this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: families in vietnam including relatives of this girl, say they fear their loved ones are among the people who died in a refrigerated container in essex. the lorry driver remains in custody and police have made —— made three more arrests. the prime minister tells jeremy corbyn to back an election as the eu agree to another brexit delay but don't say for how long. i reported to the crash of a boeing 737 uncovers a catalogue of failures which led to the deaths of 189 people. teenagers buying class a drugs on social media parents are warned

that they're oblivious to the way children are being targeted by drug dealers online. pretty‘s biggest remaining payday loa n pretty‘s biggest remaining payday loan provider is to close with thousands of complaints about its lending still and results. the families of six young people from vietnam say they fear they could be among the 39 who were found dead in a refrigerated container in essex. the brother of 26 year old farm char me says she has not been heard from since tuesday night when she sent desperate messages saying she was dying and could not breathe. her last known location was belgium.

a 26 year old man and a 19 year old woman haven't been heard from either. today police arrested two more people in connection with the deaths. a fourth arrest has taken place. northern irish man was arrested at sta nsted northern irish man was arrested at stansted airport on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people and on suspicion to manslaughter. the force made a fresh appeal. suspicion to manslaughter. the force made a fresh appealli suspicion to manslaughter. the force made a fresh appeal. i would like to speak directly to anyone who thinks their loved ones i have been in the trailer. i know you may be worried about sticking to the police and i would like to reassure you that we just want to be able to give the victim's families answers about what has happened. i can't begin to comprehend what some of you must be going through right now. you have my assurance that essex police will be working tirelessly to understand the whole picture to this absolute tragedy. i would also like to make an appeal to anyone living illegally in this country who could help our

investigation. please come forward and speak to us without fear. i can assure you that your information will be received in the strictest of confidence and no criminal action will be taken against you. with more on the story, ed thomas has this report. this 26—year—old woman is from vietnam. tonight, she is missing. herfamily fear she vietnam. tonight, she is missing. her family fear she is one vietnam. tonight, she is missing. herfamily fear she is one of vietnam. tonight, she is missing. her family fear she is one of the 39 people to lose her life in the refrigerated container found in essex. at the exact time the container was crossing from zeebrugge, she sent this disturbing message. i'm really, really sorry, mum and dad. my trip to a foreign land has failed. i am mum and dad. my trip to a foreign land has failed. iam dying, i can't breathe, i love you very much. her brother wanted to broadcast its appeal on the bbc.

the bbc has also spoken to the family of another man also missing tonight. the vietnamese embassy in london is now working with uk authorities to identify any big —— any victim is suspected of being from vietnam. today, this investigation moved to cheshire. police arrested a 38—year—old man and a 38—year—old woman from warrington on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people and manslaughter. in essex, detectives are continuing to question a 25—year—old lorry driver named locally in northern ireland as mo robinson from county armagh. while the delicate process of private

ambulances under police escort remove all 39 bodies from the refrigerated container, postmortem examinations will be carried out, one by one, as police try to find out who they were and how they died. was this noise? a fridge working? that is the sound of the fridge? for a check has been restored —— transporting refrigerated lorries for two years. temperatures can get as low as —25. what's inside? i don't know. you don't know what is inside? i don't know. it is sealed here and i can't... he is not allowed to break the seal but every move he makes is followed by a gps tracker. because it is an expensive track. and we have learnt more about the gps movements of the

refrigerated container found in essex. sources say tracking gps data shows the container left monaghan in ireland in october the 15th, they made trips to dublin and wales before crossing from dover to calais on the evening of october 16. once in mainland europe, it appears the container travelled between belgium and france, visiting dunkirk, bruges, and lille, before it make its final journey from zeebrugge bruges, and lille, before it make its finaljourney from zeebrugge to purfleet. around half an hour later, it had been picked up by a lorry and all 39 bodies discovered inside. for three years, they have been security concerns over purfleet, warnings, smuggling gangs were targeting the ports. they are dishevelled. some of them have got phones and they are smart. janet has lived opposite for more than 35 years. what is the largest number of people you have seen come off a container? probably about 30. two dozen at least. this is now an international

investigation as police searched for the truth and answers for all 39 victims. ed thomas, bbc news, tilbury docks. joining me now from vietnam is mimu vu an independent trafficking specialist. thank you for speaking to us here on bbc news. thank you for having me. i would like to get your reaction at this news. for many of us here in britain, it is really quite shocking, but secondly, also, the fa ct shocking, but secondly, also, the fact that these were vietnamese. we are fact that these were vietnamese. we a re often fact that these were vietnamese. we are often associated with chinese from asia. yes. i mean, the statistics speak for themselves. for a number of years now, the vietnamese victims suspected victims of trafficking to the uk has been increasing. the foreign victims behind albania, of course uk citizens being number one. and number one, number two for children

as well. this is a trade that has been going on for decades now, since 19805, 19905, after the end of the vienna man american war. —— vietnam. it still seems like it is shocking. for the vietnamese smugglers, they operate in a very clad steinway. from the way that they smuggle people over, the roots, and also to the cats themselves. although safe houses in the camps in northern france, they used to be one that was around for almost ten years before being, a lot of attention paid to it in the last few years and finally, the french government dismantled it. but for ten years, it operated on its own and only for vietnamese people. so, it is shocking but it is not shocking because this has been going on under the radarfor a very, very long time. remind us why they feel they need to leave and travel

afield. well, it is a combination of geography, culture, history, tradition, and economics. most of that the enemies who go to europe come from a handful of provinces. in the central north, and his other provinces that since 19805, 19905, has been sending. these are the promises of people who have been going abroad to earn money and sending money back home. post—1979 the war, through multiple waves of migration, many people went abroad and formed a diaspora community who then would earn money and send it back to their families. last year, i believe we were at the top ten country, i think number eight, for total amount of people sent back to vietnam. that made up almost 10% of the gdp. and even though vietnam is a fast developing country, lots and

foreign investment, it is growing, it is the jewel of southeast asia in terms of development and investment, people from these particular provinces, because their proof in the pudding is that you know, is the home is the motorbikes and that built and bought by the money sent over from overseas. most built and bought by the money sent overfrom overseas. most families are unaware of exactly how their family members over the years have urged this money, they think it is through working in nail salons or being a merchant, and they not been told the truth that, you know, it is a struggle, or that they are being held in virtual slavery conditions. as long as the person overseas can send money back home to support theirfamily. send money back home to support their family. we understand it was a number, just some of those dead in that container, were vietnamese. we understand that some of the money that had been paid to the traffickers had been paid back to the families. is that usual? and

what sort of reaction has this story received in vietnam ? what sort of reaction has this story received in vietnam? that is unusual for its speed. and the fact that it has happened. that is something that, you know, should be verified in vietnam. and it is gaining traction here, i'vejust returned from london back to vietnam and i have been less than 2a hours here and already because of the name of one of the young women who are suspected to be a victim, was released in vietnam and so people are... it is making news here and people are concerned about it. but i don't really think this will deter anyone from going. thank you very much. borisjohnson has told jeremy corbyn to ‘man up' and back his call for a december election. mr corbyn says he wants a general election but he and his mps are thought unlikely to vote for one unless the prime minister rules out

a no deal brexit. in brussels eu officials have agreed in principle to grant britain a further extension after mrjohnson was required by parliament to request one but it's not yet known for how long. there is some flash photography in this report from our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. it looks easy enough. can't make the scissors work, can't get an early election either. run the world? as if! he needs labour votes to make a quick collection happen and jeremy corbyn is holding back. we can have more debates on brexit, that is what he really wants. but they've got to agree a deadline. time forjeremy corbyn, man up, let's have an election on december the 12th. he is campaigning as if the election has started. downing street even

suggested the government would just ask again and again for an election if mps said no, virtually go on strike from doing anything else. really? isn't that an irresponsible way to go about? you are totally confused here. we are going to be governing... so, maybe no government strike after all. but what will labourdo? strike after all. but what will labour do? the party split and jeremy corbyn is in no hurry to give the pm that the collection he wants. for now, he is saying no election until there is no chance at all of leaving with no deal. until there is no chance at all of leaving with no deallj until there is no chance at all of leaving with no deal. i hope the eu gra nts leaving with no deal. i hope the eu grants an extension. my position is we have to get no deal taken of the table first because it would be catastrophic forjobs table first because it would be catastrophic for jobs and businesses. for brexit, as one door opens, another is closed. have a good day. no comment. it is a very good day. no comment. it is a very good discussion. the brussels chief

negotiator was meeting ambassadors are keeping the uk guessing. while mps wait to see what extension is offered, the eu is waiting to see what westminster decides. westminster already seems paralysed. ifan westminster already seems paralysed. if an action is blocked next week, politics could be reduced to a game of who plays first. who will yield? the snp want to see more up for the fight than the others, the lib dems wa nt fight than the others, the lib dems want a contest, too, but it brexit is approved first, how can they campaign as the party to stop brexit? we need to have the extension secured and implemented before we can consider a general election so that borisjohnson does not use the time available to take the country out on no deal. what i wa nt the country out on no deal. what i want is the opposition parties to come together with a vote of no confidence to bring this government down, to move to a quick collection. hopefully, the end of next week. out by next week. the young boy, that is, not the pm. he can only wish and

white. —— not the eu. our political correspondent, helen catt is at westminster. how likely is it that he will get his election? he has asked twice and twice he has failed. what are the chances of it having a more successful result on monday? at the moment, they are not looking all that good. for all the reasons you heard john outline of whether different opposition parties are. this is important because of the fixed—term parliaments act which means he has to get two thirds of mps to vote in favour of an election. he needs 434 mp5, that is the manic number. borisjohnson only has 288 conservatives so you see where his problem lies, he has got to pick up mangers —— members of the

position to go for this. if labour abstained, as it did in the last two occasions, which is where the guesswork thinks it might go to on monday, vertically in the absence of a decision on any extension from brussels, the detail of a decision, it looks like he will form —— fall a long way short. for all boris johnson the talk of manning up, well, it is labour who holds the power here in granting an election, purely because of the maths in parliament. they are the opposition so what will incentivise them to go to the polls? they are in an uncomfortable position because there are splits within the party of whether they should go to an election or not, and it also puts borisjohnson in election or not, and it also puts boris johnson in an election or not, and it also puts borisjohnson in an uncomfortable position. if he can't pass legislation and if you can't get the election he wants, whether to go now? thank you. and we'll find out how this story , and many others , are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me

tonight are michael booker, deputy editor of the daily express, and dawn foster, who's a columnist at the guardian. officials in indonesia have said that a series of failures were responsible for the lion air plane crash that killed 189 on board last year. investigators said faults by boeing, the airline and the pilots created a complex chain of events that led to the disaster. in response, boeing said it has taken action to correct the issues highlighted — in particular, redesigning the way crucial sensors on an automatic control system work to correct the plane's positioning. our business correspondent theo leggett is here. what does this report tell us? it isa it is a long report, more than 300 pages but what it shows as a whole catalogue of interlinked failures contributed to this disaster. just a

select a few of them, they were maintenance failures, the plane was fitted with a sensor that was faulty, there were suggestions that the ground crew didn't test it when i fitted it to the aircraft. on top of that, there was a flawed design, this aircraft had a flight control system which relied on data from a single sensor, in the case of the crashed aircraft, the sensor was fa u lty crashed aircraft, the sensor was faulty so when it contained incorrect information, deployed at the wrong time. it forced the nose of the aircraft down when the pilots we re of the aircraft down when the pilots were trying to gain altitude. then, they were failures on part of the pilot, they didn't communicate with one another the way they would have been expected to in order to diagnose what was wrong and try and come up with some kind of solution to fly the plane. and the report does suggest as well that the first officer, the co—pilot, was lacking some basic flying skills. but all of this together and you have a chain of events, as you say, that created a disaster in which 189 people were killed. boeing have said they have

taken corrective killed. boeing have said they have ta ken corrective measures, killed. boeing have said they have taken corrective measures, is that enough? boeing have taken corrective measures to get the aircraft back flying. it needs to do that because it is to sell them. the question is why this aircraft was flying at all because although this report suggests there was a whole catalogue of failures, lion air doesn't come out of it very well, for example, the fact is that a second accident occurred a few months later with an almost identical aircraft. implicated in that accident was the same design faults, the same problem with the flight software that caused the first accident so it is legitimate to ask why after the first accident in which the spellings were picked up on pretty quickly with this aircraft still flying months later and in which another accident occurred ? is flying months later and in which another accident occurred? is that the next step? yes, next week, the boeing chief executive will be facing us politicians in congress, questions are being asked about the relationship between boeing and the

regulator, the federation —— which cleared the aircraft to fly, whether there was too much coordination, they were too close, that kind of thing is going on, and of course legal repercussions will be going on for years. thank you. parents are being warned that they are oblivious to the way children and teenagers are being targeted by drug dealers on social media and how accessible cheap class a drugs now are. it follows the deaths of at least a dozen children under the age of 16 across the uk since 2017 after taking ecstasy. our correspondent hywel griffith has this special report. you do, you think you're invincible as a child, you know? still grieving, still confused. it's six months since tatum lost her little boy. i think i didn't want it to be real. you don't want to believe it or something. i was thinking, no, this is somebody else, it's got to be. it can't be carson. 13—year—old carson price died after taking ecstasy in this park. his mother's been told it was sold

to him through a snapchat message on his phone forjust a few pounds. when they told me the cost as well, to know what my son's life, how much that cost... it was too easy, as easy as going to buy sweets in a sweet shop. you know, it was advertised on snapchat, meet someone openly, in broad daylight... here? and that's how easy it was. carson is one of at least a dozen children who have died in the uk since 2017 after taking ecstasy, in a trade which has passed most adults by. but not these teenagers in cardiff, who tell me children are being targeted by drug dealers online and in the classroom. i've known people take them as young as 12, and it can start off like marijuana, but it can really quickly grow to ecstasy. that person who's in the library who is revising is also a drug dealer part—time, because it's such fast money. you can look outside your window, there's about eight kids

running back and forth. you know exactly what they're doing. a lot of drugs are actually sold off snapchat, just simply, so accounts would be made, they're kind of hard to track, they'll approach you and they'll deliver to you as well. snapchat has told the bbc there is no place on its messaging service for drugs. it encourages users to report illegal activity. when the police carry out raids, this is what they find. ecstasy tablets are now at least double the strength and 80% cheaper than they were in the 19905, making them more accessible than ever. you don't have to go to an unknown house any more. there are no drug dens. it's almost become respectable. it's a text message, an arrangement made very often by phone for a cost, really visible to the public, often not to the police. what is visible is the harm to young lives and the helplessness some families feel. carson was only 13.

it's going to get younger if they don't start making an example of it. it's just going to go on and on and on and spiral, and people are going to get away with it, making money. from what? from families being torn apart. the home office says it is concerned by the rise in use of class as. it's awaiting the findings of a major review to understand exactly who is most at risk. hwyel griffith, bbc news. britain's biggest remaining payday loan provider, quickquid, is to close with thousands of complaints about its lending still unresolved. quickquids' american owners said they were exiting the uk market because of what it described as "regulatory uncertainty". there are around 10—thousand customers who say they were given loans they could not afford to repay. if their claims are upheld, those affected may only receive a fraction of their compensation. helen barnard is deputy director of policy at the joseph

rowntree foundation — an independent social change organisation which works to solve uk poverty. she joins me now from our studio in leeds. it may be leaving the british market but there are still unresolved problems. there are, and i think the biggest problem is the fact that so many workers are being driven to ta ke many workers are being driven to take out high cost credit, often just to cover grocery bills and make the rent and so on. because we've got around one in eight workers locked in poverty, we've got a lot of people really struggling to stay afloat between paycheques. and what you find is that any unexpected expense, so the boiler breaks down, your kids need new shoes, and suddenly you are beyond what you can afford, or if you get a couple of shifts cancelled, there are a lot of people in the gig economy, and suddenly you cannot make it to payday and you're left with no alternative but to go into this very high cost credit that actually just

pulls you deeper. so, that is the problem we need solve, as well as getting and is to be responsible in their practices. how do you think we do solve that, then? because obviously they are just going to turn somewhere else to get the help, aren't they? and they will still be in debt. how do you do to solve the demand will still be there. we need employer to do much more, we need employers to be playing decently to help workers actually progress up for entry level jobs and help workers actually progress up for entry leveljobs and also commit to giving workers predictable shifts. around one in five low income workers say they do not know what ships they are working from one month to the next, that means they do not know what they are earning so it isn't very hard to manage your budget in those circumstances. employers can also partner up with credit unions that do offer affordable credit so that workers need extra, they can do it without being sucked under. and we need the government to take action on this

and not just government to take action on this and notjust on regulation. we need the government to make sure that workers who need help from tax credits, which many people rely on when they are in low—paid work, those have been frozen for four yea rs those have been frozen for four years while prices rise, that means those workers have been running to keep up with prices and their money is just stretching less and less far. if we tackle both those things, we could really shrink the demand for this kind of high cost credit. 0k, for this kind of high cost credit. ok, and quickly and finally, how likely is it that those who are still awaiting compensation will get to see their money? it is very, very uncertain. the chances are a lot of people won't. people who still do have loans may have to keep on paying them off so a lot of people will need support to get through this. just a going doesn't remove the problem that already many people have been sucked into. —— just quickquid going doesn't remove the problem. alzhiemers is the most common form of dementia — and there's no cure for it. but now scientists believe they could be on the cusp

of a breakthrough — after a drugs company said it had the first treatment for alzheimers. (ani)in the uk, in the uk, dementia is the single biggest cause of death. 850,000 people are living with some form of it — and that figure is expected to rise to around two million by 2050. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, reports on the alzheimer's drug which just six months ago was deemed a failure. i was there, right there, in the chair. this lady was in the middle of receiving biogen's experimental alzheimer's drug in march when her consultant ran in and said the trial was being halted immediately. i was shaking, and this was devastating. yes, it was. and very unexpected news. it was. it was a big shock. biogen said the drug, called aducanumab, simply didn't work, but after analysing more data, it now believes it does slow alzheimer's in higher doses. did you feel it was working? yes... ..yes, idid.

if you can you tell me the name of this animal? she was diagnosed with alzheimer's three years ago. and that's one of those... you know. . .! it affects her language skills and she often struggles to find words. i do know it but i can't say it. her husband philip is relieved her condition has not got significantly worse. maybe because of the drug. i think it made a difference. she's still the person i was married to for 35 years and we're still doing things like this. i don't know whether the drug worked but what i know is that my wife is still the person i knew. yeah. biogen said patients in a high dose of aducanumab had 23% less cognitive decline after 18 months than those on a dummy drug. it helped them retain life skills, like being able to do household chores. abnormal amyloid, then it will show up as red...

aducanumab is designed to clear amyloid, an abnormal protein which ravages the brain, so could it be the wonder drug scientists have spent decades searching for? i have to be cautious here because of what's happened in the past. so, i hope we have the first drug that's going to slow alzheimer's, but i have to see more to be fair to my patients and the people that have got hope. but if we do, it would be enormous? yeah, it would be the biggest thing that's happened in alzheimer's — ever. and medical regulators will be poring over all of biogen's as yet unpublished trial data before they decide whether to grant it a licence. they'll be very cautious indeed. it's relatively immature data. they'll be looking incredibly closely at that and normally what they would want to see is a second study, to confirm those results. if aducanumab passes all its regulatory hurdles, it's still likely to be another

two—three years before it comes on the market here in the uk. it will undoubtedly be are expensive but it could also be transformative for patients, giving them crucial extra years of quality life. and enjoying life together is what matters to charman and phillip — living with dementia, not defined by it. fergus walsh, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes hello there, heavy outbreaks of rain will continue to affect parts of england and wales but it is across the south of wales that the met office have issued their amber weather warning. we could get around hundred 20 millimetres of rain, more than enough to cause flooding problems. it is not the only place that was a heavy rain, overnight and into saturday logically relations of rain across the south—west england, the peaks rain across the south—west england, the pea ks and rain across the south—west england, the peaks and pennines, and even lower down into the mid loads of

northern england will be enough rain to cause some localised surface water flooding issues. a to cause some localised surface waterflooding issues. a mild night in the south, quarterly patchy frost in the south, quarterly patchy frost in the north—west and showers at time affecting the high ground in north—west scotland. into saturday, as the band of rain slowly ease away from those worst affected areas they what will still be running down off the hills into the river catchment so flooding will get worse before it gets better. sunshine and blustery showers across the north—west of the country and for most of us, it is a cold day, the milder airjust clinging on because if i south—east of inwood. that your weather. —— across the south—east of england, thatis across the south—east of england, that is your weather.

the headlines on bbc news with lu kwesa burak. families in vietnam say they fear their loved ones are among the 39 people who died in the refrigerated container in essex. the lorry driver remains in custody and police have now made 3 more arrests as they continue their investigation. the prime minister tells jeremy corbyn he should back an election as the eu agree to another brexit delay but don't say for how long. a report into the crash of a boeing 737 max lion air flight uncovers a catalogue of failures which led to the deaths of 189 people. teenagers buying class a drugs on social media parents are warned

that they're oblivious to the way children are being targeted by drug dealers online. more now on brexit and eu ambassadors have approved pa rliament‘s request for a further brexit extension but have delayed on announcing the length of the new deadline until next week. the prime minister has insisted the uk still has a chance to leave the european union on october 31st, despite his chancellor admitting his deadline can't be met. before we discuss some of the language borisjohnson has used around the brexit debate, with my guests, let's get a flavour of borisjohnson's continuous promise of delivering brexit by october 31st. i think that it is ourjob to get brexit done on october the 31st. this country will leave the eu on

october the 31st. we will make sure we can come out on the 31st of october. we are ready on october the 31st. to come out on october the 31st. 3ist. to come out on october the 31st. 31st. 31st, come or die. with me to look a closer look at the some of borisjohnson's recent comments surrounding brexit and the prospects of an early general election is laura trott, a former special advisor to david cameron, and olivia utley, deputy editor at the article. thank you for coming in. we are going to start off with that rhetoric that we heard so far, a lwa ys rhetoric that we heard so far, always the 31st. why do you think he has stuck to that? olivia? always the 31st. why do you think he has stuck to that? 0livia?|j always the 31st. why do you think he has stuck to that? olivia? i think it has shown his absolute determination and although it is quite fun to laugh at him now watching those clips, but actually i'm not sure how badly it will

affect him because he has shown over and over again that he really wanted to leave the eu on the 31st and obviously in a general election he will be trying for people versus parliament narrative and that might play quite well. he wanted to, he was determined but he was stopped at every opportunity. that is what his line will be and it might work.|j think that is probably right, it is a political signal more than anything else. it was important during the leadership campaign to differentiate himself from the others running as the person most committed to brexit and that is what he has continued to do. if you think about his electoral strategy, he needs to be the person uniting the leaf vote. it is important for him to stick to this as far as possible and to be seen to be the person most keen on achieving brexit. would you have given him that advice where you're sitting down with him? the crucial thing, and what you have seen live in a cross from the vote to leave campaign and the referendum campaign to where you are now, is a real clarity on a message. when you

think about a political campaign of any sort that is incredibly important. i think it is cutting through. if you look at whereby jansen is pulling, a couple of pulls, this week. —— if you look at where borisjohnson is pulling this week. the conservatives are 13 — 15 points ahead, that is a significant lead and it shows it is working. points ahead, that is a significant lead and it shows it is workingm he ensuring that he is speaking to the voters when he says the 31st? because a lot of mps don't believe him, do they? no, buti because a lot of mps don't believe him, do they? no, but i think that is what is very interesting about him. he is always speaking to voters and we have seen that through the election, this has been an election strategy but even in pm keys you notice he talks in a way that is com plete notice he talks in a way that is complete different to theresa may. it is little bits that can be clipped and shared on social media and it goes down with a lead balloon

with mp5 but he wants to get through to voters. is it getting through? if the pulling is to be believed, yes, he isa the pulling is to be believed, yes, he is a much more popular than labour. it is astonishing, and the fa ct labour. it is astonishing, and the fact conservatives have been in government for so many years. electoral logic would dictate that labour should be had by now. he has also been repeatedly promising he will not ask for an extension. we know what happened of course and we have heard from the eu that they will, we don't know how long. let's just listen in to a couple of exa m ples of just listen in to a couple of examples of how he has been addressing this. i want everybody to know there are no circumstances in which i will ask brussels to delay. we are leaving on the 31st of october no ifs or buts. can you make a promise today to the british public that you will not go back to brussels and ask for another delay to brexit? yes, i can. i'd rather be

deadin to brexit? yes, i can. i'd rather be dead ina to brexit? yes, i can. i'd rather be dead in a ditch. we are all very familiar with that phrase but let's go back to the extension. refusing to ask, why is that so important to him? again, it comes down to personal credibility on this issue. he is the person who was one of the main leaders of the vote leave campaign. he needs to be the person who is seen to be delivering brexit and he wants to be the person who is driving a sense of momentum forward. therefore, any sense of delay coming from him as electoral suicide for him. it really was crucial that he was seen to have that determination and that is why he had the clever ruse this weekend where he didn't actually sign the letter because again it can't be him who is seen to be forcing this delay. we have all beenin be forcing this delay. we have all been in situations where we have had to compromise. wouldn't it be more ofa to compromise. wouldn't it be more of a leadership move to accept and

be realistic that he has to make a compromise here? the public know what is going on, we have all had to meet deadlines. it is coming across and what is being dishonest, don't you think? that is one way of looking at it. i suppose the other way is if you look at the big picture, it is very easy to think he has got part of his deal through, we are very nearly there, why can't we just copyright an extent but the biggest picture is he has a —40 minority in parliament and at every hurdle he comes up against it is going to be so, so difficult to get his legislation through. this is failing to pass the programme notion. some people say he is throwing his toys out of the pram and pretending this is a nightmare but it is the first of so many issues he will come up against. you can see why he just thinks nil, it is time to get himself a proper majority. what about the language? we heard man up and accept an election, dead in a ditch, surrender bill. the overuse of gender

stereotype terms had been quite interesting. it potentially needs to stop at some stage. we had to release what describing cameron. it is the way he uses line which, it is a colourful turn of phrase and he is brilliant getting a headline. but i think some of the more gendered language is to stop soon.|j think some of the more gendered language is to stop soon. i agree, person, but i don't think... you get lots of women on twitter, people like you and me, who will say we don't like the gender language but actually among the country at large... what you think that says about the british public are now look at their politicians and are frankly quite forgiving of the sort of behaviour? well, actually, i think this sort of behaviour has been going on in parliament for yea rs been going on in parliament for years and i think most of the british public have been ok with it for yea rs british public have been ok with it for years and it is only recently there has been a sort of, i don't like to use the word woke, but that

is what it is, a sort of london bubble of people who objected that language but the language in parliament has been consistent and voters have been consistent in not having a problem. it is the people who don't like it who are relatively new. i am not saying i agree with the language boris johnson new. i am not saying i agree with the language borisjohnson uses but mps have been getting away with it for years. let's address the likelihood of a december election. jeremy corbett and the labour party are actually any really difficult position here because you could run the same videos you have been running a boris johnson what the same videos you have been running a borisjohnson what he has been saying about jeremy corbyn a promise he will vote for a general election if no deal is taken off the table for october 31, he is now going back on that and the comments coming out today, it looks like he is saying unless no deal is taken off the table altogether, which would mean immediately implementing the free trade deal or a booking article 50, then he is not going to vote for a general election on monday. he is nuance in his position

and changing it on a daily basis at the moment and i think it will cut through to voters at some stage but i think the short answer is unlikely on monday. very quickly. yeah, i don't think you will get a two thirds majority, i think if there was a 19 build the snp will support it because they have a lot to gain from this election but i don't see the chance of getting a two thirds majority is high on monday. thank you very much indeed, brexit continues. the questions of a brexit continues. the questions of a brexit continues but thank you for that. you are watching the bbc news. the uk's four main mobile phone networks have agreed to work together to improve coverage in rural areas. it'll cost a billion pounds, and aims to ensure 95% of the country gets ag signal by 2025. currently, a third of the uk has coverage that's patchy or non existent. we are going to get an idea of how

it really does affect people. sally isa it really does affect people. sally is a writer, a magistrate and business coach from bridgnorth in shropshire. she runs an online community. thank you forjoining us. tell us, your experience of not being connected to the net. well, you know, i put something out on my community this morning and people we re community this morning and people were telling me that even in our town, i thought cabbage in our town was ok, but there are spots in the town where people have patchy coverage “— town where people have patchy coverage —— i thought coverage in our town was ok. there is a digital paradox going on. on the one hand we are getting more savvy, we are shopping online, banking online, booking tickets, theatre tickets, airline, things like that. when i am coaching businesses i am saying make it easy for people to give you money, take card payments if you are

a rural business or a small business ora a rural business or a small business or a start—up, a rural business or a small business ora start—up, and a rural business or a small business or a start—up, and all those things rely upon having a good signal and a reliable signal that isn't going to cut out to mid—transaction. there is that side of things that makes it difficult for the community and also for business owners, so our local economy, you know, it is a blight. it isa economy, you know, it is a blight. it is a blight we alljust seem to accept rather. how has bridgnorth reacted to this news that they could be seeing a much better and improved service? it is fantastic news. we area service? it is fantastic news. we are a thriving rural economy, we are are a thriving rural economy, we are a great market town, we were a great british high street winners in 2016 and fighting hard against this narrative of high street to decline and things like that, so to feel that the phone companies are on our

side and going to help us, i know that the bbc have been out today talking to some rural business owners like a tree surgeon, i have been speaking to a timber merchant myself and they are really overjoyed because there is a self and safety aspect. —— health and safety aspect. they need to know where their guys are and be able to contact emergency services in case of any mishaps. the timber merchant, he said to me, i am a lwa ys timber merchant, he said to me, i am always having to bring people back. that is not very professional, is it? so, it is expensive on his phone bill. this means he can be more responsive with customer service, and we want our local economy to flourish, all the rural economies in the uk to flourish so this is a real helping hand. very quickly, 2025, can you wait that long? it is a long wait and can you wait that long? it is a long waitandi can you wait that long? it is a long

wait and i really hope there can