this is bbc news. the headlines at 10: borisjohnson could face another legal challenge, if he ignores new legislation aimed at stopping a no—deal brexit. a warning that four in ten uk businesses haven't done even a basic risk assessment of the consequences of a no—deal brexit. as people flee the devastation of hurricane dorian, there are fears the death toll will rise significantly from the 43 confirmed dead. keeping children safe from gangs and violence — a call to open schools in the evening and weekends. india's hopes of becoming the first country to land a spacecraft on the south pole of the moon appear to have ended in failure. and the travel show goes to switzerland for the world's biggest, and most infrequent, wine festival. that's in half an hour,

here on bbc news. good morning. a group of mps, including some rebel conservatives who were expelled from the party, are preparing legal action if borisjohnson refuses to agree to a parliamentary bill — which would require him to ask for a further delay to brexit. the prime minister has said he would rather ‘be dead in a ditch' than ask for the eu for another delay, beyond the october 31 deadline. with me is our political correspondent, matt cole. just to explain where we are, boris johnson looks like he is going to be compelled to ask for a delay but it isn't clear whether there is any loophole out of that? yes, some

people wonder whether he is spending the weekend trying to think his way out of a box in position, as many see him. the law being worked on by the house of commons and passed by the house of commons and passed by the house of lords may be locked into the statute book, by that point, borisjohnson, into the statute book, by that point, boris johnson, theoretically, if he does not have a brexit deal signed off by the eu by october the 19th will have to write to them and say he would like an extension, potentially to january the 31st. three months beyond the current deadline. he has said he will not do that. he said he would rather be deadin that. he said he would rather be dead ina that. he said he would rather be dead in a ditch. however, it means he has the choice potentially of breaking the law by not doing that. or breaking his promise that he would never do that. some are wondering how he will get out of this and they are concerned that he may initially break the law. some mps, we understand, are getting their lawyers ready to take him to their lawyers ready to take him to the courts to force him to do this. we think this has added concern

which has grown somewhat. yesterday, borisjohnson said that the bill would in theory, mean the government was obliged to write a letter asking brussels for what he called a pointless delay. some are therefore wondering what that means. for example, does it mean that downing street has found a loophole that the law has been drafted in such a way as, in practical terms, you do not have to do that was or does it mean that in theory, but in practice, he is not going to because he will resign and putjeremy corbyn in downing street? either way, resign and putjeremy corbyn in downing street? eitherway, if resign and putjeremy corbyn in downing street? either way, if he is going to break the law, it is causing concern. a seniorformer cabinet minister, dubbed as theresa may's deputy david lidington, has counselled against breaking the law. the government is bound by the words of any statute that has been duly enacted by the queen in parliament. it isa enacted by the queen in parliament. it is a fundamental principle that we are governed by the rule of law, that i hope that nobody or anybody

will question that. and defying any particular law sets a really dangerous precedent. as i said, when we last spoke a week or so ago, if you do something in government, you also need to know about process and constitution and think, would i be happy if the other lot were in power and they did this to me? and if you would not be happy with that, it is a very good warning. is it possible that this gets bogged down in the courts and there is a nodal exit in october? is that a strategy? everything could be on the table. they may have thought of that and a myriad of other thoughts as well. the concern of the mps behind this, we understand that the other parties may be aware of this, the main driving. the lawyers getting ready, we understand there are those

tory mps kicked out for voting against the government this week, they will be concerned about that hence why lawyers are getting ready now, more than a month before the deadline. but others are concerned that this is just something we do not want to see again. we have heard today from sian berry, one of the co—leaders of the green party, who thinks we need fundamental constitutional change. the fact our constitution cannot cope when someone as the fact our constitution cannot cope when someone as untrustworthy as the current prime minister is in power means we need a written constitution and we should have the citizens convention to put together a new constitution where every vote counts. where we have democratic institutions at the right level throughout the country, that needs to be done and i think this shows the need for that and gives us the opportunity, once we have decided to remain in the eu, of rethinking things on the domestic front as well. a written constitution will take a

lot of time, but the clock is ticking. in terms of borisjohnson‘s options, if he broke the law, what would happen? if he is taken to court and told by the courts that yes, you have to do this and he doesn't, he will be in contempt of court. that could mean serious sentencing if he was found guilty of that. however, before then, in the short—term, one would have to look at whether there would be some way of deposing him as prime minister. you could have a vote of no confidence but, of course, that ta kes confidence but, of course, that takes 14 days from the point of deposing a prime minister to finally finding another one or whether there could be a general election. maybe his way out of this is to resign? if he does, jeremy corbyn is put in place and he becomes prime minister for a couple of days, asks for a deferral from brussels and then if the government collapses there is a general election. borisjohnson

the government collapses there is a general election. boris johnson may prefer that, favour going to the british public. but you may be in a situation where you collapse the government and jeremy corbyn formed his own, and something else but at the moment, parliamentary numbers are so finely balanced, not in boris johnson's favour, hence the trouble. opposition parties are working well together at the moment but how long will that united front last? i think we have about one month of intrigue ahead but the way things are looking at the moment? i think an autumn general election is very much on the cards, but i do not think anyone will bet on the date or time of its calling! thanks very much indeed! the british chambers of commerce says two fifths of uk businesses haven't done even a basic risk assessment of the consequences of a no—deal brexit. the government has said there's been a "significa nt acceleration" in the help given to companies. but the bcc says its members are still struggling with a "huge number" of unanswered questions. our business correspondent,

katie prescott, has more. here in southampton, these warehouses are filled to the rafters. meachers logistics stores everything from food to car batteries and takes it on to where it needs to go. but not knowing when and how we'll leave the european union is causing problems for them and their customers. we are so reliant on what the changing environment will be between the eu and uk and what decisions are made, just to how hard the brexit is, but pretty much, we are there in capability, but not necessarily with the manpower we'll need because you can't employ people with no work to do. this is the feeling thing echoed up and down the country, unlike big businesses with contingency plans in place, smaller companies are working

out how to direct the limited time and resources. it's very hard for businesses, particularly those who are pressed delivering orders or dealing with contracts to try to hit a moving target, and that's exactly what they've seen over the past three years. those firms who have been able to do some preparations have done them. many others have been watching and waiting, hoping for a resolution to the question, so that they can then prepare with greater confidence. and right now, a lot of businesses still don't have the basic information that they need, either, in order to take those steps and make those preparations. the government says it has put in place a lot of support for small businesses to raise awareness about what they need to do. there's a website with comprehensive information for different sectors, a £10 million brexit readiness fund for trade associations, and a finance council to support investment in small businesses. but for companies like meachers, there's one thing that politicians aren't giving them that they want, and that's certainty. katie prescott, bbc

news, southampton. the number of people now known to have died in the bahamas as a result of hurricane dorian has risen to a3. but the death toll is expected to rise significantly. efforts are continuing to provide aid to survivors and find further victims of the storm on the islands. 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 children's commissioner for england has proposed opening schools during evenings, weekends and holidays to keep children safe and away from gangs. anne longfield has also suggested posting designated police officers and security to every school to help combat violence.

she said that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could have a transformative effect on society. 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 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.

chris mcgovern is chairman forthe group campaign for realfor education. thank you forjoining us. what do you make of the suggestion? what i would say is that the commissioner is suggesting that we deal with the symptoms, which are very important. but, we have to deal with the underlying causes of the lack of security and safety for children. what she is proposing, well i think it is the only way forward at the moment, is like building citadels of safety in the middle ages from the marauding tribes who threaten you on the outside. it is a sad reflection ofa the outside. it is a sad reflection of a broken society that we need to secure children in this way. it is children from poor backgrounds who are affected, middle—class parents have their children on holiday with them, they are able to look after them. it is children from poor backgrounds who are suffering and being groomed by gangs. it is firefighting and desperate and a sad reflection on the state of our

society. schools themselves are by no means necessarily so. we have teachers murdered and daily violence, airports security in schools. but would it not make sense to have the schools as a centre where pupils can go safely and focus on other activities like art and sport, as suggested? at least you can secure them. it is a place where education come again, can be the focus. looking at india and china, where education is a massive focus, that has been lost to a degree? yes, for many children, schools are the only refuge in their lives and a safe place for them to go. you have to remember that schools have problems teaching literacy and new mercy, which they are trained to do. only one third of ii—year—olds who have failed to get the floor standard in the saps tests. schools are under pressure and we need to do all we can. it is sad, in terms of

money, you mention some asian countries, and also we can look closer to home, like in estonia and in the eu, they spend less than we do. we are big spenders worldwide. we always say that spending more money is the answer but we have to look closely at how we teach children. the children who leave and go into crime and gangs and recruit other children, they themselves, is children who are marginalised and on the streets and causing problems, they are the ones who failed at school. what we need to do is ensure that the teaching is of such quality that the teaching is of such quality that these youngsters, when they come through school, they succeed. currently, there are too many youngsters... but even if schools can make some progress, it is when children go home that they have further problems and difficulties. that is the point, that you need to ta ke that is the point, that you need to take radical action to stop that

cycle ? take radical action to stop that cycle? yes, and therefore we need good parenting. how do you start that? when the children of very young so they succeed in school. too many children are failing, so they are marginalised. 20% of pupils leave school and our —— are unemployable. countries like vietnam, a poor developing country, they are way ahead in terms of educational standards and spend less. we have to stop seeing this in terms of money, there are ways of spending money more effectively but i endorse what the children's commissioner is saying. we need to safeguard our children. we have fortresses and we need to safeguard them but we need to do something about society. it is not enough to firefight. we always spend our time doing that. chris mcgovern, thank you for speaking to us. thank you. indian space scentists are examining data to try to discover the fate of their moon lander, after losing contact with it moments

before it was expected to land on an explored part of the lunar surface. the unmanned vikram probe was a mile above the moon's unexplored south pole when data suddenly stopped transmitting to mission control in bangalore. joining me now is andrew coates, a space scientist at university college london. professor, what went wrong here, do we know? we do not know yet. actually, as always, the focus is on the landing part of the mission rather than the orbiter. there is an orbiter associated with this as well which successfully went into orbit. it had several instruments on board, that will be looking at the lunar atmosphere and the surface, for signs of water and so on. with the lander, they hoped to get that onto the moon last night, unfortunately, they lost contact with it to kilometres above the surface. it will be a lander and a rover.

u nfortu nately, we will be a lander and a rover. unfortunately, we do not yet know what went wrong. it has been seen, the whole project, is a great success for india up until now. millions are following it on their screens at home, and the prime minister has been following it too. it has been done at a lower cost compared to other programmes? it has been done at a lower cost compared to other programmes7m it has been done at a lower cost compared to other programmes? it is a relatively low—cost for this kind of mission. the orbiter has been successful, the lander and the rover has been done at a relatively low—cost compared to other missions. that itself is a success and the orbiter has gone into orbit but we can draw parallels with previous missions. the mars express went into orbit successfully into thousand three and took the beagle two lander with it and unfortunately it did not work but we found out by looking at

the imagery that it nearly worked. that was a big success in the end. then, the european space agency that went into orbit a couple of years ago around mars, there was a lander associated with that which did not work. the lander on the moon, u nfortu nately work. the lander on the moon, unfortunately that has not worked and as well as the indian mission, israel tried to get to the moon a couple of months ago and that did not work either. so, what happens with this, you learn for the next mission and you try again to make sure that you do well next time. as we are going to do with the european space agencies 2020 roslyn franklin rover. we are needing a camera system for that. that lands on the surface of mars in 2021. basically, you just yourself off and you try again. but in the meantime, the

indian space agency will have a lot of wonderful data from the orbiter, and that has successfully gone into orbit. there will be people needed to look at the surface composition there and look at the thin atmosphere. it is a tenuous atmosphere. it is a tenuous atmosphere. a lot of positives surrounding it, but unfortunately, the landing element did not work. inc you very much. the headlines on bbc news... borisjohnson could face another legal challenge, if he ignores new legislation aimed at stopping a no—deal brexit. a warning that 4 in 10 uk businesses haven't done even a basic risk assessment of the consequences of a no—deal brexit. as people flee the devastation of hurricane dorian, there are fears the death toll will rise significantly from the 43 confirmed dead. sport and for a full

round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. what a day ahead for england cricketers. it's a hard day at the crease on the fourth day. that starts in less than one hour. as for england's brave fight to save the ashes yesterday, that was done with a late flurry of wickets, closing the day of the fourth test on 205, behind the australian first innings total. andy swiss reports. 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. gareth bale snatched a late crucial victory for wales in their qualifying match against azerbaijan in cardiff. wales went ahead thanks toa in cardiff. wales went ahead thanks to a bizarre own goal here. that somehow put gareth bale's past across his own keeper. but then they levelled in the second half. seven minutes left, and gareth bale's

towering header crossed the line so wales moved up to third in their group. scotland's hopes of reaching euro 2020 are dangling by a thread after they lost 2—1 to russia at hampden park. john mcginn got the side off to a perfect start with his first goalfor the side off to a perfect start with his first goal for the country. but another move ended with stephen o'donnell, reflecting the ball past his own keeper to leave scotland forth below kazakhstan. england manager gareth southgate say his side don't have anything to prove as they take on bulgaria, england have won two out of two qualifiers so far. after bulgaria they play kosovo at st marys on tuesday in hampshire. rafa nadal has reached the final of the us open with a straight sets win over the italian matteo palatino. he to survive two sets in the opener, and then his class shone through. rafa nadal is going for the fourth

title in new york. finally, the ashes is just about to get under way at old trafford. we wondered if england want help from this guy? watch carefully as the man on the roller—coaster spots that someone has lost their phone, and he catches it at speed while he is on the roller—coaster. fantastic! sign him i roller—coaster. fantastic! sign him he roller—coaster. fantastic! sign him up! the australians would not stand a chance. catching like that! studio: that is brilliant, england cricket should look out for him! thank you. there are growing concerns about the number of young people who've died after taking diet pills containing a highly toxic substance. dinitrophenol — known as dnp — is a fat burning slimming aid widely available online but in the uk it's

illegal to sell for human consumption. it's a poisonous substance mainly used as a pesticide that dnp is growing in popularity as a quick fix weight loss aid with dangerous health effects. in 2018, there were six deaths linked to dnp in the uk. the worst year on record. 21—year—old bethany ship c was a victim of dnp. years of emotional and physical abuse by her ex—boyfriend, who was convicted of raping her, lead to serious mental health and body image issues, resulting in a number of suicide attempts. in 2017, she took her own life. overdosing on diet pills containing dnp that she bought online. since his daughter's death, doug has been trying to trace the source of the dnp. i am promising better to get your metricaljustice, for him to say sorry. beth ordered

the pills from ukraine. police raided this flat and found a stash of chemical substances. a man was arrested and later released without charge. doug has come to the ukraine to find out more about his daughter's death and the man who he believes sold her the pills.|j haven't had time to grieve yet. i am here trying to getjustice for her and prevent this happening to other young people, which is what will give myself, my wife and my family closure. i hope they will look into her eyes and melt. dnp is not illegal to produce or sell in ukraine. in the uk, it is legalfor industrial purposes. we have come all this way to try and, you know, get some answers about what is going on here in the ukraine. doug wants police in both countries to look again at his daughter's case. we are sorry for your loss. thank you very

much. now comes the moment he has been waiting for. how are you feeling? very nervous, but i want to do it. i've come all this way, so let's go. he is here to meet the man who he believes is responsible for his daughter's death. who is this? yeah, you sold her the dnp that killed her. i watched yeah, you sold her the dnp that killed her. iwatched her die, in hospital. in four hours. i'm really sorry. if i could do anything ...he he said he never intended the substance to be used for suicide and is not responsible for bethany‘s death. although want to say is i'm metrical i really feel sad. it was a small business idea. i hope you remember these eyes for the rest of your life. that's what we needed to

hear. is that the end of the journey for you? certainly not. dnp is freely available on the internet. and he looked into the eyes of your daughter. that is what i wanted him to do. i think that will have burned into his soulfor the rest to do. i think that will have burned into his soul for the rest of his life. he will take that to his grave. the bbc is teaming up with other news organisations and technology firms to tackle fake news. the corporation's director general, tony hall, said disinformation could present a serious threat to democracy, and even to people's lives. there will be an early warning system during election campaigns, and better access to impartial sources for potential voters. 29,000 people have woken up this morning with a new gas and electricity provider after eversmart energy became the latest supplier company to go bust.

they'll be hoping for a smoother transition to their new provider than those of extra energy, a company which went into administration 10 months ago, and is still sending out bills. dan whitworth has been covering this story for radio 4's money box — hejoins me now in the studio. people are getting bills after so long that the companies have based? itches isn't just long that the companies have based? itches isn'tjust the time here, nine or ten months after the company goes back into administration, it is the size of the bills that is the issue. money box heard from one listener who was presented with a bill for £41131. this is for a two bed terraced house. a lot of energy she says she has not used. she says she says she has not used. she says she does not oh the money. the time it has taken to get the bill, and the size of the bill has been an issue here. what are peoples options? who do they complain to? normally, if you are an energy company and you are not happy with how your complaint has been dealt with you have regulatory framework.

there is the energy watchdog,