today at 5: we're live at westminster, where the government has set out its agenda for the year ahead, while opposition parties say it's nothing more than a pre—election stunt. in the queen's speech at the state opening of parliament, bills are proposed on crime, health and the environment — but the priority was securing brexit by the end of the month. my my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on october 31. it was boris johnson's first queen's speech as prime minister, but without a majority in the house of commons, labour says it's unlikely the bills will become law. the prime minister promised that this queen's speech would dazzle us.

on closer inspection, mr speaker, it is nothing more than fools gold. let's get on with the proposals, with the measures announced in this queen's speech. let's get on with out queen's speech. let's get on with our vision. let's get on with our vision for a britain where fairness and balance are at the heart of what we do. we'll have the details, and we'll be asking if the queen's speech could be rejected by mps, renewing calls for a general election. also on the programme... hundreds of colleagues, friends, and family attend the funeral of pc andrew harper, who was killed on duty in august. syrian government forces take up positions within the range of turkish artillery, hours after striking a deal with the kurds. one of britain's most notorious paedophiles, who abused as many as 200 children, has been stabbed to death in prison. iam i am rebecca jones, here at the magnificent guild hall here in the

heart of the city of london, where the great and good of the book world will soon be gathering to find out who has won the booker prize for fiction, and i will be talking to two of the shortlisted authors later in the hour. it's 5 o'clock. we're live at westminster, where the queen has outlined the governmnent‘s legislative agenda for the year ahead. there is plenty of noise from the demonstrators here on queen's speech day. but this was no routine event, in the midst of the political and constitutional crisis provoked by brexit, presided over by a government with no majority in the commons. so there were immediate questions about the feasibility of boris johnson's programme, with planned measures on crime,

health, and delivering brexit on october 31. more than 20 bills were outlined. opposition parties say that with an election in the offing, the queen's speech was nothing but a sham. let's have a look at the speech in more detail. there are seven pieces of brexit—related legislation, including a bill to end freedom of movement and bring in a points—based immigration system from 2021. on law and order, there will be longer sentences for serious offenders, and greater protection for police officers. domestic violence legislation will also be carried over from the last session. there are plans for an independent nhs investigations body with legal powers, and a pledge to update the mental health act to reduce the number of detentions. an environment bill would set legally binding "improvement targets" to reduce plastics, cut air pollution, and improve water quality. our political correspondent jonathan blake has this report.

tradition has its place, even at a time of turmoil. the queen's arrival, part of the spectacle of the state opening of parliament. ancient rituals and splendour on show, but this was westminster preparing for a queen's speech like no other. mps summoned to the house of lords to hear plans put forward by a government with no majority to deliver them. the prime minister said this queen's speech is full of ambition and optimism. labour has dismissed it as a farce. there were details of 22 bills in total. brexit, first and foremost. my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of october. my government intends to work towards a new partnership with the european union,

based on free trade and friendly cooperation. beyond brexit, plans for new immigration laws, infrastructure projects and the national health service. new laws will be taken forward to help implement the national health service's long—term plan in england. law and order was also a focus, with promises of tougher sentences for some. my government is committed to addressing violent crime and to strengthening public confidence in the criminal justice system. new sentencing laws will see that the most serious offenders spend longer in custody, to reflect better the severity of their crimes. transport, infrastructure, the environment also featured. but opposition parties were scathing about the speech‘s substance and its timing.

a government with an approval rating of —45, a a government with an approval rating of -45, a 100% a government with an approval rating of —45, a 100% record of defeat in the house of commons, setting out a legislative agenda they know cannot be delivered in this parliament. the prime minister defended his government's plans. the interests of the british government are to serve the british people and the speech delivers on their priorities, and by strengthening the nhs, with the biggest programme of hospital building for a generation, by putting 20,000 more police on the streets, by unlocking the potential of the whole country with new infrastructure, better education and high technology, from gigabit broadband to a new national space strategy, we aim to create a new age

of opportunity for the whole country. looking on at the splendour of today's state occasion and hearing the big political promises made, it would be easy to think that these are normal times at westminster. in reality, they are anything but. the government doesn't have the numbers to push through its plans, there could be a general election in weeks, and uncertainty of the brexit continues. away from westminster but hanging over today's events, the negotiations in brussels on a knife edge. for all the ambitious plan set out here, the outcome they will determine the future for this government. well, that is the reports on the day's events so far. let's go to the central lobby of the houses of parliament and speak to the housing and communities secretary robertjenrick. secretary of state, thank you very much forjoining us. to those opponents of your saying that this was basically a political stunt and a conservative election manifesto

dressed up as a queen's speech, what do you say? well, it is perfectly normal in our system for a new prime minister with a new administration to come forward with their proposals and have a queen's speech, and that's what we have done today, and i hope that members of the public will see a government that is very ambitious and optimistic in bringing forward lots of exciting new policies, from the police service, the health service, housing and the environment, and much more. all these things, we can get done, particularly if we can get brexit over the line, and move on with the life of the country, which we want to do. when we look at the package of measures, i am bound to ask you the direct question... how do you assess your chances of enacting these bills what are the chances for viewers of seeing these bills put into legislation by this government? these are our priorities, and i think they match with the people's priorities, housing, education, infrastructure. if the opposition

we re infrastructure. if the opposition were to vote against these things, things like domestic violence, environmental protection, cleaner air, ensuring that buildings are built safely after the tragedy of granville tower, these are very important pieces of legislation, and i would be very surprised if the opposition chose to play politics and devote them down, but if they wa nt and devote them down, but if they want a general election, we have said we are happy to do that. we know that this parliament doesn't seem know that this parliament doesn't seem to be able to agree on anything, so then, have that general election, get brexit done, move on with the life of the country. at the moment, it seems to bejeremy corbyn and the opposition, very strangely and the opposition, very strangely and unusually for british politics, blocking everything. they don't want to deliver brexit. they don't even wa nt to to deliver brexit. they don't even want to test the public‘s opinion with a general election. but this government is going to concentrate on moving forward, getting brexit done, and really focusing on the things that we hear on the doorstep are the public‘s priorities. things that we hear on the doorstep are the public's priorities. we take that message in the public's priorities, we understand that, but

again, for the sake of our viewers, you are clearly suggesting, even acknowledging, that there are big chunks of this queen's speech which is simply not deliverable politically, because of the arithmetic in parliament. now, i am not saying that. i think the bills we have outlined today are ones with very broad support amongst the public, looking at how we can get medicines, more innovative medicines, more innovative medicines, how we can make building safer and protect the environment, how we can recruit more police officers, ensuring that victims of domestic violence have the resources they need to find safe and secure housing. these are policies that should receive broad support in the house of commons, as i think they do across the country. but i suppose there is a choice, as you say, for there is a choice, as you say, for the opposition. if they don't want to move forward with these proposals, and i think that would be a great shame, then let's have a general election. at the moment, they are saying that they don't want a general election, they don't seem to wa nt a general election, they don't seem to want to deliver brexit, and now,

from what i have heard from jeremy corbyn today, he is saying he doesn't want to do all of these things either. this government has just got to keep looking to the future, moving forward with a very positive, optimistic agenda, brexit, plus so much more. let mejust positive, optimistic agenda, brexit, plus so much more. let me just turn the question round, secretary of state, and say, doesn't it all depend on the brexit process? an important summit this week, and of course, the emergency session of parliament on saturday ahead of the deadline at the end of the month. so what happens with surely, that, will be the key components and whether any of this queen's speech can come to light? you are absolutely right that we have to get brexit done. that is the central mission of this government. that was very clear in the queen's speech. the prime minister is working extremely hard, pragmatically and reasonably to try to get a deal together. he had a very good meeting with the irish taoiseach lee over —— layout

varadkar, last week in the world. but we do not want to count our chickens. one thing we are going to do is to work around the clock to secure a good deal so we can leave the european union in an orderly way, with brexit done, move forward all of these great, optimistic policies that can really take the country forward, unlock the potential of brexit, and build a much better united kingdom. well, thatis much better united kingdom. well, that is what the debate is all about. thank you very much for joining us today, robertjenrick, at westminster. our chief political correspondent is here. vi, we still have the demonstrators here in fine voice on both sides of the debate, which tells us something about how this queen's speech is being digested, i suppose. this queen's speech is being digested, isuppose. as this queen's speech is being digested, i suppose. as some, this queen's speech is being digested, isuppose. as some, an exciting opportunity, as mrjenrick

said, and as other is a political stu nt. said, and as other is a political stunt. how did you think the day went to? it is always political. the queen speech is a political argument, put forward by the government of the day, but you cannot get over the fact that boris johnson is 23 mps short, so the chances of getting any of that through could be very difficult. he could even lose the vote next week, something that has not happened for decades. the government would say, we wanted an election, we are trying to change the arithmetic, and you, the opposition, will not give it to us. the opposition, will not give it to us. so we are in the same position with the queen speech is with brexit, in that parliament is jammed. it is not working properly, because no side can get through what they want, whether it is their programme for hospitals and schools ortheir programme for hospitals and schools or their form of brexit. it isjust continuing on this loop, and i suppose the question for the opposition parties is, are they prepared just to let boris johnson carry on with that, or will they eventually give him the election he wants so much? and of course, all of that depends on what happens with brexit. it certainly does, and as i

was saying to the minister there, we have all the uncertainty around the summitand have all the uncertainty around the summit and what happened there, despite the recent talk of what happened with some deal emerging in some way, and as you say, the events in parliament on saturday, or working towards the 31st of december. so how do you see the permutations around that brexit obstacle permutations around that brexit o bsta cle or permutations around that brexit obstacle or challenge, as some people see it, which could affect the way parliament is going to work? what is the strategy in downing street to try to tackle those various options? i think that is the thing, and what everyone is talking about over there. the most obvious route through is that borisjohnson gets a deal, it somehow get signed up gets a deal, it somehow get signed up at the summit this week, he brings it to the house on saturday and it gets through. they rushed to the legislation they need by the 3ist, the legislation they need by the 31st, and we have left with a deal. there are not many people who think thatis there are not many people who think that is possible, notjust whether the eu would agree to a deal, but whether the timing works. the question then is, if there is not a

deal, what does the saturday sitting here become about? what will they actually do? i am told there are moves by the opposition parties again to try to take control of the order paper, may be some talking about bringing back a vision of theresa may's deal, trying to get that through any vote. that is one option. another is, will boris johnson potentially use saturday to try to show the broader public, look, parliament is blocking me leaving. they are stopping us leaving. they are stopping us leaving the eu at the end of october. and what does he do about that? an act of parliament, which forces him to ask for a delay to brexit. he has said he will not do it. will he get someone else to do it, or defy that order and end up back at the supreme court the week after? that is possible as well. he will want to show people, i have tried everything i can to deliver brexit, because the people he is looking for at the forthcoming general election, whenever that comes, it shows that if he can get mps trooping through, posing leaving oi'i mps trooping through, posing leaving on the 31st, that helps what he is trying to achieve. other mps are

saying, i know deal brexit is a disaster and they will do anything they can to stop that happening. since thursday, the options are almost limitless... there is a flow chart, but we will not go into that! thank you very much, vicki young, oui’ thank you very much, vicki young, our chief political correspondent. the queen speech debate has been taking place, and among those speaking a short while ago, the relatively new liberal democrat leaderjoe swinson has been giving her response, her take on the queen speech, so let's hear a little of what she had to say. ——jo. it what she had to say. —— jo. it dawned what she had to say. ——jo. it dawned on me. what she had to say. -- jo. it dawned on me. we have all been sat in meetings where a woman puts forward an idea and it gets shouted down. a little later, a man suggests virtually the same thing and pretends it was his great idea all along. but the liberal democrats are all along. but the liberal democrats a re crystal clear. all along. but the liberal democrats are crystal clear. whether it is a ha rd are crystal clear. whether it is a hard or soft brexit, whether it comes with a red rosette or a blue

rosette, whether it is proposed by the former prime minister, the current prime minister, or the leader of the opposition, there is no form of brexit that will be good for our country. and the liberal democrats will continue to fight to stop brexit, to secure a people's vote with the option to remain in the european union, to give the public the final say on the brexit deal, because there is no deal that will ever be as good as the one we currently have as members of the european union. jo swinson there, the liberal democrat leader, talking awhile ago in the her majesty today said that the —— that the uk is still aiming to leave the eu at the end of the month. that was the first line of the queen speech, and it comes as the uk and eu negotiating teams have been meeting in brussels to try to secure a deal at this very late stage, head ofa a deal at this very late stage, head of a key eu summit which happens on

thursday. the eu's chief negotiator michelle barnier has told european ambassadors that major differences remain on the issue of customs arrangements in northern ireland. our europe correspondent adam fleming has more details. are we heading towards a brexit deal this week? the uk negotiating team is in brussels today for more talks. both sides use the word constructive, but say there is a lot more to do, especially on customs checks in northern ireland. and yes, there is still plenty of sitting around. arriving for a meeting this morning, european foreign ministers sounded almost optimistic. ireland's simon cove in a much more positive than usual. a deal as possible, and it is possible this month, may be possible this week, but we are not there yet, and as michel barnier said yesterday, there are still a lot of work to do, so i hope that we can make more progress to date. yes... yes. the body language from

luxembourg said it all. we will find a solution in brexit. the timeline for achieving a brexit deal this week is incredibly tight. some might say impossibly tight. but here is how it could unfold. the eu chief negotiator michel barnier would have to give a positive assessment to european foreign affairs ministers tomorrow. the meeting would continue until wednesday, and eu ambassadors would have to give their agreement in principle before eu leaders officially signed itself at a two—day summit beginning on thursday. then mps would have their say on saturday during a rare weekend sitting at westminster. it's not impossible, but the people negotiating in these rooms have to bridge a lot of legal, technical and political gaps for a deal to become possible this week. more likely is that everyone will need more time, and the process will drag on.

well, with all of that from adam there, explaining the thinking in brussels, what i'm going to do now is go straight into the palace of westminster and talk to the labour mp and shadow transport secretary andy mcdonald. good to talk to you again. thanks forjoining us. your first response to the queen speech, then, your colleague margaret beckett saying she thought it was a bit of a sham. do you share that view? i do. we all know that there is no substance behind this. it is a bit of a farce. we know that this does not do anything other than try to put a show face and for the tory party and party political terms, but i don't think it has worked. it hasn't impressed anybody, and i think it is an incredible waste of resources , think it is an incredible waste of resources, and is putting her majesty through an inconvenience that she could do without, i am sure. but i don't think we are any the wiser as a result of this, we really should not be wasting our time and money, taxpayers' money, and such an event. it is over two

yea rs, and such an event. it is over two years, as you well know, since the last queen speech, and every government, we now have a new prime minister, would like to set out at least their legislative ambitions, so what is wrong with that? well, the problem is, he has a majority of -45, the problem is, he has a majority of —45, so the prospect of getting any of this legislative programme through his, quite frankly, negligible. so why on earth are we going through this when we all know what the true picture is? he should be getting on with answering questions in front of the liaison committee, at the dispatch box, about brexit, rather than this sherrard, and it really doesn't fool anybody. it doesn't address the key issues facing our nation at the moment, brexit included. this is not the way to be using public resources . the way to be using public resources. at what point are you and your colleague is going to say that labour actually will be back in because for a general election, the election you say you want? when ills

tell it is that going to happen? we do want that general election, and we will press for that once we are absolutely and utterly certain that we are not going to crash out of the european on the 31st of october without a deal. —— the european union. a bill was passed to make sure that that was so, because we did not trust this prime minister to do that, and even now, we cannot be certain that the prime minister of the united kingdom will abide by the law of the land. i never thought i would be having that conversation with anybody, but that is the reality that we now face, so once we have got that absolutely nailed, we will have that general election, and we will put that option to the people. we will negotiate a way in which we can leave the european union and that the people decide. that is exactly the right thing to do in these circumstances, and this will resolve the matter and that sensible, pragmatic way, with a credible deal opposite the option of remaining, and that is what i am going to be pressing for

continuously. with your experience of parliament, how would you help viewers with the kind of likely timing ofan viewers with the kind of likely timing of an election? do you think we will see one before christmas, or is it more likely early in the new year? i would hope we get one before christmas. i would hope we get one before november is out, because i don't think anybody would relish the prospect of entering into the depths of winter with those dark evenings and asking people to go out to the polls. so it is not going to improve, and really, ithink the polls. so it is not going to improve, and really, i think the end of november is about the final moment you could have an election. but it may trespass into december. i hope not. i certainly want to see an election before this year is out. when you talk to your leaderjeremy corbyn on the subject of the possibility of a second referendum, which of course, some of your collea g u es which of course, some of your colleagues are very keen on, versus supporting a general election, where do you sense he is standing on that?

he is very keen on having a second referendum, and the route to that is through a general election, making that promise to the people that a labour government would deliver that second referendum with the options i have described. i know people are talking about putting at the other way around and having the referendum first. well, i have yet to hear a compelling argument as to how that could possibly be achieved. i hear no appetite from the government benches to embrace that at the moment, and of course, at this remove, we don't know what this deal is that would be conditional upon a referendum, as some people are suggesting. we don't know what it would mean for ireland, but we do know what it would mean for the customs union and the single market, which would be devastating for our manufacturing base, and in an area like mine in the north—east, it would be totally and utterly cataclysmic. we would lose tens and thousands of jobs in cataclysmic. we would lose tens and

thousands ofjobs in the chemical process sector, in automotive. we heard from an executive from nissan last week saying that a 10% tariff would undermine their entire profitability across europe. those car companies will not put up with that. we have the pharmaceutical industry as well, and of course, the steel industry facing the prospect of massive tariffs. so this is a really bad picture for places like mine in the north—east, and i can't ever vote for anything that would put tens of thousands of people out of work. so these are the issues that boris johnson of work. so these are the issues that borisjohnson must address. it seemingly, those sorts of considerations don't worry him whatsoever. he wants to plough on regardless, no matter what it means for people's employment or living standards. good to talk to you again. thank you for joining good to talk to you again. thank you forjoining us. secretary transport secretary —— shadow transport secretary andy mcdonald. it is 25 past five. we said earlier this is an unusual queen speech, in the sense that the

constitutional circumstances are pretty much unprecedented, certainly in living memory, and there was lots of focus today on the ceremonial, and whether that reflected the unusual circumstances. people focusing rather sharply and precisely who was wear. there were several new faces today, including a new black rod, one of the main parliamentary offices, who for the first time in the 650 year history of the post, is a woman. i have her predecessor, lieutenant general david leakery, predecessor, lieutenant general david lea kery, i predecessor, lieutenant general david leakery, iam predecessor, lieutenant general david leakery, i am delighted to say, with me, and he was black rod in the last decade. —— leakey. it must have been strange to witness this from your vantage point? now, i witnessed this before i was black rod, and it was familiar to me. but it was nice not to be involved this

time. it was, as you said, queen speech like no other. the queen speech like no other. the queen speech might have been like that, but the state opening was like every other. small differences here and there, as you say, one or two new faces, and for one or two people, their last state opening. i think if mr bercow steps down at the end of october, they will not be a state opening in his time, at least, not a speaker. i should opening in his time, at least, not a speaker. ishould probably opening in his time, at least, not a speaker. i should probably mention the famous mr phipps, mbe, the principal doorkeeper of the house of lords. he has been in that role for 14 lords. he has been in that role for 1a years, and this will quite likely be his last state opening, and he leaves at the end of the year. but in all other respects, the state opening proved to be what it always has been. it is an anchor point, a rock of stability around which the, if you like, political shenanigans can continue without the institutions themselves being

destabilised. and it brings some solemnity, some, dare i say, sobriety and stability to the proceedings in parliament, and i think that is something which the state opening and the queen's very presence contributes to. many questions were asked yesterday about the wisdom of holding the screen speech, and certainly, the full ceremonial, at such an uncertain period, and whether it should have been a slightly less formal, i mean, it is always slightly less formal, but a slightly less formal one with ca rs but a slightly less formal one with cars instead of carriages, and that sort of thing, to reflect how we are ina sort of thing, to reflect how we are in a slightly more uncertain period. why do you think this was the full works? is it because it was over two yea rs works? is it because it was over two years since the last one? in a way, you could be cynical and say we need to practice how to do it, otherwise the institutional memory dies a little bit. but now, i think what is behind your question is, does this

politicise the event, the ceremony, even politicising our sovereign? bio, as it were, here reading out what some construe to be the tory party next general election ma nifesto. party next general election manifesto. —— by her reading out. i don't think that is the case. i disagree with that point. the speech is the queen's speech, but the text comes from the government. it may well be a party manifesto, but in two weeks' time, it could be fish wrapper. not the queen's speech, the ma nifesto, wrapper. not the queen's speech, the manifesto, could be fish wrapper, andi manifesto, could be fish wrapper, and i think we should see it in that sense. if you do a state opening, you do it properly. we may have another one this year. we may have another one this year. we may have another in a few weeks or months. who knows? that has happened before in history. but we do these things properly, when we do them, and that is what the country expects, and i think to diminish these things diminishes the sovereign, diminishes the authority of parliament, and it

diminishes one of the great bits of historical tradition and legacy which is part of our britishness, dare i say. david leakey, dare i say. david lea key, great dare i say. david leakey, great to talk to you as ever. a pleasure to talk to you today. the former black rod david lea key, very kindly today. the former black rod david leakey, very kindlyjoining us on the green outside parliament, having given up the role and been succeeded for the first time by a woman in that role of black rod. so a nice conversation to have, and we are grateful to david forjoining us today. it is 5:30pm here on the news at five. time for a look at the weather, and i am bound to say, darren, it started to rain a few minutes ago. i think it has eased offa minutes ago. i think it has eased off a bit now. what is going on? i think there is worse to come, actually, hugh. our focus i think there is worse to come, actually, hugh. ourfocus is turning more towards the south—east of england. this is where we have an amber thunderstorm warning issued by the met office, valid from now until

9pm this evening. we are looking at torrential rain or thunderstorms coming up from france. this was the area of heavy rain we had already, heading up towards northern england away from the midlands, but the focus is the south—east of the next three hours. torrential rain, with flooding quite likely. the worst rain moves away into the north sea, and even further west, it tends to peter out. they were later in the night, many places become drier. it will be misty, temperatures down to 6-7. will be misty, temperatures down to 6—7. tomorrow, still some rain to clear away from overnight. one or two showers could develop for northern ireland, across wales and southern england, but many places tomorrow likely to be dry, with a little bit of sunshine. not promising huge amounts, and misty and dull start, but temperatures are still pretty good, helped by some sunshine. 14—16dc. that time is 5:31pm and we our life

at westminster, the fatty headlines today. in the queen's speech at the state opening of parliament, bills are proposed on crime, health and the environment but the priority was securing brexit by the end of the month. think governing's priority has a lwa ys think governing's priority has always been to securing the united kingdom's departure from the european union. on the 31st of october. it was boris johnson's first queen's speech as prime minister, but without a majority in the house of commons, labour says it's unlikely the bills will become law. the prime minister promised that they scream speech would dazzle us. on closer inspection missed a speaker, it is nothing more than fools gold. let's get on with the proposals and the measured announced in the screen speech, let's get on with our vision and let's get on with our vision where fairness and balance are at the heart of what we do.

just a favour of some of the debate on the queens beach which is now fully on in the house of commons, opened by the prime minister, leader of the opposition and some senior backbenchers but the leader of dems a short while ago the smp as well, all of that still going on. a debate in their queens beach, will be approved for queens beach and pass it? that is still an open question and that indeed would be a pretty new development as well. that has not happened for many, many years. at 5:33pm i will take a pause from the queens beach material and the analysis we had on that, there is more to come by the way but we will catch up with the sport now and with the full round—up that us joinjohn today. could afternoon galloping i had to bed football in bulgaria where they qualify for next summer's ewels with the victory. they lost to

the czech republic after a pretty disappointing performance. that is a concern friday manager as his previous experience of race and in a match against bulgaria. lincoln's footballers are used, but south, on friday they were lost, well defeat the czech republic has raised the question, are england as good as people thought? like game in is an important part of the player's carrier and the person's life. and maybe we were all focusing a lot on next summer and i've always maintained the first thing is we have to qualify. the national stadium here holds over 40,000 spectators, if people come, recent performances and dependencies have been short. bulgaria lost against kusumoto and the airways chanting anger which was noticed by uefa.

it's not being the only recent bulgarian incidents. and a section of the stadium will be closed quite a game against england as a punishment for racism. bulgaria's management —— manage just gave a different perspective. bulgaria championship we have not had such problems while there have been incidents of various levels of english football involving racism which i consider something normal because it's a big country with very diverse population but we don't have this problem in bulgaria i can assure you of that. bulgaria promised a welcome atmosphere, sophia offers plenty for english fans, you could sightsee on foot.|j am currently training for an american so i had to do a long run ona american so i had to do a long run on a sunday so i am here. this shows you can find interesting things to do when you are following england football team. the marathon has been

improving amy's pointing record can be broken. england have never lost a bulgaria, on the tonight counts. a british man has died following an incident there the foreign office confirming they supporting his family. i had of that game tonight. the brain injury charity... he said that james was being streetwise and pretending to be knocked out during the draw against croatia last night. he was involved in a policing during the first 15 minutes and appeared to be briefly unconscious but to be briefly unconscious but he played on aftertreatment, he passed the concussion test at half—time. he says his actions set a dangerous exemplify the millions watching at home. this sentiment was sent up in

their final match for home. this sentiment was sent up in theirfinal match for a hypothetical. he contested the red ca rd hypothetical. he contested the red card at the hearing today. in a bid to be available for an extent that av to be available for an extent that a's quarterfinal against new zealand, alabama has ruled them out of the rest of the tournaments. he has 48 hours to appeal against the decision. then and angelo play his first match this evening, he ceded a for the open and takes on bernard tomic with match do to start shortly. we replaced the top of the british rankings, he lost his seventh match in a row on tour. we be reflecting on the stories in sports today at half past six, that is all for me and i will hand it back. we will see later on. let's discuss what the queen's speech and the week ahead in more detail, joing me from glasgow is sirjohn curtice, professor of politics at strathclyde university.

thank you very much forjoining us, first of all, what struck you most about the screen speech?” first of all, what struck you most about the screen speech? i think what struck me most was that the idea that brexit is coming to be done and dusted if there prime minister emerges from brussels later this week with abo, frankly it's something of a misunderstanding. there are no less than seven of the 25 specific pieces of legislation that their government has put into the queens beach. of course there is the queens beach. of course there is the veil which would have to be passed to reflect the treaty currently being negotiated but then the major legislation about immigration and agriculture and fishing and trade. a very substantial amount is still going to be taken up with brexit even though supposedly we would have got to the

major business done at the end of october, there's a lot more to come. i would say that so far as the domestic side is confirmed, there we re domestic side is confirmed, there were one or two important bills, quite substantial and the unlimited agenda on criminaljustice, the truth is the government plus plus principle that makes it —— domestic announcements are not so much to do with legislation but to do with money and therefore what the queens beach has done is to reiterate the commitments to my spending on health and education and policing etc. to that extent it does not necessarily ta ke that extent it does not necessarily take much further forward, that extent it does not necessarily take much furtherforward, our understanding of the kind of appeal borisjohnson would understanding of the kind of appeal boris johnson would make understanding of the kind of appeal borisjohnson would make if indeed he and the opposition to agreed to hold an early election. that takes us into an interesting area. i'm just wondering what is your assessment giving their research you've been doing by peoples attitude to this requirement? do

they think that in the words of some mps this is a kind of some departments which is not achieving anything and is gridlock and that the action indeed would be a healthy democratic exercise of the stage? what are people thinking on that? with all the arguments about what we should do next, this has become an issue that divides remaining areas and the leave military success setting the scene keying on the idea of holding an election and feel apartment has been far too long and narrow view of brexit, they have looked at the opinion polls which suggest borisjohnson looked at the opinion polls which suggest boris johnson might looked at the opinion polls which suggest borisjohnson might have a good chance of winning election and therefore let's have a covenant that is clearly committed to brexit. on the other side of the main holidays they suggest that there is at least a consistent never needed for remaining if we were to have a second referendum and they seem key

on the getting rid of the referendum and that of course argument about whether or not the next step should bea whether or not the next step should be a referendum is now very clearly being played out inside the neighbour parts by all reports and in the something that more broadly is dividing the party that were responsible for and that they and the with me the truth is however less like everything else remains military take one view and even the military take one view and even the military state of another entry that extent is calling a general election will not be an un—contentious decision but frankly there is no on contentious decision but frankly there is no unpretentious decision one could take about brexit any more. thank you forjoining us. thank you for this and... as i listening, talking to us from our studio in glasgow, the spot and freshness that has said she will not be willing to support in the 19 neighbour government and unless jeremy corbyn agrees to grant a

second scottish independent referendum. but nicola sturgeon remains prepared to support that labour data as a caretaker prime minister for a labour data as a caretaker prime ministerfor a matter of labour data as a caretaker prime minister for a matter of days. labour data as a caretaker prime ministerfor a matter of days. if it results in an extension to article 50, which is a brexit today and that general election. she was speaking ahead of the speech of the s&p conference in aberdeen tomorrow, i was speaking ahead of the speech of the snb conference in aberdeen tomorrow, our scotland correspondent has more details. for nicola sturgeon just like has more details. for nicola sturgeonjust like all of has more details. for nicola sturgeon just like all of the party leaders, these are a testing times. how will brexit affect her ambition to make scotland an independent country? and more specifically, how would she get another referendum to make it happen? a beer with a neighbour it could be the answer, but she insists she is no fan of jeremy corbyn. i can't escape the conclusion that he's actually a secret brexiteer, the more

fundamental question that i think you are posting an answer to is i don't think there is a perfect placement there and see if westminster as far as they are concerned is broken beyond repair. she says objections to a referendum cannot be sustained. i actually think that opposition is cracking andi think that opposition is cracking and i think as public opinion continues to rise in support of an independence referendum they will not be able to stand so i'm pretty confident that we will be in a very difficult decision on this very soon and i'll continue in the meantime to make the case, the substantive case for dependents. among delegates there's a growing conviction than it's been before. there is also frustration, and patient that it depends on westminster allowing it to happen. it's inevitable i think. i think the whole uk will break up.

and bring your calamity to terry parkey has increased his support for independence by another couple of percent. in truth what's my taste is who is in power at westminster. borisjohnson has ruled out aligning another independence votes and jeremy corbyn had said it will not bea jeremy corbyn had said it will not be a priority for him. but for the delegates, nothing is more important. let us have a look at some of the other news stories outside politics because the funeral had taken place this mining of pc andrew harper who was killed in august while responding to a burglary. hundreds of fellow offices from forces throughout the uk line the route of the funeral quite taste to the centre of oxford to christ church cathedral, teenagers have been charged with murder, i correspondence reports. just weeks after his wedding day, the funeral of pc andrew harper. hundreds of his colleagues

from thames valley police lined the route, as the coffin was taken through the centre of oxford. in the vehicles behind, his widow lissie, their families and friends. a city silent, to remember a 28—year—old officer killed in the line of duty. well, he was so young and he'd got married. he'd got his life in front of him. yes, it's terrible. i think that a young man, in a peaceful country, just going about doing hisjob, something like that happening to him, it's terrible. and how important is it for you to stand here

and show your respect? very important, because where would we be without the police? officers came from across the uk to christ church cathedral, to pay tribute to a police constable described by colleagues as a hero. and his wife described him as "the loveliest and most selfless person you will ever meet". they were married forjust 28 days. the dean of christ church told the congregation that pc harper was a truly outstanding young man, who represented everything you would ever want in a police officer. syrian government forces have begun moving into key locations in the north—east of the country, after striking a deal with kurdish forces to counter a turkish invasion. it follows america's decision to pull all

of its remaining troops from the area controlled by the kurds. the death toll has been rising and more than 160,000 people have been forced from their homes. our correspondent martin patience has more from the syrian border with turkey. the decision to withdraw all their troops has been completely changed the dynamic of the conflict. about this, a week ago the kurds were allied with america. now that america's pulled out, the kurds have gone over to the syrian regime. the kurds were left scrambling to find protection and news procrastinate that they had reached an agreement with the syrian government. kurdish officials say it's a better compromise but they simply had no other choice. and then early today, reports of syrian government forces heading northwards towards the turkish border. we know according to reports that they've

entered two times in the northeast of the country. as for a techie, it's offensive continues on two other times including the line behind me and throughout the day we see turkish air strikes. it's only a matter of time until that time fall. i think the big danger now is potential flash points on the border. if you have a situation where pro—turkish forces are fighting syrian government forces which lets not forget, is backed by russia and iran. that is the danger of this syrian conflict, it's pulled ina lot of this syrian conflict, it's pulled in a lot of countries and the potential from a miscalculation from so many players is very high. the parents of harry dunn say they will only meet the american

woman allegedly involved in the crash that killed their son, if she promises to return to britain. anne sacoolas left the uk under diplomatic immunity during the investigation into the crash in northamptonshire in august. she has said she'd like to talk to harry dunn's parents, who have flown to the us to continue their fight for justice, as our correspondent richard lister reports. on that night there was an accident, a meeting made a mistake. she killed ourson, a meeting made a mistake. she killed our son, she a meeting made a mistake. she killed ourson, she did not a meeting made a mistake. she killed our son, she did not think about the accident. you cannot walk away from that and just leave and expect nothing to happen. our boy died, he deserves to have some justice what ever that turns out to be. you would wa nt ever that turns out to be. you would want justice for your child and that's all you want. we just want justice. justice for harry. in the continuing diplomatic battle.

one of britain's most notorious paedophiles has been stabbed to death in prison. richard huckle, who was from kent, had beenjailed for abusing up to 200 children overseas. he was found dead in his cell at hmp full sutton in yorkshire yesterday. our home affairs correspondent sarah corker reports. six authors from around the world are competing for this year's booker prize for fiction. margaret atwood and sir salman rushdie are among the nominees hoping to take home the 50 thousand pound prize. our correspondent rebecca jones is at london's guildhall where the winner will be announced tonight. that evening everyone, it promises to be quite a party here, 500 or so guests will be enjoying a champagne reception followed by a 3—course dinner. and among them, the six rightists rightly stay for the price this year. let's remind ourselves who they are. six of the best books

of the year are competing for the price. margaret atwood, the testa m e nts price. margaret atwood, the testaments is to seek wealth of the handmade scale, set 15 years later it follows three women in the totalitarian states of gilead. an orchestra of minorities is the second book of this author, the young nigerian farmer falls second book of this author, the young nigerian farmerfalls in love but then becomes the victim of a scam. the story is told by the guardian spirit. girl, woman, other has 12 main characters, women mostly black, blue —— mostly british with interconnected stories. in ten minutes 38 seconds in the strange world, she chronicles the life and death of a woman who becomes a sex worker in istanbul. dead in a dustbin, while her brain remains active, we let her story. and i

truly think single sentence 1000 page epic, a picture inside the catholic mind of a housewife from ohio trying to deal with modern life. the retelling of the 17th century novel, it's about a travelling salesman pursuing an unattainable woman across america. i'm delighted to say two of those authors are here with us now. the youngest author on the short list is here he is 32 and margaret atwood who shall be describe you as their senior states woman on the list this year? oldest will do. ifi might start with you first of all. the testa m e nt start with you first of all. the testament is the long—awaited sequel to the handmade scale which you wrote more than three decades ago. why did you decide now was the right time to return to your oppressive regime of gilead. after several

decades of moving away from gilead, the world turned around and started moving towards it again and you can see that not only in the united states rates quite obvious but in other countries in the world. i felt it was time to revisit gilead and see how it all fell apart. your book isa see how it all fell apart. your book is a heartbreaking tale about a young man who is prepared to win the love of his life. what inspired the story? so i went to school in cyprus in 2009 and i encountered a tiger came from nigeria and he got depressed and went up and died from there, so in the aftermath of that tragic event, i rememberwhat there, so in the aftermath of that tragic event, i remember what he told me that he did this because he was in love with a woman in nigeria and he sold everything he had so i wanted to retrace this journey and that's what inspired the novel. he

traced his journey and that's what inspired the novel. he traced hisjourney and give him a voice. margaret i wonder if you can tell me how much you think you have changed as a writer since you wrote the handmade scale? changed as a writer since you wrote the handmade scale ?|j changed as a writer since you wrote the handmade scale? i got a lot older. apart from that. i don't know ifa older. apart from that. i don't know if a hard question, i can't actually remember what i was like then,. has it become more difficult?” remember what i was like then,. has it become more difficult? i think it's the same degree of difficulty every time, you're always looking at a blank page and want to put something on it and that's the same for every right there. your story is narrated by a guardian spirit, i wondered why you thought that was the best way to tell your story?” like taking on difficult tasks and i told myself i was going to write a cosmological novel for africa like paradise lost so i also wanted this

cosmic being that has been reincarnated and coming from 700 years so to be able to afford me the liberty to chart the history of the people of the civilization across time. you've been here before, you think shortlisted for this price is six times, you want back in 2000 with a blind assassin, are you blase or does it still matter? it's a very lovely to be shortlisted and it would be very churlish not to turn up. would you like to win? i believe she would love to win, i don't know. maybe. it's a double edged sword for me but for a younger person i think it would be great. i suggest you guys give me the price. you have done very well this is a second

novel and it's the second time you've been shortlisted. thank you both very much, congratulations to being shortlisted and thank you for talking to us. we will bring you the announcement of the window life later, now it is the weather. we have seen it rain developing across many parts of the country today and they are smart warning of heavy rain to come. this was the scene earlier on here in wheelchair, river levels are certainly writing in response to that rain am i recently we are looking towards east anglia and the southeast of england to see so much wetter weather arriving and it's in these areas that we have faced amber thunderstorm warning from the met office, for the next two hours some torrential rain likely to bring some flooding as well. if we have a look at what's happening on the bigger picture we have got a couple of areas of low pressure and this one

brought rain tonight in ireland and lets it —— westin scotland. it's moving away, a space weather frontier that's been with us through the weekend and returning today and brought the first pulse of heavy rain upfrom brought the first pulse of heavy rain up from southwest of england to the midlands and into northern england but it's this area of rain and thunderstorms moving up that will bring the issues in the southeastern parts of east anglia. for the next the hours you can see everything is moving north to we will see some wet weather pushing back up towards northern england out to the west petering out. we will have some breaks in the cloud overnight and a bit misty some patches of fog and the lowest temperature will be in scotland where we saw the best of the weather today. for tomorrow, where we saw the best of the weather today. fortomorrow, more places will have a dried day, some sunshine at times and dry weather. they will be rain to clear away from overnight and the parties again heading out into the north sea. further west he pick up one or two showers perhaps into wales and set in england but

elsewhere it going to be a dry day it will gradually brighten up in the wings will be what —— night and reasonable. militants there is rain here out towards the west, eighth on this weather frontier. anchored here out towards the west, eighth on this weatherfrontier. anchored by that area of low pressure which comes into play later on in the week. the head of that, this band of rain will move its way northwards and eastwards on tuesday night. we've got rain to clear away on wednesday morning and the rain lingers across northern scotland on wednesday afternoon. some sunshine coming through and nice clean air showers coming in tonight in ireland and western scotland otherwise it should be dried during the day for the most part and those temperatures are where they should be at this time of the year. moving ahead into thursday we will find my wet weather coming in from the atlantic, stronger wings, most of the rain could be happy across the western side of the uk, even here we will pick upa side of the uk, even here we will pick up a few showers later on. the

temperature is still sitting at 12 to 16 degrees. where's all this rain coming from, it's coming from this area of low pressure, that will be the driving force coming in slowly but surely across the uk into friday and still be with us into the weekend so we have got some showers and some longer spells of rain, signs are early next week could be bit drier but also a bit cold there.

here at westminster, the queen has set out the government's policies. mps are debating it now. a centuries—old ceremony, but, at the heart of the queen's speech, the political issue of our times — brexit my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of october. the labour leader is dismissive. the prime minister says he aims to create a new age of opportunity for the country. at the heart of this speech is an ambitious programme to unite our country with energy and with optimism, but also with the basic common sense of one nation conservatism. the prime minister promised that this queen's speech would dazzle us.