our legal correspondent clive coleman reports.present, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other for their marriage breakdown on the grounds of adultery, desertion or behaviour which it's unreasonable to live with, or prove they have been separated for a minimum of two years, even if the separation is mutual. like many, jenny thinks blame can make a difficult process a lot worse. it caused an awful lot of arguments. it caused me obviously to feel very hurt — i got angry, then there were arguments which my children were witness to. it hurt them, and i really think it was completely unnecessary. when couples divorce, they are being torn apart emotionally and financially, often trying to work out sensible living arrangements for their children, so if you throw blame and fault into the process at that stage, most people think you're just making a bad situation a whole lot worse. the government's persuaded, and it's proposing removing the need to show evidence of the other spouse's conduct or a period of living apart, introducin

our legal correspondent clive coleman reports.t present, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other for their marriage breakdown on the grounds of adultery, desertion or behaviour which it's unreasonable to live with, or prove they have been separated for a minimum of two years, even if the separation is mutual. like many, jenny thinks blame can make a difficult process a lot worse. it caused an awful lot of arguments. it caused me obviously to feel very hurt — i got angry, then there were arguments which my children were witness to. it hurt them, and i really think it was completely unnecessary. when couples divorce, they are being torn apart emotionally and financially, often trying to work out sensible living arrangements for their children, so if you throw blame and fault into the process at that stage, most people think you're just making a bad situation a whole lot worse. the government's persuaded, and it's proposing removing the need to show evidence of the other spouse's conduct or a period of living apart, introduc

thank you clive coleman.has said his party speaks for the mainstream in the uk — he hit back, after the former prime minister tony blair told the bbc he's not sure it's possible for moderates in the party to retake it from the left. his comments came as the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, said he wants to transform his party into a movement for moderates. vicki young's report contains some flash photography. is british politics in need of a face—lift or even a tour to rebuild? you photo or thinks the politicians in here are failing to represent your opinions? —— are you a voter who thinks the politicians in here are failing to represent your opinions? tony blair was the last party leader to win a decisive election victory. he says party leader to win a decisive election victory. he sasteremy corbyn doesn't have broad enough appeal to this kind of win and moderate centre ground mps have lost control of the labour party. i'm not sure that it is possible to take it back. there are a lot of peop

clive coleman, bbc news.ender, wonga, after the company collapsed last month. the idea was suggested by frank field, the chair of the work and pensions committee, who said he hoped the church might lead what he called a group of "good" people willing to run wonga without charging high interest rates. the us space agency nasa has successfully launched a satellite designed to measure changes in the world's ice sheets and provide precise information on how they are being eroded by global warming. the billion dollar project will put a satellite almost directly over the north and south poles and from there it will fire a laser at sea and land ice to take measurements. our science correspondent jonathan amos reports. five, four, three, two, one... a hot and fiery start for a mission that will study the coldest places on earth. a new nasa satellite was launched safely onto a path that takes it almost directly over the poles. its quest — to determine precisely how global warming is affecting the planet's ice. icesat—

clive coleman, bbc news.udies at the university of exeter — who recently led a study into the impact of divorce cases. shejoins me now via webcam. thank you forjoining as. you led the study. what did you find from this? we find previous researchers have done that the existing law causes problems, it does not achieve anything constructive. it produces conflict, and lots of pain that is not really necessary. we have not got the best line, but i'm going to continue. so, how badly are these reforms needed? we have been trying to reform the law for the last 30 yea rs. to reform the law for the last 30 years. there was a previous attempt in1996, years. there was a previous attempt in 1996, but that was not actually implemented. it is long overdue, so the existing law nearly 15 years old. we are aware that living conditions have changed significantly since then, and the law has not kept up pace with those changes. so, the idea that you need blame, you need fault in order to progress through divorce, what about the i

clive coleman, bbc news.laser ever into space. five, four, three, two, one... liftoff of the final delta two, launching nearly three decades... the ice sat2 will measure the condition of earth's ice cover and should provide more precise information on how these frozen surfaces are being affected by global warming. tom neumann is the deputy project scientist for icesat2 at nasa — he explained to our science correspondentjonathan amos what the satellite would do. as the antarctic sea ice accumulates more snow on it, that extra weight pushes the ice further down the ocean and eventually you get flooding. there is so much snow on top of the ice that the ocean water washes right over the top of the ice and saturates the snow. it is a pretty tricky problem down there. with the isat2, we think it should be able to help with that in that we will be measuring that top surface of the snow, but combining it with cryo helps us get at how thick that's snow really is. let's talk now to our science correspondentjonathan amo

clive coleman, bbc news.o nigel shepherd, head of family law at mills and reeve and former chair of the famly law organisation, resolution. hejoins me on webcam from stockport. people have been calling for these changes for a long time to make the process more antagonistic, —— less antagonistic, do you think that will work? i've been campaigning for this for the best part of three decades andi for the best part of three decades and i think this is a positive step, the government has been listening to calls for reform and this is great news for the couples i felt on a daily basis and for their children because the current system pushes people into conflict, it means they are looking backwards and we need a modern process and these changes will bring that about. there will be those who say in some ways you are speeding up the process which might be good but could it become too quick, so couples don't have time to think again? what the government is proposing will take longer than the current system, you can now

our legal affairs correspondent, clive coleman, reports.orced to blame each other for their marriage breakdown on the grounds of adultery, desertion or behaviour which it's unreasonable to live with, or prove they have been separated for a minimum of two years, even if the separation is mutual. like many, jenny thinks blame can make a difficult process a lot worse. it caused an awful lot of arguments. it caused me obviously to feel very hurt, i got angry, then there were arguments which my children were witness to, it hurt them, and i really think it was completely unnecessary. when couples divorce, they are being torn apart emotionally and financially, often trying to work out sensible living arrangements for their children, so if you throw blame and fault into the process at that stage, most people think you're just making a bad situation a whole lot worse. the government's persuaded, and it's proposing removing the need to show evidence of the other spouse's conduct or a period of living apart, introducing a new notification process wher

our legal correspondent clive coleman reports.scle 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 booked 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

clive coleman, bbc news. 2! became stuck at a theme park in warrington. the incident happened around one o'clock at gulliver's world. fire crews used ladders and scaffolding to rescue the passengers from the ride, which was stuck 50 feet in the air. cheshire fire and rescue service say no—one was injured. the church of england is considering a buy out of the pay—day lender, wonga, after the company collapsed last month. the idea was suggested by frank field, the chair of the work and pensions committee who said he hoped the church might lead what he called a group of ‘good' people willing to run wonga without charging high interest rates. the headlines on bbc news: at least 14 people in the northern phillipines have died in the strongest typhoon of the year so far, with violent winds and 20—foot storm surges. in the united states, tropical storm florence is causing significant flooding on the east coast — five people have died. a former british soldier is jailed for seven and a half years in turkey for helping k

clive coleman, bbc news.enior figure from the retail groupjohn lewis to conduct a review of the railways. the transport secretary chris grayling has asked keith williams, the deputy chairman of the department store, to take a detailed look at how the rail network operates, and how it could improve. here's our politics correspondent, chris mason. labour have what they see as a solution, which is renationalisation. that is something polling suggests is relatively popular. the government wants to sketch out a plan, setting up this review, lasting about a year. pretty broad terms of reference. they are bringing ina broad terms of reference. they are bringing in a guy from john lewis to do it, and that is no accident. they say they want to learn from the john lewis model, where employees are partners. they are the owners of the business. with the potential that railway workers could be the equivalent within their industry. but there is a short—term tactical reason for this becoming news now, which is the report in

clive coleman, bbc news.warnings of catastrophic flooding as tropical storm florence continues to batter the us east coast — five deaths have been linked to the storm and thousands are in emergency shelter. the strongest typhoon of the year so far batters northern phillipines with violent winds and 20 foot storm surges. two people have died. ministers reveal plans for no fault—divorce — removing the need to allege blame in a seperation. the liberal democrats are discussing a major shake—up of the party as their conference gets underway in brighton this morning. the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters, as well as fullyjoined—up members, to vote for a new leader. the lib dems are also urging disillusioned labour and tory supporters to join them to help stop brexit. our political correspondent jonathan blake is at the conference now. jonathan, the march of the moderates. that is what vince cable wa nts. moderates. that is what vince cable wants. is it li

clive coleman, bbc news. the hottest on record for england — and the joint—hottest for the uk as a whole. the national crime agency estimates that up to 80,000 people in the uk pose a threat to children online. no new ideas of his own — theresa may hits back at boris johnson following his criticism of her brexit plan. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the treasury and the bank of england are in discussions about mark carney staying on as governor beyond his term which ends in june next year. more on this in a moment. output from britain's manufacturing sector fell to its lowest level in more than two years in august following a collapse in overseas demand. the markit/cips uk manufacturing purchasing managers' index showed a reading of 52.8 last month, lower than analysts expectations. water companies have set out plans to cut bills for millions of consumers in england and wales. severn trent and united utilities said they would cut the average bill by 5% and 10.5% respectively. thames water sa

clive coleman, bbc news. fresher for all of us, cooler feel across northern ireland, northern and western scotland, good deal of sunshine, one or two share was popping up, zone of cloud draped across the far south of scotland, down through the midlands, wales, and south—west england, bringing outbreaks of rain, heaviest in southern scotland and north west england, another fine, dry, in southern scotland and north west england, anotherfine, dry, warm day elsewhere, temperatures up to 25 celsius somewhat cooler further north and west. temperatures down to two or three celsius in rural areas, still the area of cloud, down from the midlands in two parts of wales, keeping temperatures here up to around 12 or 13. various guys continuing. likely to see more in the way of cloud, still fairly cloudy across much of east wales, midlands, parts of northern england, apart from spots of rain, mainly dry. sunshine further north and west. —— various skies continuing. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. boris johnson has

our legal affairs correspondent, clive coleman, is at the ministry ofjustice. rnment considering this now? well, jane, for decades now pressure as been bill foger a no fault divorce system, back in 1990, the law commission recommended one, and many seniorjustices law commission recommended one, and many senior justices favour one, why is that? well, it is because when you are getting divorced you are being ripped apart emotionally and financially, you are trying to work out sensible living arrangements for your children, if you throw blame and fault into the mix, most people think you are making a bad situation a whole lot worse, we nearly got no fault divorce back in 19th, it was in an act of part. so what would a no fault system look like? if you strip blame and fault out you are left with a notification system where by if a spouse says this marriage has broken down and if they don't say that after a fixed period, then they will be entitled to a divorce as of right. some people will say that undermines the institution of marriage, but others will say no, this

clive coleman, bbc news. some breaking news.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 the slate once the controversy emerged. so, he has been elected with the others. interesting that there has been a reaction already from some labourmps, including been a reaction already from some labour mps, including the mp west riding, a rather strongly worded statement from him saying that peter willsman has shown that he is unfit to serve on the labour party's nec and should have been booted off of the body. more reaction coming in andi the body. more reaction coming in and i will give it to you as soon as we get it. it is 5:28pm. let usjoin tomasz for the weather

our legal correspondent clive coleman reports.e and body tissue at a rate of 2cm an hour. well, you got over. we 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'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

clive coleman, bbc news. 21 people had to be freed after a rollercoaster became stuck at a theme park happened around 1pm at gulliver's world. fire crews used ladders and scaffolding to rescue the passengers from the ride, which was stuck 50 feet in the air. cheshire fire & rescue service say no—one was injured. the headlines on bbc news: the strongest typhoon of the year so far has been battering the northern phillipines — with violent winds and 20 foot storm surges — at least 14 have been killed. in the us — tropical storm florence is causing significant flooding on the east coast — five people are reported dead. a former british soldier is given a seven and a half yearjail sentence in turkey for helping kurdish forces in the fight against so—called islamic state. the liberal democrats are discussing a major shake—up of the party as their conference gets underway in brighton this morning. the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters — as well as fullyjoined—up members — to vote for a new leader. the lib dems are also urging disil

our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman has the story. has been pressure for decades for a no—fault divorce system. it was recommended in 1990. many seniorjudges favour it. why? when you are getting divorced, you're being ripped apart emotionally and financially and many people feel that adding blame makes a bad situation worse. we almost got it in 1996, it was in an act of parliament, but they pulled back. what lies at the heart of any new system? we will have to wait and see detail but my guess is we will be moving away from a system based around fault and blame. to a system that is essentially a notification system. if a spuse reports the marriage has broken down irretrievably and after a defined period of time, could be six months or a year, if they are still saying that then they will be entitled to a divorce. some people will say that undermines the institution of marriage but many will say it takes a layer of stress and anxiety away from what can be one of the most traumatic experiences any of us could ever go through. now on bbc n

clive coleman, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's tomaz schafernaker. 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 be things to cool the general trend will be things to cool. there are weather systems to the north—west of our neighbourhood heading in our direction and over the next days we will find the jet strea m the next days we will find the jet stream is going to be pushing weather fronts in our direction and weather fronts in our direction and we will see things going downhill, particularly as we head towards the end of the week. in the short—term we still have some time warmth across east anglia and the south—east. the cooler air has reached the north of the country and in scotland temperatures of around 15 degre

that was clive coleman reporting. the family lawyer rupi rai welcomed the announcement.ing for 17 years and this has been an ongoing issue, relationships breaking down in an exacerbated way because we need default basis. so we welcome it. and how difficult has it been that you have need —— needed to place blame, essentially, on one party? it has been difficult. judges have been encouraged to look carefully at the legations that have been made and they have to be strong enough to pass the test and if they are not happy then unfortunately they will reject a divorce petition and people are therefore forced to remain living together for periods of time which they actually want to be able to use to move on and negotiate the finances and the children and start a new life. how much more bearable to you think this could make, as clive was seen, something that is already a difficult time for people? i think it could improve it significantly. when you are dealing with a marriage breakdown you are not just talking about the marriage. you are talking about the finances and the child

our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman is here with us now. ive, what more can you tell us? there has been pressure building for ano there has been pressure building for a no lame divorce system for years now. back in 1990 it was said we should have won. and seniorjudges believed we should have a no—fault system. when you get divorced you are being ripped apart emotionally and financially, as a couple you are trying to sort out the best living arrangements for your children, and many people say that if you throw blame and filed into the mix at that point you are simply making a bad situation worse. we almost got no—fault divorce in 1996, it was in an act of parliament. but it got looking back. last year there was an appeal against an order which kept a marriage of a0 years because the husband would not consent to a divorce. he didn't believe his behaviour was unreasonable to the point where she could no longer be expected to live with him as a married couple. thejustice secretary has become persuaded of the case for a no—fault system. what idid

our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman has more.ng couples forced to blame each other for the marriage breakdown on the grounds of adultery, desertion or behaviour which is unreasonable to live with. all prove they have been separated through minimum of two years, even if the separation is mutual. like many, jenny thinks blame can make a difficult process a lot worse. many, jenny thinks blame can make a difficult process a lot worsem caused an awful lot of arguments, it caused an awful lot of arguments, it caused me obviously to feel very hurt, i got angry and there were arguments which my children were witness to, it hurt them. i really think that it was completely unnecessary, but it was purely based on wanting to get things done quicker. pressure to no-fault divorce has been growing for decades. why? because when couples divorce they are being torn apart emotionally and financially, often trying to work out sensible living arrangements for their children. so if you throw blame and fault into the process at that stage, most people

our legal eagle clive coleman can give us some more detail on this.he was the snowed snroefd lacing, he was the us intelligence whistle—blower who revealed that bulk mass communications data was being swept up. —— edward snowden this is a huge sweep of information, communications data is the when, the where and the, you know, the timing, so it is not the content of our communications, but it is when we communicate it, to whom we communicate it and where we we re whom we communicate it and where we were when we communicated, so it is that information. he also revealed that information. he also revealed that the uk was in receipt of massivement as of that data from other nations, —— massive. as a result of that, groups of journalists and rights organisations have taken a challenge, this is a challenge to what was known as ripper, this was the regulation of investigatory powers act, a 2,000 a cts investigatory powers act, a 2,000 acts of parliament which was the law governing the collection of this sort of data. that took this challenge to the european c

we'll speak to paul in a second who is in our chelmsford studio but first our legal eagle clive colemanome 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 a certificate that i would then present at the golf course. were you there in front of them with your prosthetic leg? yes. they said they we re prosthetic leg? yes. they said they we

our legal correspondent clive coleman reports. paul houghton's lucky to be alive.rking as a roofer, he knelt in contaminated water and contracted the deadly bug which can eat muscle and body tissue at a rate of two centimetres an hour. well, you got over. paul's right leg was amputated above the knee and he received the last rites in hospital. my received the last rites in hospital. my swing isn't very orthodox. golf has become an important part of paul's life and a buddy enables him to get around the stand and 5—mile course. he has represented england 13 times and played in europe. in august 2016 paul had arranged to play around and this golf course in essex, owned by brentwood council, but on his way to the tee he claims he was told he would not be allowed on the course without a letter from his doctor justifying on the course without a letter from his doctorjustifying the medical need for a buggy. i couldn't believe it, i really couldn't believe it, to be told i couldn't play because i was disabled. what sort of message do you think that sort of response sends o