you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's ham and these are the main stories this morning. extraordinary scenes in the house of commons as parliament is suspended amid uproar from opposition mps. mps hold up protest signs, and chant "shame on you" at the government benches. this is not, however, a normal prorogation. it is not typical, it is not standard. it is one of the longest for decades and it represents, notjust in the minds of many colleagues but huge numbers of people outside, an act of executive fiat. earlier, borisjohnson suffered his sixth commons defeat in a week, as mps rejected,

for a second time, his attempt to hold an early general election. theresa may is accused of rewarding "number 10 cronies" as herformer closest advisers are recognised in the ex—prime minister's resignation honours list. also this morning, prescription drug dependency. a review by public health england finds that one in four adults has been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. an urgent call for a £1.5 trillion investment to help stem climate change. and "on yer bike" — how cycle thieves are being confronted by victims to reclaim their stolen property. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. parliament has been suspended amid chaotic scenes in the commons in the early hours of this morning. there were protests

against the suspension, or prorogation, of parliament, as opposition mps shouted "shame on you", waved placards carrying the word "silenced", and, at one point, even attempted to stop the speaker, john bercow, from leaving his chair. on an extraordinary night, boris johnson lost a sixth vote in as many days, as he failed in his bid to call an early general election. parliament has now been suspended until 1a october, leaving little more than a fortnight before the brexit date. amid anger in the commons, the speaker, john bercow, told mps what was happening was "not a standard or normal prorogation." he added, "it's one of the longest for decades and it represents an act of executive fiat." here's what happened when black rod, a senior officer in the lords, called mps to the house of lords for the ceremony to close parliament. mr speaker, the lords, who are authorised by her majesty's

commission to declare her royal assent to acts passed by both houses, and to also declare the prorogation of parliament, desire the presence of this honourable house. no. shouts of no. shouting applause shame on you!

our political correspondent jessica parker takes a look back at a night of high drama in the house of commons. the leader of the opposition cannot lead... this parliamentary session, which has seen its fair share of feuding, ended in acrimony in the early hours of this morning. a number of mps temporarily tried to stop the speaker from leaving the commons, some of them holding up signs saying "silenced". and john bercow made it clear how he felt about the five—week suspension of parliament. i'm perfectly happy, as i've advised others, to play my part. but i do want to make the point that this is not a standard or normal prorogation. it is... i don't require any assistance from you, mr stevenson. you wouldn't have the foggiest idea

where to start in seeking to counsel me on this. i require no response from you. i require no response from you, young man. then, as conservative mps left the chamber to take part in the ongoing proceedings, cries of "shame" rang out from opposition benches. applause it all followed a final and fiery debate on the government's call for a snap election in mid—october. the house, again, did not support the move and borisjohnson, again, made clear his view about the prospect of a delay to brexit. no matter how many devices this parliaments invents to tie my hands, i will strive, mr speaker, to get an agreement in the national interest. i hope the prime minister will reflect on the issue

of prorogation and shutting down parliament to avoid a government being held to account, because that is exactly what he has done today and proposes to do to this country. now conference season looms, with mps due back in westminster on the 14th of october. a queen's speech then may spell the start of a new session, but the old and very deep divisions will likely still be there. jessica parker, bbc news. so, what happens next? parliament has now been formally suspended for five weeks. mps return to westminster on the 14th october. on the 17th october, there's a crucial eu summit in brussels, where the government says it hopes to agree a brexit deal. but if there's no agreement by the 19th of october, the new legal deadline, imposed on boris johnson because of the law pushed through by mps, comes into force.

it will require the prime minister to request a three—month extension to the brexit deadline. how that all plays out remains to be seen. so, as things stand today, that brexit deadline remains at the end of next month. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminsterfor us. so many questions. how are things going to pan out and is it likely we will leave on the 31st of october? genuinely i don't think anybody knows what will happen next but i do think we have reached, if you like, a moment, which was symbolised by the uproar we saw in parliament last night which wasn't just the uproar we saw in parliament last night which wasn'tjust pantomime politics. i think there was genuine fury, amazement, incredulity, that, at this moment of national crisis, certainly a moment of huge decision for the country, parliament, certainly a moment of huge decision forthe country, parliament, our forum for political debate, is basically being closed down for five weeks. we have never really seen

anything like that before which is why we saw those extraordinary scenes of the speaker, mps literally trying to hold him in his seat. we saw his clerks holding back mps from grabbing hold of his arms and legs, wheats or mps with those posters saying silenced —— we saw mps falter and then there was this sort of singalong in the chamber with the scottish mps, some of the labour we re scottish mps, some of the labour were doing the red flag. i think it underlines just the point we have reached in this brexit process, that parliament is now in effect being silenced, forced into compulsory hibernation. why is that? mr johnson's critics would say simply that he is seeking to avoid scrutiny and the way parliament has got a grip on him and the brexit process,

inflicting successive defeats, and also, frankly, i think team johnson are not so bothered because they think seemed like last night, the successive defeats, six in a week got pleas to his narrative that he, borisjohnson, is got pleas to his narrative that he, boris johnson, is standing got pleas to his narrative that he, borisjohnson, is standing up for the people against perfidious parliament. in that sense it reinforces the way they have almost tried to pitch this against the people against parliament. it was resting watching his adviser, dominic cummings, emerging from home this morning, it seemed entirely first and unbothered by the pandemonium last night. —— fast. hello. hi. what's your next move? you guys should get out of london. don't talk to people who are not rich remainers. what you think's going to happen? what's your next move? will britain leave the eu on time? sure.

dominic cummings, not looking like a troubled man or a man on the defensive. interestingly, his last comment, ask if we would leave on october the 31st, sure, he said. to do so, you have to say that mr johnson's options seem to be disappearing. his chance of triggering an election before that deadline appears to have been tied botched by parliament, as has his option of leaving legally with no deal. which only leaves really one would think the possibility of getting an agreement and, in that context, it has been a noticeable over the last couple of days, the much more enthusiastic manner in which borisjohnson much more enthusiastic manner in which boris johnson has much more enthusiastic manner in which borisjohnson has been speaking about getting an agreement, warning that no deal would be a failure in statecraft. getting an agreement is a huge undertaking not just because there is so little

time. it is hard to see how you can strike some sort of alternative to the backstop but could borisjohnson get any deal through parliament and passed his own brexiteers? thank you, norman. jeremy corbyn has accused borisjohnson and his cabinet of ‘hijacking' the referendum result and using a no—deal brexit as cover to sell off public services and "shift even more power and wealth to those at the top." in a speech to the tuc conference in brighton, the labour leader said that his party is ready to launch the "biggest people—powered campaign ever seen" in the forthcoming general election. our political correspondent iain watson is in brighton at the tuc conference where the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has just been speaking. tell us about what he has been saying. i think there are three things which are significant. firstly, the one rallying cry that keeps his own party at united, a big denunciation of a no—deal brexit, the potential risks outlined

including higherfood the potential risks outlined including higher food prices, the potential risks outlined including higherfood prices, a diminishing employment rights, something which goes down well here with the tuc. the second, if you are in any doubt we are in a pre—election period, it was dispelled by the announcement of new policies including a new ministry to protect employment rights. one area which perhaps might go slightly unnoticed but i will flag it up for you very clearly, is what he said labour would do in a general election campaign itself on brexit. there has been an argument inside the labour party about whether it should campaign unequivocally to remain in orbit to see off a challenge by the liberal democrats —— in orderto challenge by the liberal democrats —— in order to see off. jeremy corbyn made it very clear today, as we will hear, that in any referendum offered by a labour government, it would be what he called it a credible leave option, in other words he is not going to campaign

unequivocally under all circumstances to remain which is something of a snub to members of his own shadow cabinet. this is what he said. a general election is coming. but we will not allow johnson to dictate the terms and i can tell you this. we are ready for that election. we are ready to unleash the biggest people powered campaign we have ever seen in this country and in this movement. applause and in that election we will commit toa and in that election we will commit to a public vote with a credible option to leave and the option to remain. labour is on the side of the people in the real battle against the born to rule establishment that johnson represents. jeremy corbyn making it clear that labour would offer a credible leave option, as he called it, in any referendum if there was a labour government after

what will be a forthcoming election but that is not the end of the matter because there are plenty of people in the grass of the labour party as well as some senior figures who believe that they should be far less ambiguous in any campaign and they should save, irrespective of what else is offered, whether it is a labouror what else is offered, whether it is a labour or tory deal, what else is offered, whether it is a labour ortory deal, labour what else is offered, whether it is a labour or tory deal, labour should campaign unequivocally to remain inside the eu and they will be taking that argument back here in brighton in a couple of weeks to the labour conference and they will try to tighten that policy in a way whichjeremy corbyn would not want. thank you very much indeed. theresa may's former closest advisors are among those who have been honoured in the ex—prime minister's resignation honours list. the list contains mainly political figures. let's take a closer look now. nick timothy, who was mrs may's former chief of staff, has been awarded a cbe. he's joined by mrs may's other former chief of staff, fiona hill, who is also made a cbe.

both left their jobs after the 2017 general election when the conservatives lost their majority. there's a damehood for the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, who started her police career at the age of 23. and mrs may showed her love for cricket with the former england captain andrew strauss being awarded a knighthood. sir kim darroch, who was forced to resign as ambassador to the us after comments he made about president trump were leaked, has been made a crossbench peer. gavin barwell, who was the prime minister's most recent chief of staff, is one of eight new conservative peers. the former prime minister's chief eu negotiator, olly robbins, receives a knighthood. and the former cricketer geoffrey boycott, who mrs may told journalists was one of her sporting heroes, is also given a knighthood. domestic abuse charities have criticised the move to honour geoffrey boycott, who was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend in france in 1998. speaking on radio 4's the today programme, mr boycott said he didn't care

about the criticism. i didn't do it. i move on. it's a cross i have to bear, right or wrong, good or bad. i have to live with it and i do because i'm clear in my mind, and i think most people in england are, that it's not true. although the chief executive of women's aid has said, celebrating a man... i don't care a toss about her, love. it's 25 years ago so, you can take your political nature and do whatever you want with it. you want to talk to me about my knighthood ? very nice of you to have me, but i couldn't give a toss. what does the future hold? do you wa nt what does the future hold? do you want people to address you as sir geoffrey? they will address me exactly as they want, like the bowlers did. they swore at me but most people are nice to meet when they walk up the high street, they say morning, jeffrey, and i say morning, love, nice to see you and thatis morning, love, nice to see you and that is how it will always be part of this is just recognition of my cricket, very nice, very honoured, thankful to theresa may and i think

all the people that supported me and cared for me throughout my cricketing career. the incoming president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen is announcing her picks for some of the top jobs in brussels. ms von der leyen, who was elected by the members of the european parliament injuly, will be the first female commission president. for the first time, the college of commissioners won't contain any representatives from the uk. joining me now is our europe correspondent damian grammaticas in brussels. two obvious questions, will the lack of uk commissioners cause problems and what are the notable appointments? on the first question, the lack of a uk commission is a uk choice, the uk said it did not want to put one forward. it is not a problem but could be something that isa problem but could be something that is a bit of an irritant and if the uk stays in the eu beyond the end of october, technically the uk could be

in breach of eu obligations but there would be a very complicated and lengthy process to do anything about that and it would not really i think ultimately end up being a serious, practical problem. on the names, we know she started announcing the distribution of portfolios. a couple of things. the high level deputies she has two of the other figures who were in the running for herjob who are now installed as a deputies, margarita best aga, who was in charge of competition, now has a senior role in charge of digital and overseas competition matters. that is important. she had a big role in ringing companies like apple and google to book for taxes and the like. she will oversee all of that and will still have a significant interest on an important area of policy. an frans timmermans, the

dutch commissioner is returning. he will oversee a green deal and on that you can read into the fact that the commission is trying to respond to what they see as growing public pressure for more environ mentally friendly appointments policies. then, what we will see are the other commission portfolios distributed which we have been waiting for here. if the french will get a top job, will the italians get a job overseeing budget and could that be tricky given the estate —— estate of the italian budget? the belgians appear to have a job in charge of justice which could give them a roll into the overseeing rule of law. there is a balancing act but all this will have to go to the european parliament to be confirmed at the end of the month. thank you. the headlines on bbc news.

parliament has officially been suspended for five weeks, with mps not due back until 14 october. theresa may is accused of rewarding "number 10 cronies" as herformer closest advisers are recognised in the ex—prime minister's resignation honours list. a review by public health england has found that one in four adults has been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. and in sport it was a bad night for two of the huome nations in euro qualifying. scotland lost to belgium and northern ireland have been knocked off the top of their qualifying group, they went down 2—0 at home to germany. andrew strauss has been knighted for his services to cricket. he was a former england captain and was also credited for his director of cricket role in the build up to this summer's world cup triumph. there were three gold medals for great britain on the first day of the world para—swimming championships in london. reece dunn beat his own world record in the 200m freestyle. i'll be back with more

on those stories. petrol bombs have been thrown at police officers in northern ireland after a suspicious object was found in the creggan area of londonderry. around 80 officers were taking part in a security search targeting the dissident republican group, the new ira. two young people sustained burn injuries. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. how much concern is there about this outbreak of violence? how much concern is there about this outbreak of violence ?|j how much concern is there about this outbreak of violence? i think the concern is focused on what the police found in that security operation in the creggan area of derry. it is known to be an area where dissident republicans who opposed the peace process had a foothold. police mounted the search operation there after they found a mortar bomb in strabane a few miles away and over the course of the search operation in the creggan

area, where police came under attack from petrol bombs, they found what they are described as an improvised explosive device, a bomb in other words. they think this bomb, which was ina words. they think this bomb, which was in a parked car, was planned to be used to attack police patrols in the area, according to senior officers and electrical pulse would have been sent down a command white when a police patrol passed by and the bomb would have detonated. no doubt it is another attempt by dissident republicans, primarily the new ira, which is thought to be the largest and most organised of the dissident republican groups, to attack police officers. there have been seven attacks on police by dissident republicans in northern ireland this year, or attempted attacks. there is a sense that the tempo, if you like some of this activity is increasing. police have a lwa ys activity is increasing. police have always said that the threat from dissident republicans has been high for the last few years and it

remains high. the number of these attacks that they have been investigating over the last few months is something that will be worrying the likes of the chief co nsta ble of worrying the likes of the chief constable of northern ireland, simon byrne, and also senior politicians who are very conscious of the political tensions, the fact that there has been no devolved government in northern ireland for almost two and a half years. there's almost two and a half years. there's a sense among some senior police officers that dissident republicans might be trying to use brexit to step up recruitment, for example, i will try to exploit anything they possibly can to try to enhance their campaign. police do remain on high alert. the operation in derry last night was in the same area where the journalist lyra mckee was murdered by dissident republicans in april and that area is one that police are focusing on but there are several other small pockets in northern ireland where dissident republicans remain very active and you can expect police to step up their investigations and operations in those areas in the coming weeks.

thank you, chris. back now to brexit, and let's return to norman smith at westminster. thank you. a new group has been formed here at westminster called mps fora formed here at westminster called mps for a deal which is pressing to get some sort of agreement finally through the house of commons, with suggestions may be an agreement not 1 suggestions may be an agreement not i million miles from mrs may's deal and perhaps mps would actually support it. two mps central to that up support it. two mps central to that up victoria prentis and caroline flint and the problem is that we have been here three times before and on each time, with huge majorities, mps have rejected mrs may's deal so why would it be any different if it happened again?|j think different if it happened again?” think a different if it happened again?” thinka numberof different if it happened again?” think a number of reasons. firstly, the european elections and the local elections were a wake—up call. also, within parliament, there has been considerable support for a deal and in fact in many cases the deals on the table, even though it did not

get a majority, there were elements of those deals that people supported. since the summer, and i think particularly as it is becoming clear that the public are getting more and more annoyed and angry with parliament and politicians about not sorting this out, some of us felt the time is now to come together and talk about what we are for rather than against, and have our voices heard. to be honest, ithink than against, and have our voices heard. to be honest, i think we would agree they have been drowned out by extreme views on both the leave and remain side. isn't the difficulty that boris johnson has heaped scorn on mrs may's deal so the prospect of him bringing back anything remotely like that would surely be political suicide for him? i've met him last week with a small group of colleagues and he persuaded me that he really does want a deal. that he really does not want no deal, and i believed him, as did the colleagues who work with me. i viewed this group is a group of people who have understood that we must respect the result of the

referendum, we want to avoid the damages of a no—deal brexit, and who understand and listen to their constituents and they know that people really want to get on with things and have certainty. i think there is a lot of consensus. we are all real people and we live in our constituencies and we love our constituents. we understand that their jobs constituents. we understand that theirjobs and livelihoods and the human element brexit, which we hardly ever talk about, really matter to people. we are determined to do something about it. what do you say to the likes of amber rudd at the weekend who said that 90% of the effort is going into no deal, to people like leo varadkar who say that nothing has been put on the table. there is no evidence that borisjohnson is really trying to get a deal. this is a matter of trust, of course it is. i trust that the prime minister is trying to get a deal. i do that because i'm a conservative mp but other people might do that because they see it as a way out for him. this is also a bit of a leap of faith for me to be

involved in a cross—party group because of course labour mps have not voted for a deal before now. 92% of my party did vote for a deal. i feel we are coming at this with some certainty that a large number of us will do again. but i trust the labour mps will do again. but i trust the labourmps i'm working will do again. but i trust the labour mps i'm working with to bring across the people in their party do i know feel the same as me. trust works both ways, norman. the prime minister has everything to prove that we can trust him when he says he wants to secure a deal and let's be honest, there is a lot of noises off in this debate from the prime minister as well as others. but trust works both ways and when members of parliament are seeking further extensions, shouting against no deal, i don't support no deal, they have to be honest about what they have to be honest about what they are about and if what they are about is stopping brexit, they have tried people's patient and the public's trust what about the option if you want to unlock support on the

labour benches, or those who support eight so—called people's vote. labour benches, or those who support eight so-called people's vote. you can have eight so—called confirmatory referendum on any deal brought back, another was that parliament would pass a deal and ask people what they think. what i think that there is not a majority in parliament for a second referendum. however, there is an opportunity, if a deal comes back and we can get a majority for that deal at second reading, in committee stage people can put forward motions. people have got very clever at putting ambitions and if some colleagues who support a second referendum on to put a motion down, they can put it to the house but what is important now at this stage, particularly before the slst of october, we create a majority for a deal. i think there was a willingness to do that in the way there was not before. doesn't it require borisjohnson to face down his brexiteers, if he is to sell a deal which looks anything like mrs may's? it might be we cannot wring every last mp with us. obviously i would like it if we did, i'm a big

fan of party unity —— bring every mp. a lot of my clicks had difficulties with the backstop. he we nt difficulties with the backstop. he went yesterday to discuss these matters, both sides of the irish border, if he is able to do something on the backstop, i am confident that even more than 92% of conservative mps will be able to back what he comes back with. ok, victoria prentis, caroline flint, thank you very much. interesting because mrjohnson appears to be a man running out of options, he seems to have lost the ability to trigger an election, or even to leave without a deal. it's an agreement the last option standing? we shall find out. thank you very much, norman. a report. a report into power failures that affected large areas of the uk last month has concluded that security standards should be reviewed in order to improve the system's resillience. overi million homes across england and wales were left without power after a lightening strike on a transmission circuit which also affected transport systems.

our business correspondent tadhg enright is with me now to discuss this further. this is looking into what lesson can be learned and are preventing blackouts like this happening again. we know why they happen, it was lightning strikes looking out two power stations, but well at the way in which the system picks itself back up again should be reviewed. what we learnt from the national grid, they said commune occasions, processes and protocols, particularly in the first hour, should be reviewed for that clearly they think that things could be run more smoothly. but also, they want to review the so—called low frequency demand disconnection scheme foot in plain english, that is the scheme by which excess capacity is brought online in the event of a blackout and you start to prioritise different customers in terms of making sure who gets priority access to power. places like schools and hospitals and essential infrastructure. they want to review that, and they also say

that the settings on electric trains should be reviewed to ensure they can actually continue to operate during normal disturbances in the system like this. what will happen with the report? will the recommendations come into effect? we haven't got to the end of itjust yet. according to national grid, this represents an event beyond the standard switch, the existing full—back systems are designed to satisfy. it was a bigger event than the current emergency systems were able to cope with. they are going to review whether these systems should be beefed up so that more excess capacity or full—back capacity is put into the system to cope with events like this in the future. there will also be a government enquiry so we haven't heard the end of it yet. thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon. we have started out this morning quite autumnal with the mist and fog around and most of that has cleared away and for most of us it is a dry

and bright day compared to gas today, a little bit warmer as well. lovely sa nd today, a little bit warmer as well. lovely sand and coral from our weather watcher there. —— compared to yesterday, a little bit warmer as well. lovely sunshine in cornwall from our weather watcher there. —— computer yesterday. lovely sunshine in cornwall. in northern ireland we have some really moving in and that rain could be particularly heavy during the later stages of the afternoon. they went picking up, but for most of us as i mentioned, it is a warmer day computer yesterday and temperatures between 17 to 19 celsius. that ring continues to spread in and move to the south—east and some clear skies and further north. temperatures about 11 or 13 degrees celsius at night. that area of re m ote degrees celsius at night. that area of remote continue to move into the south—east and linger in the south—east and linger in the south—east of england. one to share isa south—east of england. one to share is a must in scotland had quite a blustery day and a temperature 17 to 21. hello this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling.

the headlines: parliament has officially been suspended for five weeks, with mps not due back until 14th october. shouting. shame on you! there were extraordinary scenes in the commons last night as mps held up protest signs, and chanted "shame on you" at the government benches. geoffrey boycott says he does not ca re geoffrey boycott says he does not care about criticism over the choice to give him a knighthood. honours list, after domestic abuse campaigners described the choice as "very disappointing". a review by public health england has found that one in four adults has been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. sport now. for a full round up, from the bbc

sport centre, here's xx. for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ollie. good morning. it was a bad night for two of the home nations in euro qualifying. scotland manager steve clarke says his side's only chance of reaching next summer's tournament is through the play—offs — a 4—0 thrashing by belgium has all but ended their hopes of automatic qualification. romelu lukaku scored first for the numbe—one—ranked team for the number—one—ranked team in the world. it was 3—0 by half—time and captain kevin de bruyne, who was by far the best player on the pitch, rounded off a good night for the belgians. they top the group with 6 out of 6. northern ireland have been beaten for the first time in their qualifying group. they managed to keep germany at bay in the first half at windsor park but they lost 2—0. that result means germany overtake them at the top of group c, northern ireland still have to go to germany and also face the netherlands home and away. hugely disappointed, obviously, to lose the game. i think it was a wasted opportunity in a way.

i said that to the players — we can be proud of how we played and proud of the intensity we played with and the energy we played with, but, you know, when you get chances of the nature we had against germany, you must take them and we didn't take them. wales played a friendly match in cardiff last night, they beat belarus. danieljames's superb start to the season's continued, as he scored the only goal of the nightjames has already scored three times for manchester united since joining them from swansea in the summer. it was a difficult one you know, whether to arrest him but he wanted to play. and when you are informed like this, playersjust to play. and when you are informed like this, players just want to keep scoring —— like this, players just want to keep scoring — — whether like this, players just want to keep scoring —— whether to rest him. every time he gets the ball, fans are looking for him to do something. england will be trying to maintain their 100% record in qualifying. they are facing kosovo

tonight in southampton. kosovo are unbeaten in 15 games and haven't lost in two years. they'rejust a point behind england in group a but gareth southgate still plans to make changes to his side for the game at st mary's. we might freshen the team a bit. i think that would be important. we do not need to, everybody is fit and available, so we just have to make sure we get the balance right because we need the location. —— the cohesion. and we need to have the right defending and attacking profiles to make sure that we're giving ourselves the best chance to win the game. two former england cricket captains have received knighthoods in today's honours list, as you've been hearing on bbc news. geoffrey boycott becomes sir geoffrey.

and there's also a knighthood for andrew strauss, who he led the side to two ashes victories and also took the england to the top of the test rankings. he was also instrumental in this summers world cup triumph in his former role as director of cricket with the national side. he resigned from that role to spend time with his wife ruth who died from lung cancer last year. he has set of a charitable foundation in her name. alice tai and tully kearney are both on course to win a second gold medal in two days at the world para swimming championships. tai is through to the final of the 100 metre backstroke in her class after easing to victory in her heat. fellow british swimmer megan richter has also qualified. and keaney won her heat to qualify for tonight's final in the women's 200 metres. suzanna hext is also in the final afterfinishing 3rd in the heat. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. we will be back after 12pm. that's bbc.co.uk/sport there are growing concerns that people are becoming dependent on prescription drugs,

according to public health england. it found that in the past year, one in four adults in england have been prescribed drugs which could be addictive. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. medicines that can relieve pain or help with sleep play a vital role in the lives of millions of people, but concern is growing about how many of these potentially addictive drugs are being prescribed, and for how long. public health england looked at five commonly prescribed types of medicine, including powerful painkillers, sleeping pills and antidepressants. a quarter of all adults in england have been prescribed at least one of these drugs in the year to march 2018. half of all patients taking these drugs have done so continuously for the previous 12 months. and, depending on the medicine, between a fifth and a third had received a prescription for at least the previous three years. these drugs are commonly used for some very common ailments. what i'm more concerned about is that a half of the people who are taking these drugs have been prescribed those in the last year,

have had a prescription for more than a year. and, for the vast majority of these medicines, using them for that length of time is very unlikely to be supported by clinical guidance. antidepressants may take a while to become fully effective, but opioid painkillers stop working for most people after three months, and drugs prescribed for insomnia and anxiety are not recommended to be used for more than 28 days. the review warns that long—term use is likely to result in dependency or withdrawal problems. but patients should also be wary of suddenly stopping their medication. instead, they should seek the help of their gp. dominic hughes, bbc news. investment in five areas — including agriculture, water supplies and infrastructure — could help the planet become more resilient in the face of climate change, according to a study by leaders in politics,

they found that investing £1.5 trillion pounds over the next decade on things like early—warning systems for flooding and high tides — could produce benefits worth more than £5.5 trillion. our science and environment correspondent victoria gill is here.... the thing that is new about this approach to looking at the impacts of climate change as it is looking at finance and planning on doing this whole economic plan for the next ten years, facing the reality ofa next ten years, facing the reality of a changing climate. the whole starting point and foundation of this report is that climate change isa this report is that climate change is a reality and we now have to look at adapting in order to safeguard our economy and safeguard lives and livelihoods around the world. this isa livelihoods around the world. this is a commission of 3a commissioners who have come together to produce this report. it is lead by ban ki—moon and bill gates and big names

in business and philanthropy. their central message is that the richest countries need to invest, not only to protect the person and most vulnerable, but also to keep our economic systems and cities, most of which are coastal, alive and moving so that we can continue to grow and continue to keep people safe for the future. what they have done is come up future. what they have done is come up with this five—point plan, essentially they have looked at five strategies. the areas that we can invest in and they say that 1.8 trillion us dollars, £1.5 trillion invested in that will give us a fourth time —— four to ten times return in our basement. did he say where the money should come from?m is nothing short of a financial revelation that they are calling for thatis revelation that they are calling for that is where this report as a financial and spaces. the richest countries will need to look at and com pletely countries will need to look at and completely restructure how they finance and planning to put a spoke funding systems together because climate change and adapting to

climate change and adapting to climate change and adapting to climate change is so fundamentally important to continuing to grow. it is not just about, important to continuing to grow. it is notjust about, you know, protecting the most vulnerable people and coastal communities, and people and coastal communities, and people who are subsistence farmers who are already suffering from drought and preventing those very important mass hunger and huge issues like that, but also keeping the edges of the world where we are growing and we depend on that growth to continue —— areas of the world. to keep that economic them going. something as fundamental and straightforward as engineering based as the thames barrier, for example, means that a place like canary wharf, that could not be further away from subsistence farmers any perilous parts of the world, but the kids that it is that people want to keep investing in —— poorest parts of the world. it keeps london prospers in the face of rising sea levels and climate change. what about getting countries to pay for

that sort of introduction in other countries? —— getting richest countries? —— getting richest countries to pay for that sort of infrastructure that sort of introductory national infrastructure. if you invest, you will get a turn, that is the idea. they are setting at the spike strategy plan and have identified five areas —— this five strategy plan. club infrastructure, investing in agriculture, protecting mangroves because they're so effective at protecting and protecting water supplies and whole premises that will reduce a return for everyone. if we invest now, and they really do not pull punches on just how urgent that is. we have to invest that money between 2020 and 20 30. in order that we will be prepared enough to put those protections in place and actually get their return to start getting return on investment and innovation and keeping prices economically prosperous and growing. thank you very much. cycle theft victims are taking the law into their own hands as many

criticise the police for a lack of action when a bike is stolen. it's as a bbc investigation has found that bike thefts at railway stations across britain have risen by almost 40% in four years, with bike theft overall on the rise. the police hope a new strategy which aims to prevent stolen bikes from being sold online will help tackle the issue — as jo taylor investigates. unsatisfied by the police's response, matt's dad mark went online to track down the bike himself. ijust scrolled on every day for about 20 minutes, just having a look at all the bikes up for sale and then, after two weeks, i found it on there. so i contacted the bloke and said, you know, "i'm interested in the bike, have you still got it?" he said, "yes," so we got in the car and went over. so then i said to the guy, "look, you know, you've got two choices — this is his bike, i'm either going to take the bike now or i will call the police and the police can possess the bike." i said, "it's up to you." well, i mean, you never know.

we could have got there and...obviously if we're dealing with things like that, you never know what is going to happen, do you? last year, around 95,000 bikes were reported stolen to the police, which is a 10% rise on 2015 — and a particular problem at railway stations. it's the emergency department so it is going to be pretty much full on. a&e doctor mike brooks says he's had five bikes stolen in cambridge in the past few years, costing him around £2500. he used to cycle to the train station, but now he gets a taxi. have the police done anything? they took the crime reference and then they closed the case the day after, saying that the only lead was cctv footage and because there were too many hours of cctv footage to go through, they could not allocate an officer. earlier this year, the police disbanded many cycle crime teams across the uk. however, a new cycle crime strategy

has been launched which involves working with auction websites and social media companies to crack down on the selling of stolen bikes online. so, we do look at these websites quite routinely — can we do more around analytics and algorithms to identify those who sell volume bikes? but the problem is the public perception that the crime won't be investigated, so they are going and finding them themselves. how are you going to tackle that? that is back to us encouraging people to do something by reporting it to us and us delivering a service to them. it's very risky for people to go and have these interactions with potential criminals if they don't know what they're doing. but for markjohnson, he says he'd do the same thing again. jo taylor, bbc news, cambridgeshire. and you can see more on this story on inside out east, streaming now on the bbc iplayer.

in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. parliament has officially been suspended for five weeks, with mps not due back until 1a october. geoffrey boycott says he doesn't care about criticism over theresa may's decision to give him a knighthood in her resignation honours list. a review by public health england has found that one in four adults has been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. now the business news. employment in the uk remains at a record high, according to the latest official data. and while wage growth has dipped slightly, the rise in average salaries continued to healthily outstrip inflation over the past three months. we'll have more on this in a moment. shifts could be cut back at the mini plant in oxford if there's a no—deal brexit. its parent company bmw has told the bbc that prices of its british—made cars would have to go up if world trade organisation tariffs were to be applied and that

production would have to fall. the co—founder and chairman of the chinese online retail giant alibaba is leaving the company. jack ma helped to create one of the world's biggest internet firms and became one of china's most celebrated businessman. he says he's leaving to focus on education and philanthropy. hello there. first today, to the jobs market and things are looking pretty healthy. the latest data from the office for national statistics show‘s that for those of us in work, the issue of the so—called income squeeze is continuing to fade into memory. we're talking about the difference between how much our wages are growing as compared with rising prices in the shops. for 2017 and most of 2018, inflation was rising faster than wages, but towards the end of last year that flipped and has been moving in a good direction. the latest figure for the months from may tojuly shows wages — excluding bonuses —

rising at 3.8% and inflation at 2%. the figure for how many of us are in work — 76.1% — continues at the record high set last month and that has helped the unemployment rate — which measures how many of us want a job but haven't got one — is at a very low 3.8%. joining me is azad zangana, senior european economist & strategist at schroders. despite all the gloom, why does this look like a rosy picture? these are very good figure is indeed for the labour market and for households and the well—being of individuals. we have to realise that one of the key drivers behind this —— what are the key drivers behind

us —— what are the key drivers behind us because we have not had a great productivity growth recently to support the wage growth outpacing. instead it is a shortage of labour thatis instead it is a shortage of labour that is causing wages to rise. that might be fine in the near term, but in the medium term it means a loss of competitiveness for companies and eventually a weaker wage growth and potentially hunt —— higher unemployment in the future. so potentially storing up problems down the line? when you look into these figures and the employment picture in general, there are still plenty of concerns about the types ofjobs which are being created. whether they are well paid and whether they are secure jobs. have we got any insight into how that picture is shifting into the's report? generally speaking, the trend has been for the number of insecure or temporaryjobs coming been for the number of insecure or temporary jobs coming down been for the number of insecure or temporaryjobs coming down recently months. the demand for traditional full—time employment rules due to that. revised self employment as

well, perhaps a bit of temporary wea kness well, perhaps a bit of temporary weakness there. as i said, on the whole, the trend has been more towards a move towards a more secure employment. lots of different barometer suggesting that the economy overall is any better holding pattern until we know what is going to happen with brexit. warnings about what could happen if there was a no deal. in event that there was a no deal. in event that there is a deal, and the fact that unemployment is low, what did you think would happen if a deal was to be secured and clarity restored? this is a difficult question because anecdotal evidence suggests that a lot of companies have been hiding the staff to prepare for potentially ano the staff to prepare for potentially a no deal outcome and they have been favouring hiring workers over investing in machinery and anything that would improve productivity over the long term. this is because these tend to be a big investment projects which are impossible to stop or cancel at a later date, whereas, hiring staff is something that you

can easily reverse if things turn out not as well have expected. if there is a deal, i would expect there is a deal, i would expect there to be a recovery in business investment in machinery and capital goods and i think that will... it might hurt employment at the margin, but will be beneficial for the economy overall. thank you very much for joining economy overall. thank you very much forjoining us with your thoughts today. in other business stories we've been following. there's been alarming research that suggests attacks on shop workers have tripled since 2016. the co—op group asked criminologists at city university of london to look into it. they found that one in four attacks take places when a shop worker encounters a shop lifter; and that it can cause anxiety and even post—traumatic stress disorder for staff who are victims. regulators in the us have sent a warning letter to the popular e—cigarette maker juul labs saying that it's broken the law by claiming its products are safer than traditional cigarettes.

the food and drug administration said that such a claim can't be made without scientific evidence. there's growing concern in the us about the safety of vaping after the deaths of five people from lung conditions suspected of being caused by it. are you a late night, online shopper? new research byjohn lewis suggests that there was a 23% increase in purchases being made after dark and other retailers have told the bbc that they've noticed it too. the most popular purchases? perhaps not surprisingly: duvet covers. but also tvs, laptops, mobile phones and freezers. let's have a look at how the markets are performing. the ftse 100 let's have a look at how the markets are performing. the ftse100 is down by touch today by rand a fifth of 1% probably because of the strengthening pound versus the dollar since that myth by parliament to outlaw a no—deal brexit yesterday. jd sports is doing very well, its shares are up by 5.8%. it

is one of the top prizes today because of a pre—tax profit increase. it's processing it is down to the innovative digital technology complementing what is happening. on its retail stores. and bovis homes area bit its retail stores. and bovis homes are a bit nervous by a plan announced by its rival. that is all the business user, back to you joanna. the american adventurer, victor vescovo, has become the first person to visit the deepest places in all five of earth's oceans. his final dive, in a prototype submersible, was made to the bottom of the arctic ocean's molloy trench — a depth of more than five kilometres. he'd already reached the floor of the pacific, indian, southern and atlantic oceans. andy moore reports. he's already climbed the highest peaks on seven continents. now he's reached the deepest spot in five oceans.

five! you put your mind to it and you get the right people working with you, almost anything is possible. the final leg of the five deeps expedition took victor vescovo and his support ship to a location deep inside the arctic circle. his submarine limiting factor went down to a place no human has ever been to before. surface, this is the lf, the lf has landed, the lf has landed, at bottom. roger that, we will go for a release. earlier this year, mr vescovo dived the deepest spot dived to the deepest spot on the planet, the mariana trench in the pacific ocean, nearly 11 kilometres down. his 12 tonne sub has a titanium core especially built his 12—tonne sub has a titanium core especially built to withstand huge pressures. the texan financier has ploughed much of his own wealth into the endeavour. at bottom! applause and cheers. it seemed a bit like being on the moon but a wet version of it. there were small craters here and there, there

were slight undulations. even at these incredible depths, there was evidence of human activity. this small pyramid—shaped object in the shadow on the right hand side is a plastic bag. but there was also evidence of amazing marine animals, some of them new species. well done, team! four down. unsurprisingly, having explored some of the most inaccessible places on earth, victor vescovo is now setting sights on his next frontier, space. andy moore, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon. some of us had a bit of an autumnal feel this morning. there was some rather dense mist and fog patches abound, but much of that has cleared away and for many of us it is a fine and dry day. look at the scene here in leicester. that is from one of our weather watchers. similar scenes in east sussex. decent sunny spells here and floppy cumulus cloud in the

sky. we keep the fine weather from many parts of england —— fluffy cumulus cloud. we got some rain within n. the winds are strengthening and gusts of a0 to 50 mph later in the west of scotland and some heavy rain. the maximum temperatures this afternoon getting to around 15 to 19 celsius. a degree or so higher than yesterday. 38, the theory of rain is going to move its witness at the eastwards and will become quite patchy into the hours —— early hours of wednesday morning. sting quite windy here, but it is not going to be cold night, temperatures not lower than ten to 12 degrees. on the rain is going to come from the remnants of exotic and durian. it is moving its way northwards to scandinavia ——! hurricane dorian. quite blustery

conditions, these are the wind gusts. gusting up to a0 or 50 miles per in the west of scotland and 25 to 30 miles per thread wednesday. temperatures again will be that bit higher. 17 to 21 degrees. into thursday, we have got excellent tropical storm gabrielle living in and that will push its way across northern ireland. —— moving in. it is bringing tropical went with it and are south—westerly winds moving in with that system, particularly for england and wales, but there will be some rain as i mentioned for much of northern ireland and into scotland. any in southern and central scotland and northern england. further said that should be dry and that is where you had to wonderfully. 23 or 2a celsius. in comparison, the greens and yellows are seen scotland, northern ireland and temperatures about the mid—teens. during friday, for most

of it as a dry day. ten were just in a little bit again. as we go into the weekend, looking at plenty of dry weather and lots of sunshine and temperatures on the rise again, perhaps up to the mid—20s in the south—east of england over the weekend. goodbye.

you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's midday and these are the main stories. extraordinary scenes in the house of commons as parliament is suspended amid uproar from opposition mps. mps hold up protest signs, and chant "shame on you" at the government benches. this is not, however, a normal prorogation. it is not typical, it is not standard. it is one of the longest for decades and it represents, notjust in the minds of many colleagues but huge numbers of people outside, an act of executive fiat. and therefore... an act of executive fiat. geoff boycott says he "couldn't give a toss" about criticism over

theresa may awarding him a knighthood in her resignation honours list. domestic abuse charities say the honour should be removed. prescription drug dependency. a review by public health england finds that one in four adults has been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. japan says it could be forced to release radioactive water into the sea from the fukushima nuclear power plant, which was destroyed in a tsunami eight years ago. and putting a spoke in their wheels — how cycle thieves are being confronted by victims, to reclaim their stolen property. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. parliament has been suspended amid chaotic scenes in the commons in the early hours of this morning. there were protests against the suspension, or prorogation, of parliament, as opposition mps shouted "shame on you", waved placards carrying

the word "silenced", and, at one point, even attempted to stop the speaker, john bercow, from leaving his chair. on an extraordinary night, boris johnson lost a sixth vote in as many days, as he failed in his bid to call an early general election. parliament has now been suspended until 1ath october, leaving little more than a fortnight before the brexit date. amid anger in the commons, the speaker, john bercow, told mps what was happening was "not a standard or normal prorogation." he added, "it's one of the longest for decades and it represents an act of executive fiat." here's what happened when black rod, a senior officer in the lords, called mps to the house of lords for the ceremony to close parliament. mr speaker, the lords, who are authorised by her majesty's commission to declare her royal assent to acts passed by both houses, and to also declare the prorogation of parliament,

desire the presence of this honourable house. no. many shouts of no. shouting applause shame on you!

that was the early hours of the morning. our political correspondentjessica parker takes a look back at a night of high drama in the house of commons. the leader of the opposition cannot lead... this parliamentary session, which has seen its fair share of feuding, ended in acrimony in the early hours of this morning. a number of mps temporarily tried to stop the speaker from leaving the commons, some of them holding up signs saying "silenced". and john bercow made it clear how he felt about the five—week suspension of parliament. i'm perfectly happy, as i've advised others, to play my part. but i do want to make the point that this is not a standard or normal prorogation. it is... i don't require any assistance from you, mr stevenson. you wouldn't have the foggiest idea where to start in seeking to counsel me on this. i require no response from you.

i require no response from you, young man. then, as conservative mps left the chamber to take part in the ongoing proceedings, cries of "shame" rang out from opposition benches. applause it all followed a final and fiery debate on the government's call for a snap election in mid—october. the house, again, did not support the move and borisjohnson, again, made clear his view about the prospect of a delay to brexit. no matter how many devices this parliaments invents to tie my hands, i will strive, mr speaker, to get an agreement in the national interest. i hope the prime minister will reflect on the issue of prorogation and shutting down parliament to avoid a government being held to account, because that is exactly what he has done today and proposes

to do to this country. now conference season looms, with mps due back in westminster on the 1ath of october. a queen's speech then may spell the start of a new session, but the old and very deep divisions will likely still be there. jessica parker, bbc news. so, what happens next? parliament has now been formally suspended for five weeks. mps return to westminster on the 1ath october. n the 17th october, there's a crucial eu summit in brussels where the government says it hopes to agree a brexit deal. but if there's no agreement by the 19th of october, the new legal deadline, imposed on boris johnson because of the law pushed through by mps, comes into force. it will require the prime minister to request a three—month extension to the brexit deadline. how that all plays out remains to be seen, so,

as things stand today, that brexit deadline remains at the end of next month. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminsterfor us. it is taking some time to digest what happened yesterday and the scene that played out in the commons overnight. i think it genuinely was a moment which you can say the sort of scenes we saw were like pantomime, people singing, but i think it reflects the real incredulity and amazement and anger and uproarat incredulity and amazement and anger and uproar at the fact that at this moment of national crisis, or certainly moment of decision for the country, parliament, basically, has been told to shut up shop. it has been told to shut up shop. it has been forced into compulsory hibernation for the next five weeks and that is why we saw mps literally trying to hold the speaker in his chair so we could not go to the house of lords to follow through on the formal process of prorogation.

it is white we saw clerks holding back mps from grabbing the speaker's legs and arms. it was unprecedented but it was also a moment where mps i think were trying, by their actions, to make a point that this really is territory we have never been in before, that parliament should certainly be taken out of the equation. for many people, there is a view that parliament has basically got a a view that parliament has basically gota grip a view that parliament has basically got a grip of borisjohnson, exerted a stranglehold over the brexit process and, perhaps not surprisingly, mrjohnson wants a breather and therefore that in part explains the decision to prorogue parliament in this way. his team say that nothing very surprising about it, they are just adding a few more days to the conference season. i think the response of team johnson tells another story and that is they are quite happy to present the whole brexit tussle as boris johnson

versus the remain parliament, the people versus parliament, and that was kind of the tate we got from his chief adviser, dominic cummings, when he emerged this morning —— the ta ke we when he emerged this morning —— the take we got to be was asked about the uproar in parliament and this was his rather dismissive response. hello. hi. what's your next move? you guys should get out of london. don't talk to people who are not rich remainers. what you think's going to happen? what's your next move? will britain leave the eu on time? sure. and you sense that team johnson are not particularly fussed by all the defeats they have suffered in parliament, the demand for various public papers about no deal to be published because it fuels this sense of the people versus parliament. we heard from jeremy corbyn this morning addressing the tuc saying boris johnson

corbyn this morning addressing the tuc saying borisjohnson is not standing up against the establishment, he is the establishment! a general election is coming. but we won't allowjohnson to dictate the terms and i can tell you this — we are ready for that election. we are ready to unleash the biggest people—powered campaign we have ever seen in this country and in this movement. applause and in that election we will commit to a public vote with a credible option to leave and the option to remain. labour is on the side of the people in the real battle against the born—to—rule establishment that johnson represents. we have heard from some quite senior tories this morning, also expressing deep disquiet about this prorogation of parliament. lord heseltine, of

course no longer a tory, i think he was booted out by mrs may but a former deputy prime minister under john major and long—standing pro—european, he said that boris johnson was taking us one step towards dictatorship by proroguing parliament. others have not gone that far but a significant that a bigot like geoffrey clifton—brown, member of the 1922 committee —— eight figure like geoffrey clifton—brown. he was saying it was not a good look for the tory party to be seen to be side tracking parliament. no getting away from it that it does play to the narrative which dominic cummings and boris johnson seem to want to project, namely that they will stand on the site of the people to ensure brexit is delivered against a parliament who they say are trying to flout the will of the people. it is a high—stakes position because of the potential damage and discredit of course it could do to parliament.

thank you very much, norman. the incoming president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, is announcing her picks for some of the top jobs in brussels. ms von der leyen, who was elected by the members of the european parliament injuly, will be the first female commission president. for the first time, the college of commissioners won't contain any representatives from the uk. joining me now is our europe correspondent damian grammaticas in brussels. gives us the headlines on what has been announced. every european union member state nominates one commissioner. all of them from the cabinet around ursula von der leyen, the incoming president to replace jean—claude juncker. no british commissioner, the government had said they would not nominate one because they expect to be out at the end of october and it would be a distraction so no post for the uk. the other high—profile ones of note,

the two other people who were vying for the topjob felt the two other people who were vying for the top job felt a bit short but have been given a very significant jobs. margrethe vestager was the liberal candidate, she gets a portfolio overseeing competition and digital. she had a similarjob in the old commission but what you read into that, the eu will take an even more muscular stance towards global competition policy, regulating companies like apple and google and that could mean sparks flying with the us. equally, another interesting one for the uk, the irish commissioner is in charge of trade. phil hogan will be fair—minded a p pa re ntly phil hogan will be fair—minded apparently and represent your‘s interest but also an irishman at the heart of any trade negotiations. that is one to watch out for. thank you very much indeed for the update on the new eu commissioners from brussels.

more on today's main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. thank you for your company. goodbye. theresa may's former closest advisors are among those who have been honoured in the ex—prime minister's resignation honours list. the list contains mainly political figures. let's take a closer look now. nick timothy, who was mrs may's former chief of staff has been awarded a cbe. he's joined by mrs may's other former chief of staff, fiona hill, who is also made a cbe. both left their jobs after the 2017 general election when the conservatives lost their majority. there's a damehood for the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, who started her police career at the age of 23. and mrs may showed her love for cricket with the former england captain andrew strauss being awarded a knighthood. sir kim darroch, who was forced to resign as ambassador to the us after comments he made

about president trump were leaked, has been made a crossbench peer. gavin barwell, who was the prime minister's most recent chief of staff, is one of eight new conservative peers. the former prime minister's chief eu negotiator, olly robbins, receives a knighthood. and the former cricketer geoffrey boycott, who mrs may told journalists was one of her sporting heroes, is also given a knighthood. that has proved to be controversial. domestic abuse charities have criticised the move to honour geoffrey boycott, who was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend in france in 1998. speaking on radio a's the today programme, mr boycott said he didn't care about the criticism. i didn't do it. i move on. it's a cross i have to bear, right or wrong, good or bad. i have to live with it and i do because i'm clear in my mind, and i think most people in england are, that it's not true. although the chief executive of women's aid has said, celebrating a man...

i don't care a toss about her, love. it's 25 years ago so, you can take your political nature and do whatever you want with it. you want to talk to me about my knighthood ? very nice of you to have me, but i couldn't give a toss. what does the future hold? do you want people to address you as sir geoffrey now? they will address me exactly as they want, like the bowlers did when i was batting. they swore at me but most people are nice to me. when they walk up the high street, they say, "morning, geoffrey," and i say, "morning, love, nice to see you," and that's how it's always going to be. this is just recognition of my cricket. very nice, very honoured, thankful to theresa may and i thank all the people that supported me and cared for me throughout my cricketing career. geoffrey boycott on the today programme. the headlines on bbc news. parliament has officially been suspended for five weeks, with mps not due back until 1a october. geoffrey boycott says he doesn't ‘give a toss' about criticism over

theresa may's decision to give him a knighthood in her resignation honours list. a review by public health england has found that one in four adults has been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. sport now, here's olly. it was a bad night for two of the home nations in euro qualifying. northern ireland suffered a 2—0 home defeat to germany. the best scotland can hope for is the play—offs after being thrashed a-o the play—offs after being thrashed a—0 by belgium. romelu lu ka ku scored first for the number one it was 3—0 by half—time and captain kevin de bruyne, who was by far the best player on the pitch, rounded off a good night for the belgians. they top the group with six wins out of six. england will be trying to maintain their 100 percent record in qualifying. they are facing kosovo

tonight in southampton. kosovo are unbeaten in 15 games and haven't lost in two years. they'rejust a point behind england in group a but gareth southgate still plans to make changes to his side for the game at st mary's. we might freshen the team a bit. i think that would be important. we don't need to, everybody is fit and available so we just have to make sure we get the balance right because we need the cohesion. and we need to have the right defending and attacking profiles to make sure that we are giving ourselves the best chance of winning the game. two former england cricket captains have received knighthoods in today's honours list, as you've been hearing on bbc news. geoffrey boycott becomes sir geoffrey. and there's also a knighthood for andrew strauss. he led the side to two ashes victories and also took the england to the top of the test rankings. he was also instrumental in this summer's world cup triumph

in his former role as director of cricket with the national side. he resigned from that role to spend time with his wife ruth who died from lung cancer last year. he has set of a charitable foundation in her name. alice tai and tully kearney are both on course to win a second gold medal in two days at the world para swimming championships. tai is through to the final of the 100 metre backstroke in her class after easing to victory in her heat. fellow british swimmer megan richter has also qualified. and keaney won her heat to qualify for tonight's final in the women's 200 metres. suzanna hext is also in the final, afterfinishing third in the heat. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. petrol bombs have been thrown at police officers in northern ireland after a suspicious object was found in the creggan area of londonderry. around 80 officers were taking part

in a security search targeting the dissident republican group the new ira. two young people sustained burn injuries. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. he brought us up to date. i think the concern is focused on what the police found during that security operation in the creggan area of derry. it is known to be an area where dissident republicans who oppose the peace process have a foothold. police mounted the search operation there after they found a mortar bomb in strabane, a town a few miles away, over the weekend, and over the course of the search operation in the creggan area, where, as you say, police came under attack from petrol bombs, they found what they are describing as an improvised explosive device, a bomb in other words, with a command wire. they think this bomb, which was in a parked car, was planned to be used to attack police patrols in the area. according to senior officers, an electrical pulse would have been sent down a command wire

when a target such as a police patrol passed by and the bomb would have detonated. no doubt it is another attempt by dissident republicans, primarily the new ira, which is thought to be the largest and most organised of the dissident republican groups, to attack police officers. there have been seven attacks, or attempted attacks, on police by dissident republicans in northern ireland this year. there is a sense that the tempo, if you like, of dissident republican activity is increasing. police have always said that the threat from dissident republicans has been high for the last few years and it remains high. the number of these attacks that they have been investigating over the last few months is something that will be worrying the likes of the chief constable of northern ireland, simon byrne, and also senior politicians who are very conscious of the political tensions, the fact that there has been no devolved government in northern ireland for almost two

and a half years now. there's a sense among some senior police officers that dissident republicans might be trying to use brexit to step up recruitment, for example, they will try to exploit anything they possibly can to try to enhance their campaign. police do remain on high alert. the operation in derry last night was in the same area where the journalist lyra mckee was murdered by dissident republicans in april and that area is one that police are focusing on but there are several other small pockets in northern ireland where dissident republicans remain very active and you can expect police to step up their investigations and operations in those areas in the coming weeks. breaking news to bring you and the teenager who abducted, raped and murdered the schoolgirl alesha macphail has had his sentence reduced by three years on appeal.

aaron campbell was 16 when he was sentenced to life with a minimum of 27 years injailfor sentenced to life with a minimum of 27 years in jail for killing six—year—old alesha on the isle of bute last year but the reduction of three years will mean he will serve a minimum of 2a years injail before being considered for parole. that reduced the sentence remains the longest term of detention ever imposed ina longest term of detention ever imposed in a scottish court to someone under 18. his lawyers had claimed the sentence was excessive and went to the court in edinburgh last month to lodge an appeal and thejudges have last month to lodge an appeal and the judges have ruled last month to lodge an appeal and thejudges have ruled that last month to lodge an appeal and the judges have ruled that the minimum term will be reduced by three years, taking it to 2a years. japan's environment minister says the country may have to dump more than a million tonnes of radioactive water in to the pacific ocean because storage space at the damaged fu kushima nuclear plant is rapidly running out. fishermen, environmental groups and the south korean government have all strongly protested the against the plan. let's cross to tokyo and talk to our correspondent,

rupert wingfield—hayes. it sounds like an extremely plan. tell us more about why they need to do it. as you set in your introduction, it is about space. they have a lot of water in storage and has been growing month by month and has been growing month by month and day by day. they produce around 100 -- 170 and day by day. they produce around 100 —— 170 tonnes which is pumped out of the plant each day and that is taken to a filtration plant and it is clean and a lot of the radioactive isotopes are taken out but the government can get out one isotope and instead they are putting it into big storage tanks and this storage tank farm at fukushima, which has been growing and growing, it now has a million tonnes of water in itand it now has a million tonnes of water in it and they say that by 2022 they will have no more space to build new ta nks will have no more space to build new tanks to store the water and have to

do something about it and the suggestion is they will pump it into the pacific ocean. this was the plan all along but they have been putting it off because there is so much opposition. tell us more about the opposition. tell us more about the opposition and what the concerns are, if there would be an environmental impact. the primary concern is from fisherman's groups along the coast of fukushima where there are big fishing communities and they have already been hit very ha rd by and they have already been hit very hard by the disaster in 2011. a lot of people don't want to buy the fish from there or any products from fukushima even today because they fear contamination. there is also international pressure, particularly from south korea, who say they don't wa nt from south korea, who say they don't want more radioactive water going into the pacific ocean. a lot was already released immediately after the disaster. the scientific prognosis i have to say that tritium is not that dangerous and although a million tonnes sounds like a lot of

water, it is going into the pacific ocean which is fast. the water volume of it is 710 million cubic kilometres of water and so this is literally a drop in the ocean when you think of the vastness of it. literally a drop in the ocean when you think of the vastness of itm there an alternative plan or is it likely to get the go—ahead in the end? it is difficult to say. they have been kicking this can down the road for eight years and i think there is a desire to keep doing so. the alternative it keeps doing it and that means buying more land and continue to build more tights and that might have to store the water, as greenpeace suggested, for 50 yea rs or as greenpeace suggested, for 50 years or more dash make it more tanks. that is until the contamination levels dropped because the radioactive half—life of tritium is about 12 years and it will deteriorate and disappear over the space of a few decades. thank you. there are growing concerns that people are becoming dependent on prescription drugs, according to public health england. it found that in the past year,

one in four adults in england have been prescribed drugs which could be addictive. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. medicines that can relieve pain or help with sleep play a vital role in the lives of millions of people, but concern is growing about how many of these potentially addictive drugs are being prescribed, and for how long. public health england looked at five commonly prescribed types of medicine, including powerful painkillers, sleeping pills and antidepressants. a quarter of all adults in england have been prescribed at least one of these drugs in the year to march 2018. half of all patients taking these drugs have done so continuously for the previous 12 months. and, depending on the medicine, between a fifth and a third had received a prescription for at least the previous three years. these drugs are commonly used for some very common ailments. what i'm more concerned about is that a half of the people who are taking these drugs have been prescribed those in the last year, have had a prescription for more than a year. and, for the vast majority of these

medicines, using them for that length of time is very unlikely to be supported by clinical guidance. antidepressants may take a while to become fully effective, but opioid painkillers stop working for most people after three months, and drugs prescribed for insomnia and anxiety are not recommended to be used for more than 28 days. the review warns that long—term use is likely to result in dependency or withdrawal problems. but patients should also be wary of suddenly stopping their medication. instead, they should seek the help of their gp. dominic hughes, bbc news. jeremy corbyn has accused boris johnson and his cabinet of hijacking the referendum result and using a no—deal brexit as cover to sell off public services and shift even more power and wealth to those at the top. ina power and wealth to those at the top. in a speech to the tuc conference in brighton, the labour leader said his party is ready to

launch the biggest people powered campaign ever seen in the forthcoming general election. our correspondent is in brighton for us. over to you, duncan kennedy. correspondent is in brighton for us. over to you, duncan kennedym wasn't just a speech over to you, duncan kennedym wasn'tjust a speech about politics, he did take a swipe at boris johnson, calling him reckless when it came to a no—deal brexit. there was also some policy touched on as well, should jeremy corbyn be elected. his main big idea was the idea of setting up a ministry for employment rights. the idea would be to get increased wages for workers, making surejobs to get increased wages for workers, making sure jobs were more secure and also putting workers on workers' councils so they would have a greater say in the run of their companies. what is the idea like? will it be accepted? what do delegates think about it? i'm joined byjames delegates think about it? i'm joined by james mcguinness who delegates think about it? i'm joined byjames mcguinness who has delegates think about it? i'm joined by james mcguinness who has worked for unite for nine years. what you think of the idea of a ministry for employment rights?”

think of the idea of a ministry for employment rights? i think the fact that we would have someone in cabinet solely responsible for workers' rights is most welcome and long overdue also be also said he wants to get rid of zero—hours contracts which got huge applause. what do you think about? the reason it got huge applause is the tories bang on about record amount of employment but a of these are very precarious and to see the back of them, yes, they must go. a long time coming in many peoples thoughts. he also set he would set a living wage of those over 16 for £10 per hour but why is that so important? very significant because it is involving them from the workplace at 16. they we re left them from the workplace at 16. they were left behind and to make it a level playing field is very significant. and the idea of publishing trade union laws which

also got a very big cheer, not surprisingly, from a trade union conference. why is that so welcome? the hall erupted because we need to be rid of these draconian laws. tony blair had ample opportunity to even get rid of some of them and he didn't. corbyn will. how well do think it's speech went down? there isa think it's speech went down? there is a lot on and people are deflected by brexit but do you think the idea of policy at the moment been neglected and people should look back on to that? yes, this is the dayjob. brexit has been this cloud hanging overus dayjob. brexit has been this cloud hanging over us for years now. we need to deliberate brexit, but everything else cannot be put on hold just because of it. things need to move on and we get the no deal off the table, and boris, we are coming for you. thank you very much

indeed, james mcguinness from unite. this was a speech for trade unionists and jeremy corbyn said he would go after bad bosses and tax dodgers and a lot of this, he said he would try to achieve within his first hundred days if he were to become prime minister. thank now it's time for a look at the weather with lucy. thank you, it is a bright day for many of us with plenty of dry weather. we have got some wet and windy weather coming on the way. starting to push into northern ireland, where some parts of scotla nd ireland, where some parts of scotland this afternoon and the wind is picking up your as well. drier for eastern scotland and across england and wales, perhaps just the odd isolated shower in the south and east. temperature setting in the mid to high teens for most. reaching 20 to high teens for most. reaching 20 to 21 degrees in the south and east and overnight tonight that gradually work its way south and east. heavy and persistent free time for north—western parts of scotland and northern ireland. clear spells are bidding in from behind and it will

all stay windy in the north as well. temperatures milder than last night. sting any double figures. we start the day tomorrow with some cloud and patch epics of rain across much of england and wales. the brighter skies across england and gradually working their way east and south. it will be a blustery day, temperatures ata will be a blustery day, temperatures at a maximum of 21 celsius.

hello, this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the headlines: parliament has officially been suspended for five weeks, with mps not due back until 1ath october. shouting. shame on you! there were extraordinary scenes in the commons last night as mps held up protest signs, and chanted "shame on you" at the government benches. geoffrey boycott says he doesn't care about criticism over theresa may's decision to give him a knighthood in her resignation honours list.

domestic abuse charities aren't happy about the move to award the former england cricket captain, who was convicted of beating his girlfriend in 1998 — he's always denied the assault. a review by public health england has found that one in four adults has been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. japan says it could be forced to release radioactive water into the sea from the fukushima nuclear power plant, which was destroyed in a tsunami eight years ago. a report into power failures that affected large areas of the uk last month has concluded that security standards should be reviewed in order to improve the system's resillience. over1 million homes across england and wales were left without power after a lightning strike on a transmission circuit — which also affected transport systems. our business correspondent tadhg enright said the report by national grid looked

at if lessons could be learned to prevent future black—outs. what we learned from the national grid, it says "communications processes and protocols, particularly in the first hour should be reviewed," so clearly they think things could be run more smoothly there. but also, they want to review the so—called low—frequency demand disconnection scheme. in plain english, that is the scheme by which excess capacity is brought online in the event of a blackout and you start to prioritise different customers in terms of making sure who gets priority access to power when there is not enough out there — places like schools, hospitals and essential infrastructure. so they want to review that and also they say that the settings on electric trains should be reviewed to ensure that they can continue to operate during normal disturbances in the system like this. so what will happen with this report? will it happen? will the recommendations come into effect? listen, we have not got to the end of itjust yet.

according to national grid, this represents an event beyond the standards which the existing full back systems —— which the existing full back systems a re —— which the existing full back systems are designed to satisfy. so it was a bigger event than the current emergency systems were able for. they are going to review whether, indeed, these systems should be beefed up so that more excess capacity or for that capacity is put into the system to cope with events like this in future. —— orfallback —— or fallback capacity is put into the system to cope with events in the system to cope with events in the future. there is also going to be a government enquiry, so we have not heard the end of it just yet. more now on our main story. parliament has officially been suspended for five weeks, with mps not due back until 1a october. there were unprecedented scenes in the commons, as some mps protested against the suspension with signs saying "silenced", while shouting: "shame on you." it comes after the prime minister borisjohnson's bid to call a snap election in october was defeated for a second time. opposition mps refused to back it, insisting a law blocking a no—deal brexit must be implemented first.

so, what options are left for the prime minister now? could he reach a deal with the eu in time for october 31st? our reality check correspondent chris morris is here. could he? time is now short. it took nearly 19 months to negotiate the current deal. we know that he is talking to other eu leaders and there are also talks at an official level taking place in brussels, but despite the government are saying that progress has been made, the eu continues to insist that the uk has not tabled any formal proposals to replace the irish backstop. but other arrangements to keep that irish border is open as it is now under all circumstances. so nothing firmly proposed, but an idea seems to be gaining momentum? well, there

area to be gaining momentum? well, there are a few things kicking around. one of the things that has been mentioned by the prime minister is for a single economic zone perfect and animals. that would be for the whole of the island of ireland and that would get rid of a chunk of the cheques you need to do at the irish border, but by no means all of them. it would also not deal with other broader issues such as customs declarations and painted as —— checks you would need to do at the border. it would also mean that if you had no checks and that birder and a single economic zone for food and a single economic zone for food and animals, there would have to be more checks between northern ireland and great britain and the rest of the uk, which politically is very tricky —— how that is not likely to go down? the problem is that forbidden animals on its own it is not dear enough to persuade the eu that this is a viable solution. one thing which is being proposed by ——

discussed by the prime minister is the backstop for northern ireland only. it is initially proposed by the eu, but was rejected by theresa may's government. what it would mean that northern ireland only would be staying as part of the eu's customs territory and is part of its rules on the single market. that would mean that northern ireland would be treated differently from the rest of the uk. and all that implies for debates about sovereignty. where that leaves us with the brexit triangle, there are three things that the uk months. it wants to leave the customs union and the single market, it once at the land border in northern ireland to remain open, and it wants no part in the ada sea. you cannot have all of those things at the same time, is the trouble. —— and the irish sea. the back supposing that the compromise is that if you insert that the land border has to say this same, the backstop suggests that the uk sting quite a bit closer to those

economic structures, the customs union and the single market. that has been rejected in a three times in parliament. the only other thing is the third like of the triangle. you do need some kind of burger, call it what you will, extra checks in the irish sea. —— border. those in the irish sea. —— border. those in the conservative party have rejected that idea of the separation economical of northern ireland from the rest of the uk many times. potentially a way through. we have to see. we have to talk about it. the teenager who abducted, raped and murdered the schoolgirl alesha macphail has had his sentence reduced by 3 years on appeal. aaron campbell was 16 when he was sentenced to life with a minimum of 27 years injail for killing the 6 year old on the isle of bute last year. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in our glasgow newsroom

tell us what has happened. reminder for those tell us what has happened. reminderfor those who do tell us what has happened. reminder for those who do not know what adam campbell did. —— aaron campbell dead. this was a crime that shocked scotland. 16—year—olds to knock into a family home in a beaut in the summer of 2018 and still ales ha in the summer of 2018 and still alesha macphail away from her family. —— the isle of bute. he then took her away and raped and killed her and she suffered what was described in court as brittle injuries. there was a mountain of evidence against him and his dna was all over her body. and he in effect confessed to his friends that he committed this crime any video that he sent to them. the sentencing judge at the time described this as an evil crime and sentenced him to 27 years injail. his sentence has

been up in front of appeal court judges and his lawyer arguing that this sentence was excessive in light of his age stop the fact that he was 16 when he carried out the murder. he said that this was an extraordinary length of time which did not allow for his maturation, the development of responsibility and the growth of the personality of and the growth of the personality of a child. panel's lawyer also argued that the sentencing judge had relied on overly pessimistic background report when choosing a minimum jail sentence —— aaron campbell's lawyer. they were just candle's sentence this morning by three years of —— david just aaron campbell's sentence this money back for years. it is still the longest sentence imposed on anyone under 18 and a scottish court and it means he will be a0

before he is eligible to apply for parole. it does not mean that he will ever be released, that decision will live at the parole board. a minimum punishment period of 27 yea rs a re minimum punishment period of 27 years are reduced to 2a on appeal. thank you very much. a study says devices that merge machines with the human brain need to be investigated. scientists at the uk's royal society laid out the opportunities and risks of brain—to—computer devices. they said that in the future "people could become telepathic to some degree" and being able to read someone else's thoughts raises ethical issues. let's get more on this from dr sarah chan from the university of edinburgh, who's one of the leaders on the study. welcome. how progressed i these sorts of systems? neural interfaces area sorts of systems? neural interfaces are a powerful technology that are in some ways already in use. for

example, clear your implants —— cochlear implants. we think that there is great potential to see these benefits further and to improve prosthetics and for rehabilitation, for assisting and adaptive technologies in mental health and there is a wide range potential for health care benefits. but these technologies also promise societal benefits from education, communication and lifestyle applications. and that is where it comes into the air when you're being able to be telepathic? is that possible? how much of a leap is that? let's be realistic about that. it is not yet possible to use the impact to read your thoughts precisely from someone's brain. we

can look for patterns of neural activity, we can do things such as being able to understand the sorts of emotional responses that people have and you can look at patterns of neural activity that over time it might be able to be mapped to something like an action. so that is how prosthetic neural interfaces would work. they would find a pattern of neural signals that would correspond to letting your arm, for example. obviously that is possible, but although such a thing is being actively developed? and do you see positive benefits for that use the technology? yes. these are being actively developed now and i think the therapeutic benefits that we are already seen in some areas are hugely promising. and certainly from the work that we have done speaking to the public about their hopes for the technology, i think there is a lot of promise to help to treat conditions that currently do not have a cure. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. thank you. we

have some years just to us from downing street. the prime minister saying that we are not seeking a northern ireland only backstop. we were talking to a reality check corresponded about in northern ireland on backstop up about it being a way out of the deadlock potentially over a deal for brexit and as things stand currently, what is being sorted by downing street is looking at regulatory alignment between northern ireland and ireland. on food and agriculture specifically. so elements of alignment and there has been some speculation that will ultimately develop into the possibility of a northern ireland only backstop. in other words, there would effectively be a birder in the irish sea, rather than a hard border in ireland. well, downing street said that they are not seeking a northern ireland only backstop, but as we have learned, language is everything when it comes to negotiations and what has been said, but they may not be seeking it, but

it does not mean that they will not necessarily be prepared to end there. let's talk to the conservative mp andrew pidgeon who joins us from westminster. —— —— andrew bridgeman. -- andrew bridgeman. the whole of the uk should leave and i am concerned about anything that changes the relationship of northern ireland between the rest of the uk will be in breach of the good friday agreement unless it was with the agreement of the people of your cloud. if we went to a referendum on that it starts to open issues up around a portable —— people of northern ireland. and as a member of the conservative and unionist party, thatis the conservative and unionist party, that is something that i would like to avoid. —— issues up around a birder pole.

—— issues up around a birder pole. would you vote against it? i would have to look at the detail. but alignment or regulatory equivalence on animal husbandry or agriculture... we have already had the government often say that our future after brexit, our standards on as an husbandry —— animal husbandry will be at least as high as the opinions and possibly even higher, and will probably be higher, andi higher, and will probably be higher, and i do not see that as an issue anyone who wants to export any world market knows that they have to produce those products whether it is fed or manufactured goods, to the standards of those markets required. —— sued downing votes against the government. downing street has said that anyone

who votes against the government whip again they will get the same treatment at as those 21 mps. would you vote against the government if you vote against the government if you did not make the withdrawal agreement? well, certainly would not vote for theresa may's withdrawal agreement as it stands. it would need very major changes and ice have voted against it three times. i would have a long and pragmatic look at whatever deal the play minister brings back. preserving that the backstop is removed, that is not the end of the issue —— the prime minister brings back. just look on tv free trade agreement and if the back stopper out and we had not negotiated that free trade deal, which took seven years of canada, what would happen in cosmic which we live without a deal having paid over

the £39 billion cosmic there are many questions to be asked, so i cannot really comment on the deal when i have not seen the details. cannot really comment on the deal when i have not seen the detailsm it comes down to the choice of the deal or no brexit and an extension, what would you go for?” deal or no brexit and an extension, what would you go for? i want a deal. i want a super canada style free trade agreement where we have except regulatory equivalent of standards, but not regulations. forgive me for interrupting, those things about this to be discussed at length, but if the government were to come up there with what it looks like it is going for, which is potentially a reworked agreement with a northern ireland only backstop, would you go for that in preference to an extension?” backstop, would you go for that in preference to an extension? i think number ten on earth saying that they are not looking for in northern ireland only backstop —— number ten had just said that they are not looking for an elderly backstop. i cannot comment on speculation. i have voted three times against the current withdrawal agreement and if that does not change able not vote

against it —— i will not vote for it. if that means trouble with the web, so be it. i will not betray my country. we did not win the referendum to end up as a vassal state of the european union. i will have a long and pragmatic look at what the play minister brings brings back. —— and i will let you know since i have read —— the prime minister. thank you. thank you. cycle theft victims are taking the law into their own hands as many criticise the police for a lack of action when a bike is stolen. it's as a bbc investigation has found that bike thefts at railway stations across britain have risen by almost a0% in four years, with bike theft overall on the rise. the police hope a new strategy which aims to prevent stolen bikes from being sold online will help tackle the issue — as jo taylor investigates. 18—year—old mattjohnson had his bike stolen in peterborough. unsatisfied by the police's response, matt's dad mark went online to track down the bike himself. ijust scrolled on every day for about 20 minutes, just having a look at all the bikes

up for sale and then, after two weeks, i found it on there. so i contacted the bloke and said, you know, "i'm interested in the bike, have you still got it?" he said, "yes," so we got in the car and went over. so then i said to the guy, "look, you know, you've got two choices — this is his bike, i'm either going to take the bike now or i will call the police and the police can possess the bike." i said, "it's up to you." well, i mean, you never know. we could have got there and..obviously if we're dealing with things like that, you never know what is going to happen, do you? last year, around 95,000 bikes were reported stolen to the police, which is a 10% rise on 2015 — and a particular problem at railway stations. it's the emergency department so it is going to be pretty much full on. a&e doctor mike brooks says he's had five bikes stolen in cambridge in the past few years, costing him around £2500. he used to cycle to the train station, but now he gets a taxi.

have the police done anything? they took the crime reference and then they closed the case the day after, saying that the only lead was cctv footage and because there were too many hours of cctv footage to go through, they could not allocate an officer. earlier this year, the police disbanded many cycle crime teams across the uk. however, a new cycle crime strategy has been launched which involves working with auction websites and social media companies to crack down on the selling of stolen bikes online. so, we do look at these website quite routinely — can we do more around analytics and algorithms to identify those who sell volume bikes? but the problem is the public perception that the crime won't be investigated, so they are going and finding them themselves. how are you going to tackle that? that is back to us encouraging people to do something by reporting it to us and us delivering

a service to them. it's very risky for people to go and have these interactions with potential criminals if they don't know what they're doing. but for markjohnson, he says he'd do the same thing again. jo taylor, bbc news, cambridgeshire. and you can see more on this story on inside out east, streaming now on the bbc iplayer. the bbc news at one with sophie raworth is coming up. before that, it's time for a look at the weather with lucy martin. hello there. a drier and brighter day than yesterday for many of us and the temperatures up a touch for some. some blue sky making an appearance in this photo sent in by a weather watcher in suffolk earlier. we have got some wet and windy weather on the way. it starts to work its way into northern ireland and western scotland through this afternoon. the winds are strengthening with that. brighter skies, though, for eastern scotland, much of england and wales. perhaps the small chance of the odd isolated shower for central and south—eastern parts of england

but they will be very few and far between. temperatures generally sitting in the mid to high teens, perhaps reaching 20, 21 celsius somewhere in the south—east. through this evening and overnight we will see outbreaks of rain spreading gradually south and east. heavy for a time, i think, for western parts of scotland, and the winds staying quite strong in the north and west. i think reaching the south—east by dawn. some clearer spells feeding in behind across parts of scotland and northern ireland. the temperatures staying in double figures. now, these weather fronts are in fact associated with this area of low pressure which is the remnants of dorian, and we will start off with a fairly cloudy day tomorrow across much of england and wales with some patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle. brighter skies to start for scotland, and northern ireland, gradually spreading south and east. the blustery day across the board, though, with gusts around 30—a0 mph locally, higher than that in north—west scotland and we could see a few showers in the north—west as well. the temperatures up a touch on today

with a maximum of around 21 celsius. as we move into thursday, we see the back of those weather fronts but the next area of unsettled weather is going to start to push in, the remnants of gabrielle, and we are also going to drag in some more tropical air. so, we will see the temperatures are picking up across the south and east in particular. there will be outbreaks of rain, though, for northern ireland, parts of scotland, and into north—west england and parts of wales. drier and brighter, though, in the south and east, and that is where we will see those humid temperatures. and temperatures up a touch as well. maximum of around 23 celsius in the south and east. high pressure looks set to dominate through the end of the week and into the weekend, so a good deal of dry and fine weather to come, with the temperatures in the south—east getting into the mid 20s. goodbye.

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