we will see some rain northern us. we will see some rain northern ireland, scotland, northern england and the midlands. you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's 11am and these are the main stories this morning: you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's 11am and these are the main stories this morning: you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's 11am and these are the main stories this morning: all 555 thomas cook shops are to be bought by rival hays travel — in a move that could save up to 2500 jobs. mps will be called to parliament for a special saturday sitting in a decisive day for the future of brexit on october 19th. judges in scotland will rule in the next few minutes on whether the courts can sign

a letter requesting a brexit extension if boris johnson refuses to do so. the white house officially refuses to co—operate with the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump. the foreign secretary is expected to meet the family of harry dunn, who was killed in a motorcycle crash in august, as he urges the usa to reconsider its position on the diplomatic immunity given to a suspect. people living in seaside towns earn £1600 a year less than those living inland. we'll be live in penzance for a special report. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the independent travel agent hays travel has said it will buy all thomas cook retail stores following the collapse of the holiday company. hays has already recruited hundreds of former thomas cook staff and has offered employment to many of the airline's personnel.

the move could save up to 2500 jobs. the travel company folded last month after failing to secure a last—minute rescue deal, leaving 150,000 passengers stranded abroad. our business presenter tadhg enright is here. what is the deal? it has to be said it's only relates to the high street travel shops. all 555 are being bought by hays travel, so it doesn't affect the thomas cook airlines or the many hotels that the former company owned, but it does mean that a lifeline has been thrown to around 2500 former thomas cook travel agent staff who lost their jobs when 2500 former thomas cook travel agent staff who lost theirjobs when the company went into liquidation last year. hays is taking over run hopes to immediately reopen many of the 555 travel shops that closed, and it says it hopes to re—employ a

significant number of those staff, not all of them. as you point out, they have already hired around 400 of them, but it will be a welcome bit of news for many of those people who lost theirjobs. it is not clear how hays intends to continue running these shops, whether they will continue under the thomas cook brand. ina continue under the thomas cook brand. in a statement, the company said that thomas cook is a much love brand, employ talented people, and they look forward to working with many of them. a lifeline thrown to apprentices who studies were thrown into disarray by the liquidation. they have been offered the chance to com plete they have been offered the chance to complete their training at the first night travel academy. it is a huge vote of confidence in what many people thought was something of a dying industry. the fact that our travel habits have changed, the internet has shaken everything up, and you no longer have to pop into

a high street store. clearly hays is ofa high street store. clearly hays is of a different opinion. what about people who have booked a thomas cook holiday for the future? the important thing to remember here is that the thomas cook company of old, at which those customers will have made their bookings, has gone away. it is liquidated, dead. hays has bought 555 empty shops that still have the thomas cook brand, purely asa have the thomas cook brand, purely as a fascia on the front door. there are 2500 people in the market for a job you are experienced. anyone who has been affected as a consumer by the thomas cook collapse, there are obviously other channels to which they can go to seek compensation, but i don't think they need to be

turning up at the local branch, because they won't be able to help. thank you very much. mps will be called to parliament for a special sitting on saturday october 19th following next week's crucial eu summit. if a deal is agreed borisjohnson will ask mps to approve it, but if not a range of alternatives could be put forward. the summit in brussels is the last scheduled meeting of eu leaders before britain is supposed to leave on 31st october. it comes after the irish prime minister warned it would be ‘very difficult' for the uk and the eu to reach an agreement before the deadline. speaking to the french newspaper les echos, the european commission president jean—claude juncker said if the negotiations failed, the reasons have to come from britain because ‘the original sin is found on the islands and not on the continent'. he went on to say ‘a no—deal brexit would lead to the collapse of the united kingdom and a weakening of growth on the continent'.

0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. the blame game goes on, and that concrete development that parliament will be sitting on a saturday, unusually. parliament has only sat four times unusually. parliament has only sat fourtimes in unusually. parliament has only sat four times in the last hundred years oi’ four times in the last hundred years or $0 on a four times in the last hundred years or so on a saturday, and one of those was for the outbreak of the second world war. another was the suez crisis. another was the falklands war. you get a sense of the magnitude of the moment. it is going to be a huge, huge political occasion. in the aftermath of the crunch summit on the 17th and 18th of october, when borisjohnson hopes to emerge clasping a deal in our time. more likely, he will emerge with no deal, because all the signs are that we are not close to getting an agreement. there were 24 hours of fairly acrimonious briefing yesterday, which has left us with quite a gulf between the two sites.

it is basically this: the uk is adamant that we must be able to have oui’ adamant that we must be able to have our own customs regime adamant that we must be able to have oui’ own customs regime so we adamant that we must be able to have our own customs regime so we can strike our own trade deals, and that means there will be customs checks, yes, between dover and calais, but also between northern ireland and ireland. the eu is equally adamant that they don't want customs checks. their solution is for northern ireland to remain in the eu's customs union. that, say brexit is a potus, amounts to annexation of northern ireland. given that golf, it's hard to see how you can strike a deal, albeit we know that the irish prime minister is meeting borisjohnson it irish prime minister is meeting boris johnson it is irish prime minister is meeting borisjohnson it is thought tomorrow. a last chance to try and get something together. the policing minister kit malthouse this morning was trying to sound positive.“ there was ever a time... the vicious briefing that has come out

that characterised much of mrs may's engagement with the eu i hope. and we will get into serious detailed technical discussions about whether we can make this work, whether the eu think it can work, and we can get a deal by the time we get to the eu council. the prime minister has made an open and generous officer, has moved significantly to compromise to find a way to get us what we need, which is to leave the eu, and for the eu to be satisfied we are doing so the eu to be satisfied we are doing so in the eu to be satisfied we are doing soina the eu to be satisfied we are doing so in a way that satisfies the requirements. now is the time for them to engage sincerely with it and work it out. what can we expect from that super saturday special sitting of parliament on the 19th of october? if of parliament on the 19th of 0ctober? if boris johnson of parliament on the 19th of 0ctober? if borisjohnson gets a deal, he returns the conquering hero to unveil his deal. assuming that doesn't happen, and most people are assuming it won't, he may return and seek to set out how he believes he can get round the pesky ben

act —— the benn act. he has said he will comply with the law but, they have been categorical that we are leaving on the 31st of october. maybe we get his game plan for how he is going to get round the law. 0r option three, he tabled a series of votes to embarrass mps and show that parliament can't agree on anything, can't agree on his deal, can't agree on revoking. in other words, to play to his narrative that this is a dysfunctional parliament and that it is parliament that is stopping him from taking us out of the eu. that could be the third option. sorry to interrupt, norman, but you were talking about ways around the benn act, and there has been this court case in scotland where the court was asked to look at an order forcing borisjohnson to send a letter of extension to the eu.

we havejust heard that the court has decided it is not necessary to issue that order. we were expecting a judgment lasting for about 15 minutes, and that has just come through. that will be seen as a win for boris johnson. it will, because the fear would be that the court would tie his hands ever more firmly to force him to write that letter, or to set out sanctions he might face. now, basically, it is taking boris johnson on trust. the government's lawyers told the court that boris johnson would comply with the legislation, and the judge johnson would comply with the legislation, and thejudge has accepted that expression of good faith, albeit his opponents were saying that they simply don't trust borisjohnson to do that. mrjohnson had still remained fairly categorical that even though the law will be complied with, and may be he will be complied with, and may be he will get another government minister to write the letter, although low

technically will be complied with, he is of the view that he can still get round that, although he has not been specific as to potentially, there is a sting in the tail of this judgment for boris johnson. the there is a sting in the tail of this judgment for borisjohnson. the lord president has said that while it has not been granted for now, petitioners would be entitled to go back to court if the prime minister fails to act. the matter has been rolled over until the 21st of 0ctoberfor rolled over until the 21st of october for the court to be addressed as the facts present themselves. so, the courts will be watching, i guess, themselves. so, the courts will be watching, iguess, is themselves. so, the courts will be watching, i guess, is the message to borisjohnson. watching, i guess, is the message to boris johnson. let's go watching, i guess, is the message to borisjohnson. let's go to edinburgh and talk now, actually glasgow, a law professor at glasgow caledonian university. thank you forjoining us. university. thank you forjoining us. there was speculation that that would be the way it would go. tell us would be the way it would go. tell us your reaction to that news, the court not ruling for now but saying they would watch what borisjohnson does. yellow like this is a

compromise outcome in the sense that there was no clarity as to —— compromise outcome in the sense that there was no clarity as to -- this isa there was no clarity as to -- this is a compromise outcome in the sense that there was no clarity. the law offices of the government say all the laws will be followed, yet there our statements being made by politicians saying they won't comply with it. the courts have essentially said, we take the government at face value with all the legal documentation presented to us. however, if it doesn't happen, you can come back. essentially the doublespeak that government have been using on this the court have agreed with the official documentation that the government are going to follow the law and follow the benn act. white night —— these are unusual circumstances and courts aren't asked to rule on these matters very often. is it an unusual compromise of what you would have

expected? everything is unusual, we are through the looking glass, as the cliche goes. the point is that this legal remedy in scots law is very unusual in itself. it is not very unusual in itself. it is not very often used, a handful of cases a year. when there is a gap in the system where nothing else is going to work, they are used. the petitioners obviously felt that this remedy, because it was unclear, how could you force a prime minister to obey the law? unprecedented times, but they thought this procedure would be used. i will have to interrupt you. we will come back. lorna gordon hasjust stepped outside the court. in fact, not lorna gordon, this is a spokesperson on behalf of, i'm not sure... lets listen and see what is said. what is your response today? it is an excellent judgment from the inner house of the court of session, as you would expect. they

have effectively given an undertaking, have accepted an undertaking from the prime minister that he will not frustrate the benn act. in continuing the matter to the 215t, there is a sort of damocles over the prime minister's head to comply with the benn act, and we hope he does. we hope we don't have to return to court on the 24th of october and that politics can run its course. and only if it does not turn out to... he doesn't comply with the orders that we have to come back to court. they didn't refuse it. no, they didn't. that gives us everything that we wanted because the matter is still live, the prime minister still has to comply, the petitioners are wholly vindicated in having brought this action. for the first time ever in these answers, the prime minister had to confirm that he would abide by the benn act, which he had refused time

and time again before all of you to concede. so, completely vindicated, and the right result for today. just tell me your reaction to what has happened in court today. essentially, the judges have knocked it on to the let judges have knocked it on to the 215t of october. judges have knocked it on to the 21st of october. they have continued it, they have kept it live. the sort of damocles over the prime minister's head to comply with the benn act and not frustrate its terms in the meantime. if he does not comply, we can come back to court on the 215t to seek the orders. we hope we don't have to, we have that politics takes its course naturally, and that the matter will end with him signing the letter in the event there is no deal or parliament doesn't approve any deal. the arguments have been about trust in the prime minister. where is your trust today in boris johnson? his council gave statements to the court that he would abide by the benn act.

the court are giving him time to comply with that, and hopefully he will do exactly that. the threat is to him that this court would send a letter to the eu asking for a brexit extension. the question was asked in court, what with the eu make of a letter from the court? what would emmanuel macron make of that? would it carry any effect, do you think? it think it would carry effect. i think the eu would accept a letter sent in good faith by a suitable person, as indicated by the court, probably of a higher status than was initially expected. i think the eu would be sensible, pragmatic and wise about accepting that letter. do you expect to be back in court on the 215t? you expect to be back in court on the 21st? honestly, i hope not. but if we have to, then we will be. we will be ready to deal with it in the event that he doesn't comply. if he

doesn't, there will be all sorts of sanctions, i expect waiting for him. asa sanctions, i expect waiting for him. as a lawyer, this is all building up toi as a lawyer, this is all building up to i wouldn't call it a court room spectacular, but there might be more here, more in the supreme court. at the end of this month, it's going to be the heavier legal business which may decide the course of brexit? is that how you see it as a lawyer?” hope not. i hope there is compliance and that we don't need to come back to the court again. you come to the court when something has been done which is unlawful or requires the intervention of the court. it is in the prime minister's kan is to comply with the benn act and prevent us comply with the benn act and prevent us having to come back again. —— it is in the prime minister's hands. do you agree that there is a narrow interpretation of the benn act? you have heard from many people that it isa very have heard from many people that it is a very clear act. the obligations of patents the obvious.

number ten can brief in whatever way they consider appropriate, can brief in whatever way they considerappropriate, but can brief in whatever way they consider appropriate, but the reality is, the act is clear, his obligations are clear, he has said he will comply with it and not seek to frustrate it. and that is hugely important. 50, iwould to frustrate it. and that is hugely important. 50, i would expect compliance. that is elaine motion, one of the members of the legal team for those who had taken the case to the court of session in edinburgh, wanting an orderfrom the court of session in edinburgh, wanting an order from the court that somebody else could sign the letter to go to the eu asking for an extension to article 50, in other words delaying brexit beyond the 31st of october, where the prime minister not to sign that letter as required by the benn act, which was agreed in parliament and it is the process by which the prime minister now has to ask for an extension if there

is no deal. the court heard assurances that the prime minister would comply with the benn act. she said that now the situation is that there is a sort of da mocles situation is that there is a sort of damocles over the prime minister's head so that he will have to do that. she said politics can run its course. let's go back to the lecturer in law at glasgow caledonian university. on that point of what would have to be done to comply with the benn act and to avoid ending up in court again in edinburgh, what does the prime minister have to do? were he to sign the letter but there were other things on the side that some how frustrated it, would that be enough to end up back in court? is it the simple fact of signing the letter?” think that would be enough to have it back in court. whether the court would view that as obstructing the

purpose of the act. essentially, we are talking about the difference between legal responsibility and political words. earlier in the brexit process, theresa may's government were forced to reveal their legal advice, which contrasted with the political rhetoric. the legal reality for boris johnson with the political rhetoric. the legal reality for borisjohnson is that he has to sign that letter or enforce the delay if there is no deal. leaving on the 31st of october is just deal. leaving on the 31st of october isjust empty deal. leaving on the 31st of october is just empty political rhetoric as we stand because there is a legal document and legal action pending which would mean they would have to do it. if not, there would be legal consequences to the prime minister if he didn't follow that. could the government further challenge this? there were hearings in the court of session before that ended up in the supreme court. no, that is one of the unique things. the procedure accessed here is unique to the court of session in scotland. that is why it was raised in scotland. this

process doesn't exist in the english legal system. it is meant to fill the gap when there is no other remedy to the situation, so there can be no appeal on this specific procedure to the supreme court of the united kingdom on this. the inner house of the court of session, headed today by the top judge in scotland, they have the final say on the use of this process because it is unique to scots law procedure. thank you very much. let's go back to our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, in edinburgh. we heard you talking to one of the members of the legal team for those that took this case. i guess both sides can claim that they have one something here. yes, i think they can. it's a very interesting judgment today from scotland's highest civil court will stop lord ca rloway scotland's highest civil court will stop lord carloway saying that they agreed with the earlier ruling

from the inner house where lord pentland said there was no basis for the court to grant the orders sought by the petitioners compelling the prime to write that letter to the eu asking for an extension to brexit if no deal was in place by the 19th of october, the reasoning being that undertakings had been given in court that the prime minister will abide by the law. lord carloway here in the inner house of the court of session agreed with that first ruling, saying there is no basis for the court to grant that order at this point. he went on to say that the situation remains fluid, and over the next two weeks, circumstances may change. so, instead of shutting down this case entirely, refusing the request from those people, the petitioners, including the solicitor you heard from earlier,

who is part of the team, instead of refusing it entirely, thejudge has said that the court considers that in the time before the 19th of october, the political debate must be played out in the appropriate forum. because they said the circumstances have a possibility of changing, they said they will hold over this case until they will hold over this case until the 21st of october, that is the monday, the first working day after that key date as dictated by the benn act of the 19th of october. as you say, both sides at this point could claim a win, but those who brought the case are very pleased with this result today. it is going to be interesting, i9, with this result today. it is going to be interesting, 19, isn't it? i presume the deadline will be midnightand presume the deadline will be midnight and parliament will be sitting on that day as well. there

are developments happening quite fast this morning. thank you very much, lorna. that development politically in scotland. we will keep you updated on everything here on bbc news. turkey says it is going to send its forces across the border into northern syria ‘shortly‘. a spokesman for president erdogan said that kurdish forces there could either defect or ankara would have to stop them disrupting turkey's struggle against islamic state militants. dozens of turkish military vehicles have been sent to the border after donald trump ordered a us troop withdrawal. the bbc‘s shahdi alkashif is at the akcakale crossing on the turkey—syria border and joins us live. what is the latest where you are? we are here from earlier this morning, andi are here from earlier this morning, and i saw many military vehicles from the turkish

army reach that area from the morning, and also the turkish army sent more troops this morning and last night to that area. 20 buses were carrying elite forces from the turkish army. it seems the turkish preparation is still continuing, and the new thing is that hundreds of militants from the syrian opposition group brigades also reached that point this morning near the akcakale crossing, and they made a joint convoy with the turkish army. all of the area near the border, from this location, i can see the syrian city on the other side of the border. i can see that this morning there was a

number of vehicles and people still moving on the syrian side from the border. but now the movement is a little bit slow on the other side. all the information here and all the sources say that the turkey amish operation will start from this point against the city. about 100 kilometres to the city. about 100 kilometres to the west, these are the two cities on the other side that will be targeted from the turkish army when the operation starts. just explain what the turkish vision is, because they want to create a so—called safe zone for 3.6 million syrian refugees. obviously, there will be the military operation that you are describing to achieve that, which is controversial. why is it that they wa nt controversial. why is it that they want the safe zone and where

are those 3.6 million refugees currently, and how did the intent to achieve it, because they would have to put in some infrastructure? exactly. that is one of the main reasons why the turkish army said that they need to create this safe zone, to relocate the 3.5 million from the syrian refugees who are now living inside turkey for more than five years. a big number are not from cities near the border but in istanbul and other cities inside turkey. it seems that this number of refugees inside turkey under this very bad economic and political circumstances have made big trouble for the turkish president, erdogan. this is one of the reasons why he needed to create this safe zone, but the operation will not be easy. this operation is in a

very huge area. it sta rts operation is in a very huge area. it starts from the eastern side of the euphrates up to the border of syria and iraq. this will need a lot of effort and a huge operation, and it could take many weeks or months, according to some of the military sources. thank you very much. people living in coastal communities are earning less than elsewhere in england and wales, according to research carried out by the bbc. it also found that two—thirds of seaside areas had seen a real terms fall in wages since 2010. the average annual wage in coastal communities is just over £22,000. that's more than £1600 pounds a year less than the average person working inland. and two thirds of constituencies in coastal areas have seen wages fall when inflation is taken into account. so why is this happening? jon kay is live in penzance for us this

morning. good morning. good morning. good morning, everybody. it is a lovely, blustery, mainly sunny autumn day here in the south—western tip of england, and we have come here today to try and shine a light really on issues that matter in coastal britain today. one of these issues, as you say, is low pay, this discrepancy between what you are and if you live in a coastal community and what you are on effectively for doing the same job and what you are on effectively for doing the samejob inland. people in towns and cities along the coast have long suspected that they are paid less, and these statistics you just went through kind of prove their point, as far as typical workers are concerned. why? there area workers are concerned. why? there are a multitude of reasons but it can be down to the fact that towns like this rely on tourists during the summer, so a lot of work is seasonal. the summer, so a lot of work is seasonal. penzance the summer, so a lot of work is seasonal. penzance is quite a long way from any other big towns and cities or economic centres, so you can't really go anywhere else to

work. if you live here, you have to work. if you live here, you have to work here, which means there's not much competition elsewhere, which keeps wages low. transport links are poon keeps wages low. transport links are poor, and there is the feeling that successive governments have let go at neglected communities like this. all of that feed into the situation where you are paid left if you live on the coast. i have been talking to one family nearby. just a mile from the beach, the treneere estate. one of the poorest parts of britain. the corum family wanted to show us how they get by. we survive day by day. dad mike is a full—time security guard and earns £18,000 a year. he is paid on a friday, and it's soon gone. by monday morning i will already be into my overdraft. thursday, i could be asking my boss if she could sub me for next week's wages so i can put fuel in my

tank to go to work. and that is every week life. and then she'll take that out of my wages, so the next week i will be low again. it's a vicious circle? so we just start again, yeah. it's a familiar story here in penzance, a town literally at the end of the line. analysis by the bbc has found that a typical worker in coastal areas like this earned just over £22,000 last year, whereas a typical worker inland earned more than 23,500. that's a difference of £1600. there are 12 grandchildren and seven adults. mike's wife amanda runs the household budget and has to make food last. it's a matter of, you have to find the cheapest option to live. are you all right back there? she's a trained chef but can't find a job around here that pays anything like what she would earn inland.

it is disgusting. i don't see why we should be paid so much less. i mean, you're going to get lower wages, it's a smaller place, but you can't afford to go out. where are you going to go? well, we do, mcdonald's. go to mcdonald's and get a cappuccino! mcdonald's is our weekly treat. get a cappuccino and go and sit on the beach, because that's about all we can afford. the government says it's investing millions to boost coastal communities like penzance and level up the uk, but a lot of tourism jobs here are only seasonal and other big employers like fishing, farming and mining have all been hit. the corums' daughter, lucy, dreams of getting a place of her own. energy would be £49 per month. prices around here are high and even though she works 50 hours a week, on the minimum wage she feels trapped. it is so, so ridiculous. people further up have this money and are able to go and spend this money willy—nilly because they don't... it's easiest for them because they

earn more money up there. we don't earn so much down here. lucy now thinks she'll have to move inland, splitting up a family who are cornwall born and bred. why should i have to move from my home to get more money? i don't see why we should be treated any different to anybody else. ona on a lovely sunny day like this you can see why they want to stay put and don't want to leave cornwall, it is gorgeous. the government says this is the kind of project that could breathe life into places like penzance. they are currently trying to change the old bathing pools here on the seafront to turn one of them into a geothermal pool so it can be hot water through the winter, stay open year round and attract people

which means that this place stays open which means jobs and hotels stay open which means less of the seasonal work and low—paid. but that is one project in one place. not every place in britain on the coast can have this of facility. throughout the day we are going to be talking about the challenges of coastal britain, notjust pay but other issues because it affects the no cons of crime, health and drugs, and celebrating white lives in coastal britain —— celebrating white lives in coastal britain. now it's time for a look at the weather with carole. we have got some blustery conditions, it is simon actually. with that, there could be a couple of showers but for many of us it is dry with some sunny spells. a couple of showers for north west england

and up into western scotland. there is quite frequent, heavy, but was the south—west there are showers moving in. further east, centraland eastern parts, a little bit drier. quite blustery and we will see wind gusts up to 40—50 mph, especially in the west of scotland. maximum temperatures are a little bit lower. through tonight, we will continue with showers across scotland, a couple of showers into northern ireland and north—west england but clear spells elsewhere. thursday, will be a start with the sunshine but cloud will increase as dd goes on. rain will spread from northern ireland into wales, the midlands, northern england and scotland. goodbye for now. hello, this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the headlines: judges at scotland's highest civil court will not rule on a legal bid aimed at forcing

the prime minister to send a letter requesting a brexit extension — until after the 19th of october. a special parliamentary session is to be held a week on saturday at which any last—minute brexit deal is to be presented to mps. independent travel agents — hays travel — has said it will save thousands ofjobs at thomas cook after a deal to buy all of the company's uk shops. the white house officially refuses to co—operate with the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump. the foreign secretary is to meet the family of harry dunn — who was killed in a crash in august — as he urges the usa to reconsider its position on the diplomatic immunity given to a suspect. let's catch up with the sport with sarah. scotland have kept their world cup quarterfinal hopes alive with a comfortable bonus—point win over russia in shizuoka.

the scots must take four more points from their final pool match against hosts japan on sunday to reach the last eight. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. a scorcher in shizuoka and scotland to's fans arrived knowing the heat was on. anything other than victory against russia and their world cup hopes were finished so how about this for the perfect start? adam hastings sifting any old nerves. russia needed a comeback but found calamity. it gave hastings another and if that was a touch embarrassing, well, watch this. ba rely embarrassing, well, watch this. barely 20 minutes gone and scotland we re barely 20 minutes gone and scotland were already out of the site but crucially they needed a fourth try and with it a vital bonus point. soon after the break they got it in style. it was job

done from peter horne. he completed an impressive hat—trick and a place in the quarterfinals could still be theirs. and so to what promises to be some showdown. scotland will now have to beat the hosts japan in the final group game and even then it could come down to bonus points but at least their world cup hopes are still alive. wales know that a win against fiji would be enough to seal a place in the quarter finals but they've been given an almighty fright in oita. fiji surged into a 10—nil lead with two tries within ten minutes of the start. and wales also had ken owens sent to the sin bin. butjosh adams has got them back into things with two tries. the latest score there 14 points

to 10. you can follow it across the bbc. earlier this morning, argentina comfortably beat the usa by 47 points to 17. that result means that argentina are guaranteed to finish 3rd in pool c securing an automatic spot in the next world cup in 2023. it's a positive end to the tournament that has been disappointing overall for argentina having failed to qualify for the knockout stages for the first time since 2003. england are preparing for their final match with france on saturday morning to be moved or cancelled as a fierce typhoon moves towards japan. the typhoon is on course to hit the main island of honshu. england's match in yokohama is due to start at 9.15. one thing that we really pride ourselves on our preparation is to be adaptable and flexible for anything that may throw us off,

so at the end of the day, we are looking forward to playing france wherever that may be and that is wherever that may be and that is where our preparation is focused. whatever happens we are prepared for. england are prepared to walk off the pitch if they're targeted by racist abuse in their euro 2020 qualifiers this week. they face czech republic on friday then play bulgaria on monday in a partially—closed stadium because of fans' racist behaviour in june. it doesn't matter whether it is one player that is being abused or the whole team, we are all one big group. the decision will be made with everyone, if the team does not feel comfortable playing i am sure we have the backing and support of eve ryo ne we have the backing and support of everyone around us that is the right decision to be made. no one should feel uncomfortable on the football pitch and everyone should be given

the chance to play in a fair environment and if it is not a fair environment, i think we would make the decision on the day. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. judges at scotland's highest civil court say they won't rule yet on a legal bid aimed at forcing the prime minister to request a brexit extension if no deal is reached by october the 19th. but the seniorjudge, lord carloway, said he would look at the case again on the 21st if necessary. this is the moment the seniorjudge at the court of session, lord carloway, gave thejudgment — deciding not to grant a court order. dated seventh october 2019 the lord refused to grant the order is for a specific performance. he held it was neither necessary nor appropriate to grant the orders where a respondents position on compliance,

courts, the prime minister is subject to the obligations of the 2019 act, in the event of neither of the conditions in the 2019 act being satisfied, the prime minister will comply with the act millimetre it banned the 19th of october 2019 and, he will not frustrate the purpose of the 2019 act or the purpose of any of its provisions. in other words, there can be no doubt that the prime minister now accepts he must comply with the requirements of the 2019 act and has confirmed he intends to do so, close courts. the lord ordinary did not consider this was undermined by the absence of a former undertaking or sworn affidavit. joanna cherry is an snp mp, one of the petitioners for the case. shejoins me now

from westminster. your reaction? i am delighted. what we have achieved is the prime minister has given his unequivocal word to the courts that he will follow the provisions of the benn act and not seek to frustrate it in any way. we know from newspaper reports he only did so because he was told by his law officers that he had to do so. we have achieved that now and i am pleased the court are holding over until monday the 21st of october to see if the prime minister keeps his word. if there is a little that number ten has spotted that nobody else has done, and the defined illegitimate way through, i know you believe it is tight and you can't see one. but if they were to do that, would that mean it going back to the court on the 21st? we

don't believe there is a loophole in the benn act but what is important to understand is as well as seeing people comply with the act and the provisions, he has also said he will not seek to frustrate them so having said that, he cannot try out any silly tricks to try and frustrate the act. i don't think we need to look at the briefing is coming out of downing street but what the prime minister has said to the court. this is the supreme court at scotland and the most supreme judge, is the supreme court at scotland and the most supremejudge, the lord president, who said matters should be held over until the 21st of october to see if the prime minister has kept his promise. i would hope politics could sort matter out without further recourse to law, but we are unfortunately dealing with a prime minister who has indicated previously he is prepared to flout the law and has already unlawfully prorogued parliament. we are not in

normal times so i am delighted the court are keeping a watching brief and what has been described as others, as a sort of damocles over boris johnson's others, as a sort of damocles over borisjohnson's head. others, as a sort of damocles over boris johnson's head. what you wa nted boris johnson's head. what you wanted from the court was a provision that if borisjohnson was not to sign a letter, that somebody else would. if it did go back on the zist, it else would. if it did go back on the 21st, it is not clear what way the legal ruling would go, but do you feel confident as things stand that there is no way around, no path, to a no—deal brexit on the 31st? there is no way around, no path, to a no-deal brexit on the 31st? there is no lawful path unless british parliament votes for a no—deal brexit and we know on every occasion that the parliament has been asked to do that it has been firmly and overwhelmingly against a no—deal brexit. i am satisfied there is no lawful path which is important. we have a prime minister with no

majority in parliament but we still live in a democracy bound by law. mps are now going to be sitting on that date as well. it remains to be seen that date as well. it remains to be seen next week whether there is a dealfor mps to seen next week whether there is a deal for mps to vote on and which way it will go. but potentially other scenarios will be voted on as well. how do you feel about sitting on the 19th and the importance of that day? very unusual for parliament to be sitting on a saturday. we in the snp had been prepared for some time that parliament might sit on the 19th, i have no problem with that, we are in the midst of a constitutional crisis. my constituents and country did not vote for brexit atoll and would be damaged by a no—deal brexit. i am quite happy to sit on the 19th but we cannot assume that mrjohnson will be in the driving seat on the 19th. would you vote against any deal? there

is no deal at present on the table to vote on. we would look carefully at the terms of any deal but my mandate for my constituents in edinburgh south—west and from the people of scotland is not to leave the european union, and everything that has happened over the last three years has confirmed my view that scotland would be better as an independent nation with a seat at the top table at the european union than as a junior partner in the united kingdom. thank you very much indeed. british entrepreneurs could have their business ideas tested out on the international space station. a new contest from the uk space agency will provide funding and the first space flight for the winning concepts, which could be anything from medicines and innovative materials developed in microgravity, to space—flown consumer products. let's speak to libby jackson who is the human exploration programme manager at the uk space agency. thank you for coming in. how

valuable could this be for testing products? it is an incredibly valuable offer, we think the market is up to 100 billion, the us is already there. the uk has been leading in the space application area for many years and we are looking to position the uk as the forefront of this new market. we are offering joint funding and a flight, and we think this market could open up and we think this market could open up new exciting avenues. what things would benefit from testing in space? you can do things like create new fibre—optic cables. if you take gravity out of the equation they become much purer and you can make better ones. that is the question we are posing to everybody. get rid of gravity from your products and manufacturing, what could it do? could you explain that's i am trying to understand why that makes such a difference. when you manufacture a cable you arrange crystals in

different ways, and when you make them on earth gravity is causing impurities. on the space station you don't feel the effects of gravity so you can make purer materials, then come back to earth and it would allow us to have better fibre—optic cables. normally we might have something that could reach ten kilometres, in space could reach 100 or 1000 kilometres. it is kilometres, in space could reach 100 or1000 kilometres. it is notjust about testing but going into mass production? this is the future and thatis production? this is the future and that is where we are hoping the market could grow to. you could take rings and diamonds and join them together in space, and if people are willing to pay for such products they might be able to sell a space made diamond ring. he said the state is already doing this. how much production is happening for the states ? production is happening for the states? there are several companies who are already trialling these things out, learning how to do them. the fibre—optic example is one of

those. they are looking at how to manufacture different trucks because you can put together atoms in different ways —— manufacture different ways —— manufacture different drugs. you can make new drugs that have the potential to benefit everybody. how far off do you think it could be that products are manufactured en masse in space? some of the test products are in now. this is a new market but we think in 2—3 years we will see things demonstrated in trials and we are looking to grow this market in the coming years. for us to explore the coming years. for us to explore the moon and mars which is where the exploration programme is going, we have to enable this commercial market. in the same way other markets are growing, that is what we hope to do. research and develop it is expensive for any company when you add the element of space, doesn't that take things to another level? it is absolutely something thatis level? it is absolutely something that is a challenge. space is expensive which is why we

want to open the market and lower orbit so it is not just open the market and lower orbit so it is notjust government funding thatis it is notjust government funding that is keeping the international space station there. people have to innovate when they put things in space, they drive down the mass and size and we see out benefits from those. by throwing it open to entrepreneurs they may be able to come up with things that are cheaper than we have done before.“ come up with things that are cheaper than we have done before. it was very interesting to talk to you, thank you. some breaking news, we have heard the home secretary priti patel has denied there is any rifts in cabinet over the government brexit strategy. you may have seen speculation that several cabinet members are threatening to resign or thinking about resignation depending on the government to strategy and its unhappiness at it. she is saying, there is no division. she said, nothing is over yet in terms of negotiations but she says the uk will be leaving the eu on the 31st come what may. she

says this is not about a cabinet with any divisions or arrests, we are getting on with thejob or arrests, we are getting on with the job because the or arrests, we are getting on with thejob because the british public wa nt thejob because the british public want us to get on with leaving the eu so we can get onto other priorities they care about. she says talks are still continuing and bilateral discussions are still taking place. we want to move on the 3ist taking place. we want to move on the 31st of october if a deal if we can but we are clear we will leave without a deal that is the situation we are bidding put into. we are going into an important stage next week. that is priti patel speaking about what is being happening in edinburgh and this manoeuvre is to try and force borisjohnson to comply with the benn act which legislate a no—deal brexit —— which legislate a no—deal brexit —— which legislate against a no—deal brexit. the white house has officially refused to co—operate with the impeachment inquiry against president trump, rejecting it as "baseless"

and "constitutionally invalid". the inquiry is trying to find out if the president held back aid to ukraine to push its government to investigate joe biden, who is running for the democratic presidential nomination. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a clash at the heart of american government, the white house flexing its muscle and refusing to have anything to do with the democrats enquiry in the house of representatives. the present‘s lawyers say it violates fundamental fairness and lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation. fairness and lacks any legitimate constitutionalfoundation. it accuses the democrats of seeking to overturn the results of the 2016 election and deprive the american people of a president they have freely chosen. the white house believe the enquiry is flawed because it is moving forward without a vote on the floor of the house of representatives. the first time the demonstration was putting up a roadblock came from this man.

he failed to appear before the house intelligence committee. the democrats want to question him about his role in discussions with ukrainian officials which led to claims that president trump asked a foreign power to investigate a political rival. the failure to produce this wetness and these documents, we consider —— this witness. .. witness... the white house said the impeachment process should be abandoned so the president could focus on leading the country and fulfilling his promises to the american people but with a country on the verge of a constitutional crisis, this is a tug of war donald trump will not be able to ignore. let's catch up with the latest business news. staff at thomas cook's travel shops

have been thrown a lifeline after the company's receivers sold all 555 outlets to hays travel. the new owners say they hope to employ a significant number of the 2,500 thomas cook shop staff who lost their jobs when the tour operator went into liquidation last month. the new head of the international monetary fund has warned that any kind of brexit will be "painful". kristalina georgieva said it will hurt not only the uk and european union, but also low income countries with economic ties to them. the us drug firm johnson &johnson has been ordered to pay six—and—a—half billion pounds in damages to a man who said he was not warned that one of its anti—psychotic drugs could cause him to develop breasts. the case taken by a 26—year—old man is one of thousands pending in the state of philadelphia. heard that plans to re—employ a signifcant number of the 2,500 it's not often you get a bit of good news, but today we've heard that plans to re—employ

a signifcant number of the 2,500 thomas cook shop staff who lost theirjobs when the firm collapsed last month. hays travel is buying all 555 thomas cook high street shops. it's also offered to help all of the thomas cook apprentices complete their training at its hays travel academy. travel expert simon calderjoins us now — between flights — at dubai airport. thank you for being with us today. it really is an incredible vote of confidence in what many people had written off as a dying industry. most certainly one of the things that came out of the very sad colla pse that came out of the very sad collapse of thomas cook 16 days ago was the fact that people really like talking to travel professionals and the reassurance that will bring. as we have seen with the rescue of people from abroad, at all protection is still necessary, and if you want to be truly protected,

especially if you are one of the 800 people with forward bookings, this isa people with forward bookings, this is a vote of confidence. it is tremendous news for the staff, many of whom will be rehired and it is interesting, there has been quite a land grab going on. there were other companies bidding for parts of the thomas cook estate but hays travel, which began as a single travel agency 40 years ago in county durham, came in and said we want to treble the size of our high street travel agency chain, we are prepared to ta ke travel agency chain, we are prepared to take the whole lot. they are talking to the people who owned the premises and getting that set up, and reopening very soon. it is going to raise questions about thomas cook's collapse. was it necessary? could they not have started selling off parts of the company a lot earlier and avoided the collapse, and also, maybe you should in the special case of travel, have the

opportunity to keep... oh, we appear to have lost our line there to do by but i think he ably covered the story for us today. twitter has apologised for allowing e—mails and phone numbers of users to be used for advertising. they said they do not know how many of its users were affected but it is sorry. the us investment bank goldman sachs is reviewing its involvement in the planned stock market listing of a chinese artificial intelligence firm. megvii, which is best known for its facial recognition algorithms, has been blacklisted by the us goverment, alleging it is "implicated" in the repression of muslim minorities. pizza express has responded to customer concerns

about its future after it emerged that it's profits were being swallowed up by high interest payments on its one billion pound debt. it released a video on social media last night saying it's glad to feel "kneaded" and while talks are underway with its lenders, it reassured customers that it's still making "dough". that's all the business news. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon. we have got some fairly blustery conditions at the moment across the uk. a mixture of sunny spells and showers, many of the showers towards western areas but for many of us, we have got sunshine. this is the scene at the moment in ethics, not bad here at all. quite blustery as i mentioned. —— essex. a couple of showers drift eastwards but in general the most frequent showers will be across western parts, especially south—west england and

the west of scotland. some thunderstorms and hail mixed in with showers and blustery conditions, gusts of 30—40 mph, perhaps 50 in the west of scotland, and temperatures down a bit from yesterday. throughout the night we will continue with showers across scotla nd will continue with showers across scotland into north—western parts of england and across northern ireland, some clear spells elsewhere on thursday so after a brighter start, we will see cloud increasing on thursday with the rain spreading into northern ireland, scotland, northern england and across wales. you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's midday and these are the main stories this morning: a decisive day for the future of brexit — mps will be called to parliament for a rare saturday sitting after the eu summit. scotland's highest court says it will wait until after october the 19th to decide whether to issue a ruling forcing borisjohnson

to seek a brexit delay. there is a sword of damocles over the prime minister's had to enact the prime minister's had to enact the benn act. and we hope he does. we hope that politics can run its course. all 555 thomas cook shops are to be bought by rival hays travel in a move that could save up to 2500 jobs. the kurdish administration in northeastern syria has called on civilians to defend their territory, ahead of an expected invasion by turkey. people living in seaside towns earn £1600 a year less than those living inland. we'll be live in penzance for a special report.

good afternoon. a classic start to this our! a special parliamentary session is being planned for a week on saturday at which any last—minute brexit deal could be presented to mps — or if no deal is agreed, mps would be expected to put huge pressure on borisjohnson to comply with the so—called benn act. and in another brexit development, scotland's highest court has said it will wait before ruling whether to force the prime minister to seek a brexit delay, if a deal has not been agreed by the 19th october. more on that shortly, but first to our assistant political editor norman smith who's in westminster. norman, the 19th of october is going to bea norman, the 19th of october is going to be a very important day. an epic, defining day in the whole brexit process in part just defining day in the whole brexit process in partjust because of the drama of the moment. parliament has only met four times in the last 80 yea rs only met four times in the last 80 years a on a saturday. they include the outbreak of the second world

war, the sewers crisis, and the invasion of the falklands. to that we can “— invasion of the falklands. to that we can —— the suez crisis. to that we can —— the suez crisis. to that we can —— the suez crisis. to that we can add brexit. there will be people on the streets of london because it coincides with the latest people's boat demonstration which happens to be taking place in london on precisely the same day as that parliamentary occasion. in terms of what might happen, clearly boris johnson will hope to return from the eu summit on the thursday and friday clutching in his hand a piece of paper with the deal, which he would then put to the commons, relatively confident that this time it would get past. more likely, given that the negotiations seem to have crumpled, he would return empty—handed. then he will be on absolutely colossal pressure to comply with the benn act, the legislation passed by the commons forcing him to seek another brexit

extension. i imagine he would seek to make a statement setting out how wild he would comply with the law he believes he can still meet his pledge to take us out on the 31st of october. we don't know how he is going to do that, whether he will write a secondary letter and has found some sort of loophole in the law, whether he has a tame eu country that will veto. we may get a series of votes tabled by the government to wrong—foot his opponent and embarrass parliament by showing that parliament can't agree on anything. there would be votes, for example, or no deal, on revoking, on his deal, the aim to show that parliament is unable to coalesce around any sort of solution, buttressing his argument, he would say, for a general election. the one thing that seems clear through all this is that boris

johnson and the government are still sticking to their unswerving commitment to leave at the end of the month. have a listen to the home secretary speaking this morning. this government has been very clear, as has the prime minister, that we are leaving the european union on the 31st of october, come what may. and all the work, the planning and preparedness that has taken place, whether it is to leave without a deal but also with a deal, has been very intense over recent weeks. this isn't about a cabinet with any divisions or rifts. we are just getting on that with the job, because the fact of the matter is that the british public want us to get on with the job of leaving the eu. not quite game over for team johnson and his prospects of a deal. tomorrow we think he will meet the irish prime minister, and that really is the last—gasp chance of

getting any sort of agreement, because getting the backing of dublin is regarded as pivotal to getting eu leaders to come on board, but you have to say, given the rhetoric of the past 24 hours, given the gulf between the two sides, it seems a very, very remote possibility. thank you very much, norman. judges at scotland's highest civil court say they won't rule yet on a legal bid aimed at forcing the prime minister to request a brexit extension if no deal is reached by october the 19th. but the seniorjudge, lord carloway, said he would look at the case again on the 21st if necessary. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon is in edindburgh for the ruling. so, basically, the court leaving borisjohnson to so, basically, the court leaving boris johnson to comply, so, basically, the court leaving borisjohnson to comply, as per the assurances given to the court, but basically a very strong message that they are watching. yeah,

really interesting ruling from scotland's highest civil court today. a week is a long time in politics when it comes to brexit, and i think the judges in their ruling today seem to be acknowledging it in the sense that their decision is a decision delayed. they are saying the court has been given assurances that the prime minister will abide by the law as set out in the benn act to send a letter asking for a delay to brexit if no deal is in place by that key date of the 19th of october. they say that the prime minister has not acted unlawfully, that in effect, to give a judgment now would be premature. let's have a listen to what lord ca rloway premature. let's have a listen to what lord carloway said in court a little earlier. the court appreciates that there is a limited amount of time before the expiry of the existing extension period. it understands the concern of persons on both sides of the political

debate on the brexit issue. the political debate requires to be played out in the appropriate forum. the court may only interfere in that debate if there is dem in struggle unlawfulness which it requires to address and to correct. at present, there has been no such unlawfulness. so, no such unlawfulness on the prime minister, but the judges so, no such unlawfulness on the prime minister, but thejudges did not refuse the motion brought forward by those petitioners. what they said instead is that they will leave the door open to them bringing their case back to court on october their case back to court on october the 21st. for reasons of timing, they are aware that the time is shrinking now. they are saying that the petitioners will not have to raise new proceedings if the prime minister doesn't sign that letter.

they are inviting them to come back to court on the 21st if for some reason the prime minister doesn't follow the letter of the law. so those who brought the petition to court have been represented by a laden —— elaine motion, and she says they are very pleased with the result. they have effectively given an undertaking and indicated that undertakings have been given by the prime minister that he will abide by the benn act and not seek to frustrate it. in continuing the matter to the 21st, there is a sword of damocles over the prime minister's had to comply with the benn act, and we hope he does. we hope we do not have to return to court on the 21st of october and that politics can run its course. only if it does not... if

he does not comply with the orders, then we come back to court. the campaigners are very come back to court. the campaigners are very pleased with the result at the court of session today. they say this keeps the prime minister on what they call the straight and narrow. no court order from the court of session, compelling the prime minister to send that letter. no court order saying the court will write the letter on his behalf. they are taking the prime minister and the government at their word that they will send that letter asking foran they will send that letter asking for an extension to brexit if no deal is in place by october the 19th, but if for some reason that doesn't happen, they say they will be back in court here on october the zist. be back in court here on october the 21st. thank you very much, lorna. the independent travel agent hays travel has said it will buy all thomas cook retail stores following the collapse of the holiday company. hays has already recruited hundreds of former thomas cook staff and has offered employment to many of the airline's personnel. the move could save up to 2500 jobs.

the travel company folded last month after failing to secure a last—minute rescue deal, leaving 150,000 passengers stranded abroad. let's speak now to travel journalist alison rice. what is this deal going to be? there are two important to mention — the business deal and one relating to people who will be using thomas cook. so first, the business deal — what are the challenges? it is a big, bold challenge. they have 190 shops already and they are taking on another 555 high street travel agency shops. unlike thomas cook, this company does not have a long legacy, and i dare say outside the north—east, where it was founded in 1980, still a private company owned byjohn and irene hayes. unlike thomas cook, it doesn't have a great history, and i have to say, i think

one of the major reasons thomas cook got into so much financial trouble was all the money it poured into buying high street travel agents, just as we are all learning to buy our package holidays on our mobile at midnight on a sunday. is this a big bet on there being enough people who still want to use high street shops? when thomas cook went under, we saw how cherished a company it is for those who used it. is it still a viable prospect? they are, as you said, claiming to offerjobs mainly to the 2500 thomas cook travel agents who knew theirjob pretty well. their big task, i think, is convincing the public to go to the high street to buy a holiday, and to really clear up all the confusion about when you buy through an

atoll licensed travel agent like hays, and thomas cook, your holiday is protected. i was talking to an estate agent who thinks it is about challenge and wanders they have done a deal with the rents and leases of the high street agents, because of course, the high street isn't exactly thriving at the moment. that point you mention about the importance of financial protection is something that has been underlined by thomas cook going under, because those who had holidays booked into the future will not be able to redeem them, because that company has gone and this is a new prospect. but they will still be reimbursed, which they wouldn't have done had they bought them through different channels. know, and i think the confusion was that people who bought by thomas cook —— who bought thomas cook flights direct

did not have protection. i admire hays stepping in and taking over all these travel agents, and i wish them all the luck in the world, but they will really have to hammer home the message. and outside the north—east, convince everyone what a good travel agency they are. allison rice, thank you forjoining us. 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 white house has officially refused to co—operate with the impeachment inquiry against president trump, rejecting it as "baseless" and "constitutionally invalid". the inquiry is trying to find out if the president held back aid to ukraine to push its government to investigate joe biden, who is running for the democratic presidential nomination. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a clash at the heart of american government.

the white house flexing its muscle and refusing to have anything to do with the democrats' impeachment enquiry in the house of representatives. in an eight—page letter, the president's lawyer says the enquiry "violates fundamental fairness" and "lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation". it accuses the democrats of seeking to "overturn the results of the 2016 election" and "deprive the american people of the president they've freely chosen". the white house believes the enquiry is flawed because it is moving forward without a vote on the floor of the house of representatives. the first sign the administration was putting up a roadblock to the enquiry came when this man, gordon sondland, the us ambassador to the european union, failed to appear before the house intelligence committee. the democrats want to question him about his role in discussions with ukrainian officials which have led to claims that president trump asked a foreign power to investigate a political rival. the failure to produce this witness,

the failure to produce these documents, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress — a coequal branch of government. the white house says the impeachment process should be abandoned so the president can focus on leading the country and fulfilling his promises to the american people. but with the country on the verge of a constitutional crisis, this is a tug of war that donald trump won't be able to ignore. peter bowes, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... mps are to be called to a special sitting of parliament a week on saturday — in a decisive day for the future of brexit. scotland's highest court says it will wait until oct. 21 on whether to issue a ruling to force boris johnson to seek a brexit delay the independent travel agent hays travel says it will buy all 555 thomas cook retail stores following the collapse

of the holiday company to syria now, and the kurdish administration in the northeast has if called upon civilians to defend the region, as turkey prepares to send its forces across the border. a spokesman for president erdogan says kurdish forces there could either defect or ankara would have to stop them disrupting turkey's struggle against islamic state militants. dozens of turkish military vehicles have been sent to the border after donald trump ordered a us troop withdrawal. orla guerin is in the province of urfa at the turkey—syria border and joins us live. thank and joins us live. you forjoining us. what is the thank you forjoining us. what is the latest where you are on the cross the border area, as far as you are hearing it? there has been a large military build—up yesterday. we saw ourselves a column

of heavy vehicles, including armoured personnel carrying —— carriers and ambulances. we know reinforcements are arriving, syrian rebel fighters from the free syrian army who fight on behalf of the turks. they have also been arriving in the area. turkey has said they will be part of the invasion force. statements coming from the most senior turkish officials, the spokesman for the president and one of his aides, are casting this as an operation to create a safe zone, as turkey describes it. they say this is about facilitating the return of refugees and dismantling our long—standing threat which they believe is coming from syrian kurdish forces on the other side of the border. those forces have been crucial in the fight against the so—called islamic state. they would argue that far from coming in to tackle the islamic state, this turkish invasion is

actually going to damage the gains they have already made in that battle. they point, for example, to an attack which has already happened last night. three islamic state suicide bombers struck positions held by the syrian kurdish forces in the city of raqqa, the former capital of the islamic state caliphate. you describe potentially what might flow from this operation. in terms of the politics of it, the imperative for the turkish president is the issue around immigrants, as you were mentioning. 3.5 million immigrants. how important an issue is that in turkey? there is great concern in turkey about the presence of 3.6 million syrian refugees. turkey took in a large number of syrians during the war. it is

frankly saying that this is a very heavy burden on its economy, and politically for president erdogan it would be a win to come up with a solution that would allow those refugees to go home. turkey is doing more than suggesting they go home, it is trying to force people to leave. it is open to question how many of those refugees would want to travel back to this so—called safe zone, even if and when it is created. the syrian kurds point out that part of what turkey is trying to do here is demographic engineering, that turkey will be trying to send back syrian refugees who are sunni arabs to an area that kurds regard as their heartland. it will delude their control, they believe. the syrian kurds have put out an appeal for a mass mobilisation and have said over the next three days they are asking civilians in the region to gather at the border behind me

and operate as a human shield. obviously, there are grave concerns about the possible force and the possibility of civilian casualties, but also the likelihood that there will be a very large displacement of syrian refugees. these are people who have already suffered eight years of conflict, who have been through battle after battle in this very long and very agonising war. thank you very much. time for a sports update. we can get the latest from john watson. no, it is notjohn! thank you, joanna! scotland have kept their world cup quarter hopes alive with a bonus win over russia. they got off to a strong start when adam hastings went over afterjust 13 minutes. he added a second soon after before george horne was gifted an interception score by the

russians. they had a bonus point try early in the second half before going over again to claim a hat—trick, which sets up i woke up host showdown with japan on sunday for a place in the quarterfinals. scotla nd for a place in the quarterfinals. scotland will need four points from that to progress. if we hadn't got the bonus point tonight, sunday would have been even more difficult. getting that was excellent. getting a bigger scorejust to keep getting that was excellent. getting a bigger score just to keep things interesting for saturday night as well, but also for the confidence of the players, knowing that we haven't conceded a try in two games, or even a point, is very encouraging. wales know that a win against fiji would seal a place in the quarterfinals for them. they have had to work hard. fiji surged into a 10—0 lead early on with two tries. wales had a player sent to the sin bin, butjosh adams got them back into things with two tries, while fiji had a man in the bin. that wasjust in two tries, while fiji had a man in the bin. that was just in the first—half. whilst led 14—10 at the

break. in the second half, fiji have been awarded a penalty try, and rhys tatchell has just converted a penalty for wales. it is 17—17, and dan biggar has just gone off with a head injury. it is all square. england are prepared to walk off the pitch if they are targeted by racist abuse in their euro 2020 qualifiers this week. they face the czech republic on friday and play bulgaria on monday in a partially closed stadium because of fans' racist behaviour in june. it doesn't matter whether it is one player that is being abused or the whole team, we are all one big group and the decision will be made with everyone if the team doesn't feel comfortable playing then i'm sure we have the backing on the support of everyone around us that that is the right decision that needs to be made and no one should be made to feel uncomfortable on a football pitch and everyone should be given the

chance to play enough air environment. if that's not a environment, then i don't think... i think we will make the decision on the day. that is all the sport for now. lots more in the next hour. some breaking news coming from germany. two people have been shot dead near a synagogue in an eastern german city. police have put out reports on twitter. the reuters news agency also reporting it, saying, we have a deployment. according to preliminary findings... please stay at home or look for another secure place. the local reports are that the shooting happened in front of a synagogue. so, this breaking news just coming through to us. the police say they are looking for a

perpetrator who is on the run. two people have been killed. this is unfolding in an eastern german city, and we will keep you updated. people living in coastal communities are earning less than elsewhere in england and wales according to research carried out by the bbc. it also found that two thirds of seaside areas had seen a real terms fall in wages since 2010. the average annual wage in coastal communities is just over £22,000 pounds. that's more than £1600 pounds a year less than the average person working inland. and two thirds of constituencies in coastal areas have seen wages fall when inflation is taken into account. so, why is this happening? jon kay is live in penzance for us this morning. over to you. it is that kind of lovely, sunny, autumn day where you might visit the seaside, look up to the coast and think, i would love to live somewhere like that. but this analysis done by bbc news shows some of the challenges that exist in

our coastal communities, not just here. this is an illustration of the situation right around the uk. you ask, why is pay lower in coastal communities? it is a different reason in every place. some towns rely on tourism, so seasonal work only. in penzance, there aren't any other big towns nearby offering other big towns nearby offering other kinds of work, which keeps competition low and wages down. you have poor transport links, so it is ha rd to have poor transport links, so it is hard to get elsewhere, and then there is the accusation that the government has kept ignoring coastal communities, not just this government but successive administrations over decades have failed to spot what is going on in coastal britain and have failed to address that. some of the arguments that we hear. we thought we would look not just that why there is this gap in pay but also what the impact is. i have been talking to one family who live just a short distance from here.

just a mile from the beach, the treneere estate. one of the poorest parts of britain. the corum family wanted to show us how they get by. we survive day by day. dad mike is a full—time security guard and earns £18,000 a year. he is paid on a friday, and it's soon gone. by monday morning i will already be into my overdraft. thursday, i could be asking my boss if she could sub me for next week's wages so i can put fuel in my tank to go to work. and that is every week life. and then she'll take that out of my wages, so the next week i will be low again. it's a vicious circle? so we just start again, yeah. it's a familiar story here in penzance, a town literally at the end of the line. analysis by the bbc has found that

a typical worker in coastal areas like this earned just over £22,000 last year, whereas a typical worker inland earned more than 23,500. that's a difference of £1600. there are 12 grandchildren and seven adults. mike's wife amanda runs the household budget and has to make food last. it's a matter of, you have to find the cheapest option to live. are you all right back there? she's a trained chef but can't find a job around here that pays anything like what she would earn inland. it is disgusting. i don't see why we should be paid so much less. i mean, you're going to get lower wages, it's a smaller place, but you can't afford to go out. where are you going to go? well, we do, mcdonald's. go to mcdonald's and get a cappuccino!

mcdonald's is our weekly treat. get a cappuccino and go and sit on the beach, because that's about all we can afford. the government says it's investing millions to boost coastal communities like penzance and level up the uk, but a lot of tourism jobs here are only seasonal and other big employers like fishing, farming and mining have all been hit. the corums' daughter, lucy, dreams of getting a place of her own. energy would be £49 per month. prices around here are high and even though she works 50 hours a week, on the minimum wage she feels trapped. it is so, so ridiculous. people further up have this money and are able to go and spend this money willy—nilly because they don't... it's easiest for them because they earn more money up there. we don't earn so much down here. lucy now thinks she'll have to move inland, splitting up a family who are cornwall born and bred. why should i have to move from my home to get more money? i don't see why

we should be treated any different to anybody else. and on a lovely day like this, you can see why the family want to stay here. thank you to them for sharing their story. with bbc news today, there is this project on the waterfront, the jubilee there is this project on the waterfront, thejubilee pools, and the government says this is the kind of scheme turning it into a geothermal hot pool which can stay open all year round, attracting business and visitors, so notjust seasonal work, but this is the kind of thing that could improve the local economy. of course, this is just one project in one town. not every town has a facility like this. today, we are looking at the impact of all kinds of coastal britain life today. we are talking about drugs, isolation, crime, but also celebrating coastal britain. sarah ran some has been looking at what they are doing in

penzance as far as plastics go. it is one of the first places in britain to try to go plastic free a couple of years ago. how did they do it? climate change is not a lie, do not let our climate die. grass change protest for climate awareness. this isa protest for climate awareness. this is a town that works hard to keep its eco friendly credentials and is happy to shout about it. we will not stop until action is taken. applause we are surrounded by the environment and nature. i think it would be horrible to see that goal. something you are so horrible to see that goal. something you are so close to to be taken away from you would be really upsetting. it is not just from you would be really upsetting. it is notjust the shoreline that has been polluted by plastics. local fishermen have been catching it for yea rs fishermen have been catching it for years to. now hundred and 60 vessels around the south—west have signed up to help tackle the problem. the

mission for penzance to go plastic free began around two years ago. residents have worked with local businesses and the wider community to try and crack down on single use plastics that sometimes washed up on beaches like this one and bright them. the ultimate aim is to make them. the ultimate aim is to make the town more environmentally friendly and for it to have a more sustainable future. now hundreds of other communities around the uk are following its lead. we have got the compostable following its lead. we have got the com posta ble cutlery following its lead. we have got the compostable cutlery that we use. this one—stop health food shop and cafe was quick to do its bit to get rid of the single use plastic. as a town we felt we could make a big difference. it has not happened overnight and customers have had to get used to paying a bit more for a substitute. there is nothing but positivity for penzance. people are really believing in the town now and the more they see these things happening, the better it will be. this enthusiasm for all things

environmental seems to be catching. campaigners in penzance are hopeful the number of towns looking at what they can do their own backyard continues to grow. to be able to see that in plastic for communities around the uk, how they are linking up around the uk, how they are linking up with other environmental organisations where they live and making bigger things happen, organisations where they live and making biggerthings happen, and thatis making biggerthings happen, and that is engaging the community even more and raising even more awareness. climate justice! with a town flying the plastic free flag, the hope is a small steps can help make big changes. keep making the changes as well. let's talk to helen and sarah. we saw you in that piece running a local business, you try to start this a decade or so ago, going plastic free. how has it changed in recent years? what has happened recently is the customers have got on board and got behind us so every movement we do and little change we

may, they are behind us whereas before it was us trying to change them and now it feels like the whole community is behind us and raring to go do more. how do you keep that momentum going, that is the challenge, isn't it? it is a challenge, isn't it? it is a challenge, we keep trying new things. we get more refills and different things to refill, we have got endurance and tooth powders, more and more stuff, everything we can do to stop people having to buy plastic every time they buy something. i suppose other towns and communities, not just coastal communities, not just coastal communities, right across the uk are trying to copy penzance. is there any evidence that this is making a difference? there is here. in recent months the university of exeter has carried out a survey of some of the businesses and local people and i have just seen a site of some of those results. they talk about the impact, 90% of the businesses they questioned said it had a positive impact. you heard about

the positivity from helen. 21% of people are buying things like refillable cups. they are reusing plastic bags so cups. they are reusing plastic bags so there is empirical evidence to support what helen and other people are doing here within the communities in penzance and others are following. where penzance reads others followed. more than 600 other communities around the uk are now doing their bit. the evidence seems to suggest that small steps can make big changes. thank you both. you are a trained centre helen. ifeel like we need wind turbines here —— you area we need wind turbines here —— you are a trendsetter. well, you can see much more coverage from penzance as part of a special bbc series looking at the challenges and opportunities facing britain's coastal towns. and simon mccoy will be broadcasting afternoon live from penzance today. thank you very much. just to bring you an update on the breaking news coming to us out of germany, the eastern german city of halle. we are hearing at least two people have been killed in a shooting near to a

synagogue. police are warning residents to stay in their homes. the attacker is still on the run. they are coming to witnesses, —— according to witnesses, the gunman was wearing military camouflage and had several weapons. the newspaper said it happened near to a synagogue though it has not been officially confirmed. the halle regional broadcaster said after the gunman fled there was another shooting nearby but again, no confirmation, and police have cordoned off a district. there are reports that happened by a synagogue and it is the holiest day in thejewish calendar. we wait for more information and we will of course keep you updated. now, it's time for a look at the weather. we are looking at a fairly windy day and off day of plenty of showers. in north—west scotland and most places

will see several downpours though there are plenty of showers for northern ireland. north—east scotla nd northern ireland. north—east scotland and eastern areas of england will see the fewest showers and the driest of the weather through the afternoon. generally temperatures are running a degree or two a bove temperatures are running a degree or two above average for a time of year. overnight showers continue around western coastal areas, especially for scotland, close to an area of low pressure. the show is continued through the rest of the night. close pals develop in land as the weather becomes drier and it becomes showery, temperatures down 5 degrees, for example, in norwich. tomorrow is another showery start to the day in scotland but we have a warm front putting across northern ireland, bringing some rain to england and wales, then it turns heavyin england and wales, then it turns heavy in western scotland. that could cause one or two issues. further southwards and eastwards, relatively mild with height to 17. that is your latest weather. hello this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines:

parliament will meet for a special saturday sitting on october the 19th after a crunch eu summit seen as the last chance for the uk and eu to agree a deal on brexit. a scottish court has delayed a decision on whether to sign a letter requesting a brexit extension if the prime minister refuses to do so. independent travel agents — hays travel — has said it two people have been killed in the german city of halle, two hours from berlin. police say the perpetrator is still at large. independent travel agents — hays travel — has said it will save thousands ofjobs at thomas cook after a deal to buy all of the company's uk shops. the kurdish administration in northeastern syria has called on civilians to defend their territory, ahead of an expected invasion by turkey. the foreign secretary is to meet the family of harry dunn — who was killed in a crash in august — as he urges the usa

to reconsider its position on the diplomatic immunity given to a suspect. we will stay with that. foreign secretary dominic raab has urged the us ambassador ‘to do the right thing' by the family of 19—year—old harry dunn, who was killed in a motorcycle crash in august. anne sacoolas, the wife of a diplomat, is believed to have been the driver of the vehicle that hit harry outside a us air base in northamptonshire but fled to america with diplomatic immunity. the bbc understands mr raab is due to meet harry's family later today to discuss the row. aisling mcveigh reports. britain's prime minister is calling on the wife of an american diplomat to return to england to face charges in a deadly crash. 19—year—old harry dunn was killed while riding his motorbike in august. a tragedy on a northamptonshire country road that's now making headlines in america. 19—year—old harry dunn was killed in august after his motorbike

was hit by a car travelling on the wrong side of the road. the accident happened here, outside a us military air base. anne sacoolas, pictured here 16 years ago on her wedding day to an american diplomat, is believed to have been behind the wheel. the marriage means she is entitled to diplomatic immunity. two weeks after the crash, she and her family returned to america and live in this neighbourhood near washington, dc. now the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has met with the us ambassador, woodyjohnson, and urged him to do the right thing by harry dunn and waive mrs sacoolas's immunity so she can return to the uk for questioning. harry's family say they won't stop until they see justice done. we were just left to try and deal with the fact that we'd lost... that we'd lost harry, and that we just were expected to get on with it. as the row over diplomatic immunity continues, the story has struck a chord on both sides of

the pond. at its heart, two parents grieving the loss of their son. aisling mcveigh, bbc news. let's go back to our breaking news out of germany. at least two people are reported dead after a shooting near to a synagogue in halle in the east of germany, about two hours away from berlin. detailsjust coming through, what do we know? conflicting details. the initial report was there had been a shooting outside the synagogue. this is a holy day forjewish people all over the world, so if that is confirmed, that would be significant it was a synagogue but subsequently we are told it might have been outside a shop. what we do know

is that two people are reported to have been killed and two others have fled in a carand an killed and two others have fled in a car and an automatic weapon was used and has not so far been recovered. that is the sum total of what we know. i'm not going to speculate on who could have done this. there is a number of possibilities. europe has had jihadist attacks but also far right extremist attacks. there are reports from eyewitnesses that the suspects were addressed in some sort of fatigues, camouflage uniform. the details are coming through and there has been no confirmation from police but if that is so, that would give rise to concerns. you and i have been long enough in the news that we know there are is a dangerous twilight zone between the news breaking and actually establishing who has done it and why. there have been a number of cases where we, the

media, or the public canjump been a number of cases where we, the media, or the public can jump to the wrong conclusion, quite understandably given past things. take what happened when there was that explosion in oslo and multiple shootings on the island. everybody thought it was jihadist, it wasn't, it was a far right extremist, a white supremacist. the madrid bombings in 2004. the official line from the spanish government which was echoed by the security service here in the uk was that it was probably... and it wasn't. we have to pin down the facts and until we have in the german police and authorities, let's hold office saying who is behind it. the important thing is we recover the weapon, arrest the assailants, get them into custody and find out exactly what has happened. thank you very much, frank. power will be cut off

for more than 800,000 people in california in an effort to prevent wildfires. the threat of fires in northern california has been called extreme by the us national weather service. it is hoped that the cutting off electricity will prevent fires from sparking off faulty power lines. cbs'sjonathan vigliotti reports. most of northern california on edge, the pending power shutdown — a desperate effort to protect communities from the threat of wildfires. the state's largest public utility pg&e warning of one of the most severe dry wind events in recent years. there is nothing else left. his coffey park neighbourhood burned to the ground in 2017. only 10% of his neighbours have returned home since. pg&e says 50 mile an hour winds could force them to cut power to around 800,000 customers in more than half the state's counties. the utility can't afford to take

any chances. last november, powerful night—time winds whipped up fire through the streets of paradise killing 86 people and destroying 1900 buildings. the worst fire in california history was blamed on faulty electric lines owned by pg&e. the company, now facing billions of dollars in liability. we understand how important electricity is, but we also want to make sure our customers and the communities that we serve are safe. mizzoni says worrying about forest fires has become his new normal. it's just something new that people are going to have to get used to. a new reality. it is expected to be the largest planned power cut in state history. there's been some extraordinary showbiz news this morning. coleen rooney — wife of former england captain wayne rooney has claimed that someone using rebekah

vardy‘s account has leaked stories about her to a tabloid newspaper. rebekah vardy is of course the wife of england and leicester strikerjamie vardy. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba joins me now to explain more. these two very well—known figures, both married to former or current england footballers, but both have become big celebrity figures in their own right. coleen rooney, well known as a written magazine columns. rebekah vardy has appeared on shows like mcaleese women. earlier today coleen rooney posted on social media that she had been concerned about private stories freaking out from newspapers. one newspaper especially and she came up with a plan to see if she could figure out where this came from. she restricted her instagram account with only one other account being able to view those stories to see if they

ended up those stories to see if they ended up in those stories to see if they ended upina those stories to see if they ended up in a newspaper. to clarify, her private instagram ? up in a newspaper. to clarify, her private instagram? yeah. it was not just private, she said she limited to one person she was linked to on that platform so none of her other friends who could see all the other stuff, only one person and their account could see the stories she was posting which she said ended up in the newspaper. she said that account belonged to rebekah vardy and lots of people on social media have interpreted that as being rebekah vardy herself, but of course, rebekah vardy has made clear ina course, rebekah vardy has made clear in a reply also on social media that she absolutely denies that she has been passing any kind of stories about coleen rooney to the newspapers. she said she is heavily pregnant and upset she has to come out and deny this. she would never do this and she says that over the yea rs lots of

do this and she says that over the years lots of people have had access to her social media accounts and passwords, the assumption being, she is saying, it is somebody else who has access to her account are not her. she feels it is unfair she is being blamed by many in this way. also criticising coleen rooney for not approaching her first before putting this to the public domain. it has been talked a lot about on social media. coleen rooney has been upset by some of these personal stories making their way into the newspapers. rebekah va rdy stories making their way into the newspapers. rebekah vardy appears to be equally upset that the blame is being levelled individually at her. wow, lets see what happens. thank you very much. an update on the shooting in halle. police say one person has been detained. there were reports there we re detained. there were reports there were two suspects on the run after

that shooting in the city which is about two hours away from berlin. following the shooting which has left two people dead, the reports coming from german police is that one person has been detained. we have yet to get any more detail on that but we will keep you updated as more details come through. the initial reports were that the shooting was near to a synagogue although i was speaking to frank who said there were reports it was near toa said there were reports it was near to a kebabs shop. the full details are not clear at the moment but we will keep you updated on the latest is police say they have arrested one person. but first the headlines on bbc news... mps are to be called to a special sitting of parliament a week on saturday — in a decisive day for the future of brexit. scotland's highest court says it will wait until october 21 on whether to issue a ruling to force boris johnson to seek a brexit delay. the independent travel agent

hays travel says it will buy all 555 thomas cook retail stores following the collapse of the holiday company. we have been hearing about the lifeline thrown to thomas cook's retail stores. the new owners say they hope to have a significant number of the shops and employees. the new head of the international monetary fund has warned that any kind of brexit will be "painful". kristalina georgieva said it will hurt not only the uk and european union, but also low income countries with economic ties to them. the us drug firm johnson &johnson has been ordered to pay six—and—a—half billion pounds in damages to a man who said he was not warned that one of its anti—psychotic drugs could cause him to develop breasts. the case taken by a 26—year—old man is one of thousands pending in the

state of philadelphia. let's start with that vote of confidence in high street travel shops. all of thomas cook's outlets — which closed last month when the company went into liquidation — have been sold to another travel firm, hays travel. the buyers are a family business — which already have around 190 shops — and they say they hope to hire a significant number of thomas cook's old staff. pippa jacks is the group editor of travel trade gazette. thank you for being with us. clearly hays travel has got some confidence in this part of the business which many people thought was a thing of the past. indeed, and it wasn't only hays travel that was interested in buying the branches. there were bids from other retailers which demonstrates how valuable high street travel agents still are in the booking process for a lot of customers. they get expertise, personal recommendations, the issuance of financial protection the

high street retailing is far from deadin high street retailing is far from dead in travel. but when you consider so many of us are not going into travel shops any more, used to have too but so many of us are assembling our own packages or opting for more short—term city breaks, going straight to airlines. you think they are right to have this level of confidence in such a vast network of travel shops, they are going to be tripling how many they have. hays travel has made a savvy business decisions over the last couple of years and they would not have entered into this agreement lightly. they will have thought about it long and hard but each of the individual thomas cook branches had very experienced professional teams was a very loyal local customers and i think they will be expecting that a lot of business will continue. do think it will add to the questions that are being asked of thomas cook's old management that if they couldn't make this work, why is another player so confident? thomas cook's

problems were not because of its retail estate. they were historic debt related issues and management issues as well that dated back many yea rs. issues as well that dated back many years. the high street branches, many of them were doing some of the business and hays travel has seen a real opportunity to skip up there at expertise and experience. —— skip up that expertise and experience. thank you forjoining us. also making business headlines today: twitter has apologised for allowing the email addresses and phone numbers of users to be used for targeted advertising. it says it was "unintentional" that third party advertisers were able to reach specific users with contact details they'd provided for security reasons. twitter says it doesn't know how many of its users were affected and that it's sorry. the us investment bank goldman sachs is reviewing its involvement in the planned stock market listing of a chinese artificial intelligence firm. megvii, which is best known for its facial recognition algorithms, has been blacklisted by the us government, alleging it is "implicated" in the

repression of muslim minorities. pizza express has responded to customer concerns about its future after it emerged that it profits were being swallowed up by high interest payments on its one billion pound debt. it released a video on social media last night saying it's glad to feel "kneaded" and while talks are under way with its lenders, it reassured customers that it's still making "dough". that's all the business news. for many people, getting behind the wheel for the first time can be a scary experience — and now concerns have been raised about the level of abuse new drivers are facing on our roads. a survey of driving schools found that1 in 10 learners had given up completely due to the intolerance of other motorists. john maguire reports. car horn. if you really want to get past me, drive round me. i'm not going to block the junction.

car horn. what is this guy's problem? these videos are filmed on a dashboard camera and posted online regularly by driving instructor, ashley neal. with more than 20 years experience under his seat belt, he's seen it all. the kind of abuse goes from swearing at us, waving hands, using the horn and, to be honest, it's always that incessant need to overtake us. car horn. and today's research, published by the insurers marmalade, found that almost a third of driving instructors questioned had witnessed road rage against learners. no surprise, says ashley. people look down on the driving schools. they treat us sometimes as second—class citizens and it shouldn't be like that. we're just trying to do a job and trying to actually make the roads a safer place. hi, charlie. how are you, mate? all right. all good. today, charlie lee is at one of the dual—controls. he says learning to drive, already difficult enough, is made even harder by the attitude of some

drivers. cars pressuring you on the road by sort of sitting right behind you, or they come past you quite quickly. they like to think you're going slow but you're actually not. you can feel pressure to match their speed and that. it's notjust the learners themselves that are targetted. it seems that, regardless of the person behind the wheel, even if it's the instructor, when some drivers see l plates, they see red. this guy to our right—hand side, just for example, he's been quite close. he was positioning to the off—side of the vehicle. and they've just gone through a red light! that's the type of thing that often happens. we don't know, but you suspect, that they might not have done that. i think you are onto something. i'm a quick learner. that's absolutely perfect. because one driver without the roof box, things are totally

different. today's survey claims one in ten has given up learning to drive altogether, as intolerance has forced them off the road. john maguire, bbc news, liverpool. jane hill will be here shortly with the bbc news at one — before that it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. we have plenty of heavy downpours coming in specially across the north and west, there will be packed in eastern scotland and eastern england that dodged the showers and stay dry with occasional bright and sunny spells but for many of us, we will see a shower or two are probably more in western scotland where showers will come in thick and fast through the rest of the day. it is quite a blustery day, especially for the north—west of the country, windy conditions out and about. top temperatures for most between 14—16. we are running a few degrees above

average for a time of year. overnight tonight showers will continue to be brought in, especially across scotland close to an area of low pressure so showers will continue to be widespread. otherwise xiao is tending to die away across inland areas with clear spells, —— showers. tomorrow's weather, we have another area of the pressure moving in so we continue our unsettled theme, the wettest weather heading into western scotla nd weather heading into western scotland so showers tending to merge together to give longer spells of rain. weather we will be done for a time across northern england, perhaps a couple of spots getting across england and wales further south but across the south—east we will have driest and mildest weather. the rain in western scotla nd weather. the rain in western scotland could cause a couple of issues, starting to build up your. it was the end of the wrekin area of the pressure is still in charge. this weather front, there the pressure is still in charge. this weatherfront, there is not much blowing across the front. the front is going to be

very front. across wales, the peak district, the met office has issued a weather warning. enough to cause localised flooding. quite a wet day at lower levels, probably little of any rain building up across east anglia and south—east england. miles across much of england and wales. but the north a mixture of sunshine and showers and temperatures close to normal. for the weekend weather prospects, england and wales continue to see the rest of the weather, if you like, more cloudy skies and spells of heavy and persistent rain at times. further north for scotland and northern ireland, something a bit brighter, a mixture of sunshine and showers with some of those showers on the heavy side. that is your mother.

thomas cook's stores are to be bought by a rival, hays travel — the move could save several thousand jobs. the company says it wants to reopen many of the shops as soon as possible — and has already recruited hundreds of former thomas cook staff. we have already employed over 400 so far, we have already employed over 400 so fa r, really we have already employed over 400 so far, really quickly. so, a lot of them have cried when we offered them

jobs so it's really emotional. we'll ask what the long term prospects are for the travel chain. also this lunchtime... parliament is to hold a special saturday sitting, on october 19th — after the eu summit seen as the last chance for the uk and eu to agree a brexit deal. the foreign secretary urges the us to do the right thing about the diplomatic immunity given to a driver — after 19—year—old harry dunn was killed in a motorbike collision. a remarkable recovery — the teenager who had more than five hours of surgery after splitting herjaw in two in a horse riding accident. i'm live in penzance, where as part of the bbc‘s coastal britain series — we're looking at the issues facing towns like this — as new bbc analysis shows people living in coastal areas are likely to earn considerably less than those living inland. we'll be asking why.