the army and royal marines will follow next year. good morning, it's friday the ist of september. s back on. some workers have been issued with redundancy notices and there are fears that mountains of waste will start piling up on the streets again. customers are told to "suck it up", as the eu bans vacuum cleaners which are too noisy or powerful.

the army and royal marines will follow next year. good morning, it's friday the 1st of september. also this morning: the birmingham bin strike is back on. some workers have been issued with redundancy notices and there are fears that mountains of waste will start piling up on the streets again. customers are told to "suck it up", as the eu bans vacuum cleaners which are too noisy or powerful. the hop harvest is getting under way this week and it's set to be a bumper year. but with prices rising around the world, what will it all mean for britain's expanding craft beer industry? i'll be finding out later. alexis sanchez's deal to go to arsenal has fourth —— fallen through as the transfer window closes. and we catch up on plans to create the world's longest coastal path around the whole of england. will you be doing it under good weather? and matt has the weather. it is the start of autumn and there isa it is the start of autumn and there is a chill in the air. if you are going to have a walk, lots of good weather on the way. more details coming up. good morning. first, our main stor

and personnel now. we have royal marines and army engineers on mounts bay, so there is the immediate issue of copings withupport people. then there's the long—term reconstruction that will be necessary and, reconstruction that will be necessary and , as reconstruction that will be necessary and, as we have all seen from the terrible photographs, i mean it's absolutely devastating, and the pictures. everything for some people has just and the pictures. everything for some people hasjust been and the pictures. everything for some people has just been destroyed. and there is another one on the way? another one is on its way. irma is due to hit the turks and caicos as well and jose, the next hurricane is on the way. absolutely devastating in the impact they've had on the islands, but also on people's lives. here we are, there'll be people here supporting the west indies and england and i'm sure everybody here has at the back of their mind the terrible devastation and the impact that the hurricane's had. the prime minister there making reference to the cobra meeting which will take place this afternoon and we'

the defence secretary sir michael fallon that the royal fleet auxiliary ship is in the vicinity and has on—board around 40 army engineers and royal marines and earth moving equipment. we also know to reason may have spoken this morning to the french president emmanuel macron, they discussed a potential joint emmanuel macron, they discussed a potentialjoint response to this crisis, which might include the dutch government. there are several french, dutch and british overseas territories in the region. it's presumably the kind of thing they're talking about right now in the cabinet office behind me. i expect we'll know more in the next hour or so as the meeting adjourns and we'll expect to hear from the defence secretary sir michael fallon. thanks very much, matthew thompson. with the latest on the path of hurricane irma — and where it's heading — here's chris fawkes. yesterday, we were talking about this category five hurricane. it's the second strongest hurricane outside of the pacific basin that we've seen on record. the strongest was hurricane allen, back in 1980. now, you might remember of course that it came onshore first of all yest

and "disgraceful". a british task force is now on its way there, including the royal marines and army engineers, althougheeks for them to get there. efforts are also under way to try to get supplies to the island of st barts. the french government say their priority is making sure people have food and drinking water. and the british virgin islands, a sought—after holiday destination, is the latest place to be pummelled. the water is going up. a tropical paradise, transformed. it nearly went up and then sat there. hurricane irma is not finished. she has maintained her wind speeds and is barrelling towards another british territory, the low—lying turks & caicos islands. the us sunshine state of florida will be next in her sights. they are nervous after watching others endure her wrath. laura bicker, bbc news, puerto rico. on the line is sarah russell from warrington, who is on holiday in turks & caicos islands with her partner and three children. we know turks & caicos islands are nextin we know turks & caicos islands are next in line to feel the full force of hurricane irma, what are the conditions like f

and by the end of next year. women should be able to join the even more physically demanding army infantry units and the royal marines. not everyone welcomes these changes but off to studies concluded women are physically out for the figh. now potential recruits can take up their rights. mark labelle bbc news. okay nnova. says baby sea world news america you can break this actually david davis says he's a determined optimist about britain's future outside the european union. his comments on a visit to washington come after the trade secretary liam fox accuse the era of trying to blackmail britain. into accepting a brags that divorce bill as the price the beginning try to. has a political correspondent allegany. the prime minister showing how it's done as a meeting with the emperor of japan a lesson in delicate diplomac. but it seems her trade secretary hadn't got the memo speaking in japan he accused the e. u. of bullying the uk. into agreeing a brexit divorce bill that full it'll still negotiating any future trade relationship we can't be blackmailed. into paying a price on the first part. we think that we should be

and that's what we've authorised today. the government has announced that a military task group is to be sent to the area comprising army engineers and royal marinesfor another two weeks or so. they will bejoining the for another two weeks or so. they will be joining the supply ship which has been in the vicinity for quite some time now, which has on board a0 royal marines and engineers and a variety of humanitarian front so, a lot being done by the uk government to help what sir michael fallon describes as our people. while matthew was speaking, i‘ve just been told that the government has increased the money available for the hurricane relief effort to £32 million. this is a statement from the prime minister‘s office just a few seconds ago. the government has decided to increase the money available to £32 million. and we may well get a few words from the prime minister, theresa may, in a few moments. we will bring that to you when we get it. it is 25 to six, just about. we will be back for some more of today‘s news, but vets have an update on the sport now with will. england‘s bowlers have given their side control on the opening day of the third

the royal naval ship, it is already in the caribbean and should reach affected territories later today. this ship carries royal marines and armyand her primary task is the protection of our overseas territories. she is loaded with a range of equipments, tents, stores, and hydraulic vehicles specifically designed to respond to disasters like this. it stands ready to charter flights to deliver additional supplies as appropriate. the prime minister, he said, had spoken to france's president macron and they had agreed to cooperate closely over the relief effort. 0ur priority is to support the territory ‘s government in meeting their immediate humanitarian and security needs, including shelter, water and accommodation. we have four uk aid humanitarian experts in the region who are helping coordinate the response. what effort is the government making to work with authorities in these areas on their reconstruction plans? i would also like to ask what reassurances he can give that the uk stands ready to provide not only the immediate humanitarian and security relief needed so urgently, but also the sustained commitment to reconstructi

and shelter. a british task force is now on its way there, including royal marines and army engineers.ay to get supplies to the island of saint barts. the french government says the priority is making sure people have food and drinking water. water is going up...! the british virgin islands is the latest place to be pummelled. it is a tropical paradise transformed. hurricane irma is not finished. she has maintained her wind speeds and is barrelling towards another british territory — the low—lying turks and caicos islands. the us sunshine state of florida will be next in her sights. they are nervous after watching others endure her wrath. the eye of the hurricane is due to pass over the turks and caicos islands in the early hours of tomorrow morning. the governor of the islands has given us an update on how they are preparing to face the worst of the storm. we have done a lot of preparations. for example, we have decided to evacuate certain islands that were particularly low—lying and at threat. that process has been completed by now. we have started to fill our shelters because a numb

and "disgraceful". a british task force is now on its way there, including the royal marines and army engineers, although two weeks for them to get there. efforts are also under way to try to get supplies to the island of st ba rts. the french government say their priority is making sure people have food and drinking water. and the british virgin islands, a sought—after holiday destination, is the latest place to be pummelled. the water is going up. a tropical paradise, transformed. it nearly went up and then sat there. hurricane irma is not finished. she has maintained her wind speeds and is barrelling towards another british territory, the low—lying turks & caicos islands. the us sunshine state of florida will be next in her sights. they are nervous after watching others endure her wrath. laura bicker, bbc news, puerto rico. at least one of the deaths being blamed on hurricane irma happened on the british overseas territory of anguilla. 0n the line is the chief minister of anguilla, victor banks. victor, thanks for joining victor, thanks forjoining us. bring us victor, thanks forjoining us. bring us up

and shelter. a british task force is on its way there, including royal marines and army engineers.o get supplies to the island of saint barts. the french government says the priority is making sure people have food and drinking water. water is going up...! the british virgin islands is the latest place to be pummelled. it is a tropical paradise transformed. hurricane irma is not finished. she has maintained her wind speeds and is barrelling towards another british territory — the low—lying turks and caicos islands. the us sunshine state of florida will be next in her sights. they are nervous after watching others endure her wrath. a reporter for radio anguilla, a station on the small caribbean island that was in the direct path of hurricane irma on wednesday morning, kept broadcasting the latest news despite the storm shutting down the radio systems. here is a clip she filmed yesterday. this is what it is looking like... the shutters have come down, the trees are uplifted. galvanised objects are being blown out. the trees are completely destroyed here. we are trying our best to sta

and "disgraceful". a british task force is now on its way there, including the royal marines and army engineers, althougheeks for them to get there. efforts are also underway to try to get supplies to the island of st barts. the french government say their priority is making sure people have food and drinking water. and the british virgin islands, a sought—after holiday destination, is the latest place to be pummelled. the water is going up. a tropical paradise, transformed. and then sat there. hurricane irma is not finished. she has maintained her wind speeds and is barrelling towards another british territory, the low—lying turks & caicos islands. the us sunshine state of florida will be next in her sights. they are nervous, after watching others endure her wrath. laura bicker, bbc news, puerto rico. hurricane irma is now the longest—lasting category 5 hurricane ever recorded, surpassing the record set by typhoon haiyan, which hit the philippines in 2013. so how and why has it gathered so much energy? and are these types of storm becoming more frequent? our science editor david shukman explains. a mena

and shelter. a british task force is on its way there, including royal marines and army engineers.der way to get supplies to the island of saint barts. the french government says the priority is making sure people have food and drinking water. the british virgin islands is the latest place to be pummelled. it is a tropical paradise transformed. hurricane irma is not finished. she has maintained her wind speeds and is barrelling towards another british territory— the low—lying turks and caicos islands. the us sunshine state of florida will be nextin sunshine state of florida will be next in her sights. they are nervous after watching others injure her rat. in a moment we will speak to will grant rat. in a moment we will speak to willgrant in rat. in a moment we will speak to will grant in havana. first, the latest from laura bicker who is in portugal. there is so much damage, places cut off, are you getting a sense of the scale of this disaster? there is no doubt that hurricane irma is a terrifying force of nature and we did not feel the full force of the winter ski in puerto rico b

and by the end of next year, women should be able to join the even more physically demanding army infantry unit and the royal marinesthe former archbishop of westminster, cormack murphy o‘connor has died today at the age of 85. the brexit secretary david davis says brexit will not lead to a race to the bottom in terms of standards. speaking in washington this afternoon, mr davis set out his vision of a post—brexit britain. g4s has suspended nine members of staff from an immigration removal centre near gatwick airport, following a bbc panorama investigation. allegations include officers "mocking, abusing and assaulting" people being held there. time for a look at the big business stories of the week, and jamie robertson is here to take us through them. good news for manufacturers today — but could it mean a rise in interest rates is even closer? i think we still have a rise in interest rates a long way down the road. the reason why you put up interest rates is in order to stop people spending so much. they get more tempted to put it away to the saving accounts. however well manufacturing is doing and business, actual

and by the end of next year, women should be able to join the even more physically demanding army infantry unit and the royal marinesal recruits can take up their right. mark lobel, bbc news. time for the weather. it may have been a chilly started the day, of sunshine. some clouds starting to build, showers breaking out. a feud dotted through northern ireland, scotla nd dotted through northern ireland, scotland and north west england. most of the cable hold on fine weather. sadly scotland, pennines, scotla nd weather. sadly scotland, pennines, scotland into east anglia, some heavy and thundery downpours. even in these areas, some will escape them. for many places dry, variable cloud, sunny spells, into the low 20s. some showers hanging on into the night. areas of cloud into the morning, many places under clear skies, temperatures down to single figures away from towns and city centres. chance of the odd light shower across centres. chance of the odd light shower across eastern centres. chance of the odd light shower across eastern england on saturday, the vast majority will have a fine saturday. variable cloud, good

we know from the defence secretary the royal fleet auxiliary mounts bay ship is on stand—by in the vicinity and has about a0 royal marines and armyporting and earth moving equipment. we know to reason may have spoken with emmanuel macron, the french president, and has discussed potential joint cooperation with him, potentially involving the dutch government. those are the sorts of things they will have been discussing at this cobra meeting. the details will be forthcoming imminently with some sort of response from the secretary of state for defence, so michael fallon. lee miles from bournemouth university. professor of crisis management. looking at the pictures we are starting to see, there isn't much planning you could make for this, it wiped these islands out. good afternoon, yes. let's be clear, there is quite a lot of planning that take place of course because hurricanes and early warning systems means you can track them quite far out. quite a lot of measures were taken. particularly in the uk overseas territories, there is quite sophisticated disaster management systems a re sophisticated disaster management systems are in p

and by the end of next year, women should be able to join the even more physically demanding army infantry unit and the royal marinesrew logically speaking it is the first day of art as well. certainly this morning it felt a little bit like autumn. but a morning it felt a little bit like autumn. buta bit like morning it felt a little bit like autumn. but a bit like autumn as well. the mist covering some of the cobwebs but many of us had scenes like this. glorious blue skies from many parts of england and wales and that weather watcher but it was from cambridge. further north across scotla nd cambridge. further north across scotland and northern ireland a little bit more clubland. that cloud will thin and break—up. still some good sunny spells here. for many of us just good sunny spells here. for many of usjust a bit good sunny spells here. for many of us just a bit of fair cloud. 12 showers in the north—west of england, north wales but most of the show was down the eastern side of the showers down the eastern siding. and for being the sudden temperature is around 16 or 17. the odd shower in the south—east of scotlan

normal crew, the government also ensured that a special disaster relief team, consisting of a0 royal marines and armyersonnel, was also on board. this prepositioning of one of our most versatile national assets, along with an extra compliment of highly skilled personnel, allowed the relief effort to begin immediately after the hurricane had passed. over the course of friday and saturday, the government despatched four aircraft carrying military personnel and emergency supplies. this steady tempo of relief lights has been sustained and yesterday it included a voyager and a c—17 and i can assure the house this will continue for as long as required. we should all be humble in the face of the power of nature and whatever relief we are able to provide will not be enough for many who have lost so much. but hundreds of dedicated british public servants are doing their utmost to help and they will not relent in their efforts. here, here. the speaker: emily thornberry. thank you, mr speaker. let me thank the minister for advance sight of his statement. let mejoin him in commending those british personnel who'

the royal navy ship rfa mounts bay is on the way to help in relief efforts following hurricane irma. the ship has already stopped off in anguilla and is carrying 50 royal marines and armyy engineers. that is reaching us, that is a royal navy ship is on its way to help with relief. the tiny island of barbuda has been hit badly, with up to 95% of buildings destroyed. karljosef spoke to us earlier and told us what he saw. we did an overview of barbuda, and by and large, a lot of it was under water. you saw large patches of water as you went, as we took that view going to the helipad in barbuda. also, what struck me before we even touched down was the fact that it was extremely brown. there were no leaves on the trees whatsoever. the hurricane had completely ravaged not only the houses and structures but the trees on the island, so the vegetation was extremely brown. all you saw was bark and stems, and everything just brown, so that wasn't a good sign, even before you touched down in barbuda itself. once we got there, we were met at the helipad with folks trying to get off the island itself. a lot of people were trying to seek refuge, of course, in antigua. a lot of people

far is to send a military task group including several hundred military personnel including royal marines and armyeing sent there, it could take up to two weeks to reach the caribbean where all eyes are quickly looking towards the next hurricane, hurricane jose, which quickly looking towards the next hurricane, hurricanejose, which is reported to be building in strength. that‘s the latest on hurricane irma. we arejust that‘s the latest on hurricane irma. we are just getting some news that two men, aged a0 and 29, both uk nationals, have been arrested this morning after getting off a flight from istanbul in turkey. the ao—year—old has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. he was arrested under the terrorism act of 2000, the 21—year—old arrested on suspicion of belonging to a proscribed organisation. he was also arrested earlier. police say that as a precaution the ao—year—old has been taken to a london hospital for a medical assessment where he currently remains, the younger man has been taken to a london police station and remains in

the royal naval ship, mounts bay, is already in the caribbean and should reach the affected territories later today. the ship carries royal marines and armyterritories. she is loaded with a range of equipment, vehicles, tense, stores and hydraulic vehicles specifically intended to response to disasters like this. in addition, differed stands ready to charter flights to deliver additional supplies as appropriate. i spoke last night to the london representatives of the british virgin islands. i was in our prices centre yesterday afternoon and again late last night and have been based there this morning. at 8:45pm last night the foreign secretary spoke to anguilla's chief minister and the foreign secretary tried but was unable to contact the premiere of the british virgin islands last night but my noble friend has been in contact with governor this morning. we will be working in support of the overseas territories governments to develop the best possible assessment of their immediate and longer—term needs. to that end, my right honourable friend the secretary of state for defence will chair a meeting of cobra at two o'clock this afternoon. 0

and by the end of next year, women should be able tojoin the even more physically demanding army infantry unit and the royal marinesanges, but after studies concluded women are physically up for the fight, now potential recruits can take up their right. mark lobel, bbc news. president trump is expected to ask congress for £a.5 billion of funds to help those affected by storm harvey. the total cost of repairing the damage and compensating residents whose homes have been affected, is estimated to be more than £100 billion. celebrities such as singer beyonce, actors sandra bullock and leonardo dicaprio, have promised to contribute to a disaster fund. president trump says he will give $1 million of his own money. he plans to return to texas tomorrow. sinn fein has dismissed a call by the dup to resume power—sharing. arlene foster made the suggestion during talks about forming a government. sinn fein said establishing an executive before they'd resolved their disputes would lead to a collapse and fail the people of northern ireland. sales of the noisiest and most powerful vacuum cleaners will be restricted under eu rule

the ship is carrying around 50 royal marines and army engineers, as well as equipment including helicoptersg in a north—west direction. the low lying islands of the turks and chaos islands, it's brought winds of 155mph or even more there, as the heavy rain fall and significant storm surges take place. a three prong attack with the rain wind and storms. if we look at the path of the hurricane as it continues over the hurricane as it continues over the next 24 hours, it will start to move again in the northwesterly direction, somewhere in—between cuba and the bahamas. it will head over and the bahamas. it will head over an area of warm water so and the bahamas. it will head over an area of warm water so it could strengthen once again perhaps to a category 5, even if it remains a category 5, even if it remains a category 4, we are still seeing extremely strong catastrophic winds, as well as the very heavy rain fall and the storm surge, up to perhaps 20 feet above normal sea—level. that is passing over some very low—lying areas. you can see by sunday it's sitting there across the tip of florida