in refusing to allow him to use his buggy, paul claims that brentwood borough council were discriminatingclined the bbc‘s invitation to comment on the case. that‘s a really good shot. golf is sometimes seen as elitist. paul houghton is determined that, by playing it and pursuing his action for discrimination, the sport will become ever more inclusive. clive coleman, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here‘s tomaz schafernaker. i gather we have breaking news on just how hot the summer has been.

whose right leg was amputated after he contracted a deadly tissue—eating bacteria, claims brentwood borough councile claim. our legal correspondent clive coleman reports. you've got a, what, 120—yards‘ carry to the green. 120—yard, all carry, into a very, very stuff breeze. paul houghton is lucky to be alive. in 2000, while working as a roofer, he knelt in contaminated water and contracted a deadly bug which can eat muscle and body tissue at a rate of 2cm an hour. well, you got over. paul's right leg was amputated above the knee, and he received the last rites in hospital. my swing isn't very orthodox. golf has become an important part of paul's life, and a buggy enables him to get around a standard five—mile course. he's represented england 13 times, and played in europe. in august 2016, paul had arranged to play a round at this golf course in essex, owned and operated by brentwood borough council. but on his way to the tee, he claims he was told he would not be allowed onto the course without a letter from his doctor justifying the medical need for a buggy. i couldn't believe it, i really couldn'

whose right leg was amputated after he contracted a deadly tissue eating bacteria, claims brentwood borough counciltes in hospital. my swing isn't very orthodox. golf has become an important part of paul's life, and a buggy enables him to get around a standard five—mile course. he's represented england 13 times, and played in europe. in august 2016, paul had arranged to play a round at this golf course in essex, owned and operated by brentwood borough council. but on his way to the tee, he claims he was told he would not be allowed onto the course without a letter from his doctor, justifying the medical need for a buggy. i couldn't believe it, i really couldn't believe it, to be told that i couldn't play because i was disabled. what sort of message do you think that sort of response sends out to disabled golfers, disabled people? it sends the message out that we're not welcome, that we're not part of society, and that we're not included. and that we can'tjoin in a sport that is accessible to everybody because we need to use other equipment to play the game. in refusing to allow him to use his buggy

in refusing to allow him to use his buggy, paul claims that brentwood borough council were discriminating action, and denies any discrimination. that's a really good shot. golf is sometimes seen as elitist. paul houghton is determined that, by playing it and pursuing his action for discrimination, the sport will become ever more inclusive. clive coleman, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. three very distinct types of weather across the country today, south—eastern areas were bright with patchy cloud and hazy sunshine and pretty warm. in the north—west it looked like this in northern ireland, beautiful sunny skies, and in between we had a weather front affecting part of lancashire for example. you can see the striker cloud on the radar picture, behind the frontal system it has been a cool fresh day despite the sunshine and as we go into tonight we are going to see increasingly cold conditions across scotland and northern ireland and even the towns and cities into single figures, in some places in the countryside like the highlands could get down below freezing

in refusing to allow him to use his buggy, paul claims that brentwood borough council were discriminatingil were applying a policy that indirectly discriminates against all disabled people who need a buggy to play golf. brentwood borough council is defending the legal action, and declined the bbc‘s invitation to comment on the case. that's a really good shot. golf is sometimes seen as elitist. paul houghton is determined that, by playing it and pursuing his action for discrimination, the sport will become ever more inclusive. clive coleman, bbc news. some breaking news. just to recap that peter willsman has been elected among others to labour's governing party, the nec. he was criticised in the summer when it emerged that he had claimed that donald trump fanatics were behind accusations of anti—semitism in the labour party. so, momentum, the group that supportsjeremy so, momentum, the group that supports jeremy corbyn, nine so, momentum, the group that supportsjeremy corbyn, nine people elected to the nec today. they were put forward by omentum. although momentum that remove people from t

in refusing to allow him to use his buggy, paul claims that brentwood borough council were discriminating against him because of his inability to walk around a golf course. in effect, he says that the council were applying a policy that indirectly discriminates against all disabled people who need a buggy to play golf. brentwood borough council is defending the legal action, and declined the bbc‘s invitation to comment on the case. that's a really good shot. golf is sometimes seen as elitist. paul houghton is determined that, by playing it and pursuing his action for discrimination, the sport will become ever more inclusive. clive coleman, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's tomaz schafernaker. i gather we have breaking news on just how hot the summer has been. this is just just how hot the summer has been. this isjust in just how hot the summer has been. this is just in from the met office and this year we have the joint hottest summer, with 1976. pretty spectacular summer it has been and we are still getting warm. particularly in the south—east, but the general trend will b

whose right leg was amputated after he contracted a deadly tissue eating bacteria, claims brentwood borough councilt knee and that is how they think he got this flesh eating virus. it is so good for that it can consume human tissue and muscle at a rate of two centimetres per hour. —— he knelt in some contaminated water. paul is very lucky to be alive. i believe he had the last ride read to him in hospital. he had five amputations altogether. after that he took up golf. —— the last rites. he has played for england. because he has a stump and he cannot walk 18 holes he needed badly in order to get round a full golf course. he has a special buggy that it takes to golf courses with him. but when he took it he was told he could not play unless he had a medical certificate. and spring in paul. thanks for talking to us. when they ask you for a medical certificate, how did you respond? —— let's talk to paul. i was gobsmacked, really. what they actually required was for me to go to my doctor and get a medical certificate, send it to the council, then they would make a decision as to whether they would lease

brentwood borough council is defending the legal action, and declined the bbc‘s invitation to commentwatching breakfast. good morning, everybody. sally is here with us this morning as well. morning, everybody. sally is here with us this morning as wellm morning, everybody. sally is here with us this morning as well. it is monday! have you both had a good weekend? i have had a very relaxing weekend, actually, it has been marvellous. did you watch some of this? i did watch some of that, and joe root‘s postmatch interview was just great. there was a thrilling end to the fourth test in southampton, as england wrapped up the series against india. sam curran took the all—important final wicket, as india's resistence finally gave way. they had been closing the gap on england during the fourth day's play, butjoe root‘s side came through to wrap up the series win with a test to spare. watford kept up their 100% premier league record as they beat spurs 2—1. four wins from four means they are still standing at the top of the league, much to the delight of their honourary life—president, sir elto