this is a private holiday, she comes to balmoral every year. with family members. we know that other members of the royal family have been here in the past while, including the duke and duchess of cambridge, as well as their children. so, yes, a busy time for the queen on her holiday at balmoral. thank you. we are joined by nicholas witchell, our royal correspondent. it is her majesty at the heart of the brexit crisis, just where she doesn't want to be tiger i think there is no doubt that she will be both concerned and unhappy at two levels first at the way in which she has been involved, in a way that many people will regard as a cynical tactic to curb the freedom of parliament to discuss this huge issue, and i think she will be concerned, as head of state, at the divisiveness of this. as if the country wasn't split enough, as if emotions weren't already at such a pitch. now this. i think that is something that will concern her greatly. she has been punctilious for the 67 years of her reign had to stay out of politics. every prime minister up

let's speak to our correspondent rachel bell who's at balmoral. what will the queen bee having to do today? compared to the kind of scenes we are seeing today? compared to the kind of scenes we are seeing in london today, this is a very serene scene at balmoral, the queen's scottish home that she comes to every year. in terms of the process, we are expecting the cabinet ministers to arrive anytime now, we have been waiting for some time, no sign of yet. they will head to the gates that you can see behind me and then they will head up to balmoral castle, which is hidden in the trees behind me. there they will meet with the queen and they will ask if they can suspend parliament. this is a private holiday for the queen, she comes here every year, she has been here since mid—july. this is a private time for her. she does to state matters, but it is time for her to relax and spend time with the family. last week we had the duke and duchess of cambridge here along with their children visiting the queen. it really is a private time. but it is not unheard

as far as balmoral, have they been told? as farasi balmoral, have they been told?told? as far as i am aware, they haven‘t. i was speaking to one last night he was speaking to one last night he was unaware of this. obviously there are was unaware of this. obviously there a re lots of was unaware of this. obviously there are lots of elements to talk about, let‘s pick up the first of all the legal process you have mentioned. it is understood the government thinks it is unsafe legal ground because it isa it is unsafe legal ground because it is a prorogation in orderfor the queen‘s speech to be held. and therefore it is effectively covered by that. what is your view of that? we are looking at that very carefully. it has been sprung on us this morning, so they will have to look at this as the facts are now. i can‘t give you a concluded view on that just now. but can‘t give you a concluded view on thatjust now. but i am speaking as a politician, rather than a lawyer, and this seems to me like something that would happen in a tinpot dictatorship, not in a democracy. of cou

first our scotland editor sarah smith is at balmoral where the queen met the leader of the house jacobr to agree a suspension of parliament. the queen may have had no choice other than to agree to prorogue parliament when she was visited here at palmyra by ministers earlier today that she will have been very clear about what the implications, potentially, could be. you can hear there are potentially, could be. you can hear there a re protesters potentially, could be. you can hear there are protesters outside the gates of our moral already. being in scotland, the queen will have been aware of what this could mean for the union. the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, has already said that she thinks boris johnson has now made to scottish independence completely inevitable. scotland, of course, voted to remain inside the european union. the snp say they will work with any other opposition parties to do whatever they can to try to stop a no—deal brexit. but at the same time but they do believe this current political turmoil does make it more likely that scottish voters would choo

here at balmoral, where the queen had to agree to suspend parliament today, she will have considerednsequences of this move could have for the union. the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, had already said to date she thinks borisjohnson has now made scottish independence completely inevitable. scotla nd independence completely inevitable. scotland voted remain in the eu referendum. the snp say they will work with other parties to try to stop a no—deal brexit but of course they see some opportunity here as well because in the current political turmoil, they think there isa political turmoil, they think there is a much greater chance that scots would choose to vote for independence if there were to be another scottish referendum and remember that ruth davidson was a passionate advocate for keeping the uk together. without her leadership in the scottish conservative party, they might struggle to make their voices heard, another independence referendum. sarah smith, thank you. so, this is what the next few weeks could look like. mps return to westminster on tuesday. they'd normal

. —— balmoral.r to suspend parliament. as this discussion has gone on about the possibility of provoking parliament, the talk has gone on about the politicisation of the queen's role. should the central going in parliament. i don't think she has a difficult decision to make. it is very much established that the queen asks on the advice of her ministers, in particular her prime minister. and if our prime minister comes to her and says, would you please prorogue parliament, it has to be an extraordinarily good reason for it not to happen. it is almost unheard of in british history. it is unheard of in british history. it is unheard of in british history. it is unheard of in modern constitutional history. for the sovereign to turn down the request of the prime minister like that. the second reason is, our constitutional settlement is based on precedent. it is based on what has come before. the talk before was ofa has come before. the talk before was of a kind of extraordinary prorogation, and externall

in the same way ministers jacob reese morgan his colleagues were sent to travel separately up to balmoral to see the queen because if they travel together up to her majesty's highland retreat then tongues would wag people would wonder what on earth are they going to ask her about and indeed now we know it's too prorogue parliament this is the official term for suspending parliament which happens when a sessions over what we must remember that the current session of parliament has been sitting for basically the last time it sat this long we have to go out 350 years the english civil war by this goes the highest constitutional authority her majesty the queen the head of state has and doors this is legitimate is a constitutional procedure so all the sort of 100 unconstitutional gripes. they've been dismissed by the queen she finds acceptable you know there's no greater authority than her and you know why then they're so shrill and this is because they've been surprised they've been blindsided this days now very loudly telling everyone we've got a plan to stop or no deal we're going to have v

it is even suggested andrew took him oe to balmoral. this photograph was taken in 2001. endrew at one of epstein's parties, with a 7-year-old girl called virginia roberts. her claim to have had sex isth andrew wasssed by u.s. court. 2008, jeffrey epstein faced court in the united states, charged with having sewith a minor and procuring an underage girl for prostitution. he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. in december 2010, soon after epstein's release, andrew was ith him walking in central park, new york. the video of andrew at epstein's home was taken the following day. last month, epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking mirs. he was found dead in his prison cell on the 10th of august. prince andrew has always denied he has been involved in any impropriy with underage girls. last night, buckingham palace added this -- "the duke of york has been appalled by recent reports of jeffrey epsted 's alleimes. his royal highness deplores the exploitation of any human being and the suggestion he would condone, participate in, or or encourage any such behav

it is even suggested andrew took him once to balmoral.7—year—old girl called virginia roberts. her claim to have had sex with andrew was dismissed by a us court. 2008, jeffrey epstein faced court in the united states charged with having sex with a minor and procuring an underage girl for prostitution. he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. in december 2010, soon after epstein‘s release, andrew was photographed with him walking in central park, new york. the video of andrew at epstein‘s home was taken the following day. last month, epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. he was found dead in his prison cell on 10 august. prince andrew has always denied that he has been involved in any impropriety with underage girls. last night, buckingham palace added this. the denials of impropriety are emphatic, but what the palace cannot do is explain why prince andrew chose to continue his friendship with jeffrey epstein, or why he was at his home in new york. it all raises questions about the judgement demonstrated by the

among his many famous friends was prince andrew, who attended church with the queen at balmoral todayrt documents, he has been accused of groping a girl at epstein‘s mansion, an allegation that buckingham palace has called categorically untrue. but the death ofjeffrey epstein will not end the calls for greater scrutiny of what did happen at some of his notorious parties. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. joining me from the us capital is politico's washington and white house reporter daniel lippman. thank you so much forjoining us. thanks for having me. firstly, how unusual is it to see the president of the united states re— tweeting conspiracy theories? well, previous presidents would never deign to do such a thing, because from their office they can give a platform to people who are spreading misinformation and fake news. but for donald trump this seems to be a semi regular occurrence. he has talked about conspiracy theories for a while now. but of course everyone in washington condemns him when he does start from his office. one of the phrases was in that retweet, "how did this

among his many famous friends was prince andrew, who attended church with the queen at balmoral todayocuments, he's been accused of groping a girl at epstein‘s mansion, an allegation buckingham palace has called categorically untrue. but the death ofjeffrey epstein will not end the calls for greater scrutiny of what did happen at some of his notorious parties. it looks like there's no end in sight to the unrest which has been breaking out there for the last ten weeks, despite strong warnings from the authorities in the territory and in beijing. the pro—democracy protests are now taking multiple forms, with this weekend seeing a peaceful sit—in at the airport. demonstrators moved away from the government offices, which were at the centre of previous actions, and instead staged protests at transport hubs and shopping districts. a little earlier i spoke with antony dapiran, a hong kong—based lawyer and author of city of protest: a recent history of dissent in hong kong. notwithstanding that hong kong was handed back from the uk to china under a joint declaration, which is an internationa

a trio of conservative privy councillors, who disturbed her majesty's own summer recess, at her balmoralhe highlands, today. reporter: are you trying to avoid scrutiny in parliament? certainly not, no. are you worried about a legal challenge? this is a completely proper constitutional procedure. all entirely normal, the leader of the commons told us at the airport later. and brexit backers, guess what, back this, too. the prime minister is entitled to go to her majesty, the queen, to seek a new queen's speech, particularly as a new leader and a new prime minister. he wants to set out his domestic agenda, and i don't think there's anything unusual about that. boris johnson wants to write himself into history as the prime minister who did what it took to get brexit done, but the methods he will pursue to do that, could make or break him, too. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. so what is the eu making of all this? our europe editor katya adler is in brussels. this idea of suspending parliament and the arguments for and against, at such a sensitive time in the uk politics, is seen ver

it is even suggested andrew took him once to balmoral.t one of epstein's parties with a then—17—year—old girl called virginia roberts. her claim to have had sex with andrew was dismissed by a us court. 2008, jeffrey epstein faced court in the united states charged with having sex with a minor and procuring an underage girl for prostitution. he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. in december 2010, soon after epstein's release, andrew was photographed with epstein walking in central park, new york. the video of andrew at epstein's home was taken the following day. last month, epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. he was found dead in his prison cell on the 10th of august. prince andrew has always denied that he's been involved in any impropriety with underage girls. last night, buckingham palace issued this. the denials of impropriety are emphatic. but what the palace cannot do is explain why prince andrew chose to continue his friendship withjeffrey epstein or why he was at his home in new york. it all raises

among his many famous friends was prince andrew, who attended church with the queen at balmoral today court documents, he has been accused of groping a girl at epstein‘s mansion, an allegation that buckingham palace has called categorically untrue. but the death ofjeffrey epstein will not end the calls for greater scrutiny of what did happen at some of his notorious parties. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. let's get some of the day's other news: china has mobilised thousands of servicemen and women to help with the clean up after typhoon lekima swept across the country's eastern seaboard. officials say 32 people were killed and 16 are missing. the storm system brought winds of up to 187 km/h and heavy rain, causing widespread flooding. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has accused the german government of trying to buy the amazon after it said it would withhold about $40 million of environmental funds because of worries about deforestation. last month, brazil's space agency reported a huge increase in the amount of trees being cleared since mr bolsonaro took office. he said bra

the duke of york, who was at church today at balmoral with the queen, was one of epstein‘s other famoustrongly denied a groping accusation made against him in court documents, with buckingham palace describing it as categorically untrue. but there is a push in the us for everything to be investigated and a demand that the inquiries into epstein don't end with his death. and speaking a short time ago, chris said there's no doubt the democrats are furious about donald trump's latest tweets. the idea that the president, who had a long association withjeffrey epstein himself, although in recent yea rs epstein himself, although in recent years he had distanced himself from him, the fact that he would tweet these kind of conspiracy theories has left them saying that what he is done is dangerous, divisive and it is not presidential. it is something they say should not happen from someone they say should not happen from someone who occupies the white house. in the meantime, us authorities are acutely aware of the need to try to ensure that this investigation is carried out extremely thoroughly

a trio of conservative privy councillors, who disturbed her majesty's own summer recess, at her balmoralate in the highlands, today. reporter: are you trying to avoid scrutiny in parliament? certainly not, no. are you worried about a legal challenge? this is a completely proper constitutional procedure. all entirely normal, the leader of the commons told us at the airport later. and brexit backers, guess what, back this, too. the prime minister is entitled to go to her majesty, the queen, to seek a new queen's speech, particularly as a new leader and a new prime minister. he wants to set out his domestic agenda, and i don't think there's anything unusual about that. boris johnson wants to write himself into history as the prime minister who did what it took to get brexit done, but the methods he will pursue to do that, could make or break him, too. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. so after all this sparring between politicians, what do voters in the uk make of the news? the bbc‘s alex forsyth has been talking to some about their reactions. during the last days of summer on the ba

among his many famous friends was prince andrew, who attended church with the queen at balmoral todayourt documents, he's been accused of groping a girl at epstein‘s mansion, an allegation buckingham palace has called categorically untrue. but the death ofjeffrey epstein will not end the calls for greater scrutiny of what did happen at some of his notorious parties. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. joining me now from atlanta in the us state of georgia, is republican political strategist seth weathers, who previously served as trump's 2016 campaign director in georgia. seth, thank you very much for joining us. first of all, was it a mistake for the president to retreat this conspiracy theory? would you have advised him to do it?|j this conspiracy theory? would you have advised him to do it? i think what is going to do is bring attention more to the hashtag that had been trending, which was #trumpbodycount, which was supposedly saying that he orchestrated the death of epstein. and he obviously didn't comment on it and it was a comedian who retreated it. you are right in that there

in the same way ministers jacob reese morgan his colleagues were sent to travel separately up to balmoral to see the queen because if they travelled all together up to her majesty's highland retreat then tongues would wag people would wonder what on earth are they going to ask her about and indeed now we know it's too prorogue parliament this is the official term for suspending parliament which happens when a sessions over what we must remember that the current session of parliament has been sitting for basically the last time it sat this long we have to go out 350 years the english civil war has been as well as goes the highest constitutional authority her majesty the queen the head of state has indorse this is legitimate is a constitutional procedure so all the sort of 100 unconstitutional gripes. they've been dismissed by the queen she finds acceptable we know there's no greater authority than her and you know why then they're so shrill and this is because they've been surprised they've been blindsided this spent days now very loudly telling everyone we've got a plan to stop or no deal

among his many famous friends was prince andrew who attended church with the queen at balmoral today.ments, he has been accused of groping a girl at epstein's mansion, an allegation buckingham palace has called categorically untrue. but the death ofjeffrey epstein will not end the calls for greater scrutiny of what did happen at some of his notorious parties. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. clashes have broken out injerusalem, between israeli police and palestinian worshippers at the site of the al aq—sa mosque. stun grenades were fired to disperse the crowds after tens of thousands of palestinians assembled to celebrate the muslim festival of eid al adha. norwegian police say they're treating a shooting yesterday at a mosque in a suburb of oslo as an attempted act of terrorism. police say the suspected gunman appeared to hold far right, anti—immigrant views. one person in the mosque managed to overpower him, but was injured. the suspect is now in custody. ukraine has described a visit by russia's president, vladimir putin, to the annexed crimean peninsula as a "blatant violation

he sends up his old etonian mate, jacob rees—mogg, on a plane to balmoral to ask the queen to shut down debate this. as you mentioned, john bercow is very keen to find the time, one would expect. so they can proceed with that, or, do you think, they go for what's been called the nuclear option that is a vote of no confidence, and see if that leads to borisjohnson being kicked out of office? well, look, there is some time. but let's be clear — that same borisjohnson was saying at the weekend that they weren't going to prorogue parliament, so i don't think we can take a word that he says at face value. isn't there a broader problem here? you've campaigned for the last couple of years for a second people's vote on brexit. but there just hasn't been the same level of passion and unity on the remain side that there has on the leave side, and that's reflected in parliament right now in the fact that they may well not even be able to get a vote of no confidence through. i think there's massive passion on both sides of the argument, and don't forget, we are now on the third prime minister. ther

the duke of york, who was at church today at balmoral with the queen, was one of epstein's other famoused a groping accusation made against him in court documents, with buckingham palace describing it as categorically untrue. but there is a push in the us for everything to be investigated and a demand that the inquiries into epstein don't end with his death. an 18—year—old man who got into difficulties in the sea off essex on thursday has died. haider shamas and his 14—year—old sister malika were pulled from the sea close to the pier in clacton. malika died at the scene. police say another relative, a 15—year—old girl being treated in hospital, is expected to make a full recovery. a 200—strong search team has continued to scour dense forest near the resort where a 15—year—old british schoolgirl went missing, more than a week ago. nora quoirin, who has learning difficulties, disappeared while on holiday with her family. her mother has thanked the teams looking for her daughter. malaysian police have set up a hotline dedicated to receiving information about the teenager's disappearance. u

it is even suggested andrew took him once to balmoral. this photograph was taken in 2001. called virginia roberts. her claim to have had sex with andrew was dismissed by a us court. 2008, jeffrey epstein faced court in the united states, charged with having sex with a minor and procuring an underage girl for prostitution. he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. soon after his release in 2010, andrew was photographed with him walking in central park, new york. last month, epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. he was found dead in his prison cell on the 10th of august. prince andrew has always denied that he has been involved in any impropriety with underage girls. last night, buckingham palace added this: the denials of impropriety are emphatic, but what the palace cannot do is explain why prince andrew chose to continue his friendship with epstein or why he was at his home in new york. it all raises questions about the judgment demonstrated by the queen's second son. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. thames valley police have bee

the duke of york, who was at church today in balmoral with the queen, was one ofjeffrey epstein‘s otherd a groping accusation made against him in court documents with buckingham palace describing it as categorically untrue. but there is a push in the us for everything to be investigated and a demand that the inquiries into epstein don't end with his death. that was chris buckler reporting — and chris joins me now from washington. a very difficult and obviously sensitive case. the victim is very much wanting these investigations to continue? the victim's family say although jeffrey epstein continue? the victim's family say althoutheffrey epstein is dead, although that trial will not take place they want to see inquiries widened. they want to see them look at those associates ofjeffrey epstein who ultimately recruited and exploited underage girls at so many of his parties and they say work must begin now. in the meantime the fbi has been asked to investigate the death of jeffrey fbi has been asked to investigate the death ofjeffrey epstein. that is something that is extremely unusual, giv

it is even suggested andrew took him once to balmoral.of epstein‘s parties with a then 17—year—old girl called virginia roberts. her claim to have had sex with andrew was dismissed by a us court. 2008 - jeffrey epstein faced court in the united states charged with having sex with a minor and procuring an underage girl for prostitution. he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. in december 2010, soon after his release, andrew was photographed with epstein walking in central park, new york. the video of andrew at epstein‘s home was taken the following day. last month, epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. he was found dead in his prison cell on the 10th of august. prince andrew has always denied that he has been involved in any impropriety with underage girls. last night, buckingham palace issued this. the denials of impropriety are emphatic. but what the palace cannot do is explain why prince andrew chose to continue his friendship with jeffrey epstein or why he was at his home in new york. it all raises questio

among his many famous friends was prince andrew, who attended church with the queen at balmoral todaya girl at epstein‘s mansion, an allegation buckingham palace has called categorically untrue. but the death ofjeffrey epstein will not end the calls for greater scrutiny of what did happen at some of his notorious parties. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. ukraine has described a visit by russia's president vladimir putin to the annexed crimean peninsula as a blatant violation of ukraine's sovereignty. mr putin was the guest of honour of a right—wing nationalist bikers' group. crimea was annexed from ukraine by russia in 2014, violating international law. a 17—year—old boy is in hospital with serious injuries after an arson attack on a house in west yorkshire. police say they're treating the incident in heckmondwike as attempted murder. two young girls aged 16 and 11 were in the house at the time. a warning, alasdair gill's report does contain some flashing images. 4am in the morning and a house in stonedeane court in heckmondwike is on fire. one bedroom is completely ablaze. neighb

a trio of those in the know disturbed the queen's summer holiday at balmoral to seek the official approvalavoid scrutiny in parliament? certainly not. are you worried about a legal challenge? this is a proper constitutional procedure. not exactly your standard august day. and get used to hearing this defence from the cabinet table. this is clearly a political attempt to stop debate on brexit and block mps from preventing us from leaving without a deal, is it not? it is certainly not. the prime minister is clear he wants to use a new parliamentary session in order to ensure that the people's priorities are met. do you expect people to believe this has nothing to do with brexit? it has everything to do with a new prime minister making sure the policies he had announced and on which he won his mandate are implemented. people outside westminster want a government that will make a difference and push change. that message would be as popular as a wet wednesday at the protest that sprang up in manchester, durham, liverpool and edinburgh after the announcement, even though, crucially for number te

in the same way ministers jacob reese morgan his colleagues were sent to travel separately up to balmoral to see the queen because if they travel together up to her majesty's highland retreat then tongues would wag people would wonder what on earth are they going to ask her about and indeed now we know it's too prorogue parliament this is the official term for suspending parliament which happens when a session is over we must remember that the current session of parliament has been sitting for basically the last time it sat this long we have to go out 350 years the english civil war by this goes the highest constitutional authority her majesty the queen the head of state has and doors this is legitimate is a constitutional procedure so all the sort of 100 unconstitutional gripes. there they've been dismissed by the queen she finds acceptable we know there's no greater authority than her and you know why then they're so shrill and this is because they've been surprised they've been blindsided this spent days now very loudly telling everyone we've got a plan to stop or no deal we're going t

in the same way ministers jacob reese morgan his colleagues were sent to travel separately up to balmoral to see the queen because if they travelled all together up to her majesty's highland retreat then tongues would whack people would wonder what on earth are they going to ask her about and indeed now we know it's too prorogue parliament this is the official term for suspending parliament which happens when a sessions over what we must remember that the current session of parliament has been sitting for basically the last time it sat this long we have to go out 350 years seeing the civil war which may be a fitting parallel but i say yes divisions are definitely you know obviously a lot of people who don't follow the u.k. politics it's not uncommon i mean it usually is suspended in the weeks leading up to the queen's speech yes never often quite for this long and obviously these aren't normal times so to people again who say this is not constitutional undemocratic i mean do you think they have a point well look i suppose by this because the highest constitutional authority her majesty th

it is even suggested andrew took him once to balmoral.01. — andrew at one of epstein's parties with a then—17—year—old girl called virginia roberts. her claim to have had sex with andrew was dismissed by a us court. 2008, jeffrey epstein faced court in the united states, charged with having sex with a minor and procuring an underage girl for prostitution. he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. soon after his release in 2010, andrew was photographed with him walking in central park, new york. last month, epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. he was found dead in his prison cell on the 10th of august. prince andrew has always denied that he has been involved in any impropriety with underage girls. last night, buckingham palace added to this... the duke of york has been appalled by the recent reports ofjeffrey epstein's alleged crimes. the denials of impropriety are emphatic, but what the palace cannot do is explain why prince andrew chose to continue his friendship with epstein or why he was at his home in new

he has said there is no urgency over the weekend because, of course, the order that came from balmoralday says that parliament cannot be prorogued before the 9th of september, which is a week on monday. he is going to hear the full arguments, as to whether or not that prorogation should proceed, on tuesday of next week, and he has found the expenses of this hearing to be expenses on the cause, which means that the ultimate victor will get the expenses of it. interestingly, she also pointed out that she has given the caught a sworn affidavit talking about how she believes there is not enough time for parliament to properly scrutinise what is going on ahead of exit the —— court. we had the lawyer for the petitioners in court invite the prime minister to hand in a sworn affidavit as well which was acknowledged by the government lawyer, although not necessarily accepted. of course it is not up to the petitioners whether or not the prime minister submits a sworn affidavit, what we don't know at this point is whether, if you chooses not to, whether they might request that thejudge chooses no

it is even suggested andrew took him once to balmoral. this photograph was taken in 2001.s in prison. soon after his release in 2010, andrew was photographed with him walking in central park, new york. last month, epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. he was found dead in his prison cell on the 10th of august. prince andrew has always denied that he has been involved in any impropriety with underage girls. last night, buckingham palace added to this... the denials of impropriety are emphatic, but what the palace cannot do is explain why prince andrew chose to continue his friendship with epstein or why he was at his home in new york. it all raises questions about the judgment demonstrated by the queen‘s second son. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. sir eltonjohn has said he provided the duke and duchess of sussex with a flight on a private jet to his home in nice to give the royal couple a "high level of much—needed protection". writing on twitter, sir elton said... he went on to say that he had ensured the flight was carbon neutr

that is the reaction from chris leslie —— in bow —— balmoral. there is the rest of the tweet.rom next monday until around the 11th of september, which is when, we understand, the government may attempt to bring in this prorogation of parliament in advance of the queen speech. laura saying the government thinks it may have some legal protections are entering this because it is following the prorogation with a queen's speech, but there is going to bea queen's speech, but there is going to be a massive attempt to stop this, as you can already sense from the nature of the tweets coming in in response to this news. we are going to bring you much more on this developing story throughout the morning. ina developing story throughout the morning. in a moment, the weather forecast but first, joanna gosling with what is coming up on the victoria derbyshire programme at ten. good morning. ground—breaking research suggests men who kill their partners follow a homicide timeline. it is an eight—step pattern that could be monitored by police in order to prevent deaths. we will be speaking to

it is even suggested andrew took him once to balmoral. this photograph was taken in 2001.had sex with andrew was dismissed by a us court. 2008, jeffrey epstein faced court in the united states, charged with having sex with a minor and procuring an underage girl for prostitution. he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. soon after his release in 2010, andrew was photographed with him walking in central park, new york. last month, epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. he was found dead in his prison cell on the 10th of august. prince andrew has always denied that he has been involved in any impropriety with underage girls. last night, buckingham palace added to this... the denials of impropriety are emphatic, but what the palace cannot do is explain why prince andrew chose to continue his friendship with epstein or why he was at his home in new york. it all raises questions about the judgment demonstrated by the queen's second son. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. other news... the new york police department has sacked the officer

but of course event speeded up with that privy council meeting at balmoral yesterday so they put in place interim interdict ahead of a full hearing next week. today here at the court of session we had some of the arguments for this interim interdict. the qc for the petitioners argued that while this case is unprecedented, so too are the actions of the government. unprecedented, he said, as well as being unlawful and unconstitutional. he told thejudge being unlawful and unconstitutional. he told the judge that the powers of the executive are never unlimited or u nfettered. the executive are never unlimited or unfettered. he said, we do not live ina unfettered. he said, we do not live in a totalitarian state and that the suspension of parliament meant a denial of political accountability. joanna cherry, lead to petitioner, said that their arguments were not against her majesty the queen, rather they were questioning the legality of the advice that the queen was given. the queen was put in a difficult position and the queen acted on the basis of the advice she was given, and asi basis of the

let's speak to our scotland reporter lynsey bews who is at balmoral where the queen is in residence andet with members of the privy council to approve the prime minister's request. going up to that area, but in the need to make meantime, we have this word that ruth davis might resign. what do we know about that? reports emerged that ruth davidson was considering resigning as the scottish conservative leader. it is mixed political and personal with an davidson returned earlier this year, having taken time off for maternity leave. but it is no secret that she does not support a no—deal brexit and has previously clashed with borisjohnson. we are expecting a formal statement from ruth davidson so we formal statement from ruth davidson so we should find about more than. issues stepping down as a member of the conservative party or simply as a conservative leader or is that still to be determined ? a conservative leader or is that still to be determined? we do not have that information yet, it is suggested she would be stepping down as leader but that does not speak of what her seat will be i

temperatures around five or six degrees in balmoral.it of a mixture. the northern half of the country, scotland and northern ireland will see some rain and it will be windy to busy with sunny spells further south and a few showers. low pressure coming in from the atlantic with the fronts will bring in some rain. you can see a lot of dry weather and sunshine to start the day but we already have some rain across northern ireland and parts of scotland and that will continue to move north—eastward is as we go through the day, followed by showers. so windy gusts of exposure up to 44, 45 mph. for england and wales, yes it will be a few showers in the west. some cloud around so in between that we will see some sunny spells. temperatures up see some sunny spells. temperatures up to 2a degrees in the south—east. yesterday in suffolk we reached 27. 14 yesterday in suffolk we reached 27. 11! across the globe to through this evening and overnight we start off with the showers and rain coming in across northern ireland and also scotla nd across nort

the queen is expected to give her formal permission to the move today at balmoral.ing up on afternoon live, all the sport. bury expelled from the football league. steps will be taken to stop this happening again. and the latest weather forecast. we will get at least five days of much cooler, more unsettled weather. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. the queen is to be asked by the government to suspend parliament days after mps return to work and a matter of weeks before the brexit deadline. parliament will return from recess on the 3rd of september and could be prorogued, or suspended, only a week later on the 10th. that's expected to make way for boris johnson's new administration to hold a queen's speech, laying out the government's future plans on october 14th. but it means mps are unlikely to have time to pass any laws that could stop the prime minister taking the uk out of the eu without a deal on october 31st. labour leaderjeremy corbyn called it a smash and grab on our democracy. commons speakerjohn bercow branded the move a constitutional outrage, say