take on her biggest challenge to date, competing in the very pool where she watched her idol, ellie simmondsic glory back in 2012, and sparked her interest to ta ke 2012, and sparked her interest to take up swimming. really excited, just to be in front of a home crowd, hopefully inspire other swimmers as well because i got inspired by london. i have trained there before, but to raise their will bring the adrenaline and really make me excited as well. with less than a year to go to tokyo, this teenage talent is certainly ready to take on the world and put her hometown on the world and put her hometown on the map. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello there. some wet and at times windy weather in the forecast overnight into wednesday. this area of low pressure is in fact the re m na nts of of low pressure is in fact the remnants of x hurricane dorian. these weather fronts gradually worked south—east through the night. the rain heavy and persistent for a time for north—west scotland, gradually working south and east through the night, becoming increasingly lig

won her 200 metres individual medley heat this morning, finishing nearly five seconds ahead of ellie simmonds in third. alice tai remains on course for a third gold medal in as many days — after winning her heat in the 100 metre butterfly. back to football. it was another record—breaking night for cristiano ronaldo last night. he scored four goals in portugal's 5—1 trashing of lithuania, he has now scored the more goals than anyone else in european qualifying, who did he overtake? ireland's robbie keane who, before the game, kindly asked ronaldo to "leave this one, "i think you have enough records, cristiano." not quite sure that he saw that post on social media. he has now got another record. he scored his first from the penalty spot, this was his second on the hour mark to equal keane's mark. he broke that with his hat—trick and his fourth means he has now scored 93 international goals, 16 behind iran legend ali daei's world record. will he catch that? after the game, the now retired robbie keane was very gracious, congratulating thejuventus striker on instagram. ronaldo has now scored 25 i

maisie summers newton has laid down a marker to british rival ellie simmonds at the world para swimmings in london. she won her 200 metres individual medley heat this morning — finishing nearly five seconds ahead of simmonds in third. both qualify for tonight's final. meanwhile, alice tai remains on course for a 3rd gold medal in as many days — after winning her heat in the 100 metre butterfly event. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. 0n there pretty soon you will fee confirmation of the team in the final ashes test tomorrow. the batsmen has been dropped for the final test tomorrow. we will have an update after tpm. thank you very much indeed. —— after two o'clock this afternoon. the united states is remembering the victims of the 9/11 attacks in a series of memorials marking the 18th anniversary. more than 2000 people who died in those terrorist attacks in new york city and washington. this is the scene at the white house. we are expecting president trump to arrive shortly. there will be a moment's silence to remember the near

won her 200 metres individual medley heat this morning, finishing nearly five seconds ahead of ellie simmondsr winning her heat in the 100 metre butterfly. back to football. it was another record—breaking night for cristiano ronaldo last night. he scored four goals in portugal's 5—1 trashing of lithuania, he has now scored the more goals than anyone else in european qualifying, who did he overtake? ireland's robbie keane who, before the game, kindly asked ronaldo to "leave this one, "i think you have enough records, cristiano." not quite sure that he saw that post on social media. he has now got another record. he scored his first from the penalty spot, this was his second on the hour mark to equal keane's mark. he broke that with his hat—trick and his fourth means he has now scored 93 international goals,

five—time paralympic champion ellie simmonds has made a good start to the para swimming world championshipsher heat of the 400 metres freestyle — that sees her qualify for tonight's final. ukraine's mereshko won the heat. from my point of view, this isjust a bonus, you know what i mean? i have achieved my dream of getting five gold medals. at the come to the world championships, i gave everything i had to qualify for this competition. to be here, i am in top form, i competition. to be here, i am in top form, lam competition. to be here, i am in top form, i am feeling good, and i have just got nothing to prove to anyone. whatever comes tonight, it is just a bonus. and ijust want to enjoy it and have fun. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more now on our top story. the government has confirmed that a five—week suspension of parliament will begin later today, with mps expected to again reject government calls for a snap election. speaking in the last few minutes, the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, has been giving his reaction to that news. let's listen to what he said. i think

disappointment meanwhile for ellie simmonds though, she finished out of the medals in fourth place.ord in that race. there have been silver medals for scott quinn in the men's100 metres breastroke, and toni shaw in the women's100 metres butterfly it's been a horrible night for hibernian in the women's champions league after they were thrashed 4—1 at home by slavia prague in the first leg of the first knock out round match. hibs got off to the perfect start when siobhan hunterfired home in the second minute. but it was downhill from then for hibs, tereza kozarova scored twice before andrea jarchovska hit the goal of the game to make it 3—1 slavia. they weren't done though — with around quarter of an hour left kozarova claimed her hat—trick to complete their 4—1 win. meanwhile, it was a better night for glasgow city who won 1—0 in moscow against chertanovo women. there were four goals at the etihad tonight as manchester city's former captain vincent kompany was honoured in his testimonial match celebrating his 10 years at the club which he left last season. kompa ny was unable to play

five—time paralympic champion ellie simmonds has made a good start to para swimming world championships. ukraine's yelyzaveta mereshko won the heat. that's all the sport for now. back to simon now. later this afternoon, this place effectively shuts down. prorogation of parliament happens after the close of business. let's talk now to the deputy leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey. how are you feeling about that? we think it's outrageous parliament is being shut down. borisjohnson trying to silence mps is absolutely wrong, it's a travesty of democracy, s0 wrong, it's a travesty of democracy, so parliament should be there, particularly at this moment of national crisis. the liberal democrats have been working cross party to try to stop this and will continue to do that, to stop a no—deal brexit, and we'll continue to lead the argument that has liberal democrats we want to stop brexit altogether. so do what boris johnson asks and have a general election, then. we have still argued that we need a peoples vote. a general election has many other issues, not just brexit, general elec

maisie summers newton has laid down a marker to british rival ellie simmonds at the world para swimmingive seconds ahead of simmonds in third. both qualify for tonight's final. meanwhile, alice tai remains on course for a third gold medal in as many days — after winning her heat in the 100 metre butterfly event. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more now on the ruling from the scottish courts this morning... it said the prorogation of parliament was unlawful. the snp mp, joanna cherry, is one of the politicians who brought the case and she is in edinburgh. you are delighted with this ruling. you are delighted with this ruling. you are delighted with this ruling. you are calling for an immediate return to parliament. why do you think the court today found differently from the hearing last week? well, of course, this is scotland's supreme court. three judges in scotland's supreme court of civil appeal ruled unanimously that the prorogation was unlawful because it was done for the express purpose of the stymying parliament, scrutinising the work of the

five time paralympic champion ellie simmonds won bronze in the s6, 400 metres freestyle, finishing just 16 of the vuelta a espana. it was another tough day in the asturian mountains, with the finish near the top of the alto de la cubilla. the team ineos rider crossed the line 22 seconds after the stage winnerjakob fugl—sang. primoz roglitch still leads the race overall. meanwhile, dutchman dylan groenewegen has won stage three of cycling's tour of britain, it's his second stage win but matteo trentin keeps the leader's green jersey. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. officials in the bahamas have defended their response to hurricane dorian — saying they are dealing with the disaster. at least 45 people were killed last week. aid agencies say tens of thousands of residents still have no access to food or clean water. aleem maqbool reports now from the abaco islands — one of the worst hit areas. with little left to stay for after the hurricane, there's a clamor now to get off this devastated island. the airstrip's opened on abaco, and thoug

summers—newton won her 200 metres individual medley heat, finishing nearly five seconds ahead of ellie simmonds we will see you a bit later on. let‘s get some more now on the day‘s brexit developments and take a closer look at one of the key sticking points, the irish backstop, the mechanism to avoid a hard border in ireland. as things stand, the uk and ireland are both eu member states, so goods can cross the border without the need for checks. after brexit, the 310—mile border between northern ireland and the republic will be the only land border, between the uk and the eu. a failure to reach a trade agreement would mean northern ireland would end up with different rules and standards to the republic of ireland. to avoid any checks, an insurance plan, agreed between theresa may and eu leaders, which would keep the uk in a close relationship with the eu until a trade deal was agreed. some conservative mps fear the uk would be trapped indefinitely by such an arrangement. they have been very, very opposed to it. some have suggested recently that the deal could be amended so that the backstop onl

five time paralympic champion ellie simmonds has made a good start to the para swimming world championships freestyle — that sees her qualify for tonight's final. ukraine's yely—zaveta mereshko won the heat. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. all being well if politics does not overta ke all being well if politics does not overtake us at westminster here. thank you very much. welcome back to westminster where a five week suspension of parliament will begin later, after mps are expected to again reject government calls for a snap election. in another of this afternoon's developments, john bercow says he will stand down as commons speaker and mp at the next election or on 31 october, whichever comes first. immediately after his announcement, mps across the house paid tribute to the speaker — we can hear some of them now. this parliament is stronger for your being speaker, our democracy is strongerfor being speaker, our democracy is stronger for your being speaker, our democracy is strongerfor your being being speaker, our democracy is stronger for your being the speaker. a

disappointment meanwhile for ellie simmonds though, she finished out of the medals in fourth place. a new championship record in that race. there have been silver medals for scott quinn in the men's 100 metres breastroke, and toni shaw in the women's 100 metres butterfly it's the start of the first knockout round in the women's champions league. glasgow city made a 2,000—mile trip to moscow to play chertanovo women, it was worth it though as they won 1—0, hayley lauder with the goal. the other scottish club in the competition hibernian are hosting slavia prague in the first leg of their tie this evening. they came through qualifying to reach the last 32. and hibs took less than three minutes to take the lead. siobhan hunter pouncing on a loose ball. 1—0, they lead after half an hour's play. salafi of prague havejust salafi of prague have just scored, it is currently 1—1. europe and the united states are stepping up their preparations for the solheim cup which begins on friday. the europeans are aiming to regain the trophy with captain catriona matthew saying it would be the greatest