setting up the world's first rocket mail delivery service, right here across the solent from the isle of wightthis was a test launch in germany. he thought he had the idea of letter lift offs licked, but he didn't quite go to plan. in 192a he came to britain, but was he a scientist or a bit of a scoundrel? the question is his intention to develop a serious alternative to mail being carried by rocket? 0r alternative to mail being carried by rocket? or was the plan to make money by selling stamps that were attached to letters that had gone on this ride in the rocket? but he ignored their suspicions and went on with his test flight. it was another first—class disaster, the wind blowing the rocket into oblivion. so, is rocket mail really possible? the bbc team decided to find out. they asked richard browning, a pioneer ofjet suits, to make the same crossing of the solent. pioneer ofjet suits, to make the same crossing of the solentm looks like it's longer than 1.3 kilometres, or whatever it is supposed to be. carry a letter. travelling slightly faster than your average postman, it tookjust 75 seco

the world's first rocket mail delivery service, right here in lymington across the solent to the isle of wighter lift—offs, well, licked... but it didn't quite go to plan. yet he persisted. in 193a, zucker came to britain. was he a scientist or actually a bit of a scoundrel? the question is was his intention to develop a serious alternative to mail being carried via a rocket? was that the plan? or was the plan to make money by selling stamps which were attached to letters, which had gone on this ride in a rocket? but zucker ignored the suspicions and went ahead with this test flight to take mail across the solent. but it was another first class disaster — wind blowing the rocket into oblivion. so, is rocket mail really possible? well, a bbc team decided to find out. they asked richard browning, a pioneer ofjet suits, to make the same solent crossing... here it looks like that's longer than 1.3 kilometers or whatever it's supposed to be. ..carrying a letter. travelling slightly faster than your average postie, it took just 75 seconds. so, i think i've got a delivery to make. i'm going to go and

social care problems again mentioned in yellowhammer and in council documents, for example, the isle of wightlure of a social care provider. morning, mr gove. can we have a quick word? the cabinet minister for no—deal said that all this planning shows that the government is getting ready. the yellowhammer documents are a worst—case scenario. they're produced so that government can take plans and take steps in order to mitigate any of those consequences. but a version of the same yellowhammer documents from the same day circulated to the scottish government was not headlined as being a worst—case scenario. in any event, the assessment is from a few weeks ago, not old, as originally claimed by the government, and so far the turbo—charging of no—deal preparations has not changed its own assessment. faisal islam, bbc news. earlier i spoke to charlie maclean—bristol, founder of crisis management firm plan b consultancy, about what he thought the impacts of a no—deal brexit would be. i think what we'll find is that the sort of very obvious things might be planned for. i hope they're going to be pla

for example, the isle of wight, warning of the extreme impact of the failure of the extreme impact ofct of the failure of a social care provider. yellowhammer also warns on inflamed tensions in northern ireland. these documents show that north ayrshire council via a new deal as it could see greater sectarian tensions, including in the west of scotland. elsewhere in scotland, nicola sturgeon said it's a version of the yellowhammer documents from the same day was a base scenario, not the uk government's description. the yellowhammer documents are a worst—case scenario. yellowhammer documents are a worst—case scenario. they are produced so that government can take plans, take steps in order to mitigate any of those consequences. so far, the turbo—charging of no—deal planning is yet to change the government's own no—deal assessment. the number of convictions for rape has fallen to its lowest level since records began. the crown prosecution service says there has been a drop of nearly 30% — compared to last year. yet the number of allegations of rape being reported to the police is at an a

social care problems again mentioned in yellowhammer and in council documents, for example, the isle of wightal care provider. can we have a quick word? the cabinet minister for no deal said that all this planning shows that the government is getting ready. the yellowhammer documents are a worst—case scenario. it is so that the government can take plans and take steps to mitigate any of those consequences. but a version of the same yellowhammer documents from the same day circulated to the scottish government was not headlined as being a worst—case scenario. in any event, the assessment is from a few weeks ago, not old, as originally claimed by the government and so far the turbo—charging of no deal preparations has not changed its own assessment. faisal islam, bbc news. 0ur europe editor katya adlerjoins me now. katya... on 315t of a cupboard so close, any deal has to be done by the 17th of october, is it possible? it depends who we should believe because the prime minister says he is working flat out to get a deal with the eu but today we heard from the chief brexit negotiator from the eu w

efficient way to send mail, but a british inventor has delivered a letterfrom the uk mainland to the isle of wightidea of a rocket post failed. he has followed in the footsteps of german entrepreneur gerhard zucker, who tried to send mail by rocket to the island in 193a. researchers at mit have developed a new robotic thread which could help treat blood clots in stroke patients. the thread is steered by magnets instead of the current hand—operated method, potentially making it safer for both patients and surgeons. it is hoped, in the future, procedures could even be carried out remotely. and finally, is that obi—wan bon jovi? no, it is the lego droid 0rchestra. they took 3,000 hours assembling 30 ipads, 46 r2—d2s, 25 gonks and 2a mouse droids to recreate the iconic star wars theme. a truly stellar performance. in the uk 1 in 2 of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lifetimes. that is a terrifying statistic. yet unless you or someone close to you has been through it, it can be hard to really comprehend the experience. and while everyone's journey is different, one woman has made a

the world's first rocket mail delivery service, right here in lymington across the solent to the isle of wight it didn't quite go to plan. yet he persisted. in 1934, zucker came to britain. was he a scientist or actually a bit of a scoundrel? the question is was his intention to develop a serious alternative to mail being carried via a rocket? was that the plan? or was the plan to make money by selling stamps which were attached to letters, which had gone on this ride in a rocket? but zucker ignored the suspicions and went ahead with this test flight to take mail across the solent. but it was another first class disaster — wind blowing the rocket into oblivion. so, is rocket mail really possible? well, a bbc team decided to find out. they asked richard browning, a pioneer ofjet suits, to make the same solent crossing... here it looks like that's longer than 1.3 kilometres or whatever it's supposed to be. ..carrying a letter. travelling slightly faster than your average postie, it took just 75 seconds. so, i think i've got a delivery to make. i'm going to go and find the recipient. 85 years lat

thank my right honourable and honourable friends, the members for south west adventure, wokingham, isle of wights facing our police officers are evolving as well, for the way we resource them we have to evolve in three areas. first, serious and organised crime is the most deadly national threat faced by the uk, costing the nation at least £37 billion per year. the scale and the complexity of this thread means we need to do more to develop our response. so i'm announcing today a formal review to identify the powers, the capabilities, governance and funded needing a head of a full spending review next year. second, this year, sadly, has seen more tax on places —— attacks on places of worship including mosques and synagogues. that is unacceptable in a diverse, open, tolerant society ours. soto protect our religious and minority communities, i am announcing today that i will double the places of worship fund next year. and i thank my honourable friend the member sport hendon and the memberfor friend the member sport hendon and the member for finchley and friend the member sport hendon and the member

thank you very much indeed. joining me now from the isle of wight is the lead for institution of governmentent of charity, the ellen macarthur foundation. thank you for speaking to bbc news. what have you made of the scenes that we have you made of the scenes that we have seen from around the world today? quite extraordinary. that week with the economy says the issue of climate change on their cover. the story captures the attention of the public of course but also business leaders and policymakers andi business leaders and policymakers and ijust business leaders and policymakers and i just heard business leaders and policymakers and ijust heard today the german government put it on the table with millions of euros for climate change. this is very topical situation that we are in, there's an emergency but it's a systemic issue as well. as we have heard from your science correspondent the energy thatis science correspondent the energy that is at the heart of it and what it must not be forgotten is that they come from a good in products that flow through our economy so there is a massive pote

for example, the isle of wight, warning of the extreme impact of the failure of a social care providerrthern ireland. these documents show that north ayrshire council fear a no—deal brexit could see greater sectarian tensions, including in the west of scotland. elsewhere in scotland, first minister nicola sturgeon said its version of the yellowhammer documents from the same day was a base scenario, not the uk government's description. the yellowhammer documents are a worst—case scenario. they are produced so that government can take plans, take steps in order to mitigate any of those consequences. so far though, the turbo—charging of no—deal planning is yet to change the government's own no—deal assessment. faisal islam, bbc news. i'm nowjoined by charlie maclean—bristol, founder and director of plan b consulting, a firm specialising in emergency planning and crisis management. thank you for being with us. the government keeps saying this is a worst—case scenario. government keeps saying this is a worst—case scenario. in your experience come is that wise and sensible to do, worst—case

the inventor richard browning donned hisjetsuit to fly over open water to post a letter to the isle of wightn the footsteps of a german entrepeneur in the 19305, whose attempts to do the same thing didn't go to plan. at 1.3 kilometres this is the furthest richard has ever flown with his jetpack. that is the end of the picture. he hasn't just sort of stopped there. amazing pictures, aren't they?” would really enjoy that. good idea. johanna konta. it is no wonder she is smiling. she has been an unbelievable form. worth pointing out, she has now reached the last eight of all four majors. semifinals at the french open, quarter—finals at the french open, quarter—finals at wimbledon. fingers crossed she can go one step further at the us open. it was a huge win for johanna konta in new york. she became the first british woman for 36 years to reach the quarter—finals of the us open, after she knocked out the third seed karolina pliskova. charles leclerc dedicated his first win in formula 1 to antoine hubert, the f2 driver who died after a crash on saturday, tributes were paid to hubert throughout th

active house of commons where bob seely, the tory mp for the isle of wight, is speaking, getting towardswhether to have an early general election. what happened when they go to the people. we need a new parliament, mr speaker, because we need a government with a mandate and a parliament that votes for something positive. from now on a collection of opposition mps should be known frankly mr speaker as a shambles, because we offer leadership. what they offer, god knows. thank you. lloyd russell—moyle. they offer, god knows. thank you. lloyd russell-moyle. thank you, mr speaker. what the prime minister has put to us is clearly a poisoned chalice. he is like the schoolroom clown who thinks that he can offer something to us, dancing around, blathering from the dispatch box, but we know who he is. he is a man who has been twice sacked for lying. he clearly is a person that we cannot trust, and we therefore... order, order. the honourable gentleman is referring to parts of a member's career, i don't think he is making any allegation, i sincerely hope he isn't, if you'll let me finish... i hope

quite cloudy skies here in the isle of wight. -45 particularly around the southwest. 40—45 miles an hour wind gusts. the rain is quite heavy in places but for western parts, as the rain clears away, there will be some sunny spells breaking through. maximum temperature is about 14—18. what about the weekend? staying u nsettled, what about the weekend? staying unsettled, low pressure still there, a few weather systems moving eastward before this area of low pressure m oves eastward before this area of low pressure moves in three saturday night into sunday because of some uncertainty as to how far north or south the rain and winds will move but you can see for many of us over the weekend, it looks really quite wet at times. strong winds and those temperatures down a little bit, especially during sunday. bye—bye. you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main stories this morning: the prime minister's top advisor, dominic cummings says it's "not surprising" some people are angry with mps over brexit, saying parlia

i thank my honourable friend who is a mighty campaigner for the isle of wight and at that is going to house, we can still do it. mr speaker, the prime minister has proven that if you live behind a wall of armed police officers, you can be as irresponsible as you want with your language because you never have to live with the consequences of the people up been speaking up to him today with all sincerity. but when it comes to the supreme court case, can you explain something, every other participant in the case provided witness statements that we re provided witness statements that were sworn. why didn't he and why didn't the government? the government provided all the evidence that we were asked to provide and i may say, he talks about... i was london for —— i was the mayor of london for —— i was the mayor of london for —— i was the mayor of london for eight years, i went around, i went around everywhere with the bicycle on a bicycle with no protection whatsoever and i was very proud of it. and believe me, believe me, the best way to ensure that every parliamentarian is properly safe,

i want something similar for the isle of wight. i will talk about it to the prime minister today. he is keen to give it to us. i wanted to cover the nhs. extra 10 million pounds in revenue. i want it to cover local governments. i want to cover housing. we can't get that because for six months we have not had a domestic agenda because we have cally obsessednia with brexit. i don't know what the parties opposite want, mr. speaker. three times they have been offered a brexit deal. three times they have refused. tonight they are being offered a general election and tonight they are refusing. they cling to a zombie parliament for fear of what will happen when they go to the people. we need a new parliament, mr. speaker, because we need a government with a mandate and a parliament that votes for something positive. from now on, a collection of opposition mp's should be known , frankly, mr. speaker, as a shamble, because we offer leadership. what they offer, god knows. >> thank you, mr. speaker. what the prime minister has put to us is clearly a poisoned chalice. he is like the schoolroo

i want something similar for the isle of wight. i will talk about it to the prime minister today. he is keen to give it to us. i wanted to cover the nhs. i want it to cover local governments. i want it to cover [indiscernible] we can't get that because for six months we have not had a domestic agenda. we have a maniac obsessed by brexit. i don't know what the parties opposite want, mr. speaker. three times they have been offered a brexit deal. three times they have refused. tonight they are being offered a general election and tonight they are refusing. they cling to a zombie parliament for fear of what will happen when they go to the people. we need a new parliament, mr. speaker, because we need a government with a mandate and a parliament that votes for something positive. from now on, a collection of opposition mp's should be known as a shamble because we in this leadership -- >> thank you, mr. speaker. what the prime minister has put to us is clearly a poisoned chalice. he is like the schoolroom clown who thinks that he can offer something to us, dancing around, blabbering fro

that is the scene this morning in yarmouth on the isle of wight. y from west to east. some strong gusty winds associated with those showers, particularly across southern with those showers, particularly across southern areas. with those showers, particularly across southern areas. there is some sunshine out there across eastern parts and later towards western areas. temptress getting to about 14-17dc. the areas. temptress getting to about 14—17dc. the weekend, low—pressure on saturday, if you weather fronts moving through. by sunday, this area of low pressure moves and it will give us a lot of rainfall and also some strong wind. the rainfall could amount to quite bit, so it could cause some flooding problems and there will be some strong wind particularly on sunday across the eastern part of the uk. for many of us, staying very unsettled over the weekend. hold onto the umbrella and make other plans if you can. by. bye. hello this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: the prime minister's top advisor says it's "not surprising" some people are angry wi

look at these impressive waves across the isle of wight. the rain clears into the south—east. notice this bulk of rain across scotland and northern parts of england coming in through the afternoon, that spreads right to the south east. further showers in the north, these winds, the arrows are gusting up to 45 mph in the west of scotland, those of the strongest and elsewhere still windy conditions. temperatures down in the last few days, feeling chilly, autumnalfor many of us, around about 15—18dc. through the night, though showers tend to clear away, clear spells going into thursday, that will be a largely dry day for many of us with a few showers scattered around across scotland, north—west england and the midlands. for most, staying dry and temperatures again in the mid to high teens. goodbye. hello this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines... after a dramatic defeat for the prime minister last night, mps will today try to rush through legislation to block the possibility of a no—deal brexit. borisjohnson says he'll seek a general election

early rain for this weather front down towards the channel islands and the isle of wight and the south—eastland, north wales and north midlands through the day. sunshine elsewhere but a blustery day with 40 or 50 or 60 mph in north—western scotland and northern ireland and a chilly day. temperatures in the north of scotla nd temperatures in the north of scotland only around 11 or 12 and further south with the sunshine dominant, down on the past few days. we stick with the chilly air as the temperatures reduce. single figure temperatures reduce. single figure temperatures on thursday morning. lots of sunshine to begin with. cloud in overfor the rest lots of sunshine to begin with. cloud in over for the rest of the day with rain and drizzle, not too significant, but in the last few days as we've seen, northern and western areas damp and brightening up western areas damp and brightening up in northern ireland later. temperatures only 14—19, down on where we expect for the time of year and for the start of the weekend and the end of the week, temperatures roughly that level. dampness in western