has revealed how tourists are being conned out of thousands of pounds in gambling scams on westminster bridgethe illegal activity. the metropolitan police say its officers are using a number of tactics to tackle the problem, including high visibility patrols. but westminster council say tougher action is needed. as gareth furby reports. westminster bridge, popular with tourists, and also people trying to ta ke tourists, and also people trying to take money off them using an old trick. they don't like being filmed, so we used hidden cameras. show me your money. we found up to 14 groups could be on the bridge at one time. a minimum state being asked for was £50. this man wanted me to bet, but instead i filmed £50. this man wanted me to bet, but instead ifilmed his hand. watch it again and you might think the ball has ended up the right of your screen. but we will play you back what has happened in slow motion. there is the ball. watch his fingers. he has picked it up and is hiding it now in the palm of his hand. it ends up under the cap on the left of your screen. despite having little chance o

this evening there was disruption around westminster bridge.seen as the beginning of a campaign of civil disobedience against the government's treatment of parliament. mark easton, bbc news, whitehall. our political correspondent, jessica parker, is at westminster. anger on the streets clearly but will not make any difference to the government plans? there has been a lot of anger and noise today but will borisjohnson lot of anger and noise today but will boris johnson be lot of anger and noise today but will borisjohnson be looking out of his window and worrying and having second thoughts? the evidence so far from this administration is it is not exactly afraid of a bit of confrontation. on that note, this coming week we will see court battles a nd coming week we will see court battles and an almighty showdown here at westminster as well as a cross— party here at westminster as well as a cross—party group of mps trying to legislate against the possibility of a no—deal brexit. with an unlimited amount of time they have left before parliament is

westminster bridge is also closed to westbound traffic for the next three months. showers will continue through the morning and into the afternoon and you might hear a rumble or two of thunder. it won't be until later this afternoon and into the early evening that we'll see the cloud breaking and we'll get sunny spells with temperatures getting up to 19, so not very warm for august. the showers will continue into the evening but gradually overnight it does dry out, some clearer spells. still the risk of one or two showers associated with that patchy cloud and the minimum temperature touch cooler than last night, 8—10. on tuesday, looking like a drier affair and more sunshine and therefore temperatures getting up to 20. but then further rain, quite heavy rain, expected as we head through wednesday and temperatures that bit cooler and i'm afraid it stays rather unsettled through much of this week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. until then, goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with d

increasing, though pc harper was the first to die at work since pc keith palmer was killed in the westminster bridgenew wife and a wider grieving family, who said today that they were devastated. daniel sandford, bbc news, ufton green. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. this is it japan's this is itjapan‘s most northerly main island of hokkaido. for decades, travellers have been drawn here by its stark contrast to the rest of the country. it's another japan, one that is wild, challenging and remote. distinctive communities. i've come to me them and find out more about the country ‘s northern frontier. so, if you look up to where i'm heading, that is japan's most northerly point. on the other side, just a0 kilometres from the japanese coastline is the great landmass, russia. that is important because it was russia expanding eastwards that led to japan 150 years ago to annex at island and give it the name, hokkaido. the island isn't small. it's around one fifth of japan's total landmass but nearly a century and a half over the move to fully populate upon matt, still only around a% of japa

increasing, though pc harper was the first to die at work since pc keith palmer was killed in the westminster bridgees behind his new wife and a wider grieving family, who said today that they were devastated. daniel sandford, bbc news, ufton green. now on bbc news: our world. in northern europe's lapland, temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, threatening the livelihood of its indigenous sami people. lapland is europe's great last wilderness. it stretches across norway, sweden, finland and russia, north of the arctic circle. the far north of finland is the home of the sami, europe's only indigenous people, who still live off the land. but the life of the sami people is changing. climate change is affecting the arctic more than any other part of the earth. you can't rely on that you know how nature acts or how animals act because everything seems to be changing. the melting ice is opening up opportunities for shipping routes and there is talk of a new railway. it's the worst nightmare we are facing at the moment. which could threaten the sami people's way of life. how can yo

the last time it happened it was pc keith palmer who famously protect the people on westminster bridgeis life was taken for doing so. and these horrible tragedies happen and we recognise them on the front of newspapers but crime is up and attacks against police officers is also up and born needs to be done to keep everybody accountable and keep violence down. let me stay with you kate and the paper we have been talking about, the telegraph but inevitably politics and this is a reference to what kenneth clark has said about events between now and the 31st of october. the father of the 31st of october. the father of the house, can clark is back from holiday and learned that he is being floated as a caretaker p.m. holiday and learned that he is being floated as a caretaker pm. to stop a new deal brexit, something he seems to be endorsing and says he is open minded two and it could possibly be a bipartisan ticket in which there is a labour mp who has been mentioned and it would be harriet harman. at the mother of the house. but i think what is that king clark has the amazing cb and many ot

increasing, though pc harper was the first to die at work since pc keith palmer was killed in the westminster bridgefamily, who said today that they were devastated. a provisional agreement has been reached for the purchase of british steel by turkey's military pension fund. the deal could save nearly 5,000 jobs after the firm went into liquidation in may, when rescue talks with the government broke down. our north of england correspondentjudith moritz reports from scunthorpe. scu nthorpe has been fighting for its future, to save the steel and, at the same time, the whole community which depends on it. so news of the tentative turkish deal has been met with delight. i think the whole place is relieved. it's a big sigh of relief. i'm absolutely thrilled to pieces and i can't... just it's amazing, great news. it's massive. i've moved out of scunthorpe now but for the people that live here, it would be a ghost town without it. this is a community built on steel. the industry came first. the town has grown up around it and suffered unpredictability alongside it. the last three months has felt like three

this evening, there was disruption around westminster bridge. say it should be seen as the beginning of a campaign of civil disobedience against the government's treatment of parliament. mark easton, bbc news, whitehall. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker weighed up the likely impact of today's protests. there has been a lot of anger, a lot of noise today, but will boris johnson be looking out of his window, worrying about what he is seeing and having second thoughts? the evidence say it is not exactly afraid of a bit of confrontation. 0n that note, this coming week of course we are going to see court battles a nd course we are going to see court battles and an almighty showdown here in westminster as well. a cross— party here in westminster as well. a cross—party group of mps try to legislate against the possibility of a legislate against the possibility of 3110 legislate against the possibility of a no deal brexit with a now limited amount of time they have left before parliament is due to be suspended. they hope today's protests bruis

this evening, there was disruption around westminster bridge.tion say it should be seen as the beginning of a campaign of civil disobedience against the government's treatment of parliament. mark easton, bbc news, whitehall. the taliban has carried out a major attack on one of the biggest cities in afghanistan. the fighting began on friday when the militant group entered the northern city of kunduz from four different directions. at least ten people have been killed in a suicide bombing. the taliban says it's targeting afghan security forces. it comes at a sensitive time when the group is engaged in peace talks with the us. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has more from kabul. residents in kunduz werejolted residents in kunduz were jolted from their sleep in the early hours of their sleep in the early hours of the morning as the taliban moved in to this strategic northern city from three directions under cover of darkness. today, throughout the day, the afghan social forces have been moving in 202 —— backed up by air strikes to

downing street and stayed there for a while and then they came back here to basically block westminster bridge have been speaking to some people have been taking part and this demonstration and they are hoping still that even in this last late period that they can still stop brexit. it has unleashed a lot of stuff that is not very nice and a lot of people, there are a lot of people and remainder now that relates to leaf campaign told them a lot of untruth and their problems will not be solved by any kind of brexit and certainly not a no—deal brexit. so i think that this is the beginning of something, definitely. maybe you could call it the beginning of the beginning. but it is very fortunate to meet that this is very fortunate to meet that this is happening today. and i hope it is for all of the other people who want something to happen that is going to stop this. it was a very last-minute call for this protest and as you're saying, another left—wing campaign was talking about these protest taking place and so many people have turned up and going john spoke early at the protest saying that we

first officer to die in the line of duty in the uk since pc keith palmer was killed in the westminster bridgel sandford, bbc news, ufton green. our home editor, mark easton, is here. picking up on the last point from daniel, how prevalent attacks on the police? thousand police are injured in the course of duty every year. we put two terrible incidents in the last couple of weeks. as daniel said, foran last couple of weeks. as daniel said, for an officer to be killed is tha nkfully said, for an officer to be killed is thankfully rare, perhaps one or two on average per year, but every violent or life—threatening incident isa violent or life—threatening incident is a reminder of what we ask emergency services to do, a reminder of the values which underpin our society, the values of public service. we expect people notjust to do their bit but sometimes to ta ke to do their bit but sometimes to take risks on behalf of wider society for the pc andrew harper wasn't armed, and most officers say they don't want to be armed, because they don't want to be armed, because they don't want to be armed, beca

increasing, though pc harper was the first to die at work since pc keith palmer was killed in the westminster bridgew wife and a wider grieving family, who said today that they were devastated. daniel sandford, bbc news, ufton green. damian chapman from police care uk, a charity that supports police officers and their families, told me he has seen a rise in number of officers seeking support for post traumatic stress disorder. policing is dangerous. everybody involved in policing knows it's dangerous. and those in the front often have prepared themselves for harm and to suffer serious injury. but to prepare for the ultimate sacrifice is very, very difficult to do and it's even more difficult for families and loved ones who are not necessarily prepared for it. it's been a very difficult day for policing. leasing still has to carry on, there have been 16,000 incidents requiring attendance across the country today. —— policing. but it is hard to know that one of our collea g u es is hard to know that one of our colleagues have been lost. how much more dangerous is policing today? we know police officer

increasing, though pc harper was the first to die at work since pc keith palmer was killed in the westminster bridgeaves behind his new wife and a wider grieving family, who said today that they were devastated. daniel sandford, bbc news, ufton green. our home editor mark easton is with me. what is the prevalence of officers dying in the line of duty in the uk? well, thousands of police officers are injured in the course of their duty. we saw two terrible incidents in the last couple of weeks, but an officer being killed is thankfully rare, perhaps one or two in an average year. but every violent or life—threatening incident, ithink, isa life—threatening incident, ithink, is a reminder of what we ask our emergency services to do. a reminder of the values that underpin our society and the values of public service. notjust society and the values of public service. not just people society and the values of public service. notjust people doing their bit, but when required, taking personal risk in defence of wider society. pc andrew harper was not armed. most police officers say they don't want to be arm

otherwise a good service. 0n the roads — westminster bridge is closed nortbound to everything but busesstaurant. finally, in elmers end, croydon road is closed eastbound from elmers end road to clock house road for gas works. warwick road has now reopened following the accident i mentioned earlier. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. yesterday we saw temperatures in the sunshine reach 23 celsius. not so i'm afraid today. turning rather wet and rather windy. if you don't have the rain first thing, very quick to arrive. some heavy bursts, persistent and the wind will strengthen. a wet and windy wednesday. temperatures taking obviously a bit of a tumble compared to yesterday, between 16 and 18 celsius. there will still be a bit of rain around this evening but gradually it will start to clear away. dry overnight. still rather cloudy, limited clear spells but still rather humid, temperatures not dropping down to far, 14— 16 celsius. tomorrow some cloud around first thing, but they will clear, and similarto first thing, but they will clear, and similar to yesterday, a ridge of h

on to the roads and westminster bridge remains partially closed for security installation works althoughelays there. finally, hendon, vivian avenue is closed westbound from watford way to station road.due to an accident tailbacks onto queens road. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. it was a very soggy day indeed yesterday and there is more heavy rain in the forecast but for most of us it won't come until tomorrow afternoon. so today a much better looking day of weather. there is the chance of a shower from the late morning into the part early part of the afternoon. but also some decent spells of sunshine around. this is how we are starting off the morning, then, there's plenty of cloud particularly towards eastern areas but it will break up. we'll see some sunny spells. chance of a shower through the middle part of the day but any showers will tend to be quite light and fleeting. it will stay quite breezy and there will be lots of dry weather for the second half of the day with plenty of sunshine around. temperatures on a par of where we were on tuesday, 22 or 23 celsius. lots of la

first officer to die in the line of duty in the uk since pc keith palmer was killed in the westminster bridge, bbc news, ufton green. we can speak not to a former police officer, who has written about his experiences. he is in yourfor us now. good evening to you. good evening. what does the city about the risks police officers are taking currently? first of all, ijust the risks police officers are taking currently? first of all, i just want to pass my absolute shock and horror and disbelief and send my best regards to pc injure harper's family, his friends, his colleagues at this dreadful time —— pc andrew harper. my heart goes out to them tonight. i think that's the most important thing to be set right at the top of the interview. it's really concerning. it really is concerning what's happening within leasing. you just touched on a slightly there, talking about assaults on her police officers, men and women. it really has escalated. at the moment, it's terrifying to hear, but we are operating over 400 assaults on our men and women every week in england and wales, so this got to be serious re

westminster bridge popular with tourists and alter people trying to take money off of them, using anath. the minimum stake being asked for was £50. this man wanted me to bet but instead, ifilmed his hands. find the ball. watch it again and you might think the ball has ended up on the right of your screen but we will play back whatjust happened in slow motion. there is the ball, but watch his fingers, he has picked it up and is hiding it now in the palm of his hand and watch what happens, it ends up under the cup on the left of your screen. but the despite having little chance at taking the right cap, some tourists are losing money. this man lost £150, this woman £50. how much is it? 50. and they may be falling for it because this scan is organised with the groups applauding and shouting to create an atmosphere. cheering. and apparently responding to instructions and romanian which we picked up on hidden cameras. the blonde women apparently winning or losing after hearing these words was found by us on several days. and this woman also wearing sunglasses as apparently told off by a de

first officer to die in the line of duty in the uk since pc keith palmer was killed in the westminster bridgel sandford, bbc news, ufton green. we will find out how this story and many others are covered in the front pages this evening. we are joined by columnist and playwright bonnie greer and the associate director of the institute of economic affairs kate andrews. ken clarke has said he would not reject an offer to become caretaker prime minister if it was "the only way" to stop a no—deal brexit. the liberal democrat leaderjo swinson has suggested the ex chancellor or the former labour deputy leader harriet harman could head a temporary government. the conservative mp and father of the house told the bbc the idea was "not inconceivable". 0ur political correspondent matt cole is at westminster. tell us more, what ken clarke has been saying. this is in response to jo swinson floating his name as the longest serving male mp or she also said harriet harman as the longest serving female mp, this is because jeremy corbyn has proposed the idea ofa jeremy corbyn has proposed the idea of a vote in

the biggest protest was in central london, where waterloo and westminster bridges were blocked and trafalgarto a standstill. we'll have more on this story in the next few minutes. the chancellor, sajid javid, has insisted his relationship with the prime minister is "fantastic" and "as strong as ever" despite reports he had an angry row with borisjohnson over the sacking of one of his special advisers. mrjavid is said to have heard about the sacking of sonia khan only after it had happened. the chancellor spoke to radio 4's today programme. well, i am not going to discuss personnel issues, it wouldn't be appropriate. i think my views are well understood. the relationship is fantastic with the prime minister. this is a prime minister that, first before he was prime minister, someone i have always got on with incredibly well, and it has been a real privilege for me to work with him so closely on delivering on these people's priorities, and that relationship is as strong as ever, and what it does mean, by having that strong link, is that we can focus on all these things that matter to so many pe

and also one of the survivors of the westminster bridge attacks.er safer. since the marchioness incident in 1989, we introduced something called thames res which is a gps tracking system fitted to all the larger boats on the thames and what that allows us to do is very similar to our traffic control, it allows our centre at woolwich to monitor all of the traffic on the river. and we'll be hearing from survivors and families of those who died in a special programme at 6:30 this evening. some employees working at the coffee chain "costa" in essex have had money deducted from their payslips. the bbc spoke to 13 workers who say they were told it was for training, orfor being late — which they described as unfair. costa coffee and the firm that operates the franchise business said they are taking the allegations very seriously, and urged employees to speak to their managers if they had concerns. a pensioner from ascot has become a social media hit, after his granddaughter posted a video of him online. 20—year—old ayla winter—white needed extra support a

bridge this gap? boris johnson is primarily concerned that his own mps here at westminster have been suggesting no—dealhey have been saying that, that has discouraged angela merkel and other leaders to compromise. so i expect privately they will be quite undiplomatic about his colleagues, stressing his own determination to leave the eu by october the 31st and suggesting it will be impossible to block no—deal and he will say to angela merkel and to president emmanuel macron tomorrow when he meets him, don't wait to see what parliament gets up to when it resumes in september, if you are going to compromise, do so now and thatis going to compromise, do so now and that is the best way of us getting a deal. however, some of those people he will be criticising don't take the same view. for example, former conservative minister ed vaizey doesn't really believe that boris johnson is serious about getting a deal. he told the bbc earlier today that boris johnson deal. he told the bbc earlier today that borisjohnson was hell—bent on leaving without a deal and was effectively in these meetings trying to shift blam

bridges and blockade roads. joining me now from westminster is labour activist michael chessum, who‘s involved in organising theeck people‘s lives. i think there is absolutely no way that people are going to stand by and let that happen. civil disobedience is disruption, any protest movement of this kind, i don‘t think we will get through this moment in our history persuading borisjohnson moment in our history persuading boris johnson and asking moment in our history persuading borisjohnson and asking him nicely. ultimately, we are going to have to force the government to change direction. we are going to have to defeat the government through parliament, but also in the streets. and that means this protest movement needs a point of leverage on the government. any successful protest movement needs that, and that means disruption. it could mean things like blocking roads and bridges, it could mean all kinds of things. as organisers of the central protests on saturday, we are not organising any of that kind of activity. the crowds that i have seen, they are angry, energetic, very peaceful, very good—natu red, but

bridge. the minister in charge of no—deal brexit preparations, michael gove, has accused the eu of refusing to engage in fresh talks, in a deepening war of words between brussels and westminster willing" to resume negotiations and that he was "deeply saddened" by what he claimed was the eu's approach. his comments came after eu officials described as "unacceptable" britain's insistence on scrapping the backstop — that's the measure to prevent a return of physical checks on the irish border. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. almost two weeks after becoming prime minister, boris johnson met his first eu leader today — his counterpart from estonia. reporter: why aren't you negotiating in brussels, prime minister? have you given up on trying to get a deal? brexit talks are deadlocked. the eu insists the withdrawal agreement is closed. ministers here say it has to be changed. at the moment, the eu seems to be saying they are not interested. they are simply saying no, we don't want to talk. i think that is wrong and sad. it is not in europe's interests. but eu leaders insist britain's demands are the problem. today ireland's prime minister one at living without a deal