there's some flash photography in this report from our scotland editor, sarah smith.licy was in the wrong place today. she admits they don't entirely agree, but she believes he is trying to avoid a no—deal exit. i stared him right in the eye and i asked him outright, look, i need to know are you actually trying to get a deal or not? and he categorically assured me that he was. i know that what would help further would be for people who want to avoid no deal to come out and say if a deal is brought back to parliament that they would back it at this time in the way they have failed to do three times already. let the eu know you will pass a new deal, she urged like—minded mps. while explaining the genuine, personal reasons that why, as a new mum, she's stepping down. i have to be honest where the idea of getting on the road to fight two elections in 20 months would once have fired me up, the threat of spending hundreds of hours away from my home and family now fills me with dread. and that is no way to lead. ruth davidson played a large part in helping to elect 13 scotti

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow.il a plaque commemorating the disappearance of a 700—year—old glacier. it is the island's first to melt away due to climate change, but scientists warn it won't be the last unless immediate action is taken. courtney bembridge reports. photographs taken from space show just how rapidly the 0k glacier disappeared. in 1986, it was a mass of solid white, spilling from the crater of an extinct volcano. but by 2014, it was no longer thick enough to move, and the glacier officially declared dead by glaciologist oddur sigursson. translation: by reaching this stage, the nature of the glacier changes dramatically. it starts to slide. it erodes the land beneath much more quickly. dirty water emerges from it, and the water stops seeping through it. five years later, iceland's prime minister and environment minister were among the mourners who gathered to commemorate the loss of the glacier. the idea for a memorial came from two professors from a texan university who made a documentary about the lo

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. the headlines on bbc news...r a no—deal brexit — michael gove — says leaked documents showing shortages of goods and a hard border with ireland are out of date and are worst—case scenarios. the search continues for 6—year—old lucas dobson, who's missing after he fell into the river stour in kent. 100,000 people are gathering in hong kong for more pro—democracy protests for the 11th week running. thousands of people in bangladesh have been left homeless, after a huge fire in a crowded slum in the bangladeshi capital, dhaka, on friday. officials say more than 1,200 shanty homes were destroyed in the blaze. it took several hours to douse the flames. many of the structures had polythene roofs which helped the fire to spread. shahnaz parveen reports from dhaka. (tx chard corrugated tin, the remains of furnitures, melted utensils, burnt television sets, mattresses. all items that were once precious possessions, now worthless. a short walk around and all you see is devastation. people are frantically rummaging through b

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow.ants for zoos is to be banned by the convention on international trade in endangered species. a committee at the cites conference in geneva approved the ban, but it will still need to be passed by the full conference. the decision applies to southern african countries. elephants in western, central and eastern africa are already banned from all trade. a ceremony has been held in iceland to unveil a plaque commemorating the disappearance of a 700—year—old glacier. it's the island's first to melt away due to climate change, but scientists warn it won't be the last, unless immediate action is taken. courtney bembridge reports. photographs taken from space show just how rapidly the 0k glacier disappeared. in 1986, it was a mass of solid white, spilling from the crater of an extinct volcano. but by 2014, it was no longer thick enough to move, and the glacier officially declared dead by glaciologist oddur sigursson. translation: by reaching this stage, the nature of the glacier changes drama

sarah smith, bbc news, melrose.nt factory tonight in peterborough. the fire engulfed dozens of lorry trailers next to the factory. authorities say at one point 50 firefighters were tackling the blaze. residents nearby have reported hearing explosions since the fire began at around 7:00pm this evening. a teenager has admitted murdering 17—year—old ellie gould, who was stabbed to death at her home in wiltshire in may. thomas griffiths, who is also 17, pleaded guilty at bristol crown court. the judge lifted reporting restrictions to allow him to be named. jon kay reports. pictured at her prom, 17—year—old ellie gould. the a—level student loved animals and wanted to be a police officer. in may this year, she was stabbed to death at her family home in the wiltshire town of calne. police described it as a violent attack. today, thomas griffiths, who is also 17 and thought to have been at school with ellie, pleaded guilty to her murder. he is from the nearby village of derry hill. until now, griffiths couldn't be named by

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow.of climate change. it's the island's first glacier to disappear — but scientists warn it won't be the last, unless immediate action is taken. courtney bembridge reports. photographs ta ken from photographs taken from space show just how rapidly this glacier disappeared. in 1986, it was a massive solid weight, spilling from the creator of an extinct volcano. but by 2014, it was no longer thick enough to move in the glazier officially declared dead by glaciology —— glaciologists. officially declared dead by glaciology -- glaciologists. at this stage it starts to become unable to move and water stop seeping through it. five years later they -- five yea rs it. five years later they -- five years after first discovering, prominent heads of government were at the commemoration. now is the time to act, it's actually passed the time to act. in some ways we see this as a memorial to recognise the loss of this glazier and sad moment, but we also see it as a call to action. iceland is home to mor

sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh.y because of fears a dam would collapse have finally been allowed to return home. emergency services say the dam wall at the toddbrook reservoir is now stable, after it was damaged following heavy rain. since then, engineers have run a round—the—clock operation, dropping 500 tons of gravel and stone on the damaged part of the structure to reinforce it, and they have used pumps to reduce the level of water by more than ten metres, leaving it just a quarterfull. our correspondent judith moritz has more. this is the moment the whole town was waiting for. without ceremony, roadblocks lifted, whaley bridge open again. the streets empty for a last moment. and then, the first residents began to reappear. amongst them, margot and dave graham, back home for the first time in nearly a week after waiting all morning for the green light. looking at your phone every five minutes, and then happily, the police just came and said, "cordon‘s off, go home." it's more than bricks and mortar, it's the who

sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. the time is 6:16pm.tranded, after computer problems force cancellations and long delays at heathrow and gatwick. and coming up — changing ways to watch the rise and rise of subscription streaming services, like netflix, in the uk. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: we'll hearfrom british racing driverjamie chadwick, as she looks to seal the inaugural w—series title next weekend. president trump is visiting dayton in ohio and el paso in texas — where 31 people were killed in two deadly shootings at the weekend. the shooting in the border town of el paso is being investigated by police as an act of domestic terrorism. the fbi has announced it's also investigating a further deadly gun attack at a food festival in california a week earlier as a possible act of home—grown terrorism. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. first up on the presidential gun crime tour, dayton, ohio, where nine people were killed at the weekend. the president again floated and the idea of tightened bac

sarah smith there. one of the chancellor sajid javid's advisers has been sacked by downing street.nment lea ks by borisjohnson‘s senior adviser, dominic cummings. there was no evidence that ms khan had put sensitive information in the public domain. after her meeting with mr cummings, sonia khan was escorted from number 10 by a police officer. it's believed that the chancellor was not told in advance that his key aide was being dismissed. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in westminster. and there have been more developments on this this evening? yes, i understand the chancellor was so angry yes, i understand the chancellor was so angry about this, he did confront the prime minister about it. i don't think sajid javid could sit by and let people think he was so weak he couldn't defend his own staff. it is the second of his advisers to lose theirjob in recent weeks. whitehall sources say this is a row about personnel, it is not a policy difference, they stress the two men have a very close working relationship. they have agreed a complex spending review in a matter

sarah smith, bbc news, melrose.to suspend parliament has prompted thousands of questions from viewers and listeners across bbc news. here's a flavour of some of them. why has parliament been suspended and is it routine? can mps do anything about the suspension of parliament? can the suspension of parliament? can the suspension of parliament to be stopped by the courts? will there be a no—confidence vote in the government and what happens then? could the suspension of parliament mean that a general election is more likely? lots of questions, and eastern has been trying to come up with some a nswe i’s. been trying to come up with some answers. the tourists may not realise it, but in a 16119, answers. the tourists may not realise it, but in a 1619, right here, charles i was beheaded, a court had found the king guilty of treason, bringing a gruesome conclusion to a showdown between ruler and parliament. the stakes are not quite so high today, perhaps, but once again the courts are being asked to side with parliamentaria

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow.e's karthi gna nasegaram, at the bbc sport centre. good evening. clive, it has been an enthralling five days, but the second ashes test has ended ina draw. australia lead the ashes series 1—0 but england's fast bowler jofra archer has shown the impact he can have in test cricket, while ben stokes hit a century. australia though frustrated england in a tense final few hours. joe wilson reports from lord's. it was past midday when the sun got its act together and allowed england's batsmen to play. ben stokes was ready. his hundred was a quick scoring classic, and it allowed england's captain to make his decision. 266 ahead, let's try to win, let's bowl. so, are to warner to burns, court, to win, let's bowl. so, are to warnerto burns, court, out. england we re warnerto burns, court, out. england were often running atjofra archer pace. too quick for a dutchman khawaja. next to bat, labuschagne, replacing steve smith who had woken up replacing steve smith who had woken up with a headache an

sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh.d suspending all trade with its neighbour, after india stripped its part of the contested state of kashmir of its autonomy earlier this week. some protests have broken out in the territory, despite tens of thousands of troops patrolling the streets, and phone, television and internet services also being restricted. india's decision means the predominantly muslim state will no longer have right to make its own laws, which guaranteed jobs and property for local people. around 1,500 people who had to leave their homes in derbyshire last thursday because of fears a dam would collapse, have finally been allowed to return home. emergency services say the dam wall at the toddbrook reservoir is now stable after it was damaged following heavy rain. since then engineers have run a round—the—clock operation, dropping 500 tonnes of gravel and stone on the damaged part of the structure to reinforce it. and they've used pumps to reduce the level of water by more than 10 metres, leaving itjust a quar

sarah smith, thank you. so, this is what the next few weeks could look like. westminster on tuesday. they'd normally have had a fortnight before breaking for the party conferences. most of the following day will now be taken up with the chancellor sajid javid's statement on government spending. parliament is now due to be suspended as soon as six days later. that will allow the government to present its plans in a queen's speech on monday the 14th of october, which mps then vote on. three days after that, europe's leaders will meet in brussels where any renegotiated brexit deal would have to be discussed. britain is due to leave the european union on the last day of october. more than 900,000 people have signed an online petition today calling for the decision to suspend parliament to be reversed. and tonight a legal challenge has been launched by the businesswoman gina miller, who won a momentous victory in 2017 against the government and its approach to brexit. this time she's trying to stop boris johnson suspending parliament. what borisjohnson is doing is

sarah smith, bbc news, melrose.knitted murdering ellie gould who was stabbed to death her home in may. thejudge who was stabbed to death her home in may. the judge lifted who was stabbed to death her home in may. thejudge lifted reporting restrictions to allow him to be named as john now restrictions to allow him to be named asjohn now reports. pictured at her prom, 17—year—old ellie gould. the a—level student loved animals and wanted to be a police officer. in may this year, she was stabbed to death at her family home in the wiltshire town of calne. police described it as a violent attack. today, thomas griffiths, who is also 17 and thought to have been at school with ellie, pleaded guilty to her murder. he is from the nearby village of derry hill. until now, griffiths couldn't be named by the media because he's under the age of 18. but today, thejudge here said he was lifting reporting restrictions because of the extremely grave nature of this crime. the families of the two teenagers sat just yards apart from one

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow.ire, were demolished. the blackout followed controlled explosions. witnesses say they saw an electricity pole catch fire, moments after the towers collapsed. the local energy supplier initially denied the demolition was to blame, but later said the two, were "probably linked". now with all the sport, here's karthi gna nasegaram, at the bbc sport centre. good evening. there's not long left to play on the final day of what has been an eventful second ashes test. ben stokes hit an unbeaten century and england are now pressing for victory with fast bowler jofra archer taking two early wickets as australia chase an unlikely total of 267 to win. our correspondent, joe wilson has the latest from lord's. the cricketers don't decide when play begins, it is the weather. past midday when the sun got its act together, england's batsmen were composed. safety first was the plan. then press the accelerator, ben stokes. pretty good, think you can hit the next ball further? looked like it. ben stokes,

sarah smith, bbc news, melrose.re a bit rocked back on your heels hearing that ruth davidson was quitting, but that would be nothing, will it, compared to the effect that no deal is likely to the effect that no deal is likely to have for you and your colleagues. yes, i was shocked when i heard the news today about this, but i respect her decision, and we need to remember that, if we talk about no—deal brexit, it is hypothetically we are talking, and the other parties who didn‘t vote for the deals, there was a deal on the party, —— on the table, they should have voted for to avoid this. she was quite diplomatic with regards to borisjohnson as the prime minister, exhorting him to get on and do a deal. would you be as diplomatic?” think we have back the prime minister. we‘ve met with the prime minister. we‘ve met with the prime minister every week i looked him in the eyes and said, are you doing everything you can to get a deal? and i believe that. we have to work to get the deal and not allow other parties to try and

sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. the headlines on bbc news...exit, michael gove, says leaked documents showing shortages of goods and a hard border with ireland are out of date and are worst case scenarios. 100,000 people have been gathering in hong kong for more pro—democracy protests for the 11th week running. the search continues for six—year—old lucas dobson who's missing after he fell into the river stour in kent. the bbc understands that the muslim convert known asjihadijack, who joined the islamic state group as a teenager, has had his british citizenship revoked. jack letts was 18 when he left his 0xfordshire home in 2014 to travel to join fighters in raqqa. the decision was reportedly made by sajid javid when he was home secretary. the home office have declined to comment on the case. 0ur correspondent charlotte gallagher said that by revoking his citizenship, the government had effectively passed responsibility forjack letts to the canadians. he was just a teenager when he left to join islamic state fighters in syria. he was 18 years o

there's some flash photography in this report from our scotland editor sarah smith.me to hear ruth davidson denounce borisjohnson and his brexit policy was in the wrong place today. she admits they don't entirely agree, but she believes he is trying to avoid a no—deal exit. i stared him right in the eye and i asked him outright, look, i need to know are you actually trying to get a deal or not? and he categorically assured me that he was. i know that what would help further would be for people who want to avoid no deal to come out and say if a deal is brought back to parliament, that they would back it this time in the way they have failed to do three times already. let the eu know you will pass a new deal, she urged like—minded mps. while explaining the genuine, personal reason is that why, personal reasons that why, as a new mum, she's stepping down. i have to be honest where the idea of getting on the road to fight two elections in 20 months would once have fired me up, the threat of spending hundreds of hours away from my home and family now fills me with dread.

the court will instead hear full arguments next week. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, is outside thee? well, the appellants who brought this case did not get the judge to do what they wanted which was to issue this immediate ban to stop boris johnson's plans issue this immediate ban to stop borisjohnson's plans today. but the judge did agree to fast track this case so judge did agree to fast track this case so that next week the court of session will give a full ruling on whether or not the prime minister is acting legally. thejudge said it was in the public interest to have this case which had been brought by a cross—party group of mps and peers heard at as soon as possible so he will hear arguments on tuesday. we expect a ruling on wednesday and the key thing to remember with this timetable is that the first date on which parliament could be suspended is next friday so we will get the ruling before then. there was a rather surprising thing that happened in court. the lawyer who was representing the anti—brexit politicians said that he thought that boris johnson politicians said tha

the court will instead hear full arguments next week. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith has been followingll, the cross—party group of mps and peers on this case are very pleased to note, even though they didn't persuade the judge to grant that immediate plan on boris johnson's plans that they were asking for. they are happy because the case has now been fast tracked next week the good of session will give a full ruling on whether or not the prime minister is acting within the prime minister is acting within the law. thejudge the prime minister is acting within the law. the judge that it was in the law. the judge that it was in the public interest for this to be heard as soon as possible, so we expect that ruling — the hearing on tuesday with a ruling on wednesday and the important thing to remember about the timing is that parliament cannot be suspended until next friday. there was one surprising thing that happened in the court today, a lawyer acting for these anti—brexit politicians suggested that boris johnson anti—brexit politicians suggested that borisjohnson should be asked to give

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

openly criticised the idea of a no deal brexit saying she could not support it. 0ur scotland editor sarah smithe political scene unlike any tory we had ever seen before. a working class gay woman who didn't seem to take herself too seriously. she appealed to voters other tories couldn't seem to reach. declaring ruth davidson the duly elected leader... becoming scottish party leader atjust 32, eight years ago, she led the tories to overtake labour to become the principal party of opposition in scotland. and win a total of 13 mps at the last general election, up from just one, crucial to keeping the tories in power. a passionate remainer, she clashed directly with boris johnson in the brexit debates in 2016. you are being asked to make a decision that is irreversible. we can't change it. we wake up on friday, we don't like it and we are being sold it on a lie. and it's not good enough. you deserve the truth. last year she had a baby, finn, with her partner,jen. and she became the first serving party leader in britain to take maternity leave. the pressures of being a new mother have contributed to

sarah smith reports.as masks are headed to safety.l terrible choice for so many, children close or safe by sending them away. the ten—year—old who arrived in new haven from east ham though, it was quite an adventure. but there were new rules to get used to. they were very strict and i was knitting once and i was told not to do itany knitting once and i was told not to do it any more, that is something you can only... but of the spring of 1940 with the threat of invasion, the south coast was a safe haven no more. now they are leaving brighton. was also time to the local children to go. they thought the most vulnerable of all. in may 1940, the mayor of dover put out this note about evacuation. it said parents are urged for the sake of the safety of their children to register them at their schools before noon on wednesday. the evacuation will start next sunday. thousands of dover children ended up in south wales, the welcome was warm from many homes and a lot of the mining families, but not all. they were fo

our scotland editor, sarah smith reports from edinburgh.r government should not try to block a second independence referendum. i'm not being set up by nicola sturgeon, because that's what she's trying to do. she's trying to say it's the big, bad english yet again, trying to prevent us having a referendum. no, we're not. what we're saying is it's unnecessary, we'll campaign against having a referendum, but we're not using parliamentary devices to block it — it's as simple as that. this was after he had been clearly told by labour's scottish leader that's not the policy. i met with john mcdonnell this morning to put to him the very clear view that the people of scotland do not want a second independence referendum, and also to remind him that the last independence referendum was supposed to be a once—in—a—generation referendum. many more senior scottish labour figures are furious with mr mcdonnell, saying he's ignorant of the political situation in scotland. john mcdonnell‘s appearances at the edinburgh fringe have set off a bitter fight with

and talking to sarah gordon, smith, excuse me. >> it works either way. what percentage of the retransmission fees typically reverse fter transmission fees have been accounted for? >> what's interesting, you add up when claims of broadcasting gouge. we represent, depending on the company, 12 cents on a cable bill. i don't think we're the cause of cable inflation or satellite what we do d appreciate is the opportunity to negotiate in a free market for value of our content. what we do and that supports localism so the news is someone , sir, and not at the national level. for not you filibustering. the retransmission fees have time.oing up over what's happened to the share that local broadcast affiliates getting?n are down.atings so, to directly answer your uestion, the share is diminishing, but we face an ever pricing.ng sea of and so i'm not sure where the 12 cents comes from. bill ertainly isn't the that we pay to any individual station. than that. so we have to take on and ultimately our consumers take and it's a bad policy. it's a bad place for our cust

to the women in a smiths while bill and hillary clinton were photographed looking all a bit lovey dovey on the wealthy enclave of the hamptons rumors swirled that prince andrew and sarah ferguson might get back together this is important to note since neither men have been critiqued very seriously in the press while the women who have the bad luck to have photographs taken with or around at stand are getting shellacked most notably supermodel naomi campbell who was dragged by daily mail this weekend with a piece that question an upcoming philanthropic a word she is set to receive and also called outrage for no discernible reason whatsoever however it was the gallery of the 9 pictures of the supermodel with famous men who have been accused of or convicted of rape and sexual abuse that makes one wonder men like harvey weinstein mike tyson and kevin spacey that for many went too far when she have the nerve to respond at a self produced video on her official you tube page the daily beast called it weird and mentioned her tenuous connections to epstein stating campbell didn't discuss that in the video which showed her answering questions from a faceless interview as though