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To other opposition parties, and some backbench mps, inviting them to work with him. The liberal democrats have already rejected his idea. Its very difficult to trust what he says, because he has been arguing that he wants to deliver a labour brexit. And it doesnt matter if you put a red rosette on it or a blue rosette on it, brexit is going to be disastrous for the country. Results day for more than 300,000 a level candidates. Teachers are watching to see if the new exam format has affected grades. Dentists are asking schools in england to remove all sugar from their menus to help fight tooth decay in children. The biggest dinosaur hunt in decades is taking place in North Wyoming, as british scientists help to excavate part of the american desert. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Police in malaysia say a post mortem examination on the body of 15 year old nora quorin has revealed no signs of foul play. The teenagerfrom london was found on tuesday, ten days after she went missing from a jungle resort, where shed been on holiday with her family. 0ur correspondent in malaysia is howard johnson. What malaysia is howard johnson. Is the latest . Yesterd senior what is the latest . Yesterday a senior pathologist spent all day examining the body of nora and today the police have given a press conference to release some of the details of the examination. They said there was no suspicion of foul play according to them and that she died two or three days before they found her body on tuesday. No indications of rape or violence and that the likely cause of death is the rupturing of her in testing because of a lack of food and stress. And of course a very distressing time for her family and for the search teams who had worked so for the search teams who had worked so hard. Of course. This was a massive operation to try and find nora. Everyday we saw between 250 and search and rescue workers fanning out around 12 kilometre square fanning out around 12 kilometre square area. Fanning out around 12 kilometre square area. They say they had looked at the area where nora had found but did not find her on the first trip and she was found by a group of volunteer hikers who had gone to the area in the last few days and found her then. Last night the charity that has been set up to help british nationals in crisis abroad and who have been supporting the family of nora, they issued a statement saying that the family would like to end the speculation over the cause of noras death and that they would like to have their time to grieve and that we will not be issuing a statement until they wa nt be issuing a statement until they want to, and the Lucie Blackman trust told us today that they will release a press statement later today to reflect the feelings of the family asa today to reflect the feelings of the family as a result of this press conference today. Howard, thank you very much indeed. Jeremy corbyn has urged mps to install him as a caretaker Prime Minister to stop a no deal brexit. The labour leader wrote a letter to the leaders of other opposition parties, and tory rebel mps, asking them to back his idea of a temporary government. In the letter he said 0ur priority should be to Work Together in parliament to prevent a deeply damaging no deal being imposed on the country, denying voters the final say. He said he intends to table a vote of no confidence at the earliest opportunity when we can be confident of success. He said he would then seek the confidence of the house for a strictly time limited temporary government. With the aim of calling a general election and securing an extension of article 50 so that a no deal brexit can be stopped. Heres mr corbyn explaining how his plan would work. It would work that iwould hopefully get support for the no confidence motion i would put which would ensure that the government cannot continue with this headlong pursuit of a no deal brexit and that would mean a caretaker government, led by labour, which would be a government in order to prevent a no deal brexit and bring about a general election so the people of this country can decide their future. But mr corbyns plan has already been undermined by the very people he needs for it to work. Liberal democrat leaderjo swinson said his idea was nonsense, as he doesnt have enough support from mps. Im prepared to work with him to secure a peoples vote, absolutely, but i recognise that he doesnt command support right across the house of commons, and of course he has not been much use, frankly, on the issue of brexit to date. Its very difficult to trust what he says, because he has been arguing that he wants to deliver a labour brexit. And it doesnt matter if you put a red rosette on it or a blue rosette on it, brexit is going to be disastrous for the country. 0ur political reporter tom bartonjoins me now from westminster. 0ne gota 0ne got a clear sense from jo swinson that they are not queueing up swinson that they are not queueing up tojoin the swinson that they are not queueing up to join the plan. Thats absolutely right. Jo swinson making the point that she does not believe thatJeremy Corbyn the point that she does not believe that Jeremy Corbyn frankly the point that she does not believe thatJeremy Corbyn frankly has the numbers needed in the house of commons to do what he is suggesting. This has all come about because borisjohnson has this has all come about because Boris Johnson has made this has all come about because borisjohnson has made it absolutely Crystal Clear since it became Prime Minister a couple of weeks ago that, come what may, at the end of 0ctober, britain will leave the eu with or without a deal and there is a big constituency of mps in the house of commons who are opposed to that hammock happening from gcioss that hammock happening from across all of the parties. And so the problem they have is that they are talking about trying to call a vote of no confidence to stop Boris Johnson from leaving without a deal, but if they do that in a general election follows, Boris Johnson but if they do that in a general election follows, borisjohnson is the man who can set the date of the election and he could set that in november after potentially a no deal brexit has already happened. So if a vote of no confidence was held and they won it, they would have to form an alternative administration and thatis an alternative administration and that is whatJeremy Corbyn is talking about and that is why he has written the letter today essentially saying that if we are going to do this by, as the leader of the 0pposition, the man in parliament with the second largest number of mps behind me and the man who should be in that position. The proposal, as you say is you go to the European Union, agree a delay to the brexit deadline and then hold a general election. This is what the shadow business secretary had to say about that proposal a little earlier. We have attempted over the last two years to compromise, even Holding Discussions with the government to try and find a compromise deal, but unfortunately we are in the situation that were in now and we are running out of time. Unless we collaborate on a cross party basis and thats why im calling on opposition parties and backbench mps to support jeremys letter we could be in a position where we do leave the European Union without a deal. So weve already heard from jo swinson and she is calling this nonsense, but what about the other parties . Both the welsh nationalists and scottish nationalists have welcomed the idea but only very cautiously, certainly not enthusiastically. The green party are saying that while they support the principle, they dont support the principle, they dont support the timetable that jeremy the principle, they dont support the timetable thatJeremy Corbyn is talking about. They say there should bea talking about. They say there should be a referendum, another referendum on whether or not brexit should happen before any subsequent general election. We do know that there are lots of mps in parliament opposed to a no deal brexit, but getting them to agree on how to stop a no deal from happening is a very different story. Tom, thank you very much. Bronwen maddox is director of the institute for government and joins me now. Thanks for being with us. We heard about some of the political fallout on the argy bargy and horse trading that would have to happen, but lets pull this back to the process, perhaps. If we take as a starting point a possible vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson, point a possible vote of no confidence in borisjohnson, what are the possible flow charts, as it were, the lines that could be followed from there . With a vote of no confidence, he could win it, but if he loses it then we are into various scenarios. 0ne if he loses it then we are into various scenarios. One of which Jeremy Corbyn is saying that he could form an alternative government and take over in that time and then call a general election and asked foran call a general election and asked for an extension. Alternatively, borisjohnson for an extension. Alternatively, Boris Johnson might say, for an extension. Alternatively, borisjohnson might say, i will call an alternative general election myself on a timetable which could be after october the 31st. So there are different routes and the fixed Term Parliament act is not clear about how an alternative government would have to demonstrate to the house of commons, if as jeremy have to demonstrate to the house of commons, if asJeremy Corbyn describes it, if it was a very rudimentary government formed just for the purpose of holding a general election, but there are two rival views of what could happen there. You mention he has spoken about a strictly time limited temporary government. Im struggling for the words, but is that something we have ever seen words, but is that something we have ever seen before . Is this something he is putting forward as a very novel idea . It seems to be, but the fa ct novel idea . It seems to be, but the fact is that every government is time limited and temporary. Its a bit of a slippery phrase, it seems and not one that will help Coalition Partners because it doesnt say how long he would ask for or what powers he would have as temporary Prime Minister or what powers his Coalition Partners would have, so if hed said within three weeks or something, i would ask for an extension of this length. And i think it is too open ended a phrase to give a lot of reassurance. But you can see what hes getting at. But the fact is, as we have this morning, while some parties are trying to build a consensus, we really dont want this, we dont wa nt really dont want this, we dont wantjeremy really dont want this, we dont want Jeremy Corbyn as really dont want this, we dont wantJeremy Corbyn as temporary Prime Minister. I think, i wantJeremy Corbyn as temporary Prime Minister. Ithink, i must wantJeremy Corbyn as temporary Prime Minister. I think, i must say, that this is a bit of a distraction. It is an honourable course, trying to make sure that britain doesnt leave over the period of an Election Campaign so people dont have the chance to express what they think, but it puts this enormous mountain of trying to assemble a political census of trying to assemble a political census consensus, and i think we would do better to try and do what they are doing at the moment and be realistic and try and see if they can get the government to ask for an extension. Thank you very much. After falling to its lowest level in two months yesterday, the stock market has opened this morning marginally lower still. This follows unusual goings on in the market for Government Debt yesterday. Returns for 10 year us and uk government bonds fell below their two year equivalents forfirst time since the financial crisis. So what could it signal for the uk economy and the Global Economy in the months to come . Our business presenter dominic 0connell is here. No pressure, dominic, because weve been looking at these charts and talking about the excitement of inverted yield curves and our heads are ready to explode. So you can make sense of it. What is actually happening is very simple. Investors are rushing for what they see as a safe haven, government bonds. They are ious that government issues and they have a fixed rate of return and you know what you will get, but anybody rushes into them, the price goes up and you get less money back, so this means that people are expecting not to get more if they invest for longer and dont worry about the details, but when it inverts it is a reliable guide to recession and its become seven out of the nine last nine us recessions has seen that before but it doesnt mean we will have a recession necessarily. Yesterday we had germany going into negative gdp growth and fears of a recession and there were some weak industrial numbers from china, so all of that combined with the inverted yield curve it means that it sold off 3 , and about1. 5 in curve it means that it sold off 3 , and about 1. 5 in asia and the ftse hasnt done much at all here but its too much to say a recession is coming but it has been a reliable indicator and people are looking for an excuse to sell, and we are the end of the longest ever bull market in the stock market so there is a bit of a canary in the coal mine in the inverted yield curve. |j bit of a canary in the coal mine in the inverted yield curve. I was looking at the chart, and its those grey bands where you see the curve drop and thats historically where things have gone rather wrong. Exactly. We are living in a period of extreme Central Bank Monetary policy with low Interest Rates and Central Banks using the banks to stimulate the economy which weve not had before so if you talk to economists they will say that it doesnt mean itll be reliable in to the future and we are at the start of another Interest Rate cutting cycle so whether it leads to recession, we simply dont know. We are living in untested waters. The idea that because of the behaviour with quantitative easing, this might bea with quantitative easing, this might be a slightly different setup. With quantitative easing, this might be a slightly different setupm might be different this time round and President Trump was tweeting last night saying that it had nothing to do with that and its the fault of the central bank, j powell has not cut Interest Rates fast enough and they should be cutting them as fast as they can, so he knows who the villain of the pieces. He often does. Dominic, thank you very much. The headlines on bbc news. No suspicion of foul play in the death of teenager nora quoirin. Police in malaysia say there is no indication of violence or abduction. Labour leaderJeremy Corbyn sets out his plan to block a no deal brexit, asking mps to make him temporary Prime Minister and writing to opposition parties inviting them to work with him. Results day for more than 300,000 a level candidates teachers are watching to see if the new exam format has affected grades. Liverpool goalkeper adrian was the hero forjurgen klopps side last night as they beat chelsea in a penalty shoot out to win the super cup in istanbul. Jofra archer may have received his first england cap yesterday but hed have been better off with a brolly. Day one of the second ashes test was a complete wash out, so 98 overs are scheduled to be bowled today if the weather allows it. They crossed the line first, but great britains Georgia Taylor brown and Jess Learmonth are disqualified at the triathlon 0lympic test event in tokyo. Ill be back with more on those stories later. More than 300,000 students in england, wales and Northern Ireland will receive their a level results this morning. This is the first summer that marks for the new specification of a level maths are being awarded. Chi chi izundu has been speaking to students in blackpool. Two years of study followed by exam after exam, and now the hope of congratulations. Hundreds of thousands of students in england have sat the new style a levels. Very little coursework and a final examination makes the grade. For these pupils in blackpool, it was an experience. Were used to being guinea pigs now. Instead of learning nine pieces of music one year, nine the next, it was the full 18 over two years. And we had to remember every single one of them for one two hour paper. Youre just learning to an exam, and thats not intelligence, i dont think. These new exams are a test of how well you can answer an exam question. But how these a levels are being graded has raised concern, with leaked papers revealing to get an a in maths, the most popular subject, youd only need 167 marks out of 300 so just 55 . They were all right as long as you put the work in. I know of people doing the same exams found them hard, but they didnt put the work in. A mix of old style and new exams are being taken in wales and Northern Ireland. Theres also been a rise in the unconditional offerfrom universities, where students are given a place regardless of what grade they get. That does worry me, that some students may choose to go to a university or study a particular course that perhaps they hadnt thought of, but theyve made that choice based purely on an unconditional offer. But choices aside, how are this lot feeling about finding out how they did . Incredibly nervous. Nervous, yeah chi chi izundu, bbc news. A short wait only of around ten minutes. Were now joined from the ucas headquarters by schools minister nick gibb. Good morning to you. A nervous wait for people, and we will hear about the overall picture as well as members of the public about how the results look to in comparison to last year. Anything you can tell us in advance about what you are expecting to see . We are expecting to see record proportions of 18 year olds securing a place at and record numbers of students from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university, Something Like 50 more than in 2009 and all those young people collecting their a level results today should be congratulated for their achievements and for the hard work of at least two years and for the hard work of at least two yea rs by and for the hard work of at least two years by them and their teachers, so a good day for hundreds of thousands of young people waiting for their results. What you make of the conversation going on about grade boundaries, specifically on theissue grade boundaries, specifically on the issue of a level maths on the two different boards where there we re two different boards where there were lea ks of two different boards where there were leaks of the differing amounts of percentage you needed to get in order to get an a grade . The grade boundaries vary from paper to paper, year to year and they are designed to make sure that a grade in one year is consistent with one in previous years and all of those collecting their a level results in mass today can be confident that there achievements are on a par with stu d e nts of there achievements are on a par with students of previous years. Both sets of regulators are confident in the ground grade boundaries that the ground grade boundaries that the exam boards have awarded. This isa the exam boards have awarded. This is a new a level for maths, the first time its been reformed in nearly 20 years, so as schools get used to that new exam i think over the next few years you will see the grade boundaries rise slightly as schools are more used to teaching the structure and content of that a level. The structure and content of that alevel. Given that the boundary forgetting an a grade was generally quite low, is that an admission that that was an exam that was too hard and therefore if you sat down and open the paper and hit questions that were pretty challenging that it might well have made it a much harder and more unpleasant exam experience than it needed to be . Thats not the view of the senior examiners. The exam is designed to allow students to demonstrate their capability and the ace star requirement was 72 from one exam boards and i dont accept that view. Its a new exam and it takes a while for students and schools to get used to it. But i think students collecting their maths a level results today can be proud of their achievements and there are record numbers of students, based on last yea rs numbers of students, based on last years figures, taking maths a level. Its a very popular a level choice and its popular because it does have value in the marketplace and in the jobs market. I think im right in saying that maths was the final subject in england to be fully updated to be taken into line with the new structure of a levels, so in england at least, we now have the whole of the new system bedded in. What do you make of the change overall . We heard some of the stu d e nts overall . We heard some of the students talking about the pressure that has resulted from the move away from coursework to exams. Well, we reformed a levels because of requests reformed a levels because of req u ests by reformed a levels because of requests by universities to ensure that young people starting undergraduate courses were properly prepared for the rigours of university work, but the overall demand is broadly similar. We got rid of the marginalisation because stu d e nts rid of the marginalisation because students were spending too much time preparing and taking exams, re taking over and over again, and now they can spend much more time in the two years of the a level course actually being taught and studying rather than preparing for a modular exam. So its a much better system and it enables young people studying a levels to make connections between the different elements of the course, so there is more sign up tick synthetic content of the a level courses. Tick synthetic content of the alevel courses. Thats a phrase im not familiar with, but we were parked at one finau. For now. You mentioned the needs of universities and we have seen against these a levels a backdrop of more unconditional offers being made, and some concerns about that. What is your response . Yes, we share that concern. The proportion of offers is Something Like 8 , and it was under half a percent in 2013 so there has been a significant increase in the number of unconditional offers. The regulator is also concerned and they are worried it might have involved pressurised selling and its important that the University Admissions process is structured in admissions process is structured in a way that is in the interests of the student and notjust a way that is in the interests of the student and not just about filling places at universities. We will keep the issue under review and the regulator is looking at this carefully because we want to make sure that students arent taking on unconditional offers simply to avoid the risk. And Ucas Research shows that students on unconditional offers are performing up to two grades lower than they might have achieved in a level results. Grades lower than they might have achieved in alevel results. Just a final question, if i may, another area of concern before the a levels was the leak of maths questions that some students therefore would have seen some students therefore would have seen beforehand, so what is your response to the security issue around papers and keeping things safe and confidential. We take it seriously, like the exam boards, and ta ke seriously, like the exam boards, and take ill people have taken careful measures to increase the security of leaks careful measures to increase the security of lea ks and careful measures to increase the security of leaks and have been able to identify the sources of the leaks and these issues are now in the hands of the police, as were previous leaks. Thank you for your time this morning. The schools minister, nick gibb. And at 12 30 well be putting your questions on a level results to jon andrews from the Education Policy Institute and katie bell, from Middlesex University in our bbc ask this discussion. So please do get in touch with whatever questions you might have for our experts. If youre thinking about clearing, or you have had better or worse results than you thought. Contact details are on screen now to make you navigate the path ahead. The family of a british woman who died after being doused with a flammable substance and set alight as she lay in bed in barbados, say they are shocked and devastated by her death. Natalie crichlow from North West London was visiting family in the west indies, when she was attacked by an intruder last month. Herfamily are raising money to bring her body back to the uk. Chicken boxes, featuring warnings about the dangers of carrying a knife, have been sent to takeaways across england and wales. Real life stories of young people, who chose not to carry a weapon, will be printed inside more than 300,000 boxes, as part of a Government Campaign to tackle knife crime. Labour mps diane abbot and david lammy have labelled the scheme as embarrassing and borderline racist. Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described his governments much criticised decision to revoke the special status of indian administered kashmir, after seven decades, as a major achievement. The disputed region has been in lockdown for more than a week, with internet and phones cut off, and hundreds of people detained. Mr modi has been speaking at indias Independence Day celebrations translation it is our duty to fulfil the wishes and aspiration of the people of jammu, kashmir and ladakh. Its our responsibility that their dreams are fulfilled, and the 1. 3 billion of people of india have to work towards that. In order to achieve that goal, whatever obstacles came in the way we have tried to remove. In a moment well get reaction from pakistan and speak to Secunder Kermani in islamabad. First to rahul tandon in delhi. Clearly some quite powerful words there from Narendra Modi but being differently received by differing groups. Very much so. The indian Prime Minister stood up at 7 30am to address millions of people across this country and he spoke for 92 minutes, reiterating his position that the autonomy had not worked for indian administered kashmir and that the country needed one constitution and that previously it only led to nepotism, corruption and a lack of justice. Interestingly within that 92 minute speech, not once was pakistan mention, and not once was the pakistan president imran khan mentioned on the pakistan Independence Day speech when he had used mostly to attack india and the indian Prime Minister, and thats a clear indication of what the policy is with its neighbour at the moment, which is to say it is an internal matter and basically none of your business. The other thing that didnt get mentioned in the speech was the lockdown, the Communications Blackout imposed in kashmir since the decision last week. Very much so and there was more tight security across indian administered kashmir as the governor raise the flag a few hours ago. The question many kashmiris are asking within india is, if the government of that area support the decision, why are they not allowed to move around or make phone calls and why is there no internet . Its now almost 12 days since the decision was made on the voices we have begun to hear from that region say that people are angry with the decision by the government and the fact that they have been in lockdown for so long. Let me bring you in, in aslan are bad, with rahul saying there was no mention of pakistan in the speech but that is not saying they are not extremely concerned about what is happening. Thats right, for pakistan what is happening in indian administered kashmir is not an internal matter for india, but a matter that concerns notjust the region, but the entire world. And imran khan yesterday gave a speech in pakistan administered kashmir in which he repeatedly compare the ideology of mahendra modis party to the nazi party in germany in the 19305 the nazi party in germany in the 1930s and 40s and its part of a tactic that the pakistani authorities are trying to do to attract International Attention to the issue. So we have not seen much comment from pakistani officials about modis beach today, but we have seen a lot of coverage in the pakistan media speech today. A lot of coverage of rallies and speeches going on in commemoration of what pakistani authorities called a black day to mark indian Independence Day. And theres also been a lot of talk here of as yet unconfirmed reports that the United Nations Security Council will be holding a closed door meeting tomorrow discussing the kashmir dispute. If that does go ahead, that would be something of a victory for pakistan, which has been launching a diplomatic offensive trying to galvanise International Opinion against indian actions in kashmir. I was looking at his quotes from kashmir, yes, but you are raising that about how much success he is having at making this into an international issue. Element until now certainly the reaction from most of the International Community has been rather muted yes, until now. If this meeting goes ahead, the un will see it as some kind of success, but we dont know what it would result in even if it does go ahead. Soi result in even if it does go ahead. So i think imran khan will struggle, it seems, to make this a priority for the International Community, but the tactic he seems to be adopting is one comparing, as i say, the kind of right wing, some would say hindu supremacist ideology, of the ruling party in india to groups like the nazi party in germany, and also talking about the dangers of radicalisation that could occur around the world if the International Community isnt seen to step in and interfere and intervene in this growing crisis. Thanks very much. Thank both, from islamabad and delhi. Time tojoin carol with the weather. Thank you. Through the course of the day the showers we do currently have or tend to fade as a ridge of High Pressure builds on. Gusty winds through the irish sea and the other thing to notice is temperatures, a good 3 6 degrees up from yesterday, ranging from 1a in the north to 23 in the sunshine in the south. Through the latter pa rt sunshine in the south. Through the latter part of the afternoon and evening the cloud built in the west and bare evening the cloud built in the west and b are also looking at some rain. Heavy and more persistent rain also coming in from the west. As a result, it will not be a cold night but temperatures in the south east will be that bit lower. Early brightness in the east but then you seal this cloud and rain from the west moving towards the south east. Behind that, some heavy thundery showers in north west ireland, scotland, Northern Ireland and the south west, but it will be a busy day, especially so in the hills and coasts. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines no suspicion of foul play in the death of teenager nora quorin police in malaysia say there is no indication of violence or abduction. Labour leaderJeremy Corbyn sets out his plan to block a no deal brexit asking mps to make him temporary Prime Minister and writing to opposition parties inviting them to work with him. Results day for more than 300,000 a level candidates teachers are watching to see if the new exam format has affected grades. We will get more on this in just a moment. Dentists are asking schools in england to remove all sugar from their menus to help fight tooth decay in children. And the biggest dinosaur hunt in decades is taking place in North Wyoming as british scientists help to excavate part of the american desert. The proportion of a level entries awarded an a grade or higher has fallen to the lowest for more than a decade, National Figures show. Girls narrowly clawed back the lead from boys in terms of a and a grades, although boys still outperformed their female classmates in the highest result. For the first time, there were more entries for a level science subjects from girls than from boys. Lots of nervous people in the background to that. 0ur correspondent chi chi uzundu is at blackpool college. And she is with some of those people. Indeed. A good flurry of stu d e nts people. Indeed. A good flurry of students coming in this morning to do the old style way of finding out their a levels, opening up an envelope in the school. Two students here is that hannah, you have done exceptionally well and bucked the trend. You didnt think you would do as well as you did. What did you study and what did you get . Law, a, psychology, a, and in sociology i got an a. 0ver psychology, a, and in sociology i got an a. Over the moon. Why didnt you expected . I thought i was going to get three bs, which is fine, but ididnt think. To get three bs, which is fine, but i didnt think. I am going to the university of bradford to study psychology. What did you study, what did you get . A little media studies, andl did you get . A little media studies, and i got an a, and i got a double distinction star in film technology. How do you feel about your achievements . Ecstatic. Very much concentrated on getting into my university. My teacher said aim as high as you can, dont just worry about ucas points, that is what i have done. What is your plan for your future . I am going to university for the Creative Arts to study film production. University for the Creative Arts to study film productionlj university for the Creative Arts to study film production. I know mum and dad are waiting inside to give you hugs and hopefully presents. As we said, the overall pass mark is sta ble we said, the overall pass mark is stable as last year, but the grades in those achieving an a and a grade has fallen slightly. Also for the First Time Ever girl cemented to do more sciences, biology, chemistry and physics, and that is up by 50. 3 Percentage Points but there is concern over the amount of entries into english language and English Literature which has fallen slightly and there is a warning that the overall selling of those subjects is doing it to damage and people are not entering to take english language and English Literature. Studio and maths of course was one of the issues that over the last couple of days has been much talked about, given the leak of those grade boundaries . Indeed. Here at the Blackpool Sixth Form College and number of students took the maths a level and they have done exceptionally well, obtaining a s and as, but those leaks over the past few days from the exam board show that to get an a in maths a level you only need 55 , 163 points out of 300, but the Teaching Staff here emphasise it doesnt take away from the hard work the students have put into achieve those grades because the paper as we understand was harder than in previous years because of that. Previously you could make up about 50 , coursework and do some exam work on top, but now it is much lower. In some cases there is only about 20 worth of coursework and a final exam are all the knowledge and all the learning you have had to put infor all the learning you have had to put in for the last two years will be examined at the end. But students here at the blackpool sixth form couege here at the Blackpool Sixth Form College are exceptionally happy with the results they have a obtain so far. So they should be. Great news. Chi chi izundu, thank you very much indeed. Jo swinson is now giving her first speech since becoming leader of the liberal democrats so we can trust to that. We can cross to that. I want to be very clear this morning. I will do whatever it takes to stop brexit. The liberal democrats will continue to lead the remain because as the strongest and most consistent party arguing that our best future is in the European Union. Injust 11 weeks, however, our country faces an immediate crisis. Crashing out of the eu without any deal. The most cavalier and catastrophic of brexits, putting at risk hundreds of thousands of jobs, public brexits, putting at risk hundreds of thousands ofjobs, Public Services including our nhs and even our national security. In this moment of national security. In this moment of national emergency, i stand national security. In this moment of national emergency, istand ready national security. In this moment of national emergency, i stand ready to work with anyone to stop Boris Johnson and his hardline brexit government. Applause despite saying that no deal was a million to one chance, that is clearly the destination Boris Johnson is headed towards. He was prepared to say anything in his selfish quest to become Prime Minister at all costs. And there will be costs. Because, lets be frank, a no deal brexit is an utterly irresponsible pursuit. No decent Public Servants should even contemplate risking that level of damage to our country. A no deal brexit will be a bad deal for our Public Services and our economy. So bad that will have to stockpile medicines, accept Food Shortages and spend taxpayers money bailing out otherwise healthy businesses. A no deal brexit is bad for our family of nations. 0n family of nations. On monday this week i travelled to the border in Northern Ireland, and i listened to people telling me what life was like before the good friday agreement. Incidentally, its something borisjohnson agreement. Incidentally, its something Boris Johnson hasnt bothered to do. Either as Prime Minister or in his two years as foreign secretary. People there are worried. They know that even if there were some as yet un invented magical, technological solution, they would still need to be there would still need to be there would still need to be there would still need to be cameras or checking facilities at the border or nearby. And they told me they can see how it will escalate. The Border Technology itself will become a target, and would need security and protection. Before long you are back in the realms of a divisive border, separating communities, marking people out as different depending on their passport or their address. I met a wonderful young woman spearheading our 0ur wonderful young woman spearheading our our future 0ur choice Northern Ireland, and she told me about how when her older sisters used to go to school they had to have their school bag checked at the checkpoint on their way. A local businessman, corner, told me about when he was a younger man how he was detained at the checkpoint for an hour and detained at the checkpoint for an hourand a detained at the checkpoint for an hour and a half with his wife and baby, for no reason other than his age, his gender on the part of town he lived in. And the part of town. That was the reality. That is why there is so much fear in Northern Ireland. People do not want to go back to his things were. That open border is important in practical terms for trade and everyday comings and goings of people whose lives are intertwined across that line on the map. And it is emotionally resonant as well. That open border represents the openness between those communities and freedom itself. A no deal brexit is bad for our nhs. Earlier this year a local doctor came to my advice surgery, because he was worried about the impact on the supply of time sensitive radio pharmaceuticals. He explained to me how the government because my own no deal plans as a result of border delays would mean his medicines arriving at glasgow hospitals hours late, meaning fewer treatments. Cancer patients waiting longer for scans and treatments come in the uk, in 2019, as a result of a Political Choice by the government. A no deal brexit is bad for rural britain. Just two weeks ago i was in wales celebrating the election of jane dodds. The people of brecon and radnorshire finally have an mp who understands their worries about a no deal brexit, who has listened to sheep farmers concerned they will have to resort to mass slaughter of their livestock if we crash out without a deal. A no deal brexit is bad for our environment. Just yesterday i visited green port, hull, transforming the city and the wider east yorkshire area into a world class wider east yorkshire area into a World Class Centre for renewable energy. The uk is leading the world in offshore wind generation, cutting carbon and providing jobs. And the Climate Emergency is the biggest fundamental threat we face. 0ur Climate Emergency is the biggest fundamental threat we face. Our best chance to stop irreversible damage to our planet is by working with our closest allies in europe, not turning our backs. Borisjohnson is playing at being Prime Minister, he is playing with fire. He is playing with ourjobs, our climate, our well being, our security. Just what will he say to the father who has just lost his job because of no deal brexit . Telling him to cheer up in latinjust wont wash. Borisjohnson, him to cheer up in latinjust wont wash. Boris johnson, stop him to cheer up in latinjust wont wash. Borisjohnson, stop playing with our countrys future. Applause theresa mays repeated call that no deal is better than a bad dealform the blueprint for the dangerous idea that no deal was even an option. Now borisjohnson that no deal was even an option. Now Boris Johnson has that no deal was even an option. Now borisjohnson has taken that blueprint and committed the entire machinery of government to delivering it, regardless of the consequence. Regardless of the fact that he hasnt got a mandate for it. Even michael gove, who is now in charge of no deal preparations, admitted it. Earlier this year he said, we didnt vote to leave without ideal that wasnt the message of the campaign i helped lead without a deal. There wasnt a mandate for it in the 2017 general election either, not that i get much iy election either, not that i get much joy from reading the 2017 conservative manifesto, but it clearly said that a conservative government would secure a smooth, orderly brexit, and a promise to secure the best possible deal. In july in the house of commons, while foreign secretary, Boris Johnson said there is no plan for no deal because we are going to get a great deal. No plan, no mandate, no clue. There is no majority in the country for crashing out of the European Union without a deal. And there is no majority in parliament either. Let me be clear. We are running out of time. But this no deal brexit crisis can and must be stopped. When parliament returns, if mps choose, we can pass a law to stop us crashing out of the eu on the 31st of october. This is the time for mps to stand and be counted. Just saying no to no deal is not enough. As well as willing the end, mps must be prepared to will the means. That means agreeing a tangible route to prevent no deal and how we can guarantee it. I believe the best way to prevent no deal is to request an extension of article 50 for the purpose of holding a people plus s vote so the public can have peoples vote, so the public can have the final say on the brexit deal. Applause applause a peoples vote already has significant support in the house of commons, with 280 nps voting for it in march. It will provide a clear resolution to the brexit issue within a matter of weeks 280 mps. Either we would have confidence there is genuine majority support in the country for proceeding with a particular brexit, which at the moment we do not have, or we would have made a clear choice to stay in the eu, as i obviously hope will be the case. 0ther mps might make the case for alternative ways to present no deal, though the options are limited. The key thing, and a hugely positive thing, is that mps from different parties are working together over the summer to determine the best way forward to avoid a no deal catastrophe. We will need to be resolute, too, and how we guarantee this. Boris johnson need to be resolute, too, and how we guarantee this. Borisjohnson and those around him have made clear that they are prepared to rip up convention and traditional rules to impose their will. Whether its threatening to shut down our democratic institutions, orfixing the date of the next election, nothing seems off limits. Could we even be sure that borisjohnson would comply with any law passed by parliament to stop no deal . To be certain, we need to have the option of removing the Prime Minister. That means winning a vote of no confidence against borisjohnson. And within14 days installing an emergency government with an alternative Prime Minister who has the confidence of the house and will stop and no deal brexit. That vote of no confidence would have to be triggered byJeremy Corbyn, because as leader of the opposition he is the only one with the power to do it. Yesterday he wrote to me and other Party Leaders to say he would table a vote of no confidence to form a time limited government to call a general election, with him as Prime Minister. In my first week as leader of the liberal democrats i called onJeremy Corbyn to table a vote of no confidence in the government, and i asked him to table it before summer recess, because that was the only way to be sure we could hold an election before crashing out on the 31st of october. Time and time again, Jeremy Corbyn has let the government off the hook on brexit. 0n has let the government off the hook on brexit. On 31 key brexit votes he has either asked his mps to sit on their hands or march them through their hands or march them through the voting lobby side by side with the voting lobby side by side with the government. And now, instead of doing everything in his power to stop us from crashing out, he is demanding the keys to number ten is a precondition for a vote of no confidence. We are facing a national crisis. We may need an emergency government to resolve it. But if Jeremy Corbyn truly wants that to succeed, surely even he can see that he cannot read it. Applause there is no way he can unite rebel conservatives and independents to stop borisjohnson. Conservatives and independents to stop Boris Johnson. Its conservatives and independents to stop borisjohnson. Its not even certain he would secure all the votes of labour mps. This isnt about personalities. This is about having a plan that actually works. What we need a leader of an emergency government is a long serving member of parliament who is respected on both sides the house. So. Applause someone like ken clarke or harriet harman, the father and mother of the house, they are hugely experienced, and unlike Jeremy Corbyn, house, they are hugely experienced, and unlikeJeremy Corbyn, or indeed myself, they are not seeking to lead a government in the long term. 0ver the last few months i have been clear that there is no limit to my ambition for the liberal democrats. 0ur party is winning again. We had our best ever local elections, our best ever european elections, new nps intricate and then, jane dodds and Sarah Williston new mps in chuka umunna. This is not a time for political games. It is not a time that it is a time for grown up politics. When Parliament Resumes in september i call on all mps who want to stop no deal brexit to put our differences aside, Work Together and actually stop it. We can do this. And i do want to be clear where the liberal democrats stand. As a party, we dontjust wa nt to stand. As a party, we dontjust want to stop and no deal brexit, because there is no form of brexit that will be good for our country. The best deal that we can get. Applause the best deal we could get is the one we already have as members of the European Union. Applause we believe that future generations should enjoy the same opportunities we did, to live, work and fall in love in 27 other countries. We believe in the face of terrorism and the Climate Emergency we must work with our closest allies, not shun them. We believe that our best chance to build a richer, greener and safer future as if we stay together, as a strong uk family of nations in the European Union. And my message to those out there who agree with us is simple. There is a battle going on for the future of our country and i want to buy my site. Chuka, sarah and 30,000 members have alreadyjoined the liberal democrats in the last three months alone i want to buy my side. 0ur door is open. Comejoin us. Side. 0ur door is open. Comejoin us. Lets stop brexit and build a better future. Jo swinson theyre making her first significant keynote speech since taking over as lib dems leader, outlining as you would expect the danger cc to the uk of a no deal brexit, saying it is for parliament to ideally pass legislation the danger that she sees. It is for parliament to pass legislation. She says that like Jeremy Corbyn she would like to see a no confidence vote in Boris Johnson and an emergency government but she was very clear she would not wa nt to but she was very clear she would not want to see that lead byJeremy Corbyn. She had already said this morning that she thought that was nonsense, that idea, and her response to his letter asking for support was pretty brisk. She mentioned, interestingly, that she might like to see the father and mother of the house, ken clarke and harriet harman, having a role in any leadership of an emergency government. That speech from jo swinson. Just before we go to the weather, one piece of breaking news that has come in in the last few moments. This is from the office for National Statistics concerning drugs deaths. It said there were 4359 deaths. It said there were 4359 deaths from drug poisoning in england and wales in 2018. That is, they say, the highest number since records began in 1993. So having done the maths on that i believe it isa done the maths on that i believe it is a 17 rise in drug debt since records began in 1993, according to the office for National Statistics. Victoria derbyshire is on her way, but first lets get a look at the weather from the man with all the details, simon. Thank you, rachel. Some sunny spells for many of us today. It will be the quieter day before we see the system moving its way. Look at the system from madrid and the mid atlantic, pretty impressive weather system piling on for tomorrow. At the moment we are in this window of choir to weather so in this window of choir to weather so file there are a few showers around this morning, but of cloud, they will tend to get brighter whilst there are. A rather dismal day for many of us. Through the rest of this afternoon, showers tending to clear away and as i mentioned increasing amounts of sunshine across england and wales come into scotland, perhaps cloud thickening in Northern Ireland later on. It will feel warmer than yesterday as well. That is not going to be difficult. 19 23 degrees, then tonight we will start to see the cloud increasing and that rain moving on from the west. It will be quite heavy at times into friday morning, the breeze picking up here. Further east, some clear skies. It could turn a little chilly across eastern parts into friday. But here is friday and here is the area of low pressure that will move in and it will bring some strong winds and heavy rain. More like an autumnal day rather than an august day, and that rain as i mentioned is moving west to east and it will take until the afternoon to move towards eastern areas and will clear from Northern Ireland and scotland to give sunny spells and showers here but really quite gusty winds for many. These are the wind gusts, up to 45 mph around the irish coast but widely 30 40 mph. 19, 201 degrees in the north and west. We have the sunshine but also the rain and wind and it will feel pretty cool elsewhere 19 or 20 degrees in the north and west. This weather front is just north and west. This weather front isjust snaking north and west. This weather front is just snaking out into the atla ntic is just snaking out into the atlantic which will bring a few headaches in the forecast into saturday. Likely to see a bit of rain in the south east of england but that will tend to clear away. Some heavy showers across North Western areas that could be heavy and thundery. For many on saturday it should be largely dry with some sunshine but still quite strong winds. These are the wind gusts. 30 35 mph, particularly near to the area of low pressure and by sunday, again for many to be dry with some sunny spells and a few showers but again the wind gusts there are indicative we could see gusts up to 35, 45 there are indicative we could see gusts up to 35,45 mph. Perhaps a bit higher in some parts. Thats all from me. Bye bye. Hello, its thursday, its 10 oclock, im victoria derbyshire. Good morning. One of britains most prolific female paedophiles, Vanessa George, is due to be released from prison next month. In exclusive interviews, we hear from a dad whose child was at the plymouth nursery he still doesnt know if george targetted his child and also to one of the nursery staff who worked with Vanessa George at the time. Tell us the truth, tell us the names. She has still got that hold on us. Names. She has still got that hold on us. We, as workers, were close to the children. And you were very protective of them, but youve