west yorkshire police chief co nsta ble west yorkshire police chief constablejohn west yorkshire policesee his police officers used as a backdrop in that speech. more than that to follow. —— more on that. welcome to bbc ask this — we'll be answering some of your questions about what could happen with the brexit process. with me is in the studio is chris hanretty, professor of politics at royal hollaway. also i'm joined by kevin schofield, editor of politicshome.com. thank you both forjoining me. let's get some of the questions we have. i don't seem to have the questions. we have a list somewhere but someone is going to need to send them to me... in the meantime, i'm just going to ask for a reaction to the news i just broke at west yorkshire police, the chief constable is concerned about the impressions of impartiality. police impartiality, how important, how damaging the image is yesterday? the impartiality of the police has been a cornerstone of the police has been a cornerstone of modern british policing. it's something which police officers will naturally wa nt something which police

a rebuke to the prime minister — the chief constable of west yorkshire police criticises boris johnsonied at the age of 95. hurricane dorian has caused unimagineable destruction, according to the government of the bahamas. they've warned the final death toll will be staggering. coming up on afternoon live — all the sport. how are england faring in the cricket? england's batsman are digging in at old trafford on day three of the fourth ashes test at old trafford. it rained this morning, they lost an early wicket, butjoe root and rory burns are steadily building a partnership as england look to avoid the defeat that would see australia retain the urn. thank you very much. and nick has got all the weather. a rather brooding picture you present. and it will all clear for the weekend. the weather getting into the weekend mood as it settles down, just in time is for a couple of days off and we ta ke time is for a couple of days off and we take a look at what hurricane dorian is doing to the usa. what if any impact it will have on the uk. coming up. also coming up- sir philip green's top empi

and in west yorkshire, crimes have risen five—fold, with nearly 1,000 crimes recorded last year compared to under 200 five years ago. how much is west yorkshire policeort the lgbt community? we have a really good network of lgbtq officers who are well engaged. so we actually go out and promote and encourage people to report hate crime and hate incidents. collecting evidence can be difficult if it is just a report of somebody that has been name—calling. we need to learn all the time around how we investigate some of these reports. south yorkshire police say they have investigated lily's case, but no suspects were identified. lily says she won't give into hate. ben hunte, bbc news, sheffield. with driverless cars moving closer to being the future of our travel, insurers are beginning to voice their concerns. they're warning that there's a risk of more road accidents during the transition to automated vehicles. the motor insurance research body, thatcham research, says more regulation is needed to make journeys safer, as our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones has been finding out. imagine you fell asleep in an automated car and the system brou

the whole of west yorkshire police out in force. as a backdrop to those comments.o from here? it feels like a lion that with all become too familiar with the boris johnson. it's a sale —— study flippant line about a serious issue for the peace critics of his own, you are already ina bit critics of his own, you are already in a bit of critics of his own, you are already ina bit ofa critics of his own, you are already in a bit of a ditch because his... the way you have this we could play out, we think it hasn't played out, i was to become back on monday for the next round. it's almost, it's become a personality issue for the electorate here in the uk, you either love mrjohnson or boris as many people call him or you loathe him and you'd happily see him in a ditch. but his personal reputation, his personal identity in this whole issue. personality politics. this talk about something that was inside the paper, an editorialfrom ross clark. he was saying that those in the know deal will be, have got the tails up at the moment. they looked to be controlling the agenda. th

well meanwhile — the chief constable of west yorkshire police says he's "disappointed" that his officers a political speech by borisjohnson on brexit yesterday. john robins says the force thought the prime minister's remarks would be used in connection with the government's police recruitment drive. he said he had "no prior knowledge" that the speech would be broadened into other issues until it was delivered. the high court has rejected a legal challenge to borisjohnson‘s decision to suspend parliament. the case was brought by the businesswoman gina miller. let's speak to our legal correspondent clive coleman — is this the end of it? no, it isn't. because what has happened today is three senior judges at the high court have dismissed gina miller's legal challenge and the advice given by the prime minister by borisjohnson to the queen to prorogue parliament for five weeks at a time of national crisis was unlawful, it breached parliamentary sovereignty. but what the court has done has said there is enough merit in the case to allow it to leapfrog on an appeal, leapfrog the court of appeal

the chief constable of west yorkshire police says he's "disappointed" that his officers were used asnson on brexit yesterday. john robins said it was the understanding of the force that any involvement of their officers was "solely" about the government's police recruitment drive, and that they'd had "no prior knowledge" the speech would be broadened to other issues. well, let's go live to downing street tonight and back to our deputy political editor, john pienaar. an extraordinary week in politics by any measure, but have the prime minister's tactics this week misfired? boris johnson's borisjohnson‘s hadda boris johnson's hadda wearing, torrid week by any standards. the teen here still seem bullish enough but i have watched borisjohnson closely for many years —— the team here. he seemed more uncharacteristically subdued today than i have ever seen him certainly and nps publicly and privately have their worries about government strategy. some of them are worried to see those —— some of them want to see those tory members sacked on wednesday given a reprieve. the move on monday to tr

and in west yorkshire crimes have risen fivefold with nearly 1000 crimes recorded last year compared to under 200 five years ago. how much is west yorkshire policereally good network of lgbtq officers who are well engaged. so we actually go out and promote and encourage people to report hate crime and hate incidents. collecting evidence can be difficult if it is just a report of somebody that has been name—calling. we need to learn all the time around how we investigate some of these reports. south yorkshire police say they have investigated lily's case but no suspects were identified. lily says she won't give in to hate. ben hunte, bbc news, sheffield. belgian prosecutors say two people, including an agent, have been arrested as part of an investigation into suspected fraud in the transfer of football players. police and anti—corru ption officials carried out a series of raids in london, belgium and monaco. the arrests are linked to the transfer of serbian striker aleksandar mitrovic to newcastle united. hmrc and the metropolitan police are helping with the investigation. at the age of 72 the punk pioneer iggy pop has told the bbc that he has d

there wasn't feeling too well maybe had to sit down but anyway parts johnson speaking at the west yorkshire police headquarters part of his recruitment drive for new police officers but of course most of the talk about breaks it and let's discuss it with jonah hill our correspondent in westminster who was listening along to all of that. journey apparently the prime minister would rather be dead in a ditch than go back to brussels and ask for an extension a lot of the sort of usual lines for him and delivered with their usual memorable quotes there. well that's one of his very clear red lines come all throughout this week and before he has said there is absolutely no way never ever and a no circumstances will he go to brussels and asked for a delay be honed october the 31st remember it was the central pillar and plank of his leadership campaign that october the 31st would be breaks it day deal or no deal do or die on that central campaign promise has been frustrated in recent days by this opposition led bill making its way through parliament that would force the prime minister to go to brussels to

the chief constable of west yorkshire police says he's "disappointed" that his officers were used asson on brexit yesterday. john robins said it was the understanding of the force that any involvement of their officers was "solely" about the government's police recruitment drive — and that they'd had "no prior knowledge" the speech would be broadened to other issues. the former president of zimbabwe robert mugabe has died at the age of 95. mr mugabe dominated his country for decades — leading the independence war against white minority rule — and then himself ruling zimbabwe for 37 years — in a regime marked by violence, corruption and economic collapse. he was ousted in a military coup in 2017. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in the capital harare for us this evening. the report contains some flashing images. he was once zimbabwe's liberator, leading the fight against white minority rule but the support he once enjoyed was eventually gone. he cemented his power winning overwhelmingly at elections in 1980. asa overwhelmingly at elections in 1980. as a leader of a new nation he set

the chief constable of west yorkshire police says he's "disappointed" that his officers were used ashnson on brexit yesterday. john robins said it was the understanding of the force that any involvement of their officers was solely about the government's police recruitment drive — and that they'd had no prior knowledge the speech would be broadened to other issues. this is bbc news, the headlines: rescue teams in the bahamas, are continuing to search the island of great abaco for the bodies of people killed by hurricane dorian. the prime minister's demand for an early general election looks set to be rejected, after opposition parties agreed to block it when it's put to mps on monday. let's return to the news that india has lost contact with a lunar explorerjust as it was going to land on the surface of the moon. the chandrayaan—2 mission was just over 2km above the moon when transmission ceased. the descent is a complex operation and success would have made india only the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon, and the first to touchdown on the most southerly part, where no

the chief constable of west yorkshire police says he is disappointed that his officers were used as acal speech by boris johnson on brexit yesterday. john robins said it was the understanding of the force that any involvement of their officers was solely about the government's police recruitment drive, and that they'd had no prior knowledge the speech would be broadened to other issues. let's go to downing street tonight, and our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. borisjohnson has boris johnson has had borisjohnson has had a wearing, torrid week by any standards. the tea m torrid week by any standards. the team here still seem bullish enough but i have watched borisjohnson closely for many years and he somehow seemed less confident yesterday and more uncharacteristically subdued today than i have ever seen him. certainly some ministers and mps publicly and privately have their worries about government strategy. now they want, for example, some of them, to see those rebels who were sacked as tory mps this week given a reprieve. so there are decisions to be taken on there are decision

the chief constable of west yorkshire police says he's "disappointed" that his officers were used as by borisjohnson on brexit yesterday. john robins said it was the understanding of the force that any involvement of their officers was "solely" about the government's police recruitment drive and that they'd had "no prior knowledge" the speech would be broadened to other issues. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the evening standard's martin bentham and bonnie greer from the new european. the president of zimbabwe, emmerson mnangagwa, has declared the former president of zimbabwe, robert mugabe, a national hero after his death at the age of 95. in a televised address, mr mnangagwa said zimbabwe would be in mourning until m mugabe was buried. the death early this morning and singapore of the friend of the nation and iconic leader for national liberation, he leaves a big void in our nation. a veteran nationalist and pan— africanist fighter, he leaves a r

the chief constable of west yorkshire police says he's disappointed that his officers were used as asjohnson on brexit yesterday. john robins says the force thought the prime minister's remarks would be used in connection with the government's police recruitment drive. he said he had no prior knowledge that the speech would be broadened into other issues until it was delivered. the high court in london has thrown out a legal challenge against borisjohnson‘s decision to suspend parliament. the businesswoman who brought the case, gina miller, was backed by the former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major. her lawyers had argued that the prorogation breached the legal principle of parliamentary sovereignty. well, joining me in the studio now is gina miller. your request, your call was thrown out, are you absolutely adamant however, that you go on? if i could correct that. it wasn't thrown out, it wasn't dismissed, the case wasn't dismissed. we didn't get a judgment in ourfavour, it dismissed. we didn't get a judgment in our favour, it wasn't a win or lose, what we did get was an ac

the chief constable of west yorkshire police says he's "disappointed" that his officers were used asesterday. john robins said it was the understanding of the force that any involvement of their officers was "solely" about the government's police recruitment drive — and that they'd had "no prior knowledge" the speech would be broadened to other issues. the former president of zimbabwe robert mugabe has died at the age of 95. mr mugabe dominated his country for decades — leading the independence war against white minority rule — and then himself ruling zimbabwe for 37 years — in a regime marked by violence, corruption and economic collapse. he was ousted in a military coup in 2017. our correspondent shingai nyoka's report contains some flashing images. he was once zimbabwe's liberator, leading the fight against white minority rule but the support he once enjoyed was eventually gone. he cemented his power winning overwhelmingly at elections in 1980. as a leader of a new nation he set about creating a better country than the one he inherited. there can never be any return to the state o

and in west yorkshire, crimes have risen five—fold, with nearly 1,000 crimes recorded last year compared to under 200 five years ago. how much is west yorkshire policeand hate incidents. collecting evidence can be difficult if it is just a report of somebody that has been name—calling. we need to learn all the time around how we investigate some of these reports. south yorkshire police say they have investigated lily's case, but no suspects were identified. lily says she won't give into hate. ben hunte, bbc news, sheffield. the headlines on bbc news. the government has published documents relating to operation yellowhammer, the contingency planning in case of a no—deal brexit. parliament had demanded the documents' release last week anti—brexit mps demand that parliament be recalled, after scotland's seniorjudges rule the prime minister's decision to suspend it for five weeks is unlawful. labour's deputy leader tom watson calls for the party to prioritise another eu referendum over a general election — contradicting jeremy corbyn. a baby boy rescued from a river in greater manchester this afternoon has died. at 22—year—old man has been arrested on s

ahead of his speech at a police college in west yorkshire the prime minister's brother, jojohnson a governmentand mp, said he was standing down because he could no longer choose between family and the national interest. downing street said borisjohnson regarded today's speech as the opening gambit in a five week election campaign — the only problem is, it is an election he hasn't yet been able to call. we are told he will ask mp‘s again on monday to vote in favour of that general election. but labour have said they won't agree until they are sure a no—deal brexit is off the table. let's listen to some of what borisjohnson had to say a little earlier. and i think if people really think that this country should stay in the eu beyond october 31, then that really should be a matter for the people of this country to decide, because at the moment what parliament is voting for, or what parliament voted for yesterday, was a system by which the eu itself would decide how much longer we had to remain in. and i, for the life of me, cannot think that is the right way forward. so all i can say, and i hate

west yorkshire crimes have risen fivefold with nearly 1000 crimes recorded last year compared to under 200 five yea rs last year compared to under 200 five years ago. how much is west yorkshire policesay they have investigated lily‘s case, but no suspects were identified. lily says she won't give into hate. ben hunte, bbc news, sheffield. let us pick up some of that. we're joined now by lee broadstock, from the national lgbt police network. let us talk about the increase of number of victims who are coming forward. why is that? we have done a lot of work about improving understanding what hate crime is a waste report, that we will take it seriously. —— say report. we have seen an increase in confidence from victims reported to us. think that is where the increase has come from. why do you think it is proving difficult to prosecute? one of the things has been we have improved confidence in people to report, but they are reporting some of the lower—level incidents, some the shouting in the streets, a lot of online hate... some things approving a lot more difficult for us to take forwards, especially online hate, with twitter in particular where we see a lot of hate stop it is difficu

he was coming appear to west yorkshire to talk about recruiting more police officers and he was praising headquarters. after that, the floor opened, if you like, to the questions from journalists, they hugger straight in on the announcement from jo johnson this afternoon. with questions like if your own brother does not spank you, how can you expect the rest of the country to back you? the prime minister was adamant sane people disagree, people and families disagree, people and families disagree all the time for so, he battered that one away as being just one of those things. he praised his brother for what he had one of those things. he praised his brotherfor what he had done in the past. he was also asked specifically, i think it was quite interesting, about whether or not he was going to make a commitment that he is not going to go back to brussels to ask for an extension beyond the deadline of october the 3ist beyond the deadline of october the 31st of he said yes, i can make a promise not to go back to brussels and ask for promise not to go back to brussels and askforan promise not

earlier this evening — at an event in front of police cadets in west yorkshire — the prime minister saidny — let‘s listen to what the prime minister had to say. jo doesn‘t agree with me about the european union it divides everybody. i think you would agree that we need to get on and sort this out. and what i thinkjo would certainly agree on, and he said this much this afternoon is that this government has the right priorities when it comes to dealing with the issues that really matter to the british people. i am talking about making our streets safer, improving our hospitals and improving her education service. so i thinkjo for all of the work that he has done and for the support that he has given for the support that he has given for our domestic agenda. when you became prime minister, you said that you would unite our country. instead, you are splitting your party and now even your own brother feels that he cannot serve under you, if your own brother does not trust you to act in the national interest, why should all of we?‘ have seen whatjoe had to say about agenda and people disagree

police officers from west and south yorkshire have held talks with the home secretary to discuss theife crime. tonight, we start with the scourge of knife crime sweeping england. drug dealers don'tjust flood our streets with crack and heroin. they are also carrying knives to assert their control. but is prison always the answer? the police in bristol have another idea. they have named it the call in. it is risky, but they hope it may save lives and keep some young people out of prison. what i do see is an awful waste of talent and bright young individuals that have turned to criminality. what can we do to stop them offending? and that is what the principles of the call in is all about. based on an american idea, the call in gives young offenders a choice when they are arrested for drug dealing. go to court and face prison or go on a 6—month course to try and break out of the cycle of crime. it goes further than any other uk police force has before, and clinton is using his experience to reinforce the message that crime doesn't pay. the young people have been given access to education

senior police chief has criticised the prime ministerfor using police officers as the backdrop for a speech about brexit. west yorkshire'ssappointed that officers had been used in the event which he had understood was purely about police recruitment. in the business news: sir philip green's topshop retailing empire plunged to 170 million pound loss last year, blaming a "dramatically" changed retail landscape and increased competition. the results are for taveta investments which owns the arcadia group — including topshop and the brands miss selfridge and dorothy perkins. the business has since agreed a rescue deal with its creditors that triggered 48 store closures. british airways has rejected a last—ditch proposalfrom pilots' union balpa to re—start negotiations aimed at averting strike action. ba pilots are due to strike on monday and tuesday over a pay offer — of 11.5% over three years — that they say is too low. unions representing cabin crew and engineers have accepted the offer. caution is dominating the house market, according to the uk's biggest lender. halifax, part of lloyds banking group said house prices ros

and police force trainees to start the process of reversing the cuts that we have seen since 2010, since austerity measures started to come in and it's interesting that he is coming to west yorkshireir ranks would be much welcome. do you think thatis would be much welcome. do you think that is why he has chosen leeds as the location for this big speech today? i think partly that but obviously, as you were hearing earlier, a general election is very much and everyone's thoughts at the moment and i think yorkshire will be a key battle ground in any upcoming election in the north in general. yorkshire had the majority of towns and cities in this region that voted to leave in the 2016 eu referendum and there are quite a few labour mps in this region who might be considered to be vulnerable, places like wakefield and places held by labour mps which are marginal seats here where the conservative stuart andrew has a very small majority so i think if the prime minister and conservatives are going to make any inroads in any upcoming election, i think yorkshire will be a very key place they are going to want to make progress. when you speak to constituents from those constituencies, is ther

electioneering on thursday he was criticised by the chief constable of west yorkshire for what he did he was using an event which was police recruitment police officers all behind him it effectively literally staged this process in which he then made a passing reference to police recruitment and extra police officers in fact the number is 20000 but used the majority of his time there or all of these offices waiting more than an hour for his arrive. they used this event to effectively electioneer to actually push forward criticism of the opposition and suggestions that he needed to go to brussels to fix it to actually go for a no deal. everybody andrew knows that a general election is going to have to happen sooner or later he obviously wants it before time 31st and looks now unlikely that's going to happen what are the best bets for when it might happen. well that's a big question october the 15th is his preference it certainly isn't the preference of the opposition parties they feel their best strategy it is a democracy after all and effectively now the opposition is in control of events until this parliament is suspended

the day finished with this speech at a police training centre in west yorkshire.a look at what is happening in the house of commons. debates are continuing, they began this afternoon with the announcement that the speak of the house john barker was standing down. they then spent over an hour largely paying tribute tojohn barker spent over an hour largely paying tribute to john barker and spent over an hour largely paying tribute tojohn barker and then moved on to debate one motion brought by dominic grieve, former attorney general. he wants messages and documents from within the number ten machine handed over to mps so they can better understand the thinking on a no—deal brexit. there was a second motion brought by the labour leaderjeremy corbyn about the rule of law and a fierce debate about whether that law proposed by hilary benn that blocks the prime minister from hilary benn that blocks the prime ministerfrom pursuing a no—deal brexit has put in an impossible position where it is reasonable to consider not following a law. that case made by some eurosceptics

resigned, boris appeared in west yorkshire in front of these serried ra nks yorkshire in front of these serried ra n ks of yorkshire in front of these serried ranks of policegree that one of them fainted behind him and live television, which is incredible. he was grilled about his brother repeatedly, but one question was thrown at him, would you go to brussels if the law compel you to do it, if this act going through parliament compels you to go to brussels and ask for an extension. he said no, i would brussels and ask for an extension. he said no, iwould rather brussels and ask for an extension. he said no, i would rather be dead ina ditch. he said no, i would rather be dead in a ditch. he showed defiance, strength, the macho, strong man image he wants to take around the country for this election, which inevitably will happen at some stage. that is the kind of image he wa nts to stage. that is the kind of image he wants to project. but he looks very frayed at the edges today, very kind of taken apart either by the events of taken apart either by the events of this morning, when his brother resigned, or something else we still don't know about. but clearly

west yorkshire, crimes have risen fivefold in five years, with nearly 1000 recorded last year. we go out and promote and encourage people to report hate crime and hate incidents. south yorkshire policeke the move towards driverless cars. the motor insurance research body is calling for regulations to make cars safe, as automated systems gradually take over from human drivers. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has this report. imagine you fell asleep in an automated car and the system brought it to a halt in the fast lane of a motorway. the insurers are warning that this kind of accident could become common, unless there are new safety regulations. the government says driverless cars could be on uk roads as early as 2021. but the car insurers say at first, they will be quite limited in what they can do, and they want new rules for how they should operate. during automation, it indicates green, and you can safely do other things. press the stalk at the end — the button on the end of the stalk... autonomous drive active. that's it. and then you let go. now, what this car really needs — and has — is a driver monitoring system, to actually watch what i'm up to. the car's got