this is bbc news i'm christian fraser, live here at westminster. the headlines at eight. as the pressure continues to mount on borisjohnson, he insists that whatever happens he will not ask the eu for another extension to brexit. and i would rather be dead in a ditch. the prime minister also paid tribute to his brotherjo johnson who resigned from the government and will stand down as an mp because he is torn between family loyalty and national interest. the government will try again on monday, to get mps to vote for an early general election — but labour says it won't support that. until a ‘no—deal‘ brexit has been ruled out. and the other main stories on bbc news this evening. hurricane dorian is expected to bring ‘life—threatening storm surges‘ up the us east coast —

after causing destruction and at least 20 deaths in the bahamas. great ormond street hospital apologises — after a coronor concluded there were significant failings in its care of iii—year—old, amy allan, who died following spinal surgery. good evening. the prime minister has once again pledged to take the uk out of the european union on 31st october, saying he would rather ‘be dead in a ditch‘ than seek another extension from brussels. borisjohnson gave a speech in wakefield this evening, after another dramatic day in westminster, which saw his brotherjo johnson quit politics. the business minister said he would leave government and stand down as an mp due to ‘unresolvable

tension‘ in his position. he said recent events have left him ‘torn between family loyalty and national interest‘. our political editor laura kuenssberg sent this from west yorkshire. you should be in brussels negotiating! yes, i have been negotiating. you are not, you are in leeds! he attracts trouble. moments after he arrived in this yorkshire high street, the prime minister taken to task. you are playing games. what i think people want us to do is to leave the european union on october the 315t. we all know that. that's what we are going to do. borisjohnson divides. he‘s been speaking for the last... searching for support in the crown that first in the crowd that first emerged. should we get out on october 31? butjust weeks into his time in office he‘s been defeated in parliament, thrown out some of his mps, even his brother quit as a minister in government to spend less

time with his family. it has been an honour to serve as a minister and in three governments. not much more work as an mp now. jojohnson was on a completely different side of the brexit argument but had resolved to work for his brother in government. not anymore, citing concerns over the prime minister‘s approach. he wrote on twitter, in recent weeks i‘ve been torn between family loyalty under national interest. it‘s an unresolvable tension. your brother has quit this afternoon saying you are not acting in the national interest. what do you say to that? i want to thankjo johnson for everything he has done, he‘s been a fantastic minister for science and universities. i think we certainly haven‘t seen eye to eye for a long time about the uk and european union but on a huge domestic agenda i think he‘s done a fantasticjob.

of course i‘m very sad to see the loss ofjo and indeed of people who have lost the whip in the last few days. but that was your decision. you might be acting ruthlessly but for some people it‘s reckless. i think what people want to see is us getting on the delivering brexit and that‘s what we are going to do. it is very important to get it done. you‘re stuck, aren‘t you? parliament won‘t allow you to live without a deal and won‘t allow you to get the election you so desire, you are stuck. i have to say i think it‘s absolutely unbelievable that the leader of the opposition is currently refusing to have an election. i don‘t think ever in democratic history has a leader of the opposition refused to have an election. how will you make it happen? you are stuck. what he should do is allow the people to decide, don‘t you think? i think people want to come out on october

31, that‘s what they voted for and i think it‘s quite incredible that they are now being told they cannot have a say. but how will you bring this country together when you are throwing people out of the party and trying to force them into an election they do not want? the only way to do it is to get brexit done on october 31 and take the country forward. nice to meet you... he stirred up most of the people he met here today in support of brexit, it seemed, but could he take everyone with him? forget about that. it‘s easy to see why the tories are tempted. trying again to go to labour into letting the election go ahead next month. the only way to do it is to get brexit done on october 31 and take the country forward. nice to meet you...

you‘ll make the onejeremy corbyn in the labour party to go to that crucial summit and effectively handed over control to the eu and keep us in beyond october the 31st. in this part of the world, they can smell opportunity of the election comes. in this part of the world, they can smell opportunity if the election comes. some of these areas here where we have a conservative presence now, they were strong, strong leave areas. wa kefield‘s labour right now but the leaders of the tories and the council reckon the pm‘s ruthless approach might work. do you think being so ruthless, though, might put some voters off? it‘s going the other way, though, people want to see that. i don‘t know if they call it ruthless but they want to see a decisive prime minister. this is yorkshire and they like the direct approach. ijust don't want an election on his terms. labour activists don‘t trying again

to go to labour into letting the election go ahead next month. want their leader to go for a ballot too early. it's not that i want the tory government to stay in or i don't want another election or i'm worried about another election, it just feels like it is being pushed through on somebody else's agenda. i want to see him fail on the 315t of october. i want to see that the promises are all false, there was no detail to the negotiations and he comes away empty— handed. there has got to be an election, it'sjust a question of time. please leave my town. i will very soon. labour mps are keeping him dangling. we are up for an election and i want to get rid of this government soon because i'm worried about what they are doing to the future of our economy on the future of our country. but it is about timing. our prime objectives, and we put in the last manifesto, we want to prevent a no—deal brexit because of the damage it could do to the country and the economy. on monday, the prime minister will try again to get parliament to back an election. but the plain fact is, he does not have it in his power to get to the ballot box alone.

and laura went on to assess how much of an impact his brothers resignation would have on boris johnson. i think it is personal, but it is also deeply political and if you would like, it is a very intense symbol of the massive challenge that borisjohnson has symbol of the massive challenge that boris johnson has got symbol of the massive challenge that borisjohnson has got all around him now. he is dead set on an election and he is made that clear time and time again. but parliament is right now standing in his weight and standing pretty firm, although that could change very quickly. there is also really deep unease in the conservative party. there is no question about that. one cabinet minister told me yesterday that we are stuck and there is deep anxiety about the approach that downing street is been taken in recent days. whether or not their decisiveness would go down well with many conservatives was unpleasing at the

start of his time in office and it is turning into something very damaging very seriously. a government minister said that he too will stand down in the next general election mr borisjohnson‘s supporters, we have heard of some of them in yorkshire today, they‘re desperate to get on and deliver brexit. the cost of doing that is already provoking serious turmoil inside his party and also a lot of anxiety across many sections of the public. you might think that a general election is the way out of this, but that is absolutely not a general election he could predict to have a successful result for him. the labour mp yvette cooper — whose constituency is in west yorkshire, where the prime minister was speaking to police cadets today — has called borisjohnson‘s appearance there today a ‘political stunt‘. she says "this is an abuse of power by borisjohnson, making so many police stop their training and work

to be part of his political stunt". in a statement she said. nicola sturgeon has said she would relish a general it is currently going to the house of lords and will continue to be debated tomorrow the former tory leader has branded as illegitimate and there is a suggestion that the government may simply ignore the bill once a pass—through parliament something they believe would be fair. years of that to say during the debate. our unrated constitution is based on the separation of

powers. —— unwritten. separation of powers. —— unwritten. separation of powers between the executive and the legislative. it is the role of the executive to govern, the role of the legislature to hold them to account, to hold to account, but not itself to hold to account, but not itself to govern. this bill represents an attempt by the legislature to assume the mantle of government. that is why it is wrong, that is why it is illegitimate and that is why it constitutes a fundamental breach of government. that is why it is in breach of the conventions of our unwritten constitution. saying that it was ridiculous that it was even being discussed and that the brexit delayed was lord kerr, a crossbencher.

he said it was ‘ridiculous‘ that it was even being discussed that the brexit delay bill may not be given royal ascent... if it comes to the house here, it is legitimate. it is in the house of commons. if we approve of that bill, thatis commons. if we approve of that bill, that is parliament. the two houses of parliament, does not matter who drafted the original, it is legitimate. and it would be wholly illegitimate for the government to decide to do what he hinted it would do, which is to sit on it and not send it to the palace, or the spokesman this morning said it would do which was to ignore it. i think thatis do which was to ignore it. i think that is a major constitutional issue and when the government reply to this debate, i would hope that they would confirm that if this bill is passed by this house, it will be set

forward for royal assent and once it has received assent, it will be applicable. this is ridiculous to ask in our democracy, but such is theissue ask in our democracy, but such is the issue of trust. going back to that tweet from cooper who was saying that it was inappropriate to be standing in front of police cadets, what do you make of it? boris johnson is quite openly operating on the basis that he is at the beginning of a general election campaign. you should not include in your general election campaign, public servants like peace officers. you shouldn‘t go up to the measure backdrop and it was a gross abuse of power by him to take his position as prime minister, which she explicitly intended to be the beginning an election campaign and make police a part of a tory

election broadcast. i think if that is absolutely right to raise it and aping the cabinet secretary should raise it with the prime minister. you should not play in a way that is abusing the rules. on the prime minister is campaigning in a general election, he does not have all the trappings of the state supporting them, he‘s the leader of the conservative party, not the prime minister. the constitutional issues that we just heard debated in the house of lords,. it was unprecedented that they took power from the executive and passed a law that the executive did not want. that is not how the process works and they said it is therefore unconstitutional. that is absolute load of rubbish, they passed parts of a cts load of rubbish, they passed parts of acts and from time to time come up of acts and from time to time come up private members bills that are against the wishes of the government. and now they have no

sort of majority in the house of commons, so to say that makes it illegitimate it‘s rubbish. i thought howard‘s point was the illegitimate executive has to determine whether we leave the european union and how it is illegitimate of the legislature to start taking decisions on how and when we leave. again, that was complete rubbish on his part because ultimately, it is for parliament to hold the executive to account, particularly on issues as important as brexit. and if they come of the executive, will not listen to a parliament is saying by motion and in debates, then the only way you can ensure that parliament is listened to his by an act of parliament. there is an undercurrent andi parliament. there is an undercurrent and i did not hearthe parliament. there is an undercurrent and i did not hear the whole quote, but there appeared to be an undercurrent of saying it would be fairto undercurrent of saying it would be fair to ignore the bill. i do not know if that is right, but if that is what is being said, then it is absolutely disgraceful for a tory to

say, particularly a former tory leader. how with that end up was like we did end up in the courts?|j do like we did end up in the courts?” do not think that is really being considered. but you have to expedite that because time is running out. the courts would expedite. today, the lord chief justice, the courts would expedite. today, the lord chiefjustice, heard the complaint about prorogation and they are on the 17th of september, the supreme court said they‘re going to sit to hear of this prorogation cases. the court will move fast but i‘m making more significant point in that the rule of law means we all have to obey the law and the prime minister is not above the law. at the prime minister says i‘m just going to ignore a law, questioning of the rest of us obey the law) all about stopping the deal. if you are so about stopping the deal. if you are so confident that borisjohnson has got it wrong and that people do not wa nt to got it wrong and that people do not want to leave the european union on october the 31st, but not let them decide? he is giving them a

guaranteed that he will have that election october the 15th and you know that he could put them legislation and cast iron, but is on the 15th of october, he has to pass the 15th of october, he has to pass the legislation and surely if they‘re going to be safe against the right courts, to make sure that it happens. what do you say to amend is the prime minister who appears from his office to say that he is above the law, both sides argue that right 110w the law, both sides argue that right now we have a democratic deficit and they want to sound brexit, you are being called up for an election repeatedly for the last two years, whoever will return on the 15th of october will have the right to go to the european council with the majority perhaps and do whatever they want, but should be the people that decide. the people should decide. are you saying that we would have another extension to take it past october the 31st? that might

not be. it might not be with the british people want. you may be right about that, but it is not irretrievable. we will eventually come if that‘s of the british people want, leave the european union. if a man, the prime minister believes himself to be above the law and ta kes himself to be above the law and takes us out of the european union, there is no going back on that. so when we come to the election, i‘m sure you‘ll have a debate on what will be in the manifesto. there is a lot to sort out, is there. i am told that labour people here repeatedly have told me that there will be a referendum. so what is on the referendum? is it a brexit agreement thatis referendum? is it a brexit agreement that is been turned down three or possibly four times by the house of commons and remain? and are you campaigning fora main. commons and remain? and are you campaigning for a main. there will bea campaigning for a main. there will be a referendum i do not support a referendum, but labour policy is negotiated deal with the european union and let the public decide. so

the policy is that you go to brussels, negotiate a new deal in the want to remain? it is exactly what wilson did in 1974 and 1975, he negotiated a deal. why would they deal with the of they voted to remain? it is a question for the country to decide and not for the labour party to decide. you need to know what the alternative was. this the best deal they can be negotiated and they‘ll say do you want this deal or to remain? interesting. thank you for your company. home secretary to announce the launch of the recruitment campaign foran launch of the recruitment campaign for an extra 20,000 new police officers. chief constable has some officers. chief constable has some of the best training facilities in the country, i am pleased that we

we re the country, i am pleased that we were chosen as the focal point of the national recruitment campaign with the recruitment of officers of the next few years, we are in a better position to deliver the service that the public deserve and expect. well monday is the next big vote in the house of commons. if as expected the law to block a no deal has been passed, mps will vote again on whether to hold an early general election. will the prime minister be able to get the support he needs of two thirds of mps to go to the polls? here‘s our deputy political editor john pienaar on what‘s likely to happen next. so, where do the rival camps agree? trust me, this won‘t take long. all sides want an election to try to break the deadlock, and that‘s where the agreement ends. the argument now is about timing, and in there parties and factions within parties are trying to thrash out exactly when this election might take place. down in the lords, peers are grinding through legislation to ban no deal, may be forced borisjohnson to go to brussels and accept another brexit extension — something he has

sworn he will never do. it could pass into law by monday. so, on monday in the commons, the government will try to get approval for an october 15 election. if they try the same thing as last night, it would need 434 mps — that‘s two thirds of them — to say yes. and since last night it‘s been clear the government doesn‘t have the numbers. but borisjohnson‘s pledged october 31 will be the day we leave, so he‘s goading his opponents, let the people choose a prime minister to decide — brexit or no brexit, deal or no deal. and the commons could say, "no, have an election, but only after we extend brexit." they could defeat the government again. how else to get an election? well, frankly, it gets messy. borisjohnson is in office but not in control. his opponents say he is a liar. he could get an election and then move the date till after britain leaves on october 31st. other options?

they are limited and messy. he could try to pass a law to suspend parliament‘s mandatory five—year term, only then labour, the snp, the lib dems, the whole alliance might try to take control and set a date he doesn‘t like. anyway borisjohnson can win? well, it sounds surreal, but some say the government might try to pass a vote of no confidence in itself. if that leads to paralysis, it could lead to an election to sort it out. unless it doesn‘t. another election could end in deadlock again. you‘re looking for a clear solution? sorry, there isn‘t one. saying they would relish a general election and let‘s get the thoughts not of this mp member of parliament. let me read you in the tweet this morning, the s&p saying once we get the bill through to prevent a

no—deal brexit, mps must force an election before parliament is paroled, they have to have an opportunity give get rid of this tory government. that sounds to me that if the bill got royal assent on friday or monday, then the s&p would support an election. we have been absolutely crystal clear that the most important thing above all party politics is to prevent us crashing out of the 31st of october on a no—deal brexit. and what that would entailfor both no—deal brexit. and what that would entail for both the government and society, it is very important to be able to avoid that. we are very keen to get going with an election, we wa nt to to get going with an election, we want to get going immediately, but it‘s within the context of saying that boris johnson it‘s within the context of saying that borisjohnson cannot game the system. we are able to get going with work on the labour party and opposition party and get a mechanism that allows us to go to the polls and still protect that. and of course we will. but the goal is to avoid the hard no—deal brexit.”

must put the same question to you, if you are so confident that boris johnson is wrong and the people of britain do not want to be taken out without a deal, but to the country. we are not going to allow boris johnson to game the system here, to pervert parliament again to his own particular way that he wanted to work. you have to remember that borisjohnson is a prime minister with no mandate, who was not elected by the people or the public and clearly no majority. we can deny him the ability to control parliament at the ability to control parliament at the moment and that is what we‘re trying to do, but there‘s no way that we can hand over the ability to for the timing of election, a prime minister wants to abuse it for his own purposes in order to deliver a ha rd own purposes in order to deliver a hard deal brexit they‘ll do nobody any good and cause much harm. people are looking on in horror at what is going on in westminster. they put him on the spot and saying that they do not trust that he will it‘s save

the day. if there is a mechanism or some way that would not be hijacked and have much of amendments put on it to put cast—iron terms of the election was going to be on the 15th of october, will that satisfy you? what i‘ve said very clearly absolutely there is a focus on making sure there is no chance for a no—deal brexit to be maneuvered by borisjohnson no—deal brexit to be maneuvered by boris johnson and with no—deal brexit to be maneuvered by borisjohnson and with this with the other parties come all the different machinations of this could go through in order to get through the scenario and getting an election as quickly as possible. i am looking for my third election in five years, but i am raring to go. i want to go and campaign on the selection of the moment. if it was another hung parliament, the odds for that must be pretty good. because there so much confusion out there. would you ever prop up a jeremy corbyn government in the house of commons knowing the damage that some say he would cost to the uk? we have set some, since 2010 that we, listen to

what i am saying. but we have said is that we are working on a progressive way with other parties in the tories from going into power. there is no such thing as a good tory government for scotland and borisjohnson is the worst incarnation of that. so we would not do any formal deals, but will certainly work in a progressive way to make sure that tories are out of power. that sounds like you would work with and if you can get a working majority. given what nicholas sturgeon a saturday, would you expect a price for support. and be another independence referendum? the sovereign people are —— scottish people are sovereign. it is not for them to deny the scottish people the right to have a decision. exactly. i thinkjohn mcdonald is absolutely correct, there is no good reason to deny people in a democratic right should they wish to do so in order to make a choice about the future and the more the people look at this broken westminster system from

scotland, the more they‘ve seen how we have been ignored and throughout this entire brexit process, the more people are coming around to the idea of the best way forward being for scotla nd of the best way forward being for scotland to be an independent country taking its own seat within the european union. the mp luciana berger has announced that she‘s joining the liberal democrats. the mp for liverpool wavertree — seen here today on the left — quit the labour party earlier this year and has been sitting as part of the independent group for change. she said her decision to switch allegiance again was to provide a "positive alternative" to the two main parties. boris johnson warned cabinet on the 28th august that there was a "high chance" that he would fail to get a new deal with the european union over brexit. the comments are contained in documents disclosed in a court case against the suspension of parliament. the legal hearing into the suspension got under way in london today, after a similar legal challenge

in scotland failed yesterday. members of the welsh assembly returned from their summer recess early today, to take part in a debate over the prime minister‘s plan to suspend parliament. first minister mark drakeford said the prime minister had "forfeited the respect on which our democracy relies" — but the conservative leader in wales paul davies has called the decision to recall the assembly a "political stunt". i‘m joined now by our political correspondent — jessica parker talking about the election, whether they will support another attempt on monday and sounded like they were on the second some sort of assurance. they want to appear very gung ho for an election because by wouldn‘t they want to have the chance for them to turf out this government that they say they

dislike so much. but, they are also saying they‘re a bit worried that this legislation designed to block you know deal brexit does not necessarily do the whole trick. there certainly people over there who think it would be better to go long, not up for that mid october date, may be taken past the end of october and try to force boris johnson to ask for a delay into brexit and see if that damage will make it very hard for them to take the brexit party and there will be advantageous for those opposition parties. very interesting to see what happens because that legislation does look like it will pass and get royal assent and the government will say you have your insurance policy, let‘s have an election. an added incentive to dig in because i would rather die in a ditch then call another extension. they must be fully aware that if they do push this to the other side on october 31, there is a very good chance to resign, isn‘t it? release

standouts in a prime minister? isn't it interesting that we are already asking if you will have to resign? it is quite remarkable territory and i presume that was not part of the plan when he took over, but he is in playing hardball plan when he took over, but he is in playing hard ball in plan when he took over, but he is in playing hardball in the summer, probably with the eu when he has come back to the house of commons, he really revved doesn‘t peaceably announce that he was going to suspend parliament for up to five days. get a significant minority who wa nt to days. get a significant minority who want to vote for his brexit plan, he had to do something. yes, and in terms of parliament, he had to say that this is gone on for ages, i wa nt to that this is gone on for ages, i want to bring forward a clean speech and seemed to galvanise the mps across the road wanted to try to borisjohnson this government down and stop them from going through or no—deal brexit so we seem to energise those groups a lot and they approve pretty effective in this last week by blocking his legislation the blocking no—deal

brexit. it has backfired and we have seen brexit. it has backfired and we have seen a brexit. it has backfired and we have seen a lot of anger during the batch backbench committees. and those that spoke out for them. and he zeroed in on dominic cummings and his dominic cummings appearing to be exercising a lot of those in pease? are interesting yesterday, one of the mps that rebelled against the government. she said dominic cummings name was quite clear discussed and quoted margaret thatcher saying, ministers decide and advisers advise, and she aimed that when a borisjohnson. there is no doubt that it is seen as public enemy number one around here. they think he has too much control of downing street and dentistry might push that suggestion or they may try not to comment on members of staff what i am told is a borisjohnson last night when he was addressing 1922 committee, a man in the late text max said he is making the

decisions. —— latex mask. earlier this evening — at an event in front of police cadets in west yorkshire — the prime minister said he would rather be "dead in a ditch" than ask the eu for an extension to the brexit deadline. facing questions from the media his relationship with his brotherjo johnson, who earlier today announced he was standing down as an mp and minister came under scrutiny — let‘s listen to what the prime minister had to say. jo doesn‘t agree with me about the european union it divides everybody. i think you would agree that we need to get on and sort this out. and what i thinkjo would certainly agree on, and he said this much this afternoon is that this government has the right priorities when it comes to dealing with the issues that really matter to the british people. i am talking about making our streets safer, improving our hospitals and improving her education service. so i thinkjo for

all of the work that he has done and for the support that he has given for the support that he has given for our domestic agenda. when you became prime minister, you said that you would unite our country. instead, you are splitting your party and now even your own brother feels that he cannot serve under you, if your own brother does not trust you to act in the national interest, why should all of we?‘ have seen whatjoe had to say about agenda and people disagree about the eu, but the way to unite the country is to get this thing done, that is the reality, the longer this goes on, the more dithering delay we have from parliament and inspired by jeremy corbyn, the worse this thing will be. what people want to see is a resolution and they went to see us getting this thing done and that is

what we are going to do. hello prime minister, chemical promise to the british public that you will not go back to brussels and ask for another delay to brexit? yes, ican. i ask for another delay to brexit? yes, i can. iwould rather ask for another delay to brexit? yes, i can. i would rather be dead ina ditch. yes, i can. i would rather be dead in a ditch. so you would resign? it costs £1 billion a month, it achieves absolutely nothing. what is the point of further delay? let's get the another dramatic day here in westminster — let‘s get the reflections now from dia chakravarty, brexit editor for the daily telegraphy — and nicola bartlett political correspondent for the daily mirror you can argue the talk whether he should been sitting in front of police cadets to talk about why was

there today. but it was the nature of the speech. it was at times it went off the beat, it didn‘t really land any of the figures that he wa nted land any of the figures that he wanted to talk about. it almost was quite rambling. it should didn't seem quite rambling. it should didn't seem like he had a script that he was talking from and in some regards that as part of boris‘s charm as it we re that as part of boris‘s charm as it were and that is how he has got by over the years bumbling along. he did look slightly different today, and he was a bit shaken by the news that his brother was stepping down. and i think that is something that may be cuts through notjust the pain that that must have cost him but also people at home understand the degree of faulty that puts the family in. as labour and forward if it doesn‘t interest you, why should the country? will be hearing that again and again. there are other things that may not have gone wrong for the conservatives over the last

few days in the house of commons but this is one thing like nicola has just said that it cuts through the public and people understand his brother does not trust him. you can almost a strike —— described that is the worst event of the week. potentially, we have yet to see how long it will last or how long that is going to stay in people's minds because i don't think people really forgot ed miliband and what he did to his brother. it was a real problem for him. i think these things do cut through to the public and you take home that message, i think what the government would want to take away —— people to take from the speech would be "i would die in a ditch rather than ask for an extension". on the one hand it provides some comfort to brexit tears, brexit voters, and maybe nullifies the brexit party a little bit. it was see how long that lasts. but the other thing it also does is

to say that he is really penned himself in now. there is no way he can actually go there and ask for an extension i don't think. how is he going to play that out? if he resigns and he goes to them and says that he cannot... he goes and recommendsjeremy that he cannot... he goes and recommends jeremy corbyn that he cannot... he goes and recommendsjeremy corbyn to that he cannot... he goes and recommends jeremy corbyn to find that he cannot... he goes and recommendsjeremy corbyn to find a government and national unity, isn‘t there a risk forjeremy corbyn that if he doesn‘t win that and actually rather he might want to avoid that and go foran rather he might want to avoid that and go for an election? that is the discussion labour is having at the moment. the motion for the government to bring it back on monday to try again for an election requires two thirds as we heard from drew hendry that will not come from the snp, labour seem to be holding firm, and they do not want an election not just firm, and they do not want an election notjust until that bill

is in law but the 19th of october. so that and then as you say boris johnson has completely pinned himself in. his alternative is to resign and i think that is the real danger point because ifjeremy corbyn can‘t find a majority in the house of commons, this situation with the prorogation has galvanise the opposition, they have managed to find common ground, they have managed to do it on a very narrow point which is to avoid no deal. there is no agreement beyond that and that is the problem. they don‘t actually i don‘t think they feel they can coalesce behind jeremy corbyn. perhaps sketch writers minds, you could have it behind sachs came a car, he could be the one heading up a national unity government. —— a sect can clark. that would be so difficult for someone that would be so difficult for someone to that would be so difficult for someone to coalesce that would be so difficult for someone to coalesce behind someone who is not already the leader of the opposition party. —— a sect can clark. he has a mandate from the

party in the members but if he refuses to go, then he has to resign, would he stay as the leader of the conservative party and wait for the election? who knows? there are so many for the election? who knows? there are so many divisions these days within the country and the parties but also within the grassroots of the party and the parliament tree party. you might not have any control whatsoever over his apartment recalling. he is losing colleagues at a rate, a dangerous rate but he might have the support still of his grassroots members who might think that he really did not get the chance to ashley do anything with a mandate that he did get. i'm more worried about how it makes us look to the eu. for the last three years, we have beenjust debating amongst ourselves, we have not been able to put up a united front when it comes soup is ending our position to the eu. even if this bill goes through now, what we are doing as a country is kicking the can further down somewhere into the future. we

are thinking the 315t ofjanuary if an extension as agreed, and then what for the businesses, families, the organisations who want to know what our future relationship looks like with the rest of the eu, what we say to know what our future relationship looks like with the re st of relationship looks like with the rest of the eu, what was satan them was white so my cell no deal is worse and they would rather kick it down the rows —— what you say to them? dia chakravarty and nicola bartlett think very much indeed. gosh, we‘re only thursday. so much has happened in the course of three orfour has happened in the course of three or four days. we‘re has happened in the course of three orfour days. we‘re going to has happened in the course of three or four days. we‘re going to tell you about it tomorrow. we will get a decision from the high court on the prorogation and also that bill still going through the house of lords and we make it some more details rather on what labour and the snp will do once that motion for a general election is brought back on monday. you are up—to—date for the moment here in westminster. i will handed back to lu kwesa here in westminster. i will handed back to lukwesa burak. christian, thank you much indeed. two events in

the americas and hurricane dorian is making its way up the east coast of america. with storm warnings in place for north and south carolina. the storm has wrought devastation in the bahamas. united nations officials arrived there today and pledged an immediate £800,000 in emergency aid. dorian is the strongest—ever hurricane to made landfall.the —— to have made landfall. the death toll is now 20, but that is expected to rise. it‘s caused the worst damage and loss of life on the abaco islands, and it‘s estimated that at least 70,000 people require aid. from there, aleem maqbool sent this report. treasure quay was one of the most popular resorts on these islands, torn apart by the brute strength of the storm. tourists who tried to whether it, left shell—shocked. but these were the sturdiest buildings in a place that wasn‘t even the worst hit. elsewhere, the picture

is even more desolate. well, this was marsh harbour port, where hurricane dorian made its first landfall, and those record—breaking winds and massive storm surges flipped cars and even shipping containers far onto the land. but all around here is an area that‘s been totally levelled. thousands had lived in a huge shanty town that had been here, but there are few signs of the structures they lived in, and people are left to pick through what‘s left of their belongings. it is a desperate situation for those who survived. no house, no food, no water, you know? so... i think, people... no life, you see? for me too. everyone here talks of those they know who are still missing, many sheltered in churches. but in the heat here, there is the unmistakable smell of death. aleem maqbool, bbc news,

on the abaco islands of the bahamas. well, hurricane dorian made landfall on sundayand battered the abaco islands and grand bahama for two days. —— on sunday and battered. it‘s now heading north and althoughit has weakened to a category 2 storm with maximum winds of 105 mph, it still threatens to make landfall along the coast of south and then north carolina. let‘s cross to south carolina, the coastline there. and charleston it is being affected and gary o‘donoghue is there for us. gary we can tell it is windy and rainy. update us on the latest. the storm has passed by charles and now and in a sense charleston has had the worst that it sense charleston has had the worst thatitis sense charleston has had the worst that it is going to get. the fears of widespread and devastating

flooding have not materialised despite we have had two high tides since the storm has been in the facility. people here will breathe under norma‘s side of relief at that but still a lot of rain is falling, the storm is still moving northwards and north carolina is next in its path and there is a chance that they could get it worse. the authorities are still insisting that people must heed the warnings, stay indoors. those who have evacuated already must stay away until it is passed completely. and there is a lot of clearing up to be doing. in excess of 120 trees down in this town alone, they all have to be disentangled from power lines and 200,000 people will have to get their power restored in the coming days and that could take a while as well. but it could have been a lot worse here in charleston. and i think a lot of people further up the coast will be hoping something similar happens to them and that it does not turn into the shore and bring those really devastating winds

in the storm surge that accompany them to bear on the coast further up. there have been concerns about flooding in charleston, it is susceptible to flooding. was there evidence of that? as i was saying, there has been some flooding here but it is been nothing like what was expected. there was some downtown in some of the streets, it is a very low lying area. but really nothing like they could have had if the storm surge had risen above ten or 12 feet. that really could have put the whole town underwater significantly and i think you can‘t absolute guarantee and things may change in the next couple of hours or so change in the next couple of hours or so but we are a couple of hours past the high tide now. i think you would‘ve seen those effects by now if there was going to be a widespread and substantial nature as people feared. gary o'donoghue, think you very much indeed. we‘re

going to find out from the american red cross what is going on in trostle a nd red cross what is going on in trostle and also what is been taking place in the abaco islands. we are speaking to craig cooper. hejoins me via webcam. first off it sounds like it was good news in south carolina. the news is good as gary just news in south carolina. the news is good as garyjust mention here in charleston where we are, it was a scary morning afternoon here, a tremendous amount of wind and rain. there are trees down and lots of areas including the building i am in that have no power or limited power. i think people are breathing a side of relief and it is a testimony to the preparation that went on here in charlson, the areas we saw with areas being boarded up and people heeding the evacuation orders. we had red cross shelters up and down the eastern seaboard over the last several nights and last night nearly

7000 people stayed in the neighbourhood of 115 shelters between florida, georgia, and the carolinas. let's just between florida, georgia, and the carolinas. let'sjust go back to the first place to be had by dorian, a category five when it hit, did not move for two days. what are your teams telling you about what they had to contend with on the ground there? are we talking about the bahamas now? the abaco islands and grand bahama as well. the reporting you have been getting is exactly what we have been hearing as well that more than 70,000 people have been affected. possibly as many as 15,000 homes, it is under devastation and our hearts all of us here in the us, americans as well as those of us with the red cross, our hearts go out to everyone. but we are aware of now is that the national federation of the red cross has released a half $1 million to begin the relief effort and have begun a begin the relief effort and have beguna campaign begin the relief effort and have begun a campaign to raise an

additional $3.2 million and we are keeping in very close contact with our sister agency the bohemian —— the bahamian red cross. are you able if badly injured pages on the grand bahama or abaco islands be evacuated because another was a problem?” bahama or abaco islands be evacuated because another was a problem? i do not have information on that. i‘ve been hearing that the us coast guard had at one point been airlifting people from the islands and bringing them back to the united states mainland but i do not have any information on that. certainly i know there is an international relief effort on the way and they will do everything they can to get those folks both to nassau which was not as effective as the bahamas as well as other areas that can provide ca re well as other areas that can provide care to them. dorian is now moving across north carolina. take us through the damage that it has left in south carolina and in charleston specifically. as gary said, i think eve ryo ne specifically. as gary said, i think everyone feels that the city itself

as far as the storm surge and flooding the could‘ve happened, a lot of it is above my pay grade as far as the science involved with the tides and the way that the storm actually blew the water away from the town which is what the people we re the town which is what the people were hoping would happen. a little bit of writing around that we‘re able to do today before we were called in for safety reasons, we saw trees down, trees on top of cars, the roads were virtually empty which was a testimony to people heeding the evacuation orders. and now i think it is a matter of getting out and see whether there was actual damage to homes, businesses and that is what the red cross is here for to make sure we can continue to support people here in charleston as well as up people here in charleston as well as up the seaboard if there is substantial damage from the storm. craig cooper, think very much of the american red cross. thank you. thank you. the time isjust coming into ten to nine. the headlines on bbc news.

as the pressure continues to mount on borisjohnson, he insists that whatever happens he will not ask the eu for another extension to brexit. the prime minister also paid tribute to his brotherjo johnson who resigned from the government and will stand down as an mp because he is torn between family loyalty and national interest. as hurricane dorian lashes the us east coast, we report from the devastation left in its wake in the bahamas. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. a quick quest to see how they‘re getting on. —— quick glance. england‘s chief medical officer has called jacob rees—mogg uris muscle and unexcelled to when he compared

and unexcelled to when he compared an nhs doctor to the discredited anti—vassar and factor. he spoke about drug shortages in the wake of about drug shortages in the wake of ano about drug shortages in the wake of a no depressive. the professor wrote the saturday that "i feel x —— compelled to six express my sincere department at the way you spoke to and about doctor david nichol". and describe them as that was professor dame sally davis. earlier i represent her ben brown spoke to doctor david nichol himself. there's been an article in the bmj about this, saying that the no—deal brexit would be catastrophic. there is no thing is a zero harm no—deal brexit and that is something with which he disagrees

but this cuts to the core of a government minister taking expert advice. they disagree with that advice. they disagree with that advice but they should be prepared to listen to it. that was doctor david nichol speak to ben earlier. britain‘s leading children‘s hospital has been strongly criticised, over the death of a teenage girl. 14—year—old amy allan, was transferred to great ormond street hospital last year, for spinal surgery — but she died from complications following an operation. an inquest has found the hospitalfailed properly to plan for her care. michael buchanan reports. she just had an attitude to life we all envied. you know, she always had a smile on herface, she did not let anything get her down. she always had a smile on herface. she did not let anything get her down. amy allan was born with a genetic condition called noonan syndrome, which left her with lifelong heart problems. as she aged, she developed a curve in her spine that left her in constant pain. the 14—year—old from ayrshire

was sent to great ormond street hospital, as they were the only centre that could do both the spinal surgery and had life—saving system called ecmo on site, should amy suffer any complications. but while the operation was a success, amy‘s condition deteriorated in the intensive care unit when a doctor removed her ventilation tube. we watched it all. we sat at her bedside, watching her panic in front of our eyes. watching a panic... i have been doing first aiding for a year now... what amy herself had learned when she needed urgent care was not there. the life support team had not been told amy was in hospital and took hours to assemble. she struggled on before dying of multiple organ failure. -- 424 —— 424 more days. —— 24 more days. i think my hero is definitely my mum.

i knew that night when i saw her. she had deteriorated so much there was nothing else they could do, and that was that. but i was hopeful. the family came to court today to find great ormond street had not properly planned but found the problems hadn‘t caused her death. amy‘s parents say great ormond street have compounded their grief. we know they never went out of their way to deliberately try to kill amy, at all, but they tried to hide what they had done and omit all the information. in a statement tonight great ormond street say they were sorry that amy‘s care had fallen short of the high standards they should be meeting. michael buchanan, bbc news. ina in a moment we will get the all—important in a moment we will get the all—importa nt weather. first in a moment we will get the all—important weather. first off

though, the existence of the loch ness monster is one of scotland‘s oldest myths. now scientists say the creatures behind repeated sightings could be giant eels. researchers from new zealand have tried to catalogue all living species in the loch by extracting dna from water samples. from the shores of loch ness, iain macinnes sent us this report. it‘s a mystery which endures — just what exactly lies beneath the murky waters of loch ness? and that's what you actually saw? yes. as long as a bus? the sightings of nessie stretch back hundreds of years, but as yet, no definitive explanation has been found. a team of scientists, led by new zealand‘s otago university, has been testing water samples and connecting environmental dna from all forms of life in the loch, including plants, insects, fish and mammals. you basically take a litre or two of water, and you filter it out and then, in the stuff

that is filtered out will be dna, and using that dna, you can then sequence it, and on the basis of the sequence identify the types of organisms that are present in the water. this morning, the world media gathered at the loch—side to hear exactly what they had found. this idea of a giant extinct reptile, well, we did not find any reptilian dna, so we don‘t think that sounds very plausible based on the samples and the analysis that we have undertaken. and we also went looking for another idea, which is a giant eel. well, we don‘t know if the eel is a giant or not, but we certainly found an awful lot of eel dna, i guess more than we expected. but one long—time nessie hunter is unconvinced by today‘s news. eels in loch ness? personally, i think a 12—year—old boy could tell you that. there could be some massive eels in there. that could be the explanation. but, to say, "we have found evidence of eels," is like saying we have found evidence of fish in a scottish loch.

well done! the sense of mystery here at the loch, though, remains. more than 20% of the dna found was unidentified, meaning the search for nessie goes on. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, good evening. it looks like the weather is going to be settling down a bit for the weekend. it will still be on the chilly side mind you. today, temperatures were about 20 degrees across southern parts of england. with lighter winds, it probably felt warmer in the sunshine as well. we seen some areas of cloud running across northern parts of the uk, bringing some showers earlier on too. those are going to be moving away but then we look to the northwest, we are going to find this next weather front moving down and bringing some wet weather into scotland and northern ireland. that rain will then work its way down to northern england and north wales later on in the night. the winds are picking up as well, especially around that area of rain. and so as a result of the cloud and the rain, and a stronger wind, it should be a warmer night than it was last night. temperatures generally staying in double figures.

tomorrow, that rain suits soon moves away from scotland and northern ireland, heads down into england and wales, arriving across southern parts of england for the afternoon. further north, we will see behind the rain bans some sunshine further north, we will see behind the rain bands some sunshine and some showers following. some of those showers could be quite heavy at times across scotland. for northern parts of the uk, temperatures will be similar to what we had today whereas for the south because of that cloud and rain and the stronger winds, temperatures will be a bit lower. now there is a chance for a shower or two at old trafford tomorrow. i think the risk is greatest for the start of play, it should stay dry really after that. but it‘s still going to feel quite chilly. those temperatures only 16 degrees and we will probably have a stronger and gusty or wind too. the wind direction probably changing from this west to south—westerly to something coming more from the north around an area of high pressure. we are going to draw down cooler air down from the north for this weekend. but that high pressure tending to build in all the while should settle things down for most areas. and most places will be dry

i think on saturday. some spells of sunshine after a chilly and a sunny start. there will be a few showers may be across northern scotland, one or two developing central and eastern areas but they will be few and far between. still quite a keen wind blowing down those north sea coasts. that will make it feel quite chilly. the highest temperatures more towards the south west of england and wales, 19 or 20 degrees. quite a calm start to sunday as the winds drop out, and the skies clear, it will start chilly on sunday. but there will be lots of sunshine away from the northwest. again, the cloud will build up but it should stay dry. more cloud across north—western areas. the rain band though holding off until after dark and again, and pictures of 16—18 celsius.

hello, i‘m ros atkins, this is outside source. borisjohnson has no majority, his party‘s in turmoil — but on the prospect of asking for a brexit extension he had this to say i‘d rather be dead in a ditch. it cost a billion pounds a month, it achieves absolutely nothing. what on earth is the point of further delay? but the prime minister‘s brother isn‘t convinced. jojohnson is stepping down as a minister and an mp — saying he‘s torn between family loyalty and the national interest. it‘s been another extraordinary day in the uk — we‘ll take you through it all. meanwhile ireland‘s prime minister says there will be border checks with northern ireland in the event of a no deal — something that hasn‘t happened since the good friday agreement of the 1990s.