hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm: the cabinet meets to discuss its options after the commons was suspended in the early hours amid chaotic scenes. it comes asjeremy corbyn says labour will offer voters another referendum with an option for leaving the eu, as well as an option for remaining. we're ready for that election. we're ready to unleash the biggest people powered campaign we have ever seen in this country and in this movement. hooked on prescription drugs — a review finds that 12 million patients in england regularly take drugs which could be addictive. former cricketer geoffrey boycott dismisses critics who've called for his knighthood to be taken away after he was sentenced to attacking

a former girlfriend. although a former girlfriend. the chief executive of women's although the chief executive of women's knight has said celebrating a man... women's knight has said celebrating aman...| women's knight has said celebrating a man... i don't give a toss about her, love, it was 25 years ago. violence erupts in londonderry as petrol bombs are thrown at the police after they find a suspicious device. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. we live, all the sport. will be hearing from jimmy anderson we will be hearing from jimmy anderson who tells us he has no plans to retire any time soon. after his injury problems during this ashes series, he says he will be back and he still hungry for the game. and mel has all the weather. for most of us are brief respite from the rain we saw yesterday but it will be short lived and turn wetter and windier into the evening. also coming up, the story of the us spy pulled out of russia. it happened just after a meeting in which president trump unexpectedly shared classified intelligence with russians.

hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. by any measure, the scenes in the commons last night were extraordinary. amid chaos, with scuffles around the spea ker‘s chair, parliament was suspended just before 2am. opposition mps held protests, with shouts of "shame on you" as government mps left the commons to head to the house of lords for the formal prorogation ceremony. the government had just lost another vote — the sixth in a row — after failing again to convince mps to back borisjohnson‘s call for an early election. the prime minister held a cabinet meeting to address the question we're all asking — what happens next? our political correspondent ben wright reports. i couldn't care less whether you like it or not. i require no response...

i had already made a point if people had the manners to listen, which they happen. early hours, pandemonium in the house of commons, the speakerjohn bercow contemptuous of the government decision to suspend parliament for five weeks. this is not however a normal prorogation, it is not typical, it is not standard. the chamber had never seen anything like it — some opposition mps held up signs saying "silenced" and tried to block john bercow heading off to the lords in a ceremony to mark the suspension. and they shouted "shame" at tory mps tripping out. shame on you! and some of the mps who stayed in the chamber broke into song. # keeping the red flag flying here! with dawn came calm but before parliament shut down mps stopped borisjohnson calling a snap election and passed a law blocking

a no—deal brexit to the fury of many tory mps. i think we saw last night why the prime minister has been right to call for a general election. we've done so for the very good reason we need to find ways to make sure the country can move forward, deliver brexit and move on, parliament has twice ducked that challenge, it's highly regrettable and the public can read into that what they want. this morning the chief strategist at number 10 dominic cummings had a dig at what he called rich remainers. going to watch people who are not rich remainers. will britain leave the eu on time? sure. pitting brexit supporters against parliament is part of number 10's strategy but by limiting the number of days mps have to sit before october the 31st triggered this cross—party alliance that has now boxed boris johnson in. forcing him to seek a further extension, if he can't get a deal through parliament by the middle of october. borisjohnson has said he'd rather die in a ditch than delay brexit again but as the cabinet met this morning to discuss a way through

the stand—off the leader of the dup arlene foster said the backstop was an unacceptable part of the brexit deal although she hoped a sensible agreement could be found. speaking at the uk conference in brighton the labour leader said he was ready for an election, a day after stopping going to the polls next month. 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! mps may not be here for the next five weeks but the brexit crisis is not going away. with downing street determined to make brexit happen regardless of the resistance here. our political correspondent helen catt is at westminster. it's remarkably quiet on the outside

but still lots going on. yes, mps might not be sitting but are still here and there is a lot of background work to work out how they resolve this issue around brexit, so lots of mps meeting to discuss their ways through but also borisjohnson has said he wants a deal, we know the man who was known as that sherpa on this is in brussels tomorrow for more meetings, boris johnson on this is in brussels tomorrow for more meetings, borisjohnson has a p pa re ntly more meetings, borisjohnson has apparently spoken to angela merkel and emmanuel macron and later is due to host arlene foster and nigel doddsin to host arlene foster and nigel dodds in downing street. we don't know what will be on the agenda but it's likely to see some discussion of solutions for that backstop which seems to be the sticking point. borisjohnson seems to be the sticking point. boris johnson says seems to be the sticking point. borisjohnson says it needs to come out of the withdrawal agreement. there had been some idea floated recently that perhaps the backstop

could just be applied to northern ireland alone, that's something that had been voted under to may. sir jeffrey donaldson from the dup said that would not be acceptable. northern ireland only backstop that separated us in trading terms from britain and created a trade border in the rsc would run contrary to the principles at the heart of the good friday agreement which site there should be no change to the relationship between northern ireland and great britain unless there is consent and there would not be unionist consent. downing street says it is not seeking a northern ireland only backstop but there are several unionist conservative backbenchers who would find that difficult to accept as well. so what does happen next? it is the million dollar question. mps are trying to

address this so today a new cross— party address this so today a new cross—party group has been launched called mps for a deal that includes people like the conservative backbencher victoria prentice, nick boles and caroline flint, and they say they will be working to show there are the numbers to get a majority for some sort of deal. the mp alex chalke said the mood in parliament has changed and there is more impetus to get a deal so what we will see in the next five weeks, there is a lot of that back room talk to try and work out what sort of deal could be put through parliament. thank you, helen. 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. is a deal possible at this late stage? it's possible but to the surprise of no one watching, i will say time is

short. the withdrawal agreement took more than 18 months to negotiate. what is happening now needs to be negotiated, ratified and turned into law ina negotiated, ratified and turned into law in a few weeks. the prime minister is talking to other eu leaders, there are talks in brussels but why the government says progress is being made, the eu says no detailed proposals have been tabled by the uk to replace the backstop and find other arrangements to keep the irish border as open as it is 110w. what kind of ideas do we think are being considered? the excitement of another flow chart! we have all had a look. if you want to replace the irish backstop, one idea floated by the prime minister, he's talked about a single zone on the island of ireland

forfood single zone on the island of ireland for food and animals, single zone on the island of ireland forfood and animals, so single zone on the island of ireland for food and animals, so you treated asa for food and animals, so you treated as a single economic zone which would deal with a decent chunk of potential checks in the event of a no deal brexit but by no means all of them, there are other things you need to do and if you're talking about food and animals, lots of things don't get custom —— covered, customs declarations and vat and product standards, but if you have a single economic zone in ireland, it raises the prospect of more checks between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, and as we have been hearing that is politically tricky. the idea of a backstop setting northern ireland apart from the rest of the uk? if you took the food and animal idea and made it cover everything, that would mean, and that graphic will not change now, it came up early and now it's staying

there. now, there we go. downing street say it's not what we want, they say it means northern ireland are staying as part of the eu's customs territory and following single market rules, so northern ireland being treated differently from the rest of the uk with all the questions that it raises about sovereignty, and that leaves us with what you can call the almost unachievable brexit triangle. there are three things the uk says it wa nts are three things the uk says it wants from these negotiations, one is to leave... it's not coming up, is to leave... it's not coming up, is it? there is my triangle! it wa nts to is it? there is my triangle! it wants to leave the customs union and single market, it wants to keep the land border in northern ireland open but it wants no border in the rsc. you cannot have all of those. if

both sides agree that the most important thing is that the land border must stay open, the current backstop says the compromise is at least temporarily the uk will stay much closer to the customs union and northern ireland in many of the rules of the single market but that has been rejected three times in parliament, so you have to go to the third pillar, this idea of no border in the rsc. to get around that, as we have been hearing from jeffrey donaldson, we know arlene foster and nigel dodds will meet the prime minister, you need to persuade unionists in northern ireland and in the conservative party who were very wa ry the conservative party who were very wary about anything that seems to treat northern ireland as a separate special case. that will be the focus of lots of talks today so what are they thinking about? boris johnson

says he wants a deal, we saw him in that awkward press conference with leo varadkar in dublin yesterday saying i've looked at no deal, i really wa nt saying i've looked at no deal, i really want a deal but we have been talking about what people in northern ireland might want and in the conservative backbenchers and we need to consider what the eu is prepared to go along with and it is still saying, when it comes to the backstop, we are not prepared to replace a legal guarantee with a promise and that is key, it cannot be notions of alternative arrangements, perhaps something on food and animals, stitch it together, they say it needs to be cast and before we agree to a brexit deal. the dup are at the heart of this, theresa may did nothing to risk the votes she needed, there is a discussion rather borisjohnson might consider sidelining the dup and going his own way. when you have

taken the whip away from 20 of your collea g u es taken the whip away from 20 of your colleagues and lost your majority, those northern ireland seats appear to be less important and don't forget, borisjohnson voted in favour of theresa may's withdrawal agreement on its third occasion in the house of commons. there are other members of the european research group who say they would never vote for anything like the withdrawal agreement so you could argue, is the prime minister prepared to ditch the dup? he needs to get support from somewhere, you have conservative backbenchers in one corner and the dup in another, not disk cross—party initiative emerging, everyone has been looking into how you stitch together a majority in the house of commons and time for the 31st of october is running short. chris, thank you.

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 correspondent duncan kennedy is in brighton this morning. duncan, what's been going on?l duncan, what's been going on? a lot more than brexit, this is one of those cases where brexit seems to suck the oxygen out of everything but here, like the other conferences, lots of other policies are being discussed and jeremy corbyn was keen to widen his debate, not only attacking boris johnson corbyn was keen to widen his debate, not only attacking borisjohnson but getting into policy ideas should he make it to downing street. his one big idea was the idea of a ministry for employment rights, the idea of

being you would have a cabinet level secretary of state to look after workers' rights, making sure wages rise and workers are secure in their job, getting more workers to run the companies they work for. would it work? let's find out from one of the delegates listening today. you heard his idea about a ministry for employment rights. it would be brilliant, led by laura pidcock, it's time for working people to have a voice in government. another big cheer was when he said we want to end zero—hours contracts. why is that still so popular? because they are still ongoing, removing any stability for people, young people, it's difficult to plan anything. if people want minimal ours, why can't they have set hours every week? some

people say a lot of people like to have the flexibility. that's where unions come in, if that is what they want, that is what they get, but if you abolish them, unions can mitigate that. another big cheer came when jeremy corbyn mitigate that. another big cheer came whenjeremy corbyn said he would set up a living wage of £10 and are for those over 16. it needs to be more than £10, it's not a living wage although government calls it one, it's important for young people in particular because under—25s get paid less than their colleagues for doing the same work. we need £10 and r. it all sounds very just but we need £10 and r. it all sounds veryjust but comes on the same day as new figures show there is a record unemployment, the lowest unemployment since 197a. wages are up, so hasn'tjeremy corbyn got a tough task to convince people he is right for the economy?”

tough task to convince people he is right for the economy? i don't think so, most people in britain now these are not realjobs, they are zero hours and casual contracts and we need people on properjobs now. thank you. the speech was notjust about brexit, it was a do you see audience so a lot of these things we re very audience so a lot of these things were very welcome, he was playing two people already converted to his ideas and talked about bashing bad bosses and cracking down on tax dodgers, he got lots of applause and said when he gets into downing street, not if, he hopes to implement a lot of these policies within the first 100 days in office. duncan, thank you. you're watching afternoon live. these are our headlines: the cabinet meets to discuss its options — after the commons was suspended in the early hours amid chaotic scenes. a review finds that 12 million patients in england regularly take drugs which could be addictive.

labour calls for geoffrey boycott‘s knighthood to be withdrawn after he said he "couldn't give a toss" about criticism of his domestic violence conviction. and in sport, england's james anderson said he has no plans to retire anytime soon. he is recovering from a calf injury that ruled him out of this ashes series but says he still has a huge hunger to play cricket and is hopeful of getting on winter tour. england host kosovo in euro 2020 qualifying at southampton's st mary's tonight as they look to continue their winning streak. england have won all three games in group a while kosovo sit a point behind in second place. it's been another good morning for british competitors at the world para swimming championships — with alice tai and tully kearney both on course for a second gold medal in as many days. and i'll be back with more on all those stories at 2:30pm.

let's pick up on one of those headline stories. a review by public health england has found a quarter of adults have been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. medicines including painkillers, sleeping pills and anti—depressants are taken by around 12 million adults with half of them being long—term users. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. medicines that can relieve pain or help with sleep or anxiety play a vital role in the lives of millions of people, but concern is growing over the length of time some patients are being prescribed these potentially addictive drugs. people like libby who has been taking antidepressants for more than 20 years. i have felt at times very angry and very frustrated, in terms of how it has affected my family life, how it has affected my relationships with people. because obviously people are seeing you suffering. but i feel that the worst thing about it is you are told that you're ill, or you are told that

you need the medicine and it kind of makes you feel helpless. 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. 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. experts on addiction warn that patients can quickly come dependent on their medication. when you put an addictive substance in it acts like hunger for food or thirst for water. you know, your survival mechanism now believes that you need that drug. and if you try to stop eating one day, you'd have problems. it is education and support

to help that person. the advice to patients who may be concerned is not to suddenly stop taking their medication. instead, they should seek the help of their gp. 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 injail for killing the six—year—old on the isle of bute last year. today, judges ruled the sentence should be reduced to 2a years. there's been criticism of the decision to award former cricketer geoffrey boycott with a knighthood in theresa may's resignation honours list. he was convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend in france in 1998. some of mrs may's former advisers, including nick timothy and fiona hill, are also getting a gong along with other members of her team. richard galpin has more. geoffrey boycott, one of england's

most successful opening batsmen, becomes sir geoffrey after receiving a knighthood in theresa may's resignation honours. the former prime minister is a big fan. one of my cricket heroes was always geoffrey boycott. and what do you know about geoffrey boycott? geoffrey boycott stuck to it, and he got the runs in the end. thank you. but the knighthood is proving controversial. this is mr boycott almost 20 years ago, heading into a french court to appeal a conviction of assaulting his girlfriend at that time, margaret moore. he lost the appeal. the court had heard she'd been punched in the face and body 20 times. women's rights campaigners say his knighthood is inappropriate. at a time when prosecutions and convictions are going down, it tells survivors that they are not important, and i think that's a terrible message to send women. geoffrey boycott gave his response on the today programme this morning.

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 not true. 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. speaking later, mr boycott expressed dismay at the media raising the issue. is that what interviewing is about, always to ask difficult questions? shouldn't it be just a nice day for me? and these are just some of the close political aides and advisers who worked for mrs may whilst in government who have now been given knighthoods, peerages or other honours. this has sparked yet more criticism of mrs may, with claims of cronyism, something she previously indicated she would avoid. time for a look at the weather.

mel is here and that looks a bit like east hampshire. i think it might be! we will talk about autumn. it's a chilly braintree in essex. that will teach me to be clever. we will talk about autumn and how it has lots to offer, so this morning we had mist and fog, dance across northern ireland and in the highlands of scotland a touch of ground frost. at this time of year we can get some warmth during the days and this is a video of a dust devil taken on sunday in worcestershire, so over the temperatures drop to around three celsius, they rose quickly during the day. when you have a small pocket of warm air rising quickly you get an updraught like this so the mechanics are similar to a

tornado but on at tiny scale, i will play it again. you need a loose surface so it can pick something up. that's why they call them dust devils, presumably. as it works its way over to the grass, because the grass is cooler it tends to fizzle out, so someone did well to capture this. the other characteristic of autumnal weather, wet and windy conditions. this is when dorian was still a hurricane. it devastated the bahamas, went to the east coast of america and since then has been tracking across the atlantic, a big expanse of cool water that has reached our shores but it has lost a lot of its energy so now it's nothing more than an average area of low pressure for this time of year but it will bring a spell of wet and windy weather in

the next few hours but for many places today, a respite from the rain we saw yesterday. you're going to tell us an indian summer is on its way. i wish i could but there is a bit of good news. this evening it will turn wetter and windierfor good news. this evening it will turn wetter and windier for all of us courtesy of that area of low pressure, it's already starting to show its hand across northern ireland, that rain will continue eastwards this evening, elsewhere a slice of sunshine this afternoon, more cloud towards the south and east, it could produce one or two spots of drizzle, temperatures mid to high teens, some heavy bursts and blustery winds, gusts of 40—50 miles per hour on exposed coasts of scotland, it loses its momentum as it moves south and east but clear spells giving way to cloud overnight

so temperatures will remain mostly in double figures. a great start for many of us on wednesday, the rain continues to clear down towards that south and east, behind it brightening up, a blustery day with some showers rattling through, they will tend to be fairly short lived thanks to that blustery wind in scotla nd thanks to that blustery wind in scotland but temperatures are starting to pick up a little, especially towards the south and east where they could get back to 21 celsius. another low pressure system heads a wait for thursday, in this one we have the remnants of x tropical storm gabrielle so wet and windy weather for some of us but we start to draw in humid air and that will pick the temperatures up down to that south—east quarter, so some rainfora to that south—east quarter, so some rain for a northern ireland working into north—west england but it's all about the temperatures, especially

towards the south and east, on thursday we could see highs of 25 celsius. as we head towards the weekend high pressure builds in and settled things down so by the weekend it looks like many of us, there is some rain around especially for the four north of scotland but temperatures start to pick up and we will see plenty of sunshine.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the cabinet has been meeting to discuss its options — after the commons was suspended in the early hours amid chaotic scenes. ireland's phil hogan appointed as the eu's new trade commissioner. he'll be responsible for leading trade negotiations with britain once it leaves the eu. a review of the use of prescription drugs finds that 12 million patients in england regularly take medicines which could be addictive. labour calls for geoffrey boycott‘s knighthood to be withdrawn after he said he "couldn't give a toss" about criticism of his domestic violence conviction. violence has erupted in londonderry — as petrol bombs are thrown at the police after they find a suspicious device. and coming up — the ultimate deep sea diver — an american adventurer becomes the first person to visit the deepest places in all five of earth's oceans. sport now on afternoon live

with holly hamilton. we with holly hamilton. are talking aboutjimmy ande who we are talking aboutjimmy anderson who has had a bad time but he says he is not out of the picture yet. as far as he is concerned it is not a number. and at 37 james anderson says he has no plans to retire any time soon, in fact he's eyeing up the next ashes series already. he's understandably frustrated by his absence during this series. he only bowled four overs against australia in the opening test in birmingham before a calf injury ruled him out for the rest of the five test series. without him — australia went 2—1 up to ensure they retain the urn before the final test at the oval this week. but anderson's thoughts have already turned to the next series in new zealand. he says he plans to play until he's a0 — he's still hungry for the game. and is going to look at the way people in other sports prolong their careers to give him every chance to extend his career. i'm going to try and look into

everything possible to get my body in good shape, look at, you know, how other sports people have coped with getting older and staying at the top of their sport so that is exactly what i want to do. i still think i have a lot to offer this england team and i still love playing this game. he said in one article he wants to beat the ryan giggs of cricket. perhaps he'll be on one of these honours lists some day soon. as you've been hearing two former england cricket captains have received knighthoods in today's honours list. geoffrey boycott becomes sir geoffrey. and there's also a knighthood for andrew strauss. who knows, we could seejimmy anderson on that list someday soon. let's look at football, euro qualifiers and england playing, hoping to keep up what has been a pretty good start.

england are off to southampton tonight in their euro 2020 qualifier against kosovo. they've got a perfect record so far — one they'll be wanting to maintain — but kosovo are the only other unbeaten team in their group. in fact, they're actually 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, everyone is fit and available so we just have to make sure we get the balance right. we need to have the right defending and attacking profiles to make sure we are giving ourselves the best chance to win the game. new huddersfield town manager danny cowley says the club needs to realise they are in a relegation battle if they‘ re to start climbing the table.

after dropping out of the premier league they are currently second bottom of the championship. cowley enjoyed great success at his previous club lincoln city, guiding them from non—league to league one. we enjoyed two years in the premier league but the reality is we are now a championship club and right at the bottom of the relegation places in the championship so we have to be aware of where the club is at. if you can be aware of this and you can be clear on the vision of where you would like to take the club, once you have got the start point and know the destination, but the stepping stones in place to become that much clearer. 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 kearney 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. police in northern ireland say a bomb found in londonderry was an attempt by the dissident republican group the new ira to murder police officers. during the search of the creggan estate petrol bombs were thrown at the police. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. in some parts of northern ireland police still face opposition. they are focused in the creggan area. around 80 officers were involved in a security operation yesterday. more than a0 petrol bombs were thrown at them. two young people suffered burns from the devices they were carrying. police were searching for explosives and they found a bomb in a car. it had a command wire which means

it was likely to be detonated when a target was passing by. detectives believe the attack was being planned by the new ira. community leaders say most people here don't want violence. to have a device like that in the middle of our street, where it could take a human life, be it the life of a police officer or member of our community, is very, very worrying and very, very sad. in april, the new ira tried to murder police during a riot in creggan, but instead they shot dead the journalist lyra mckee. the latest search in the area was carried out after another attempt to kill police over the weekend in the town of strabane, just a few miles away. officers found this mortar bomb. they think it was to be fired towards a police station. there have now been seven planned attacks by dissident republicans this year. eight months ago, a car bomb exploded outside derry courthouse. injune, the device was found underneath a senior police officer's car at a golf club in belfast. then, last month, a bomb was detonated close to officers in county fermanagh, near the border with the irish republic.

the level of violence in northern ireland is still very low compared with the troubles, but police believe groups such as the new ira have recently been showing greater determination to cause harm. chris page, bbc news. reports in the us media say one of the cia's secret agents was extracted from moscow in 2017 over concerns that the spy was at risk of being accidentally exposed. the kremlin has confirmed that a man, named as oleg smolenkov, did work in the russian presidential administration. but they said he did not have direct contact with president putin and was sacked some years ago. nigel west is the author of cold war spy master and specialises in issues of esponiage, spies and intelligence. hejoins me now from ramsgate. good afternoon. if you have written this plot, you would have another best seller on your hands. this is true and a remarkable story, and the political implications today are actually very widespread and

significant. the remarkable part of this is the decision had to be taking to get him out. why do you think that was? there are many reasons why an agent is extradited. the cia and other intelligence agencies of the kind rely on human sources so part of the deal and the trust between the case officer and their agent is in the event of them following under suspicion, their family being put injeopardy, they will be protected. you might say that has shades of the episode in salisbury and that is why this is so important but i would discount assertions that he was extrapolated precisely because his name was or he might have been jeopardised precisely because his name was or he might have beenjeopardised by

president trump's indiscretions. i think there is more behind this. there are suggestions that he initially refused the offer or at the request to get out. he has three children, i think but eventually they got him out and this is a problem for the cia because this must have been one of the most important sources for years. must have been one of the most important sources for yearsm must have been one of the most important sources for years. if we are right, he is perhaps the source thatis are right, he is perhaps the source that is referred to byjohn brennan, the then director of central intelligence in 2016 in the obama administration referred to a source that he called a bombshell, and this was at a time that the former secret intelligence service officer chris steele was ambling around washington peddling his dodgy dossier. there has been an issue and i think you have to look at the timing

carefully, there is an issue about whether or not this is an alibi for the chris steele material which is so controversial in congress today. exciting is probably the wrong word to use but is the word i am using, one of the exciting aspects is how they got him out. he had regular access to the kremlin, reports he met vladimir putin regularly, he would have known much more about security given he is a former agent himself. how do you get someone out? both cia and sas are pretty experienced in this. from the end of the cold war it has become much easier. the assertion is this particular individual was extricated from montenegro in june particular individual was extricated from montenegro injune 2017, just a couple of years ago. it wouldn't be so difficult for that particular

extra filtration —— extra filtration. it is difficult for example, in 2010 went to serving members of the svr and this failed to show up to work. they were x bill treated in the same week independently. the year a roaster that executed it very successfully. this man is settled in the united states under his own name and that isa states under his own name and that is a risk. there is a risk and there is a risk. there is a risk and there isa is a risk. there is a risk and there is a history to this. there was a senior source, when he retired he moved to the united states,

continued to draw his kgb pension and thought nobody would notice. whereas the men were exfiltrated from moscow. in the case of skripal he was exchanged in a spite swap and because his family were still back in russia, he saw no reason to live under alias and he was offered the protection and resettlement but he turned it down on the grounds that his family were regularly visiting him and semitransparent. you can see today many of those old—time defectors have dropped from view even though they left under alias, it was fairly transparent. if i was in the kremlin i would be putting out the story this guy was actually a double agent. that is a possibility that he was supplying dodgy information, always controlled

by the svr. that might send some shivers down the spines of the cia headquarters but there are integrity checks, particularly with the cia who are very adept at using polygraphs to check the quality of the information they receive from their agents so i wouldn't be too worried about that. that is the kind of counter blow you would expect from the svr. great to talk to you, thank you very much for your time this afternoon. nigel west. british airways pilots are on strike for a second day over pay, causing more disruption for hundreds of thousands of passengers. yesterday almost all of ba's flights were cancelled in the biggest industrial action in the airline's history. the two day strike is costing the airline around 80 million pounds. pilots walked out after rejecting an 11.5% pay deal over three years, saying they want a share of the airline's profits. 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 lightening strike on a transmission circuit. there was also major disruption to parts of the rail network, 60 trains shut down in the south east when the power dropped. japan says it may have to dump more than a million tonnes of contaminated water from the fukushima nuclear power plant into the pacific ocean. the power plant was destroyed in a tsunami eight years ago. the contaminated water has been used to cool the melted reactors but the room to store it in giant tanks has been running out. japan's government said a final decision has not yet been taken. a bbc investigation has discovered that more than 500 convicted british sex offenders, who should be being monitored by the authorities, have disappeared from the system. police are said to be struggling to implement a new regime, because of the high number of offenders. paul kenyon reports this is daniel erickson—hull,

a british paedophile on the run. he was convicted in 2017 of having hundreds of indecent images of children. we're talking all manner of sexual assaults against children within those images. so, both moving images and still images of sexual abuse against children. but whilst awaiting his court case, hull absconded to this walled roma community in bulgaria. instead of hiding, he increased his profile as an evangelical pastor and posted fundraising films on the internet — often with children, which he still does today. injesus' name. he was extradited back to the uk and jailed for 15 months. # i'm free — hallelujah #. he was also given something called a sexual harm prevention order — a series of restrictions placed on his activities — but the courts did not confiscate his passport. instead, he was simply told to report to a monitoring team before any foreign trips. but within three days

of his release, daniel hull had absconded again. in bulgaria, we set out to find him. daniel hull, my name is paul kenyon. i'm from bbc television. yeah? you're a paedophile on the run, aren't you? no! yes, you are on the run. no. and you're a paedophile. i am most certainly not a paedophile. and you've been here with lots of unaccompanied children, so what have you got to say for yourself? how are they unaccompanied? there were children in here... no, no. you have been told by thejudge, haven't you, very specifically... no, no. ..that you're a danger to children? i am not a danger to children. did the judge say that? no. he did, didn't he? and this is a problem. do you see? if the judge says that you've broken those orders, you could face a very long time in prison, couldn't you? mr hull, what have you got to say for yourself? because you know that you're breeching two orders by being here and this is totally unacceptable, isn't it? thejudge said you could go to prison for a very long time, didn't he? man speaks own language. why you here? mr hull, thejudge said you could go

to prison for a very long time. no, he did not. well, there you go. that's daniel hull. and, as you heard, he's in some kind of denial, but this is a serious situation. it tells you something about the alarming difficulties that we have systemically within the legal system in the uk at the moment because the position... crowd shouting they're throwing bricks. get in the car. daniel hull is not alone. the bbc‘s discovered there are 581 british sex offenders who vanished from the system, and although police chiefs say that represents less than 1% of the total, whilst no one knows where they are, children are potentially at risk. paul kenyon, bbc news. a look at the headlines on afternoon live the cabinet meets to discuss its options — after the commons was suspended in the early hours

amid chaotic scenes. a review of the use of prescription drugs finds that 12 million patients in england regularly take medicines which could be addictive. labour calls for geoffrey boycott‘s knighthood to be withdrawn after he said he "couldn't give a toss" about criticism of his domestic violence conviction. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. 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 continue 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. yesterday it was tech giants, now e—cigarettes are coming under scrutiny from regulators? do you know what duelling means? it isa do you know what duelling means? it is a term that parents up and down the country will have become familiar with because thousands of them receive letters from school saying watch out from this thing, it can fit into it clenched palm and looks like something you can plug into an usb drive and comes in various fruit flavours. it is a e—cigarette, it can be sold to younger people. we do not know the health impact which is why it is a concern. we have been sent letters from schools up and down the countries but in the us we have seen

the regulators sending a warning to juul labs saying they are violating us laws by promoting its products are safer than cigarettes. the firm must have sign—off from the food and drug administration to make such a claim. the warning comes as officials probe an outbreak of deadly lung illness potentially linked to vaping products. vivienne nunis is at wall street for us. this is an intriguing story because juul labs has been hotting up quite a bit but so has the attention from the regulators there. that is right, as you say the sga has sent a couple of warning letters to the ceo of juul, a company based in san francisco. those letters have asked them to stop marketing the product are safer than traditional cigarettes. they are saying you cannot make those claims without

federal approval and you need evidence to back that up. it has become cool to do it amongst teenagers. i've read reports of bathrooms at high schools being known asjuul rooms. i think it is to do with the flavours like mint and mango. a government enquiry looked into the impactjuul was having on nicotine addiction on young people and it revealed that some representatives have gone into high schools and told students their product is totally safe which is why it is getting the attention of regulators in the us. also there has been a flurry of press reports and papers, not especially aboutjuul but about dating linking e—cigarettes to problems with lungs, a lot of attention has been focused. this is quite significant because as we have seen this growth of

popularity, we are seeing a mounting number of lawsuits which could affect tobacco firms as well. yes, juul has been an interesting company that have only brought products onto market in 2015, since then we have seen an explosion in popularity and is now evaluated at $38 billion but there are lawsuits. a number of lawyers are bringing individual cases on the behalf of teenagers saying they are addicted to nicotine and others on behalf of people with health problems linked to e—cigarettes. there are concerns it is been targeting to young people. juul denies it targets its product to children but it is being investigated and the courts will ta ke investigated and the courts will take a closer look at it. thank you. meanwhile it's the end of an era in the magazine industry? one magazine in particular and this will upset you simon. can you name

that cover start? is it laura harrier, it is written there. very honest of you. enjoy that cover when you can because we will not see that many more. the print edition is coming to an end after 31 years because the magazine industry is under huge pressure when we see the growth of online products. at the moment marie claire sells 80,000 copies on average, that is the circulation and gives away about another 40,000 for free. this is worrying for those working at the magazine. £4 28 up there. i know, a guilty pleasure for women up i know, a guilty pleasure for women up and down the country but frankly you can get this information online and marie claire will continue on a digital form. and marie claire will continue on a digitalform. you and marie claire will continue on a digital form. you can and marie claire will continue on a digitalform. you can go elsewhere in the world because additions there

are going to exist still. the people behind marie claire bring out about 50 magazines including horse and hound. quite a click div. —— collective. this is all about digital. marie claire are going to have more tie—ups with shopping platforms. we can blame social media influences. 0k, influences. ok, sad news. thank you very much. we are getting news from kingston crown court about vincent fuller who has been jailed for 18 years and nine months for stabbing a man in a terror attack, the day after the christchurch mask shootings happened. he was on a rampage with a

baseball bat in stanwell, shouting racist abuse as he sought entry into a house then walked along a road swinging the bat at cars. the bat broke so i am himself with a knife and attacked the 19—year—old to his car window and attacked the 19—year—old to his carwindow ina and attacked the 19—year—old to his car window in a tesco car park. here is daniel stanford. armed police officers arresting vincent fuller after his rampage which lasted almost an hour. after they detained him vincent fuller called the officers race traitors and said he hoped the kids would go to hell. it was the day after the attack on two mosques in new zealand that left 51 people dead before his attack, fuller posted on facebook that he agreed with what the killer in new zealand had done. he wrote:

he then went to his asian neighbours home, hitting the door with a baseball bat, shouting racist abuse and terrifying the women inside. next, he headed down his street shouting, kill all muslims, white supremacist rule, smashing cars with his bat. eventually it broke so he went back to his flat to collect a knife and set out to the new tesco superstore intent on his threats to kill a muslim. here he walked up to a bmw car with the windows open and two men inside, one was bulgarian but might have been mistaken for middle eastern, the other was black with a beard and appear to be wearing a skull cap. fuller told them they were going to die, lunged at the bulgarian man and caught him on his hand with the knife. he

lunged at him again and nicked him on the neck but fortunately did not break the skin. at that point the bulgarian managed to start the car and drove off. fuller ran from the scene but was arrested soon after. he was known by neighbours as a violent and predictable man. but it was the massacre in new zealand that triggered him to attempt his own terrorist killing. now it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. we are seeing a brief respite from the rain yesterday but it is going to be fairly short lived as we head towards this evening and it is going towards this evening and it is going to be turning wetter and windier. this is an area of low pressure that is moving from the atlantic and within this area we are seeing the re m na nts of within this area we are seeing the rem na nts of ex within this area we are seeing the remnants of ex hurricane dorian but this is nothing unusual. a spell of

wet and windy weather showing its hand across northern ireland and western scotland as well. elsewhere a bit more sunshine, a bit of cloud in the south—east, it may produce some showers that most places dry. into this evening, that rain will continue and some heavy bursts with blustery winds, dusts potentially 40 -50 blustery winds, dusts potentially 40 — 50 mph. this rain loses some of its momentum as it tracks towards the south and the east. a lot of cloud overnight, very few clear spells and temperatures will remain in double figures across the board. a bit ofa in double figures across the board. a bit of a cloudy damp start for some on wednesday morning. that rain will continue its journey towards the south and the east, easing as it does so and becoming showery in nature. behind it, brightens up. breezy for all of us but temperatures starting to pick up a notch or two, 20 one celsius

possible down towards the south and east. that is a trend that is going to continue. we have another low pressure system working in. this contains the remnants of x tropical storm gabrielle which will bring a speu storm gabrielle which will bring a spell of wet and windy weather for some us spell of wet and windy weather for some us but some humid air. notice the colours on the map. temperatures to assist south—eastern quarter of the uk is well start to rise. it will feel humid with outbreaks of rainfor will feel humid with outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, western scotla nd rain for northern ireland, western scotland and north wales too. elsewhere dry weather. quite a lot of cloud around, temperatures we could see highs around 24, possibly 25 in the far south and east. as we head towards the weekend high pressure starts to build in. it will not be dry for all of us all the time but there will be fine weather on the cards with the weekend and the temperatures are on the rise.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 3pm: the cabinet meets to discuss its options after the commons was suspended in the early hours amid chaotic scenes. it comes asjeremy corbyn says labour will offer voters another referendum with an option for leaving the eu, as well as an option for remaining. we're ready for that election. we're ready to unleash the biggest people—powered campaign we have ever seen in this country and in this movement. a 50—year—old man is sentenced to 18 years and nine months for stabbing another man in a terror attack — the day after the christchurch mosque shootings. the labour partyjoins calls for geoffrey boycott‘s knighthood to be taken away — critics say it should never have been given to a man sentenced for attacking a former girlfriend.

i can't apologise for something i didn't do. i'm100% convinced, i didn't do. i'm100% convinced, i didn't hit her or anybody else. violence erupts in londonderry as petrol bombs are thrown at the police after they find a suspicious device. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. we are still here, we will be hearing from jimmy anderson. ease been telling us he still has a hungerfor been telling us he still has a hunger for cricket and he been telling us he still has a hungerfor cricket and he has no plans to retire any time soon. still recovering from the calf injury that ruled him out of this ashes series. still fine and dry with spells of sunshine but the next system is showing its hand across northern ireland, wet and windy conditions

moving in. also coming up — the women's magazine marie claire is to stop its print publication. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. by any measure, the scenes in the commons last night were extraordinary. amid chaos, with scuffles around the spea ker‘s chair, parliament was suspended just before 2am. opposition mps held protests, with shouts of "shame on you" as government mps left the commons to head to the house of lords for the formal prorogation ceremony. the government had just lost another vote — the sixth in a row — after failing again to convince mps to back borisjohnson's call for an early election. the prime minister held a cabinet meeting to address the question we're all asking — what happens next? our political correspondent ben wright reports. i couldn't care less whether you like it or not. i require no response

from you, young man. get out, man! i'd already made the point if people had the manners to listen, which they haven't. early—hours pandemonium in the house of commons, the speaker, john bercow, contemptuous of the government's decision to suspend parliament for five weeks. this is not, however, a normal prorogation, it is not typical, it is not standard. the chamber had never seen anything like it. some opposition mps held up signs saying "silenced" and tried to block john bercow heading off to the lords in a ceremony to mark the suspension. and they shouted "shame" at tory mps trooping out. shame on you! and some of the mps who stayed in the chamber broke into song. # we'll keep the red flag flying here! with dawn came calm, but before parliament shut down, mps stopped borisjohnson calling a snap election and passed a law blocking a no—deal brexit,

to the fury of many tory mps. i think we saw last night why the prime minister has been right to call for a general election. we've offered it twice, for the very good reason we need to find ways to make sure the country can move forward, deliver brexit and move on. parliament has twice ducked that challenge, it's highly regrettable and the public can read into that what they want. this morning number 10's chief strategist, dominic cummings, had a dig at what he called rich remainers. going to talk to people who are not rich remainers. what do you think will happen, what's your next move? will britain leave the eu on time? sure pitting brexit supporters against parliament is part of number 10's strategy but by limiting the number of days mps have to sit before october 31st triggered this cross—party alliance that has now boxed boris johnson in, forcing him to seek a further extension if he can't get a deal through parliament by the middle of october.

are you trying to silence mps? let's get more on that bomb —— in londonderry. this is the psni assista nt londonderry. this is the psni assistant chief constable. at 4am this morning the bomb disposal officer confirmed a command wired initiated device had been made safe in creggan heights. this device was packed with commercial explosives. it was a small device in size but the explosion would have been significant, in our estimation it would have killed people and wounded a lot of others. it had a very significant blast in that area. my assessment is the likelihood of that device was there to be used at some point against a police patrol in creggan. we believe the new ira were behind us and that they want to

drive policing out of creggan and deny people the right to phone the police about the most fundamental things, domestic violence, sexual abuse, burglary and car crime, that is why we are policing creggan but they want to deny that. this device was to murder a police officers and was to murder a police officers and was the second incident across the weekend, there was a concerned effort to murder police officers in your communities, to stop them assisting you, so there is a big effort to stop that happening, not just to stop terrorism but also to promote a community policing response in northern ireland. the chief constable has recently announced another 400 officers in neighbour hood policing. we want more people on the ground to assist you. he believes we need 7500

officers and when you see the level officers and when you see the level of pressure officers are facing from crime and from these issues, it's ha rd to crime and from these issues, it's hard to argue that more officers would be helpful to the people of northern ireland. also last night you so young people involved in disorder, again in creggan, over 40 petrol bombs thrown and two young people on farfrom petrol bombs thrown and two young people on far from the petrol bombs they were throwing at police. we believe this was orchestrated in the evening by the new ira. the purpose of those police lines was to hold accordance to the bomb disposal officer could safely dispose of this device and protect the people of creggan. i would condemn what has happened here and i would also like to thank the responsible people in the community for their support but also those on the ground trying to peep people come in two are working

on unlikely bases across northern ireland to ensure communities and to working on unlikely basis across northern ireland to ensure communities states stable. are you saying officers found the device by chance or you're officers were alerted? this was part of a general area search so this device was examined —— found when they examined the scar. with the device had been moved from somewhere else? my assessment is it was being stored for use somewhere in the area. i have no idea how long it was there. was it primed and ready to go? with one adjustment of the bomb would have been ready for detonation so it was viable. how close did your office rs was viable. how close did your officers come to this being used? we don't know that, we are just glad we

have recovered the device but we have recovered the device but we have no idea when it would be used. do you believe there are other devices? we know the new ira are co nsta ntly devices? we know the new ira are constantly planning to murder police officers, i would constantly planning to murder police officers, iwould be constantly planning to murder police officers, i would be confident they are planning further attacks. were any officers injured? no, the only people we believe to be injured or the two young people burned by petrol bombs. would you be keen to speak to them? we would. have you any indication is why there has been any indication is why there has been an increase in these attacks in re ce nt an increase in these attacks in recent weeks and you mentioned this device contained commercial explosives, either similarities between the devices and how concerned would you be that these groups have access to them? there was lots of speculation why there

has been an increase. that threat has been an increase. that threat has been an increase. that threat has been severe for ten years, it's undeniable in recent months we have seen more attempted attacks. i cannot attribute up to any single event but there seem to be a more concerted effort by dissident republicans, we have seen the re—emergence of the continuity ira in the tyrone area, and we saw an attack in craigavon, and regular activity in londonderry from the new ira. only as i can explain why they are doing it. in terms of commercial explosives, i haven't seen anything recently which would compare to this but the use of this type of high explosive has to be condemned as reckless and dangerous and will have devastating effects. how could this happen in an area where a young woman was killed in a matter of weeks ago? i cannot imagine what

it's like to have people build bombs next to a home. the people of derry have suffered a lot this year through the hands of terrorists. they are the ones who are really suffering. we are trying to provide community—based policing service and we have to stand together against this and provide the people of creggan with support and a positive policing response. some people are attempting to justify dissident activity. all lines of inquiry have to be followed, we have to provide evidence, it is important we take a stand together against this type of activity that's producing nothing for communities, no progress and all it's doing is creating situations where we are having to trail over these horrible incidents and try to understand. there has also been

criticism of the policing operation, that you did not move into stop the rioting and the optics are not good when you see police land rover is being petrol bombed and no action taken. there was always criticism of the police but our primary role last night was to make safe a bomb. that was the intention of the commander on the ground, and it's important to focus on, or attempts to make that bomb safe and there will be follow—u ps bomb safe and there will be follow—ups around those involved in disorder. given the geographical spread can how alarmed are the police about the increase in activity? the new chief constable believes we need more officers to police in northern ireland, and i think any police officer on the ground is rightly more concerned about the number of attacks are

occurring. i'm concerned for the men and women of the police service on the ground who go to answer calls in our communities to help us, which is why there's such a massive effort to stop these people but it is worrying, it is worrying for me as a police officer and worrying for communities, which is why we need to stand together. what's your assessment, are these dissident groups recruiting more people re ce ntly groups recruiting more people recently and there are some reports they have been looking to recruit individuals who have experience on bomb—making or may have engaged? these organisations are constantly looking to recruit, to get more people in and join them so they can get involved with criminality, as to whether they are trying to bring people with expertise, that's something we would expect them to be doing, they are always trying to

develop ways to murder people and terrorise the communities, because they are also involved in paramilitary shootings and activities against innocent people, including police officers, so it doesn't surprise me they would be looking for people to help them promote their murder. is brexit a factor? we are not seeing anything that says it is. have they been successful in recruiting? not massively successful but there is a co nsta nt massively successful but there is a constant group of people who seem to be want to drawn to this activity, so we have seen this for many years, we have all stood at these press conferences before. thank you, that's us. that's assistant chief co nsta ble that's us. that's assistant chief constable mark hamilton saying that the device discovered was in an

advanced state of readiness, he said it would require somebody to be watching for a target to pass by and then sent a charged down its command wire, likea then sent a charged down its command wire, like a roadside bomb, a small device which he said could have killed or injured. it was made safe by bomb disposal experts around for iam. as by bomb disposal experts around for i am. as we saw, he was asked about the change of tempo in dissident republicans activity recently, with senior officers believing there is a greater determination to cause harm with some suggesting the issue of brexit has brought an upturn in dissident activity. we will have more reaction from that from chris page, our ireland correspondent, later. let's return to brexit, chaos in the house of commons as that was prorogued before to william with a cabinet meeting presided over by

borisjohnson cabinet meeting presided over by boris johnson and the cabinet meeting presided over by borisjohnson and the question being asked everywhere is what options are open to him now? chris morris is here now and is ideal still possible? time is short, the withdrawal agreement to reason might negotiated took 18 months, boris johnson wants to rewrite it and get it ratified and turned into law in a few weeks and with parliaments out stock, that is a big ask. he is talking to other eu leaders and there are official talks between uk and eu officials in brussels but while the uk says progress is being made, i've spoken to an eu source who said we have had nothing but on the table by the uk to suggest any replacement for the irish backstop, another way to keep the border as

open as now under all circumstances, and we are waiting for proposals from the uk. that doesn't mean there aren't discussions at a lower level? things are being talked about, if you want to replace the backstop, what other things could you do? one thing discussed by the prime minister were raised as a possibility is to have a single economic zone on the island of ireland so the republic of ireland and northern ireland forfood ireland so the republic of ireland and northern ireland for food and animals. that would deal with some of the checks that would have to ta ke of the checks that would have to take place in an ideal scenario, not necessarily all of them, but a lot of that trade across that border has to do with food and animals so that could be part of a solution but on its own, there are other things it doesn't cover so it wouldn't cover making customs declarations, paying ta riffs

making customs declarations, paying tariffs as part of customs, vat, other regulations on products, and the other point about eight singles out for food and animals the other point about eight singles out forfood and animals in ireland is that you would need to have more tracks between northern ireland and great britain, this so—called border down the irish sea which as we know is very tricky. also controversial is very tricky. also controversial is the idea of a backstop for northern ireland only, setting it apart from the rest of the uk. downing street said that is not what it is seeking but if you take the idea of food and animals and extended, you get a backstop that means northern ireland would stay as pa rt means northern ireland would stay as part of the eu's customs territory while the rest of the uk wouldn't, so great britain could make trade deals but northern ireland would not be included and it would have to stay close to the rules of the single market, so it would be treated differently with the

implications for the debate on sovereignty, so that leaves us with this impossible brexit triangle and there are three things the uk has been asking forfrom there are three things the uk has been asking for from the start, it wa nts to been asking for from the start, it wants to leave the customs union and single market, it wants to land border in ireland to be as open as it is now, but it wants no border in the irish sea. you cannot have all three of those. the backstop suggests that if the open land border has to stay, then why not stay temporarily within the uk as pa rt stay temporarily within the uk as part of the eu's customs territory? that has been rejected three times in parliament, and the only other thing to look at is the third pillar, the idea of more tracks, you don't have to call it a border but some lined down the irish sea but as we now the dup, the government's allies are opposed to that, other

elements in the conservative party are opposed to it so if you want to do that, and downing street says it doesn't but many people think a northern ireland only backstop could be the only obvious landing zone, then you will need, as we have done from the beginning, to construct a majority for it in the house of commons. chris, thank you. a man who vowed to ‘kill all muslims' and knifed a teenager the day after the christchurch mosque attack has been jailed for over 18 years. vincent fuller, 50, from stanwell, admitted the attempted murder of a bulgarian teenager in a knife attack on 16 march this year. he targeted the victim, who was sitting in his car with a friend, after setting out to kill muslim people. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more. armed police officers arresting vincent fuller after his rampage

which lasted almost an hour. and said he hoped their kids would go to hell. it was the day after the attack on two mosques in new zealand that left 51 people dead — before his attack, fuller posted on facebook that he agreed with what the killer in new zealand had done. he then went to his asian neighbours home, hitting the door with a baseball bat, shouting racist abuse and terrifying the woman inside. come here! next, he headed down his street shouting, kill all muslims, white supremacist rule, smashing cars with his bat. eventually it broke so he went back to his flat to collect a knife

and set out to the nearby tesco superstore intent on his threats to kill a muslim. here he walked up to a bmw car with the windows open and two men inside — one was bulgarian but might have been mistaken for middle eastern, the other was black with a beard and appeared to be wearing a skull cap. fuller told them they were going to die, lunging at the bulgarian man and caught him on his hand with the knife. you are going to die, he repeated. he lunged at him again and nicked him on the neck but fortunately did not break the skin. at that point the bulgarian managed to start the car and drove off. fuller ran from the scene but was arrested soon after. he was known by neighbours as a violent and unpredictable man. but it was the massacre in new zealand that triggered him to attempt his own terrorist killing.

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 injail for killing the 6—year—old on the isle of bute last year. a review by public health england has found a quarter of adults have been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. medicines including painkillers, sleeping pills and anti—depressants are taken by around 12 million adults with half of them being long—term users. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. medicines that can relieve pain or help with sleep or anxiety play a vital role in the lives of millions of people, but concern is growing over the length of time some patients are being prescribed these potentially addictive drugs. people like libby, who has been taking antidepressants for more than 20 years. i have felt at times very angry and very frustrated, in terms of how it has affected my family life,

how it has affected my relationships with people. because obviously people are seeing you suffering. but i feel that the worst thing about it is you're told that you're ill, or you're told that you need the medicine, and it kind of makes you feel helpless. 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. 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.

experts on addiction warn that patients can quickly become dependent on their medication. when you put an addictive substance in, it acts like hunger for food or thirst for water. you know, your survival mechanism now believes that you need that drug. and if you tried to stop eating one day, you'd have problems. it is education and support to help that person. the advice to patients who may be concerned is not to suddenly stop taking their medication. instead, they should seek the help of their gp. let's return to brexit, the impasse in parliament. the prime minister has been visiting a primary school in london to mark the launch of an education drive which could see up to 30 new free schools established. he sat in on a history lesson about the norman conquest alongside the education secretary gavin williamson.

sorry, i haven't seen those pictures before. later he told reporters that he was focused on delivering on people's priorities and leaving the european union on the 31st of october. i think there are loads of people who will really want this thing done, that includes the british people but other in brussels and across the eu, it's been dragging on for three years and i can see the policy of the opposition and some parties is delayed come together beyond october 31 but nobody can seek what that achieves, its just another £1 billion a month to stay in the eu. that's why we are working ha rd to in the eu. that's why we are working hard to get a deal. i think we will get a deal but if necessary we will come out with no deal but in the meantime we will get on with their priorities, i think of the british

people and that education, free schools, getting our streets safer, 20,000 more police on the streets, improving our hospitals, putting money into the nhs and championing the welsh trading sector of the uk, the welsh trading sector of the uk, the businesses on which we depend so there is a massive agenda. we need a queen's speech, that's why parliament is in recess because you a lwa ys parliament is in recess because you always have recess before our queen's speech and anyone who says it's anti—democratic, what a load of nonsense, we were very clear that if people wanted a democratic moment, if they wanted an election, we offered it to the labour opposition and they decided not to go for it so we will get on, more free schools and police and hospitals, better hospitals and coming out on october the 31st. so that's all following on

from... there will be a general election before the end of the year and electioneering starting but not shout those pictures again because we can and at some point in tory central office this was felt to be a good idea. why did he think he had a claim to the throne of england? why did he think? do you want someone to help you? white... i'll tell you something, in the sarcophagus at the cathedral, the body was so huge and bloated, it exploded and broke the stone sarcophagus and everyone fainted. so answering a question that you weren't asked in the first

place and avoiding the original question altogether, who knew? let's have a look at the weather, mel. we'll talk about autumn and what it's got to offer. this morning we had a misty start, fog for some, dense across parts of northern ireland and a touch of ground frost in the highlands of scotland so we get a chilly start to the day and some warmth as well. this is a dust devil, it was captured on sunday in worcestershire. overnight temperatures drop to three celsius, they rose sharply in the morning and when you get a small pocket of warm air rising into cold air you get an updraught, the mechanics are similar toa updraught, the mechanics are similar to a tornado. where does the hot air come from? the heat on the ground, there was a shut out from the trees, as that pulled away the heat rose quickly,

you get that small pocket of air, similartoa you get that small pocket of air, similar to a tornado but on a tiny scale, but... i feel like scale, but... ifeel like i'm in school scale, but... i feel like i'm in school now, scale, but... ifeel like i'm in school now, the way you get to meet like that. the grass is a little cooler so it fizzles out, you need something on that past to lift it up. they were just lucky to have a camera there. we are seeing a lot of weather, the north of scotland different to the south but things are changing. the other characteristic of autumnal weather, wet and windy conditions. hurricane dorian devastated the bahamas, worked up the east coast of america and has been going across the atlantic, a big expanse of water that has cooled down and lost energy so by the time it reaches our shores it's no more than a low pressure

system, and it will bring a spell of wet and windy weather this afternoon. for northern ireland the winds will pick up and into scotland, it looks like a postcard, and for today a lull in proceedings, we had all that rain yesterday so today drying out, lots of sunshine especially away from the far south and east of england we have more cloud and showers but some nice sunshine around. you had better tell us about it. a spell of wet and windy weather to come so it is all change thanks to the area of low pressure that we have just seen. already showing its hand across northern ireland, working into western scotland, good slice of sunshine elsewhere away from that south—east quarter, a bit more cloud, chance of an isolated shower, temperatures mid to high teens for many. rain keeps coming

into this evening, working down to the south and east, heavy bursts originally, went up to 50 mph on exposed parts of the coast. overnight in a clear spell tend to get filled in with the cloud, raised -- rain get filled in with the cloud, raised —— rain easing as it goes southwards because of a lot of cloud, ten which is widely remaining double figures. not particularly cold start, but a lot of cloud around. wednesday clearing up, blustery wind, particularly for the north and west of scotland, gus 40—50 mph. once the rain has cleared to the south and east it brightens up, we will have some showers but they will rattle through quickly on those blustery winds. temperatures, seeing a bit of an improvement, highs down towards the southern half of the uk around 21 celsius. a taste perhaps are things to come for some. as we head into thursday, another area of low pressure, this contains the remnants ofx

pressure, this contains the remnants of x tropical storm gabrielle. that will bring wet and windy weather for some but also introduce a waft of warm air. it will feel quite humid on thursday, a fair amount of cloud, outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, working into northern england and north wales. a lot of dry weather elsewhere. temperatures down towards the far south and east we could see highs of around 25 celsius. the weekend, high pressure sta rts celsius. the weekend, high pressure starts to build then. many places will remain dry, rain for the far north of the uk, but many places dry, spells of sunshine, at those temperatures just up a notch or two.

this is bbc news, our latest headlines: the cabinet has been meeting to discuss its options — after the commons was suspended in the early hours amid chaotic scenes. ireland's phil hogan appointed as the eu's new trade commissioner. he'll be responsible for leading trade negotiations with britain once it leaves the eu. a 50—year—old man has been sentenced to 18 years and nine months for stabbing another man, in a terror attack the day after the christchurch mosque shootings. a review of the use of prescription drugs finds that 12 million patients in england regularly take medicines which could be addictive. labour calls for geoffrey boycott‘s knighthood to be withdrawn after he said he "couldn't give a toss" about criticism of his domestic violence conviction. violence has erupted

in londonderry as petrol bombs are thrown at the police after they find a suspicious device. sport now on afternoon live, with holly. now james anderson's not been part of the ashes but have we seen the last of him in an england shirt? jimmy anderson is not going anywhere. according to him. he is frustrated by his own absence as our eglin fans. and plenty of players playing for their england futures you feel. sheuey shelley went to— one up to retain the earned. he only bowled four overs against australia in the opening test in bimringham before a calf injury ruled him out for the rest of the series. without him, australia went 2—1 up to ensure they retain the urn before the final test this week. anderson was watching that test

from corfu where he was taking a much—needed rest, so at 37 years old, some may have been concerned that england's most successful bowler might retire. but he's told us that's not the case. in fact he's eyeing up the next ashes series already, and says he's still hungry for the game. iam going i am going to try and look into everything possible to get my body in good shape, look at how the sport, its people can cope with getting older and staying at the top of their sport, so that is exacting what i want to do. i think i have still got a lot to offer this england team, and i still love playing the game. he's actually said he wants to be the ryan giggs of cricket. remember, giggs retired at 40 — so it seems england fans might have a few more years ofjimmy anderson at the crease. 40 yea rs 40 years old, how amazing is that? staying with cricket, the ashes go on, we may have lost the series, but

some england players still vying for a place as it moves to the oval. england's cricketer‘s still have a job to do. the ashes may be lost but they could still ensure level the series with victory at the oval in the fifth and final test this week. there'll be added pressure on this man as jason roy looks to prove he can make the transition to test cricket yet again on home soil. he's struggled to find his form throughout this series and head coach trevor bayliss says he still has to prove he's capable at this level. he has certainly got still to prove something, prove it notjust to himself but everyone that he is capable of playing at this level. he has a talent. that is for sure. obviously there is some challenges for him in the test game. and certainly some challenges for him against this bowling attack. england are off to southampton tonight in their euro 2020 qualifier against kosovo.

gareth southgate's side have got a perfect record so far — one they'll be wanting to maintain — but kosovo are the only other unbeaten team in their group. in fact, they're actually unbeaten in 15 games and haven't lost in two years. there's more british hope for medals tonight on day two of the world para swimming championships in london. with details of the morning's events in the pool, here's kate grey it was business as usual for most of the british athlete this morning but medallists from last night bethany firth and alice tie both qualifying into their respective finals in first position. that was not the case for paralympic and european champion mikeyjones, he qualified injust eighth champion mikeyjones, he qualified in just eighth into this evening's final. clearly feeling the pressure at these championships. the expectation if not from them but that i put on myself to perform, and

obviously that was not the greatest women this morning, but hopefully make it through to the final and improved tonight. he will feature in this evening's final but he will have a lot of work to do to make it back onto that podium once again. great britain will be hoping to continue the success at these championships. they won 11 medals yesterday, can they do better today? that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's return to politics now. but not brexit. amongst the drama of yesterday, was the emotional leaving speech made by the now outgoing speaker, john bercow. our chief political correspondent vicki young has been looking at who might replace him as speaker of the house of commons. rowdy scenes in the house of commons in the early hours this morning. who on earth would want to be in charge of that lot? there are a number of candidates who want to take over as speaker and one of them joins me

now, the labour mp, harriet harman. it was pretty rowdy last night. what did you make of the scenes in the chamber? one mp said to me it was like the worst of student union politics. it's because it is a difficultjob and because parliament is so important, the foundation stone of our democracy that i'm putting myself forward to do it. there's never been a time when parliament has been so divided against itself and also in such conflict with the executive and also where the public has had such a dim view of parliament so i think there is an important task for the next speaker which is why i have put myself forward and i've seen in the past, there were rowdy scenes last night but i have seen rowdy scenes like when michael heseltine cede the mace in the house and waved it above his head but the important thing is for parliament to be able to speak up and for the speaker to defend the rights of parliament to have its eye. —— seized. john bercow was a controversial figure but most people agree he has given backbenchers a chance to speak out. what is the most important thing as speaker can do? let's look at why

he is controversial. one of the reasons is that he has been determined that parliament should decide what to debate when it has a strong view about wanting to debate and vote on something, even when the government doesn't want them to do that but it is speaker's job to stand up for parliament and not let the government push parliament around. he's also achieved a lot of flak for the modernisation and reform of the house of commons he has done, which some more traditional mps don't agree with but i do agree so one of the many bars in the house of commons was turned into a nursery. a lot of people didn't think that was right, i did and i think there's a lot of support for it. there's also a new ruling now that mps who are on maternity leave shouldn't lose their right to about but should be able to vote by proxy. a lot of people felt that wasn't appropriate but i feel it is so he's done a lot of modernisation which has attracted a lot of flak but that is the job

of the speaker, to move the house forwards and to stand up for it against the executive. and if that means bending the rules, or changing them, which some people think he has done, so things that were never done before, he has made them more meaningful, allowed votes when there weren't in the past, would you be willing to do that? the rules are as parliament decides them, not the rules as the government says they are so if parliament thinks the rules are being abided by and enacted by the speaker, the speaker is doing the right thing and a parliament thinks the speaker is breaking the rules, mps will vote of no confidence in the speaker andi haven't done that, so he is presiding over a parliament deciding for itself what it does and how it does it, because the basis of all this is elections and each mp is elected by their constituents. —— they haven't done that. nobody must get in the way of them having their psych and the speaker make sure they all have their say.

—— their say. finally, can i ask about the probing of parliament, mps being sent away forfive weeks, do you approve of that? —— proroguing. this is a power the government has, an executive edict so they can declare parliament is suspended, the difficulty is that parliament have said it's just to prepare for a new queen's speech, a new legislative programme, but people fear that's not right and it's really to stop us scrutinising them on brexit. we know government have a job to do, the ministers are supposed to be negotiating a new deal, going to european capitals, but they need to be accounting to parliament as well so the public can see what they are doing, so i think people are incredulous about the idea this is just for the queen's speech, they really believe it's just so they don't have to listen to parliament and it's never a good idea for government to decide it knows more than the people who are elected to serve their constituencies

in this country. thank you, harriet harman, and the speaker saying he will stand down on the 31st of october. a bomb in londonderry was an attempt by dissident republican group the new ira to murder police officers according to the police service of northern ireland. the bomb was found after up to 80 police officers took part in a security search targeting the new ira on monday. police said the device contained commercial explosives. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. in the last half—hour we have a news conference where they have expressed a concern about an undeniable increase in dissident republican activity over the last few months.

mark hamilton said that the bomb which was in the creggan area was clearly designed to kill police officers, a wire attached to it, it would have been left in a location where a police patrol would pass by addison is that target did appear the bombers would have sent technological pulse down edge of that command wire and detonated the bomb. the device did have a degree of sophistication, that is concerning officers. when you consider it is the eighth attacked or attempted attack that they have had to deal with this year, it gives you a sense of the extent of activity by dissident republicans who are opposed to the police process. police also say that those groups are trying to recruit although they also point out that that has nothing new, that the threat from dissident republicans has been classed as severe for the last ten years. the pattern of recent months, there was a bomb outside the courthouse in derry, a journalist murdered by dissident republicans in the creggan area in

april, just last month a bomb attack designed to kill police and county fermanagh near the irish border. it all adds up to a worrying picture for the police. the northern ireland secretary is also keeping a close eye on the developments. he has been speaking to the chief of northern ireland, to express his support and he has tweeted his thanks to the officers and others who he says put themselves in harms way to keep people safe yesterday. eamonn o'kane is the head of war studies at the university of wolverhampton. hejoins me now from worcester. that would include the remit of northern ireland ? that would include the remit of northern ireland? it is my research area. let's talk about the increase in activity and most groups such as the new ira. why now? as your reporter was saying, the assistant chief constable mentioned earlier it is nothing new at what level. there

have been groups out there, splinter groups, who have emerged in the last 20-25 groups, who have emerged in the last 20—25 years that have constantly tried to use violence to advance what they see a day political aims. what has happened in the last year or so is the increase in frequency but also in profile, seven major attempted attacks by various groups this year and that has led to a growing concern. at one level it has nothing new, but the frequency and the visibility is a slight upturn, but you have to keep it in perspective. if you look at the longer term, comparatively it is a low level of activity if you go back 15-20 low level of activity if you go back 15—20 years plus. low level of activity if you go back 15-20 years plus. given the backdrop of no government at stormont and of course brexit and all the issues that that is bringing, there is a concern that with that backdrop we will see more of this. absolutely, what such groups want to do is deny

or make it much less easy to argue that northern ireland is a whole society, a political vacuum, uncertainty, violence increasing it can help them with their narrative that northern ireland is not a normal place, and so for example it puts the policing issue in a difficult position. the assistant chief coastal was saying earlier, in the press conference, they want to move toward community policing in areas such as creggan, but the violence makes it more difficult for them to do so, so the dissident republicans can claim, we are not a normal society, they have to come in here, armed, it is not community policing, these areas are different. this is part of their objective, to create instability and to build on the instability so they can argue things are not normal. they are very much a minority view but that is one

of their objectives. the question you will always be asked, is a risk that we return to the bad old days? again, it depends what you mean by the bad old days. if you go online a look at footage of the 70s and 80s and the high level of violence, seven notable attacks in 2019, in the early period there were much more of these everyday. no one is arguing that we are going back to the bad old days of the troubles. but that is no reason for complacency. what you may will do is see an increase in continuing increase in these activities, and the problem is that these things are applicable, taking a momentum that people do not necessarily envisage. ido people do not necessarily envisage. i do think that whilst you are torn up i do think that whilst you are torn up one level saying we need to give it any long—term perspective, this isa it any long—term perspective, this is a worrying development in something that really should be treated very seriously, particularly in the context of the uncertainty of the government at stormont, for over

two years the government at stormont, for over two yea rs now, the government at stormont, for over two years now, brexit concerns, a ha rd two years now, brexit concerns, a hard border question, these are worrying times for northern ireland. in a moment the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the cabinet meets to discuss its options — after the commons was suspended in the early hours amid chaotic scenes. a 50—year—old man has been sentenced to 18 years and nine months for stabbing another man, in a terror attack — the day after the christchurch mosque shootings. labour calls for geoffrey boycott‘s knighthood to be withdrawn after he said he "couldn't give a toss" about criticism of his domestic violence conviction. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the number of people in work hit a new record high injuly — although the increse in employment of 31,00 was smaller than in recent months. wage growth slowed slightly — but continues to outpace the cost of living.

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. he has been replaced by the company spy he has been replaced by the company spy chief executive. all change for the women's magazine industry. after 30 years, marie claire is to disappear from print stands, as the magazine focuses on the digital market

and collaborations with shopping platforms. it means this is a sign of the times, magazines are finding it really ha rd to times, magazines are finding it really hard to keep up with their digital peers as well. its published by ti magazines, who are behind about 50 titles. marcus rich, its chief executive said: "marie claire uk has led the conversation on the issues that really matter to women, from campaigning for women's empowerment to climate change, while providing a premium fashion and beauty positioning that reflects their everyday lives. alexandra shulman was editor in chief at vogue magazine for 25 years. you started at the helm just after a couple of years after marie claire came onto the new stands stop what is your reaction? it is very sad, i got myjob at vogue because of the

success of marie claire when it launched. it was a new magazine, it had a usp which was to mix fashion and high fashion with good journalism, some sensational journalism, some sensational journalism, i did but very lively and doing incredibly well, which it did for many years. but it has been struggling in the last, probably la st struggling in the last, probably last decade to find an original slot for itself. it is not the only one. what is needed if we are going to see print magazine survive? the print magazines that are doing all right other ones who have an originality who people want to buy, the tactile iteration. it is interesting that the phase, and other launched in the 80s, is actually relaunching this week i'm going to come out quarterly. very high price. very kind of special

buy. i think that is what probably is going to be needed going forward is going to be needed going forward is to be something that people want to keep, more like a book than a disposable magazine. not so much a payday treat but more of a keepsake. talking of which, we have seen in the september issue vogue selling out after it had the duchess of sussex as its guest editor. our collaborators like that the future? i think you get the right collaborator at the right time. it was a great coup for vote at the duchess of sussex, and something like that is a sure—fire hit. —— a great coup for vogue not every collaborator is going to do the business for you. you also have to be careful about what they do and how they collaborate. if you just try and hoodwink people into thinking they are seeing something different or special, in the end it

will not work. you must have seen the september issue, what was your view? i thought that it was great for vogue to have her, she was very true to herself and you release or her personality reflected on what she chose to put in the magazine. ruefully, you are at the helm for a long time, there is pressure from the publishers and advertisers, do you miss it? i feel like i was really there for the great days of magazines. i still love them, i buy them, i read them. but to be honest, lam quite them, i read them. but to be honest, i am quite pleased i not having to manage one right now. that is a no, then! laughter a dull day on the ftse. the bit of cheer for the lb, a dull day on the ftse. the bit of cheerfor the lb, a a dull day on the ftse. the bit of cheer for the lb, a six—week high at one point. taking a breather here, a

relief that thinks of not fallen apart completely, giving up there was a neck round of drama. that's all the business news. now it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. today we are seeing a brief respite from all the rain that we saw yesterday. it is going to be fairly short lived as we head towards this evening, it is going to be turning wetter and windier once again. this is an area of low pressure that is moving on from the atlantic, and within this area of pressure we are seeing the remnants of what was the hurricane dorian, but nothing unusual. wet and windy weather starting to show its hand across northern ireland and western scotland. a lot of dry weather elsewhere, sunshine, more cloud for east anglia and the south—east. it may produce showers but most places dry, mid to high teens at best. this evening, that rain will continue, heavy bursts with some blustery

wind, dust potentially 40—50 mars per hour in exposed spots. rain gradually losing momentum as it gradually losing momentum as it gradually tracks down towards the south and east. a lot of cloud over night, few clear spells, and as a result across the temperatures will remain in double figures. a cloudy damp start for some first thing on wednesday. that rain will continue it journey down towards wednesday. that rain will continue itjourney down towards the south and east, easing as it does so, becoming quite showery in nature. behind it it starts to brighten, blustery showers still feeding in, and for the north and west of scotla nd and for the north and west of scotland some of those gasly could reach 40—50 mph. those temperatures still starting to pick up a notch or two, 20 one celsius possible down towards the south and the east. that isa towards the south and the east. that is a trend that will continue, and other low—pressure system working its way in. this contains the re m na nts of its way in. this contains the remnants of what was the tropical storm gabrielle. that will bring a speu storm gabrielle. that will bring a spell of wet and windy weather for some, but also humid air. notice the

colours on the map. temperatures down towards the south—east and quarter will start to rise. outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england and north wales. elsewhere a lot of dry cloud around, temperature —wise we could see highs of around 24, possibly 25 celsius in the past south and east. as we head towards the weekend, high pressure sta rts towards the weekend, high pressure starts to build in. not dry for all of us all the time, but a lot of fine weather, temperatures on the rise.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 4: the prime minister has dismissed as nonsense accusations that the proroguing of parliament was "anti—democratic". give mea give me a break, what a load of nonsense! it comes asjeremy corbyn says labour will offer voters another referendum with an option for leaving the eu as well as an option for remaining. we're ready for that election. we're ready to unleash the biggest people—powered campaign we have ever seen in this country and in this movement. violence erupts in londonderry as petrol bombs are thrown at the police after they find a suspicious device. calls for geoffrey boycott‘s knighthood to be taken away.

critics say it should never have been given to a man sentenced for attacking a former girlfriend. i can't apologise for something i didn't do. i'm100% convinced, i didn't hit her or anybody else. a 50—year—old man is sentenced to 18 years and nine months for stabbing another man in a terror attack the day after the christchurch mosque shootings. coming up on afternoon live: all the sport. we will hear from jimmy anderson who says he still has plenty to offer england. he says he is still hungry for the game. for most of us, we will see a brief lull in proceedings, but already the next system is showing its hand across northern ireland in western scotland, turning wet and windy overnight. all the details later on

in the programme. also coming up... in nationwide, teenagers in exeter campaign for a safe place to skate after drug dealing and thefts at their local skate park. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. the prime minister has dismissed accusations that the proroguing of parliament was "anti—democratic" as a "load of nonsense". he made the comments during a visit to a london primary school. mrjohnson is expected discuss brexit with the dup in downing street this afternoon. number 10 is rejecting the idea that ministers are looking at a northern ireland—only backstop if there is no future trade deal. it all follows the extraordinary scenes at parliament which was suspended in the early hours of this morning. our political correspondent ben wright reports. i couldn't care less whether you like it or not. i require no response

from you, young man. get out, man! i'd already made the point, if people had the manners to listen, which they haven't. early—hours pandemonium in the house of commons, the speaker, john bercow, contemptuous of the government's decision to suspend parliament for five weeks. this is not, however, a normal prorogation, it is not typical, it is not standard. the chamber had never seen anything like it. some opposition mps held up signs saying "silenced" and tried to block john bercow heading off to the lords in a ceremony to mark the suspension. and they shouted "shame" at tory mps trooping out. shame on you! and some of the mps who stayed in the chamber broke into song. # we'll keep the red flag flying here!# with dawn came calm, but before parliament shut down, mps stopped borisjohnson calling a snap election and passed a law blocking a no—deal brexit,

to the fury of many tory mps. don't waste your time at university, don't get drunk. yes it well. i floated too much time at university. if absolutely necessary, we will come up with no deal, but in the meantime, we will get on with the priorities of the british people, and that is education, it's no free schools, getting our streets safer, 20,000 more police on the streets. this morning number 10's chief strategist, dominic cummings, had a dig at what he called rich

remainers. going to talk to people who are not rich remainers. what do you think will happen, what's your next move? will britain leave the eu on time? sure pitting brexit supporters against parliament is part of number 10's strategy but by limiting the number of days mps have to sit before october 31st triggered this cross—party alliance that has now boxed boris johnson in, forcing him to seek a further extension if he can't get a deal through parliament by the middle of october. are you trying to silence mps? borisjohnson has said he would rather die in a ditch than to lay bricks again as the cabinet met this morning to discuss a way through the stand off arlene foster said the backstop was an unacceptable part of the brexit deal although she hoped a sensible agreement could be found. speaking at the tuc conference in brighton, jeremy corbett said he was ready for an election, a day after stopping the prime minister going to the polls next month. a general

election is coming. but we will not allowjohnson to dictate the terms, andl allowjohnson to dictate the terms, and i can tell you this, we are ready for that election, 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. mps may not be here for the next five weeks but the brexit crisis is not going away with downing street determined to make brexit happen regardless of the resista nce brexit happen regardless of the resistance here. it wasn't only brexit that the prime minister talked about on his school visit this afternoon. he also had a conversation with some of the children about the delights of learning latin. let's have a listen. it's fantastic. which bit of latin do you enjoy? it helps us with our english. it does, it helps us with everything, i did almost nothing for latin and greek apart from 20 years, now i am running the country, it's a

public education. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, joins me now. it's a nice way of dealing with all the pressures that we are all feeling at the moment. what happens next? i am still getting over his advice to nine—year—olds but not getting drunk at university! what is interesting today is being in the cafeterias in the house of commons, it's packed with mp5, and it's almost as if they don't know where to go. they were either thinking there would be a general election or parliament would still be sitting because they would have changed everything around so they could be sitting to discuss brexit. as it happens, neither of those two things are going on, they are talking amongst themselves like you were me, wondering what will happen next, how this will end up, and meanwhile borisjohnson is this will end up, and meanwhile boris johnson is going this will end up, and meanwhile borisjohnson is going around the country pretending there is a general election. today he talked about education, he will be talking about education, he will be talking

about health and police and crime, going ahead as if mps had agreed to that early general election which of course last night in those incredible scenes, they did not, but he is still saying and repeating that he does not think his decision to provoke parliament for five weeks is anti—democratic. he is saying it is anti—democratic. he is saying it isa is anti—democratic. he is saying it is a completely normal thing to do because the party conference season sta rts because the party conference season starts next week so parliament would not be sitting for those three weeks. the claim from the government is it is an extra four days when mps will not be but many people accept that part of this was to stop the debate about brexit, but of course mps have managed to change the law. they are in a position now where they will force the prime minister to ask for a delay to brexit, he says he will not do it, that is why eve ryo ne says he will not do it, that is why everyone is asking, what on earth happens next? you have also been talking to at least one of those who wa nts to ta ke talking to at least one of those who wants to take over from john bercow. the issue of who will be speak will become important some point. john

burke as saying he will stand down on the 31st of october. —— john bercow. last night it was clear that election is well under way because around the restaurants and bars and offices around the house of commons last night i saw at least three of the potential runners and riders for thatjob going the potential runners and riders for that job going around the potential runners and riders for thatjob going around and asking mps for their support. i have to tell you though mps are not open about who they are supporting. this came up who they are supporting. this came up during the tory leadership campaign, some mps have said they are supporting all of the candidates and is well under way because around the restaurants and bars in offices around the house of commons last night i saw at least three of the potential runners and riders for thatjob going potential runners and riders for that job going around potential runners and riders for thatjob going around and asking mps for their support. i have to tell you though mps are not open about who they are supporting. this came up who they are supporting. this came up during the tory leadership campaign, some mps have said they are supporting all of the candidates and as ever we never find out until it happens, but people are still talking about a general election. when that comes, no one knows. a couple of ministers i spoke to last night said it will not come until the spring, others say it cannot possibly go on that long because borisjohnson does possibly go on that long because boris johnson does not possibly go on that long because borisjohnson does not have a working majority, but when the election does come, what will it be

about? most people think if it comes after brexit has happened we might not be talking about the nhs and education. if not, it is hard to see how it will not be a rerun of a referendum. the lib dems saying they are moving to a position where their policy if adopted next week will be to revoke article 50, to stop brexit altogether, that is piling pressure on labour, and we understand today thatjeremy corbyn has agreed with the unions about what they will do, going into election promising a referendum and in that referendum will be a credible leave option, a new deal, but also the remain option. what labour will not do is tell us how they would campaign, so that would be a difficult moment for jeremy coleman, given his shadow cabinet are split over what they we re cabinet are split over what they were doing that scenario. -- corbyn. you told the bars, restaurants and clu bs you told the bars, restaurants and clubs of westminster!” you told the bars, restaurants and clubs of westminster! i wasn't in the bars... well, i was in one! that has stopped me in my tracks.

a bomb in londonderry was an attempt by dissident republican group the new ira to murder police officers, according to the police service of northern ireland. the bomb was found after up to 80 police officers took part in a security search targeting the new ira on monday. police said they were attacked with over 40 petrol bombs and missiles thrown by a crowd in the creggan area of the city. earlier, assistant chief constable mark hamilton of the police service of northern ireland gave this up date. at 3m, the bomb disposal officer confirmed that a command via initiated device had been located. this device was packed with commercial explosives, it is a small enough device inside, but the explosion would have been very significant. by our estimation, this explosion definitely would have killed people standing near, would have avoided a lot of other people and would have had a very significant blast in the area. my assessment is, i would like to know if that device was to be used at

some against police patrol. we believe the new ira were behind this, we believe they want to drive policing out, they want to deny people the right to phone police about the most ordinary things that anyone should have the right to phone police about the domestic violence, sexual abuse, burglary, carcrime, violence, sexual abuse, burglary, car crime, that is why we are police and crime, but they would deny that people. unfortunately, it is the second of two incidents over the weekend, we saw two previous incidents in recent times. there is a concerted effort at the minute to murder your police officers in your communities, so there is a big effort from our point of view to stop that happening, notjust to stop that happening, notjust to stop terrorism but primarily to promote a response in northern ireland. the chief constable has announced an extra 400 offices, and thatis announced an extra 400 offices, and

that is how we want to respond to theseissues that is how we want to respond to these issues along side alan counterterrorism effort. we want more people on the ground to assist you. he believes we need 7500 officers. again, when you see the level of pressure our officers are facing from crime in these issues, it is hard to argue with that argument that more officers would be helpful to the people of northern ireland to keep us safe. our ireland correspondent chris page is at belfast at the psni headquarters. here at the headquarters in the last half—hour i am at a news conference where senior officers have expressed concerns about what they say is an undeniable increase in dissident republican activity over the past few months. the assistant chief co nsta ble few months. the assistant chief constable said that the bomb found in the creggan area of derry was clearly designed to kill police officers, it had a command wire attached to it, in other words it would have been left at a location

where a police patrol would pass by, and as soon as that target appeared the bomber would have sent an electrical pulse down the wire and detonated the bomb, so the device certainly had a degree of sophistication, that is concerning offices. when you consider it is the eighth attempted attack that they have had to deal with this year, that gives you a sense of the extent of activity by dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. police also saying those groups are trying to recruit although they point out that is nothing new, the threat from dissident republicans has been classed as severe for the last ten yea rs. classed as severe for the last ten years. nonetheless, the pattern of recent months, a bomb outside the courthouse in derry injanuary, the journalist murdered by dissident republicans in the creggan area in april last month a bomb attack designed to kill police in county fermanagh near the irish border. that adds up to a warning picture for the police, the northern ireland secretary is keeping a close eye on

developments, he has been speaking to the chief constable of northern ireland today to express his support and has tweeted his thanks to the officers and others who he says put themselves in harm's way to keep people safe in derry yesterday. the labour party has joined domestic violence charities in calling for geoffrey boycott‘s knighthood to be withdrawn. the former england cricket captain was included in theresa may's resignation honours list. sir geoffrey was convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend in france in 1998. in an interview with radio 4's today programme this morning — he said he didn't ‘give a toss' about criticism from women's aid. he spoke to look north's harry gresham — and told him his reaction to getting a gong from theresa may geoffrey boycott, one of england's most successful opening batsmen, becomes sir geoffrey after receiving a knighthood in theresa may's resignation honours. the former prime minister is a big fan. one of my cricket heroes was always geoffrey boycott.

and what do you know about geoffrey boycott? geoffrey boycott stuck to it, and he got the runs in the end. thank you. but the knighthood is proving controversial. this is mr boycott almost 20 years ago, heading into a french court to appeal a conviction of assaulting his girlfriend at that time, margaret moore. he lost the appeal. the court had heard she'd been punched in the face and body 20 times. women's rights campaigners say his knighthood is inappropriate. at a time when prosecutions and convictions are going down, it tells survivors that they are not important, and i think that's a terrible message to send women. geoffrey boycott gave his response on the today programme this morning. 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. speaking later, mr boycott expressed dismay at the media raising the issue. is that what interviewing is about, always to ask difficult questions? shouldn't it be just a nice day for me? and these are just some of the close political aides and advisers who worked for mrs may whilst in government who have now been given knighthoods, peerages or other honours. this has sparked yet more criticism of mrs may, with claims of cronyism, something she previously indicated she would avoid. richard galpin, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the prime minister has dismissed accusations that the proroguing of parliament was "anti—democratic" as a "load of nonsense". meanwhile, boris johnston is expected discuss brexit with the dup leader arlene foster

at a meeting this afternoon. violence has erupted in londonderry as petrol bombs are thrown at the police after they find a suspicious device. james anderson says he has no plans to retire. he is recovering from a ca lf to retire. he is recovering from a calf injury. he says he still has a huge hunger to play cricket and is hopeful of getting on the winter tour. england host kosovo in euro 2020 qualifying at st mary's tonight as they look to continue their winning streak. england have won all three games in group a while kosovo area three games in group a while kosovo are a place behind in second place. and it has been another good day for british competitors that the word paris swimming championships. they're both on course for a second gold medal in as many days. i will be back with all those stories that have passed. —— at half past. a man who vowed to kill all muslims and knifed a teenager the day after the christchurch mosque attack

has been jailed for over 18 years. vincent fuller, 50, from stanwell, admitted the attempted murder of a bulgarian teenager in a knife attack on 16th march this year. he targeted the victim, who was sitting in his car with a friend, after setting out to kill muslim people. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has more. shouting. armed police officers arresting vincent fuller after his rampage which lasted almost an hour. as they detained him, vincent fuller called the officers race traitors and said he hoped their kids would go to hell. it was the day after the attack on two mosques in new zealand that left 51 people dead. before his attack, fuller posted on facebook that he agreed with what the killer in new zealand had done. he wrote... he then went to his asian neighbours' home, hitting the door

with a baseball bat, shouting racist abuse and terrifying the woman inside. come here, you bleep! next, he headed down his street shouting, "kill all muslims, white supremacist rule", smashing cars with his bat. eventually it broke, so he went back to his flat to collect a knife and set out to the nearby tesco superstore, intent on carrying out his threats to kill a muslim. here he walked up to a bmw car with the windows open and two men inside. one was bulgarian but might have been mistaken for middle eastern. the other was black with a beard and appeared to be wearing a skull cap. "you're going to die", fuller told them, lunging at the bulgarian man with the knife, and caught him on his hand. you are going to die, he repeated. he lunged at him again and nicked him on the neck but fortunately did not break the skin.

at that point, the bulgarian managed to start the car and drive off. fuller ran from the scene but was arrested soon after. hello, everybody... he was known by neighbours as a violent and unpredictable man. but it was the massacre in new zealand that triggered him to attempt his own terrorist killing. 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 injail for killing the six—year—old on the isle of bute last year. today, judges ruled the sentence should be reduced to 24 years. 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. over one million homes across england and wales were left without power after a lightening strike on a transmission circuit.

there was also major disruption to parts of the rail network — 60 trains shut down in the south east when the power dropped. mark todd is the co—founder of energy helpline, an independent price comparison service. hejoins me now on skype from epsom. what really went wrong here? we had a lightning strike. it was a whole chain of events. 1 million homes went down, infrastructure shutting down. it was pretty much chaos caused by that lightning strike. lot of people will have been surprised and take for granted that we ta ke surprised and take for granted that we take button —— press a button in the light comes on, but how fragile is our infrastructure here?

increasingly fragile. in the three months before august... poor quality sound. we are on a knife edge at the moment with our electricity supply. at the time of the power cut, 10% of electricity was coming from europe. we do not have enough electricity supply anymore. it is a dodgy line. how closer we come to power cuts like this before? do you think we will see more of this sort of thing? u nfortu nately, we will see more of this sort of thing? unfortunately, we will see more of this. we had three nemesisjust before this one and unfortunately it will only get worse. —— near misses.

british airways pilots are on strike for a second day over pay, causing more disruption for hundreds of thousands of passengers. yesterday, almost all of ba's flights were cancelled in the biggest industrial action in the airline's history. the two—day strike is costing the airline around £80 million. pilots walked out after rejecting an 11.5% pay deal over three years, saying they want a share of the airline's profits . japan says it may have to dump more than a million tonnes of contaminated water from the fukushima nuclear power plant into the pacific ocean. the power plant was destroyed in a tsunami eight years ago. the contaminated water has been used to cool the melted reactors but the room to store it in giant tanks has been running out. japan's government said a final decision has not yet been taken. a review by public health england has found a quarter of adults have been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. medicines including painkillers, sleeping pills and anti—depressants are taken by around 12 million

adults, with half of them being long—term users. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. medicines that can relieve pain or help with sleep or anxiety play a vital role in the lives of millions of people, but concern is growing over the length of time some patients are being prescribed these potentially addictive drugs. people like libby, who has been taking antidepressants for more than 20 years. i have felt at times very angry and very frustrated, in terms of how it has affected my family life, how it has affected my relationships with people. because obviously people are seeing you suffering. but i feel that the worst thing about it is you're told that you're ill, or you're told that you need the medicine, and it kind of makes you feel helpless. 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. 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. experts on addiction warn that patients can quickly become dependent on their medication. when you put an addictive substance in, it acts like hunger for food or thirst for water. you know, your survival mechanism now believes that you need that drug. and if you tried to stop eating one day, you'd have problems. it is education and support to help that person. the advice to patients who may be concerned is not to suddenly stop

taking their medication. instead, they should seek the help of their gp. dominic hughes, bbc news. coming up in the next few minutes: in news nationwide, teenagers in exeter campaign for a safe place to skate after drug dealing and thefts at their local skate park. now it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. after the relative calm of today it will turn wet and windy as we turn into this evening. it is down to this area of low pressure that contains the remnants of hurricane dorian. you will show its hand across northern ireland in western scotla nd across northern ireland in western scotland as we go through the afternoon. elsewhere, sunshine, cloud towards the south and east they can for the odd shower but most places dry, temperatures mid to high teens at best. that rain keeps coming as we head into this evening. working its way out of northern ireland, up into scotland, northern england and north wales, gradually

losing its momentum as it tracks towards the south and east. temperatures should not drop away too far, most places start the day in double figures. first thing tomorrow morning, quite a lot of cloud around, rain as well, but it turns showery as it works its way towards the south and east. behind it, it brightens up, some showers will come through on the blustery winter temperatures pick up a little. -- winter temperatures pick up a little. —— blustery wind and temperatures.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the prime minister has dismissed accusations that the proroguing of parliament was "anti—democratic" as a "load of nonsense". anyone who says it is anti—democratic, give me a break, what a load of nonsense. meanwhile boris johnson is expected discuss brexit with the dup leader arlene foster

at a meeting this afternoon. downing street rejected suggestions that the government was looking at a northern ireland only backstop. violence has erupted in londonderry as petrol bombs are thrown at the police after they find a suspicious device. a 50—year—old man has been sentenced to 18 years and nine months for stabbing another man, in a terror attack the day after the christchurch mosque shootings. labour calls for geoffrey boycott‘s knighthood to be withdrawn after he said he "couldn't give a toss" about criticism of his domestic violence conviction. and coming up — the ultimate deep sea diver — an american adventurer becomes the first person to visit the deepest places in all five of earth's oceans. sport now on afternoon live with holly. good afternoon. i know what it is like being an elite athlete into my 405, is what

it says. now when we thought would understand jimmy anderson's plight more than you. getting into your... laughter keep digging! your elevated position i know you do not want to be going anywhere. —— and knowing. jimmy anderson isn't going anywhere. he's understandably frustrated by his absence during this a5he5 5erie5. he only bowled four over5 against australia in the opening test in bimringham before a calf injury ruled him out for the rest of the series. without him, australia went 2—1 up to ensure they retain the urn before the final te5t this week. anderson was watching that te5t from corfu where he was taking a much—needed rest, so at 37 years old some may have been concerned that england's mo5t 5ucce55ful bowler might retire. but he's told us

that's not the case. in fact he's eyeing up the next a5he5 5erie5 already, and says he's 5till hungry for the game. i am going to try and look into everything possible to get my body in good shape, look at how the sport, its people can cope with getting older and staying at the top of their sport, so that is exactly what i want to do. i think i have still got a lot to offer this england team, and i still love playing the game. he's actually said he wants to be the ryan giggs of cricket. remember giggs retired at 40 — so it seems england fans might have a few more years ofjimmy anderson at the crease. 40 yea r5 40 years old, can't wait. someday, simon. laughter you are never supposed to laugh at

your own jokes, holly. you are never supposed to laugh at your ownjokes, holly. let's talk about the fifth ashes test. england of course will be players still vying for a position given what is going on. england's cricketer‘s still have a job to do. the ashes may be lost but they could still ensure level the series with victory at the oval in the fifth and final test this week. there'll be added pressure on this man as jason roy looks to prove he can make the transition to test cricket yet again on home soil. he's struggled to find his form throughout this series, and head coach trevor bayliss says he still has to prove he's capable at this level. he has certainly got still to prove something, prove it notjust to himself but everyone that he is capable of playing at this level. he has a talent. that is for sure. obviously there is some challenges for him in the test game. and certainly some challenges for him against this bowling attack. england are off to southampton

tonight in their euro 2020 qualifier against kosovo. gareth southgate's side have got a perfect record so far — one they'll be wanting to maintain — but kosovo are the only other unbeaten team in their group. in fact, they're actually unbeaten in 15 games and haven't lost in two years. 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. as i said, i am expecting an game, i think it will be a lot of passion on the pitch, a lot of speed, a lot of athleticism, and kosovo are bringing big support, so i think it will be a good night. stacy lewis has withdrawn from the us solheim cup team with a back injury. she was named as a pick by american captain juli inkster, but her back flared up again last

week and says she doesn'tt feel able to tee it up at gleneagles. her place in the team will be taken by 26—year—old rookie ally mcdonald. that's all the sport for now. more from olly foster in the next hour. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to anne davies in nottingham, where there could soon be a total ban on drivers parking on pavements after calls for change in the east midlands. and jen smith is in plymouth, where a group of teenagers in exeter are campaigning for an indoor space to skate because they no longer feel safe at their local park. but first to anne davies in nottingham. and pavement parking is a big problem in the area?

yes, it is a huge problem and it goes without saying that if you find a pavement blocked by cars and other vehicles they can be pretty frustrating. especially if you are somebody who has a mobility of visual impairment. the department for transport says it has included a review into the issue and says it will be announcing steps in the next few months which is nowhere near quick enough for the transport committee in the commons which is chaired by the labour mp upon nottingham south lillian greenwood. for people who are wheelchair users, mobility scooter users, parents try to push a pram or pushchair or walk along holding the hand of a toddler, they cannot get past cars parked on they cannot get past cars parked on the pavement and it is causing them to have to walk out into the road which is clearly dangerous. lillian greenwood also says it is a particular problem in her own constituency where wheelchair users have told her that pavement parking

stops them from getting around their own neighbourhood. campaigners included the guide dogs charity say that some disabled people even suffer from increased that some disabled people even sufferfrom increased loneliness and isolation because they lack confidence to leave their own homes, which is awful. what can be done about it? pavement parking is already banned in london, it has been since 1974. those who flout the rules face a fine, but in towns and cities across england, pavements have to be obstructed for the police to be able to issue a penalty notice. in wales, a task forces looking at the issue, while in school and there is already in outright ban. the reasons for the ban seemed compelling, wheelchair users, people with visual impairment, parents pushing buggies told the committee that they were forced to take their lives into their hands, stepping into traffic to get around and considerately

parked vehicles. people like tracey who lives in nottingham. parking on pavements is an absolute disgrace. how pavements is an absolute disgrace. h ow ofte n pavements is an absolute disgrace. how often does this happen to you? everyday. how frustrating is that? very frustrating. i am surprised i am not in october by a car. it is very awkward in some circumstances because wheelchairs and butchers, people find it hard to get through. it is not very nice, some park so close to the wall you cannot get by. some support for a total ban. nothing straightforward but the committee recognises that pavement parking can actually be a necessity in certain areas. towns and cities arejust in certain areas. towns and cities are just too narrow for every resident depart considerately, and when they do are park on the road it can cause access problems, not least for the emergency services. we

recently found a demonstration of that by leicestershire fire and rescue service, so there would have to be exemptions and exceptions. mps feel that the time has now come for a new civil offence for pavement parking and a public awareness campaign to highlight the dangers it poses. maybe a bicycle is a better option. let's go back to plymouth now and speak tojen smith. so what inspired jacob to take up this campaign? it isjacob's idea, 14 years old, he says it simply started because he was a safe place to scooter for him and his friends, and he is obsessed with students. scooter ring is where your board has a handlebar, he has been scooter ring after his parents gave him a scooter for his 12th birthday. he to produce their local park everyday in the summer holidays

and whenever the weather is good. they are getting more and more worried about some of the illegal activities that are going on there and told us they feel intimidated. jacob started packing the local council, they —— lots of post to get their attention and turned to the trusty pen and paper and wrote to every councillor in exeter to tell them about the problems and asked for a safer indoor space they can use. in his letterjacob talks about drug problems, stealing, but also importantly identified a site for an in —— indoor venue. importantly identified a site for an in —— indoorvenue. he mentioned safety, saying children would have to wear a helmet at an indoor park had things in indoor skate park would be a good idea. it would be good for everyone, everyone would get better at writing, loads of little kids would go there instead of having to worry about coming down here i did would be a positive place to go and have fun. it would be away from the issues of the outdoor skate park. how has the local

authority responded? on top ofjacob's campaign there is a separate not—for—profit group working to get something going on with a local skate shop. i spoke to the leader of exeter city council who acknowledges there is a problem at the skate park. he says it is sad that drug dealing and anti—social behaviour goes on about, there's billy in recent county lines conviction for example, an assault and warnings about drinking. they councillor insist that the council is doing all it can to overcome these problems. it is working as close as possible with the police stop i also spoke to pc alan thomas, he is the local neighbourhood beat manager for the area, and he is the local neighbourhood beat managerforthe area, and he he is the local neighbourhood beat manager for the area, and he says the problems have got worse in the past 12 months. he is calling it a daily battle and said the drug problem is not exclusive to that pa rt of problem is not exclusive to that part of exeter. he says the police are trying to be proactive rather than reactive, but in answer to the question, willjacob get his indoor

park, the council has sadly a familiar response. they simply do not have the money, although familiar response. they simply do not have the money, althouthacob is not deterred, he says he will start a petition, is writing to local companies to get their support and ultimately most importantly, nothing will stopjacob and ultimately most importantly, nothing will stop jacob and his friends scootering, not skateboarding. nationwide is, 50 yea rs skateboarding. nationwide is, 50 years old, i spoke to michael barrett who is 90 something. i spoke to him this morning, we would have had him on the programme tonight, but it started lunchtime, he will still... you will on his third bottle by now. congratulations to them. ladies, that is nationwide tonight, thank you very much. if you like to see more of these stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer, we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here on

afternoon live. a bbc investigation has discovered that more than 500 convicted british sex offenders — who should be being monitored by the authorities — have disappeared from the system. police are said to be struggling to implement a new regime, because of the high number of offenders. paul kenyon reports. this is daniel erickson—hull, a british paedophile on the run. he was convicted in 2017 of having hundreds of indecent images of children. we're talking all manner of sexual assaults against children within those images. so, both moving images and still images of sexual abuse against children. but whilst awaiting his court case, hull absconded to this walled roma community in bulgaria. instead of hiding, he increased his profile as an evangelical pastor and posted fundraising films on the internet — often with children, which he still does today. injesus' name. he was extradited back to the uk

and jailed for 15 months. # i'm free — hallelujah #. he was also given something called a sexual harm prevention order — a series of restrictions placed on his activities — but the courts did not confiscate his passport. instead, he was simply told to report to a monitoring team before any foreign trips. but within three days of his release, daniel hull had absconded again. in bulgaria, we set out to find him. daniel hull, my name is paul kenyon. i'm from bbc television. yeah? you're a paedophile on the run, aren't you? no! yes, you are on the run. no. and you're a paedophile. i am most certainly not a paedophile. and you've been here with lots of unaccompanied children, so what have you got to say for yourself? how are they unaccompanied? there were children in here... no, no. you have been told by thejudge, haven't you, very specifically... no, no. ..that you're a danger to children? i am not a danger to children. did the judge say that? no. he did, didn't he?

and this is a problem. do you see? if the judge says that you've broken those orders, you could face a very long time in prison, couldn't you? mr hull, what have you got to say for yourself? because you know that you're breeching two orders by being here and this is totally unacceptable, isn't it? thejudge said you could go to prison for a very long time, didn't he? man speaks own language. why you here? mr hull, thejudge said you could go to prison for a very long time. no, he did not. well, there you go. that's daniel hull. and, as you heard, he's in some kind of denial, but this is a serious situation. it tells you something about the alarming difficulties that we have systemically within the legal system in the uk at the moment because the position... crowd shouting. they're throwing bricks. get in the car. daniel hull is not alone. the bbc‘s discovered there are 581 british sex offenders who vanished from the system, and although police chiefs say that represents less than 1% of the total, whilst no one knows where they are, children are potentially at risk.

paul kenyon, bbc news. and you can hear much more on this story on bbc radio 4's file on 4 programme tonight at 8pm. it will also be available for download from the bbc sounds app. 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, business and science. they recommend investing £1.5 trillion over the next decade on things like early—warning systems for flooding and high tides. here's our science correspondent victoria gill to explain more. from record—breaking heat waves, to more violent storms, scientists agree that the impacts of climate change are playing out around the world. the global commission on adaptation has outlined what it called concrete solutions, to adapt to this reality. its key proposal is that the richest country should invest now to protect the poorest and most vulnerable, safeguarding livelihoods, coastal cities, food and water supplies.

it has identified five areas for the world to invest in over the next decade. —— richest countries. these are early warning systems for storms and high tide, improving agriculture, safeguarding water supplies, protecting and restoring mangrove forests around vulnerable coasts, and building more climate resilient urban infrastructure. something as simple as this project, to paint the roofs in new york city white, can reflect sunlight, keeping buildings and neighbourhoods cool. investing £1.5 trillion in a more climate resilient future, the commission says, will bring measurable benefits and the report puts a value on the benefits, all those avoided losses and social and environmental and economic gains of more than £5 trillion. in a moment the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live:

the prime minister has dismissed accusations that the proroguing of parliament was "anti—democratic" as a "load of nonsense". meanwhile boris johnson is expected discuss brexit with the dup leader arlene foster at a meeting this afternoon. downing street rejected suggestions that the government was looking at a northern ireland only backstop. violence has erupted in londonderry — as petrol bombs are thrown at the police after they find a suspicious device. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. 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 continue 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. another day, another record high for employment in the uk. there also bart. i know your next word is going to be bart. yes, good use first, it has a record high, and that has been one of the things that has surprised analysts and policymakers, in the us as well. they predicted all along and got wrong. their crystal balls not

working. there are morejobs wrong. their crystal balls not working. there are more jobs around, some parts of the country particularly do better than others, scotla nd particularly do better than others, scotland not doing so well. the unemployment rate down at 3.8%. you have to about 45 years to luke to luke... my memory is fading. in that picture, jobs are doing well. have to mention the b word, some people are saying some people and firms are stockpiling, all those extra preparations for brexit, an alternative to investing in the face of uncertainty. wages, wage growth, when you look at the numbers, it is easing slightly but the important thing it is way ahead of the cost—of—living. what does that mean terms of real wages? we are just about where we were ten years ago. a bit of catch up to play with. living standards on the rise. notjust a matter of our personal finances, all of this matter is that the economy because consumer spending is a hefty chunk of it. when we are feeling

flush, it means we spend more. having said that, employment growth there is a choice following somewhat. i almost got away without a but. it is slipping, just £31 —— that 1000 jobs created, number of vacancies sliding. that is something that set off if you alarm bells. chris justham is from seven investment management. on the face of it, as we were saying, it looks like another set of healthy numbers, but the market don't seem to know what to make of it. certainly when you look at the lb, it is always best lighting right of sentiment was what is going on. —— when you look at stirling. all of the direction has been politically over the course of the past few weeks, but i have to say that if you could sum up everything that has come out from a labour market point of view, it would probably be resilience. it is also the ay of the

beholder, but we look at a number like 4% average earning growth in the past year, outstripping expectations, that has got to be a positive. 2% real growth when you ta ke positive. 2% real growth when you take into consideration it inflation, that is good for households, a good boost to the economy. if you are looking at things from a half empty point of view, it would be wrong not to read things like brexit uncertainty. the cost of the unit of labour has gone up cost of the unit of labour has gone up as well as labour market starting to tighten, but i would say that all eyes have now on the monetary policy commission, the committee, part of the bank of england when they are looking at interest—rate rises or falls, this taken the pressure off them toa falls, this taken the pressure off them to a degree, when you look at how robust the uk labour market seems to be despite all the uncertainty. we have had the governor of the bank of england indicating that in the event of no deal his inclination would be to cut rates. the retail sector, they are bucking the trend. it seems so.

positive news come out from jd sports, like—for—like sales in the uk. risen by 10% in the first year, thatis uk. risen by 10% in the first year, that is the positive, the wider trend of the high street has been inherently negative of the course of the past few years. a mixer of uncertainty or the fact that people are feeling squeezed where their wallets are concerned. also the fact that rates and cost for a lot of businesses have dramatically increased which is why we have seen the acronym company voluntary agreement. a measure of different reasons for this, they have indicated that they are lying sales are rising year on year by 25—30% which is huge plus. almost a reverse of the course of the past few years. their shops seemingly seem to still be going great as people are wanting to shop in them. no indication of what it achieved a uk footprint despite all of the uncertainty at the moment which are clearly a positive. they are also selling

goods that people want to buy. that is the secret to good retail. thank you. shall we have a look at what the markets are making of this? the ftse100 barely bothered to turn up for work today. what we need to look at is sterling, against the dollar, i know... frankly it is a bit of a breather after all the news from westminster. a bit like you're having a breather from westminster. a bit like you're having a breatherfrom it westminster. a bit like you're having a breather from it at the moment. the markets they are focusing back on what they should do, the economy and the jobs data looking solid. that has been reasons for optimism. it also posted perhaps the fact that the bank of england does not have to worry about cutting rates to quickly and you can seejd sports, 8.79% up. that is when you get it right. an 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, took him to the bottom of the arctic ocean's molloy trench — to a depth of more than three miles. he'd already reached the floors 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. 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 l., the lf has landed, the lf has landed at bottom. roger that, we will go for a release. earlier this year, mr vescovo 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 to withstand huge pressures.

the texan financier has ploughed much of his own wealth into the endeavour. at bottom! cheering and applause. 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! we are down! unsurprisingly, having explored some of the most inaccessible places on earth, mr vescovo is now setting sights on his next frontier — space. andy moore, bbc news.

arlene foster and nigel dodds have arrived at downing street for those talks with borisjohnson. the irish backstop central to negotiations there. that's it from me and afternoon live — in a few minutes huw edwards will be here for the news at five, first it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. we are seeing a brief respite from the rain yesterday but it is going to be fairly short lived as we head towards this evening and it is going to be turning wetter and windier. this is an area of low pressure that is moving from the atlantic and within this area we are seeing the remnants of ex hurricane dorian but this is nothing unusual. a spell of wet and windy weather showing its hand across northern ireland and western scotland as well. elsewhere a bit more sunshine, a bit of cloud in the south—east, it may produce some showers that most places dry. into this evening, that rain will continue and some heavy bursts

with blustery winds, gusts potentially 40 — 50 mph. this rain loses some of its momentum as it tracks towards the south and the east. a lot of cloud overnight, very few clear spells and temperatures will remain in double figures across the board. a bit of a cloudy damp start for some on wednesday morning. that rain will continue its journey towards the south and the east, easing as it does so and becoming showery in nature. behind it, brightens up. breezy for all of us but temperatures starting to pick up a notch or two, 21 celsius possible down towards the south and east. that is a trend that is going to continue. we have another low pressure system working in. this contains the remnants of ex tropical storm gabrielle which will bring a spell of wet and windy weather for some

of us some humid air. notice the colours on the map. temperatures to south—eastern quarter of the uk is well start to rise. it will feel humid with outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, western scotland and north wales too. elsewhere dry weather. quite a lot of cloud around, temperatures we could see highs around 24, possibly 25 in the far south and east. as we head towards the weekend, high pressure starts to build in. it will not be dry for all of us all the time, but there will be fine weather on the cards with the weekend and the temperatures are on the rise.

today at 5pm, as parliament starts its 5 week suspension, borisjohnson holds talks with northern ireland's dup. the dup arrived at number ten, a short while ago, amid suggestions that they're discussing possible changes to the irish backstop. earlier today, the prime minister defended his decision to suspend parliament during the brexit crisis, denying it was anti—democratic. and anybody who says it's all, this stuff about it being anti—democratic. i mean, donne moi un break! what a load of nonsense. for labour, jeremy corbyn says he'll offer voters another referendum, with an option for leaving the eu, as well as an option for remaining. we're ready for that election.