you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main stories this morning: borisjohnson denies lying to the queen over the suspension of parliament, insisting such claims were "absolutely not" true. the government says it's already taken measures to address possible hold—ups at ports, disruption to supplies of fresh food and medicines, and the potentialfor an increase in public disorder — in the event of a no—deal brexit. labour calls for parliament to be recalled — to debate those no—deal brexit papers the number of people investigated for rape, who go on to be convicted, falls to its lowest level since records were first compiled more than a decade ago.

new figures reveal cancer survival rates in the uk are on the up, but still lag behind other high—income countries. good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. the prime minister has insisted that he didn't lie to the queen over the suspension of parliament. he's been speaking this morning. here's what he had to say. prime minister, your announcement today, what's the aim behind it? well, the uk is one of the great centres of shipbuilding and we're expending that now. i think that shipbuilding is an area of industry, which is of massive promise for this country. we are exceptionally good at it, we make loads of frigates

used in australia, the canadians are buying them and we are now announcing another five type 31, a new type of frigates that will be built at shipyards around the uk, so they drive high qualityjobs here in they drive high qualityjobs here in the uk, the shipbuilding programme, but they also represent a massive export opportunity for this country. if we could turn to what happens in a if we could turn to what happens in 6110 if we could turn to what happens in a no deal scenario, a brexit no deal scenario, the document out yesterday shows there could be fuel shortages, food shortages, even civil unrest. are you really willing to impose that on the british people? well, it is very important to understand what this document is. this is a worst—case scenario, which civil serva nts worst—case scenario, which civil servants obviously have to prepare for, but in the last few months, particularly in the 50 days since i've been prime minister, we've been massively exaggerating our preparations. we are trying to get a deal and i'm very hopeful we will get a deal with our european friends on october 17 or 18th or

thereabouts, but if we have to come out on october 31 with no deal, we will be ready, and the ports will be ready, and the farming communities will be ready, and all the industries that matter will be ready for a no—deal brexit, and what you're looking at here is just the sensible preparations, the worst—case scenario sensible preparations, the worst—case scenario that you would expect any government to do. in reality, we will certainly be ready for a no—deal brexit, if we have to do it, and i stress again that is not where we intend to end up. but you can't be sure, can you come of what that scenario will be? no one can be sure, and people reading that argument, people particularly who rely on medicines regularly, they will be incredibly concerned. that is why it is so important to stress this is a worst—case scenario, written by planners, so that we can look at everything that we need to do to ensure that that doesn't happen. and what we've been doing in the last few months is getting ready

in every possible way, whether it is in aviation, or medicine supplies, oi’ in aviation, or medicine supplies, orfarming or whatever, so that in aviation, or medicine supplies, or farming or whatever, so that we are ready on october 31, so that this country can come out of the eu, come what may, and deliver on the referendum result. let's turn to the scottish courts, that ruling yesterday, do you think that judges are interfering in political matters? do you think the judiciary is independent? vicki, i think the british judiciary, is independent? vicki, i think the britishjudiciary, the is independent? vicki, i think the british judiciary, the united kingdom judiciary is one of the great glories of our constitution, they are independent, and believe me all around the world people look at oui’ all around the world people look at ourjudges with admiration. so i'm not going to quarrel or criticise thejudges. clearly not going to quarrel or criticise the judges. clearly there are two different legal views, the high court in england had a very different opinion, and the supreme court will have to adjudicate in the course of the next few days, and i think it is properfor course of the next few days, and i think it is proper for politicians

to let them get on and do that. one of your minister said he felt people we re of your minister said he felt people were questioning judges. well, it is very important, as i say, that we respect the independence of the judiciary. they are learning to people. that is very, very important, there is a separation of powers in this country, and judges have their views, obviously i disagree with the particular opinion that has come forward, but there will be a further adjudication by the supreme court, and we should wait and see what they say. so finally, did you lie to the queen when you advised her to baroque to suspend parliament? absolutely not, and indeed, as i say, the high court in england plainly agrees with us, but the supreme court will have to decide. we need a queen's speech, we need to get on and do all sorts of things at a national level. here we are discussing shipbuilding, we are going to be launching five new type 31 frigates, we are going to need

bills on education, health, housing, technology, our vision for investing in science space programme, all the things we want to do, and environment. stopping the export of waste overseas and plastics, there area waste overseas and plastics, there are a huge number of things that we wa nt to are a huge number of things that we want to get on with and do. you can't do them. we've been going on in this parliament now for longer than any time since the civil war. we need a queen's speech, we need to get on with it. parliament will have time, both before and after that crucial summit on october 17, 18th, to talk about the brexit deal. i am very hopeful that we will get a deal, as i say, at that crucial summit. we are working very hard, i've been around other european capitals talking to our friends, i think we can see the rough area of a landing space of how you can do it. it will be tough, it will be hard but i think we can get there, and the crucial thing is if we can't get

a deal, and i really hope we can, if we can't, then we will be ready to come out on october 31, deal or no deal, and that is what this is all about. borisjohnson talking to vicki young. as we were hearing, the government is insisting steps have been taken to mitigate the effect of a no—deal brexit. it follows the publication of operation yellowhammer, which outlines the worst case scenario of a no—deal exit from the european union. the document warns that there could be a decrease in the supply of certain types of food. food and fuel prices could go up — which would have a disproportionate affect on lower income families. there would be disruption to medicines and medical supplies lasting up to six months. two—day waits for lorries to cross the english

channel. the document also says that refusing to put up a border on the island of ireland in a no—deal scenario would be ‘unsustainable'. in response, labour say it's more important‘ than ever that parliament is recalled. our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. borisjohnson boris johnson says borisjohnson says we must wait boris johnson says we must wait with what happens with the supreme court next week, so we are in a holding period where we have to see whether parliament will be recalled or not. interesting, borisjohnson really going out to make the case for the independent judiciary, going out to make the case for the independentjudiciary, saying how he respected them, how they were admired around the world, so an and so admired around the world, so an and so forth, after we got little inklings of signs that may be some in government were not so keen on the scottish judges and their ruling. we heard from kyzer kwarteng, our business minister, last night, saying people were worried thejudges were last night, saying people were worried the judges were interfering. of course he didn't think that, it is people were beginning to say they we re is people were beginning to say they were biased, there was a slight sense they were trying to imply that somehow the scottish judges were may

be behaving politically, boris johnson pulling well and truly back from that. the other interesting thing, you have to say whatever the blows and setbacks borisjohnson receives it does seem to remain resolutely optimistic, again saying he does believe we will get a deal, he does believe we will get a deal, he says he can see a landing strip to reach some sort of agreement, and on no deal and the yellowhammer report, saying don't worry, we will be ready, farmers will be ready, ports will be ready, ie, no need to think that the sort of dire consequences outlined in the yellowhammer paper might actually happen. joining me now, the lib dems home affairs spokesperson christine john. —— christine jardine full stop how reassured are you? not at all. what we are seeing in the yellowhammer report is just the tip of the iceberg and it shows how irresponsible this government has been that it is prepared to go ahead with something its own advisers are saying is dangerous for the country. there could be food shortages,

medicine shortages, so i'm not reassured that all that boris johnson and this cabal of advisers, who seem to be the only person he listens to, are taking this seriously and being responsible. he suggested there was now a deal in sight, and there have been vague suggestions that perhaps there could be some sort of backstop light, whichjust be some sort of backstop light, which just involves perhaps abiding by the same regulations on the island of ireland for farm produce. do you think he is maybe beginning to make progress on a deal? that doesn't matter to me. to be honest, if there is a deal, i wanted to go back to the people, so if he has this deal, that he keeps promising us, that he is working towards, if he has that, then i want him to promise he will put it back to the people to make sure that it is what they want. after three years of saying what a disaster brexit could be for this country, the mess we're in at the moment, and i think a priority has to be that out. as liberal democrats, jo's party is

committed to stopping brexit so we can build a fairer society, to do that we need to stop brexit. would you be happy with what is called a confirmatory referendum on a deal, if mrjohnson brought back a deal, saying this is my agreement, vote for it and i were allowed to go to the people? we have always had that. the idea of a referendum on the final deal was tim farron's idea after the referendum initially. i would be happy with a confirmatory one, andl would be happy with a confirmatory one, and i can understand if the brexiteers are so convinced that the people of this country still want what they now know is the reality of brexit, why won't they go back to them, why won't they give them a chance to say yes again? is it perhaps because they know, as most of us do, this is not a good idea and we need to stop it. but presumably you are reassured mr johnson has now gone out of his way to explicitly back the judiciary, after just slight signs yesterday that perhaps some in government were

looking to blame the scottish judges? that was unforgivable come you can't blame the judiciary for doing theirjob, theirjob is to come to a judicial decision, and it was also very dangerous for that union, because as soon as people start saying, oh well, it is the scottishjudges, then start saying, oh well, it is the scottish judges, then that causes problems for the very fabric of the union that holds this country together. that's not acceptable. you are here at westminster, what's going on in parliament? are there many mps around, was there a symbolic protest yesterday just a one—off? symbolic protest yesterday just a one-off? there are still a few of us are trying to do ourjobs, i am here because there was a meeting that i did not want to cancel because the government decided it was going to suspend parliament and try and silence any kind of scrutiny. this is the thing about yellowhammer which we have to remember, the government has suspended parliament, silenced the elected

representatives, so they are not going to be scrutinised in the way they would have been in parliament if parliament had been, as it should be today, still sitting. thank you very much, michael gove this morning said there would be a revised yellowhammer report, the yellowhammer was a live document which would set out the mitigating steps the government put in place. i have to say we do not know when that is going to be produced, we arejust told shortly so watch this space. thank you very much norman. staying with brexit , the eu chief negotiator michel barnier is updating the european parliament's president and political groups' on the state of play in the brexit process. this is what he had to say about the progress of negotiations a little earlier. iam here i am here to debrief the presidents of the european parliament and the political group. it will be the case until the end of this process.

regarding the talks, we are still ready to examine objectively any concrete and legally operational proposal from the uk. concrete and legally operational proposalfrom the uk. thank you. and he is expected to be speaking to journalists shortly, when he does, we will bring that to you. judgment is expected this morning in a legal challenge that argues the government's brexit strategy will damage the northern ireland peace process. belfast‘s high court is considering three joined cases against boris johnson's handling of the uk's exit from the eu. the challenges contend that a no—deal brexit next month would undermine agreements between the uk and irish governments struck during the peace process. we'll be answering your questions on the government's planning for a no—deal brexit, and what could happen if britain leaves the eu without an agreement, in a bbc ask this, in the next hour.

at 12.30 we'll be speaking to anand menon — director of uk in a changing europe — the contact details are on your screen 110w. let us know your questions. the number of people investigated for rape, who were subsequently convicted, has fallen to its lowest level since the compilation of records began more than a decade ago. there were 1,925 convictions in 2018/19, a 27 % drop compared with more than two and a half thousand cases the year before. this was in spite of allegations of rape reaching a high of 58,000. let's speak now to simon nicholls, a defence lawyer from belmores solicitors in norwich who has worked on rape cases. thank you forjoining us. well, some are blaming the cps changing its approach. what do you think is going on? yellow micromax hill i think i said there has been no change in the cps approach, he is the director of public prosecutions. i am just a

coalfa ce public prosecutions. i am just a coalface worker, i defend people on a daily basis, and if you ask me what do i think, and it is instinctive, it is not based on any market research or developmental sort of structures, i think it is a combination of things, and the combination of things, and the combination consists of these. first of all, whatever anyone else says, the police are under resourced and the police are under resourced and the cps are under resourced, defence is also under resourced but we are further down the line, so to speak, which means that priority has to be given to particular cases, and i think there is a genuine wish to prosecute cases on behalf of the police and on behalf of the crown prosecution service, but whether they have the resource to do it efficiently and effectively i think is the first question. the second one more interestingly is the change that took place year or two ago, again this is an instinctive thing based on my day to day contact my clients. you may remember when amber rudd was home secretary, she decided

people on bailfor a long period of time, it was unacceptable and she effectively did away with most cases of bailand effectively did away with most cases of bail and instead the police now can release people under investigation. now it was well—intentioned, because i have clients who are on bail for months after months, and waiting for a bail date, and it was often extended. the problem with release under investigation as it seems to have had the opposite effect. i have clients of mine and i can think of two in particular who are both accused of serious sexual assault who have been in inverted commas under investigation. for over a year now. if i suspect that they had been on bail, a decision would have been made much sooner to say either no further action or to say you will be charged, and i think inadvertently, they resort to release under investigation has meant the police are having to prioritise things, and other things get pushed to the back. and so you chase the police up and they say we are trying to do this,

trying to do that, often in rape and serious sexual assault cases, one of the big bugbears for the police and further down the line for us is the ability to have tech stuff checked, phone, which the cps want to have as pa rt phone, which the cps want to have as part of their decision—making process , part of their decision—making process, because as we know from various celebrated cases made in the appeal court, often technological developments and messages have shown the case is not as initially perceived. so on that point, all of the stuff you are saying they are, it doesn't reflect what we hear from people who come forward who have been raped, who say they have been raped, who have gone through the process , raped, who have gone through the process, and one of the things that comes up again and again does feed into what you were just saying at the end there about the release of phone records and other issues, for

instance, in one case, a woman we spoke to earlier today said that the case was proceeding and then at the end when the cctv footage was released, and it was put to her that actually she looked pretty happy on the cctv footage with the person that she was accusing of rape, the case was dropped at that point. there is a perception that the cps is dropping cases where they don't believe a jury will convict, and obviously in rape cases it is a very sensitive issue, it is not like other cases. can i disagree with you? when you say like any other case, it is like any other case, in the sense that prosecution have a duty to prove someone's guilt beyond reasonable doubt, so the burden of proof is exactly the same at the crown have exactly the same duty of care, in terms of what they prosecute and what they don't prosecute, in other words does it past the evidential test? whether it isa past the evidential test? whether it is a serious sexual offence or a robbery or even something minor as a

shoplifting, the problem is the sensitivity. and i think, cleaning what i can from the other side of the fence, so to speak, one of those people who defend people accused in these type of offences, often it's all about communication. it has often said many victims or complainants feel they have not been kept properly in the loop on one of the things i have always found, dealing with my clients, and i suspect other lawyers do too, and properly it is the same for medical services, any type of professional body, it is making people feel ownership of their case, so in other words, as long as people are kept in the loop about what's happening and why something is happening, i think that helps people. it may not ameliorate the feelings they have come if they feel they have been let down by a lack of a prosecution, but i think the important part is the relationship between the police, the complainant, victim and the cps. if people understand why a decision has

been made rather than someone simply saying oh, by the way, this case has been dropped. i give you an example. i represented two or three years ago a celebrated case where a young man who was a student was accused on the other side of the fence of a serious sexual assault, and i think it was about a week before the trial, we we re about a week before the trial, we were all ready to go to trial and suddenly i got a phone call on the friday night from the prosecution saying, oh, we've dropped the case. that was it. and my client was of course massively relieved, after having a year or two, suspended from university, not able to get on with his life, and it was just this call saying, oh, it is dropped, and i suspect his complete bewilderment at that may be mirrored by complainants or victims who may just that may be mirrored by complainants or victims who mayjust get a message out of the blue saying we have decided not to prosecute after all. communication is really the key to all this. if people feel involved in this process, they may be able to understand why decisions are made. simon nicholls, thank you. pleasure.

we arejust we are just hearing that legal challenge in the high court in belfast but argued that the government's brexit strategy will damage the northern ireland peace process has been dismissed. so the court in belfast, the high court was considering three joined cases against borisjohnson's considering three joined cases against boris johnson's handling considering three joined cases against borisjohnson's handling of the uk cosmic exit from the eu. the challengers contended a no—deal brexit next month would undermine agreements between the uk and irish government structure in the peace process , government structure in the peace process, so a slightly different pro—death perspective in the case being taken against the government compared with the cases that have been happening in edinburgh and also in london. but it is a legal challenge that has now been dismissed against the government, so we will bring you more reaction to that as we get it. new figures show cancer survival rates in the uk are improving but still remain below those of other wealthy countries. a study in lancet oncology found rates were worse than australia, canada, denmark, ireland, new zealand and norway. here's our health correspondent,

dominic hughes. for some years now, the uk has lagged behind other developed countries when it comes to treating cancer. the gap is closing, with definite signs of improvement. but the latest research shows there is no room for complacency. we know we don't have enough radiologists, endoscopists and pathologists that read the tests, so we have somewhat of a bottleneck in the nhs to get people through the system and this can make our gps somewhat more reluctant to refer at the earliest possible opportunity when there is this bottleneck in the system. the latest data looks at survival rates for seven of the most common cancers in seven high—income countries with similar health care systems. the uk was at the foot of the league in five of the seven cancers, including pancreatic cancer, where less than 8% survived five years after diagnosis. in australia, the five—year survival rate was close to 15%.

the government points to significant increases in survival rates over the past 20 years. faster diagnosis and swifter treatment are the key to better results. cancer charities say, to achieve that, more staff specialising in cancer care are needed right across the nhs. dominic hughes, bbc news. the prime minister of the bahamas has called hurricane dorian ‘an historic tragedy‘, saying no words are sufficient to describe it. during a televised national address, hubert minnis spoke of the grief his country was going through. ten days after the hurricane, officials say two—and—a—half thousand people have been registered as missing. gareth barlow reports. hurricane dorian devastated these islands, and thousands of people are still missing. day by day, rescue teams work to find the bodies of those killed, while the government works to ascertain the true extent

of the disaster. mankind was no match for the power of mother nature. now this community is counting the cost. we will recognise the extent of the devastation. we are not going to speculate on what the final numbers would be. we understand people are concerned, and so are we. aid and government officials say around 5000 people have been evacuated from the hardest—hit have been evacuated from the ha rdest—hit island groups. have been evacuated from the hardest—hit island groups. but thousands are still in urgent need of help. in an address to the nation, the bahamian prime minister hubert minnis detailed the destruction in the worst hit areas. much of abaco as we knew it is decimated and no longer exists. floodwaters in the streets made them appear like the ocean. concrete structures were turned to dust, as ifa structures were turned to dust, as if a massive bomb had exploded with

atomic force. while international teams have rushed to help the bahamas, the trump administration has said it won't allow people from the islands currently living in the us to live and work there until it is safe for them to return. but first there are still the unanswered question of how many people died and will never come home. gareth barlow, bbc news. two australian vloggers detained in iran have been identified asjolie king and mark firkin. ms king, who also holds a uk passport, and mr firkin were documenting their travels in asia and the middle east, when they were reportedly arrested near tehran, ten weeks ago. relations between the uk and iran have been strained in recent months by a row over the seizure of oil tankers in the gulf. our correspondent phil mercer is in sydney. just bring us up—to—date with the latest on what happened to these

two. public details of the detention ofjulie king and mark firkin are pretty vague at the moment. the australian broadcasting corporation is reporting the couple from perth in western australia was detained near tehran about ten weeks ago for a p pa re ntly near tehran about ten weeks ago for apparently flying a drone without a permit, and news of their detention only came about 2k hours ago. we also heard at that time the improvement of another dual australian national, an academic who is working at one of the universities in melbourne, and again we don't know the specifics of the allegations she is facing but there is some speculation here thatjolie king and mark firkin may have been detained as sort of the dark arts of diplomacy, if you like, that there isa diplomacy, if you like, that there is a feeling that the iranian authorities have arrested them with

the potential view of a prisoner swa p the potential view of a prisoner swap with perhaps in western country. of course, we haven't got that confirmed at the moment. there are very few bits of information about this couple. what we do know is that they are in iran, in detention, and that the australian government is trying to have them released. as with all of these cases, there is sensitivity initially around how the authorities think it best to handle it, and initially this was kept under the radar. they weren't identified, but now obviously it has been put out there. is that an indication they we re there. is that an indication they were just making no there. is that an indication they werejust making no progress there. is that an indication they were just making no progress and thatis were just making no progress and that is when things start to go public? we heard from the australian prime minister, scott morrison, saying this was a very sensitive case and he would not be commenting any further on it. we also had a statement from family members of those who had been detained, saying they wished for them to be released but they also would not be making any further public comment too, so

it isa any further public comment too, so it is a very delicate, diplomatic job for the australian authorities. two of these women have dual australian british nationality. we understand the australian government is taking the lead in trying to negotiate their release. the foreign minister here is a woman called marie spain, and she said the detention of these three individuals was of great concern for the australian government. so one would imagine the fact that we are only just hearing details of these cases, scant details as it happens, of these cases, ten weeks after the arrest ofjolie king and mark firkin suggest that there is frantic diplomatic activity behind the scenes. as for the other woman, and academic from melbourne in southern australia, she has reportedly been sentenced to ten years in prison. again, we don't know why, but we do know that it has been a common practice forforeigners know that it has been a common practice for foreigners to receive a

sentence of that kind for alleged espionage. so this case gets murkier by the day and of course for the family member is of these three people, it must be an extremely concerning time. thank you, phil. time for a weather update with simon king. some across eastern parts of england have blue skies and sunshine but for many of us, quite cloudy out there at the moment. and we have some rain affecting northern parts of the uk. lots of cloud here and elsewhere, as i mentioned, the scotland and northern ireland, we see the cloud and rain edging further south, writers guys developing, but for northern england and wales, more persistent rain spreads in. temperatures 15 or 16 degrees in scotland, northern ireland but really quite warm and humid for england and wales, with temperatures up england and wales, with temperatures up to 2a degrees. tonight, that rain will move its way to the south, it

will move its way to the south, it will be very patchy, staying quite warm and muggy tonight in the south but further north, some clear skies and feeling quite chilly across scotla nd and feeling quite chilly across scotland and northern ireland, temperatures into single figures but most of us on friday, apart from a few showers in the north and west of scotland, a dry day with lots of sunshine, feeling a bit fresher than today. goodbye. hello this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the headlines: borisjohnson denies lying to the queen over the suspension of parliament, insisting such claims were "absolutely not" true. absolutely not. and indeed, as i say, the high court in england plainly agrees with us, but the supreme court will have to decide. the number of people investigated for rape who go on to be convicted falls to its lowest level since records were first compiled more than a decade ago.

new figures reveal cancer survival rates in the uk remain below those of other high—income countries. mps are calling for in—game spending to be regulated by gambling laws and so—called loot boxes banned entirely for children. sport now — for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ollie. good morning. england have lost the toss and have been put in to bat by australia in the final ashes test at the oval. (gfx)they‘ve been they've been playing about half an hour, rory burns was given out lbw, but correctly reviewed the decision and survived. he and joe denly at the crease, england 20—0 as they look to level the series although australia have already retained the ashes. you can follow it on 5 live sports extra and the bbc sports website, where you'll find in—play video. another boundary now just

another boundary nowjust gone for england where you can find that. the england football manager gareth southgate says he's concerned about their trip to bulgaria next month with the fear that his players could face racist abuse. the stadium will be partially closed for the game on 14th october because of the racist behaviour of bulgaria fans earlier this year. england's black players were also subjected to monkey chants on their last visit to sofia in 2011. southgate says, "we're aware that there is history there and we want to make sure that we're all prepared for what might happen and how we want to respond". the fa is investigating a complaint of racial discrimination against former england women's boss mark sampson. he was found to have used discriminatory language during his time with the national side and was subsequently sacked after innapropraite conduct in a previous role came to light. after innapropriate conduct in a previous role came to light. he recently took over as caretaker manager of stevenage, manager of stevenage.

the league 2 club has cancelled his planned pre—match press conference tomorrow. arsenal and manchester ciy start their champions league campaigns tonight. city play lugano in switzerland in the first leg of the first knockout round, while the wsl champions winners arsenal return to the competition for the first time in five years — they're in italy to face fiorentina. we chose the team last year. we really put a lot of work into that and it's really good. it gives us confidence, but it doesn't mean that we have to stop working hard and i think that's very important, this season, that we, as a team, keep working hard because we don't want to only win the league, we want to win more and that needs much work of everyone. a busy time coming up for andy murray who will be playing three tournaments in as many weeks in china. he'd already agreed to play in zhuhai this month and then beijing and he's now accepted a wild card for the shanghai masters the week after. murray returned to singles action

last month but he's yet to win a match on the main tour. it's the opening ceremony for the solheim cup this evening. the first of three days of matchplay golf starts with the foursomes tomorrow morning at gleneagles. europe's women have never lost the cup when it's been held in scotland but the usa are heavy favouries as they look to win the trophy for the third time in a row. the unity that we have any team is something that is really good and everyone is fully supportive of each other, which is, you know, really the best kind of situation that you can be and in terms of team golf and everyone is getting along really well, so the team room has plenty of banter and everyone's having a great time. rory mcilroy is the american pga tour's golfer of the year for the third time — voted on by fellow professionals. the winners receive the jack nicklaus trophy, and he was having lunch with the great man when he was suprised with the award.

i've already got two of those. well you have three now. really? congratulations. applause that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you. in the last few minutes a judge in the high court has dismissed a legal challenge against brexit. chris, remind us what it is about and just tells what has happened. this was brought by a campaigner of the troubles. it was

brought in the essence that it would damage the peace process in northern ireland and endanger the good friday agreement which was seen as larger ending the troubles. the judge agreement which was seen as larger ending the troubles. thejudge has ruled against that challenge, basically on the basis that a lot of the evidence was not factual. he said that the characterisation of the case was that it was inherently and unmistakably political. virtually all the evidence belonged to the world of politics and he explained that the functions of the courts must respect certain boundaries. in other words, courts must respect certain boundaries. in otherwords, he courts must respect certain boundaries. in other words, he felt that the issues that were being discussed in this court case where a matter for politicians and judges —— more a matterfor matter for politicians and judges —— more a matter for politicians and judges. he dismissed the challenge and the northern ireland court of appeal has already been sitting after that ruling has been delivered. we should know in the next few minutes at an appeal to thatjudgment will next few minutes at an appeal to that judgment will ahead and next few minutes at an appeal to thatjudgment will ahead and it is certain the lawyers from the man who brought this challenge who do expect that this appeal will be held over the next 2a hours.

that this appeal will be held over the next 24 hours. thank you, chris. the number of people investigated for rape, who were subsequently convicted, has fallen to its lowest level since the compilation of records began more than a decade ago. there were 1,925 convictions in 2018/19, a 27% drop compared with more than 2,500 cases the year before. this was in spite of allegations of rape reaching a high of 58,000. here with me now is lisa longstaff from the support group women against rape... 58,000 as the number of people are going to the police, they will be many people who do not. yes, the official figures that four out of five women do even report rape. this isa five women do even report rape. this is a piece of something else that was raised this morning about the family courts about domestic violence not been taken seriously and children being given to violent

fathers. what women are experiencing is that we are beating, we are raped and we are mounted and these serious crimes against us are not investigated or prosecuted —— and we are murdered. i spoke to a defence lawyer earlier and he is that as he was concerned the issues around underfunding, it is about resources, technology getting involved which makes cases more complicated. cases are more complicated and that there is also a lot more digging into people's pass, which had become somewhat a thing of the past in that —— people's past. what has been introduced in the last euro two is that women's —— a lot of women's social media is being investigated, mobile phones and digital evidence in general. that is a similar condition to what was happening before with people's entire medical records being available to trawl

through, people's school records, even though it is 30 years ago. it is all the same direction that women's history and women are being put on the stand about their character and their sexual history and their past in order to trash them on the stand. there have of course been well known cases where a case was dropped very late on, we digital evidence indicated that, actually, the case was not well funded and that somebody was being u nfa i rly funded and that somebody was being unfairly persecuted, effectively, . how much impact do you think this case have had ? how much impact do you think this case have had? it can be extremely releva nt, case have had? it can be extremely relevant, the interaction that there is only mobile phone with someone who says they are affected. of course it can be relevant and we're not for withholding evidence. what we are against a strolling through your entire past history and there is an obligation on the part of the

police and the crown prosecution service to disclose anything that they deem relevant —— trawling through your entire past history. that is not necessarily have any relation to the current allocation, it could be about what you do somebody else and there's all kind of private stuff in there. —— the current allegation. women feel that we are being exposed and raped again by unfair, intrusive controls stop and yet, when women report stuff on and yet, when women report stuff on a main's social media, after that is dismissed as not relevant. —— men's social media. we are a case last year that the man actually confessed to his partner, i'm really sorry that i raped you, i feel like trash this morning, will you everforgive me? and that was deemed as not enough to bring it to court, not evidence. thank you very much for joining us.

let's get more on the operation you'll have a suggested there could be food shortages and long delays. we can go back to our system political editor who is in westminster. we had a very confident boris johnson see in the last hour that we will be ready for preparations for a new deal. preparations have been stepped up and ports, firms and business will be ready. we have the former cabinet minister david gauke. are you reassured? not entirely. there are some things that you cannot prepare for. to get the example of agricultural farms, if your business depends on exporting them to the european union, you're suddenly hit by huge tariffs, which is what we have if we leave the european union without a deal. the new business model is not really going to work. it is fundamental. that is nothing to do with

preparation, it no longer becomes viable to do that. these things are not easily dealt with. and so, we clearly need to get more information from the government in terms of the preparation and how that is going. it is right that we prepare for no deal, but the idea that you can prepare yourself out of all the destruction, the short—term destruction, the short—term destruction, of no deal is not true. and of course, you have the long—term issues as well, so people might think it is going to be difficult for a couple of weeks, it is going to like having a snow dome that snowstorm and we hunker down and get through it and it's all fine— like the real big problem is that the long—term damage that it does to this country. to our attractiveness for inward investment and the ability of the united kingdom to hold together. that is why no deal is so dangerous. as well as the short—term destruction, which i think will be real. but will be the impact of this document —— short—term destruction. what you

think the impact will be if we have to move towards no deal? this document was leaked in early august andi document was leaked in early august and i do not think it's going to come as a huge shock to parliament. i think it will strengthen the resolve of many members of parliament that if we were to allow the country to leave without a deal on the 31st of october, we would not be serving their constituents well. that we would be complicit in doing something that would be very destructive in the short—term and very damaging in the long term and i suspect that it remains parliament's position and is probablyjust strengthened by the information it has been released. you mention the possible impact on the union. it cites, clearly, the possibility of a ha rd cites, clearly, the possibility of a hard murder in northern ireland being unavoidable — cannot —— the possibility of a hard border in northern ireland are being unavoidable. there are alternative ways one can address this. i

roundabout we had two territories with different customs policies and have a different land border, there isa have a different land border, there is a hard borderfor goods. these things have to be checked —— around the world where we had two territories with different customs policies. what is proposed here, we all want to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, but there is not a model that has an existence anywhere else in the world. it might be possible, but it's going to take some time on the idea that we had this up and running in a couple of yea rs this up and running in a couple of years is incredible and that is the biggest problem in the negotiations. the red line that the prime minister has got about getting the backstop —— getting rid of the backstop, you know, we are not answering the question, well, how are you going to ensure that there is no border in ireland if we are in different customs arrangements? and we have simply had not answered the question and that is why we are not yet on course to reaching a deal. thank you very much for your time. the government said it will be producing a revised yellowhammer report, which

they believe will show that they have put in place significant steps to try to ameliorate some of the dire consequences set out in the yellowhammer document. thank you, norman. let's cross now to brussels where the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, is speaking to journalists soon. we will listen in. you will be available at this because you are the people that report on debates in the people that report on debates in the public and we talk about all of theseissues the public and we talk about all of these issues and resulted in a great deal of difference of opinion on issues in europe, but on brexit there is a great deal of unity and

parliament wants to keep that unity going and updated when the situation changes. the resolution mentioned in three parts festival has a political declaration —— festival. the second pa rt declaration —— festival. the second part is no deal and the third is on a possible extension of article 50. translation: on the political declaration and withdrawal agreement, parliament continues to believe that an orderly departure of the uk as they go with which we should be seeking —— we should be searching for and that political agreement is at the way of getting it. the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated as the best possible agreement as far as we are concerned. particularly, bearing in mind the inherent difficulties with

brexit and the positions that are regarded as being red lines by both sides because they guarantee legal certainty and set up governments mechanisms —— governance mechanisms that make sure that the agreement will be applied correctly and because they also protect the rights and life choices of european and british citizens. obviously, the backstop is the main stumbling block in the negotiations. here, the resolution stresses a very clear message ‘ you cannot resolution stresses a very clear message — you cannot have resolution stresses a very clear message ‘ you cannot have an agreement without the backstop. it could not be any clearer. that has the position of the european commission, the position of the european institutions, including the european institutions, including the european parliament. do not forget

that parliament will have the last word. after that, doctor mike we are going to let the news conference right now. the eu presidentjust now speaking in brussels. children should be banned from buying video game extras under measures unveiled by mps today. there are concerns so—called loot boxes encourage gambling with some gamers spending up to £1,000 a year chasing mystery virtual items, i'm joined now by drjo twist — ceo at the association for uk interactive entertainment, the trade body for the uk's games and interactive entertainment industry. welcome. let's start with the loot boxes, the virtual box that players can buy and trade around — should they be banned for kids, that is what mps want cosmic it is important to note that the games industry will

a lwa ys to note that the games industry will always continue to take player welfare right at the heart of its responsibility. particularly when it comes to minors and vulnerable people. in the report itself acknowledges the steps that we have already pragmatically done, which is to give upfront information, to have robust technical tools in place so that you can switch off any kind of in game spending, whether it be in that box or anything else. can i just stop your? you're seeing sounds like the industry industry was a very transparent —— what you are seeing sounds like the industry was very transparent. actually mps find that the gaming industry was relu cta nt to that the gaming industry was reluctant to accept responsibility for intervening when a player was overspending, or even to put a figure on how much was too much and some have been wilfully obtuse about gameplay, which mps needed to know in order to better understand how players play with games —— players engage with games. let's talk about the figure, how much is too much. he

said that are responsible, so what is too much? one mother said her son spent 1300 and 60p and one game. is too much? one mother said her son spent1300 and 60p and one gamem that acceptable cosmic details in the education campaign but the chosen information into player and's cans. “ chosen information into player and's cans. -- but mother said her son spent £1360. when we are talking about children... a situation children are any situation where they can get swept along in a game and should it be the case where mps think that you should ta ke case where mps think that you should take the response ability away from the kids and actually implement proper controls? our preference is that proper controls and information about those proper controls, which are already in place, as in the hands of players and caterers. i think it is not a simple answer. that is the issue that we have with the report —— carers. there are some

in different business models and some are different types of games and different lengths of games on different platforms but it is important to understand when we are looking at the spacers to he has said again itjust again that the responsibilities in the hands of players indicators. it is in no time for the industry to look at its own response ability is? our response has been and continues to be that we have the technical settings in place to switch off and to monitor and to really control gameplay and the best... but it is not working, as it if kids are spending thousands of fans? we would encourage parents to try and help understand and had the conversation with their children —— thousands of pounds. to have a look at ask dot, and information. damian

collins also says that the games industry should now contribute financially towards independent research into the long—term effects of gaming. i think the who gaming disorder classification as part of icd 11 is a really important thing to note because it is a statistical manual and it is really at the beginning of this process. it is important to note. when that was drafted, there was a lot of debate amongst the academic community and the consensus there, in terms of the research, is not there. so what about the industry funding research? i think there are a lot of conversation that will be having and there are many, many ways in which research should be funded and what we have consistently called for a robust scientific research on the positives and negatives. doctor

twist thank you very much. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson denies lying to the queen over the suspension of parliament, insisting such claims were "absolutely not" true. the number of people investigated for rape who go on to be convicted falls to its lowest level since records were first compiled — more than a decade ago. new figures reveal cancer survival rates in the uk remain below those of other high—income countries. i'm here with the business news. john lewis swings into a loss in the first half of this year. sales of big—ticket electrical and household products have been particularly weak. john lewis also warned that no preparations could fully offset the impact of a no deal brexit. hundreds ofjobs have been secured at the ross—aythe shipyard in fife after the royal navy gave a consortium led by babcock a contract to build the next generation of frigates. five type 31 warships will be built for £1.25 billion. parts of the ships will be built

all over the uk which the government says will support 2,500 jobs. the cigarette maker british american tobacco has announced more than 2000 job cuts. with fewer people smoking traditional cigarettes, it plans to refocus on vaping and other new products. the company employs 55,000 people in 48 countries and has not said where the jobs will be lost. separately, the white house has announced it will ban fruit flavoured e—cigarettes over fears they are particularly attractive to children. we begin this morning with those half yearly results from john lewis. the retailer lost almost £26 million in the first half of this year, having made a tiny profit ofjust £800,000 in the same time last year. the company — which also owns the supermarket waitrose — said that trading conditions are "difficult" and consumer confidence "subdued". its chairman, charlie mayfield said the prospects of a no—deal brexit continue to weigh on retailers,

comments echoed by the co—op which also published results today. well, patrick o'brien is the uk retail research director at globaldata. how much do you think brexit uncertainty has to do with the woes of many retailers right now? i think it is absolutely key. wages are growing faster than inflation every month in over a year. this should be a good yearfor every month in over a year. this should be a good year for retail, but consumers are reining back pad spend, simply because of that uncertainty which is also having a knock—on effect of having a weak product market with their lower transaction than ever. as a purchasing to single out brexit and certainly, because there has been in the ongoing issue of the ongoing shift to online retail? well, that is right. when you look at what has been happening over the last five yea rs, been happening over the last five years, there is that ongoing shift

to online retail, but howeverjohn lewis are very strong in ireland they continue to do very well there, but unfortunately they have had to cut prices —— very strong in online retail. they had to cut prices with competition with the online likes of debenham and they have been doing heavy discounting because of their obvious problems and john lewis's commitment to price match. john lewis and co—op have announced separately today that they are getting into bed together and you can pick up your onlinejohn lewis purchases at the co—op store. these arrivals and i wonder if this is symptomatic of desperate measures and desperate times that make these arrivals. i think it makes sense. i thinkjohn is's and the co—op —— john lewis and the co—op proposition makes sense. thank you very much.

markets doing fairly well today. investors see more signs of us china trade tensions easing with delays announced to planned tariffs.even though germany is poised to enter a recession. european central bank also poised to make announcement on cutting rates. morrisons is among biggest gainers on ftse today after it announced a drop in sales, not as bad as had been feared. that's all the business news. now it's time for a look at the weather. thank you, it is particularly out there for most of us, but there is some sunshine. i wanted to show you this lovely weather watcher photo from belcher. for many central and eastern parts in england, there is that sunshine —— wheelchair. most across scotland and northern ireland. a bit of rain moving its way and some drizzly conditions to the south—west of england. sunny spells developing and for northern

ireland this afternoon, temperatures here 15 or 16 celsius. with a quite warm and muggy for england and wales. temperatures 20 to 24 celsius. this patchouli will continue to move to the second end as it does so, it was a quite warm in southern areas. —— this patchy rain. for most of us on friday it is a dry and a sunny day. a little bit fresher them today with temperatures 17 to 20 celsius.

you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's midday and these are the main stories this morning: the prime minister insists the uk will be ready for a no—deal brexit — despite government documents warning that it could lead to food and medicine shortages. borisjohnson also denies lying to the queen over the suspension of parliament, insisting such claims are untrue. absolutely not, and indeed, as i say, the high court in england plainly agrees with us, but the supreme court will have to decide. labour calls for parliament to be recalled — to debate those no—deal brexit papers a judge at the high court in belfast

dismisses a legal challenge against a no—deal brexit. also this hour — the number of people investigated for rape, who go on to be convicted, falls to its lowest level since records were first compiled — more than a decade ago. and new figures reveal cancer survival rates in the uk are on the up, but still lag behind other high—income countries. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. borisjohnson has dismissed concerns about the possible impact of a no—deal brexit, saying a planning document the government was forced to publish last night set out worst case senarios. the prime minister said the operation yellowhammer files, which date from early august, were intended to highlight the risks so they could then be addressed. he said preparations had been massively accelerated

since he took office. the document once they could be a decrease in the supply of certain types of food. food and fuel prices could go up, which would have a disproportionate effect on low income families, disruption to medicines, two—day weights for lorries to cross the english channel, the document also says refusing to put up a border on the island of ireland in a no deal scenario would be unsustainable. norman smith is at westminster. joanna, thanks so much indeed. classic borisjohnson this morning, striking a decidedly upbeat, optimistic, confident note in the wa ke optimistic, confident note in the wake of the dire warnings contained in this yellowhammer report, talk of public disorder, food, fuel, medicine shortages, a howard border in northern ireland. or asjohnson cosmic response? not going to

happen, we will be ready, it is all in hand, and then over the past few weeks since he has been prime minister, he has massively accelerated no deal preparations, he says, which means the proportions are now in place —— the precautions are now in place —— the precautions are now in place —— the precautions are now in place to make sure that most of that sort of dire scenario does not actually happen. or so he does not actually happen. or so he does not actually happen. or so he does not believe we will end up in no deal, striking a decidedly confident note, i thought, about the prospects for an agreement, saying he had seen a landing space where they might be able to get a deal. now, there has been a lot of speculation in recent days about whether they could be some sort of northern ireland backstop light agreement, where you might have agreement, where you might have agreement on an all ireland union for regulations on food and agriculture, and whether that, perhaps, could provide the sort of reassu ra nces perhaps, could provide the sort of reassurances that the eu was looking for, but in terms of no deal, mr johnson defiant. what was in the

yellowhammer report, not going to happen. well, it is very important to understand, vicki, what this document is. this is a worst—case scenario, which civil servants of italy have to prepare for, but in the last few months, and particularly in the 50 days since i've been prime minister, we've been massively accelerating our preparations, we are trying to get a deal, and i'm very hopeful that we will get a deal with our european friends on october 17 or 18th or thereabouts, but if we have to come out on october 31 with no deal, we will be ready, and the ports will be ready and the farming communities will be ready, and all the industries that matter will be ready for a no—deal brexit. those cabinet ministers who walked out in large part because of their concerns mrjohnson was talking —— taking us towards no deal have this morning continue to express their serious concerns about the impact on the economy and society should relieve with no deal, warning that, yes, you can put in place measures

to minimise some of the damage, but you can't stop all of it. this was david gauke. the idea that you can prepare yourself out of all the disruption, the short term disruption, the short term disruption of no deal, isn't true, and of course you've got the long term issues as well. people might think, oh, it will be difficult for a couple of weeks, like having a snow storm and we hunker down and get through it and it is all fine, real big problem with no deal is the long—term damage it does to this country, our attractiveness for inward investment, the ability for the united kingdom to pull together. today was the first time we have heard from the prime minister since that shattering court ruling yesterday by the scottish judges, declaring his decision to suspend parliament as unlawful, and also the suggestion that he might have misled the queen, prompting dominic grieve, former tory attorney general saying

if that was the case he would have to resign and quickly. this morning borisjohnson was asked directly did you like to the queen? absolutely not. interesting too, he went out of the way to defend the judges, because there has been a little bit of background chatter among some of mrjohnson's supporter seeming to give a nod and a week to the fact that the scottish judges were getting it wrong, may be interfering in politics. this morning we got a very strong defence of the judges from the prime minister. i think the britishjudiciary, the united kingdom judiciary, it's i think the britishjudiciary, the united kingdomjudiciary, it's one of the great glories of our constitution, they are independent, and believe me, around the world people look at ourjudges with awe and admiration, so i'm not going to quarrel or criticise the judges. clearly there are two different legal views, the high court in england had a very different opinion, and the supreme court will have to adjudicate in the course of the next few days, and i think it is proper for politicians to let them get on and do that. it is one of

boris johnson's striking characteristics, it seems to me, that whatever the setbacks, the blows, thejudicial that whatever the setbacks, the blows, the judicial reverses, whatever the parliamentary defeats, the dire warnings of no deal, he does remain resolutely confident, and optimistic that he can somehow get through this. certainly in terms of the yellowhammer report, his view is we will be ready for no deal. we are hoping to speak to the policy manager at the freight transport association for northern ireland shortly for his reaction to what operation yellowhammer says about the impact of a no deal on trade in northern ireland. we are going to be answering your questions on the government was not planning for a no—deal brexit and what could happen if britain leaves the eu without an agreement in a bbc are sky this at the next hour. —— asked this. at 12.30 we'll be speaking to anand menon — director of uk in a changing europe — the contact details

are on your screen now. let us know your questions. the president of the european parliament has said the uk has not — so far — proposed any alternative to the backstop that is legally credible and workable. speaking a few minutes ago in brussels david sassoli added that a draft resolution, to be considered by the european parliament next week, states its preparedness to return to the ‘original eu proposal‘ of a northern ireland only backstop. translation: if solutions are proposed, they will be debated, all of them. provided they, of course, respect the guiding principles of the european union, but up to now, i can say, and i would like to stress this point, the united kingdom hasn‘t proposed any alternatives. and anything that has been legally credible, if i can put it that way. belfast‘s high court has dismissed a legal challenge that argued

the government‘s brexit strategy will damage the northern ireland peace process. belfast‘s high court considered threejoined cases, which claimed leaving with the eu without a deal would undermine agreements between the uk and irish governments struck during the peace process. but the judge said the arguments belonged to ‘the world of politics‘. our correspondent chris page brought us up to date. thejudge here at the judge here at the high court has handed down this very complex judgment really on the legal challenge brought by a campaigner for victims of the troubles, raymond mccord and two others, challenging the legality of a no—deal brexit in essence on the grounds that it damaged the peace process in northern ireland, that it would endanger the good friday peace agreement, which back in 1998 was seen as largely ending the troubles. thejudge has ruled against that challenge basically on the basis that a lot of the evidence wasn‘t factual. he said the characterisation of the case was that it was inherently and are

mistakenly political, virtually all the evidence, he said, belong to the world of politics, and he explained the function of the courts must respect certain boundaries. in other words he felt the issues being discussed in this court case where more a matterfor discussed in this court case where more a matter for politicians than judges, so he has dismissed the challenge, however the northern ireland court of appeal has already been sitting just after that ruling has been delivered. we should know in the next few minutes if an appeal to thatjudgment in the next few minutes if an appeal to that judgment will go in the next few minutes if an appeal to thatjudgment will go ahead, and certainly lawyers for the claimant expect an appeal to be held over the next 24—hour is. the prime minister of the bahamas has called hurricane dorian ‘an historic tragedy‘, saying no words are sufficient to describe it. during a televised national address, hubert minnis spoke of the grief his country was going through. ten days after the hurricane, officials say two—and—a—half thousand people have been registered as missing. gareth barlow reports. hurricane dorian

devastated these islands, and thousands of people are still missing. day by day, rescue teams work to find the bodies of those killed, while the government works to ascertain the true extent of the disaster. mankind was no match for the power of mother nature. now this community is counting the cost. we recognise the extent of the devastation. we are not going to speculate on what the final numbers would be. we understand people are concerned, and so are we. aid and government officials say around 5,000 people have been evacuated from the hardest—hit island groups. but thousands are still in urgent need of help. in an address to the nation, the bahamian prime minister hubert minnis detailed the destruction in the worst—hit areas. much of abaco as we knew it is decimated and no longer exists. floodwaters in the streets made them appear like the ocean. concrete structures were turned to dust, as if a massive bomb had

exploded with atomic force. while international teams have rushed to help the bahamas, the trump administration has said it won‘t allow people from the islands currently living in the us to live and work there until it is safe for them to return. but first there‘s still the unanswered question of how many people died and will never come home. gareth barlow, bbc news. the number of new cases of type two diabetes could be stabilising, or even falling, according to a new study. the research, lead by the baker heart and diabetes institute in melbourne, is based on data from 47 countries dating back to the mid 1960s. but diabetes uk said there are still challenges with obesity and unhealthy lifestyles which are both linked to the condition.

us first lady, melania trump, was trending on twitter after the president said "she‘s got a son", before quickly interjecting that they had their son barron "together". it was all in the context of vaping and a potential ban on flavoured vaping products in the us. president trump told a news conference that the first lady has become concerned over the impact of vaping on young people. we can‘t have our youth to be so affected, and i‘m hearing it, and that‘s how the first lady got involved. she‘s got a son, together, thatis involved. she‘s got a son, together, that is a beautiful young man, and she feels very, very strongly about it. she‘s seen it, we‘re both reading it, a lot of people are reading it, a lot of people are reading it, a lot of people are reading it, but people are dying with vaping, so we‘re looking at it very closely. top gear presenter freddie flintoff has said he is "absolutely fine" after an incident involving a three—wheeled motorcycle. the ex—england cricketer is understood to have "run out of runway" at elvington airfield

near york while filming a race for the motoring show. the bbc understands he was unhurt and did not need medical attention. more on today‘s main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister insists the uk will be ready for a no—deal brexit — despite government documents warning that it could lead to food and medicine shortages. the number of people investigated for rape, who go on to be convicted, falls to its lowest level since records were first compiled — more than a decade ago. new figures reveal cancer survival rates in the uk remain below those of other high income countries. sport now, here‘s olly foster. england‘s cricket has lost the toss,

they‘ve been put into bat by australia in the final ashes test at the oval, and rather predictably they‘ve lost an early wicket, joe denly the first man to go, caught behind by steve smith for 14 off the bowling of pat cummins. england 53—1, joe root has come in, australia have already retained the ashes of course. you can follow this on five live sports extra. in play video highlights there as well. you can look at thatjoe denly wicket if you want. the england manager gareth southgate says he‘s concerned about their trip to bulgaria next month with the fear that his players could face racist abuse. the stadium will be partially closed for the game on 14th october. because of the racist behaviour of bulgaria fans earlier this year. england‘s black players were also subjected to monkey chants on their last visit to sofia in 2011. southgate says "we‘re aware that there is history there and we want to make sure that we‘re all prepared for what might happen and how we want to respond".

the fa is investigating a complaint of racial discrimination against former england women‘s boss mark sampson. he was found to have used discriminatory language during his time with the national side and was subsequently sacked after innapropraite conduct in a previous role came to light. he recently took over as caretaker manager of stevenage, the league 2 club has cancelled his planned pre—match press conference tomorrow. but they have released a statement, saying that the allegations that he used discriminatory language are unfounded. andy murray will be playing three tournaments in as many weeks in china. he‘d already agreed to play in zhuhai this month and then beijing and he‘s now accepted a wildcard for the shanghai masters the week after. murray returned to singles action last month but he‘s yet to win a match on the main tour. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour.

new figures show cancer survival rates in the uk are improving — but still remain below those of other wealthy countries. a study in lancet oncology found that the uk is the worst for key cancers including lung, colon, rectum, stomach and pancreas. taking lung cancer as an example — five year survival rates increased in the uk from 7.2% in 1995 to 14.7% in 2014 - indicating progress is being made in the uk but canada does significantly better, with the best survival rate of 21.7%. here‘s our health correspondent, dominic hughes... for some years now, the uk has lagged behind other developed countries when it comes to treating cancer. the gap is closing, with definite signs of improvement. but the latest research shows there is no room for complacency. we know we don‘t have enough radiologists, endoscopists and pathologists that read the tests, so we have somewhat

of a bottleneck in the nhs to be able to get people through the system and this can make our gps somewhat more reluctant to refer at the earliest possible opportunity when there is this bottleneck in the system. the latest data looks at survival rates for seven of the most common cancers in seven high—income countries with similar health care systems. the uk was at the foot of the league table in five of the seven cancers, including pancreatic cancer, where less than 8% survived five years after diagnosis. in australia, the five—year survival rate was close to 15%. the government points to significant increases in survival rates over the past 20 years. faster diagnosis and swifter treatment are the key to better results. cancer charities say, to achieve that, more staff specialising in cancer care are needed right across the nhs. dominic hughes, bbc news. here with me now is patricia marquis

from the royal college of nursing. welcome. what do you think the issue is? i think that last point about more staff that are trained is absolutely right, and for us from the royal college of nursing, that really does include a need for increasing the number of specialist cancer nurses, but to do that they will need to increase the number of nurses, because therejust will need to increase the number of nurses, because there just aren‘t enough nurses in the system as well, but we have seen a couple of units that have already had to either move or reduce services due to the fact that there aren‘t enough nurses specialists in cancer, and that, for us, isa specialists in cancer, and that, for us, is a really significant issue. and how important our nurses in the overall scheme of things, because obviously gps are the gatekeepers, and then... so i think it goes right across, from your gp service, there will be nurses there, to help identify and support patients as they are identified, but then when you are referred into a specialist

centre for your treatment, it will rely very heavily on nurses through the whole process, so in preparation in the treatment, and in the services that you receive afterwards, whether that be chemotherapy for example, or whether it be just the support, the whole package of support that you get. nurses are really central to the services that are required. but is theissue services that are required. but is the issue coming at the start of the process with basically people just still not being referred soon enough? it's a bit of both, so there is evidence there is delay in identification and referral but we also know that in some units they have had to delay referral processes or referralfor have had to delay referral processes or referral for treatment processes because there aren‘t enough people to actually see the patients that are being referred. and once someone is in the system and getting the treatment, presumably there is no reason why our treatment should be any different from treatment in any other developed country? absolutely,

the evidence would suggest it is largely around the staff the issue is, not around the availability of treatments themselves. thank you for joining us. the number of people investigated for rape, who were subsequently convicted, has fallen to its lowest level since the compilation of records began more than a decade ago. there were 1,925 convictions in 2018/19, a 27% drop compared with more than two and a half thousand cases the year before. this was in spite of allegations of rape reaching a high of 58,000. let‘s speak now to kim harrison, a prosecution lawyer from slater and gordon — kim represented victims in thejohn warboys rape case. thank you very much indeed for joining us. what is your reaction to the statistics and what‘s going on? firstly, just to clarify, i am a civil lawyer, so we brought civil claims againstjohn worboys, rather than a claims againstjohn worboys, rather thana criminal claims againstjohn worboys, rather than a criminal lawyer, just wanted to make that clear. but moving on to

your question, in terms of what‘s behind these statistics, i think it was a perfect storm of a number of things that are behind them. first of all i think austerity, so the police officers that i speak to at events that specialise in this area are dealing with alleged victims of sexual violence also the same thing, they have never been busier, never had more women coming through their to make allegations of rape and serious sexual offences, but they just can‘t, they don‘t have the resources and they can‘t process these allegations very quickly at all, and they feel they are letting women down and they don‘t want to let women down. they want to do theirjob. when it gets to the cps, again, there is a lack of resource there, and within the criminal justice system itself because of austerity, the number of court closures there are again severe resource issues, so austerity is one

big issue which i think needs to be mentioned, and then the second issue with the approach of the cps, things like the digital strip search where women feel they literally have to hand over their entire digital data and how that is handled has had a big impact on the slowness of which the cps processes things may or may not, depending on what the review uncovers, have an impact on decisions as to whether or not to prosecute, but certainly, if we don‘t do something about this, we are getting to the stage where rape isa are getting to the stage where rape is a crime is in effect being decriminalised by default, by this failure of the criminaljustice system, and to take this victim and alleged victim seriously and to take them properly through the criminal justice process. when you talk about it effectively being decriminalised by default, that is obviously a very

strong sentence, and the fact is with the statistics, the officially reported number of cases being 58,000, it is estimated around actually four in five people who say they have been raped don‘t go to the police, so the number of people involved is even higher than the official statistics would indicate. what would make it better? so resource, simply. we need more specialist trained police officers on the ground, because the awareness is like it never has been before, people are very aware of their rights, people are much more willing to come forward. i completely agree with you, the vast majority of people still don‘t come forward but we have more people than ever coming before. they just don‘t we have more people than ever coming before. theyjust don‘t have the resource. so resource is a big issue but i also think this issue around

how the cps decide whether or not to charge, and this issue around the digital strip search needs a lot of thought going into it, and i don‘t pretend to have all the answers to that, but it is clearly causing a great level of concern amongst people, and it needs to be looked at properly to make sure we are getting the balance right between making sure things are properly investigated, but that people don‘t feel their privacy is being so invaded, what we could have is a situation where the number of people coming forward drop even further because people start to think what is the point in me reporting this, because nothing is going to happen, i‘m just going to have my privacy invaded for no reason. and that can‘t be right, it can‘t be right in a civil society that women who are subjected to alleged rape and severe sexual violence don‘t feel that when they do come forward, they are given afair hearing.

they do come forward, they are given a fair hearing. kim harrison, thank you very much. the un says us airstrikes in syria have killed a number of civilians because required precautions were ignored. it also blames the syrian government and allied russian warplanes of conducting a deadly campaign that appears to target medical facilities. our correspondent quentin sommerville has more on how people in and around idlib are coping in this conflict. this is a war against everything that matters to the people of it live. their homes are attacked, their schools are attacked, their hospitals are attacked. this was a hospital, it was last hit two weeks ago. just look at the destruction. but also, for a moment, just look around. this is the only building that was targeted here, targeting civilians is a war crime, but it‘s also very effective, because here now, for miles around, there‘s no one. they‘ve all fled.

the strikes have been precise, deadly and relentless. this hospital is at a secret location. they have had to dig down deep into the solid rock to avoid russian and regime bombs. since april, about 40 hospitals have been targeted in it live. now, that‘s a warcrime, targeted in it live. now, that‘s a war crime, but this isn‘tjust a war from the air, it is a warfrom war crime, but this isn‘tjust a war from the air, it is a war from the worry is the troops are getting closer here. if they advance another few kilometres then this hospital will be lost too. they dug down here two years ago, and despite the regime‘s advance, this hospital is still operating. the rest in the area are gone. they will keep treating the war wounded and the

sick until they are in range of government shells. why have you had to build this hospital underground? translation: it is because of repeated russian and syrian air strikes. they have repeatedly targeted us and life around us in general. they have targeted schools and clinics. we couldn‘t treat people out in the open anymore. we weren‘t secure and our patients weren‘t safe. open anymore. we weren‘t secure and our patients weren't safe. this is atma charity hospital, committees up toa atma charity hospital, committees up to a thousand patients every single day, and it does that with only 12 doctors. the attacks on hospitals all across a deliberate means that places like this are under more pressure than ever before, and it

comes at a time when this war is over eight years old, and the international community is losing interest, so in it lib‘s most desperate hour of need, its people are being left wanting. time for a weather update with lucy now. we‘ve got a cold front sinking south and east as we move through the day, bringing some cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain. you can see it here bringing some cloud and outbreaks of rain for northern england into parts of the midlands and wales through this afternoon, behind a bright skies, the risk of one or two showers for the far north of scotland, feeling fresher but it will feel quite humid ahead of it, where it will stay mostly dry but the cloud will tend to increase. these are the wind gusts, a blustery day particularly across the central swathe of the uk, temperatures at a maximum of 24 celsius in the south—east, feeling quite humid with that as well. going through tonight, that as well. going through tonight, that cloud and patchy outbreak of rain gradually clears to the south

and east, not a great deal of rainfall on that, as we move through the night. behind it clearer skies feeding in, the risk of a few showers in the far north, it will stay quite breezy, and then the temperatures will get into single figures, and a good deal of dry, fine weather to come through tomorrow, plenty of sunshine, the risk of a few showers in the north and west but it will feel fresher in the south—east. it was hello this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. it was oanna gosling. the headlines: the prime minister insists the uk will be ready for a no—deal brexit, despite government documents warning that it could lead to food and medicine shortages. borisjohnson denies lying to the queen over the suspension of parliament, insisting such claims are untrue. absolutely not. and indeed, as i say, the high court in england plainly agrees with us, but the supreme court will have to decide.

the number of people investigated for rape who go on to be convicted falls to its lowest level since records were first compiled more than a decade ago. new figures reveal cancer survival rates in the uk remain below those of other high—income countries. mps are calling for in—game spending to be regulated by gambling laws and so—called loot boxes banned entirely for children. back now to brexit — and the government‘s assessment of the possible implications of no—deal. let‘s talk to seamus leheny who‘s policy manager at the freight transport association for northern ireland. he‘s he‘s in belfast. there as a paragraph talking about there as a paragraph talking about the impact on northern ireland, saying that a return to a hard

border. not having a hard border would be unsustainable. what are your concerns about no—deal brexit? in audio brexit, we have been saying for some time, i in audio brexit, we have been saying forsome time, i have in audio brexit, we have been saying for some time, i have been heavy to information and are set on several groups, it is something that we as an industry in the fta have been saying. the contingency measure for a no—deal brexit, particularly with regards to the other hand, it would be unsustainable because we would be leaving our door wide open to trade entering northern ireland where they would be no customs, trade of such acts. likewise, trade going south would be subject to these controls. it would be unsustainable because it would be in breach of wt0 rules and because it would be unfair to businesses in northern ireland because a big market for us is obvious the experts to the eu and the republic of ireland is our biggest export market. we would face

tariff on goods going south and it‘s coming northwards would be subject to controls on the question we would ask and what i have always asked the government is that if you‘re not going to have infrastructure checks at the border, where are these checks inevitably going to have to ta ke checks inevitably going to have to take place eventually? when you have them 20 miles inland, 40 meals a towards the port or will be on the ivy steel? and the ironic thing is that we could be faced with a no deal because people maybe object to the previous withdrawal agreement on the previous withdrawal agreement on the backstop but inevitably will be landed with a have a border dash had prodded in the irish sea. the report also talks about businesses relocating to avoid tax and tariffs while others will continue to trade but will experience higher costs that may be passed onto consumers. it talks about the agriculture and food sector being hardest hit. what do you think the hard reality might be for businesses faced with the no—deal brexit?

be for businesses faced with the no-deal brexit? the hard reality, the agriculture and food is a massive industry in northern ireland and for logistics and trains as agricultural products. your body talking about 14,000 lorries crossing the irish border every day and a third of them carrying agriculture and food products. to have tariffs and phytosanitary controls, . .. the have tariffs and phytosanitary controls,... the eu had the red lines and the public health issue of sanitary issues around food is vital to them, to be faced with those controls in the irish border, i think there is a lot of businesses will be faced with the question in northern — to stay where we are or do we relocate because nick and the fa ct do we relocate because nick and the fact that the all ireland economy is that 70% of fleet that crosses the border day is what is classed as intermediate goods and those are the ingredients and components that we as in factories and assembly points to make the finished product. to

have a customs differential and to have a customs differential and to have regulatory barriers to that trade, itjeopardises our trade. have regulatory barriers to that trade, it jeopardises our trade. the government to seen as a lot has been done since his report was written. have things spurge understand, been done to mitigate this? it is that little that we can see happening on the ground here in northern ireland. we have had a meeting, like i have said, the alternative arrangements business group that their government are running. we had two of those meetings and we have put forward ideas, ourfeedback meetings and we have put forward ideas, our feedback on these measures could pretty much the measures could pretty much the measures to date, none of them can a nswer measures to date, none of them can answer the question of the agri— food standards, the sps controls. the technology, having spoken to those people involved in technology, does not exist today and best case scenario as that as tour three years away. free no—deal brexit, if we do crash it on the 31st of october, thatis crash it on the 31st of october, that is not good enough for us,

because cash flow business cannot wait two or three years for technology if it ever can exist catch up. thank you very much for joining us. we will be staying with brexit. ministers have published details of their yellowhammer contingency plan, which outlines a series of "reasonable worst case assumptions" if the uk leaves the eu without a deal at the end of october. the document warn of potential riots on the streets, food price rises this and reduced medical supplies. we we re we were just focusing on what it could potentially mean, specifically, for northern ireland. this morning we‘ve been asking for your questions on the government‘s planning for a no—deal brexit, and what could happen if britain

leaves the eu without an agreement. to help us answer them, i‘m joined in studio now by anand menon — director of the uk in a changing europe. welcome. thank you. a lot of people getting in touch about the availability of vital medicines, including harvey pope, who‘s emailed asking: i have type 1 diabetes and my insulin is manufactured in denmark. what assurances can be given that supplies will not run out? and why shouldn‘t i be stockpiling in case of supply issues? i cannot give specific advice on specific drugs, but if you look at yellowhammer, what is quite clear is that the government thinks that we could face shortages of medicines and they talk about medical supplies been very, very dependent on a short straight, which is the vocabulary and they think they would be a potential decrease in traffic across that border by 40% on day one —— which is dover and calais. the government is saying that you cannot runa government is saying that you cannot run a site. when there is concern about potential shortages, people say do not a show stopper because it

makes things worse, but harvey is a busy considering it and there will be many others who do not want to run out of vital medicine supplies. —— do not stockpile because it makes things worse. one of the about is the danger of panic buying by consumers and shops. ironically enough, that might mitigate some of economic impacts of medial —— no deal because you get the surge in spending and the surge of government spending and the surge of government spending on no deal, but it is clear that the government cannot rule out the shortages of medicines in search of the types and, in that sense, this is a remarkable document because the government is saying that we are perfectly fine with no deal. from greg, and in audio brexit, how

will britain living in the eu with uninsurable medical conditions access treatment? the eu to date has refused to accept and there is no easy a nswer to refused to accept and there is no easy answer to that. it will be very hard. and a third question... in principle, none. iwrite, before a believer enshrined in law, but what is interesting is that the government is going to change the system for those who arrive after the date. the problem is, no one knows who was here before hand and who was not because we do not know who was not because we do not know who the eu nationals in this country who the eu nationals in this country who are now. i spent a huge amount of administrative confusion should be lived with no deal about who was here when. michael francis asks a...

it isa here when. michael francis asks a... it is a bit odd, because you can just compare and contrast with what it came out on the document was originally leaked. in terms appear it is dreadful because you look at it is dreadful because you look at it and yes in the worst because of everything that is there. it is curious. this is something that the government was reluctant to release and it was only first to do so by mps. maybe it has changed, but that was talking about petrol supplies and basically, the potentialforjob losses. in the fuel industry. if you read this document as a whole, even without that i feel, you can see the potential for without that i feel, you can see the potentialforjob without that i feel, you can see the potential for job losses, without that i feel, you can see the potential forjob losses, not least in northern ireland. an anonymous questionnaire was asking,... one of the concerns about social care is overstaffing, because particularly

in the south—east, the sector is a significant extent by eu nationals and we have seen a drop—off in the number of those people coming here. we have seen some of them living and starting on some of these homes is going to become a real issue. christopher norris, an entrepreneur in london has tweeted,... that is a good business question, i guess. no. as soon as you're not a member state, you can be applied to join, but you cannot simply sweep back into how you were before. peter in kent is worried about traffic.

how worried should he be? quite well because they are talking about a 40% decrease in flow across the short straights in the traffic is going to back up somewhere. colleges at imperial said it is only taking short delays at dover that led to massive tailbacks. in terms of what the government is in, there‘s a tension with any government position which is worth mentioning here, on one hand you have document and the government is asking people to prepare for no deal and asking businesses develop the necessary paperwork, the head of the official position is that no deal will be fine, but if we get it will be absolutely fine. there is a slight tension between the two and people i can sense a thinking, why should we prepare if it‘s going to be fine and can you guarantee that it‘s going to be thank? what is plex one? —— what

isa be thank? what is plex one? —— what is a black swan? there are rumours of another document which paints a darker picture and it is a complex one, but i cannot comment on it because i have not seen it. figures released this morning suggest there are almost 23,500 families and individuals who are homeless — or at risk of being homeless — in england who have experience of domestic abuse. it‘s the first full year the stats have been released. the homelessness charity crisis says it shows the government needs to offer more support to people forced to leave their homes because of domestic violence. john owen has been to meet one woman — who was left homeless after fleeing domestic abuse and is now living in temporary accommodation. good boy. this women lives in temporary accommodation in london, sharing a single room with her two—year—old son. space—wise, it is just difficult to have a normal upbringing for a child in a setting like this. it is just not normal.

he has to eat dinner on the bed. he is restricted when it comes to playing, so itjust kind of makes it a little bit unfairfor him to. she says she is a victim of domestic abuse, which she first suffered some years ago after she started a relationship with the man who became violent towards her. i remember saying something to him like, that‘s sort of stupid or that‘s quite silly and he just got up and it was so unexpected and he just got up it was so unexpected and he just got up and slapped me across the face andi up and slapped me across the face and i was just like, up and slapped me across the face and i wasjust like, did you seriously just do that? and i wasjust like, did you seriouslyjust do that? she says she became homeless after she was removed from the tenancy she shared from her abusive partner.|j removed from the tenancy she shared from her abusive partner. i was staying around, moving around between family and friends‘s has. during that time. sometime later she became pregnant by another partner and began to experience a serious mental health problems. and began to experience a serious mental health problemslj and began to experience a serious mental health problems. i became

suicidal. and actually wanted to terminate a pregnancy because of it. it was not easy. years later and i am still suffering because of it. she applied to the local authority for housing and was eventually offered temporary accommodation.” was first give property and a mother and baby unit and after that, even after that, tried to fight against it. she said that the decision to vector on the grounds that she had made her intentionally homeless —— to —— to evict her. -- to evict her. i was told that ibis made myself intentionally homeless and he is now bidding about. they have not offered me anything else says to my needs and my son is now turning three and i have a bed in the kitchen, basically. having lived in this single room for more than two years, peta says it is dangerous for her and her child and it is having a serious effect on her mental health. i‘m on antidepressants at the moment

because of the situation. but living in this condition is not going to change anything. and the ones that are being abused by a person are also being abused by the system. pet is one of thousands of domestic abuse customs who have suffered homelessness been first to use temporary accommodation. she, for one, feel that the system has let her down. john owen, bbc news. two australian vloggers detained in iran have been identified asjolie king and mark firkin. ms king, who also holds a uk passport, and mr firkin were documenting their travels in asia and the middle east, when they were reportedly arrested near tehran ten weeks ago. relations between the uk and iran have been strained in recent months by a row over the seizure of oil tankers in the gulf. our correspondent phil mercer brought us up to date. public details of the detention ofjolie king and mark firkin are pretty vague at the moment. the australian broadcasting corporation has reported

that the couple, from perth in western australia, were detained near tehran about ten weeks ago for flying a drone without a permit and news of their detention only came about 24 hours ago. we also heard that, at that time, of the imprisonment of another dual australian national — an academic who is working at one of the universities in melbourne — and again, we do not know the specifics of the allegations that she is facing, but there is some speculation here thatjolie king and mark firkin may have been detained as sort of the dark arts of diplomacy, if you like. there is a feeling that the iranian authorities have arrested them with the potential view of a prisoner swap with perhaps another western country. of course, we haven‘t got that confirmed at the moment. there are very few bits

of information about this couple. what we do know is that they are in iran, in detention and that the australian government is trying to have them released. as with all of these cases, there is sensitivity, initially, around how the authorities think it best to handle it and, initially, this was kept under the radar, they were not identified, but now, obviously, it‘s been put out there. is that an indication that they were just making no progress and that is when things start to go public? we‘ve heard from the australian prime minister, scott morrison, saying that this was a very, very sensitive case and that he would not be commenting any further on it. we also had a statement from family members of those who have been detained, saying that they wish for them to be released, but they would not also be making any further public comment, too, so it‘s a very delicate diplomatic job for the australian authorities. two of these women have dual australian—british nationality. we understand that the australian government‘s taking the lead in

trying to negotiate their release. the foreign minister here is a woman called marise payne and she said the detention of these three individuals was of great concern for the australian government, so one would imagine the fact that we‘re only just hearing details of these cases — scant details, as it happens — of these cases ten weeks after the arrest ofjolie king and mark firkin, suggests there is a frantic diplomatic activity behind the scenes. as for the other woman — an academic from melbourne in southern australia — she has reportedly been sentenced to ten years in prison. again, we do not know why, but we do know that it has been a common practice forforeigners to receive a sentence of that kind for alleged espionage, so this case gets murkier by the day and, of course, for the family members of these people, it must be an extremely concerning time.

children should be banned from buying video game extras under measures unveiled by mps today. there are concerns so—called loot boxes encourage gambling with some gamers spending up to £1,000 a year chasing mystery virtual items, as our technology correspondent rory cellanjones reports. three quarters of 5 to 15—year—olds play online games, and mps say the companies behind them depend profits for their profits the companies behind them depend for their profits on keeping those players glued to their screens. they‘re calling on firms to protect players from the harm caused by excessive time and money spent on games. for video games in particular, there‘s been a big switch so that a lot of games people play are free to play but then you are encouraged to purchase things as you play the games. a particular concern is loot boxes, where players spend real money on virtual goods, such as packs of star footballers in fifa. one player told the committee they spent up to £1,000 a year on the game.

the mps want loot boxes regulated under the gambling act, and say they shouldn‘t be sold to children where there‘s an element of chance involved. the mps say the companies behind games like fifa and fortnite hadn‘t even done any research into the potential harm they might cause. they said it was unacceptable that companies with millions of users, many of them children, should be so ill—equipped to discuss the impact of their products. but the games industry insists it hives responsibly. —— the games industry insists it behaves responsibly. we want players to play safely, we want them to play in a balanced way. we provide technical settings, technical measures. we provide education, robust age ratings and guidance and information sources. the mps say e—sports, where games players compete in professional competitions, is a fast—growing business in the uk, but they call for the same duty of care to protect players as applies in other sports. rory cellan—jones, bbc news.

being in a loving relationship is something that enriches many people‘s lives, for those with learning disabilities, finding that special someone can be challenging. earlier this year, care providers were given guidance on how to best support them to find love. now there are calls for this to become mandatory, as jayne mccubbin reports. he was joanne‘s first love. this is lee. he‘s handsome. yeah. he loved running. they ran 10k is together, but being together was never easy as lee stayed in a supported living care home with rules and a curfew. if i went around the house and visit, i wasn‘t allowed to stay. you were never allowed to stay overnight? no. this photo was taken at a family wedding, the first and only night they spent together. this was taken two days later, the last ten kilometres they ran together.

the next day, please rang joanne to say her fiance had died suddenly in his sleep. so the police needed to tell you he passed away. he passed away. but as his fiancee, you were never allowed to stay with him. no. that must break your heart looking back at the time you missed. i know. so? it‘s wrong. because you‘re entitled to a relationship. but there are so many barriers to relationships for people with learning disabilities. this date night is all about trying to smash through them. he's my toyboy. i shouldn't have said that, but he's the best boyfriend i got in the world. andrew and eileen have found what everyone here wants, love. joe is still looking. how is it going? amazing. i‘m loving it. butjoe‘s search is more difficult now that his support hours have been cut. i used to get 24,

but now only seven. only seven hours a week? oh, my goodness. that is a big drop. i do miss all my friends. because you can‘t see them? that is right. emma says she would love to find her prince, but she has been hurt before. some people let me down. it‘s difficult to find someone to trust. yeah. many are risk averse because the risks can be great. it is a tricky situation, yeah. you‘ve had training? yeah! the laugh speaks volumes. really good training does exist in lancashire. you feel sad and frightened with your partner, do you think that is good or bad? this summer, the cqc issued the first—ever guidance for staff, but training isn‘t mandatory. a £1 billion boost to social care was recently welcomed but councils say it isn‘t enough. i couldn‘t live without him.

and the cost i am told, is the opposite of what andrew and eileen have, barren lives lived without love and without hope. to have a relationship, you aren‘t lonely anymore, and that‘s what kills people. being lonely. so having a good relationship is important. it‘s everything. it‘s everything, yeah! the public swimming pools in munich are a haven for residents in summer — but rules mean dog owners have to leave their pets outside. but the canine population of the city were yesterday free to enjoy the dantebad pool for a day before it closes winter. it‘s the second year that the pool has opened itself up to doggy paddlers and it‘s proved popular with both hounds and their owners.

after the dogs in the south german city have made the most of the last rays of summer, the pool is drained and cleaned. an area of the places i‘m thinking the uk. this area of low pressure contains the remnants of tropical storm gabrielle. it is bringing wet and windy conditions on this conference as it slip south and east. ahead of it a fairly humid day, that humoured are gradually being pushed south and east. as we move through the day. brighter skies starting to feed into parts of scotland, northern ireland and the risk of if you with any naughtier. if they can do things and cloudy and that epics of rain, feeding into northern england and parts of wales and the midlands. ahead of that, it will stay partly right. cloudy skies to the action and the bustier day. temperatures in axum around 24 celsius in the south—east. he that will feel humid as well. cloudy and outbreaks of rainbow gradually works

attendees. clear skies feeding in behind that. and the risk of a few showers in the north. quite blustery and the north still. holding on to overnight lows in the double figures across the south and we could just hold on to a little bit of cloud across the south coast into the early hours. we will see that cold front clear as we move into tomorrow, high pressure tending to dominate. this feature bringing showers to some parts of scotland that we could see they had a sledgehammerfor that we could see they had a sledgehammer for parts of northern ireland and northern england. elsewhere, a good deal of sunshine and it will feel reminiscent on, but not quite as humid as it had done today. highs of around 21 celsius. as in the dental weekend, high pressure dominate still. this feature across the north brings the risk of some gales to the north of scotla nd risk of some gales to the north of scotland and some outbreaks of rain. on saturday, some outbreaks of rain for northern parts of scotland, were quite windy here as well. across northern ireland and northern

england. we will see a good deal of dry and fine weather, particularly for south you,. as in the event sunday, brighter behind that and it will remain windy in the far north of scotland. holding on to some sunny spells in the south and east, here we will see temperatures picking up into the mid 20s. i spent 25, even 26 celsius.

boris johnson denies lying to the queen over the government‘s reasons for suspending parliament. did you lie to the queen when you advised her to prorogue, to suspend parliament? absolutely not. his comments came after scotland‘s highest civil court ruled yesterday that the shutdown was unlawful. the prime minister also said there was a "landing space" for a deal with the eu, and that published plans for a no—deal brexit were just "sensible". labour said it will go on calling for parliament to be recalled, so that it can question ministers — we‘ll bring you all the latest. also this lunchtime... the number of people convicted of rape in england and wales falls to its lowest level on record.

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