we have some breaking news from parliament square.parently supporters of brexit. some were seen throwing a metal barricade at the police and others were trying to break the cordon. dozens of officers have been trying to restore calment at one point police officers raced their bah dons as protestors tried to breakthrough the barrier, that is a fixed camera we have, which give us a fixed camera we have, which give usa high a fixed camera we have, which give us a high angle view. so it doesn't give us a lot of detail of the actual square. what you are seeing is some of the protests, obviously bound to spill upwards, but that is the cenotaph you can see in the centre, to your right is the, right foreframe is the junction of parliament square with westminster bridge. and if we were looking the other way, which sadly this camera doesn't do, we would be able to look towards parliament square, but we will, we willjust give you as much as you can see, you can see a better view, you can see a line of police officers at the bottom testify shot.

around parliament square in westminster, there are hidden power lines, a triangle of authority joining government — focused on 10 downing steet, and the judiciary and the supreme court. today the justices explained that a fundamental principle of british democracy is that the prime minister is accountable to parliament. they also stated that the courts had supervised the lawfulness of government for centuries. established in 2009 to replace the law lords as the uk's most seniorjudicial body, today saw the supreme court beginning to flex its constitutional muscles. this is probably the biggest day in the history of the supreme court so far. with this unanimous judgment, the judges have really set down a marker about their role as a constitutional court, as a check on government and as a defender of parliamentary sovereignty. and although this will have some repercussions for brexit, it's really much bigger than that. this is about how our parliamentary democracy works. cool booing traitor! the supreme court is crossing the line, meddling in politics, downing street has suggested. but th

mark easton, bbc news, parliament square. so what happens next? w that parliament will now resume tomorrow. the queen is then due to set out the government's future plans in a queen's speech on 0ctober14th. there are just three weeks before the prime minister is due to go to brussels for a summit on october 17th. in that time, he hopes he'll be able to negotiate a new brexit deal with the eu. the prime minister is still insisting we'll then leave the eu two weeks later on october 31st — come what may. but at the moment, if he doesn't get a brexit deal approved by parliament — by law, the government has to ask the eu for another brexit extension. but a lot could change between now and then, none of this is certain. in a moment, we'll speak to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon, who's at the queen's balmoral residence, but first let's speak to our legal correspondent clive coleman, who is outside the supreme court. this unanimous decision was stronger than many expected. absolutely. let's pause and think of the enormity of what has happened here

my point is that idea the bbc, by broadcasting from parliament square during this brexit debate, fuellingnimosity between the two sides. both sides are only there in these big numbers because of the tv cameras. the bbc should move away from parliament screen, so that we can actually get the reports without having the interruptions from the brexiteers and from the remain side. by brexiteers and from the remain side. by tuesday evening, a partial solution to the noise problem had been found. but the bbc following skypeis been found. but the bbc following skype is likely in using headset microphones, so—called madonna microphones, so—called madonna microphones in the style of pop stars or sport commentators. they headed bbc westminster said the intention was not to block out the back noise entirely. but on the news at ten on thursday, it seemed the new microphones were not excluding as much back noise as some might have wished. not excluding as much back noise as some might have wishedm not excluding as much back noise as some might have wished. if we look at it some might have wished. if we

let's go to parliament square. danjohnson is in parliament square for us now.roups gather along parliament square and there is a group blocking the street white day right outside parliament and i do not know if he can see because it is dark here but right up to where the blue flashing lights are, outside of parliament there is a great, there have been different messages that have been different messages that have been different messages that have been put across today, some asking for a second referendum and some asking for a general election and something they want to do anything they can to get the conservative government out. an interesting range of seekers that we have heard from and i did not know if we can add any clarity on what they propose my position is and to members addressed the crowd and said they were ready for a general election and that was something that they wanted to be brought on. definitely has been a sizeable turn out on the streets around parliament today, sending the message to mps as they carry on the debate inside this evening. people

around parliament square in westminster, there are hidden power lines, a triangle of authority joiningament, the government — focused on 10 downing steet, and the judiciary and the supreme court. today the justices explained that a fundamental principle of british democracy is that the prime minister is accountable to parliament. they also stated that the courts had supervised the lawfulness of government for centuries. established in 2009 to replace the law lords as the uk's most seniorjudicial body, today saw the supreme court beginning to flex its constitutional muscles. this is probably the biggest day in the history of the supreme court so far. with this unanimous judgment, the judges have really set down a marker about their role as a constitutional court, as a check on government and as a defender of parliamentary sovereignty. and although this will have some repercussions for brexit, it's really much bigger than that. this is about how our parliamentary democracy works. booing traitor! the supreme court is crossing the line, meddling in politics, downing street has suggested. b

fact this is about defending our democracy ahead of the latest political drama demonstrators in parliament square denounce boris johnson's actions accusing him of engineering a no deal grex it by claiming they're all still chances of a deal when there's no progress whatsoever boris johnson may have only been in power for 6 weeks but he doesn't have control right now. nevertheless you've only got to listen to the demonstrators here to realize the central issue is about trust and the opposition want to be absolutely sure there's a couple bottom guarantee he can't play any tricks if there is an election the 2nd largest opposition party is also against an immediate election people don't trust johnson when he says he really wants a deal we all suspect that he wants no deal and we also want to make sure that he's not able to use his proxy of powers as the prime minister to create some tricks and allow the country to crash out another day of unprecedented moves with involvement and with it still uncertainty about what the people of the united kingdom might expect from its political leadership and who si

saying it wants to wait for the outcome of an appeal to the supreme court over there just across parliament square the pro geisha a parliament the government insists is perfectly standard practice to bring to a close one parliamentary session in this case historically long and to open a brand new one with a new set of legislative priorities and we have a court seeing that the predication of parliament was unlawful that it's nolen for eat it so it seems to me that the prime minister the government should immediately cease the unlawful predication and we call parliament immediately well of course the government will say that that they won't act on the scottish reeling alone that's disappointing bit predictable in the light of how they conduct themselves but the supreme court will consider these matters next week and on what they say will be fully in the supreme court will in fact be considering 2 appeals the other against a decision by the english high court but it found in boris johnson's favor on the question of whether he'd abused his power in suspending ron paul eyes then on this building next w

london's parliament square is graced with a statue of britain's most famous politician and the ghost of winston churchill his legacy and beliefs have very much been on people's minds in this extraordinary contradictory week. when parliament resumes prime minister boris johnson himself a biographer of churchill invoked the language and even the intonation of the wartime leader to suggest that the u.k. was somehow in a conflict with the european union he used the very same words about the e.u. that churchill had done about nazi germany in 1945 you never surrender that sort of language comes from the playbook of johnson's new chief of staff dominic cummings a brick said idealogue behind the slogan take back control and cummings many believe was also behind the brutal treatment of those conservatives who could not accept johnson's agenda contrary to the prime minister's assertion one of those was cynical assumes a conservative grandy summarily sacks with 20 others for refusing to support johnson's do or die approach to leaving the european union but his speech after being told he was no l

, a very short walk across parliament square to the supreme court. power is not subject to legislative control. the start of the first session, the termination of the current parliamentary session and the start of the new one, how sessions are to be divided and the period between them, including any extension of that period, are for decision by the government in accordance with that reservation of power and its uncontrolled nature in legislation. remember the court is hearing appeals in two different but related cases. the first is from the high court in england, which has already ruled that borisjohnson acted lawfully. campaigner gina miller originally brought that case and is appealing. separately, snp mpjoanna cherry and others took a case to a scottish court which found mrjohnson had acted unlawfully. the government is appealing this ruling. here's the lawyer representing those who argue that the scottish ruling should be upheld. in the present case, it appears that the prime minister's actions in proroguing parliament has had the intent and effe

fact this is about defending our democracy ahead of the latest political drama demonstrators in parliament square denounce boris johnson's actions accusing him of engineering a no deal grex it by claiming they're all still chances of a deal when there's no progress whatsoever boris johnson may have only been in power for 6 weeks but he doesn't have control right now nevertheless you've only got to listen to the demonstrators to realize the central issue is about trust on the opposition want to be absolutely sure there's a couple bottom guarantee the card play any tricks if there is an election the 2nd largest opposition party is also against an immediate election people don't trust him when he says he really wants a deal we all suspect that he wants a new deal and we also want to make sure that he's not able to use his proxy of powers as the prime minister to create some tricks and allow the country to crush out another day of unprecedented moves within parliament and with it still uncertainty about what the people of the united kingdom might expect from its political leadership and drew simmons

fact this is about defending our democracy ahead of the latest political drama demonstrators in parliament square denounce boris johnson's actions accusing him of engineering and no deal grex it by claiming they're all still chances of a deal when there's no progress whatsoever boris johnson may have only been in power for 6 weeks but he doesn't have control right now nevertheless you've only got to listen to the demonstrators to realise the central issue is about trust and the opposition want to be absolutely sure there's a cop up on some guarantee the card play any tricks if there is an election the 2nd largest opposition party is also against an immediate election people don't trust johnson when he says he really wants a deal we all suspect that he wants a new deal and we also want to make sure that he's not able to use his proxy of powers as the prime minister to create some tricks and allow the country to crush out another day of unprecedented moves within parliament and with it still uncertainty about what the people of the united kingdom might expect from its political leadership and who s

fact this is about defending our democracy ahead of the latest political drama demonstrators in parliament square denounce boris johnson's actions accusing him of engineering a no deal grex it by claiming they're all still chances of a deal when there's no progress whatsoever boris johnson may have only been in power for 6 weeks but he doesn't have control right now nevertheless you've only got to listen to the demonstrators to realise the central issue is about trust and the opposition want to be absolutely sure there's a cop up on some guarantee he can't play any tricks if there is an election the 2nd largest opposition party is also against an immediate election people don't trust him when he says he really wants a deal we all suspect that he wants a new deal and we also want to make sure that he's not able to use his proxy of powers as the prime minister to create some tricks and allow the country to crush out another day of unprecedented moves within parliament and with it still uncertainty about what the people of the united kingdom might expect from its political leadership and who symonds

london's parliament square is graced with a statue of britain's most famous politician and the ghost of winston churchill his legacy and beliefs have very much been on people's minds in this extraordinary contradictory week. when parliament resumes prime minister boris johnson himself a biographer of churchill invoked the language and even the intonation of the wartime leader to suggest that the u.k. was somehow in a conflict with the european union when he used the very same words about the e.u. that churchill had done about nazi germany in 1944 you never surrender that sort of language comes from the playbook of johnson's new chief of staff dominic cummings a brick sit idealogue behind the slogan take back control and cummings many believe was also behind the brutal treatment of those conservatives who could not accept johnson's agenda contrary to the prime minister's assertion one of those was cynical assumes a conservative grandy summarily sacks with 20 others for refusing to support johnson's do or die approach to leaving the european union but his speech after being told he was

this is about defending our democracy the head of the latest political drama demonstrators in parliament square denounce boris johnson's actions accusing him of engineering a no deal grex it by claiming they're all still chances of a deal when there's no progress whatsoever boris johnson may have only been in power for 6 weeks but he doesn't have control right now nevertheless you've only got to listen to the demonstrators to realise the central issue is about trust on the opposition want to be absolutely sure there's a cop up on some guarantee he can't play any tricks if there is an election the 2nd largest opposition party is also against an immediate election people don't trust him when he says he really wants a deal we all suspect that he wants a new deal and we also want. make sure that he's not able to use his proxy of powers as the prime minister to create some tricks and allow the country to crash out another day of unprecedented moves with involvement and with it still uncertainty about what the people of the united kingdom might expect from its political leadership to simmons' westmin

fact this is about defending our democracy ahead of the latest political drama demonstrators in parliament square denounce boris johnson's actions accusing him of engineering a no deal grex it by claiming there are still chances of a deal when there's no progress whatsoever boris johnson may have only been in power for 6 weeks but he doesn't have control right now nevertheless you've only got to listen to the demonstrators to realise the central issue is about trust and the opposition want to be absolutely sure there's a cop up balsam guarantee the card play any tricks if there is an election the 2nd largest opposition party is also against an immediate election people don't trust him when he says he really wants a deal we all suspect that he wants a new deal and we also want to make sure that he's not able to use his proxy of powers as the prime minister to create some tricks and allow the country to crush out another day of unprecedented moves within parliament and with it still uncertainty about what the people of the united kingdom might expect from its political leadership and who symonds al

that rallies inside parliament in the city earlier this month they have only police protests in parliament square politically bruising week for the prime minister boris johnson lost his 1st 4 parliamentary votes as m.p.'s rejected his push to allow a no breaks in his attempts to call a snap election next month all makers also moved to force johnson to seek yet another break to its extension to the end of january this time if a withdrawal agreement isn't reached by the current deadline of hollow when the prime minister will try again on monday to get m.p.'s or much. ok kemp is standing by to morrow get redacted tonight it's a sideways swipe at the news that's next season. desists is a sticker from the water bottle phone in the stomach of a fish the brand is sponsor of the coca-cola company which sells millions of bottles of soda every day the idea was that let's tell consumers there are the bad ones there the litter bugs are trying this way industry shouldn't be blamed for all this waste the company has long promised to reuse the plastic. in maine that seems cool sets for some in their classes to

that rallies outside parliament in london earlier this saturday have the police protests in parliament square come after a politically bruising week for the prime minister johnson lost his 1st parliamentary vote as m.p.'s rejected his push to allow a no deal bragg's it and his attempts to call a snap election next month lawmakers also move to force johnson seek yet another break that extension to the end of january if withdrawal agreement isn't reached by the current deadline of october the 30. the prime minister will try again on monday to get m.p.'s back in for an election. now the fight against this information is at the core of an upcoming book by a former u.s. state department official in the obama administration richard stengel is message is that america is losing the information war against russia and is struggling to control and counteract all since. it's not enough to bust or falsehood was truth the truth does not always win the scale of russian descent from asia was beyond what we were capable of responding to or thora tarion governments have gone from fearing the flow of informatio

saying it wants to wait for the outcome of an appeal to the supreme court over there just across parliament square a pro or a geisha in a parliament the government insists is perfectly standard practice to bring to a close one parliamentary session in this case is start rickly long and to open a brand new one with a new set of legislative priorities and we have a court seeing that the predication of parliament was unlawful that it's nolan void at so it seems to me that the prime minister the government should immediately cease the unlawful predication and we call parliament immediately well of course the government will say that that they won't act on the scottish ruling alone that's a disappointing bit predictable in light of how they conduct themselves but the supreme court will consider these matters next week and on what they say will be filing or the supreme court will in fact be considering 2 appeals the other against a decision by the english high court but it found in bars johnson's favor of the question of whether he'd abused his power in suspending all eyes then on this building next wee

more news at the top of the hour, including those confrontations in parliament square., some of the highlights from the victoria derbyshire programme. hello and welcome. i am joanna gosling. for the next half an hour, we will bring you one of the highlights of this week's programme away from politics and live in the studio we replicated a primary school relationship education lesson, which sparked large protests in several parts of the country. the no outsiders series teaches primary age children about a range of relationships and families. protesters objected in particular to one of the books, and tango makes three, which is about two gay penguins that raise a chick together. simon kidwell, the head teacher at a primary school in cheshire, started by reading the book, which is usually taught to nine and ten—year—olds, to a studio audience of parents, teachers, authors and activists. in the middle of new york there is a great big park called central park. children love playing there. it has a toy boat pond where they can sail boats, a carousel to ride on in the summer,

the sackings have led to questions about johnson's leadership as lawrence lee reports london's parliament square is graced with a statue of britain's most famous politician and the ghost of winston churchill his legacy and beliefs have very much been on people's minds in this extraordinary contradictory week. when parliament resumes prime minister boris johnson himself a biographer of churchill invoked the language and even the intonation of the wartime leader to suggest that the u.k. was somehow in a conflict with the european union when he used the very same words about the e.u. that churchill had done about nazi germany in 1945 would you never surrender that sort of language comes from the playbook of johnson's new chief of staff dominic cummings a brick said idealogue behind the slogan take back control and cummings many believe was also behind the brutal treatment of those conservatives who could not accept johnson's agenda contrary to the prime minister's assertion one of those was cynical assumes a conservative grandy summarily sacks with 20 others for refusing to support johnson's do or

and my hayward sent this update from parliament square. all the protests really goes to show that this is no longer just then these do you have rank said there are no deal right so it is. about austerity it is about boris johnson and it is also about the future of britain what you hear a lot here the driving force for getting people out onto the streets is the word democracy they say that the punk suspension a parliament is simply undemocratic one wasn't told me that they believe that boris johnson is simply trashing the democracy will their boys is behind for that very loud down the road there is accounted administration taking place of people who believe the practice is a good idea it just goes to show that 3 years more than 3 years after the referendum this issue is still very divisive. hurrican dorrian is inching away from the bahamas after slamming into the island nation as a category 5 storm officials say they're in the midst of a historic tragedy as reports of more deaths and widespread damage trickle out the hurrican traveled west

fact this is about defending our democracy ahead of the latest political drama demonstrators in parliament square denounce boris johnson's actions accusing him of engineering a no deal grex it by claiming they're all still chances of a deal when there's no progress whatsoever boris johnson may have only been in power for 6 weeks but he doesn't have control right now nevertheless you've only got to listen to the demonstrators to realise the central issue is about trust and the opposition want to be absolutely sure there's a cop up bolton guarantee the card play any tricks if there is an election the 2nd largest opposition party is also against an immediate election people don't trust johnson when he says he really wants a deal we all suspect that he wants a new deal and we also want to make sure that he's not able to use his proxy of powers as the prime minister to create some tricks and allow the country to crush out another day of unprecedented moves within parliament and with it still uncertainty about what the people of the united kingdom might expect from its political leadership andrew symon

this is about defending our democracy the head of the latest political drama demonstrators in parliament square denounce boris johnson's actions accusing him of engineering and no deal grex it by claiming they're all still chances of a deal when there's no progress whatsoever boris johnson may have only been in power for 6 weeks but he doesn't have control right now nevertheless you've only got to listen to the demonstrators to realise the central issue is about trust and the opposition want to be absolutely sure there's a cop up on some guarantee he can't play any tricks if there is an election the 2nd largest opposition party is also against an immediate election people don't trust johnson when he says he really wants a deal we all suspect that he wants a new deal and we also want to make sure that he's not able to use his proxy of powers as the prime minister to create some tricks and allow the country to crush out another day of unprecedented moves within parliament and with it still uncertainty about what the people of the united kingdom might expect from its political leadership and to sy

fact this is about defending our democracy ahead of the latest political drama demonstrators in parliament square denounce boris johnson's actions accusing him of engineering and no deal grex it by claiming they're all still chances of a deal when there's no progress whatsoever boris johnson may have only been in power for 6. but he doesn't have control right now nevertheless you've only got to listen to the demonstrators to realize the central issue is about trust and the opposition want to be absolutely sure there's a cop up bottom guarantee the card play any tricks if there is an election the 2nd largest opposition party is also against an immediate election people don't trust johnson when he says he really wants a deal we all suspect that he wants a no deal and we also want to make sure that he's not able to use his proxy of powers as the prime minister to create some tricks and allow the country to crash out another day of unprecedented moves within parliament and with it still uncertainty about what the people of the united kingdom might expect from its political leadership and drew simmons

saying it wants to wait for the outcome of an appeal to the supreme court over there just across parliament square the pro gay tional parliament the government insists it's perfectly standard practice to bring to a close one parliamentary session in this case historically long and to open a brand new one with a new set of legislative priorities that we have a court seeing that the predication of parliament was unlawful that it's nolen for eat it so it seems to me that the prime minister the government should immediately cease the unlawful predication and we call parliament immediately well of course the government will say that that they won't act on the scottish reading alone that's disappointing bit predictable in the light of how they conduct themselves but the supreme court will consider these matters next week and on what they say will be shortly in the supreme court will in fact be considering 2 appeals the other against a decision by the english high court but it found in boris johnson's favor on the question of whether he'd abused his power in suspending all eyes then on this building next

london's parliament square is graced with a statue of britain's most famous politician and the ghost of winston churchill his legacy and beliefs have very much been on people's minds in this extraordinary contradictory week. when parliament resumes prime minister boris johnson himself above refers to churchill invoked the language and even the intonation of the wartime leader. to suggest that the u.k. was somehow in a conflict with the european union he used the very same words about the e.u. that churchill had done about nazi germany in 1944 you never surrender that sort of language comes from the playbook of johnson's new chief of staff dominic cummings a brick said idealogue behind the slogan take back control and cummings many believe was also behind the brutal treatment of those conservatives who could not accept johnson's agenda contrary to the prime minister's assertion one of those was cynical assumes a conservative grandy summarily sacks with 20 others for refusing to support johnson's do or die approach to leaving the european union but his speech after being told he was no

fact this is about defending our democracy ahead of the latest political drama demonstrators in parliament square denounce boris johnson's actions accusing him of engineering a no deal grex it by claiming they're all still chances of a deal when there's no progress whatsoever boris johnson may have only been in power for 6 weeks but he doesn't have control right now nevertheless you've only got to listen to the demonstrators to realize the central issue is about trust and the opposition want to be absolutely sure there's a couple bottom guarantee the card play any tricks if there is an election the 2nd largest opposition party is also against an immediate election people don't trust him when he says he really wants a deal we all suspect that he wants a new deal and we also want to make sure that he's not able to use his proxy of powers as the prime minister to create some tricks and allow the country to crush out another day of unprecedented moves within parliament and with it still uncertainty about what the people of the united kingdom might expect from its political leadership andrew symonds a

over the next few hours for the moment thank you but i hate what now she's with protesters at parliament square in westminster and tea breaks at protesters i understand they're gathering there what's the mood lie with all that's happening in parliament they are they following and do they think their voices are actually going to be listened to. well i think everybody is just trying to keep across exactly what's going on inside the commons tonight but barbara this is now so much more than just breaks it or no breaks a deal it is about austerity it is about boris johnson it is about the conservative party and really the future of britain but the common thing when you ask people why they have come here tonight it is about democracy and people feel that the shutting down of parliament is really an teacher maccracken is simply cannot be tolerated and they point the finger of blame clearly a woman said to me she thinks he is just trashing parliament and everything that it stands. m. of course a lot of people there might think that that's anti democratic of course people who voted for breaks that will

my point is that i feel that the bbc, by broadcasting from parliament square during this brexit debate actually get the reports without having the interruptions from the brexiteers and from the remain side. by tuesday evening, a partial solution to the noise problem had been found, with the bbc following sky's lead in using headset microphones, so—called madonna mics, in the style of pop stars or sports commentators. katie searle, head of bbc westminster, said the intention was not to block out the background noise entirely. but on thursday's news at ten it seems the new microphones were not excluding as much background noise as some might have wished. it looks as if no deal brexit is a very real possibility... protester shouting. ..and the coming election could be vindication or backfire very, very badly. there is... protester shouting. ..and certainly there are some in government and in the conservative party who believe that plan may need to go back to the drawing board. some very vocal protesters, not many of them here tonight, but they're certainly making their feelings known. wor

parliament square has just reopened and the traffic is starting to flow again but certainly this partn is prepared to shutdown parliaments, they are prepared to block the streets —— if boris johnson is prepared. let's see if we can have a quick word. johnson is prepared. let's see if we can have a quick wordlj johnson is prepared. let's see if we can have a quick word. i am from london! why are you here? i am here basically because borisjohnson is a prove n basically because borisjohnson is a proven liar. a good leader is meant to be someone we proven liar. a good leader is meant to be someone we can proven liar. a good leader is meant to be someone we can trust, someone who is confident and someone who is, can lead the country. borisjohnson isa can lead the country. borisjohnson is a liar. he is a proven liar. have a look at how iwas... i was... its boris johnson buzzing leadership your... 100%. not i was... its boris johnson buzzing leadership your... 10096. not brexit? i will be honest with you. if we had a party and a leader who could deliver brexit without making a mess and makin