Noise and heat than suction will be hoovered up from the shops, under new eu rules. Good morning. Its friday, 1st september. Im annita mcvey. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We will have more on that gas story shortly. At first. The International Trade secretary has said the uk must not allow itself to be blackmailed by the European Union over the cost of leaving. Speaking in japan, where he and theresa may have been discussing future trading relations, liam fox said businesses have become impatient with the slow progress of the brexit negotiations. Theres a problem if that continues, in that were moving much closer to our exit date before european businesses have an idea of what that trading relationship will look like. And i think that there is an impatience from those beyond the commission, ie the stakeholders in the european economy, to try to get some progress on that. Would you characterise their position as blackmailing the uk . Well, its clear that they are. They have the issues that they want to make progress on. I think its a mistake, however, for them to think that a delay in the discussion about the european economy and the european trading relationship wouldnt damage them if we dont get a move on soon on those issues, too. Liam fox. Our Political Correspondent iain watson is at westminster and has been speaking to labours chuka umunna. Liam fox was talking in japan about the frustration that businesses have felt about the slow progress in the talks with the eu. He said that way of getting rid the tension would be to get on with wider trade talks in brussels. But whether the language he used would achieve that remains to be seen. He suggested the eu could be in effect bar is blackmailing britain. Effectively saying, the price you have to pay if an unfairfinancial saying, the price you have to pay if an unfair financial settlement, and unfair divorce bill. Joining me now is chuka umunna, who is a labour mp and involved in the open britain pressure group, wanting britain to stay in the Single Market, he also proposed that britain should stay in the Single Market in an amendment in the Single Market in an amendment in the house of commons recently. Liam fox is suggesting that britain is being blackmailed by the eu. The language might be strong, but in effect, isnt he right . The biggest frustration for british businesses at the moment is that they want to stay in the Customs Union to avoid a brexit bureaucracy bombshell that they would face if we leave, with customs checks and delays at the border. And yet liam fox and his government are asking for us to leave the Customs Union wants we have left the eu, which would be a massive backwards step is the crush party eu relations and Parliamentary Group that i co chair has said to date group that i co chair has said to date across group that i co chair has said to date across party eu relations. His language is and has the helpful. This is sabre rattling from a trade secretary who is twiddling his thumbs because he cannot do anything until the trade position of the uk has been resolved with the eu. And until the government makes progress on the divorce settlement bill, there will be no progress on any kind of trade arrangement. Basically, isnt he right that the eu has showed inflexibility on this. Actually these divorce bills and trade could work side by side . Actually these divorce bills and trade could work sidebyside . The problem is that cabinet ministers like liam fox and borisjohnson have been engaging in overblown rhetoric and promises during the Referendum Campaign and eversince. And promises during the Referendum Campaign and ever since. Boris johnson said the eu could go whistle if it was looking for that by any kind of divorce settlement. The government has accepted the principle that there will have to be a divorce agreement, because when you have two parties without sharing the financial liabilities that there we re the financial liabilities that there were before you agree to a split . And of course, if we want to continue having some of the benefits of eu membership at outside of the membership of the European Union, youre going to have to pay some kind of subscription fee. They all said this was going to be so easy to resolve and the eu would give us absolutely everything that we wanted because german car makers absolutely everything that we wanted because german car makers want to come and sell their cars here, and of course that was a load of nonsense , of course that was a load of nonsense, and it is proving to be so as the facts are merging. Thats the biggest problem for the likes of liam fox and borisjohnson. Biggest problem for the likes of liam fox and Boris Johnson. But isnt the problem for you partly that if you are criticising those are coming out with the negotiations it makes it like you are criticising the uk will rather than the eu. Surely it is incumbent upon you to say how much we should pay . surely it is incumbent upon you to say how much we should pay . I am siding with reality, and not fiction. During the referendum and after, liam fox, borisjohnson, Andrea Leadsom and the rest have been engaging in fiction. They said that you could get £350 million per week once youve voted to leave the European Union. Of course they said that in the knowledge that there would have to be some kind of financial settlement with the European Union after, which of course means that we cant get £350 million per week extra going to the nhs and extra public services. How much should we pay the eu . At the moment net we are paying just £8 million to the European Union. That gives you a ballpark figure from which presumably the negotiations. For the i wouldnt put an exact figure on it because i dont profess to know all of the different liabilities and obligations that weve signed up to up obligations that weve signed up to up to this point. What i am clear about is that clearly we are going to have to pay something. The problem for the government is that borisjohnson and problem for the government is that Boris Johnson and others that that we would have to pay nothing. Umunna, thank you. That was obviously a labour row remained voice chuka umunna. Liam fox said that he would like to see more progress for british business, that would give them the security and confidence they need in a post brexit world. But whether his language has increased or reduced tensions remains to be seen. We are still waiting to get reaction from the european commission. Iain watson there. The private sector Security Company gas has suspended nine members of staff from an Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick Airport following an investigation by bbcs panorama. The programme says it has covert footage recorded at brook house showing officers mocking, abusing and assaulting people being held there. Joining me isJerry Petherick, managing director for gass custodial and detention services. Thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news today. First of all, whats your response to the Panorama Programme . Good morning. I havent seen programme . Good morning. I havent seen the footage as yet, im names are responding to the written allegations that we received last thursday. I am only responding. If it is as described, im com pletely if it is as described, im completely disgusted by the behaviour that has been described, it is unacceptable to me, to the company, and unacceptable to the vast majority of my staff, who work ina highly vast majority of my staff, who work in a highly professional way, sometimes dealing with some very dangerous and some very serious situations across the estate. Will you be getting sight of this footage before the programme is aired . We have asked for site of the footage. We have been told no bad this moment in time. Obviously i would like to see it as soon as possible, because we have suspended the nine staff, which we did immediately when we heard about the allegations, we referred it immediately to the police and social services. I have got investigators there. I would like to proceed with that investigation as swiftly as possible. Will you personally by taking charge of that investigation for gas . The investigation is reporting to my deputy, who will reporting to my deputy, who will report it to me. Other people in the company, and indeed the home office, will be having full access to that asa will be having full access to that as a safeguard to monitor what we have done. We always share our investigations of the home office. It is proper that we do so. In general terms, what sort of training are your staff given in terms of their interactions with detainees . And do you perhaps think that you need a stronger vetting process to assess the suitability of would be staff for this kind of very pressurised work . Sure, thats a very good point, and we do continually look at the vetting and the training. There is an initial Training Course, which is authorised and certificated by the home office. Thats an eight week course, including periods of shuddering to get experience. And there is Ongoing Development and training thereafter periods of shadowing. We do frequently look at the content and training, some of which is about interpersonal stalls. Let me be absolutely clear, throughout we are very clear about what is acceptable behaviour, what is unacceptable behaviour, what is unacceptable behaviour, what is unacceptable behaviour, what has been described to me is completely unacceptable behaviour. There has been a series of incidents which have come with the tag line troubled firm gas. There was the alleged mistreatment of youngsters at the medway Youth Detention Centre last year, there we re Detention Centre last year, there were riots at hmp birmingham. Its not just about the mishandling were riots at hmp birmingham. Its notjust about the mishandling of people. In 201a, gas had to pay back £100 million for the government for the overcharging of tagging of offenders. If you were a deep passion at observer, would you say that there needs to be a review if you were a deep passion at observer, would you say there needs to bea observer, would you say there needs to be a review of the awarding of co ntra cts . To be a review of the awarding of contracts . This is scrutinised in minute detail. Let me deal with the birmingham incident that you mentioned. That was a one of a series of similar incidents across public and private sector establishments. I think it is actually wrong to say that there are it actually wrong to say that there are it was caused by gas. It was caused by a number of factors. Do i believe that we deliver a good, value for Money Service . Yes, i do. And i say that on the back of 35 yea rs and i say that on the back of 35 Years Experience in this floatation both in the public and private sector. I believe that the private sector. I believe that the private sector delivers very well, delivers to the taxpayer very well, provides a stimulus for wider ranging developments with in the custodial state. And i say that with a dispassionate view. I hope the dispassionate view. I hope the dispassionate person that you spoke about actually sees both sides of the argument, and it doesnt come down on simple ideological grounds. It isa down on simple ideological grounds. It is a much wider discussion. Of course, it shouldnt be up to the media necessarily to hold any organisation, be it private or otherwise, to account. Obviously in the medway incident, that was a discovery by the Panorama Programme as well. In relation to these latest allegations, as you say, you havent seen the footage and you are investigating, there has to be a full investigation. But, you know, really, do you think there needs to bea really, do you think there needs to be a system of stronger checks and bala nces to be a system of stronger checks and balances to prevent Something Like this, or allegations like this . There already is a very strong suite of scrutiny, it ranges from my visits to establishments to a com pletely visits to establishments to a completely independent to me and my business stream whistle blowing system, which is operated by the company and looked after by our legal team under the ethics committee. Weve got the independent chief inspector of prisons, weve got locally the independent monitoring board, which lay people in the area who are consistent visitors. We have other organisations who visit. We have embedded Home Office Officials at brighouse. Now, ifi embedded Home Office Officials at brighouse. Now, if i were to believe for a second that all of those organisations and individuals were seeing things like this going on in a widespread basis, and ignoring it, i dont believe that for a second. Thats why i come back very forcibly to say, these behaviours are unacceptable to say, these behaviours are u na cce pta ble to to say, these behaviours are unacceptable to us. But i do not believe that that is the normal behaviour from the overwhelming majority of my staff. 0k, Jerry Petherick, thank you very much for your time. And you can watch panoramas full programme, undercover britains immigration secrets, on monday evening at 9pm on bbc one. Stephen shaw, who conducted an inquiry into immigration and detention for the home office, has told bbc news he will be visiting brook house as part of a follow up review. This is unconnected to these allegations that have been made by the Panorama Programme. In his initial report, stephen shaw visited a number of immigration centres and made 6a recommendations. He said as pa rt made 6a recommendations. He said as part of the review of that he would be visiting brook house as well as other immigration centres, and he has declined to comment on the allegations made as a result of the Panorama Programme. A deal to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland has been rejected as the two main parties, the dup and sinn fein, continue to be at loggerheads. Northern ireland has been without a functioning devolved government since january, when the dup Sinn Fein Coalition collapsed over a botched Green Energy Scheme. Northern ireland has been without a functioning devolved government since january, when the dup Sinn Fein Coalition collapsed over a botched Green Energy Scheme. Northern ireland has been without a functioning devolved for more on this, our correspondent chris page is in belfast. Does this mean that we are edging closer to a return to direct rule from westminster . Yes, i think it does, annita Northern Ireland has beenin does, annita Northern Ireland has been ina does, annita Northern Ireland has been in a devolved parliament from eight months since the power sharing executive collapsed injanuary. Seven so that have been running Northern Ireland, but they havent been able to make any major policy decisions goals of all servants. The longer this has gone on, the more effect is felt by people in Northern Ireland, there is a potential of cuts in public services, uncertainty for people working in the Public Sector. But these exchanges between the two parties at the centre of the crisis mark really the end of their summer political break here in Northern Ireland, there is no sign ofa Northern Ireland, there is no sign of a killing off and no sign of a meeting of minds whatsoever. Last night the democratic unionists no sign ofa night the democratic unionists no sign of a cooling off. Arlene foster gave a speech in which he outlined the proposal to bring back the devolved governments, she said ministers should return to their desks immediately. But in parallel to that there could be a time limited negotiation talks process to resolve what could be the key Sticking Point, around the issues of language and culture, sinn fein want legislation to promote and protect the irish slang word. Arlene foster said that the Irish Language didnt present any threat the Irish Language. Arlene foster said that the Irish Language do not present any threat to younis, but sinn fein rejected her suggestion, sinn fein rejected her suggestion, sinn fein rejected her suggestion, Sinn Fein Stormont leader michelle 0neill Sinn Fein Stormont leader Michelle Oneill has been speaking to reporters in belfast this morning. In regards to Arlene Fosters comments last night, and the offer of a parallel process, this is not a new offer. This is an issue, the issue of parallel process has been discussed and disregarded throughout the course of all of the negotiations which we have had to date. So, in essence, it was making an offer which they knew would be rejected. The people out there want government. They want locally accountable institutions. They want the institutions to work, but they have to work in the way in which they were intended. They have to work on the principles of through power sharing. So, in terms of the offer last night in regards to Arlene Foster, it was an offer which they knew would be rejected, and it is certainly not a new offer. And, chris, i had part ofa discussion this morning where people we re discussion this morning where people were talking about, you know, if it was still Peter Robinson and martin mcguinness, would Northern Ireland be in this situation now . And certainly perhaps Michelle Oneill and Arlene Foster dont have that personal connection that those two did. But is it more about, its got to be more about than personalities, there are really deep seated issues here at stake, and one wonders how and when theyre going to be sorted out. Yes, this dispute is really all about identity politics. And as the crisis has developed, you have seen actually the two major parties, sinn fein and the dup, grow significantly in electoral strength in the Northern Ireland Assembly Election in march, they came very close to being the Largest Party in Northern Ireland, gained significant support there. And then in the general election, the dup came roaring back and added many thousands to their vote tally. That put them in prime position at westminster, the position at westminster, the position where they are propping up the theresa mays minority government. There are outstanding Sticking Points for the Irish Language issue, being the biggest one. language issue, being the biggest one. Sinn fein have said they will return to stormont unless there is legislation to bring in same sex marriage in Northern Ireland, and they have maintained their position that Arlene Foster cannot return as first ministerfor as that Arlene Foster cannot return as first minister for as long as that Public Inquiry is going on into the controversial Green Energy Scheme that triggered the collapse of the executive back injanuary. It is ha rd to executive back injanuary. It is hard to see how this dispute can be resolved. Some expectation that talks can begin again in earnest next week, but there is certainly no sign ofany next week, but there is certainly no sign of any agreement whatsoever. Thanks, chris page in belfast. The headlines on bbc newsroom live gas suspends nine members of staff from an Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick Airport following a bbc panorama undercover investigation. Allegations include officers mocking, abusing and assaulting people being held there. Injapan, the trade secretary, liam fox, says the uk must not allow itself to be blackmailed by the eu over the brexit deal. Following the devastation of storm harvey, President Trump is expected ask congress for nearly 6 billion in federal aid to help with the recovery effort in texas. And in sport. The final hours of the transfer window saw england midfielder Danny Drinkwater join chelsea in a £35 million move. However, arsenals Alexis Sanchez will not be packing his bags. His expected move to Manchester City fell through when the gunners failed to bring in a replacement. The great Roger Federer needed another five set match to beat the russian player. This time he has reached the third round of the us open at flushing meadows. Rafa nadal is also through. It has been a good start to the italian grand prix weekend for the italian grand prix weekend for the lewis hamilton. He recorded the fastest time in first practice. Over a second quicker than his title rival, Sebastian Vettel. I will be back with more and those stories just after 11 30am. Kenyas Supreme Court has nullified the result of the countrys president ial election. Judges that there were irregularities that harmed the integrity of the vote, and ruled that another election must be held within 60 days. Our African Security correspondent joins be held within 60 days. Our African Security correspondentjoins us now from nairobi. Tommy, by no means the first disputed election in the history of kenya. Tell us about the reaction to this ruling . |j history of kenya. Tell us about the reaction to this ruling . I think one of the major, you know, points here is that this is the first time in africa that a court has overturned a president ial election results. So thatis president ial election results. So that is major, notjust for kenya but for the rest of the continent. A lot of the time, governments are seen to be above the law. Yet in this case, the Opposition Party, initially it had feared that the courts would not rule firmly, but eventually it took its case forward to the courts and got this ruling. The Opposition Party claims that there were irregularities in the way there were irregularities in the way the vote was conducted. It says the Electoral Commission was not transparent in tallying the votes. So, what happens next . 60 days we have been told until another vote can take place. Do people expect the result may turn out differently . think, looking forward, it would not necessarily be the result of the vote but the way the road is conducted. And i think thats the major Sticking Points right now. The way the vote is conducted. The opposition parties say they do not trust the Electoral Commission to run this election fairly, so they wa nt run this election fairly, so they want a completely different body to be put in place to conduct, to oversee this next set of elections. We will have to wait and see how that plays going forward. But i think for a lot of canyons, they have just come from the election season, and going right back into it they are trying to see who they will vote for the presidency. Of kenyans. On the president sside, his party said they will go ahead. Initially they claim that the elections were fair. International observers also said that the vote was there. A lot of questions to be pointed at the international observers, what exactly did they see that made them conclude that the vote was fair . Tommy, thank you very much for that. Some newsjust vote was fair . Tommy, thank you very much for that. Some news just coming into us from the courts. A man has been found guilty at Basildon Crown court of attempting to rob the premier League Striker andy carroll of his wristwatch, valued at £22,000, as he drove home from west hams Training Ground. 22 year old jack obrien found guilty of this attempted robbery. It happened on november the 2nd last year. Andy carroll had been driving home from west hams Training Ground, when a motorcyclist pulled alongside him at a set of traffic lights in north east london. Andy carroll had told the trial that he believed the motorcyclist had a gun, when he demanded the watch. And then two motorbikes chased him as he drove his vehicle, andy carroll drove his vehicle, on the wrong side of the road to get away. Eventually getting back to west hams Training Ground, where there were security staff. Jack obrien, 22, found guilty at Basildon Crown court of attempting to rob premier League Striker andy carroll of his wristwatch, valued at £22,000. The white house is seeking approval from congress for a first contribution of £a. 5 billion to provide relief for people affected by the storm that began as Hurricane Harvey. The eventual cost of repairing the damage and compensating residents whose homes have been flooded in texas and louisiana is being estimated to be around £115 billion. Many celebrities have promised to contribute to a disaster fund. President trump says he will give 1 million of his own money. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports from houston. Nearly a week after Hurricane Harvey roared ashore, the Trump Administration is facing the daunting task of fixing the enormous damage it caused. A senior official said around 100,000 homes had been affected. He said the white house would ask congress for emergency funding to help pay for the recovery. The Vice President , mike pence, paid a trip to texas to offer moral support. He visited the coastal city of rockport, and spoke to a crowd outside a church damaged by the storm. The American People are with you. We are here today, we will be here tomorrow, and we will be here every day until this city and this state and this region rebuild bigger and better than ever before. Cheering and applause. The floodwaters have begun to recede in houston, but in smaller communities to the east, theyre still at dangerous levels, and soldiers and Police Continue rescue operations. The biggest was at the Baptist Hospital in the city of beaumont. Military black hawk helicopters helped evacuate intensive care patients after the local water supply failed. The hospital spokeswoman megan poole said it had been organised chaos. We are still receiving patients via helicopter from the flooded areas in port arthur, and so theyre getting in here, and we are having to turn around and transfer them out, so its kind of a difficult situation. Difficult at the moment, and it will remain difficult for a long time. This is shaping up to be one of the biggest and most expensive natural disasters in us history. Barbara plett usher, bbc news, houston. A potential shortage of School Places looms ahead in secondary schools in england, councils are warning. The local Government Association says schools will be thousands of places short over the next few years as a population bulge moves up from primary. But the department for education attacked the figures as thoroughly misleading. Joining me is mary bousted from the National Education union. Thank you forjoining us. So, first of all, do you agree with the assessment from the local Government Association, which is forecasting a shortage of secondary School Places for 125,000 children by the 22 23 academic year. I do agree with them. The local Government Association is the spokes body for the councils, for local councils. And local councillors and their officials know just how many School Places theyve got and how many they need. Their previous forecasts about primary School Places have been accurate. And actually, you know, the figures are very easy to get, because these are very easy to get, because these are real children moving from primary to secondary schools the bike as we mentioned in the introduction, the department for education says these figures are thoroughly misleading. I mean, we are getting the part opposite response to what the lg eight years saying. Who is right and who is wrong, or is the answer is somewhere in the middle . Well, the children that are there, the School Places that are there, the School Places that are there, the School Places that are currently available are there. The councils know the amount of children they have in their schools. A big bulge of children per yearin schools. A big bulge of children per year in schools are going through to secondary schools. The problem is that in 2010 the new secretary of state for education michael gove passed a law which said that local councils could not open new schools. They all had to be academies or free schools. The problem local councils haveis schools. The problem local councils have is that although they have a legal responsibility to educate every child in their council area, they dont have the capacity to build new schools or to make academies orfree build new schools or to make academies or free schools expand the number of pupils they take. Which is why the lga is saying it is working with one hand tied behind its back. Does that mean, as an incidental point, but, you know, pretty incidence is a important incidental point, that schools which are not academies are having to take in more children even if they feel they cant expand . Children even if they feel they cant expand . Yes, it is very unfair. Ifa cant expand . Yes, it is very unfair. If a secondary school is still governed by the local council, they can be told, you have to take more pupils. If you are an academy ora more pupils. If you are an academy or a free school, there is no compulsion to expand and the local authority has a legal duty to get the school place but has no means to do so. It is a ridiculous situation. Are many of these academies and free schools saying that they wont expand . Is schools saying that they wont expand . Is that schools saying that they wont expand . Is that why the lga is coming up with this forecast of a sorted of secondary places . Some say that they will expand, others say they will not because dont have the buildings or the teachers. The government says it has pledged to open another 503 schools by september 20 20. If that is the case another 500 free schools. Will back not go towards solving this problem that the lga is predicted by the National Audit office did an independent investigation into free schools and it said that they are hugely expensive, much more expensive to open. The developers see the department for education coming along buying land and in the weight prices by about 20 . Some land is inflated by 60 . The Free School Programme is dogged by delay, by legal challenges, schools are being opened in an suitable places, in an suitable office buildings. The Free School Programme can do something, but it cant meet the scale of this challenge, particularly not as it is currently run. Thank you. Time for the weather. We had a rather chilly start this morning. We are getting to september and we will start to feel the chill. Clear skies overnight and that translates into clear skies by day. Lots of blue skies across england and wales. Cloud will develop a little bit. The cloud we have got across scotland and Northern Ireland will break up. One or two showers in the east of england. The odd shower around the north west of england and north wales but those will tend to fizzle away as will the showers across eastern areas through this evening and tonight. Clear skies tonight again. Temperatures in towns and cities 9 12. In the countryside much lower. 1 a. On saturday morning it will be a fine start. Lots of sunshine. Fairweather cloud. Dry for most of us. One or two isolated showers and highs of 17 21. See you have no. Kavanaugh. This is bbc newsroom live. The headlines. Gas suspends nine members of staff from an Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick Airport following a bbc panorama investigation. The programme says it has seen officers mocking, abusing and assaulting people being held there. Injapan, the trade secretary liam fox says the uk must not allow itself to be blackmailed by the eu over the brexit deal. Mr fox also renewed calls for talks on a trade deal to begin as soon as possible. Kenyas Supreme Court overturns the president ial election result and rules it should be held again within 60 days. The main Opposition Alliance had alleged that the vote was fraudulent. Time for the sport. Lets head to the bbc sport centre and joins you. Good morning. Football transfer news first and the final day was as much about the players who didnt move as those who did. The window closed last night and there are some record breaking figures around. Premier league clubs spent £1. A billion over the summer £210 million on the final day. One player who didnt make it was Alexis Sanchez. His club arsenal had agreed a £60 million deal with Manchester City contingent on finding a replacement. But arsenal were turned down by monacos thomas lemar after a £90 million bid, and so refused to let sanchez go. Midfielder Danny Drinkwater did move late last night hes gone from leicester to chelsea for £35 million. That was after Evertons Ross Barkley changed his mind aboutjoining Antonio Contes side. One of the biggest stories of the summer transfer window is one thats not quite over yet. Liverpools brazilian star phillipe coutinho has long been wanted by barcelona but the merseysiders rejected a £11a million bid. However, the spanish transfer window doesnt close until tonight so it could still happen. Liverpool say hes not for sale. Well, among all the excitement of deadline day, we shouldnt forget that its international week, with all the home nations involved in World Cup Qualifiers this weekend. Last night england arrived at their camp in malta ahead of their group f game tonight. England manager Gareth Southgate says he knows who will take over from wayne rooney as captain, but feels it should not be the focus of attention. Weve focused too much on wayne in particular in the last few years, and weve got to Start Building a more Resilient Group of leaders, and allowing people to take responsibility. So for me, its not the most important decision. The more important thing is trying to build the group into a Stronger Group that they react in the right way collectively. In the same group, scotland badly need to win in lithuania, to keep their hopes alive. They play tonight as well four points off the play off spot in the group, and have only won once there before. Their manager though has confidence in his players. And Northern Ireland need to avoid any mishaps tonight against san marino for them to remain on course for a world cup play off spot. Theyre currently second in group c behind 201a winners germany. It has been assured we cross playing on the friday as opposed to saturday, so the main thing is we do thejob tomorrow saturday, so the main thing is we do the job tomorrow night and hopefully come through unscathed with injuries and suspensions, with one or two players on cards, we have to be careful. Then we look at the game on monday, but our focus careful. Then we look at the game on monday, but ourfocus isjust careful. Then we look at the game on monday, but our focus is just on san marino. Wales are in action tomorrow against austria. Lewis hamilton headed a mercedes one two in first practice at the italian grand prix. He was four tenths of a second quicker than team mate Valtteri Bottas and over a second faster than his title rival Sebastian Vettel. Vettel leads the drivers championship by seven points with eight races remaining. The world number one and two time champion rafael nadal is through to the third round of the us open overnight he came through against japans taro daniel, in four sets. Joining him there will be Roger Federer who was pushed all the way for the second time in three days this time by russias mikhail youzhny. Its the first time in his career hes played five set matches in the first two rounds of a grand slam. Hell face spains Feliciano Lopez next. Britains chris froome is still the man to beat in the vuelta a espana, but a crash and some technical difficulties means his lead has been trimmed by 20 seconds. The Team Sky Rider fell on the final downhill sector of yesterdays 12th stage. He still has a 59 second lead over his nearest rivals, with another nine stages remaining. Froome is attempting to become the third man to win the Tour De France and vuelta in the same season. That is all the sport for now. More in the next hour. Thank you. A reminder that a 22 year old man has been found guilty at Basildon Crown court of attempting to rob the premier League Striker andy carroll of his wristwatch which was valued at 20 days thousand pounds. Lisa is at 20 days thousand pounds. Lisa is at the court. 20 £2000. What happened this morning . The jury went out yesterday and they had just come back and returned a guilty verdict against 22 year old jack obrien. He comes from romford. Last november the England Premier League footballer andy carroll was driving home from the west ham Training Ground and he got the traffic lights a zero, the window was open on his jeep a zero, the window was open on his jeep and a motorcyclist pulled up and said nice watch and then he demanded he handed it over. Andy carroll told the court he was scared afterwards because he chased him on afterwards because he chased him on a motorbike. There were two motorcyclists chasing him as he left the traffic light and he thought one pulled out a gun. He was terrified. He said he found 999 and that was read out in court, it was heard in court. He said there were two motorbikes. One behind him blowing up motorbikes. One behind him blowing upa gun. Motorbikes. One behind him blowing up a gun. He didnt know what to do. Is beeping is heard in the background, andy carroll said he had had loads of cards. He smashed into ten before he got back to the west ham because there were security cards are and he thought he would be safe. Ten days laterjack obrien was found hiding under the bed in dagenham and there was an investigation and there was a big problem whether he could be identified because andy carroll said he saw him through a visor and asked about the sunlight and there were lots of issues and an identity parade and finally obrien was decided, the Crown Prosecution Service decided he could come to court. The court case started on tuesday and today we have a guilty verdict and in the next few minutes we will be getting be sentencing from the court behind me. Thank you for that. The full impact of the devastating floods across south asia is now becoming clear. Heavy rains at this time of year are not unusual, but the monsoon rains are the heaviest that india, nepal and bangladesh have seen in decades. An estimated 16 million have been forced from their homes. A third of bangladesh is still under water. We can speak now to Douwe Dijkstra from the Christian Relief and Development Agency tear fund. He is in kathmandu. The scale of this is truly about. Described as the havoc caused by these rains. Definitely. People in the fields have told me they are used to floods to the knees but this year it has come to risk level. Flooding is receding in nepal and has dry the ball at the bed. We cannot see the scale of the impact and the like livelihood of people in particular. Vegetable crops have been washed away. Animals have died. 60,000 houses have been completely destroyed. It is clear they will be huge long term impact from this but in the immediate term, given the conditions, how difficult is the rescue and relief effort . Basically from that day after the flooding last week, people have been active and distributing food items to many. Rustic sheets, temporary shelter. Very active so far. Particularly on restoring livelihoods. People back on their feet. People restoring livelihoods. People back on theirfeet. People havejust started to provide people with temporary shelter and food. Trying to start the agriculture again. How do you begin to estimate what sort of money and amount of money you might need to raise . Have you put a figure you are hoping to raise on it . We havent really, but collectively organisations in nepal, the un have put a figure of two billion and their appeal. The government estimate millions of pounds are needed to restore livelihoods again. We wish you and your organisation well with the huge task at hand. Douwe dijkstra in kathmandu. Hundreds of thousands of people in birmingham could see piles of rubbish mounting in the streets again as bin workers resume strike action this morning. Last month industrial action was suspended to allow talks between the council and unions but the strike is back on again after the council said it was issuing some redundancy notices. Emma thomas reports. A summer of discontent for birminghams binmen. Almost two months of unlimited bins has caused chaos for residents. Last night they got the news it is set to continue. I think it is disgusting how long it has gone on. There has to bea how long it has gone on. There has to be a resolution quite quickly. think it is a service that is quite unappreciated and they do a great job and the cuts are unnecessary. The streets have been smelling very badly. Somehow there has to be a way of comprising. A Council Statement confirmed all grade three bin staff will be issued redundancy notices today. The Council Leader insists staff have been offered alternative roles on the same pay. Unite says this move is deeply provocative and that their members will return to picket lines today. We honoured are side of the agreement. We opposed industrial action and wanted it to stop. If a ballot of Union Members approved said the strike could continue until christmas. Nearly half of low paid parents are struggling tojuggle half of low paid parents are struggling to juggle childcare with work according to a survey for the tuc. Researchers found that regular hours were to blame with many working parents feeling at the mercy of employers who are able to change that hours at short notice. Or Business Correspondent Gemma Simpson reports. It is the end of the day. Keira has just reports. It is the end of the day. Keira hasjust got reports. It is the end of the day. Keira has just got back from work and all her kids are finally home. A precious few minutes before they are off to bed. She is self employed and works in it. She and her partner from hertfordshire and between them less tha n from hertfordshire and between them less than £28,000 a year. Juggling childcare and work is a daily battle. I can be at home with my children. Enjoying my life with them. Instead i am running around trains hoping and praying my trainers and lake or delayed or cancelled. Akiras experience isnt unique. Judging by todays survey conducted on behalf of the tuc. Nearly half of low paid young pa rents a re nearly half of low paid young parents are struggling to manage work and childcare. A2 felt penalised at work when they asked for flexibility. Penalised at work when they asked forflexibility. Some were penalised at work when they asked for flexibility. Some were given fewer hours or even lost theirjobs asa fewer hours or even lost theirjobs as a result. Nearly a third had resorted to taking annual leave to cover their child being sick. Achieving a good worklife balance can be hard for any parent. This survey highlights just how difficult it is for families on low incomes, many of them dont even know what their rights are. Akiras shift pattern is regular, although she is still often working out the kids go to bed. The tuc wants everyone at work to get the same parental rights from day one and to be made aware of them. In a moment a summary of the Business News this hour but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live. Gas have suspended nine members of staff from an Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick Airport following a bbc panorama investigation. Allegations include officers marking, abusing and assaulting people being held there. The International Trade secretary liam fox has accused the European Union of trying to blackmail britain into accepting a brexit divorce bill. The white house says it will ask the us congress for emergency funding to help those affected by storm harvey. President donald trump is expected to as for nearly 6 billion in federal aid. Hello. The business use. Growth in the uks Manufacturing Sector accelerated last month, according to a closely watched survey, with output, orders and employment all picking up. The markit cips purchasing Managers Index for manufacturing rose to 56. 9 in august from 55. 3 injuly. A figure above 50 indicates expansion. Production increased at the fastest pace for seven months, helped by a pick up in new orders. Volkswagen, toyota and renault have joined rival carmakers in launching their own diesel scrappage schemes in the uk. Bmw, ford, hyundai, Mercedes Benz and vauxhall have already launched schemes. Vw will give discounts of up to £6,000 to trade in diesel vehicles when buying a new car. Toyota is offering up to £a,000 off older models and renault says incentives of up to £7,000 are available. Two out of five low paid young parents who ask for Flexible Work arrangements are penalised as a result, according to a tuc survey. They are given fewer hours, worse shifts and some have lost their jobs, its survey of 1000 parents suggested. A Government Spokesperson has said businesses must have a legitimate reason to refuse Flexible Working. Britains factories grew a lot more strongly than expected in august as work flowed in from home and abroad, according to a key manufacturing survey. The numbers from the markit cips purchasing Managers Index suggest the economy might be picking up speed after a slow first half of the year. Thejump in the index was higher than any forecasts in a reuters poll of economists. Manufacturing accounts for only around 10 of the british economy, but the growth could add to calls for higher Interest Rates. For more on this we speak to doctor john glenn. Thank you for talking to us. First of all, what do you think accou nts us. First of all, what do you think accounts for this pick up with this excel oration . Is it perhaps lower sterling . It is great news. An increase in output, implement, new orders in the many fracturing sector which has been held by the fact that we have had a reduction in the value of sterling so we have seen exports into the European Union, north america, australia, china grow particularly strongly but also we have seen an increase in domestic demand so cross the one the board it looks good news. However are we seeing high prices and could that feed into inflation and could that put more pressure on the bank of england to raise rates rather sooner . Another thing this survey shows is what is happening in blood vices that manufacture paid to their suppliers is also increasing and that there is a degree of shortage and longer order books and we are seeing pressure in manufacturing and prices being passed on at a greater extent and the throughput of those higher prices is a greater level so the pressure on prices and inflation and a secondary factor is the fact they would appear to be shortages of labour so we they would appear to be shortages of labourso we might they would appear to be shortages of labour so we might see an abode of input Price Inflation and also wage inflation. One of the members of the marjorie pulse a committee of the bank buying and says he thinks the economy can withstand a rise in rates. Do you think more members willjoin him . I think the language of withstanding an increase in rates isa of withstanding an increase in rates is a bit unfortunate. What the marjorie policy committee has decided is weather or not at this point in the cycle there are inflationary pressures in the economy that they need to correct. We are starting to see some inflationary pressures going through and we need to monitor those but not but Interest Rates up too soon in the cycle and dump that increase in demand which we have seen today. Thank you for talking to us. The rac has warned drivers to expect a hike in unleaded petrol prices on uk forecourts in the coming days, largely as a result of storm harvey in the southern united states. The price of a litre of petrol could rise by up to ap per litre, which would take the average price of the fuel above 121p per litre a price not seen since december 201a. The amount of money put into cash individual savings accounts has fallen by a third year on year, as low Interest Rates and tax changes make them less attractive to savers. In the 2015 16 financial year, cash isa holders paid £58. 7 billion into them. But during the last financial year, only £39. 2 billion of new money went in, according to figures from hmrc. And four in five british adults are proud of the work they do, while two thirds enjoy going to work most days, research suggests. The comres survey, conducted for bbc 5 live, also suggested women are more likely than men to enjoy their work. It also indicated that Public Sector workers have more pride in theirjobs than those in the private sector. Lets check in with the Financial Markets now. The blue chip ftse 100 has risen this morning mining and construction stocks in particular pushed the index higher. The wider ftse 250 though was held back due to the collapse in the share price of the drug maker indivior. That was after the firm said it would appeal against a Us Court Ruling which said generic drug maker had had not infringed its patent of its opium addiction treatment. This is where the pound is against the euro it strengthened slightly following those encouraging manufacturing figures i was telling you about a bit earlier. That is all from me. Back to you. Sales of the noisiest and most powerful vacuum cleaners will be restricted under eu rules from today. Machines using more than 900 watts and emitting more than 80 decibels will be banned from sale when existing stocks run out. Our environment analyst, roger harrabin, explains. Some of these vacuum cleaners will be on the banned list from today. They guzzle too much energy. Cleaners like this sebo automatic gobble 1100 watts. Thats too high for new european standards, so this model is on the way out. Anti eu campaigners say europe should have no say in the sort of vacuum cleaner that you buy. But experts say households can save a small fortune on electricity bills if only the least efficient machines can be driven off the market. Theres no dispute that eu standards are forcing down energy use and cutting carbon emissions. But are they really worthwhile . The manufacturers claim they are prepared for it. Consumers are really not prepared for the performance hits they will experience from the new machines. So will the uk keep european standards after brexit . The government wont say. Well have to suck it and see. Roger harrabin, bbc news. Raf will be opening the service to women. Their main task will be to patrol attacked airfields. Sir Michael Farnham has described the move which is a year ahead of schedule as a defining moment. Our correspondence has the details. This is significant moment for the raf. The first branch of the British Military to open up all areas of the service to men and women. Women can already fly planes. But now they can apply to join the rafs currently all male infantry combat unit, which patrols and protects airfields. They fought in afghanistan and suffered casualties. The raf regiment is relatively small, just over 2,000 strong, and with women making up about 10 of the air force as a whole, theres unlikely to be a flood of applications. Lastjuly, former pm David Cameron overturned hundreds of years of military tradition to allow women to take up front line fighting jobs. In april, the royal armed corps opened its doors to females. Pm theresa may was there to witness the graduation at sandhurst of the first recruit. Today, its the rafs Ground Fighting force opening its doors. And by the end of next year, women should be able to join the even more physically demanding Army Infantry unit and the royal marines. Not everyone welcomes these changes, but after studies concluded women are physically up for the fight, now potential recruits can take up their right. Mark lobel, bbc news. It is four minutes to 12. Lets get the weather. First day of september and we drew logically speaking it is the first day of art as well. Certainly this morning it felt a little bit like autumn. But a morning it felt a little bit like autumn. Buta bit like morning it felt a little bit like autumn. But a bit like autumn as well. The mist covering some of the cobwebs but many of us had scenes like this. Glorious blue skies from many parts of england and wales and that weather watcher but it was from cambridge. Further north across scotla nd cambridge. Further north across scotland and Northern Ireland a little bit more clubland. That cloud will thin and break up. Still some good sunny spells here. For many of us just good sunny spells here. For many of usjust a bit good sunny spells here. For many of us just a bit of fair cloud. 12 showers in the north west of england, north wales but most of the show was down the eastern side of the showers down the eastern siding. And for being the sudden temperature is around 16 or 17. The odd shower in the south east of scotland and Northern Ireland but the bulk of the showers confined to this eastern area of england this afternoon will stop certainly the further west you are it is drier, brighter, good sunshine throughout the afternoon and quite pleasant as well. Temperatures up to around 18 21. 12 showers in the far east could be heavy but through this evening to night the showers clearing away and with clear skies overnight like last night it is going to turn a little bit chilly. In towns and cities 912. Bit chilly. In towns and cities 9 12. Into the countryside it could be lower, 3 5. To start off the weekend are fine and chilly start but lots of sunshine like this morning. One or two isolated showers in eastern areas but the emphasis for tomorrow from most is a dry day and with light winds full peal pleasant. Temperatures around 18 21. In the evening we will see more cloud starting to work into Western Areas and gradually this area of rain sitting behind me. An area of low pressure. Messy picture. Lots of other fans streaming into words the uk has become into sunday. It will turn quite worked across the west. But blustery winds from the south. Working east but for many eastern areas during sunday it should stay dry. Some brighter skies will stop just the Western Areas. The summary on saturday sunny spells, by sunday rain moving in. This is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday gas suspends nine members of staff from an Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick Airport following a bbc panorama undercover investigation. There were allegations of abuse and assault on detainees. If it is as described, and completely disgusted by the behaviour thats been described. Its unacceptable to me, to the company, and unacceptable to the vast and geraghty of my staff. The vast majority of my staff. Injapan, the trade secretary, liam fox, says the uk must not allow itself to be blackmailed by the eu over the brexit deal. Sinn fein rejects calls from the dup to restore the power sharing executive in Northern Ireland. Following the devastation of storm harvey, President Trump is expected ask congress for nearly 6 billion in federal aid to help with the recovery effort in texas. Bin workers in birmingham are back on strike, after a deal with the Council Falls apart. A man who attempted to rob premier League Striker andy carroll of his £22,000 watch is found guilty. And, vacuum cleaners producing more noise and heat than suction will be hoovered up from the shops, under new eu rules. Good morning. Its friday, 1st september. Im annita mcvey. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We are going to begin this owl with the latest on brexit. This hour. The International Trade secretary has said the uk must not allow itself to be blackmailed by the European Union over the cost of leaving. Speaking in japan, where he and theresa may have been discussing future trading relations, liam fox said businesses have become impatient with the slow progress of the brexit negotiations. Theres a problem if that continues, in that were moving much closer to our exit date before european businesses have an idea of what that trading relationship will look like. And i think that there is an impatience from those beyond the commission, ie the stakeholders in the european economy, to try to get some progress on that. Would you characterise their position as blackmailing the uk . Well, its clear that they are. They have the issues that they want to make progress on. I think its a mistake, however, for them to think that a delay in the discussion about the european economy and the european trading relationship wouldnt damage them if we dont get a move on soon on those issues, too. Liam fox. The private sector Security Company gas has suspended nine members of staff from an Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick Airport following an investigation by bbcs panorama. The programme says it has covert footage recorded at brook house showing officers mocking, abusing and assaulting people being held there. Our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw is with me. Danny, first of all, tell us more about brook house and who is held there, and what this covert fudges reports to show . M and who is held there, and what this covert fudges reports to show . It is a centre near Gatwick Airport. It was set up as a kind of staging post for people who were being deported or removed from the uk. It holds around 500 men. They are a mix, just under half of people hes been convicted of crimes, Foreign National who who have been convicted of crimes, and people whose asylum claims have been rejected, and others who have overstayed their visas who the government are trying to remove. The problem is that some of them arent just there for hours or days, but weeks or months. There isa or days, but weeks or months. There is a huge amounts of frustration being built up, so it is a difficult centre to manage. There are around 1a,000 people coming and going through the Centre Throughout the year. A big chernove people. Its clearly a difficultjob year. A big chernove people. Its clearly a difficult job for the year. A big chernove people. Its clearly a difficultjob for the 200 plus staff to manage the people there. What the panorama investigation has uncovered is very disturbing. The footage, which was filmed by a member of staff who was working there, who approached the bbc and filmed undercover, suggests that some of the staff are not treating the dk knees with respect, and in some cases are abusing them. There is some evidence of violence and so on the detainees. The programme is going to be aired on monday night. But already gas has taken quite strong action. Gas havent seen the material yet. I spoke a short while ago to the managing directorfor spoke a short while ago to the managing director for custodial and detention services. He said that if these allegations are proven, this sort of behaviour is completely up for in the said to gas and the vast majority of its staff. What sort of training do staff employed by gas have in terms of their interactions with detainees . They have eight weeks of training before they take them on. They are taken on on salaries of around £23,000. They also have some ongoing training in terms of the techniques they have to use, the control and restraint techniques and so on. Some will say that eight weeks training and a £23,000 salary for controlling some very difficult, desperate, and in some cases dangerous people, isnt enough. And thats why you get the problem that do occur. I know that gas is very concerned about the allegations in the programme, as well as suspending the nine members of staff, including one female nurse, there are six detention custody officers and two managers who have been suspended, all of them are male. As well as that, several have been placed on restricted duties. They are also going to do their own investigation and look more widely at culture in the organisation, the cultural practices in the organisation, and that other institutions that are managed by gas. But it reasons really serious questions about this private company, and whether it is capable of managing institutions like this in the future. The contract for brook house by the way is up for tender at the moment. So there is a process going on, and the home office will decide whether to award it to gas or some other company. Office will decide whether to award it to gas or some other companym march, the chief inspector of prisons said he had had an encouraging inspection at brook house. But just encouraging inspection at brook house. Butjust on that last point that you are making, danny, obviously gasi think its fair to say has been on the wrong side of the headlines on a number of occasions for various reasons. And obviously on these occasions, people, notwithstanding that this particular allegation is unproven at this stage, people have commented about the awarding of taxpayer funded contracts to the company. Yes, ameen there was a panorama investigation into the Medway Secure Training Centre that looks after children last year, and that encountered some very children last year, and that encountered some very concerning example is of alleged ill treatment. Previously, gas has been in the news regarding the electronic tagging contract that it has, and also the episode before the olympics when it was unable to fight security guards. On the other side, it also runs five prisons, and several of those prisons, and several of those prisons are well run and have received positive inspection reports. It is easy to tar and organisation with one brush, but theres no doubt that these allegations are really disturbing and bad news for the company. Thank you, danny shaw. Breaking news to bring you. The bbc understands that everton striker and of course the former england football captain wayne rooney has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving in cheshire. And we hope to be talking to our sports news correspondence Richard Conway about this shortly. But that news just coming into us. A deal to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland has been rejected as the two main parties, the dup and sinn fein, continue to be at loggerheads. Northern ireland has been without a functioning devolved government since january, when the dup Sinn Fein Coalition collapsed over a botched Green Energy Scheme. Earlier, i spoke to our ireland correspondent chris page in belfast. Northern ireland has been to an administrative autopilot for eight months thousands it collapsed in january. Civil servants have been running Northern Ireland, but they havent been able to make any major policy decisions. That means that the longer this has gone on, the longer the effect is felt by people in Northern Ireland. There is the potential of cuts in public services, uncertainty for people working in the Public Sector. But these exchanges between the two parties at the centre of the crisis, the dup and sinn fein, mark the end of the summer political break here in Northern Ireland and there is no sign ofa in Northern Ireland and there is no sign of a cooling off and no sign of a meeting of minds whatsoever. Last night, the dup leader Arlene Foster gave a speech in which she outlined the proposal to bring back devolved government. She said ministers should be allowed to return to their desk immediately and deal with those immediate pressures. But she said in parallel to that there could be a time limited negotiation talks process to resolve what seems to be the key Sticking Point, around the issues of language and culture, in particular, sinn fein want legislation to promote and protect the Irish Language. Arlene foster said that the Irish Language didnt present any threat to unionism. That was seen as a softening of her language, perhaps an olive branch. But sinn fein perhaps an olive branch. But sinn fei n pretty perhaps an olive branch. But sinn fein pretty much immediately rejected her suggestion. Sinn feins stormont leader Michelle Oneill has been speaking to reporters in belfast this morning. Thats mikey what she had to say. Lets hear what she had to say. Lets hear what she had to say. Lets hear what she had to say. In regards to Arlene Fosters comments last night, and the offer of a parallel process, this is not a new offer. This is an issue, the issue of parallel process has been discussed and disregarded throughout the course of all of the negotiations which we have had to date. So, in essence, it was making an offer which they knew would be rejected. The people out there want government. They want locally accountable institutions. They want the institutions to work, but they have to work in the way in which they were intended. They have to work on the principles of through power sharing. So, in terms of the offer last night in regards to Arlene Foster, it was an offer which they knew would be rejected, and it is certainly not a new offer. And, chris, i heard part of a discussion this morning where people were talking about, you know, if it was still Peter Robinson and martin mcguinness, would Northern Ireland be in this situation now . And certainly perhaps Michelle Oneill and Arlene Foster dont have that personal connection that those two did. But is it more about, its got to be more about than personalities, there are really deep seated issues here at stake, and one wonders how and when theyre going to be sorted out. Yes, this dispute is really all about identity politics. And as the crisis has developed, you have seen actually the two major parties, sinn fein and the dup, grow significantly in electoral strength in the Northern Ireland Assembly Election in march, sinn fein came very close to being the Largest Party in Northern Ireland and gained significant support. And then in the general election, the dup came roaring back and added many thousands to their vote tally. That put them in prime position at westminster, the position where they are propping up theresa mays minority government. You have got a sense of polarisation here. There are outstanding Sticking Points, the Irish Language issue being the biggest one. Sinn fein have said they will return to stormont unless there is legislation to bring in same sex marriage in Northern Ireland, and they have maintained their position that Arlene Foster cannot return as first minister for as long as that Public Inquiry is going on into the controversial Green Energy Scheme that triggered the collapse of the executive back in january. It is hard to see how this dispute can be resolved. Some expectation that talks can begin again in earnest next week, but at the moment there is certainly no sign of any agreement whatsoever. Thanks, chris page in belfast. The court of appeal has dismissed the case of a severely disabled man who challenged the local authority cuts. Luke davey brought a case against Oxfordshire County Council when it cut his personal care budget by nearly half. Campaigners had said luke daveys fight would have implications for others in a similar position. More now on the news that the bbc understands that everton striker wayne rooney has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving in cheshire. Our sports news correspondence Richard Conway is that the bbc sports centre. What more can you tell us about this . Reports this morning in several newspapers that wayne rooney had been arrested in cheshire on suspicion of drink driving. We understand from sources that this is indeed the case, very light on detail. But wayne rooney had returned to everton from Manchester United this summer. Only a few weeks ago he retired from international football. He had had a successful start of this new season, scoring twice. But news emerging that he has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving, and we await further detailfrom cheshire drink driving, and we await further detail from Cheshire Police drink driving, and we await further detailfrom Cheshire Police and drink driving, and we await further detail from Cheshire Police and from Wayne Rooneys camp as well as to the allegations and the detail behind this. Richard, thank you for that. Lets get reaction to the International Trade secretary liam foxs remarks that the uk must not allow itself to be blackmailed by the European Union over the cost of leaving. David jones is a former brexit minister, and joins me now. Thank you for your time today. Does it feel to you like we are approaching some sort of deadlock in the brexit negotiations . Well, i think we are arriving at a point that everyone anticipated, that there would be a moment when both sides would think it was right to play hardball. Sides would think it was right to play hard ball. But sides would think it was right to play hardball. But im not at all pessimistic about the way things are going, despite the headlines yesterday, there was some progress of the talks. But i think that liam fox is right. We really have two increase the momentum of the talks generally. We have to press the point that an agreement on free trade isjust as much in the interests of the European Union as it is of the united kingdom. I think that this is something that we need to reiterate over the next month, because the next a 6 weeks are going to be crucial. Do you think there needs to be a more forensic clarification of what exactly the eu expects the uk to pay, and what the ukfor expects the uk to pay, and what the uk for its part might be willing to pay, a setting out the figures, this amountand pay, a setting out the figures, this amount and that amount and what those amounts would be expected for . Yes, i do. Those amounts would be expected for . Yes, ido. I those amounts would be expected for . Yes, i do. Ithink those amounts would be expected for . Yes, i do. I think that the European Union has to recognise that if its amanda davis of money from the united kingdom, it has to set out the basis of its calculations fairly clearly. And we note that a few days ago, british Civil Servants set out their view of the proposals, which of course vary from zero to 100 billion euros. And they called for more clarity. So i think that the European Union really has now arrived at the point where its got to say that we have much at once on the basis of its calculations. And the basis of its calculations. And the figures we have seen coming out are the figures we have seen coming out a re really the figures we have seen coming out are really very vague. But do you think that the eu is going to budge from this position . It has set up the three key issues, including this bill, this exit bill, that it says must be dealt with before any other matters can be discussed. Surely the uk isnt going to be able to press this point any further, positioned as it is, as one country ranged against the other members of the block . I do, because i think that there are already signs that certain eu Member States are becoming increasingly concerned as to the lack of progress. Michel barnier of course is hamstrung by the terms of the guidelines that have been set out. But as time progresses, we see for example that the french have started to indicate that they want to see some progress. And i think it would be pressure from the eu Member States upon the commission that sees this deadlock broken. So you waiting and watching to see any signs of that. In terms of what liam fox has had to say japan that. In terms of what liam fox has had to sayjapan and the that. In terms of what liam fox has had to say japan and the use of the word blackmail, do you think thats helpful . Chuka umunna said this morning that the language is intensely unhelpful. I wonder what your thoughts are on the use of that word . Well, i think we have seen language on all sides that is unhelpful. And i think that what we need to do is to ensure that in the quiet of the negotiating room, people are not engaging in unhelpful language but are actually looking at figures and looking at the principles upon which those figures are calculated. It is surely a sign of frustration, though . are calculated. It is surely a sign of frustration, though . I think there is no doubt that there is frustration, because liam foxsjob is not to negotiate the settlement with the eu. Hisjob is to is not to negotiate the settlement with the eu. His job is to strike out into the wider world. And to arrange free trade agreements with countries such as china, japan and the united states. For so long as we are bound by the duty of sincere cooperation as members of the eu, he cant do that. I well understand thes frustration. I dont think this is actually going to hinge upon the talks, though. I think ultimately it will be recognised that serious discussions of its balls and figures is whats required. And i have every hope that that will happen over the next a 6 weeks. David jones mp, former brexit minister, thank you for your thoughts. The headlines on bbc newsroom live gas has suspended nine members of staff from an Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick Airport, following a bbc panorama investigation. Allegations include officers mocking, abusing and assaulting people being held there. The International Trade secretary, liam fox, has accused the European Union of trying to blackmail britain into accepting a brexit divorce bill. Sinn fein have rejected a proposal from the Democratic Unionist Party to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland. Football devolved government in Northern Ireland. Football transfers and devolved government in Northern Ireland. Football transfers and the rest of the sport now with hugh woozencroft. Good afternoon. Premier league clubs are spending a record amount of over £1. A billion in this summer transfer window. In fact, a record £210 million on the final day yesterday. However, much is being made over the moves that didnt happen. One player staying put is Alexis Sanchez. His club, arsenal, had agreed a £60 million deal with Manchester City, however that was contingent on arsenal finding a replacement. They were however turned down by monacos thomas lemar. They had a £92 million bid. That meant that sanchez was not let go. Midfielder Danny Drinkwater did make the move late last night. He has moved from leicester to champions chelsea for £35 million, after Evertons Ross Barkley changed his mind about joining after Evertons Ross Barkley changed his mind aboutjoining Antonio Contes side. Amongst all of that excitement on deadline day we shouldnt forget that it is international week, with all of the home nations involved in World Cup Qualifiers this weekend. Scotland badly need to win to keep their hopes alive in group f. They will play live the wynyard knight, four point off play off spot. They have only one mac once there before. The manager though is staying confident. Theres a psychology to it. There is training and information you pass on. Theres not going to be a speech that makes them feel any better, i dont think that could work now. Generally you make sure that the players are prepared, they feel comfortable with the way they are prepared, the amount of time they have the tin and the training they have the tin and the training they have put into it. Also in group f, england arrived at their camp in malta and head of the meeting to night. Gareth southgate said he has chosen the new captain in wayne raineys absence. The players will not be informed until later today wayne rooney. Northern ireland need to avoid any mishaps tonight against san marino to remain on course for a world cup play off spot. They currently sit second in group c. They do have a a point cushion over third place. Wales will play austria tomorrow. We will have more on that for you then. A big weekend in formula 1 too. Lewis hamilton heading a mercedes 1 2 in first practice. He was four tenths of a second quicker than his team mate for terry bottas, and only a second faster than his title rival, Sebastian Vettel. But that leaves but Sebastian Vettel leads the championship. Two time champion rafa nadal is through to the third round of the us open, coming through against japans taro daniel of the us open, coming through againstjapans taro daniel in four sets of the night. Roger federer was pushed all the way for the second time in three days, this time by russias mikel youzhny. He faces the liz young on lopez next. And that is all the sport for now. I will be back with more at around 1 30pm. He faces Feliciano Lopez. The impact of the devastating floods across south asia is becoming clearer. An estimated 16 million have been forced from their homes in india, nepal and bangladesh with a third of bangladesh still under water. More than 12 hundred people are known to have died and a1 Million People have been affected by the monsoon rains. David eades reports. Mosart camera pres this is monsoon detritus. After punishing rainfall, karachi must clear up. Around 20 people are believed dead from drowning, electrocution, collapsed buildings. The city has been paralysed, and more rain across this province will follow. We were sitting in our houses when all of a sudden a storm with gusty winds hit and the rainwater entered our houses. Our childrens clothes and other things we re childrens clothes and other things were exposed to water. I dont how, but everything was soaked. The impact elsewhere has been widespread and deep. In bangladesh, one third of the country is submerged. Relief effo rts of the country is submerged. Relief efforts havent got close to many of the most needy areas. Farmland and rice crops have been destroyed and hundreds have died. India has not been spared, either. The booming Financial Centre that is mumbai halted by the rushing water, damaging roads and buildings. The death toll in the cities, though, is markedly lower than in the rural areas. Nepals price to pay is the loss of up to 100,000 homes, entire villages, 150 dead, countless livelihoods washed away. Monsoon seasons with their cycle frames, floods and deaths are way of life. Not since the 90s have they struck with such effect. These countries ability to cope has improved over the years, and yet still the cost, human and economic, can be staggering. David eads, bbc news. The white house is seeking approval from congress for a first contribution of £a. 5 billion to provide relief for people affected by the storm that began as Hurricane Harvey. The eventual cost of repairing the damage and compensating residents whose homes have been flooded in texas and louisiana is being estimated to be around £115 billion. Many celebrities have promised to contribute to a disaster fund. President trump says he will give 1 million of his own money. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports from houston. Nearly a week after Hurricane Harvey roared ashore, the Trump Administration is facing the daunting task of fixing the enormous damage it caused. A senior official said around 100,000 homes had been affected. He said the white house would ask congress for emergency funding to help pay for the recovery. The Vice President , mike pence, paid a trip to texas to offer moral support. He visited the coastal city of rockport, and spoke to a crowd outside a church damaged by the storm. The American People are with you. We are here today, we will be here tomorrow, and we will be here every day until this city and this state and this region rebuild bigger and better than ever before. Cheering and applause. The floodwaters have begun to recede in houston, but in smaller communities to the east, theyre still at dangerous levels, and soldiers and Police Continued rescue operations. The biggest was at the Baptist Hospital in the city of beaumont. Military black hawk helicopters helped evacuate intensive care patients after the local water supply failed. The hospital spokeswoman megan poole said it had been organised chaos. We are still receiving patients via helicopter from the flooded areas in port arthur, and so theyre getting in here, and we are having to turn around and transfer them out, so its kind of a difficult situation. Difficult at the moment, and it will remain difficult for a long time. This is shaping up to be one of the biggest and most expensive natural disasters in us history. Barbara plett usher, bbc news, houston. Kenyas Supreme Court has nullified the result of the countrys president ial election. Judges said there were irregularities that harmed the votes integrity and ruled that another election must be held within sixty days. Which saw the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta returned to power was challenged by the main Opposition Alliance, which argued it was fraudulent. A short time ago i spoke to our africa security correspondent tomi oladipo, who told me about the action to this decision. tomi oladipo, who told me about the action to this decision. I think one of the major, you know, points here is that this is the first time in africa that a court has overturned a president ial election result. Thats major, notjust for president ial election result. Thats major, not just for kenya, president ial election result. Thats major, notjust for kenya, but for the rest of the continent. You know, a lot of the time, governments are seen to be above the law. Yet in this case, the Opposition Party initially had feared that the court would not rule fairly, but eventually it took its case forward to the courts and got this ruling. The Opposition Party claims that there were irregularities in the way there were irregularities in the way the vote was conducted. It says the Electoral Commission was not transparent in tallying votes. So, what happens next . 60 days, we have been told, until another vote can ta ke been told, until another vote can take place. Did people expect the result may turn out differently . think looking forward it will not be necessarily the result of the vote, but the way the vote was conducted. I think that the major Sticking Point right now. The opposition parties saying they do not trust the Electoral Commission to run this next election fairly, and so they wa nt next election fairly, and so they want a completely different body to be put in place to conduct, to oversee this next set of elections. We will have to wait and see how that plays going forward. But i think for a lot of canyons, they have just come from the election season and they are going right back into it, trying to see who they will vote for the presidency a lot of ca nyo ns. Vote for the presidency a lot of canyons. On the president sside, his party are saying they will go ahead. Initially they claim that the elections were fair. International observers also said that the vote was there. A lot of questions to be pointed at the electoral, the international observers, what exactly d id international observers, what exactly did they see that made them conclude that the vote was fed . The vote was fair. Time for the weather. Nick miller is here with all of the latest. You may have noticed how chilly it was a september began this morning, plenty of sunshine, plenty of us are holding on to sunny spells, but a few showers developing across north west england, Northern Ireland, rather cloudy. But the heaviest showers havent yet got going but the cloud is building. Southee scotland, the pennines, down through the ease midlands into east anglia. Here we could see some thundery downpours, but there will be some places that stay dry. Most places will have variable cloud and sunny spells, like twins, pleasant in the sunshine. Any showers that do develop in the eastern may linger into the first part of the night. Elsewhere we have clear skies sunny spells that develop. Low to single figures as we start the day tomorrow. But loads of sunshine, and apart from the chance for the odd light shower in eastern england, lighter than we have seen recently, although some cloud is going to build we will see plenty of sunny spells. It will feel nice and the centre in. Saturday is the best day of the weekend. Sunday, some rain gradually spreading east. More on that just before gradually spreading east. More on thatjust before the top of the hour. This is bbc newsroom live. The headlines. Gas suspends nine members of staff from an Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick Airport following a bbc panorama investigation. The programme says it has seen officers mocking, abusing and assaulting people being held there. If it is as described, im completely disgusted by the behaviour described. Its unacceptable to the company. Unacceptable to the vast majority of my staff. Injapan, the trade secretary, liam fox, says the uk must not allow itself to be blackmailed by the eu over the brexit deal. Mr fox also renewed calls for talks on a trade deal to begin as soon as possible. Sinn fein rejects calls from the dup to restore the power sharing executive in Northern Ireland. Sinn fein says the dup has not addressed the cause of stormonts collapse. Following the devastation of storm harvey, President Trump is expected ask congress for nearly 6 billion in federal aid to help with the recovery effort. It is reported wayne rooney has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving. The bbc understands the incident took place in cheshire. A man who attempted to rob premier League Striker andy carroll is found guilty. Jack obrien had denied attempting to rob the 28 year old as he waited at traffic lights in north east london, in november last year. Staying with this story, we have sentencing in that case. At 22 year old man found guilty at Basildon Crown court of attempting to rob the premier League Striker andy carroll of his wristwatch which was worth £22,000. 22 year old jack obrien was sentenced notjust for that offence but also for a string of burglaries and robberies. Given five years and three months for the burglaries, using motorbikes, another concurrent 18 months. Six yea rs another concurrent 18 months. Six years but andy carroll, the attempted robbery at andrew carroll. 11 years and three months in total for all those offences. All of those concurrent sentence. Obrien had approached andy carroll as he waited at traffic lights in his car. Obrien on a motorbike. Andy carroll thought he had a gun. I think we can now go to our correspondent lisa outside Basildon Crown court where that sentencing has just happened. Take us through the details of that again if you would. We have just had sentencing from the judge here. Again if you would. We have just had sentencing from thejudge here. We have heard that jack obrien who is just 22 has had a string of convictions in the past and he asked for a number of offences to be taken into consideration. He was told he had had a lost life and history of being before courts. He had even been before thisjudge being before courts. He had even been before this judge and he being before courts. He had even been before thisjudge and he has spent a lot of his life before the court order in prison and they have tried many things to try to stop him continuing to go on with a life of crime. Thejudge said he continuing to go on with a life of crime. The judge said he sentenced him to six years for the attempted robbery from andy carroll of his wristwatch, worth £22,000. He sentenced him overall to 11 years and three months. We heard he was with a motorbike going to isolating homes and stealing and carrying out a number of burglaries. From the impact statements we heard how the terrible effect on people, finding that someone had come to their has, especially isolated houses. And on the andy carroll attempted robbery, what happened was andy carroll was coming back from the west ham Training Ground bust november. When he pulled up at traffic lights in essex and motorcyclist came up alongside him. His window was open and he said, nice watch. Then he demanded he hand over the watch and andy carroll drove off and was chased and he smashed into ten car is, this premier League Footballer smashed into the cars, on the wrong side of the road and made an 999 car. He heard that in court where he said he was frantic and scared for his life. We heard of the impact statement he now has to have security guards to pick him up and ta ke security guards to pick him up and take him back from the ground. And that he thought the motorcyclist had a gun. And he was scared for his life. It was ten days later when jack obrien was found hiding under a bed in dagenham and Police Arrested him. Thank you very much. Gas has suspended nine members of staff from an Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick Airport following an investigative babe panorama. The programme says it has covered footage recorded at brook house showing officers mocking, abusing and assaulting people out there. Thats get a taste of the programme which is due to be shown on monday. On the front lines britains fight to control immigration, a secret world of drugs, violence and abuse. Where some Foreign Nationals are locked up for as long as two years, on britains immigration secrets, monday at 9pm on bbc one. Earlier i spoke toJerry Petherick monday at 9pm on bbc one. Earlier i spoke to Jerry Petherick the managing directorfor spoke to Jerry Petherick the managing director for gas custodial and Retention Services about the allegations contained. and Retention Services about the allegations contained. I havent seen the footage yet. I am only responding to the written allegations. If it is as described a is completely disgusted by the behaviour that has been described. It is unacceptable to me, the company, unacceptable to discuss majority of my staff who work in a highly professional way sometimes dealing with some very dangerous and very serious situations across the estate. Will you get sight of this footage before the programme is aired . We have asked and we have been told no. Obviously i would like to see it as soon as possible because we have suspended the ninth stuff which we did immediately when we heard about the allegations. We also referred matters immediately to the police and social services. I have got investigators there and i would like to proceed with that investigation as swiftly as possible. Would you personally be taking charge of that investigation for gas . The investigation is reporting into my deputy who will reporting into my deputy who will report into me. Other people in the company and the home office will be having full access to that as a safeguard to monitor what we have done. We always share our investigations. It is proper that we do so. In generalterms investigations. It is proper that we do so. In general terms what sort of training your staff given in terms of their interactions with detainees and do you perhaps you need a stronger vetting process to assess the suitability of would be staff for this kind of very pressurised work . That is a good point and we continue to look at the vetting and training. There is an initial training. There is an initial Training Course which is authorised and certificated by the home office. An eight week course including shadowing to get experience and those Ongoing Developmental training. We look at that training content frequently, some of it is interpersonal skills. Let me be absolutely clear, throughout we are very clear about what is acceptable behaviour, what is unacceptable behaviour, what is unacceptable behaviour, but has been so cried to me is completely unacceptable behaviour. There has been a series of incidents which have come to the tag line troubled Security Firm gas, the alleged mistreatment of youngsters at the medway Youth Detention Centre last year with the riots at hmp birmingham. It is not just the handling of people, it is about 201a, gas had to pay back more than 100 about 201a, gas had to pay back more than100 main about 201a, gas had to pay back more than 100 main pounds for the government for overcharging on the tagging of offenders. If you were a dispassionate observer would you say there needs to be a review into the awarding of contracts to gas which are being paid for by taxpayers money . The awarding of contracts is a very competitive process which is scrutinised in minute detail by the awarding body. Let me deal with the birmingham incident that you mention. That incident was one of a series of similar incidents across public and private sector establishments. I think it is actually wrong to say that was caused by gas. That was caused by a number of factors. Do i believe that we deliver a good value for Money Service . Yes, i do. And they say that on the back of 35 Years Experience in this location in both the public and private sector. I believe the private sector delivers very well, delivers to the taxpayer very well, delivers to the taxpayer very well, delivers to the taxpayer very well, provides the stimulus for wider ranging development within the custodial the state. And they say that with a dispassionate view. I hope the dispassionate person that you spoke about actually sees both sides of the argument and it doesnt come down on simple ideological grounds. It is a much wider discussion than that. Of course it shouldnt be up to the media necessarily to hold any organisation, be it private or otherwise to account. Obviously in the medway incident that was a discovery by the Panorama Programme as well. In relation to these latest allegations as you say you havent seen the footage and you are investigating and there has to be a full investigation, but do you think there needs to be a system of stronger checks and balances to prevent Something Like this or allegations like this . There already isa allegations like this . There already is a very strong suite of scrutiny. It ranges from my visits to establishments to a completely independent to me and my business strea m independent to me and my business stream whistle blowing system which is operated by the company and looked after by a legal team under the ethics committee. We had the independent to give expect a presence, we have got embedded luckily the independent modern board which are laypeople in the area who are consistent visitors. We have other organisations who visit, we have embedded Home Office Officials at brook house. If i were to believe for a second that all of those organisations and individuals were saying things like this going on on a widespread basis and ignoring it i dont believe that for a second. That is why i come back very forcibly to say that these behaviours are unacceptable to us what they do not believe that that is the normal behaviour from the overwhelming majority of my staff. Jerry petherick there. As weve been hearing, the International Trade secretary has said the uk must not allow itself to be blackmailed by the European Union over the cost of leaving. Speaking injapan where he and theresa may have been discussing future trading relations liam fox said businesses have become impatient with the slow progress of the brexit negotiations. Reality checks chris morris has more. The uks main goal in the brexit negotiations right now is to move on as quickly as possible from talking about past obligations to talking about the nature of a future partnership with the eu. But the road ahead looks bumpy to say the least. The eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier said yesterday that there had been no decisive progress on any of the main issues. In other words for the moment, its no go. So a quick reminder about the issues on which the eu says progress has to be made before it will talk more about the future. First, the status of eu citizens in the uk and uk citizens elsewhere in europe. The uk says eu citizens whove already been here for five years will be able to apply for settled status, others will be given a chance to complete five years of residence and then apply. Its also been agreed this week that eu citizens living here and british citizens already living elsewhere in europe will still be able to use their ehic insurance cards after brexit although theres no agreement on that for the rest of us. The eu wants more detail on all of this and heres the big Sticking Point who would have Legal Authority over any deal. The eu wants it to be the ecj. The uk says thats not acceptable after brexit. The second major focus at the moment is the border between Northern Ireland and the irish republic. The uk says it wants to maintain an invisible border after brexit, with no physical infrastructure at all, and there were, were told, good discussions on ireland this week. But while the eu understands the sensitivities, it says frictionless trade is impossible once the uk leaves the Single Market and the Customs Union. And the toughest issue of all is money what are the uks financial obligations to the eu when it leaves . The eu hasnt published any final demand but it could be as high as a net amount of 60 billion euros. That is based largely on commitments the uk has already made but the uk questions the legal basis of these calculations, and went through them line by line this week. It hasnt, though, yet published any counter proposals of its own, so how do we get from where we are now to where the uk wants to be . It accuses the eu of being inflexible, liam fox talks of blackmail. Well, two more rounds of negotiations have been scheduled in the weeks beginning september the 18th and october the 9th after that the eu will have to decide whether it thinks sufficient progress has been made to allow the talks to move to the next phase. Thats not a decision for the eus negotiating team. It will have to be made unanimously by the leaders of the other 27 eu countries who will meet for a summit in brussels on the 19th and 20th of october. The uk probably shouldnt rely on mrs merkel to suddenly change course on brexit though so how can disputes about money in particular be resolved . A transition period after brexit could be one way forward. It would mean the uk still paying uk budget payments money into the eu budget for a couple of years, and reducing the size of a final bill. And, hopefully, it would help create a smoother british exit from the eu and offer reassurance to business. Still, there are an awful lot of ifs and buts. If the eu doesnt think sufficient progress has been made by october, for example, eu leaders wont meet again untiljust before christmas. And that would mean substantive talks on trade wouldnt begin until well into the new year, with time ticking away. Thank you very much. Hundreds of thousands of people in birmingham could see piles of rubbish mounting in the streets again, as bin workers resume strike action this morning. Last month, industrial action was suspended to allow talks between the council and unions. But the strike is back on again after the council said it was issuing some redundancy notices. Emma thomas reports. A summer of discontent for birminghams bin men. Almost two months of unemptied bins has caused chaos for the citys residents. Last night they got the news its set to continue. I think its disgusting how long its gone on. Theres got to be a resolution that they can come to quickly. I think its a service thats quite underappreciated, really, and i think they do a great job and i think the cuts are unnecessary, really. The streets have been smelling very badly, and somehow theres got to be a way of reaching a compromise. A Council Statement confirmed that all grade three bin staff would be issued redundancy notices today. The Councils Leader insists staff will be offered alternative roles on the same pay. Unite says this move is deeply provocative and that their members will return to the picket lines today. They cant screw the agreement up. We honoured our side and we paused the industrial action and we want it to stop permanently. If a ballot of Union Members approves it, the strike could continue until christmas. Emma thomas, bbc news. They had lines. Gas has suspended nine members of staff from an Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick Airport, following a bbc panorama investigation. Allegations include officers mocking, abusing and assaulting people being held there. The International Trade secretary, liam fox, has accused the European Union of trying to blackmail britain into accepting a brexit divorce bill. Sinn fein have rejected a proposal from the Democratic Unionist Party to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland. The raf is now the first branch of the British Military to open every role in the service to women. From today, they can apply tojoin the raf regiment a front line combat force whose main task is to patrol and protect air fields. The defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has described the move, which is a year ahead of schedule, as a defining moment. Our correspondent mark lobel has got the details. This is a significant moment for the raf. The first branch of the British Military to open up all areas of the service to men and women. Women can already fly planes. But now they can apply to join the rafs currently all male infantry combat unit, which patrols and protects airfields. They fought in afghanistan and suffered casualties. The raf regiment is relatively small, just over 2,000 strong, and with women making up about 10 of the air force as a whole, theres unlikely to be a flood of applications. Lastjuly, former pm David Cameron overturned hundreds of years of military tradition to allow women to take up front line fighting jobs. In april, the royal armed corps opened its doors to females. Pm theresa may was there to witness the graduation at sandhurst of the first recruit. Today, its the rafs Ground Fighting force opening its doors. And by the end of next year, women should be able to join the even more physically demanding Army Infantry unit and the royal marines. Not everyone welcomes these changes, but after studies concluded women are physically up for the fight, now potential recruits can take up their right. Mark lobel, bbc news. Sales of the noisiest and most powerful vacuum cleaners will be restricted under eu rules from today. Machines using more than 900 watts and emitting more than 80 decibels will be banned from sale when existing stocks run out. Our environment analyst, roger harrabin, explains. Some of these vacuum cleaners will be on the banned list from today. They guzzle too much energy. Cleaners like this sebo automatic gobble 1100 watts. Thats too high for new european standards, so this model is on the way out. Anti eu campaigners say europe should have no say in the sort of vacuum cleaner that you buy. But experts say households can save a small fortune on electricity bills if only the least efficient machines can be driven off the market. Theres no dispute that eu standards are forcing down energy use and cutting carbon emissions. But are they really worthwhile . The manufacturers claim they are prepared for it. Consumers are really not prepared for the performance hits they will experience from the new machines. So will the uk keep european standards after brexit . The government wont say. Well have to suck it and see. Roger harrabin, bbc news. Thousands of muslims have carried out the. Out the stoning of the devil ritual to mark the beginning of eid al adha celebrations in saudi arabia. The celebration also signals the end of the annual hajj season. Pilgrims threw stones at three walls in mina, east of mecca, in one of the main rites of the hajj. More than 2. 3 million pilgrims will participate in the five day ritual. 70,000 people will be forced out of their homes in frankfurt after an old world war ii expo exploded bomb was found. The European Central back and nearby hospitals will also be evacuated. Work is beginning on the three years scheme, from the white cliffs of dover to the beaches of norfolk, today work begins on a three year scheme to improve englands coastal path all 2700 miles of it. The project will make it the longest coastal path in the world. Tim muffett has been speaking to walkers in west somerset. It will be a very, very, very long walk. When it is finished in 2020, the england coast path will be 2700 miles long. Today i have joined walkers in west somerset, who already use a completed section. As a keen walker, and somebody who loves being by the sea, i think its wonderful. We are an island nation. Having a joined up path which allows people to walk around the whole of the periphery of the country has to be a good thing. The path will incorporate many existing routes and add new ones. This was virgin ground. A new path and a new bridge that has been put in. A continuation of the coastal path. Along the coast, cafe owner Darren Taylor says the path is already boosting business. We have seen an increase in visitor numbers since the footpath has been constructed. Were in a lovely location. But there is only one road in and one road out. We have the steam trains behind us, which service the area. There are no buses. It allows me to operate the business 12 months of the year. The coast path is being completed in stages. Stretches have already opened in kent, norfolk, cumbria and north yorkshire. It is all possible because of a law change in 2009. That established rights of access along a newly defined coastal margin stretches of land next to the sea. But some of it is privately owned, and some say the new rights of way are causing problems. It provides the right for people to walk wherever they like. It is that aspect which creates particular difficulties for the owners of businesses, and particularly for farmers who are trying to graze livestock on the land. Natural england are overseeing the paths construction. Hello, neil. Good to see you. A great spot, you can see wales in the distance. Its making eve rybodys coast available to them. What about those landowners who say, hang on a second, this is having an impact on their land, their businesses, in some cases . The coast is complex. We have spent a lot of time working with lots of people to come up with the most flexible solution that works. Its a coastal path, it doesnt go way inland. It takes into account how they use this land, so that we can strike a fair balance. It has cost £25 million so far. It will be the worlds longest coastal path. In three years, a distant dream should become reality. Ina in a moment the news that one but first the weather. It may have been a chilly start to september but perhaps this is compensating. This picture from worcestershire and there are many others like that. Some cloud running southwards through scotland, north west england and Northern Ireland. That has squeezed out the odd shower. Few and far between but we will watch the next few hours some heavier ones develop through parts of south east scotland, north east england and east anglia. For wales and a bunch of bunch of west of england it is looking like a fine afternoon with variable cloud and sunshine building. The show through eastern parts of england and it could be heavy with thunder but some will avoid showers. For Northern Ireland 12 showers, a lot of cloud. Brakes on in scotland alone sunny spells but away from the first of these boys will be dry. Light winds. Quite pleasant. A few of the showers to make continuing in east it. Fading away. Most places dry clear and again it will be chilly particularly away from towns and city centres. In rural spots well down into single figures and a few places particularly scottish clans fighting with freezing in saturday morning. Plenty of sunshine from the world go on saturday and very few showers on saturday. Later showers in the east of england but most places will have a lovely day with sunshine coming through. Freshening breeze later in the afternoon and Northern Ireland. Temperatures high teens and summon dealer 20s. A word of caution, the longer you are out on saturday night in Northern Ireland we could see some pics of rain. The wind will start to pick up. Going into sunday front is coming in from the atlantic but very slowly. Most of the cloud and rain will be in the worst bus as it pushes east we will see increasing cloud across eastern parts. The further east you are you could stay dry during daylight hours. A bit of an east west split on sunday. Gas suspends nine members of staff, after complaints about conduct at an Immigration Removal Centre at Gatwick Airport. The private Security Firm responds to undercoverfilming by the bbcs panorama. It says there is no place in its company for poor behaviour. Im absolutely disgusted by the alleged behaviour. It is totally unacceptable to me, to the organisation, to anyone else who would work in this kind of vocation. The company says its begun an investigation well have the latest. Also this lunchtime. Britains trade secretary warns that the uk wont be blackmailed into paying a high price to leave the eu. Its clear that businesses, notjust in europe but investors in places like here injapan, are getting impatient and want to see what that final shape of that arrangements going to be