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good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and steph mcgovern. our headlines today. showdown in downing street — the chancellor confronts borisjohnson after his aide was sacked without his knowledge. £400 million for colleges offering vocational courses in england — to support new technical qualifications. the common virus you've probably never heard of — but can be dangerous for unborn babies.

we'll have a special report. johanna konta is the last brit standing in the us open singles draw. she's on form and into the fourth round, but an unhappy dan evans is thrashed by roger federer. good morning, it's the last day of august. some of us clinging on to a little bit of warmth and sunshine, but for most, we're going to see some rain pushing eastwards, and it turns much coolerjust in time for tomorrow, 1st september. full weather details on the way, here on breakfast. it's saturday 31st august. our top story. the chancellor, sajid javid, has confronted borisjohnson over the abrupt sacking of one of his special advisers. whitehall sources say sonia khan was questioned about government leaks by borisjohnson‘s senior adviser, dominic cummings. she was then dismissed from downing street, despite no evidence that she was behind the disclosure. our political reporterjohn owen is in our london newsroom. what more do we knowjohn?

good morning john. so much going on at the moment, what do we know about what has happened here? that is right. this is is a row that goes all the way to the heart of boris johnson's government. sonia khan, a special adviser to the chancellor sajid javid was led away from downing street in dramatic fashion on thursday night after being questioned by borisjohnson‘s de fa cto questioned by borisjohnson‘s de facto chief of staff dominic cummings. it seems she was suspected of leaking sensitive government information, all to turns out not to have been the case, although she has lost the confidence of dominic cummings and was sacked. now, it has emerged sajid javid has exchanged cfoss emerged sajid javid has exchanged cross words with the prime minister, borisjohnson, cross words with the prime minister, boris johnson, ant this, cross words with the prime minister, borisjohnson, ant this, because it seems he didn't know in advance that the sacking was about to take place. it is the second member of the team he has lost just it is the second member of the team he has lostjust this month, so clearly very u nha ppy he has lostjust this month, so clearly very unhappy about it. now, this all comes ahead of what promise

to be an extremely turbulent week in politics, we have a group of mps in parliament who are opposed to boris johnson's brexit plans who will be trying to legislate at break neck speed this week, to avoid a no—deal outcome, make it illegalfor speed this week, to avoid a no—deal outcome, make it illegal for boris johnson to pursue that outcome, borisjohnson for johnson to pursue that outcome, boris johnson for his johnson to pursue that outcome, borisjohnson for his part has said he will go ahead with a no—deal exit if he can't reach a new deal with the eu by october 31st. but boris johnson's decision to prorogue or suspend parliament days after mps return from their summer break this week, leaves those opposition mps very little room indeed for manoeuvre. it will prove very difficult for them to be able to legislate it in the narrow window of time that is now available to them. and there has been, john, a real backlash about this suspension of parliament there has, a lot of angen parliament there has, a lot of anger, all across westminster, opposition mps have been furious

about boris johnson's opposition mps have been furious about borisjohnson‘s plan to close parliament. for his part boris johnson says this is part of the routine operation of government, that it routine operation of government, thatitis routine operation of government, that it is less to do with brexit and more to do with his desire to bring forward an ambitious domestic agenda, but protests outside westminster all across the uk today, about this, clearly a lot of public angen about this, clearly a lot of public anger, to add to the political backlash we have seen in westminster. meanwhile, £400 million additional funding is to be given to colleges offering vocational training for 16—18 year olds in england. the treasury says the money will support the introduction of new t—level qualifications next year. a government review earlier this year found that £1 billion of capital investment was needed for further education colleges. the education secretary, gavin williamson said today's announcement is a considerable boost. and it's a significant increase in terms of the amount of funding that all six forms and further education establishments will be

having, and it will be making sure that we've got the right skills for our young people, to equip britain for future generations. the charity samaritans is being criticised for entering into a year long partnership with a gambling company. staff at paddy power betfair chose samaritans as their charity of the year and are supporting it through fundraising, corporate donations and volunteering. critics say samaritans shouldn't work with the gambling industry. dan whitworth, from radio 4's money box programme, has more. if you are sat in a pub, you can tell the guy who's an alcoholic. you can — let's be honest — you can tell the guy who's on drugs. the young man sat in the car and on his phone is gambling his life away and nobody knows because it's such a hidden thing. critics, including relatives of people with gambling problems

who took their own lives, say samaritans is risking its well—earned reputation by working with paddy power betfair, adding it should stop taking the compa ny‘s money. the mp carolyn harris, who chairs the all party parliamentary group on gambling—related harm, says she is shocked by the deal. she calls it "distasteful and appalling". others on social media, as well as the charity gambling with lives, have voiced similar opinions. both samaritans and paddy power betfair have defended the partnership, though. samaritans says it will work with the company to: paddy power betfair, meanwhile, says the charity's expertise will help develop existing safeguards for vulnerable customers. there are more than 400,000 problem gamblers in britain, according to the gambling commission, defined as people whose gambling compromises, disrupts or damages family, personal or recreational pursuits, with a further two million people at risk.

things even now can just hit you. it's just something stupid, that will set it off and you'll hear something or you'll see something or you'll remember something, and before you know it, it's heating up again, it's — it never goes away. it does get slightly better, but it doesn't go away. a 15—year—old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after he was stabbed in tottenham in north london. police think he may have been attacked by someone riding a bicycle on willan road on friday morning. three people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. police scotland have described the behaviour of protestors, who took part in a counter demonstration against an irish unity parade in glasgow, as "utterly unacceptable".

riot police and officers on horseback were sent to tackle what the force described as "significant disorder". witnesses say smoke bombs were used. there are no reports of injuries or damage to property. large crowds have gathered in hong kong for what they say is a religious rally, after the police banned a pro—democracy protest. it comes a day after several leading activists were arrested. our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell is in hong kong. it looks busy steven and i guess it is particularly tense today. yes, very tense and despite the driving rain, despite threats from the authorities that people should not turn out to protest, or they would risk illegal assembly, they are still flooding into this area to gather. what people are doing is just standing around and singing

songs and chanting, and i guess daring the authorities to say that is isa daring the authorities to say that is is a protest. near the beijing liaison office, the central government's head quarters in the city there are two water cannon trucks. the underground train station has been stopped, shut down for the day, and roads approaching that area are also blocked so that was to be a focal point for these protest, because today marks the anniversary of the central government deciding not to give people in hong kong universal sufficient fragile, but as i say, —— sufficient fragile, but as i say, —— sufficient fragile. they are still turning out here to protest, and i think that the authorities are preparing for some sort of violence later on today, but we will see how it goes. thank you steven. the co—founder and chief executive of twitter has had his own account taken over by hackers. racist remarks were sent to jack dorsey's four million followers, before the social media company

regained control of the account. twitter said the phone number associated with mr dorsey's account had been compromised. taipei zoo has celebrated the 15th birthday of two giant pandas which were gifted to taiwan by the chinese mainland in 2008. the pandas yuan yuan and tuan tuan enjoyed two specially made ice cakes decorated with seasonal fruits and vegetables, as well as several ice balloons on bamboo sticks. the cake was also designed with special symbols to wish the female yuan yuan good luck in conceiving more offspring. rage. they are still turning out here to protest, and i think that the authorities are preparing for some sort of violence later on today, but we will see how it goes.

thank you steven. what a message for your birthday. hgppy what a message for your birthday. happy birthday but have a bit of pressure as well. happy birthday both of you. do you think they're watching. we are borisjohnson dropped a brexit bombshell this week by asking the queen to shutdown parliament. it sparked a furious backlash, withjeremy corbyn leading the revolt after commons speaker john bercow called the move a "constitutional outrage. the prime minister denies claims he was moving to force a no—deal brexit but there's increasing anger over his decision. we're joined now by conservative mp nigel evans and anti—brexit campaigner femi oluwole, who's in birmingham. good morning, thank you. nigel, can we talk about what is going on in parliament, in westminster today. this talk of sajid javid special adviser being sacked by boris johnson's right—hand man. it all feels very westminster, very politics but it suggests that that

tension even within the government goes on over brexit. i guess boris has his own alistair campbell. we knew how routeless he was in tony blair's day, he had a lot more power than a lot of cabinet minister, where some of the outrage and anger s because we have a prime minister who looks as if he will deliver the brexit that people voted for, and so the protests that are taking place today on the streets of london, basically, boris has smoked them out. what you will see today is a lot people that want to dilute brexit or want to stop it completely. they don't care about the referendum, and i think that you know, protests a re the referendum, and i think that you know, protests are a proper thing but some want to bring chaos to streets round the united kingdom and i don't think that is right. but if they want to protest, and they accept the verdict of the british people in 2016, my advice to them is go to streets of brussels, and go and protest to michel barnier and juncker and tusk and say come on

guys, juncker and tusk and say come on guys, get to the negotiating table and discuss the deal, because boris wa nts to and discuss the deal, because boris wants to leave the european union with a deal. let us talk to femi, who will be part of the protest as well. he is in birmingham because they are happening all round the country. what do you think hearing what nigel has to say about take your protest to brussels not here. the main issue he just said boris johnson is trying to deliver the brexit people voted for. that is not true. in 2016 the majority voted for brexit and what that means is we end out brexit and what that means is we end our current relationship with the eu, the eu treaties no long air ply but that can mean a vast range of thing, brexit can anything from no—deal through up to a norway style deal, the only opportunity this country has happen to define what sort of brexit we will and will not acce pt sort of brexit we will and will not accept is the 2017 general election in which 54% of voters voted for

parties whose manifestos ruled out a no—deal brexit. so a no—deal brexit is not the brexit that people voted for, it is the opposite. boris johnson in 2016 said it is time to ignore the pessimists and do a knew deal that would be good for britain and europe too. he called it totally suffered if we were to end the free trading arrangement we have. that, so trading arrangement we have. that, soa trading arrangement we have. that, so a no—deal brexit is the opposite of what he promised and now he is shutting down parliament, to deliver a version of brexit that he promised would never happen and goes not only against the will of the parliament and the people. that is hill rulesly democratic. you can sense femi's anger and frustration and millions feel the same, despite the referendum result they say that is not the way to go about it, that proroguing parliament is wrong. what would you say? 7 proroguing parliament is wrong. what would you say?? say the people did vote in 2016 to leave the european union, and we knew during that campaign that we were warned we

would leave the customs union and the single market if weer to leave the single market if weer to leave the eu. people voted for the full monty brexit, they didn't vote. did they? they want to be an independent united kingdom, they don't want to be chained to the european union, they don't want to pay billions in to be part of the single market and customs union, they want do their own trade deals with countries like the united states, they want to control their own immigration, into the united kingdom, from the eu 27. it is the full monty brexit. what people like femi are trying to do is stop brexit completely and they talk about democracy, they cover themselves in this is rowed of democracy, but what they are tried to do is overturn that 2016 democratic vote of the british people, and i have people in the ribble valley who have been coming up ribble valley who have been coming up to me and say listen, i voted remain but i want, ijust want the government to get on with it now. i have had people coming up to me, even labour supporters saying they think boris is doing a greatjob. you have seen the opinion poll in

the daily mail, people want to get on with it. suspending parliament, firing special advisers without openness, it is not a great look for a prime minister who is trying to claim he is behind the people and up holding democksy. it is not a great look, the fact we have been debating in parliament, brexit, for the last three years. and so what boris johnson has done, new prime minister coming in, he has asked the queen to prorogue parliament for him to deliver his programme for the coming 12 months or so. i think it is absolutely legitimate for him to do that. i remind sirjohn major, that he prorogued parliament for longer than boris johnson is he prorogued parliament for longer than borisjohnson is doing, and quite frankly, i mean part of the problem with why a lot of people voted brexit in the first place is for people like john voted brexit in the first place is for people likejohn major who pushed the maastricht treaty through parliament without a referendum and he threatened a general election, if the parliament didn't vote for the third reading of the maastricht treaty and people like tony blair,

who promised a referendum on the lisburn treaty and withdrew it and gordon brown hurried off to brussels to secretly sign the treaty. that is undemocratic, that is the constitutional outrage. femi, your thoughts of this, the fact that people voted for the full montyful what you have heard there is just rhetoric, i have given you the number, 52% voted for brexit, yes, but 54% in 2017 voted for parties whose manifestos ruled out no—deal brexit. that means the only opportunity what we have had that to say what brexit we will and will not accept is when we told parliament do not take us out of the eu without a deal. now boris johnson, not take us out of the eu without a deal. now borisjohnson, a man who wasn't leader of the conservative when we had that general election, so there is no democratic legitimacy for him to be in the position he is m, for him to be in the position he is in, to shut down our sovereign parliament is completely wrong. the idea that people voted for a no—deal brexit goes against everything we are seen, everyone who argued in

2016 that brexit might make us poorer, might damage trade, they are immediately met with no, do you think the germans would put tariffs on their car sts, no. think the germans would put tariffs on their carsts, no. if think the germans would put tariffs on their car sts, no. if you leave without a deal the eu is forced to under international law put tariffs on uk products because if we don't have a free trade deal with them they from the to apply their general tariff policy. given we sell half of the cars we make to the eu, half of the cars we make to the eu, half of the fish we catch to the eu, a third of welsh lamb goes to the eu. that isa of welsh lamb goes to the eu. that is a significant damage to people living in this country, which people did not vote for, they voted under circumstances where people were reassured would not would not be any damage to trade with our closest partner. protest on the streets of brussels femi, take your message to barnier, we want a negotiation, we wa nt barnier, we want a negotiation, we want a deal and it is up to the european on your to come to the table. table. we will have to leave it there, thank you for your time.

shall we get the weather instead? here's ben with a look at the weekend weather. it is the last day of august and the weather has a definite end of summer feel about it. because there were changes ahead. with have got a lot of rain across the north—west of the uk, that will move eastwards and as it clears away we will be left with something significantly cooler, this is the satellite picture, it shows a stripe of cloud bringing rain across northern ireland and scotland, there are flood warnings in force across parts of scotland, but behind that band of cloud and rain as it pushes eastwards, during today and into tomorrow, we will be left with a north—westerly wind, and that is going to bring cool air our way. so this is how we are starting off if you are about to head out and about. this is forecast for 10.00. rain is falling across many parts of scotland, some heavy bursts across hills in the west and brisk winds for a time could see gusts of 40—45mph, but that rain starting to

clear away from northern ireland, a mix of sunshine and showers, left behind here. and then across northern england into wales, the west midlands, the south—west as well. here we will have a band of fairly heavy rain pushing eastwards, a short sharp burst, to the east of that early mist clearing and not a bad start to day. in the south—east this rain won't arrive until the middle part of the afternoon. it will be light and patchy, behind it the skies brighten, we see sunshine, a few showers into north—west england, a few showers for northern ireland and for scotland, the rain becoming confined to the far north, and temperatures this afternoon between 13 and 23 degrees. now, as we go through this evening and tonight, we loo the remnants of that cloud and patchy rain from the south—east, then the skies clear. still showers feeding into the north—west but it is going to be a noticeably cooler night than we have had recently, the overnight lows between eight and 11, i wouldn't be

surprised if some spots got a little lower in the countryside. a fresh start to tomorrow morning. a bright enough day. there will be spells of sunshine, some showers for scotland, northern ireland, some toppling into northern england into east anglia, further south and west more dry and spells of sunshine but look at temperatures, generally between 14 and 21 degrees. it is only a few days ago we had values up into the ‘305. as this ridge of high pressure builds its way during sunday night and the winds fall light we may see and the winds fall light we may see a touch of grass frost in scotland, into the coming week it stays mixed. mixed. we stick with that cooler feel to the weather. did you just say the word frost?|j did. did you just say the word frost?” did. scotland. sunday night. possibly. we are no out of august yet. we will be by then. good tonight. thank you ben. the embargo will congenital cmv causes hearing loss in around 1,000 children

every year in the uk. it feels just like a cold and is the most common virus passed on by pregnant mums to their unborn babies. now, a team of nhs staff across the east of england have started the first targeted screening programme for cmv. here's our science correspondent richard westcott. 8—year—old naomi parker has had to practise like this all her life. it's so hard! she has balance problems because she's deaf in one ear and partially deaf in the other, all because her mum stevie caught a virus called cmv when she was pregnant. oh, hang on! hi, naomi, how are you? yeah, hi. now, tell me, what's the name of this virus again? cyto—mega—lo... cytomegalo. . . ? ..virus.

cytomegalovirus? yeah. it's not a dinosaur, it's definitely a virus? it's definitely a virus. 0k. i can't really hear certain letters. i replace them with different letters, so i hear different things. sometimes people want to be like me because they like my hearing aids, and i'm like, trust me, you don't. you don't want to be like me. cmv is a leading cause of deafness in children, it's really common, and mostly harmless, but it can be devastating for unborn babies. ready? can you let go? that's why paediatrician tamsin holland—brown has helped set up an nhs team, who unpaid and in their own time, have developed britain's first targeted screening programme for cmv. the problem was that we were catching the virus too late and a lot of the damage was already done at that point. we had to treat cmv within one month of life, and the research was starting to show that that was making a difference. that for some children,

it was preventing that hearing loss deteriorating and for some children, it was even actually reversing that hearing loss. ok, so were going to offer baby the swab now, have a cotton bud that i'm going to place into the baby's mouth. 0k, just on the inside of his cheek. sometimes they have a little chew. and here's how it works. across the east of england, any new baby born with hearing problems will have this specially—designed test for the virus. if they have it, they'll be offered early treatment. hello, is that chloe? hi, chloe. a new arrival addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge, little martha's been passed fit and healthy today, although she didn't want her hearing checked. it'sjust a little cold. cmv causes more birth defects than cat litter and soft cheese put together. pregnant mums can protect themselves with simple things like not sharing food and cutlery or kissing a toddler on the lips or a runny nose, but most don't know about it. chloe, thank you so much more

talking to us about it. you're a doctor, what did you know about cmv when you are pregnant? i mean, i'd heard of cmv, and know it's a virus. there are other viruses that are talked about, and when you go for your appointments and other things your‘re made aware of. but i don't recall much being said about cmv. most babies born with cmv don't have symptoms or develop problems. but if this programme proves successful, the team hopes that could pave the way for wider cmv screening in future. she has done great today. you can see how well she is doing. so how do you feel as a mum seeing that? immensely proud of her. richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. what a brilliant little girl, she

explained it so well. what was it... cmv. let's take a look at the papers. lawyer funke abimbola is here to tell us what's caught her eye. morning nice to see you. so, what are we starting with? we were talking about strictly, we have got ourmike is on talking about strictly, we have got our mike is on the line up this year, but there could be a change from next year. we have a horse in the race. a horse in the race. but you have picked up a story, this is the ex clue sieve in the mirror. same—sex pairings for we have had the equivalent in australia and israel. it is a sign of the times the bbc is wanting to happen from next year, with this time next year we could be talking about same—sex pairing. every year they say is this the year, it is not for this season it is for next year? last year there was much talk about it not

happening, maybe it wasn't the right move, but i think this is progressive. it will be interesting to see what difference it makes as well to the choreography. exactly. i think it's a great thing, it will mix it up a bit. shall we move on to a story in the times. there is no avoiding brexit. no in some way shape of form. what i thought was interesting was a backlash against sirjohn major getting involved with gina miller, challenging the current process , gina miller, challenging the current process, with borisjohnson wanting to prorogue parliament and so on. john major is going to court with her to fight this proroguing isn't he. to challenge the process, we need to keep remembering the process thatis need to keep remembering the process that is being challenged rather than whether or not believe. it is interesting thatjohn whether or not believe. it is interesting that john major whether or not believe. it is interesting thatjohn major has been credit ceased because he did this in different circumstances in 1997, so he is saying it is wrong for another prime minister to do it, but there is more at stake arguably in this

case than there was whenjohn major was proroguing. everyone has an opinion on its. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman said yesterday on the radio, john major asa yesterday on the radio, john major as a former prime minister could be as a former prime minister could be a powerful addition to that case because he could talk about from a prime minister's point of view. absolutely. it is probably the first time we have had that dynamic where a former number ten resident is now challenging an existing one. interesting times. care is something we talk about a lot on this programme, and you have picked out a story about care homes and the money thatis story about care homes and the money that is paid out for them really. that is right, this is part of having an ageing population, better health overall means we are living longer and of course it leads to this much larger burden on the system generally, and how do you fund that? age uk came out with this report saying that if you are from a middle class background and have property that factor in the cost of

care, you pay 41% more, effectively, so there are pros and cons, if you have saved carefully and managed to buy property why should you be paying more? it costs more, literally costs more. co—paired to someone who doesn't have those assets, whose fully funded by the council. you have age uk who are kind of asking for sajid javid, who is of course doing the spending review next week, to try and pump more money into social care, because as you say as the population getting older it is a problem. this is an interesting one in the telegraph, last for now, have you got fillings steph? yes, i have. i have been lucky but i hate going to the dentist, this one is a really... you just need to brush your teeth. i'm sure that's not true. this

report says we could all be like you and not have fillings one day. enamel is the hardest subject —— substance in the body and scientists have come up with chemicals that allow it to prepare itself, so ground—breaking. allow it to prepare itself, so ground-breaking. that would be great, a lot of people are scared of the dentist. some that caused it to grow back for free, that would be amazing. staff will have some lollipops and sweets but we will be back with the headlines in a minute.

hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and steph mcgovern. coming up on the programme: ben will be here with all the weekend weather. it's not as good as last weekend, and jane will be here with this sport. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. the chancellor, sajid javid, has confronted borisjohnson over the abrupt sacking of one of his special advisers. sonia khan was dismissed from her post by the prime minister's top aide, dominic cummings, on thursday evening. there's no evidence that ms khan has leaked any sensitive information. the sacking comes after a turbulant week for the government following borisjohnson's decision to suspend parliament next month. meanwhile, £400 million of additional funding is to be given to colleges offering vocational training for 16—18—year—olds in england. the treasury says the money will support the introduction of new t—level qualifications next year. a government review earlier this

year found that £1 billion of capital investment was needed for further education colleges. the charity samaritans is being criticised for entering into a year—long partnership with a gambling company. staff at paddy power betfair chose samaritans as their charity of the year and are supporting it through fundraising, corporate donations and volunteering. critics say samaritans shouldn't work with the gambling industry. police scotland have described the behaviour of protestors, who took part in a counter demonstration against an irish unity parade in glasgow, as "utterly unacceptable". riot police and officers on horseback were sent to tackle what the force described as significant disorder. witnesses say smoke bombs were used. there are no reports of injuries or damage to property. a 15—year—old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after he was stabbed in tottenham in north london. police think he may have been attacked by someone riding a bicycle

on willan road on friday morning. three people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. a powerful storm that is threatening florida and the bahamas has strengthened to category four, according to the us national hurricane center. hurricane dorian is expected to grow even stronger as it passes the bahamas before making landfall early next week. a state of emergency has been declared in florida, where residents have been urged to stock enough food, water and medicine. the co—founder and chief executive of twitter has had his own account taken over by hackers. racist remarks were sent to jack dorsey's 4 million followers, before the social media company regained control of the account. twitter said the phone number associated with mr dorsey's account had been compromised. i bet that was a shock when he found out it had been hacked.

it took some time before it was clamped down on. you don't expect the top boss to get hacked, they need to get it sorted out. morning, jane, talk about johanna konta. she has been doing so well, she is currently the route to the next round of the us open, the last british player involved after another comfortable win at flushing meadows. dan evans, though, is out of the men's event after he was beaten by five—time champion roger federer. adam wild was watching. in one of the game's greatest arenas, this was dan evans for the first time. intimidating enough. even more so when you're greeted by two of sport's biggest superstars. basketball legend kobe bryant only stayed around for the coin toss. roger federer seemed equally in no mood to hang about. starting on a charge that would take him to the first set, evans unable to keep pace. federer famously once described taking on evans

as like "playing a mirror image" — a compliment, but no time to reflect. here he was firmly in his shadow. outplayed, outclassed, dan evans is out. far better, though, forjohanna konta. china's zhang shuai was in her way, but she was not in the way for long. the british number one ruthless, unrelenting and never really troubled. a comfortable victory in little over an hour. commentator: just brilliant! through to the next round. she might now be the last briton left standing in the singles, butjohanna konta, it seems, is not slowing down. adam wild, bbc news. dan evans wasn't happy with the scheduling of his matches. he had played a gruelling four sets against lucas pouille in the hot sun the day before he played federer, while the 20—time grand slam champion had a rest day. evans said the tournament organisers made more allowances for the bigger names. but roger federer vehemently disagreed.

it is tough on me, isn't it? but it wouldn't be the first time the higher up players have had pull, so to speak. also these guys, they want — the tournament obviously want roger — would rather roger be going through that much than me, so it is understandable. i'm sick and tired of it that apparently, i call the shots — the tournament and the tv stations, too. we can give our opinion. that is what we do. but i'm still going to walk out, even if they schedule me at 4 in the morning. terence federer, there, not happy, we don't see that often —— temps. big weekend in the premier league with the north london derby tomorrow. lots of fixtures today too of course. dan walker's here to tell us what's on football focus. yeah, we have a big focus on the

premier league, there was a good piece on bury and bolton this week, it's been covered in the last few weeks and it came to a head on tuesday when they were expelled from the efl so we were speaking to fans who feel they have been made an example of and will bolton be in that same position? the future looks a bit brighter for bolton and we have asked for the executive chair of the efl to come on the programme, she said no so we haven't got a reaction from the efl because they have had enough of talking about it but trying to get an insight into why it happened to barry, and our football focus honesty cards this week, we sent the campus to manchester city and caught up with kyle walker and raheem sterling and sometimes we take the reporter out of those interviews and you get a

bit more fun. do you have an impression of each other? i missed that one out, that's my question. who could you both face time now that would definitely answer? john. yeah, john. i'm out of date. hello. hire, lad, how are you? your live on football focus. thank you. that is good, the whole thing is worth watching. we also have a liverpool goalkeeper who came on as a back—up, he in but has become a realfocus goalkeeper who came on as a back—up, he in but has become a real focus of attention for liverpool, who take on

burnley today, you mentioned the north london derby and we will get into that, arsenal and spurs meeting and in scotland it's rangers against celtic. been there before, but perfect reports so far for the pair of them three wins out of three, so we have an aberdeen fan to go and test the mood as at neutral. the only neutral one is a partick thistle fan. we sent an aberdeen fan to test the mood of the city and stephen fry is going to do premier league predictions, a big norwich fan so he will be looking at their games. will you be taking your coat off for that? i'm inspired byjohn, who has gone rogue, no tie.

it's saturday! we are in an interregnum moment, we haven't got a boss, our boss has left and we haven't got a new one until the end of september. i'm thinking about your honesty cards, we could blend that into brea kfast, cards, we could blend that into breakfast, brexit politicians with honesty cards. the first time we used them on football focus i brought them in and gave them to charlie and nag, i imagine politicians would be the same. we have a big data date so i will see you later. the big game in scotland is tomorrow when rangers play celtic at ibrox. the rest of the fixtures are later today with third—placed livingston taking on st mirren. last night it was the dundee derby in the scottish championship. dundee united thrashed their rivals dundee 6—2 in the first league meeting between the sides for more than three years. calum butcher was on target

twice for the home side, who still have a 100% record this season. kim little scored five goals as scotland opened their women's european championships qualfying campaign with an 8—0 drubbing of cyprus. little has scored three hattricks for her country before, but this was her first time getting five in one game. elsewhere, northern ireland were thrashed 6—0 at home by norway. england will be without james anderson for the rest of the ashes. england's leading wicket taker in test cricket has failed to recover from a calf injury. it caused him to drop out of the first test after bowling just four overs. the fourth test against australia starts on wednesday at old trafford. not bad for a man with a bad back. that's how middlesex's captain described eoin morgan after he hit 83 offjust 29 balls. england's one day captain helped middlesex chase down 227 against somerset in the t20 blast. it's the highest successful chase in english t20 history and they

did it with three overs to spare. at the belgian grand prix this weekend, despite being well behind lewis hamilton feels he can be competitive at the belgian grand prix this weekend, despite being well behind the ferraris in practice. it's qualifying at spa today with hamilton hoping to improve on finishing fourth in practice yesterday. charles leclerc was fastest as f1 returned from its summer break. the italian team have yet to win a race this season. less than a week after losing rugby league's challenge cup final at wembley, st helens got back in action with a narrow 4—0 win over castleford. the only score of the game coming in the first half from saints winger regan grace. that extends their lead at the top off the table to a massive 18 points. after the game they were awarded the league leaders shield. and finally, when you're one of the most successful sportsmen on the planet, everybody wants your autograph. at the us open, rafa nadal was signing these giant tennis balls when he spotted a little

boy getting squashed. so he pulled him out of the crowd. the little boy was crying so rough that tried to console him, i bet he gave him an autograph and i bet it's been sold on the internet already but he helped the boy who was traumatised by the giant tennis balls. i felt sorry for the woman with the tiny ball. every time he goes to do one of those appearances everyone will be in tears, like it will work for me! dan had his jacket in the studio which must mean the temperature is going down. some of us still have a tie on, john, just fyi but you might want that jacket as the temperatures are

on the way down because it's the last day of august and we have rain in the forecast, soggy across the north—west of the uk, is that rain moves east it will turn cooler for all of us. you can see this type of cloud across areas, there are flood warnings across scotland but as that rain and cloud moves south—east it opens the floodgates to cooler air, notice the yellow and blue shades spreading across our air mass chart. this blue is rain and plenty of it across scotland, pretty heavy bursts of rain, strong and gusty winds up to 45 miles per hour at least for a time but for northern ireland and improving story, more dry weather developing with some sunshine and a few showers, then this cloud and rain across northern england into wales, the west midlands, at short

sharp burst of fairly heavy rain, to the east of that mist clearing to some evening sunshine, the rain will eventually get into east anglia and the south—east, behind at some sunshine, rain in scotland becoming confined to the far north but some showers blowing in across northern ireland and scotland and north—west england, these are the maximum temperatures this afternoon, may be 23 in london, a far cry from the 33 this week. tonight we are all in cooler air, clear spells with showers blowing in from the north—west and those overnight lows, a fresh start to sunday, tomorrow promises a fair amount of sunshine and it will be a bright day, i can't some showers to scotland and northern ireland, may be some trickling into east anglia from

further south and west more dry weather but look at the temperatures, 14 degrees for aberdeen, could get into the low 20s in the south—east and on sunday night as this bubble of high pressure m oves night as this bubble of high pressure moves in, some of us night as this bubble of high pressure moves in, some of us across scotla nd pressure moves in, some of us across scotland could see a touch of ground frost. there are more frontal systems on the white so a pretty mixed week ahead, it won't be raining all the time but those temperatures never really recover with more shots of cool air pushing in from the north, temperatures taking a tumble as we head towards the start of september. thank you, ben. it's got very busy on the sofa. we have dogs everywhere. this is liam. let me explain what's going on here. there are around 40,000 house fires in the uk every year

and if caught in a blaze, animals usually hide and can suffer smoke inhalation much quicker than humans. so it's a real problem. the fire service does not routinely carry pet oxygen masks as part of standard equipment but there are calls for that to change. that is why liam is here and other gas, although frankly you will be eclipsed by liam. we're joined now byjohn williams, crew commander at billesley fire station, along with labrador liam. and also lynn and brian lockyer from charity smokey paws. you used to live in the states and moved to the uk and you were amazed when you discovered fire crews don't have these. we were, brian is english and i'm american and we were speaking about our dog and i mentioned pet oxygen masks as they use them in the states and bryant

said you didn't have them, so we went to work local station and brian spoke to some friends and they didn't have them so we bought us out for our local station, then people contacted us about getting one for their station and over three years it has been 1700 engines that we have donated masks to. and you have the mask there. one of the thousands. we put a bit of cream cheese in there. it forms a seal around their snow so the oxygen goes straight into the dog's lungs. what difference does this make? we had a rescue of the day after the equipment arrived and currently we use them at least once a month so in the time we have had them we have

saved around 25 animals. if you are wondering why liam is so keen to use this mask it's because there are some cheese inside. is that what you would do in that situation? i guess a dog could beat stressed after a fire. it's a little bit easier, we don't regularly carry cream cheese but maybe we should because it will help. i imagine you in your red fire engine stopping at a corner shop on your way to an emergency. it's amazing that you guys have done this but what difference are you hoping to make comic is it something you want to roll out? we bought a set and gave it to work local fire station, when people contacted us we looked into how many house fires

their work is about 42,000 house fires a year their work is about 42,000 house firesa yearand their work is about 42,000 house fires a year and 46% of the uk population have animals so about 18,000 pets a year potentially caught in house fires. we both work full time and we have four boys so we got together as a family and said we got together as a family and said we would do this for the whole of the uk so we have done about 2800 sets out there already and we are getting success stories every week where they have been used to save animals, guinea pigs, rabbits, snakes, llamas, horse, sheep, dogs and cats. that must make you proud. people say to us, is it a full—time job, it is but we love it, we don't ta ke job, it is but we love it, we don't take a salary, what we get is hearing about families that are still together. ours started because

of ourdog, still together. ours started because of our dog, unfortunately we don't have our dog any so we know how pets are. they are, really important to ourfamily. and are. they are, really important to our family. and people are. they are, really important to ourfamily. and people still are. they are, really important to our family. and people still have pets because of what you have done. we have around 850 more sense to do and then every front line appliance in the uk will have a set so it's the drive of getting it done so we know every animal is looked after. how old is liam? he's so sweet and lovely. he's a five and a half month old labrador and he's from a charity, he's socialising. a bit bored. he should go on to help somebody with a disability, children

with autism or cerebral palsy, so we socialise him for about 16 months and then he moves on to advanced training ata and then he moves on to advanced training at a centre in banbury. what are you giving him? some little treats, you can have a go if you want. there might be people out there wondering, is it something you can buy for your own house, you know some people will have smoke alarms, could people buy this? they can. most of the time it's when they have multiple pets because the fire service would have a pat the biggest challenge is the oxygen. the fire service already carries oxygen tanks on their vehicles and the tubing in the set fits right onto the oxygen they have so the challenge there is they have so the challenge there is the source of oxygen. it could be

the source of oxygen. it could be the masks they get. often we have people in categories who have multiple sets and they could hook up oxygen for more than one animal. animals are different shapes and sizes so i guess you will need different mass, what fits fun liam would not fit on a llama. this is the large mass, in the pack there are three sizes. you could resuscitate a hamster? yes, people have used them on all sizes.” resuscitate a hamster? yes, people have used them on all sizes. i put a hamster inside the small one. the oxygen goes out the side so the animal can breathe in as much as they need. this was used on a horse recently. there was an accident on the road. they took the seal and put it over his snout. liam wants some

more cheese. it brings it home when you see the video... five and a half month old puppy who we brought out ofa month old puppy who we brought out of a house fire and he was lifeless when you brought him out and it was the day after we had the equipment and we weren't sure how to use it so we worked on him for about ten minutes and from nowhere, he popped his snout out of the oxygen mask and he was all right to stop that's quite an important thing. we have run out of time, thank you all but most of all, thank you, lovely. good luck with all of the work you do. it has been a tough week for boris

johnson and it might be even tougher next week but it has ended in a row with sajid javid, who confronted the prime minister after his aide was sacked without his knowledge. sources say sonia khan was questioned about government leaks by the prime minister's senior adviser, dominic cummings. she was then dismissed from downing street, despite no evidence that she was behind the disclosure. let's speak now to another of sajid javid's special advisors, salma shah, who worked with him for 5 years. she joins us from london along with david cameron's former communications chief, sir craig oliver. what did you think when you heard about this sacking? if i'm honest i was shocked by it, especially somebody who the report suggests was marched out with police officers so my reaction was shock and over the last 48 hours we have seen more detail come out, so not pleasant.

what was it that it shock you? because you wouldn't expect anyone in the private or public sector to be treated in this way. in terms of being told to leave immediately without any wider investigation? yes, that's what i think. what do you think this says about the new regime in downing street? i'm not sure it says anything about the regime, we are looking at a lot of speculation in the papers so we are not entirely clear on the facts but i think it would make one pause for thought about how things are being run. craig oliver, you were at the heart of david cameron's operation in charge of communications and you understand the frustration when

things are leaking. can you understand why this was dealt within the way it was? we don't know what happened or if there were leaks, one thing i can explain to people is that hr isn't something that really exist in politics, it isn't necessarily a good thing but if you are a special adviser, you can be moved at any time, so you can beat sacked or your bosses can be sacked or there can be a reshuffle, but there were other rules in politics and that is that you cannot fight somebody without speaking to their boss and that is what has happened here and that is quite sajid javid is so angry. dominic cummings, who was working as borisjohnson's chief of staff, has apparently told eve ryo ne of staff, has apparently told everyone at the special advisers report to him now. is this the new normal? it sounds like it, special

advisers have a direct line to the prime minister, there is a misconception that their boss is directly the minister without work too, i think what dominic cummings is saying as he makes decisions on these things, and that is causing some ructions. i've heard that a numberof ministers are some ructions. i've heard that a number of ministers are saying we don't want to go back to the early days of theresa may's government where people were summarily dismissed or moved around and there isa dismissed or moved around and there is a worry about that and it boris johnson is thinking about this, he will be concerned about what message this sends to the treasury and other ministers and he will be worried that the relation between chancellor and prime is shaky, the chancellor is being asked whether he was really in charge and they will both see that as a problem. what changes would you like to see come in to

protect special advisers or the way they work, is there anything that can be done? there have been huge moves in all administrations to professionalise the special adviser network and that is to be welcomed in terms of salary bands, rolling responsibility, but as craig says, special advisers are a different breed and they are there to operate ina breed and they are there to operate in a different way so you don't want to try and professionalise it to the extent you lose the value of what they can do. have you spoken to sonia khan, the adviser who has been sacked? i have not. thank you both for your time. man am, stay with us, headlines coming up. —— 9am.