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good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. our headlines today: a call for schools in england to open at evenings and weekends. the children's commissioner says they'll be safe spaces to keep pupils away from gangs and violence. hundreds flee the chaos created by dorian in the storm ravaged bahamas as the death toll

rises to a3. mps from across the political divide are ready to go to court to force the prime minister to seek a delay to brexit. late wickets leave england in trouble, in the fourth ashes test. they're still nearly 300 runs behind australia — so face a battle to save the match and the series. ahead of tonight's strictly launch, saffron barker and i check out fellow dancer, will bayley‘s moves, as the paralympic champion prepares for the european para table tennis championships. good morning. there's lots of dry, settled weather through the weekend. just the odd isolated shower, but with clear skies by day, that means chilly conditions overnight. i'll have all the details coming up shortly. good morning, it's saturday the 7th of september. our top story. schools should stay open at evenings, weekends and holidays to help protect pupils from crime and gangs, according to the

children's commissioner for england. anne longfield said children no longer feel safe on the streets, and that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could offer a safe space. jane—frances kelly reports. bell rings. the school bell marks the end of the day, but the children's commissioner for england would prefer it if pupils stayed on for a range of activities, rather than going straight home. anne longfield fears too many children are ending up indoors, stuck in front of their computers during theirfree time, because they don't feel safe playing outdoors. they have fantastic sports and arts facilities, technology there. all of it gets locked up just at the time when children need it most. the sad fa ct when children need it most. the sad fact is, we know the violence peaks between four and 6:30pm when children are leaving school. that is just when schools need to be open.

she warns that in more and more areas, gangs are operating in streets and parks, grooming increasingly younger children. to help tackle the problem, she would like schools to open at weekends, evenings and during school holidays to provide a safe place for extracurricular activities. anne longfield says about £2.6 billion a year of extra funding is needed to allow schools to stay open out of hours and to provide more high—quality youth support in communities. to put that cost in context, it's as much as the promised increase in school funding across the whole of england for 2020—2021. one head teachers‘ union has welcomed the idea, saying it would require extra money and careful planning but could create time for arts and sports, which are increasingly squeezed out of the school day. the government says it's making record investments in education and children's services to help young people overcome the challenges they face. jane—frances kelly, bbc news.

thousands of people have gathered at ports in the bahamas, as they attempt to flee the devastation left behind by hurricane dorian. 43 people are known to have died, hundreds of others are feared missing. the storm is now sweeping across the us state of north carolina, as our correspondent david willis reports. dorian grazed the carolina coast but certainly left its mark, leaving hundreds stranded amid rising floodwaters after they ignored a warning to leave. but the lashing winds and torrential rain bore little comparison to the destruction wrought earlier in the week. hundreds, possibly thousands of people are missing on the tiny island of abaco in the bahamas, and many fear the place will never be the same again. i honestly believe abaco is finished. i think abaco will not recover until the next ten years. like, fully recover,

because everything is gone. absolutely everything is gone. a few miles off shore, the crew of a british ship, the rfa mounts bay, is spearheading what looks to be a massive relief operation. the united nations believes more than 70,000 people here are in urgent need of food and water. but the aim is to evacuate as many as possible to neighbouring islands, not least because those who remain face being homeless for months. dorian, for its part, has now headed out to sea, weaker than it was a week ago but still capable of doing serious damage. it's expected to make landfall again in nova scotia, canada, sometime this weekend. david willis, bbc news. the bbc understands a group of mps, including some rebel conservatives, has assembled a legal team to try and force boris johnson to seek a delay to brexit.

the prime minister has been adamant the uk will leave the eu at the end of the october. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, matt cole. borisjohnson, of course, said this week that he would rather be dead in a ditch than seek an extension before october the 31st. how likely is it that the legal attempt may be able to force his hand? good morning. at the moment, boris johnson seems somewhat boxed in. his promise that he will not ask for an extension to britain's brexit deadline, it also looks like he may be locked into law having to do just that. therefore, ithink be locked into law having to do just that. therefore, i think this is why people are concerned when they hear him talking about how he theoretically has to do this, a quote he has given, we understand, to the daily telegraph. so this is why conservative mps, some of those he sacked this week for voting against him, are gathering to get their lawyers lined up. as things

stand, if a deal has not been done with the european union by october the 19th, the law will now say that borisjohnson, as the 19th, the law will now say that boris johnson, as prime the 19th, the law will now say that borisjohnson, as prime minister, has to ask for an extension. because he will not do that, the fear is that come that deadline he won't and the lawyers will have to force him to dojust the lawyers will have to force him to do just that. he still might not, he may choose to resign and throw open the doors to number 10 to jeremy corbyn, allowing him to ask foran jeremy corbyn, allowing him to ask for an extension and then someone may put a vote of no—confidence in to bring down that you meant and get a general election through. we are infora bumpy a general election through. we are in for a bumpy time! as though we are not having one already! crystal, is it not(!). thank you. meanwhile, a large number of small businesses say they still aren't ready for a no—deal brexit, according to a survey from the british chambers of commerce. the organisation, which represents tens of thousands of small businesses in the uk, has found two fifths of companies haven't made contingency plans, and there's a lack of awareness

about new customs regulations. health experts in america have warned people to stop vaping, while they investigate a respiratory condition which has killed at least four people. officials are looking into more than a50 possible cases of a severe breathing illness among e—cigarette users, but the cause of the condition is not yet known. the bbc‘s announced a collaboration with three big social media platforms to try to tackle the spread of fake news. google, twitter and facebook have been involved in drawing up a plan including improved online education. technology firms have been accused of not doing enough to tackle the issue. you are up—to—date with all of the main stories this morning. the artist alison lapper has told breakfast that her son parys, who died suddenly last month, was failed by mental health services.

parys, who was 19, was found dead in a hotel room. his mother says he suffered with depression, had been bullied when he was at school, and struggled to find appropriate professional help. john maguire reports. baby cries. i never, ever thought i'd have a baby and be doing this. it's amazing, yeah, it's brilliant. a dream come true, really. it's fabulous. in the year 2000, the artist alison lapper took part in the groundbreaking bbc series child of our time. her son parys was one of the 25 babies born that year and whose development and childhood the programme has charted ever since. well, my boy was beautiful — i'm biased, i know. um, very bubbly, um, full on — i have filmed him for television running around — i'd forgotten, actually, when he was little, what a bag of energy that he really, really was. i had a boy that went from being mr confident, like mum,

to i couldn't get him out the front door. he wouldn't get on a train. you know? what was i supposed to do? last month, alison's son was found dead, alone in a hotel in sussex. in recent years, he'd struggled with mental health issues. and i miss him, and i think it's such a waste of his life. why? i don't understand. because he was beautiful and he had so much to offer. and ifelt like i couldn't protect him properly. because that's what you're supposed to do as a parent is protect. and i felt that i — i feel now, i didn't do it well enough. but i didn't know how! an inquest is yet to be held into his death, but parys's mother believes bullying at school, depression, and a lack of appropriate mental health care may all have been factors.

if anything good can come out of losing parys, then it has to be that, you know, somebody has to speak out. i mean, i've heard from so many mothers who have got lads in exactly the same position. and they're tearing their hair out, they don't know what to do. there's less units now. if your child needs to be sectioned, they could be in scotland and you could be in wales. it doesn't make sense to me, at all. at one stage, alison says parys was placed in a unit specialising in anorexia, despite not having the condition. after a lifetime of overcoming obstacles herself, she now believes her greatest challenge will be to help change the system that she says failed her son so tragically. that report from john maguire. a spokesperson for the department of health and social care said it is vital that ayone can access

specialist treatment as quickly as possible and that it was working with experts to review training and education resources. we have been bringing you the latest news from the bahamas and the east coast of occurred this morning on hurricane dorian. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. it is about one week since the hurricane made landfall in the bahamas. it is still very powerful, it is still a hurricane. you can see the well defined i have the storm on the satellite image, as it goes north—eastwards. we still have warnings in force in nova scotia in eastern canada, that is the next area that will see the hurricane making landfall. it will move into annex hurricane as it moves to the north of the uk, that storm system. we have breezy and damp weather, nothing as dramatic as

what has been happening on the other side of the atlantic. at the weekend here, it looks dry and settled. this picture from the highlands this morning, patches of pout here and there but generally for the weekend we are looking at dry and settled weather with sunshine and isolated showers, not dry everywhere but these showers are moving quickly. with the high—pressure building in from the west, they should fade away later in the day. this morning, a couple of sharp showers in east of england, east anglia, and in the south—west and northern ireland as well. elsewhere, largely dry with sunshine that breaks through in the afternoon as that cloud thins and breaks. temperatures are not too bad, 17—19d for most, but feeling a little cooler in aberdeen, 13 degrees around eastern coasts. as he ashes continues today at old trafford, no rainfall in the forecast. it should be dry, up to 17

degrees. and they are an dry weather continues as we head through the evening and tonight, these green shades showing that temperatures are falling quickly, we could see a touch of frost around the east of england and eastern scotland, in the countryside it is quite a chilly start. if you are taking part in the great north run tomorrow, it looks like a decent day. sunny, dry with light winds, temperatures of 15 degrees. in england and wales tomorrow, sunshine through the day. in scotland and northern ireland, cloud building in from the west end by the afternoon there will be a couple of light patchy showers around. with sunny spells, we see temperatures similar to today, generally 15—18d. we lose that cool and northerly wind on those eastern coasts. 0n and northerly wind on those eastern coasts. on sunday night and overnight into monday, this weather front moving in from the west, bringing ina front moving in from the west, bringing in a bit of a soggy start

on monday morning. the rain moving from west to east through the day. where you do have that breeze, cloud and outbreaks of rain, it will not be particularly warm! temperatures on monday distantly autumnal, 14-16d. it on monday distantly autumnal, 14—16d. it looks like the rain gets out the way fairly quickly, turning dry and a bit warmer as we go through the rest of the working week that on wednesday, we have remnants of that x hurricane sitting to the north, breezy with outbreaks of rain. but for the weekend, north, breezy with outbreaks of rain. but forthe weekend, dry north, breezy with outbreaks of rain. but for the weekend, dry and settled. studio: that is good to hear. it could be worse! it's been another big week at westminster, with boris johnson facing his first major test in the commons as prime minister. but the brexit deadlock remains, the government has lost its majority and yesterday the opposition parties got together to block the general election that mrjohnson wants. so what happens next? joining us is co—leader

of the green party, sian berry. good morning. you said that the greens will vote against a general election on monday. why? i think we see something extraordinary here. politicians who normally disagree on—site much coming together in the national interests, have mature discussions together in parliament, and we have seen mps and leaders from all of the different opposition parties coming out and speaking with one voice on this. they are united, there should be no general election until we have made sure that the threat of a no—deal brexit is absolutely eliminated. that is incredibly important. everyone's sat down, and have not responded to the codes of the prime minister to call a general election now because we know there is too much risk attached to that. we cannot risk a no—deal brexit and that is what mps have come together to call for. it is important. i've not seen anything

like it. the prime minister is rattled, faced by one of the most powerful things that there can be. a group of unlikely allies getting together for the group of unlikely allies getting togetherfor the common group of unlikely allies getting together for the common good. you are talking about the prime minister being rattled, but the conservatives would say thatjeremy corbyn is rattled at the moment and he has notoriously been called an"chicken", chickening out of that opportunity to go for a general election. is there a sense that there is a fear ofa there a sense that there is a fear of a general election when it comes to the parties in opposition? the parties do recognise the risk attached to a general election. i think the attempts by the conservatives, which have been incredibly childish in places to try and go to jeremy incredibly childish in places to try and go tojeremy corbyn as the leader of the opposition into calling another vote of no—confidence, have been bolstered by the fact that in those rooms where the opposition parties have been talking, there is a range of voices. it shows something in politics that when you have a range of voices talking, of views may be,

people can come together by the common good in having those discussions together. other opposition leaders have bolsteredbolstered his resolve, he has not responded to the taunts of the conservatives. we have seen already that the brexit party have said they will not stand against the tories, are the greens going to offer the same thing for the remain candidates? we also have to make sure that we get a parliament that represents the majority in the country that there is in the moment for remaining in the eu. our election system does not make that easy. i think other parties are all 110w easy. i think other parties are all now thinking how we can target our resources more sensibly towards the conservatives areyou saying yes? i'm saying we are thinking very hard about whether we focus our fire on each other or the conservatives in the election. i think they need to

be very worried about that. you would offer candidates, or you wouldn't? we will stand in as many seats as we can, as greens make the case for a clear message of motor brexit but also a noted climate chaos. —— no to brexit. when we talk about winning those together, i think that is something that boris johnson is saying in parliament. if we ta ke johnson is saying in parliament. if we take that unity into a general election, in where we put our resources , election, in where we put our resources, that is a good thing. the coalition looks friendly and cozy at the moment but the fact is you are 110w the moment but the fact is you are now forging alliances with parties that you do not share views on policy with. no, and this is the mature politics that you see in other countries, people who disagree on things but argue for them in a mature way. we would do that in the general election too was dubbed we disagree on many things like austerity and their urgency of

dealing with climate change. we have to deal with the existential threat to deal with the existential threat to the world and the country. i think it is important though that we also work together for a no—deal brexit to stop parliament being represented by the brexit party. the green party has campaigned in the past for another referendum, does that mean you do not respect the outcome of the first? that was three and a quarter years ago. this needs to be ratified again. when we call for any final deal to be put to the people, we are still calling for that, the most democratic thing that can be put to the people is a people's. we have called for that from the start. where does this end? i hope with us staying in the eu and learning lessons for democracy. the

fa ct learning lessons for democracy. the fact our constitution cannot cope when someone is an trustworthy as the current prime minister is in power means that we have —— we need to put together a new constitution, where we have democratic institutions at the right level through the country and that needs to be done. it shows the need for that and it gives us the opportunity, once we have decided to remain in the eu, of rethinking things on the domestic front too. one thing! things on the domestic front too. one thing i do have to say at this point, to start talking about changes to the way that we vote, do not think that the ordinary british person has just had not think that the ordinary british person hasjust had enough of not think that the ordinary british person has just had enough of all of this? and the thought of now talking about changes to the way we run the country, everyone is fatigued! that is quite true but look at the european elections we just had, and election held under proportional representation. there was enormous enthusiasm for voting in that election because people knew that their votes would count. look at how

well we did, as the greens and how well we did, as the greens and how well opposition parties did too. we beat the conservatives in that election and by working together with other parties, we can beat the conservatives in any general election as well. sian berry, thank you very much indeed. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's time now for a look at the newspapers. let's look at the front pages. the times says the prime minister is under pressure to "come up with a plan b" for brexit as opposition parties pledged to veto his call for a general election. an incredible picture of boris johnson on the front there. the daily mirror has been investigating the food served by fish and chip shops. species including dogfish and starry smooth—hound shark. the daily express says the duke of cambridge has spoken of his "fury" about racist incidents in football. prince william, who is president of the football association, is calling for better links

between police and football authorities over abuse on social media. and the sun reports that one of the strictly come dancing professionals, giovanni pernice was attacked with pepper spray by masked robbers. the paper says the dancer had feared it was acid at first. former chief constable of durham constabulary, mike barton, is here to tell us what's caught his eye. good morning. it is nice to see you. unsurprisingly, you picked a story involving the police, this got a fair bit of coverage towards the back end of the week, borisjohnson, many people thought he was going full donald trump, standing in front ofa full donald trump, standing in front of a bunch of police officers to make a speech? newspaper stories always catch my eye when you see someone you know and you know them, i know the chief of yorkshire, john robins. he is a really calm individual. for him to be dismayed, that probably means he isjolly

angry! he has complained because he gave permission for the police to stand behind boris johnson? clearly under false pretenses. he, stand behind boris johnson? clearly underfalse pretenses. he, as any police officer, you do not have to bea police officer, you do not have to be a chief constable to know that you cannot be involved in party politics, especially in the run—up toa politics, especially in the run—up to a potential election. there are clear rules around policing not being overtly party political, we cannot be. so why did he say yes in the first place? because it was about police recruitment. yes, but police and politics comes from the same greek word, polis, meaning town. but i said party politics. if the government decides that, quite rightly, there should be more money spent on police officers, which i applaud, we have had ten years of cutting police officers every year. for there to be 20,000

more police officers in future is a good thing, the public need to know that. why should they not get involved in that? where john has been quite rightly dismayed is being involved in party political olive text, especially in the run—up to a potential election. this is marcus rashford, he says the battle to silence the bigots is going backwards, despite players speaking out and he is calling on social media companies to do more. and the duke of cambridge has been speaking about this. this is invidious. we have young people like marcus rashford and other young players, it is great we are bringing in a lot of young players, southgate has really changed the make—up of the england team. these people are in their early 20s. i'm not in my early 20s! being on television is stressful

enough. you have a young player like this who should be practising his movements, and he is having to talk about these really sensitive things that he is clearly —— that is clearly having a mental impact on him. it is dreadful. we should call it out. i think people... people who are quite blase about social media, they say that twitter needs to do more. how long have we been saying that, and the companies need to do more and they are not? i was re ce ntly more and they are not? i was recently researching a garden shed, and every time i turn on my computer or my phone, i am being bombarded and every time i turn on my computer or my phone, lam being bombarded by companies in new zealand trying to sell me a shed! clearly the world now knows that i want to buy a shed. you are not telling me that social media companies cannot get rid of racist abuse? i'm not buying it. is that a result of your retirement!” told myself mentally not to mention

the shed! that is the first thing you talk about! and dna testing kits, they are more readily available than they previously were. people looking into their family histories, that is causing some problems? yes, i haven't done my own dna... have you not? no. as a police officer, i have seen this growth from being invented in leicester in the 1980s to being pretty much. i have always been intrigued, and why ifi have always been intrigued, and why if i can? am i have always been intrigued, and why ifican? amla have always been intrigued, and why if i can? am i a norman? i've not done it yet but this is a word to the wise, be careful. you may find out something you were not expecting. you can find out that you are not related to the people you think you are? my mum and dad are watching this. please, don't!”

think you are? my mum and dad are watching this. please, don't! i know that i'm related to my dad, the bushy sideburns! i think my dad will have two admit that he is responsible! it is good to see you. more from you in the next hour. coming up in the next half hour... we'll catch up with table tennis champion will bayley — it's a busy time for him with the european championships this week, and of course the small matter of training for strictly! headlines on the way.

hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. here's a summary of this morning's main news. schools should stay open at evenings, weekends and holidays to help protect pupils from crime and gangs, according to the children's commissioner for england. anne longfield said children no longer feel safe on the streets, and that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could offer a safe space for activities. the government says it's making record investments in education and children's services to help young people overcome the challenges they face. they have got fantastic sports facilities, arts facilities, technology, all of which gets locked up technology, all of which gets locked upjust at technology, all of which gets locked up just at the time when children need it most. the sad fact is we know that the violent peaks between 4pm and 6:30pm, when children are leaving school. that is just when schools need to be open. lots of you

getting in touch about that story this morning. we will explore it in greater detail shortly. thousands of people have gathered at ports in the bahamas, as they attempt to flee the devastation left behind by hurricane dorian. 43 people are known to have died, hundreds of others are feared missing. the storm is now sweeping across the us state of north carolina. the uk's promising £1.5 million to help the relief effort. the bbc understands a group of mps, including some rebel conservatives, has assembled a legal team to try and force boris johnson to seek a delay to brexit. legislation aimed at enforcing a possible delay is due to gain royal assent on monday, but the prime minister has said that he would rather "be dead in a ditch" than ask for an extension. meanwhile, a large number of small businesses say they still aren't ready for a no—deal brexit according to a survey from the british chambers of commerce. the organisation, which represents tens of thousands of small businesses in the uk, has found two—fifths

of companies haven't made contingency plans, and there's a lack of awareness about new customs regulations. health experts in america have warned people to stop vaping, while they investigate a respiratory condition which has killed at least four people. officials are looking into more than a50 possible cases of a severe breathing illness among e—cigarette users, but the cause of the condition is not yet known. a woman in india is thought to have become the world's oldest mother, after giving birth to twins at the age of 73. mangayamma ya ramati had undergone ivf treatment. she said she and her husband, who is 82 years old, have always wanted children, but had been unable to conceive until now. they have their work cut out! congratulations to them. talking of having your work cut out... england ‘s cricketers. yes, indeed.

can ben stokes pull off another miracle? it isa miracle? it is a lot to ask him. yes, very difficult with steve smith backin yes, very difficult with steve smith back in the saddle. england's brave fight to save the ashes, was undone by a late flurry of wickets, that meant they closed the third day of the fourth test on 200 for five — so still 297 runs behind australia's first innings total. andy swiss reports from old trafford. oh, the joys of cricket in september! a morning wash—out at old trafford, but it wasn'tjust the skies that looked a little gloomy — england's ashes chances were fading fast. they had to bat well and, for a decent while, they did, as rory burns and joe root combined to impressive effect. together, they shared a stubborn century stand and it was australia fluffing their chances, much to their very obvious frustration. but once burns was snaffled for 81, suddenly, the pendulum swung. moments later, root was following him, trapped leg before for 71.

that brought in the hero of headingley, ben stokes, to a predictably raucous reception. cheering and applause. but at the other end, there was rather less to cheer... commentator: bowled him! ..jason roy emphatically dismissed by josh hazlewood. that late clatter of wickets leaving australia in control and england still trailing by a hefty 297. while stokes is still there, england fans will believe anything is possible, but they know they face a huge battle to save this match, and their ashes hopes. andy swiss, bbc news, old trafford. joining us now is test match, special commentator, jonathan agnew. what are the chances do you think of england batting through the day, and giving themselves a chance of the draw?

well, you learn that anything can happen. but, you know, you think the odds are very much for australia. the forecast is good for them. there is no rain around and england have got a hell of a job. today they must try to delay the time they have got to bat in their second innings, so really try to drag it out today, delaying the point at which australia will bat again, i'm sure, evenif australia will bat again, i'm sure, even if england don't... australia will bat again, i'm sure, even if england don't. .. but you don't think australia will enforce the follow up? they can have a rest, they don't need to rush, unless england really do drag out the first innings and that is where it would get interesting. they have got a new ball available in six overs time, and they are not very nice things. a rock—hard, new and they are not very nice things. a rock—ha rd, new ball. and they are not very nice things. a rock—hard, new ball. not very nice. you have got ben stokes, the hero,

ba i rstow you have got ben stokes, the hero, bairstow and butler, and they have got to bat as long as they can. 0h, got to bat as long as they can. oh, my goodness. and the weather won't save them either, will they?” don't think so, but they have had enough help from that. we do joke about it, but actually, you don't wa nt about it, but actually, you don't want weather to spoil things. if you get beaten, you get beaten, and that is the end of it. i was at old trafford the other day, the pitch there is notoriously quick, isn't it? but it is not behaving how people expected it to.” it? but it is not behaving how people expected it to. i know, and england are a bit grumpy about that. i don't know why. i think england wa nted i don't know why. i think england wanted to have more grass on it. again, you play what you are given. and australia are playing on the same pitch. absolutely, they are. they were disappointing on the first day. it was a strong wind, and that is difficult. what happened? i don't know, it was a shame. the first day

was a massive disappointment. after all the excitement of headingley, we thought this would be massive and england could win the ashes, but it just didn't happen. steve smith, look at what he has done. isn't he infuriating? england are under orders not to talk to him, not to engage with him, to ignore him completely. it is going well, isn't it?! really interesting, when i was there the other day, steve smith was there the other day, steve smith was there the other day, steve smith was there the day before the start and he was chatting to everyone, all the journalists. he gave a lovely interview yesterday. he is very quirky, and he is having trouble sleeping. he revealed yesterday he has found an app on his phone of pouring rain, so that makes him go to sleep at night. i think whoever

was interviewing him said he does not need that in manchester! but he is quirky, different. when people talk about rory burns, it works for you, it works for steve smith. you have been doing yourjob a long time, but you are not around to see donald bradman back, but they are making comparisons between steve smith and donald bradman. is that fair? when he got his third double hundred against england don bradman had seven double hundred. ok... i love his understatement. brilliant. he knows these statistics, he doesn't look them up. i don't know how he does it. an amazing memory. but that again shows the difference. steve smith is an extraordinary player, i have never seen anything quite like it. it must be incredibly infuriating. they have to try not to let him get to them. i think what we

should all do isjust let him get to them. i think what we should all do is just listen to your commentary from the last hour at headingley. it was amazing, great. it was great fun. every time i think i don't know what is going to happen and i am pacing the room! it does end well, don't worry! we had a massive audience listening to that. as ben stokes said, that counts for nothing. that is true. he will be purely focusing on what he has to do today, not on any particular way he has to play. he knows what he has to do. is he fit? well, he damaged his shoulder during, but let's hope so. what time are you on air this morning? 10:30am. and jeremy bowen

is joining morning? 10:30am. and jeremy bowen isjoining me, i am looking forward to meeting him. don't forget, you can listen to the commentary from old trafford on five live sports extra. that is from 10am. next to the race to reach, euro 2020, next summer and gareth bale, snatched a crucial late victory for wales, in their qualifying match against azerbaijan in cardiff. wales went ahead thanks to a bizarre own goal from, pavlo pashayev, who somehow put bale's cross past his own keeper. but azerbaijan levelled in the second half and there were only seven minutes left when bale's towering headerjust about crossed the line for victory to move wales to third. i wasn't happy with the first half, we didn't play well. didn't stick to the game plan, too many mistakes, too many players off form. i was not

happy at half—time because i knew 1-0 happy at half—time because i knew 1—0 was not going to be good enough. we needed to score that second goal. so, delighted with the three points, delighted with the character we have shown because it is not easy at all. scotland's hopes of reaching euro 2020 are dangling by a thread after they lost 2—1 to russia at hampden. john mcginn got his side off to the perfect start with his first goal for his country. but russia were level by half time, and another well worked move ended with steven o'donnell deflecting the ball into his own goal to leave scotland fourth below kaza kstan. england manager gareth southgate says his side still have everything to prove as they take on their groups bottom side bulgaria at wembley this afternoon. england have won two out of two qualifiers so far. after bulgaria they play kosovo at st mary's on tuesday. victories in both games would make qualification for next year's tournament,

a near formality. rafael nadal has reached the final of the us open final, with a straight—set win over italian matteo berrettini. the spaniard survived two set points in the opener before his class shone through in a 7—6, 6—a, 6—1win at flushing meadows. nadal is going for a fourth title in tomorrow's final against russia's daniil medvedev in new york. when i arrived here, my goal was to produce a chance to compete for the big thing again, and here i am, so i give myself another chance, as i did in wimbledon, as i did in australia, as i did in roland garros. and that's. .. that's the personal satisfaction, that's the personal happiness. ferrari's charles leclerc is the man to beat once again at the italian grand prix — he was fastest in both practice sessions yesterday. following his maiden win in belgium last weekend, leclerc set the pace just ahead of championship leader lewis hamilton in his mercedes.

what the tifosi, the ferrari fanatics, wouldn't give for a first victory at monza since 2010. in rugby league's superleague leaders st helens thrashed huddersfield giants a8—6 with second placed wigan beating catalans dragons a6—12. and it was the battle at the bottom as hull kingston rovers took on london broncos and it was the visiting broncos who prevailed 20—16, jay pitts one of their three try scorers. elsewhere warrington beat wakefield, and salford won at leeds. now, as well as limbering up for strictly, with the launch show tonight, my fellow dancer will bayley has the table tennis european championships to prepare for. the british team head to sweden next week, with the paralympic champion from brighton hoping to add to his medal haul. i've been to the club on the sussex coast where it all started for will, thanks to his gran.

his feet may be dancing to the strictly beat these days, but will bayley is still having to keep his hands busy with bat and ball. i'm taking some tips on how to multitask. will has to keep going because the european cup in sweden starts on monday week, with his paralympic title to defend in a year's time in tokyo, he cannot afford to miss anything. i am loving it, as you know the dance training is full on and stuff, but i am still getting in my table tennis every day, it's so important — i'm looking to take sweden and to bring another medal back to great britain is my dream. and you have to bring it back into the strictly studio. 100%. will you be wearing it in your first dance? it would be perfect, wouldn't it? he started when he was seven.

i was born with a condition that affects all of my limbs and at seven i had blood cancer and i was in hospital in and out for two years and my grandma bought me a mini table tennis table and i started playing on that, and it's the only sport i could beat my brother at. one of the keys of your success has been the brighton table tennis club. it runs sessions for asylum seekers, homeless people, a community for everyone. brilliant shot from harry! fantastic! you just scored a point against the defending world champion! willis my hero. me and will know each other very well. and it isn'tjust table tennis harry has been learning from will. will is a great role model for the kids. everybody really likes to play with will. and everything that he has been through, in becoming number one in the world and becoming paralympic champion. and inspiring his new strictly friends too, including brighton's saffron barker. i have got my bat and i am ready!

gosh! my dancing skills have to be better than my table tennis skills! i never realised how hard it was. keep your eye on the ball. stay, move as quickly as you can towards the ball. good shot! enjoy it, have fun with it. and is movement of the feet critical? she has done it again! 2-1! she is a new talent in table tennis! saffron barker! having seen her take the point, there was no more mr nice guy as will showed us why he is number one. right in the ear! what a shot! we had probably better stop there. our strictly dance partners will be revealed tonight, so we had better get going! she is right, we cannot walk anywhere normally anymore so cue the theme tune, maybe.

we did get some very odd looks on brighton beach! a man started to play his piccolo as he set off, to give us some accompaniment. the launch show for strictly is tonight, full of surprises. that's at 7:10 p m. i looking forward to it? absolutely, iamso i looking forward to it? absolutely, i am so excited. the training starts properly on monday. everything will be exposed in terms of frailties next week. gosh, be careful, mike! one more sports bulletin. then we

won't see you until christmas. don't be daft, i'm sure i will be backin don't be daft, i'm sure i will be back ina don't be daft, i'm sure i will be back in a month! no, blackpool. i had that the bus. we are going to blackpool. it is 8:a8am. you are watching brea kfast. it is 8:a8am. you are watching breakfast. now, the weather forecast. good morning. yes, let's take a look at hurricane dorian before we get onto the weather forecast in the uk. it is still a very powerful hurricane. nearly a week after it initially made landfall in the bahamas, it has been sweeping up the east coast of the usa and has now moving into canada, likely to make la ndfall moving into canada, likely to make landfall in nova scotia. the re m na nts of landfall in nova scotia. the remnants of that storm will move across the north atlantic, weakening, and reaching parts of the uk by the end of that week, bringing

wet and windy weather for us, but nothing as dramatic as what has been happening on the other side of the atlantic. a largely dry, settled weekend. we have got some showers aboundin weekend. we have got some showers abound in the forecast today, but many of us will avoid them throughout the weekend. generally settled with isolated showers. the reason for the dry, settled weather is this area of high pressure building in from the west through the weekend. it will feel quite chilly with those winds. the breezes coming in off the north sea. eight few showers across parts of east anglia and the south—east, and one or two for northern ireland, wales and the south—west of england. elsewhere should stay mostly dry. temperatures 17—20 for most of us, but cooler for eastern scotland and the north—east of england. as the ashes continue today at old trafford, we are not likely to see any rain. sunny spells, 17 celsius.

into the evening, dry and clear across the uk, just ate few isolated showers, particularfor across the uk, just ate few isolated showers, particular for the far south—east of england and east anglia. a colder night ahead, even a touch of frost across the north—east. tomorrow, the great north run. it is going to be a chilly start to the day, but some time from the word go. a decent —looking day for the runners, not too hot, around 15 celsius. a light breeze. we should keep the centre and across eastern scotland, england and across eastern scotland, england and wales through tomorrow. there the north—west, cloud will build in. light rain later in the day, but further south and east, patchy cloud building n. temperatures down a degree or so, 15—18. monday morning, a weather front is moving in

particular across the western half. that weather front edging eastwards, and underneath the cloud with outbreaks of rain and beat breeze picking up, not a pleasant day on monday. feeling quite autumnal. only ia-i6 monday. feeling quite autumnal. only 1a—16 on monday. but at least some decent weather through the course of the weekend. things turning warmer as we head to the course of next week. watch out for a view showers and breezy conditions on wednesday. since the start of 2018, more than a dozen energy suppliers have gone bust. more than a dozen energy this week, 29,000 customers were caught up in the collapse of eversmart. paul lewis, presenter of bbc radio a's money box programme, has been looking at the problems the closures have been causing to customers. he joins us now from our london newsroom. what has happened? well, small suppliers have been getting fast at

quite a wait. more than a dozen since the start of 2018, and eversmart is the latest. what is supposed to happen is that the regulator appoints a new supplier so you don't lose your gas or electricity, you still get it, but someone else sends you the bill. but then there is the problem of sorting out what you owe to the administrators, and what you have to pay to your new supplier. that should take a few weeks. but we have discovered that a firm that collapsed last november called x—ray energy, 1a,000 customers have not had that final bill, and many are saying it is wrong. one woman had had a final bill of £aa00. instead of the kind of £60 a month bill that she normally gets. so some people really do have problems in sorting out the billing, although of course their supply does continue. who is

responsible for this, and how do customers complain? in this case, the firm went into administration. the company is trying to recover these amounts, and from what we have seen of letters in a fairly heavy—handed way, they have been sending these demands out, mentioning bailiffs and court action, they have now started to look into it. we think that extra energy is admin systems were so bad it has been so difficult to get everything right. but now they are sending out bills that many people are saying i'm not right. 1a,000 people still have not had a bill, say they are in limbo. they don't know what they will be asked for. how can customers protect themselves from this? well, you can't complain to the energy ombudsman because it

is from the administrators, and we have been told by the ombudsman they can't take complaints. i think if your supply has not gone bust, or those people you mention from eversmart energy whose supplier went bust yesterday, photographed the metre readings acting as you hear that the firm has gone out of business. in the case of eversmart, do it now will say you have a dated picture of what your metre reading was, and that can be used to make sure the bill is correct if you get a bill that you don't expect. that isa a bill that you don't expect. that is a good idea, thank you. you can hear more on money box at midday. they became unlikely, perhaps even reluctant friends when they first met, butjames barr and dan hudson found their differences were a winning formula, and created a popular podcast looking at lgbt issues. now, the presenters of the "a gay and a non gay" podcast are doing a specialfor bbc radio 1.

they've been to northern ireland, to find out about controversial so—called "gay conversion therapy". to tell us more, james and danjoin us now. good morning. oh, my goodness, did you ever think when you started to do your podcast you would end up doing an investigation like this? no, not at all. definitely not. what did you find out? we ended up in northern ireland because we have been having lots of messages from our listeners telling us that life for lbgt people wasn't great. and this therapy does happen in other parts, not just northern this therapy does happen in other parts, notjust northern ireland. that's right, but we had had lots of m essa 9 es that's right, but we had had lots of messages from people said life was not great and best conversion practice goes on over there, and it is particularly prevalent over there, whilst it probably does go on all over the uk, we found it was very much in your face. everybody

respective had an anecdote of somebody who had been offered it or was aware of it. it was eye—opening. is it something that you had come across before? not directly. i grew up across before? not directly. i grew up as across before? not directly. i grew upasa across before? not directly. i grew up as a christian, so i knew some of the theories and thoughts about scriptures, but i haven't directly witnessed conversion therapy until this moment. and then obviously, going to meet someone that does something similar to that was very difficult. what did you learn from it? well, spoiler alert, it doesn't work. that was the biggest thing i learned. but the biggest thing was learning more about who i am. learning about the reasons behind why they think being gay is wrong, and how they think they can change that, and the theories why someone might be gay, hearing all of that made me realise more clearly than

ever, the reason i am gay is because i was born gay. just a people nay for the purposes of your podcast, james, you are gay, daniel, you are straight. and that is the success, built on your friendship. daniel, what did you make of what you observed? the same as james, really. i was shocked at the fact that this was going on. you could google it, you could put yourself in, and it was that easy. i found it shocking. it was eye—opening. tell us, how did you to meet, and how did the podcast come about? so, we have a mutual friend, who is my girlfriend and james ‘s friend, and she went to new york for an extended holiday. she said that we should hang out and look after each other. we decided to doa look after each other. we decided to do a podcast. i didn't really want

to add first. why would i want to hang out with your boyfriend? i don't even know him! and that has turned into... that is really interesting. so does it turn out that you do have quite a lot in common? oh, no, we have nothing in common! but we do have similar views. and despite having nothing in common, you can still be friends with someone. that is the key thing, it doesn't matter where you are, where you are from, your sexuality, we are all the same. and we all love the same way, and that is what is so wrong about this "therapy" that exists. thank you both for coming from gay to non—gay? is a bbc radio 1 and 1xtra podcast now available on bbc sounds. you're watching breakfast. coming up: a big day ahead for cricket fans, with the fourth ashes test between england and australia continuing at old trafford. we'll be joined by former australia bowler ebony rainford—brent and the pundit glenn mcgrath

at around 9:a0 this morning. stay with us, headlines coming up.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. our headlines today... a call for schools in england to open at evenings and weekends. the children's commissioner says they'll be safe spaces to keep pupils away from gangs and violence. hundreds flee the chaos created by dorian in the storm ravaged bahamas as the death toll rises to a3. mps from across the political divide are ready to go to court to force the prime minister to seek a delay to brexit. late wickets leave england in trouble, in the fourth ashes test... they're still nearly 300 runs behind australia — so face a battle to save the match and the series. ahead of tonight's strictly launch, saffron barker and i check out fellow dancer, will bayley‘s moves, as the paralympic champion prepares