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the westminster bridge attack last march was the first in a year of terror.ments the lives of four members of the public, one police officer and the attacker ended. this morning the chief coronerjudge mark lucraft opened the inquests of those who died, saying the lives of many were torn apart by 82 seconds of high and terrible drama. among those lives, those of kurt cochran and melissa cochran from utah, tourists in london calmly walking across westminster bridge when tragedy struck. kurt cochran was the first to be hit by khalid masood's car. he pushed melissa out of the way before being knocked over the bridge's balustrade falling five metres to the thames that part. in court, melissa's sister called him the man who saved my sister. she then read a tribute and a half of melissa but described him as my inspiration, my rock star and my hero. next, the car hit a retired window cleaner, leslie rhodes, dragging him 33 metres along the bridge. his family said he was greatly missed. his niece amanda said she was incredibly angry at his death. then, aysha frade was

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.n a moment we'll be speaking to our correspondent in brussels, kevin connolly, but first, let's talk to our assistant political editor, norman smith, in westminster. norman, steve baker was talking about a catastrophic split in the conservative party. how accurate is that warning? that is probably still more rhetoric than reality, but it gives you a more rhetoric than reality, but it gives you a sense more rhetoric than reality, but it gives you a sense of the sort of grand canyon—like chasm that has opened up in tory ranks. brexit, with mrs may's opponents remorselessly trying to crank up the pressure on her to abandon her plans, with increasingly emotive and charged interventions from boris johnson and then this morning, of course, the former leader, iain duncan smith, saying the party could plunge out of power if it sticks to the chequers blueprint. the idea is to create a sort of rolling thunder campaign up to the party conference in the hope of that there, party activists will ris

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster.laura kuenssberg in a moment, but first, let's talk to our europe editor katya adler in brussels. can we asked directly whether what michel barnier has said today does represent some kind of progress? well, if you ask me if theresa may has reason to be chair of out a yes, absolutely. in the past months of negotiations, she liked the rest of us, has got used to michel barnier wagging his finger, tapping his feet impatiently, looking at his watch and saying time is running out when it comes to brexit. today he said it is possible that within 6—8 weeks a brexit deal will be done. he also had a positive words the theresa may's much maligned chequers proposal. he said it was an important and useful document and even had warm words for the prime minister herself. but if you listen very carefully to michel barnier‘s words today, the change was able to them rather than content. he went back once again to the big hurdles that remain before a brexit deal can be reached this autumn, such as resol

our political correspondent, ben wright is at westminster...er was much warmer. try confidence that a deal can be done in the next couple of months. but that app and something needs a chef, particularly on the intractable issue the adage backstop which has really been the source of so much aggro in these talks until now. so far the aggro in these talks until now. so farthe uk aggro in these talks until now. so far the uk has rejected the idea of the eu that northern ireland would remain effectively in the customs union and single murky if no long—term trade deal can garden see that a hard border is avoided on the island of ireland. there needs to be a compromise there and at the moment we do not know what it is. i have got the sense in brussels there waiting for a revised proposalfor the uk for this to be sorted out and they are not showing us what it is. clearly michel barnier thinks it is movement on that front. on the broader question of the chequers plan and how the uk and eu will trade after brexit, he sounded one towards that in a way tha

pc keith palmer at westminster less than an hour before the attack. armed with a radio, a whistle, a stab—proof vest, cs spray and his baton. then, this. a car smashed into the side of parliament after killing people on westminster bridge. witnesses saw khalid masood heading round the corner. police officers on duty at the entrance to parliament saw him coming through the gate. pc glaze thought there might be multiple attackers. antonia kerridge was watching from a nearby parliament building. she saw pc keith palmer fall over as khalid masood charged towards him. another witness, james west, said the stabbing was slow and deliberate, like in a hollywood horror film. after about five seconds pc palmer, now badly injured, managed to get away and a nearby close protection officer rushed in and shot khalid masood. the inquest was played a distressing audio recording of the 25 minutes in which people tried to save pc keith palmer's life. police officers stabbed in the head, one person said into their radio, while others tried to reassure pc palmer, you're

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminsterwith monsieur barnier‘s remarks. he's not saying a deal is in the bag within eight weeks, he's saying if people are realistic. what does that mean? it is a big if and many in westminster will be saying the eu have to be realistic too. the uk government feels it has already made compromises and they need something back. having said that, the summer did seem to be dominated by talk of no deal. even today, downing street said the prime minister is going to chair this three—hour cabinet meeting on thursday, talking about preparations for a no deal scenario. this changes the mood music a little bit. we know that both sides want to have a deal. we know how the eu works. 0ften, these negotiations go to the wire. but you do feel now that mines are being focused. let's listen to what michel barnier have to say. if we are realistic, i want to reach an agreement on the first stage of the negotiation, which is the brexit treaty, within six or eight weeks. the key question is where the other compro

also the positioning of the armed officers in westminster. pama goes to defend the guaita parliaments, the two armed officers are not anywhere him. it is a close protection officer that eventually kills massoud. i think that is going to be another issue for this inquest. daniel, thank you very much indeed. companies are selling vehicle number plates without carrying out proper checks, according to a bbc investigation. it means the real owners can face fines or even be arrested when vehicles with their number plates are involved in crime. jonathan gibson reports. adam has a problem with parking tickets — someone else's parking tickets. he's received more than £1,000 in fines meant for a driver who has copied his numberplate. i'm kind of scared that someone will commit a bigger crime in using a car with my licence plate on it and i'm going to have police show up on my doorstep to arrest me. tia is another car cloning victim who thought she was about to be arrested when police surrounded her car on the motorway. they started asking me how long i

laura kuenssberg in westminster, thank you.amatically to almost nothing in the six months tojuly. they were down 99% on the previous year. the group, which includes the department stores and waitrose supermarkets, made a profit ofjust 1.2 million. the company said its price—matching strategy had been severely tested by discounts elsewhere. a tourist has described how he almostjumped into the thames after the westminster terror attack to find his girlfriend who'd been hit by khalid masood's car. the couple from romania had been taking photos on the bridge when the attack happened. andreea cristea was thrown into the air and ended up in the river. she died two weeks later from her injuries. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. andrei burnaz was himself injured during the westminster bridge attack last year but today, grim—faced, he had to give evidence in the inquest into the death of his girlfriend, andreea cristea. on holiday from romania, they'd been to visit westminster abbey and were h

schoolteacher kylie smith was in westminster that day with a group of teenage pupils.d melissa had caught her eye as they walked hand in hand when suddenly she heard the revving of masood's car. in tears at times, she told the inquest, "the man tried to pull his girlfriend behind him, tried to shield her from the impact." she saw kurt knocked into the air by the car, and then chaos on the bridge. she told her pupils to run. they all made it safely home. it was on this pavement at the end of the bridge that kurt cochran heroically pushed his wife out of the way before being struck full on by the vehicle. 0ne witness today described seeing him flying through the air and landing on the embankment below where, despite the efforts ofa nurse, a paramedic and a doctor, he died soon afterwards. the next fatal injury was to leslie rhodes, a retired window cleaner who was walking away from the car when he was hit, turning at the last moment when he heard the revving. he died the next day from a head injury. lawyers for his family asked why the emergency helicopter was not used t

leila nathoo reports from westminster.s walking tours in westminster this morning with one purpose, to try to prove they have an alternative vision for how britain's departure from the eu would work. but what of talk that some of their colleagues on the tory backbenches are now openly discussing a challenge to the person in charge? does brexit mean new leadership? the prime minister is worthy of support, she is extremely dutiful in attending to the business of brexit, i want a change in policy andl of brexit, i want a change in policy and i have made that clear, as have many of my friends in parliament. they say they have their own plan for how to resolve the irish border question, the crucial issue at the heart of the brexit talks. the paper isa heart of the brexit talks. the paper is a fabulously practical, sensible process and the only way we are going to resolve this issue and thereby going to resolve this issue and there by unlock the going to resolve this issue and thereby unlock the negotiations, thatis thereby unlo

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster.t the inquests into five people killed in last year's westminster bridge attack has described how the lives of many were torn apart. khalid masood raced his car along the pavement, driving into pedestrians beforejumping out and stabbing to death pc keith palmer outside parliament. at the start of the inquest proceedings, a minute's silence was observed for the victims who were british, american and romanian. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. the westminster bridge attack last march was the first in a year of terror, and left four members of the public, one police officer and the attacker, dead. opening their inquest this morning, the chief coroner, judge lucraft qc, said the lives of many were torn apart by 82 seconds of high and terrible drama. among the lives, those of kurt and melissa cochran from utah in the united states — tourists in london, calmly walking across westminster bridge when tragedy struck. kurt cochran was the first to be hit

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster.ime minister outlined her stark choice for mp5, her colleague the chancellor, philip hammond, was warning that leaving the eu without a deal would cause economic damage and jeopardise what he called the progress of the past decade since the financial crash. he was responding to a report by the international monetary fund which said that any kind of brexit would incur a cost, but that a no—deal brexit would be much worse, as our economics editor, kamal ahmed, reports. it is coming towards us at pace — brexit day. so much still to do, a daunting prospect, the imf said, as they arrived from america for the annual analysis of the uk economy. christine lagarde said it was time for wise heads to get a deal done. overcoming differences, reaching agreement, and closing a deal with the eu will be critical to avoid a no—deal brexit, which would impose a very large cost on the uk economy. madame lagarde, if there is a deal, maybe based around the chequers plan, would that see an immediate boost t

the mother of the westminster bridge attacker has told an inquest that she is "utterly ashamed" by whatpedestrians on westminster bridge in march last year. he then stabbed a police officer to death outside parliament. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford reports. on the day before the westminster bridge attack, khalid masood was seen joking with a hotel receptionist. but today, his family described a more violent man. his mother worried he would kill someone in a drunken fight. imprisoned for knife offences, he converted to islam. the violence then stopped, but an interest in extremism began. this is an audio recording of him criticising his wife for not supporting so—called islamic state. i never hear you say there's any good in the isis, i never hear you say any of their people might be sincere and genuine muslims, sunnis. i never hear you say at least they're fighting against the shia, they're doing some good. today in court, but giving evidence out of public view, his wife spoke directly to relatives of the people he killed. "i'm sorry that i was not more vigilant," she

they'd just been to westminster abbey.on for two and a half hours, and they'd almost crossed the bridge when khalid masood began his attack. it was just after twenty to three. "i remember hearing a car revving," she said today. "i remember seeing the front of the vehicle. the next thing i remember, being on the ground." she spent three and a half weeks in hospital in london, but kurt died, as big ben struck three o'clock. schoolteacher kylie smith was in westminster that day with a group of teenage pupils. kurt and melissa had caught her eye as they walked hand—in—hand when, suddenly, she heard the revving of masood's car. in tears at times, she told the inquest, "the man tried to pull his girlfriend behind him, tried to shield her from the impact." she saw kurt knocked into the air by the car and then chaos on the bridge. she told her pupils to run. they all made it safely home. the next witness, neil hulbert — who was walking with his nephew on the embankment by the river thames — described seeing kurt cochran flying thr

norman smith at westminster. on the countdown to brexit a little later in the programme. and if you're confused by all the jargon, or any of the brexit terms, go to ourjargon buster on the bbc news website. the rail regulator says nobody took charge when new timetables were introduced in may, leading to weeks of chaos and thousands of services being cancelled. the office of rail and road says network rail, the two train companies involved, and the department for transport all made mistakes and the failings were systemic. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. for people commuting in and out of manchester, like marcus, it's been so bad recently he's sometimes been forced off the train. it's just been absolutely terrible. ram—packed on the train. obviously the cost of it just keeps going up. i get this train every morning. sometimes i've not actually been able to actually get on the train because it's been that packed. new timetables in may brought chaos here. 300 scheduled trains didn't run each day. on

bbc news, westminster.atch the full interview with theresa may on panorama inside number ten: deal or no deal, tonight on bbc one at 8:30pm. meanwhile, the international monetary fund says that if britain leaves the eu without a deal, it would inflict substantial costs on the uk economy. the imf‘s managing director, christine lagarde, said that all brexit outcomes would entail costs, but that a disorderly departure would lead to a reduction in the size of the uk economy. our economics editor kamal ahmed has the story. it is coming towards us at pace. brexit day. so much still to do. a daunting prospect, the imf said, as they arrive from america for the annual analysis of the uk economy. christine lagarde said it was time for wise heads to get a deal done. overcoming differences, reaching agreement, and closing a deal with the eu will be critical to avoid a no—deal brexit, which would impose very large cost on the uk economy. could you outline why you think a no—deal would be so bad for the uk economy? it wo

let's speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith, in westminster.t is the significance of mark carney staying on in the job for a while? well it's a decision which will frankly infuriate any brexiteers because mark carney is blu ntly brexiteers because mark carney is bluntly viewed as a hate figure by many of them, they consider him one of the dark forces behind project fear because of what they view as his gloomy predictions about the prospects for the british economy post breaks it. now philip hammond has said actually we are going to carry on with him a bit longer on tilljanuary 2020 carry on with him a bit longer on till january 2020 and carry on with him a bit longer on tilljanuary 2020 and that is the second time mr hammond has decided just to keep mr mr carney in post and on top of that the reason mr hammond has given is economic turbulence, in other words he's a bit concerned about how things might go post brexit and he wants continuity and stability. all this at exactly the moment that the brexiteers are having a big shebang press co nfe re

there will be people who don't know who ruth davidson is, because she is not a westminster mp.ottish conservatives. she is winking at us. she is expecting her first baby. she is an absolute breath of fresh air in politics, regardless of which party she is in. she's gay. she has done this interview here where she is incredibly frank about her problems with depression and mental health issues during her teenage years. she talks about self harming, she talks about drinking. in the context of this, she says that she puts her mental health and her family, her forthcoming child and her partnership, much higher than coming to westminster to lead the conservative party. yes, emphatically saying she really doesn't want that. i think this is a sensational story because we have a lwa ys sensational story because we have always felt at westminster that there must be a mechanism for ruth davidson to actually get there and become leader. complicated, obviously, because she would first have to stand as an mp to be able to do it. lord house of lords. yes, the idea of going to the house of lord

there must ag colleagues in westminster willing to protest the chequers deal.ly. and it is notjust mr baker. this man, a former conservative leader, is turning up the volume again. if the whole idea is that we will attack and lash out at everybody, it will be like the old days back when we had the maastricht debates when we ended up lunging out of government. what is the government's chequers plan was mike it would involve a comment rule book for all goods traded with the eu, a so—called facilitated customs arrangements to treat the uk and eu asa arrangements to treat the uk and eu as a combined customs territory, and as a combined customs territory, and a mobility framework, replacing the free movement of people. government ministers point out their plan is the only one on the table. but... what do you say to colleagues and voters in the country who look at the chequers deal and say, it involves being too close to brussels after brexit, this is not what we voted for? i think it delivers on the referendum result. it takes by control of our money, our laws and o

pc keith palmer, on duty at westminster less than an hour before the attack.his. a car smashed into the side of parliament after killing people on westminster bridge. and witnesses saw khalid masood heading round the corner. police officers on duty at the entrance to parliament saw him coming through the gate. "i noticed a very large man with two extremely large knives, one in each hand," pc doug glaze told the inquest today. "he was walking like a robot, his hands moving up and down." pc glaze thought there might be multiple attackers. "i remember thinking, we're going to die," he said. antonia kerridge was watching from a nearby parliament building and she saw pc keith palmer fall over as khalid masood charged towards him. "the policeman had collapsed," she said today. "the attacker ran over to him, lent towards him and raised the knife quite high, and hejust stabbed him two, three orfour times." another witness, james west, said the stabbing was slow and deliberate, like in a hollywood horror film. after about five seconds pc palmer, now badly injured, mana

a stained glass window at westminster abbey.come to our viewers on public television and around the globe. president comments -- the latest came from the lawyer who says histti client has all seriousations against kavanaugh. the lawyer also represents stormy daniels, the poor and star who says he she had a sexual -- she had a sexual encounter with mr. trump which pres. trump: when u really look at it all, it is not going to change the democrats'minds. they are obstructionists. they are con artists. this man'so destroy reputation and people are going to see that in the midterms, what they have done to this family and what they have done to these children and what they have done to his wife, and they know it is aonig, fat, job. >> the same press conference, mr. trump also said his mind could change based on thursday's testimony and he will be tuning in. joining us now is our north american reporter. askedy, the president was repeatedly of whether he could withdraw h backing for kavanaugh based on the high-stakes testimony. where d

and getting any deal approved by mps in westminster is still a high—risk red light.r westminster studio. thank you forjoining us. let's start with the reports from the institute for government saying that whether —— whether it is a deal or no deal, the government is running out of time on the practical side of things. do you agree?” out of time on the practical side of things. do you agree? i agree in some areas that it will be a short time to implement any of the necessary legislation. it took many months to get the withdrawal act through and there will be little time for the implement station of that bill. in other areas, i think the government is making rapid strides. and that a number of things will be ready that aren't yet ready. cani will be ready that aren't yet ready. can i ask you about the suggestion from michael gove, your colleagues, one of the leading campaigners for brexit, he says now that the best strategy is to practice checkers arrangements put forward by theresa may, and that a future prime minister could alter the nature of the relationship the uk

after the westminster attack.. britain's simon yates has retained his overall lead after stage 18 of the vuelta a espana and england's georgia hall, the british open champion, has made a strong start to another major, the avian championship. that's three under par she isjust championship. that's three under par she is just three shots off the first—round lead. i will be back with more on all those stories at 5:30pm. this week, it is tenyears since the banking giant lehman brothers collapsed. it was the biggest casualty of the financial crisis — the root cause of which was the decision by american financial institutions to give mortgages to people who often couldn't afford them. those loans were bundled and sold from one bank to another, so when the housing bubble burst, panic spread quickly throughout the financial system. the effects of the crisis are still felt today. and what of the people who worked for lehman brothers —— famously photographed leaving the building carrying their belongings in cardboard boxes?

a tourist has described how he almost jumped into the river thames after the westminster terror attackit by the attacker‘s car. the couple from romania had been taking photos on the bridge when khalid masood drove into pedestrians. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. andrei burnaz was himself injured during the westminster bridge attack last year but, today, grim—faced, he had to give evidence in the inquest into the death of his girlfriend, andreea cristea. 0n holiday from romania, they'd been to visit westminster abbey and were heading over the bridge when khalid masood's 4x4 drove into them at speed. ...he told the court. michael brown was driving past as it happened and saw what andrei hadn't. andreea had been knocked clean over the parapet. michael brown told the inquest he quickly dialled 999 and looked over the edge of the bridge to see andreea lying face down in the water. so he immediately shouted to get the attention of the captain of the nearby passenger boat. the millennium diamond reacted quickly with captain gordon markley using a b

and getting any deal approved by mps in westminster is still a high risk red light.of eu leaders in salzburg later this week, there are reports from brussels that there may be some movement on the highly controversial irish border issue. we can speak now to our brussels reporter adam fleming. set the context for us first, adam, and what that movement might be? there's a big drive by the eu to make their proposals for northern ireland after brexit look a lot less dramatic, so that they are much easierfor the uk dramatic, so that they are much easier for the uk to sign up to, because they haven't done that up until now. a quick reminder, the eu wa nts a until now. a quick reminder, the eu wants a back—up plan, a so—called backstop, written into the final brexit treaty that northern ireland would stay in the single market and the customs union if there was no other way to prevent the deduction ofa other way to prevent the deduction of a hard border with ireland. theresa may said no prime minister could ever sign up to that, because it would be like carving out one bit o

the westminster bridge attacker — khalid masood — his mother tells the inquests into the deaths of hisms that she is ashamed of him. councils in england warn that the worst is yet to come for cuts to many services — including children's — unless the government intervenes. then and now — 100 years after stonehenge was donated to the nation, members of the public are invited to recreate their photos taken decades ago. and coming up on bbc news. we'll have the latest on arsenal as they open their european campaign in ukraine. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has failed to get eu leaders to back her so—called chequers plan for brexit. at the end of a two—day summit in austria, theresa may was told a crucial part of it — the proposed new economic partnership with the eu — would not work. the head of the european council, donald tusk, said her plans risked undermining the eu's single market. but the prime minister said her proposals were the "only serious credible" way to avoid a hard border in the northern ireland. our political editor laura kuenssberg rep

at the palace of westminster, hadn't functioned for years. khalid masood — said it was possible that an opportunity to save pc palmer's life had been lost, because nobody guarding the gate was armed. the head teacher of the school featured in the channel 4 series educating greater manchester has resigned. drew povey was suspended from harrop fold school in salford because of claims that there had been incorrect recording of attendance, exclusions and home schooling. 0ur education correspondent marc ashdown reports. it was once labelled the worst school in the country. but harrop fold has had a remarkable turnaround. i'm going to change somebody‘s life i do myjob properly. if i do myjob properly. millions have followed the fortunes of headteacher drew povey and his team in the tv series educating greater manchester. but today, he resigned. he says a nine—month investigation by salford council into how a handful of pupil records were kept has blown up into a disproportionate, personal vendetta against him. they have tried to bully me, but that'

, like this one, of westminster.last picture she took. in court, 0ndrej berndt as was asked about the seconds before they were hit. he said, i heard something hit something and after that, at the same time, people were screaming. i saw the car come towards as and it was very quick. everything was very quick. he told the hearing he frantically searched for his girlfriend but couldn't find her. he only found her phone and glasses in a pool of blood. she had been flung into the thames. she died from her injuries two weeks after the attack. later we are going to hear more evidence from the medical teams who cared for her and then the inquest into pc palmer is expected to open. he was the officer who was stabbed and killed by khalid masood. helena lee at the old bailey, thank you. our top story this lunchtime. two russian men have appeared on state television saying they've been wrongly accused of salisbury poisonings. they admitted being in the cathedral city but said they just tourists. and still to come. the highs and

a romanian tourist describes how he almost jumped into the river thames after last year's westminstere attack in his frantic search for his girlfriend. you're not a bad normal kid no more, you're just that young carer. —— that normal kid. almost a million children are acting as carers in england — far more than previously thought — according to new research. russia's biggest military drills since the fall of the soviet union. president putin says it's an answer to "aggressive and unfriendly attitudes" towards his country. strong winds and heavy rain have started to the coast of america and much worse is forecast as hurricane florence approaches the carolinas. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: not out. surrey‘s wait is over. they win the county championship for the first time in 16 years. good evening. two russian men, named by the british authorities as suspects in the chemical attack in salisbury, have appeared on rt — the state—funded television channel russia today. the pair, who identify themselves as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, claim they are the victims of a fant

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminsterny blair and vince cable suggesting the centre ground in british politics is being ignored. yeah, their analysis is pretty similar. they feel that there are millions of voters and some mps who no longer have a political home, and that liberal democracy is under threat because the tories are obsessed with brexit and moving to the right, and they feel that under jeremy corbyn the labour party has gone to the left. now, what is the a nswer to gone to the left. now, what is the answer to all of this? well, sir bruce paper —— sir vince cable saying it's not the creation of a new centrist party, his message is the lib dems are that party, they already exist. what he thinks should happen is that should be opened up, the whole political system, he thinks, should be opened up will you to outsiders. he is saying to people, if you share lip liberal democrat values, you don't have to join up as a member, you canjust supporters, you could even become oui’ supporters, you could even become our next

pc keith palmer, on duty at westminster less than an hour before the attack. whistle, a stab—proof vest, cs spray and his baton. then, this. a car smashed into the side of parliament after killing people on westminster bridge. and witnesses saw khalid masood heading round the corner. police officers on duty at the entrance to parliament saw him coming through the gate. "i noticed a very large man with two extremely large knives, one in each hand," pc doug glaze told the inquest today. "he was walking like a robot, his hands moving up and down." pc glaze thought there might be multiple attackers. "i remember thinking, we're going to die," he said. antonia kerridge was watching from a nearby parliament building and she saw pc keith palmer fall over as khalid masood charged towards him. "the policeman had collapsed," she said today. "the attacker ran over to him, lent towards him and raised the knife quite high, and hejust stabbed him two, three orfour times." another witness, james west, said the stabbing was slow and deliberate, like in a hollywood horrorfilm.

our deputy political editor, john pienaar, is at westminster.r. absolutely. the prime minister is anxious to avoid a hard brexit. it cannot have been comfortable for her to go to birmingham promoting british carmaking and then hear warnings from the boss of jaguar land rover like that. she also has opposition from hard—line brexiteers accusing her of selling out. it is a bit like a famous dance on a tightrope in a high wind. some of them are keen to end her time in number10. them are keen to end her time in number 10. they were out in force. borisjohnson no number 10. they were out in force. boris johnson no doubt fancies number 10. they were out in force. borisjohnson no doubt fancies her job. he was there as well. the message was there is nothing to fear. if britain has to leave and fall back on world trade organisation rules, prices could fall by 8% over 15 years and britain could be richer. tomorrow they will be setting our ideas of avoiding a border on the island of ireland after brexit. could there be no deal? downing street insists there

susana mendonca, bbc news, westminster. let‘s get the thoughts of norman smith our westminster. firmly rebuffed by downing street? yes. parliament summing up may only be coming to an end, but it is all kicking off at westminster, with downing street delivering a brutal put—down to borisjohnson, saying that now is the time for serious politicians with a serious plan, by implication qualities borisjohnson with a serious plan, by implication qualities boris johnson is conspicuously lacking. and the reason they have, as it were, cuffed him about the head, is because they know mrs may‘s chequers planet hanging bya know mrs may‘s chequers planet hanging by a thread, notjust because boris johnson hanging by a thread, notjust because borisjohnson and the brexiteers are unhappy with it, but even some remainers. the big advantage mrs may has is that she at least has a plan, and her plan is to come back with a deal from least has a plan, and her plan is to come back with a dealfrom brussels. yes, it may mean more compromise, but then to say to britain at westminster that look, it is either

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster.: almost ten years after the end of sri lanka's civil war, families of the missing are still searching for answers. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes the spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the white house says kim jong—un has requested a second meeting with donald trump. a state of emergency is declared in virginia and the carolinas and head of the arrival of a hurricane. the coroner at the inquests into the deaths of the 5 people

leila nathoo reports from westminster.ing tall in westminster this morning with one purpose, to try to prove they have an alternative vision for how britain's departure from the eu would work. but what of talk that some of their colleagues on the tory backbenches are now openly discussing a challenge to the person in charge? does brexit need new leadership? the prime minister is worthy of support, she is extremely dutiful in attending to the business of brexit, i want a change in policy and i have made that clear, as have many of my friends in parliament. they say they have their own plan for how to resolve the irish border question, the crucial issue at the heart of the brexit talks. the paper is a fabulously practical, sensible process and the only way we are going to resolve this issue and thereby unlock the negotiations, that is what this is about, this is about unlocking the negotiations, and the way to do that is by engaging at a practical level, which this paper does in a way which the union has not yet been done. t

let's go to norman smith who is in westminster.oncerned about the difficulties the economy may face after brexit and his desire to have continuity and his desire to have continuity and stability in the bank of england. i can guarantee they will not be hanging out the bunting in brexit central. mark carney has become a hate figure for many brexiteers in so—called project fear. they said the referendum has matched some of his analysis and projections and again pointed towards a gloomy prediction about what brexit might mean. we have had jacob rees mogg calling for him to be sacked. i imagine they will be at least highly unamused that he will be staying on for another six months. on top of that, i think they will be similarly knocked that philip hammond suggested the reason he will have to say is because it is going to get difficult for the economy. it will concern their view that mr carney and mr hammond are deeply, deeply sceptical and may be resista nt to deeply, deeply sceptical and may be resistant to brexit. so for them, the ann

lets speak to our correspondent ben wright who's westminster for us now.lifeline by michel barnier, who has said in comments in slovenia in a conference he thought there was a lot going for the chequers proposal, pointing out he could never accept an agreement that tore apart the single market. but talking it up in a way that will certainly encourage number ten, who have insisted throughout the skirmishes and vitriol over the last global weeks, the chequers proposal is viable and the only one on the table. they will have taken part by michel barnier‘s comments, not least he was confident a deal was in reach. this is what he said. if we are realistic, we can reach an agreement on the first stage of this negotiation, which is the brexit treaty, in six or eight weeks. which were takers in to deal territory mid—november which is where number ten would like this to be. it was clear from what he said that while the issue around the irish backstop remains the key stumbling block to getting their withdrawal part of the deal done, he said that both sides were looki

the inquest into the westminster bridge attack...government fails to secure what he called the "right" brexit. wages grew faster than expected in the three months to july as they continue to outstrip inflation. official statistics show that pay excluding bonuses —— rose by 2.9 per cent during the period well above the 2.a per cent rate of inflation. unemployment has continued to fall and remains at its lowest level for over a0 yea rs as our economics correspondent andy verity reports. a lot of the concrete frames. we not albanians working on here now. they tend to be decent european so in some instances when they leave it is very difficult to get the british workforce back onto the site. from the construction firm ‘s point of view the labour market is on fire. even though profits are tight they are to fight to keep workers with pay rises. mid-contract people come along waving a cheque book and we lose tradesmen. there is a lot of tradesmen working on a building contract. it is an old—fashioned business and keeping those people on sit

these are the centuries—old stained—glass windows of westminster abbey, depicting biblical stories andis. a new, vibrant, bold, very modern 8.5—metre high window by david hockney, to celebrate the queen's reign. you have to look up, and you do look up. he hasn't chosen a religious subject, but one from nature — a blossoming hawthorn in spring. the hawthorn is celebratory. i mean, it's four days of marvellous blossom. it's as though champagne has been poured over it. a vivid, red path separates the abstract shapes of the flowering hawthorns, which are set against a blue sky and lit from above by a bright yellow sun. david hockney started by sketching out the idea on his ipad, he then worked on it in his studio in los angeles, before barley studios in yorkshire transformed his creation into a complex composition of stained glass. we made sure that david enlarged the design to half scale, because obviously full—scale's quite enormous and, at half scale, we started getting a sense of how it would work in the building. there's a process. so, there's the art and then there's the craft, and t

and celebrating the queen's reign — the new stained—glass window at westminster abbey, designed by davidwell, i think... ..i think it's probably the last of my english landscapes. and coming up on bbc news: rory mcilroy says it's silly to focus on tiger woods, as europe prepare their assault on team usa's ryder cup in paris. good evening and welcome to the bbc‘s news at six. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has declared that his party is ready to start work on a radical plan to rebuild and transform britain and says labour is ready to govern. in his closing speech at the labour party conference in liverpool, he said he would end the "greed—is—good" culture that has dominated politics and pledged to "kickstart a green jobs revolution". mr corbyn said he would only support a deal on leaving the european union if it includes a customs union, something the prime minister has ruled out. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, sent this report from liverpool. cheering adored here... on his turf... and on his terms. evenjoining in that familiar anthem. chanting: "0h, jeremy corbyn!" hoping to

it was then the turn of the snp leader at westminster.lan is even more unpopular than the poll tax. why is the prime minister gambling with scotland's future by taking us out the eu against her will with her disastrous chequers plan? the only people who are gambling with scotland's future are the scottish nationalist party who want to take scotland out of the united kingdom. theresa may. the government have announced that it is to ask for a review of hate crime legislation in england and wales, including whether or not misogyny should be considered as hate crime. at the moment, attacking someone on the grounds of race, sexuality, disability or religion constitutes a hate incident. the labour mp stella creasy want incident motivated by hatred of someone because of their gender to be added to the list. she made the call during a debate on the voyeurism bill, which makes up skirting, taking a photo under someone‘s clothes, a crime in england and wales. stella creasy said anyone convicted of a crime should get a tougher sentence if there acti

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.rview with theresa may on tonight's panorama at 8:30pm on bbc one. a new report has warned that the government is running out of time to implement a successful brexit. the institute for government says "no—deal" preparations have been left too late, and the proposed transition period might not be long enough to finalise a future trading relationship. here's the bbc‘s reality check correspondent, chris morris. time is running short to implement a successful brexit. when it comes to no deal plans, ministers say they far but the institute for government, an independent think tank, says the government has left its no deal preparations too late to help many businesses. they have used the traffic light system to assess progress. 0nly the traffic light system to assess progress. only one policy area, eu programmes on funds is green. nine others are given a red light, suggesting the government won't be able to avoid major negative impacts of no deal next year. evenif even if a deal is reached,

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we'll assess today's proposals with reaction from brussels and westminster.lso tonight: vladimir putin insists the two russian men implicated in the salisbury poisonings aren't criminals and that they'll speak publicly soon. the british couple who died on holiday in egypt. the authorities there now say e.coli was a factor in both deaths. more than 1.5 million people are ordered to leave their homes, as hurricane florence makes its way towards the southeastern us. and, on the waterfront, we tour dundee‘s new design museum in advance of its public opening this weekend. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: paralympic champion david weir tells the bbc his battle with depression led to suicidal thoughts in the months after the rio paralympics. good evening. a group of leading brexit—supporting conservative mps have produced proposals for the highly contentious issue of how the irish border will be handled after britain leaves the eu. the european research groups approach is an alternative to what's been laid out in the government's chequers plan and comes amid

at the westminster bridge inquests, more information emerges about the man responsible and his movementsthe days before the attack. two people have died as storm ali swept through the northern half of the uk and ireland. a day of grand ceremony as north korea agrees to close its key missile testing facility following talks with south korea. and manchester city endure a difficult evening, against lyon, in their first champions league tie of the season. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — australia get their revenge against the commonwealth champions, england. they're beaten in the quad series. good evening. a brexit deal is still "far away" according to jean—claude juncker, president of the european commission. he was speaking at the eu summit taking place in austria, where theresa may has this evening been presenting her case for a deal based on the plans drawn up by the cabinet at chequers earlier this summer. officials say that there remain serious differences over trade and the future of the irish border. mrs may said tonight that the eu needed to show readiness to compromise, as