesterday, to do with the slight dip in the pound, due to the anxiety of markets over a no—deal brexit. mining stocks in particular doing well. shares in grafton group — the building materials distributor — are up significantly. it said operations in ireland, the netherlands, and the uk are all performing well — with the popularity of home improvements helping the company. there is a story which might interest you, because if you‘re around five foot five, not looking at anyone close to me, and you don‘t mind moving to one of the planet‘s most mind moving to one of the planet‘s m ost re m ote mind moving to one of the planet‘s most remote islands, there‘s a va ca ncy most remote islands, there‘s a vacancy on st helena. i'm a bit short! they are looking for at

napoleon impersonator, someone a bit like this, to appear at events throughout the bicentenary celebrations, marketing the time he spent in exile at the island. applicants must be available to try on the "custom made" napoleon suit within four weeks. five foot five, riding a horse? i'm five foot one, and a bit... i‘d have to put the hat on a bit higher! making speeches, empire building ambitions? of course! it was written for you! hello there. contrasting conditions across the country at the moment. we‘ve still got some sunshine and some warmth across eastern and south—eastern england, but further north and west it‘s a different story. it‘s a cooler feel to things and that‘s because we‘ve got some cloud and some rain moving its way through northern ireland and scotland. now, through this evening

and overnight that is going to become more widespread and it‘s going to intensify as well. this weather front not moving very far very quickly. at the same time, it will be a mild start to saturday, but we will start to see someone encroaching into wales and north—west england as we go through the morning, eventually pushing into the midlands and perhaps into anglia and the south—east by the end of the day. still some heavy bursts before it clears away through scotland. in the south—east, if we get some early sunshine we will see 23 or 24 degrees, but a cooler, fresher feel behind that weather front. and that‘s the theme for sunday — as the front clears through, the winds swing round to a north—westerly, sunny spells and scattered showers for all. it is going to feel cool.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m carrie gracie. today at 4pm: borisjohnson says his opponents are undermining his efforts to get a new brexit deal. the more the parliamentarians try to block the no—deal brexit, the more likely it is we will end up in that situation. meanwhile a legal challenge in scotland fails to temporarily halt borisjohnson‘s plan to suspend parliament. more big political names join a similar legal challenge in england. leading pro—democracy activists in hong kong are arrested, as police ban a major rally due to take place tomorrow. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with holly. a blow for england cricket fans —

all the sport with holly. james anderson is out for the rest of this ashes series. more on that, and there‘s been another development at bury football club. i‘ll have the latest at half four. thanks, holly, and we‘ll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. louise lear has all the weather. thanks. some of the sum today but not for all, rain has arrived into the north west of scotland and northern ireland, and it‘s here to stay until the end of tomorrow. more details, if you really want them, coming up shortly. thanks, louise. also coming up in news nationwide — a chance to talk, for children with relatives in prison. we‘ll be discussing a new scheme in liverpool.

the prime minister has accused opposition mp5 and rebel conservatives of undermining brexit negotiations with brussels. borisjohnson said the uk was less likely to get the deal it wanted, if the eu thought mp5 were trying to block a no—deal exit. mrjohnson‘s facing fierce criticism for his decision to suspend parliament next month. among those opposing the move is the former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major, who‘sjoined a legal case at the high court to halt the suspension. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chanting: stop the coup! in manchester... chanting: stop the coup! in london... boris out! and right on the prime minister‘s doorstep, anger and outrage this week at his decision to suspend parliament, but boris johnson says it is mp5, not him, that are raising the chances of leaving the eu without a deal.

the more the parliamentarians try to block the no—deal brexit, the more likely it is that we‘ll end up in that situation, so, the best thing now is for us to get on and make our points to our european friends with clarity and with vigour, and that‘s what we‘re doing. the decision to shut up shop here for five weeks took many by surprise. now labour is urging more action against what it says is a government acting unlawfully. we'll use any means necessary to prevent this undemocratic behaviour. and that includes people taking to the streets, that includes people taking to the airways, that includes people going to court. but protests and legal challenges aside, mp5 know if they want to stop a no—deal brexit, they will have to do something about it in parliament. those hoping to force a change in the law

are finalising their plans. i hope that parliament will take a series of actions in a proper, orderly way that, by the end of the week, mean that boris johnson knows that, as prime minister, he has the backing of many of us to get a deal but if he doesn't get a deal, he is going to have to seek an extension. efforts to reach a new deal are stepping up. uk and eu officials will meet twice a week in brussels from now on. but, despite warmer words from european leaders, the two sides are still far apart on the key sticking point of keeping an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. at the moment, nothing credible has come from the british government in the context of an alternative to the backstop and, you know, if that changes, great, we will look at it in dublin, but, more importantly, it can be the basis of a discussion in brussels. but it's got to be credible. so, no sense of a breakthrough soon, and back here, a government determined to stick to a deadline, parliament intent

on imposing its will. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. meanwhile, a judge at scotland‘s highest civil court, has rejected a request to put an immediate block on boris johnson‘s decision to suspend parliament. the court will instead hear full arguments next week. a cross—party group of more than 70 mp5 and peers, is asking the court to rule that it would be illegal and unconstitutional for the government, to suspend parliament, limiting the amount of time mp5 have to debate brexit. lorna gordon reports. it is scotland‘s highest civil court. decisions made here can reverberate far beyond this cobbled square. few, though, as potentially far—reaching as this. the decision made today to wait untilfull arguments can be heard, —— to bring forward the hearing to an earlier date. with the judge refusing to order

a temporary halt to plans to shut down parliament. i am not satisfied that it has been demonstrated that there is a cogent need for interim suspension or interim interdict to be granted at this stage. lawyers acting for the government said proroguing is an exercise the queen alone can enter into based on the government‘s advice, and it is not a matter for the court. pro—remain campaigners outside those court disagreed, while inside, lawyers acting for those seeking to stop the proroging of parliament argued that the advice given to the queen was unlawful, and unconstitutional, and motivated by a desire to restrict parliament‘s ability to hold the government to account. those behind the action called on the prime minister to submit a sworn statement to court on the reasoning behind his decision. this prime minister doesn‘t behave as other prime ministers do, but i think if he believes that he has a good case for prorogation, he should have the guts to swear an affidavit as to the reasons for that prorogation. a spokesperson for the government

said, "we are glad the court found against the interdict," adding that there was no good reason to seek one, given the full hearing is due to take place next week. that hearing will now take place next tuesday, with a ruling delivered soon after. lord doherty said it was in the interests of justice and in the public interest that the case proceeds as soon as it can. lorna gordon, bbc news, at the court of session in edinburgh. well, lord foulkes of cumnock pc is a british labour co—operative politician. hejoins me now. you will have heard the prime minister saying people like you are damaging his chances of getting a better withdrawal agreement with europe. what you say to that?” better withdrawal agreement with europe. what you say to that? i want to remind him that the uk is a parliamentary democracy. and it is parliamentary democracy. and it is parliament to decide what happens. and he has to take account of what

the house of commons decides. and thatis the house of commons decides. and that is why it is important that next week the house of commons is given time to consider exactly what is necessary to make it clear to the prime minister and the government what the future should be, as far as this is concerned. and then we in the house of lords will make sure that the decision of the house of commons is upheld. i know that labour both labour and the tories are saying they think there is enough votes to get legislation through to prevent a no—deal, you keep your ear close to the ground, do you agree? i think it is possible, and i think it is right that it should be so. and i think the attitude and the actions of not just borisjohnson the attitude and the actions of not just boris johnson but the attitude and the actions of not just borisjohnson but a minute cummings and the inner reactionary way, dictatorial way,

cummings and the inner reactionary way, dictatorialway, has ensured that the forces of parliament, of democracy, will unite to make sure parliament has a say. borisjohnson has to remember that there is a parliamentary democracy, he is not a president, he is not donald trump or vladimir putin, he has to take account of what the elected house of commons decides. and i think his actions at his attitude and his highhandedness has ensured the forces of democracy are getting together and we‘ll get together in the house of commons to make sure that parliament decides the way forward. and we in the house of lords have a responsibility then to make sure that the decision of the house of commons is upheld. and we will do so. earlier this afternoon i was talking to lloyd lily, who takes a different view from you of how the house of lords should respond, he described people, not naming you, but people who take your view as

virulent remain as, who are steam—rolling their view against those of the british public, and he is saying there should be very significant scrutiny in the house of lords, and he promised he would undertake it. i have heard him say again and again that the house of lords is unelected and we must accept the will of the elected house of commons. he has pushed that on us, he can‘t change now. just because he disagrees with the way things are moving. and he has to accept that the house of lords is unelected, the house of commons makes the decisions. we of course need to scrutinise things that come from the house of commons, but we need ultimately to let them have their way in this parliamentary democracy and make sure that these people who are elected, the members of parliament who are elected by the people, who considered the implications of no—deal, the disaster that would happen if we go ahead with no—deal, we have a

responsibility to make sure that that view of the elected house of commons is considered and is paramount. and the interesting thing today, as i heard from gordon brown this morning, is that the french resident has made it clear that the 31st of october is no longer a deadline. he is willing to consider as is europe, extending that deadline. all we need to do is ask, and we can have more time, we don‘t have to go through this pressure that we are getting from the dictatorial prime minister and his people like cummings who are not elected, and who are riding roughshod over the elected parliament. there will be people watching this afternoon who will say it is all very well talk about the people who are elected, but we elected you, we voted in a majority to leave, you talk about another extension, when is this purgatory going to be over? when will there be a decision? you are elected to take decisions rather than fail take

decisions. but they didn't vote for a no—deal brexit, they voted to move out under the right circumstances which would not harm the country. but what has become clear from the government because my own information, their own documents, that are no—deal brexit would be disastrous for this country, for medicine, the food, for british people living overseas, for overseas people living overseas, for overseas people living overseas, for overseas people living here in the uk, for so many areas there would be problems in dover, problems throughout the whole uk. we now know the reality. we also know from the poll is that a lot of people have rethought their view and now the vast majority of people are in favour of a rethink. so parliament needs to take this decision carefully. they need to consider exactly what needs to be done now and not be railroaded by a prime minister and his unelected henchmen. thank you forjoining us. let‘s speak to libdem chief whip, alistair carmichael, wo joins us from lerwick.

are you disappointed that you didn‘t get your interim interdict in the court of session in edinburgh? the interdict action will carry on next week, there will be a full hearing, so yes it would have been desirable to have an interim interdict, but there is a battle that is still far from over and i think the case which i support is a very strong and cogent one. parliament gives government power but only for certain reasons, and what you have in borisjohnson‘s actions at the moment is an abuse of the power they‘ve given. if he will not be accountable to parliament then it is obviously right that the courts should hold him to account. when you say that, can you help explain to our viewers why we have three court actions and why we need them? whether we need them or not we have

them, we have them from the different jurisdictions them, we have them from the differentjurisdictions because there is a different legal system in scotla nd there is a different legal system in scotland from that which applies south of the border. and within this union of the nations that is the uk, they all have an equal standing and ultimately all can be appealed to the one supreme court which was previously known as the house of lords. i think it is perhaps an indication of the fact that there is an element of political confusion, but at the end of the day these actions will be dealt with in the same way. do you think it is proper forjudges to be invited to peer into the soul of the prime minister and determined that his intention was different from the intention he stated? i think it is highly undesirable, but frankly when you have a prime minister who is prepared to ride roughshod overjust about every convention we have in this country, every protection that

you and i have and have always enjoyed for centuries, about the control and the untrammelled power of our government, then yes, it is necessary , of our government, then yes, it is necessary, it is absolutely necessary , necessary, it is absolutely necessary, i wish it was not, but i was not the person who made it necessary , was not the person who made it necessary, that was borisjohnson. it was his arrogance and his sense of entitlement that brought these court cases about. i'm interested in what the people of lerwick think, they are far from the hot house, do they are far from the hot house, do they say they are on board with you or do they say a plague on all your houses, just get on and take an effective decision? as it happens, i can give you a very clear answer. yesterday there was a by—election for the scottish parliamentary constituency of shetland, and my colleague one that with very nearly 48%, surrey, 49% of the vote. in the

second place candidate was the snp candidate. so shetland has a place that voted to remain as part of the eu, and the turnout yesterday to support the liberal democrats is the largest party of remain, was something which was higher than it had been at the rate last round of scottish elections. so, yes, people ta ke scottish elections. so, yes, people take this seriously, because this is an issue which will have a massive import, we are a big food exporter, we export fish, farm salmon, we export lamb, the consequences for the crofters and farmers of the northern islands of no—deal brexit could be catastrophic. just yesterday, the nationalfarmers union of scotland was warning that the loss to scottish agriculture from a no—deal brexit could be £850 million in the first year. that is what we are facing. that is why we feel so strongly about this, and i

wish borisjohnson would listen to what we he was hearing from the representatives of the farmers of and crofters of scotland. thank you. michael gove is in calais, he is visiting to observe and inspect the preparations for no—deal. so the french government, or the french authorities have invited him there to look at the ports, ways of dealing with passenger vehicle inspections and compressional traffic and the new systems management being tested. 700 additional customs officials, we understand, upgraded technology, and there you see the chancellor of the duchy of michael gove, in meetings and inspections of that port. and

you will know as well as i that the preparations for ports on this side of the water and outside, the brexit, whether no—deal or agreed, isa brexit, whether no—deal or agreed, is a very substantial part of the conversation over the past three yea rs, conversation over the past three years, and a matter of great concern to all involved. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the prime minister has accused mp5 trying to block a no—deal brexit of making that outcome even more likely. meanwhile a legal challenge fails to temporarily halt borisjohnson‘s plan to suspend parliament, but mp5 behind the move remain hopeful. leading pro—democracy activists in hong kong are arrested, as police warn people not to take part in a mass rally planned for tomorrow. and in sport, james anderson is ruled out of the rest of the ashes series in what was a huge blow for england. somersetcrave over ten has been called into an unchanged squad

ahead of the fourth test next week. very say they‘re actively considering legal action against the efl following their expulsion on tuesday. and the draw is made of the group stage of the europa league with manchester united fans are set for a 7000 mile round trip to the capital of kazakhstan. full details at half past four. a third legislator has been arrested in hong kong. jeremy tam of the civic party, who‘s been a pilot with cathay pacific for almost 20 years, was taken away in the last hour. it‘s also been reported that another pro—democracy lawmaker — au nok hin — has been arrested. meanwhile, police in hong kong have warned that anyone who takes part in illegal demonstrations tomorrow faces arrest. from hong kong, stephen mcdonell reports. activists descended on police headquarters five weeks ago as part of hong kong‘s

ongoing political crisis. police stations have been marked out for special attention here, with many in the pro—democracy movement calling for fellow protesters already detained to be released. amongst those seen outside this building on the 21st ofjune was pro—democracy campaignerjoshua wong. for this, according to his demosisto party, the high—profile figure was snatched off the street this morning as he walked to an underground train station. he was then forced into an unmarked van and driven away by police officers. all we ask for is just to urge beijing and hong kong government to withdraw the bill, stop police brutality and respond to our calls for a free election. even i have beenjailed three times and i need to face a trial on the 8th of november, which means three months later, but we still keep on our fight. we shall not surrender. joshua wong and fellow demosisto leader agnes chow have been

charged with "inciting others to participate in unlawful assembly" and also "knowingly taking part in such a gathering". hong kong police say they are not taking sides in this dispute, but that when people break the law, they will be punished. in an off—the—record briefing inside the barricaded police headquarters building, officers told us that today‘s arrests were not part of some broad crackdown on the pro—democracy movement. however, when you consider the arrests in connection with the prohibition of a planned mass march on the weekend, many are predicting this could spark yet more violence in this city over the coming days. in defending the decision to refuse permission for tomorrow‘s march, police said that large, peaceful rallies in the city have been leading to street clashes. they are threatening more arrests if protesters turn out to march illegally. but such threats have been

ineffective in recent weeks and seem highly unlikely to work this time. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, hong kong. i‘m joined now by bonnie leung, who has organised many of the recent peaceful protests. i know you have to be careful about exactly what you can say to us in these circumstances, but i don‘t know if you give us any indication of how you feel about the decision to make tomorrow‘s march illegal and whether you think people will turn out nonetheless? i believe the match had been officially cancelled already, because we can see no way to guarantee people‘s safety or guarantee they will not be arrested. so that is the only responsible way of doing so. but hong kong people had shown many times that we are not

going to give up on this campaign u nless going to give up on this campaign unless our five demands are heard and responded to by the government in reasonable ways. so people will still carry on in our protest, we will still carry on voicing our demands and anger, but in a clever way. people are already saying that is because if you do not want us to protest we will just go is because if you do not want us to protest we willjust go out shopping or we arejust going protest we willjust go out shopping or we are just going out to pray for hong kong, and that sort of thing. i don‘t believe that violates any laws, and hong kong people are doing this. and they will carry on protesting. until our demands are heard. hong kong people will soldier on. do you feel angry at all with the demonstrators who have got involved in violent scuffles with police, because i‘m guessing you might feel that if that had not happened then matches would not have been banned? well, actually, i'm

not, because i understand why protesters would be angry and feeling frustrated and feel the need to escalate their actions. so i am in no way blaming them or condemning them at all. i also believe that no one should condemn the protesters, because they are the oppressed, before we condemn the tyranny, before we condemn the tyranny, before we condemn the tyranny, before we condemn the dictatorship. and also while i do with why i say they are a dictatorship, as you say, legislators and oxo activists had been arrested just today, and these lawmakers and activists do nothing but try to mediate between police and front line protesters. and they wa nt to and front line protesters. and they want to help the government to end everything peacefully and end

everything peacefully and end everything without any kind of violence. they had been in the middle, trying to avoid violence. but what the government does is lock them up and try to create even more tension. so i‘m worried about tomorrow, and if anything radical happened tomorrow, and if anything that the protesters feel the need to escalate their actions, the whole responsibility will be on the government and police. thank you so much for joining us. the teenage climate activist greta thunberg is taking part in a protest near the united nations building in new york — let‘s cross live to those pictures. these were recorded a few minutes ago. i think we will see greta in the back of that crowd, she is not very tall so it‘s hard to spot her. she arrived dotted out their shears.

you will be aware she crossed the atla ntic you will be aware she crossed the atlantic on a yacht in order to avoid contributing to climate change herself, due to her own travel. she is due to speak at the un summit on climate change early next month. she isa climate change early next month. she is a 16—year—old schoolgirl, eve ryo ne is a 16—year—old schoolgirl, everyone is familiar with her by this stage, and a flotilla of boats went out to greet her in new york harbour as she arrived. lots of environmental campaigners inspired by her example of the school protests that she mounted and which then spread to many other countries, including the uk. these pictures now are live, of her talking to other young campaigners and speaking to them. the school strikes against climate change happening around the world, and she refused to travel to the un by plane because of the environmental damage that that would

cause, drawing attention to that problem. i don‘t know if we can hear from her at this point... let‘s lessen end, just in case. —— listen m, lessen end, just in case. —— listen in, just in case. if we get any words from her, we will go back and listen in. but let‘s move on for now. people with hidden disabilities can apply for blue badge parking permits from today, in the biggest change to the blue badge scheme since it was introduced in 1970. those with conditions or impairments such as dementia, autism or anxiety disorders will be eligible to apply for the permits. however it will still be up to local authorities to decide if the applicant meets the eligibility criteria. london is set for an extra 10 million landline phone numbers to accommodate growing demand by new homes and offices. telecoms regulator ofcom announced it is introducing a new zero—two—zero—four

number range, to help londoners "stay connected". a major international study has found that women who have menopausal hormone therapy experience an increased risk of developing breast cancer for more than a decade after treatment ends. researchers from the university of oxford, who looked at more than 100,000 women from around the world, estimate a million cases of breast cancer may have been caused by the treatment, since the 19905. here‘s james gallagher. louise rivers started having symptoms of menopause three years ago. she says she lost her brain and was struggling to work. herjoints ached, she was not sleeping well and she began to get migraines. louise says starting hormone therapy last year was a difficult decision, but the right one. i definitely feel as if my concentration levels are back where they were a few years ago. i feel a lot more confident working. i still have a few bad days here and then, still get some migraines,

but overall, i feel much better taking it than i did before when i wasn‘t taking it. it has long been known that menopausal hormone therapy increases the risk of cancer. the latest study shows the increased risk lasts more than a decade after stopping the drugs, and that the dangers are twice as high as previously thought. it means for every 50 50—year—olds taking daily oestrogen and progesterone therapy for five years, one would have a cancer caused by their hormone therapy before they turn 70. we don‘t want to alarm women, but we don‘t want to give them false reassurance about the risks associated with hrt. what we would hope is that women would use this information to make a much more informed decision about whether or not they want to start taking hrt or perhaps continue taking hrt. doctors say the risks and benefits of treatment need to be balanced for each individual patient. a5 clinicians, we are looking at women, so when you have got

a woman in front of you who feels absolutely dreadful because she has gone through the menopause, then, you need to help her, and she needs to make the decision, do i want to feel better, do i want to have a better quality of life? louise says she found the latest findings concerning, but that she was not going to panic. taking hormones has improved her quality of life and she plans to chat to her consultant at their next appointment. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. hello there. contrasting conditions across the country at the moment. we‘ve still got some sunshine and some warmth across eastern and south—eastern england, but further north and west it‘s a different story. it‘s a cooler feel to things and that‘s because we‘ve got some cloud and some rain moving its way through northern ireland and scotland. now, through this evening and overnight that is going to become more widespread and it‘s going to intensify as well. this weather front not moving very far very quickly. at the same time, it will be a mild start to saturday, but we will start to see someone encroaching into wales and north—west england as we go

through the morning, eventually pushing into the midlands and perhaps into anglia and the south—east by the end of the day. still some heavy bursts before it clears away through scotland. in the south—east, if we get some early sunshine we will see 23 or 24 degrees, but a cooler, fresher feel behind that weather front. and that‘s the theme for sunday — as the front clears through, the winds swing round to a north—westerly, sunny spells and scattered showers for all. it is going to feel cool.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. borisjohnson says his opponents are undermining his efforts to get a new brexit deal. the more the parliamentarians try to block the no—deal brexit, the more likely it is we will end up in that situation. meanwhile, a legal challenge in scotland fails to temporarily halt borisjohnson‘s plan to suspend parliament. more big political names join a similar legal challenge in england. pro—democracy activists and three legislators are arrested in hong kong, as police ban a major rally due to take place tomorrow. also coming up in news nationwide, a chance to talk for children with relatives in prison. we‘ll be discussing a new scheme in liverpool.

sport now on afternoon live with holly hamilton. and with holly hamilton. we will need more heroics to ove rco m e and we will need more heroics to overcome this injury news you‘re about to tell us. sorry, i‘m the bringer of bad news! a huge blow for england. james anderson has been ruled out of the rest of this series. he‘d been playing for lancashire‘s 2nd eleven in a bid to prove his fitness but he felt a pain in his calf yesterday and medical teams have ruled him out for the final two tests. earlier this week, there had been some positive noises from anderson. he said he felt like he was really getting somewhere and seemed hopeful of playing in the fourth test next week. he‘ll be replaced by somerset seamer craig overton. with the ashes series tied at 1—1, the momentum is all with england after that sensational win at headingley last week. but remember australia will be bringing back their not so secret weapon in steve smith — back from his concussion.

and steve smtih has been playing for the first time since that concussion for the second day of australia‘s three—day tour match against derbyshire. he‘s been bowled out for 23 runs though — perhaps saving himself for next week. thanks for being the bearer of even more bad news! now, why don‘t you make it three bits of bad news? because bury football club, another update? yes, this has been going on for a few weeks, they were expelled from the english football league. but they are not taking their expulsion lying down. they now say they‘re considering legal action against them. we know members of the club‘s executive met earlier today to discuss their options, having earlier sent the efl a letter questioning its handling of the affair. bbc sport has seen this letter. it includes questions like why owner steve dale passed the fit and proper person test, and why a late bid from a brazilian multi—millionaire was not accepted.

the club‘s lawyer has told bbc sport "all options are on the table." there are actually three very strong bids, one was from an italian consortium, and one from a brazilian connection. and that was a very strong bid indeed, there was significant net worth of the individual behind the company, and he was extremely keen to buy the foot ball he was extremely keen to buy the football club, as was the italian consortium. but they don't appear to have been considered or given the same opportunity to formulate their bid save bury football club. manchester united fans will be racking up the air miles in the group stage of the europa league. they‘re facing the prospect of a 7,400—mile round trip to kazakhstan for the clash with fc astana. let‘s take a look at how the all british teams fared in today‘s draw. it‘s not a bad draw in terms of competition for ole gunnar soljkaer‘s side. out of those three opponents, they‘ve only faced fk pa rtizan once before. they‘ve also got dutch side az alkmaar.

last season‘s finalists arsenal have been drawn against eintracht frankfurt, standard liege and vitoria guimaraes. wolves have been handed an interesting draw. in their first european compeition since 1981 they will travel to turkey, portugal and slovakia. it‘s a tough one for celtic — their group includes the team that knocked them out of champions league qualifying. and rangers have tough one too — they‘re in a group with porto. and rangers will be forced to leave at least 3,000 seats vacant at ibrox for their first europa league group game after being found guilty of a second charge of sectarian chanting. it‘s the same punishment as was served during the second leg with legia warsaw on thursday. as a result the club has said the‘ll not be taking their allocation as a result the club has said ——they‘ll not be taking their allocation for their first away match in europe. manchester united defender chris smalling has travelled to italy to finalise a loan move to serie a side roma. they‘ve reportedly agreed a year—long loan, with roma paying a fee

of £2.7 million. united manager ole gunnar soljkaer says this is a good move for him. i couldn‘t promise chris regular football. of course, he is on the plane over now and i think he will enjoy the experience over there. it‘s a big club, a good league. there are not many english players who have had the chance to play in italy and i‘m sure he will come back stronger and better for it. it‘s proven to be a day of ferrari dominance in belgium as formula one returned from its summer break. charles leclerc set the quickest time in second practice for sunday‘s grand prix, with teammate sebastian vettel second quickest. vettel had gone fastest in the first session. world champion lewis hamilton set the fourth quickest time. dan evans will be on court shortly for this third shortly for ——his third

round showdown with roger federer at the us open. jane dougal will bring you the latest at half five. now on afternoon live, let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. stuart flinders is in salford to tell us about the mytime project in liverpool. and chris page is in belfast to tell us about a mother who won a major court case on bereavement benefits last year but still hasn‘t received any payment. that‘s right, her name is siobhan mclaughlin and this is a story that has been a very prominent in northern ireland today. looking forward to that in a moment. stuart, you first. what is the mytime project is trying to do? if you

think about it, if it had‘s parent died and for whatever reason their own family was not able to rally round, the authorities, social services, the school and so on would swing into action, recognising the child needed support. if your father or mother is sent to prison, there are all sorts of consequences that the children themselves say are not fully recognised, for example, when a parent is sent to prison, their address may appear in the local paper or social media. this can make their children the focus of the local community‘s anger. some children talk of being bullied at school because of what they parent has done. there is the emotional side of this, what is it like for a child to read and hear what it said about a parent who may have done terrible things? and what about the separation? some children have only limited visiting rights to prison, sometimes because of things their pa rents sometimes because of things their parents have done while they‘re in prison, so how are they supposed to cope with that? all this comes not from an academic study but from the testimony of children themselves, whose parents are in prison. here

are some of them in liverpool.” wa nt are some of them in liverpool.” want people to know that i'm not afraid to be put on telly, and i'm brave. if one of us is upset, we'd comfort them, we don'tjust leave them by themselves because that's just it's like if they are upset, we would like, see what's wrong with them and took them through. other people without support groups would feel just deserted, people without support groups would feeljust deserted, where as i‘ve got a path that i can follow. lorna has helped me by making things enjoyable and fun. as well as showing me things that i can do and ways not to follow the same route as my dad. very interesting to listen to those children, that boy at the end talking about somebody called lorna, what is the project actually doing, how does it engage with children? well, the first thing i should say is that you might have

thought they would have spoken to us anonymously but they insisted on being identify, and the decision to show their faces was made in conjunction with the charity that works with them. the point of the mytime project is to provide forums for the children themselves to make their own case. there was a conference in june, for example, their own case. there was a conference injune, for example, at which 36 children came together to give keynote speeches, able to speak to each other about the problems they all share. it was called our time to be heard, and the hope is the authorities will take on board their concerns and address the way children in this situation are treated. right out of the way people are arrested. imagine the trauma of police officers charging into your home to arrest a man who is in the end, to you, daddy. yes, one can only hope that the authorities will actually listen, hopefully that strength the numbers will make a difference in the message will get through. fascinating story, thanks for bringing it to us. chris, i‘m to years, this is also a question of speaking some kind of

truth to power and having authorities listen to you in return. —— onto your story. siobhan mclaughlin, you mentioned her a moment ago, tells why she brought her case. she brought her case because, essentially, she saw wrong she felt needed to be made right, she felt needed to be made right, she saw something which was a major injustice for thousands of bereaved children. she‘s partnerjohn adams died in 2014, they had four children together and had lived togetherfor 20 years, she is from county antrim. but she applied for a benefit cut with his parents allowance which is designed primarily to support children who have suffered a bereavement, she was not eligible for it because the benefit is only available to mothers or fathers who are married or in a civil partnership and she wasn‘t. —— the widows parents allowance. so she began a long legal battle, eventually took it all the way to the supreme court. and this day last year she won a judgment at the

supreme court, a highly significant judgment, a landmark verdict which said that the widows parents allowa nce said that the widows parents allowance was in breach of human rights law. that did not in a of itself change the law, the onus is on the government to do that, and the government has not change the law but in any legislation and she or anyone else has not received any money. so now she wants to put the pressure on for ministers to take action. it really, really is a that they have not. and at the end of the day, these are children we talking about. you know, that have lost a parent. it's amazing, i mean, this bereavement happened five years ago, it‘s bad enough being bereaved and losing your husband when he is not very old, then she fights a case, ta kes very old, then she fights a case, takes it all the way, as you‘ve described, wins it, and still hasn‘t got the money! that's right, and siobhan mclaughlin says she really took the case mainly as a matter of

principle. she had to work, take on threejobs principle. she had to work, take on three jobs after principle. she had to work, take on threejobs after her principle. she had to work, take on three jobs after her partner died so she suffered from financial hardship as well as all the grief she had to deal with in the aftermath ofjohn adams‘s death, so that made her think about all the other families in the uk in similar situations to her. according to charities, if the law was amended to be brought into line with the supreme court judgment, 2000 more families a year would be in line to be able to receive the without parents allowa nce. receive the without parents allowance. for the government‘s park, they say they are actively considering what to do, considering their options following the ruling, their options following the ruling, the department for work and pensions has told us that they have widened the support available for bereaved families and are committed to supporting people during bereavement, and that help is in addition to the support they say for cohabiting couples that is already available through the wider welfare system. but siobhan mclaughlin and her legal team said it help to do battle with the state was over a

year ago, but now they realise this is not the case. they‘re going to fight on and continue their campaign. and they haven‘t ruled taken case campaign. and they haven‘t ruled ta ken case even campaign. and they haven‘t ruled taken case even further —— haven‘t ruled out taking the legal case even further, to the european court. thanks forjoining us this afternoon. goodbye. and if you‘d like to see more on any of the stories, you can find them on the bbc iplayer, and a reminder, we don‘t nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here on nationwide. —— we go nationwide here on afternoon live. florida is under a state of emergency as the state prepares for what may be the strongest hurricane to hit its east coast in nearly three decades. authorities are urging residents to stockpile a week‘s worth of food and supplies as hurricane dorian gathers strength.

it‘s forecast to hit the state as soon as monday as a category four storm. cbs correspondent nikole killion is at cocoa beach in florida. tell us more about the preparations there. as you can see, things look relatively calm here right now, but make no mistake, people here in this area are getting ready. we are in the central part of florida and so right now we are on the pier, that has a restaurant, shops and so we spoke to one of the managers earlier today who told us he is starting to board up the property, they are pulling things inside, that could potentially be projectiles in a storm, things like tables and chairs, and really trying to get hunkered down. obviously the sperm is still several days out so they are hoping they can get all those preparations in place as best they can before it hits. —— the storm is several days out. either expecting it to hit there or are they hopeful it to hit there or are they hopeful it will hit land elsewhere? there's

still a lot of uncertainty in terms of where it could go, it‘s still hundreds of miles out in the ocean right now. and so at this point the entire state is bracing for the possibility of a hit somewhere. the path looked initially like it could come more to the central part of this state, at last check, the latest advisors to show it is trending more towards south florida, around the palm beach area. but as of now, certainly, the entire eastern florida coastline is prepared that this storm could go anywhere. the other thing the state is preparing for is that once it hits, the storm could potentially dump inches of rain here in florida, so even once it makes landfall, it‘s likely to cover over the state, the governor saying today that this could be a multi—day event. governor saying today that this could be a multi-day event. well, we hopeifs could be a multi-day event. well, we hope it‘s not and we hope you stay safe, as well. thank you forjoining us. in a moment, susannah

is going to bring us the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live: borisjohnson says his opponents are undermining his efforts to get a new brexit deal, with legal challenges against his plans to suspend parliament. a scottish court has today refused to temporarily halt the suspension of parliament — but more big political names have joined a similar legal challenge in england. pro—democracy activists and three legislators are arrested in hong kong, as police ban a major rally due to take place tomorrow. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live: uk house prices were unchanged in august compared with the previous month. this is according to latest figures from the nationwide building society. annual house price growth remained subdued at 0.6%. the average home is valued atjust over £216,000. the strongest growth came from properties close to transport hubs in major cities.

strikes have resumed on south western railway. it‘s part of a long—running dispute over train guards. the firm is cancelling 800 trains a day until the end of monday — about half its services — following the walkout by rmt union members. the union accused the firm of "rowing back on their public pledges" about the future of guards. the operator said it was "committed to finding a solution" to the dispute. and costs are soaring at the hotel of mum and dad. research by moneysupermarket found that the number of adult offspring returning to live at home this year has increased again. they stay on average forjust over ten months — and the average cost to parents, who foot the bills and do the laundry, has gone up sharply — to around £1,640. what‘s been happening on the financial markets today? european stock markets have been pretty bouyant today — with the absence of further trade tensions between the us and china prompting a bit of a spending spree on stocks.

beijing has said it will not retaliate at the latest round of ta riffs retaliate at the latest round of tariffs coming into force on sunday from the us, so traders are hoping the us will not have a further ground to increase tariffs yet again. so there has been a bit of a spending spree but the ftse100 did lose ground, in fact, a bit later this afternoon. that was after the pound recovered because the ftse is stuffed full of international companies who have profits in dollars, so they lose out of the pound recovered slightly. the others have gone up slightly today on the same day as the bank of england said that mortgage approvals have risen to their highest level in two use, a big rise from june tojuly. more on all these stories with the chief economist... ——simon french, chief economist for panmure gordon. i5 is this to do with the brexit

deadline? it is a bit to do with brexit, a lot of the uk economy is contingent with what is going on in brexit discussions, but also the fa ct brexit discussions, but also the fact that global interest rates has gone lower, meaning mortgage rates are going to be lower in the uk even though the bank of england has not actually cut interest rates. and a third factor here is the buyers and sellers, having had a bit of a stand—off over prices, which as you said have actually stagnated, are starting to be a bit more realistic which is facilitating more transactions. and what you can for the fact that consumer confidence here in the has dropped to a six—year low? —— here in the uk. there is a bit of a split, when you ask consumers about their own financial situation and the appetite to buy big ticket items like cars, white bits, they are fairly upbeat. but when you ask then the other part of the question, the economic situation and outlook, they are very, very cautious, very much down at levels we last saw about ten yea rs at levels we last saw about ten years ago during the financial

crisis. so a split picture, a lot of that down to the b word, brexit on and caution as to whether economic prospects which are pretty good right now are going to be the same in12 right now are going to be the same in 12 months‘ time. —— brexit uncertainty. shoe zone, that's a profit warning, its shares have fallen as a result. why do you think its struggling so much another example of the high street struggling, footfall high street being poor over the summer months and shoe zone haven‘t updated the market and reduce profit guidance. —— having to update the markets. they‘ve also had to reduce the value they believe their estate, their shops are worth, this is the thing to watch, you might see the retailers at the sharp end of the profit warnings right now, that might translate to the profit of companies who own the high street.

many thanks for that round. and that rounds up all the business needs from me today. thank you. there‘s been a "sustained effort" to hack iphones over at least two years, according to security experts at google. malicious software was implanted to collect contacts, images and other data. apple has issued a fix, but hasn‘t commented. almost 30 years after the collapse of the berlin wall, there are still significant political differences between germany‘s old east and west. the far right afd party is popular in the former east and in two regional elections there this weekend it could emerge as the strongest party, posing a challenge to angle merkel‘s cdu and her coalition partners, the social democrats. our berlin correspondent, jenny hill, has been to goerlitz in saxony to find out why. angela merkel promised them stability, strength. here in germany‘s old east, they don‘t believe her any more. the far right has made

itself at home in what was conservative country. afd promises security and it deals in fear. translation: i'm sick to the back teeth of foreigners taking over our fatherland. i don‘t like having muslims in my country. translation: there isn't much wrong here, but we see it on television. we don't want conditions like they have in west germany, where police don't dare go into certain places. we don't want that here. loved by tourists, famed for its architecture. 30 years ago, goerlitz was behind the iron curtain. the town‘s been rebuilt, the country reunited. still, some here feel they‘ve been left behind. translation: afd isn't just a problem here, it‘s a general problem in the east. there are a number of reasons. many people here experienced

radical change in 1989, and now we face big changes again, with digitalisation and the end of coal production here. many are afraid of these changes. there is a fragility about germany‘s big old political parties. centre—left and centre—right failing to reach voters like heiko, who was a young man when the berlin wall came down. translation: they have cheated people for years. they made promises before elections but the only thing that always improved was their salaries. i wonder where all the money for foreigners is coming from. you could put it into schools or old people‘s homes, but that doesn‘t happen. it all feels very tranquil but, behind the beautiful facades, there is a real division here, and angela merkel will be watching closely. a strong afd performance could put more pressure on her government, but it‘s about more than that.

what‘s happening here represents a nationwide struggle to define what modern germany‘s values really are. grilling for victory. mrs merkel‘s eastern conservatives. she asks question in german. but when i asked the regional prime minister how he plans to beat afd, he seems reluctant to engage. for most germans, afd remains an unpalatable choice, but it‘s fast becoming an established part of this country‘s politics. some breaking news on plans for demos and political participation in that. jeremy corbyn has just tweeted, the leader of the opposition...

he has, of course, as well, urged mp5 tojoin he has, of course, as well, urged mp5 to join demonstrations and to oppose the shutdown of parliament, that‘s the prorogation we have been discussing since wednesday. in a letter to the parliamentary labour party, mr corbyn said, i‘m addressing a major rally in salford on sunday but there are public protests across the country on saturday, a rally in parliament square on tuesday evening, i encourage labour mp5 to be present and share our message. and as we we re and share our message. and as we were saying, he‘s just tweeted, people are right to take to the streets and i encourage everyone to join the demonstrations in london and across the country. so that is the latest. we have obviously spent a lot of the day discussing the legal moves by those opposing the prime minister‘s needs to prorogue parliament, and now over the next couple of days, plans for protests

on the streets. —— the prime minister‘s plans per apartment. still sunshine and warmth across east and south—east england but further north different story, cloud rain. moving its way across northern ireland and scotland. through the evening and overnight, that will become more widespread and intensify. this weather front and not moving very far very quickly. at the same time, a mild start to saturday but we will start to see some rain encroaching to wales and north—west england as we go through the morning, eventually pushing through to the midlands and perhaps into east anglia and the south—east by the end of the day. still some heavy bursts before it clears away. in the south—east, where we get some time, 23 or 24, in the south—east, where we get some time, 23 or24, but in the south—east, where we get some time, 23 or 24, but a cooler, fresher field behind the weather front, and that‘s the theme for sunday. winds swing branched a north—westerly, sunny spells and

scattered showers for all, and it feel cool. —— winds swing round to it north—westerly.

today at five — the prime minister accuses mp5 of damaging britain‘s chances of striking an agreement with the eu. borisjohnson issued the warning to mp5 who are expected to launch a cross—party move next week — to block a no—deal brexit. the more the parliamentarians try to block the new deal brexit, the more likely it is we will end up in that situation. meanwhile in a scottish court — a judge rejects calls for a temporary halt to borisjohnson‘s plan to suspend parliament — but mp5 behind the move remain hopeful. he has not made any move, he once to hear further he has not made any move, he once to hearfurther argument on he has not made any move, he once to hear further argument on tuesday morning.