Eu without an agreement. We mustnt lose sight of the fact that if we dont agree a united plan and implement it next week, then the chances of leaving without a deal go up. Documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the h52 project was over budget and probably behind schedule three years ago. The government wants to change planning rules in england to help mobile phone companies installing sg broadband in rural areas. The american pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson is to appeal a landmark case which ordered it to pay over half a billion dollars for helping fuel an epidemic of opioid drug use. The countdown to the new series of strictly come dancing has begun, and in sport, Bolton Wanderers face one of the most crucial weeks in the clubs long history after they were left on the brink of liquidation yesterday. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Jeremy corbyn will meet other Opposition Party leaders today as he looks to secure support for his plans to block a no deal brexit. The labour leader has said hes open to different strategies after coming under pressure to drop his plan to lead a caretaker government. The conservatives said allJeremy Corbyn offered was chaos, delay and uncertainty. Lets speak now to our political correspondent, iain watson. Good morning to you iain. So when Jeremy Corbyn says he is open to different strategy what is does mean by that . Well, the different strategies which i think are doing to be discussed today would be first his preference, a no confidence motion in Boris Johnson, his preference, a no confidence motion in borisjohnson, he becomes a caretaker Prime Minister, he calls a caretaker Prime Minister, he calls a general election and he campaigned for another referendum. That hasnt really flown with some of the other parties who will be there. All the opposition parties apart from the dup who are propping up the government will be in attendance but the liberal democrat leaderjo swinson, believes that not enough conservative rebels would be necessary to get any aint to stop no deal over the line would put Jeremy Corbyn in number ten even on a temporary basis, so the other discussion will be about whether you could have a caretaker leader who isntJeremy Corbyn, could have a caretaker leader who isnt Jeremy Corbyn, perhaps could have a caretaker leader who isntJeremy Corbyn, perhaps Harriet Harman or ken clark, most of the discussion will be focussed on an alterm television to putting down that confidence motion, the alearn tef would be in effect, to try to get parliament to legislate against the possibility of no deal, to seize control from borisjohnson and to extend the brexit date beyond 31st october, and when the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer spoke to the today programme it sounded as though thatis today programme it sounded as though that is the route he thought was most likely. A vote of no confidence is something that obviously, the leader of the opposition has to decide when to call that, it has to bea decide when to call that, it has to be a point at which, yeah, well, if and when but what i have been saying to colleagues over the summer, and this is the spirit ofJeremy Corbyn pulling people together, let us put aside the fantasy politics of what you know, who wants this and that, we have one week to make sure that so we have one week to make sure that so faras we have one week to make sure that so far as possible, we have a plan that will be effective that we can put into action. Interesting hearing keir starmer talking about that timetable, do you think all these diverse mps are going to be able to get that act together on this in that short week . I have to say some of the mood music isnt that positive. Jo swinson raising doubts aboutjeremy positive. Jo swinson raising doubts about Jeremy Corbyn being positive. Jo swinson raising doubts aboutJeremy Corbyn being a ca reta ker aboutJeremy Corbyn being a caretaker leader, she was denounced bya caretaker leader, she was denounced by a leading member of labours front page barry barder in who thought she was behave nag petulant mannerer been attacked by the chair of the Labour Party Ian Lavery as well. I think nonetheless, if you look at what keir starmer is saying, this pressure of time, think if they go for one of the lowest common denominator option, to get an extension to brexit, that is is the most likely outcome today. It raises other question, even if they get that far, what happens, in the following scenario, first of all, once you got that ex tension do you go straight to a referendum, or do you go to a general election . Something Jeremy Corbyn would favour, but also something Boris Johnson may not fear because the conservatives are ahead currently in the opinion poll, or dubs Boris Johnson try to prevent this happening ambitious pending parliament. Something he hasnt ruled out entirely although he has said he wouldnt do it next month. This will be a complicated game. The first stage is getting parties with different views, apart from the opposition to no deal together to try to agree something today, because if they are divied when Parliament Resumes next week its advantage Boris Johnson. Many questions, iain, thank you very much and we will put some of those to the snp leader at westminster Ian Blackford in a few minutes time documents seen by the bbc show that both the government and hs2 knew the new High Speed Railway was over budget and was probably behind schedule years ago. The documents were written in 2016 before mps had signed off the first phase of the project which raises questions over whether parliament was given the whole picture. Our transport correspondent tom burridge has this exclusive report. Until very recently, we were told by ministers and bosses at hs2 that the programme to build the new High Speed Railway was on budget and on time. There was only one budget for hs2, and it is £55] billion. But bbc news has obtained documents which show that at least three years ago, the government knew that wasnt the case. The evidence weve got hold of suggests you, the taxpayer whos funding it, werent given the full picture. This letter was sent in may, 2016 to the then chancellor george osborne. In it, the transport secretary at the time, patrick mcloughlin, admits that the first stretch of the railway, linking birmingham to london, was already over budget by nearly £1 billion. He also proposes opening the railway a year late to try and save money. A former hs2 director said the £1 billion overspend was a conservative estimate, and internally teams knew it was a lot higher. Another former hs2 director, doug thornton, says he often told government the budget wasnt realistic. I was briefing personally the director at the department of transport, the head of property at the department for transport and the department of transport project representative team, so at that level the department knew. And all of these warnings crucially before the first phase of hs2 had been signed off by parliament. As protesters occupy fields and footpaths next to a construction site, people will ask whether mps were misled. For all the opposition, hs2 does have strong support, but the evidence weve seen not only raises questions about whether this programme is value for money but about transparency and trust. Hs2 has responded by saying there has been extensive scrutiny of the project by the National Audit office and parliamentary committees. And the department for transport said, like in any major complex programme, delivery plans evolve over time. But with the team appointed by the government to review the scheme set to begin their work tomorrow, its hard to say how high speed will evolve in the coming weeks. Tom burridge, bbc news. And tom joins me in the studio now. All of this begs the question to begin, tom, if mps more widely had known about this before the first phase of hs2 was signed off, do you think that we would be where we are now, would it have begun when it did . In a way that is an impossible question to answer. Look, on the one hand, hs2 has had right up to now very Strong Political support and phase one, that stretched between london and birmingham was approved in early 2017 with a massive majority. I think like, in early 2017 with a massive majority. Ithink like, critics in early 2017 with a massive majority. I think like, critics of the scheme and former h167892 advisers who i have been speaking to, say, look, that, what is the case, is that, what the documents that we have obtained show is that really along the way up to now, we havent really been given the full picture and mps too, and you know, it is very hard to say if you sort of wind the clock back and say hs2 could not have lived within its budget, whether that would have impacted mps the way they voted. Certainly it would have been in the eyes of critics a breach of the contract, what is called the Development Agreement between high speed 2 limited and the government and therefore it would have been a very serious thing. It would have raised question, it would have called into question the premise of the project. It isnt heap, the cheap. Cheap. The trains are high speck, there is a tunnel on the stretch from west london, its a very complicated complex project and has a high budget. If the budget had been beyond that hard to say what would have happened. How will it impact on the review inlj would have happened. How will it impact on the review in i am not sure todays story about transparency and trust will have a massive amount of impact. It will put pressure on the government. I am seeing this, the language from the department for transport. We are being told the new secretary of state for transport will be updating the house of commons next week on the house of commons next week on the project, you know, will he give us the project, you know, will he give usa the project, you know, will he give us a early appraise o whaf the costs could be now, so i think, you know, it will push pressure on the new government to come klein and make sure that review is transparent and looking at who they have an pointed, including a very well known staunch critic as deputy chair, you have to ta ke critic as deputy chair, you have to take the governments word for it they will consider every option and look at this in the cold light of day. Thank you tom. The mp Kevin Hollinrake is a supporter of hs2 but is involved with a review into the High Speed Rail Network and joins me now. Good morning to you. Looking at what tom has been telling us in his report and hear in the studio, are you frustrated that you didnt have the full picture a few years back . Well, these important parliamentarians if they have been asked to make a decision on spending tens of billions of pounds of taxpayer money they know what they are voting on, you say im a supporter of hs2, i am agnostic really. Am very keen to make sure that we spend the right. Amount of money making sure that projects in the north east are delivered, they make a difference to the economy in the north. So hs2 could well provide good economic advantages for the north but it is critical that we know how much money we are intending to spend. But not at any price presumably based on what you are saying absolutely not. It has to be value for money and you can only judge that if you know how much you are going to spend, but there are some real economic benefits potentially for the north and hs2, andi potentially for the north and hs2, and i would say Northern Powerhouse rail, which is the east west line which interconnects with hs2. We have to look at this in a broader context, there is a Northern Powerhouse reveal of hs2 that will feed into the overall hs2 review to make sure that the interests of the north is, are being considered when we make this decision going forward. Last month the transport secretary, then transport secretary told parliament that the programme would be delivered on budget, and on time, but knowing what we know now do you think that is true in well, it certainly doesnt look as if that is going to be the case. I think the new chair of hs2 has written to the department for transport, to say that it might be tens of billions of pounds overbudget, potentially up to 85 billion to deliver this project. Have to know the fact, how much it is going to cost, and then we can judge the benefits, the return on investment and make a decision from there. So hugely important we get there. So hugely important we get the numbers right. So, in your role as part of the Northern Powerhouse review, contribution to the overall review into heist 2 you are hs2 you are determined there will be transparency, would you recommend, would you as a individual be prepared to recommend this stops . M course, if it is not value for monetary policy, if it make sense at 56 billion that is one thing, if it is going to grow tole 5 billion that might bea is going to grow tole 5 billion that might be a different decision and a different value for moneyjudgment, so we different value for moneyjudgment, so we have to look at this in the round but we have to make sure we ta ke round but we have to make sure we take into account capacity, there will be 70 Million People living in the uk by 2030, we have to plan i had. We are to very good at delivering infrastructure project. This is one that could have a very big Economic Impact over 100 year life span so we have to look at this and makea life span so we have to look at this and make a judgment on, in the round, rather than just on the raw numbers but that has to produce value for money. This is notjust about journeys of the value for money. This is notjust aboutjourneys of the south, it is also halve the journey time between leeds and birmingham for example. It ta kes two leeds and birmingham for example. It takes two hours to make thatjourney at the moment. You can hardly get a wi fi signal. It is a poor service, so wi fi signal. It is a poor service, so there are potential transformational benefits from hs2, we have to make sure those are delivered on budget, on time and represent value for money for the tape. 0k, good to hear from you. Thank you for your thoughts. The headlines on bbc news. Jeremy corbyn is meeting other Party Leaders this morning to discuss how to stop the uk leaving the eu without an agreement. Documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the hs2 project was running over budget and probably behind schedule three years ago. The government proposes an overhaul of planning rules in england so companies can build taller mobile phone masts without councils permission. It is deadline day like no other for bolton today. They could go out of business if they dont find a new owner by 5. 00, while league one neighbours bury face the same deadline to complete the sale of the club. The british number oneJohanna Konta is into the second round of the us open. She beat the russian in a deciding third set. And in the mens draw british number two dan evans came through a tough encounter against Adrian Mannarino beating him in four sets. More sport in about half an hour. See you then. As we just heard from sally, Bolton Wanderers fc were founding members of the football league, they finished seventh in the premier leaguejust 12 years ago. But today could be the day they go out of business and are kicked out of the efl. They have until five oclock to complete the sale of the club to new owners, the same deadline for fellow League One Side bury, who are also fighting for their survival. Well, let us go back to, let us talk more about this story, now, we can talk to ian bridge and he is the co founder of the Bolton Wanderers support group. Sorry, ian. Ido co founder of the Bolton Wanderers support group. Sorry, ian. I do have the details but they didnt appear, supporters trust, there we go. I have got the right name eventually. Apologies for the delay. Ian, this must be the most nerve wracking of days for you. It is terrible. Its, its so, so sad it has descended to this level, and as you mentioned, we are one of the founder members of the football league, for a club of the football league, for a club of the standard and stature chur and the standard and stature chur and the proare digs of bolton and the town and community, it is sad a few individuals can bring this situation about. About. For people who are not aware how the club has got to this point, gives your take . This has been going wrong for a couple of yore, a loft people are blaming the previous owner ken anderson, however, in fairness, and he did inherit a situation that was going back any way, it was going bad, and when the previous owner before, mr anderson decided to sell the club because of the financial situation, he couldnt in his mind fund it any further, mr anderson and mr holdsworth took over the club in 16 sand it is just gone down holdsworth took over the club in 16 sand it isjust gone down hill holdsworth took over the club in 16 sand it is just gone down hill from there to be honest with you, the stewardship over the last three yea rs has stewardship over the last three years has been not good. Some people call it diss a troyes and we have ended up where we are today, in administration and looking down the barrel of a gun. What do you mean by that the stewardship has not been good . The financial governance of the club hasnt been what it should be. We are a club, there is a general consensus that football, u nless general consensus that football, unless you have an owner who can put his hands in a deep pocket and fund the club, the football is unsustainable certainly at this level and not having the riches of the premiership. However, there are clu bs the premiership. However, there are clubs that are run on a more sustainable level. It is very complicated, to be honest and really, i dont think that the attention was given to the finances that it warranted and that is what i mean by stewardship. How do you feel about the situation where, as you say, there are clubs with owners with very deep pockets, and then you have a club like Bolton Wanderers which has a long, long history, and connection to the community. You know, potentially on the brink of going out of existence. It is not good. It doesnt only impact the clu b good. It doesnt only impact the club and the supporters, the greater commune tyre, there are lots of businesses that depend on the club being in existence, we are no a massive by other clubs standards we are not a massively supported club but we have enough of a fan base to make this work properly, and it is just having the right business acumen and the right sense and the right knowledge as to how you can operate this, and we just hope that, hope against hope that today, that something does happen, that somebody decides that they can perhaps compromise a little bit, and with can get this over the line and the clu b stays can get this over the line and the club stays in existence, but moving on from that, any new owners that come in, whether it be football benches or not, woe hope they have some understanding and long term plan. If they dont we will be in in same situation in month, or 12 month, two years time. Wejust dont want that to happen again and it needs realism bringing to it. I accept it needs realism bringing to it. I a cce pt we it needs realism bringing to it. I accept we a are a town team, we have to cut our cloth to suit. Ecant start splashing out on ridiculous player wages and the business has to function as a business. To pick up on that key phrase you mentioned a moment ago, a sustainable plan, what in your mind would that plan look like, if you have mentioned for example not having play players that command huge wages. Well, the difference between, Everybody Knows the riches on offer in the premiership with the tv deal, if you drop down the leagues the championship is such a difficult league to play in, you have sides promoted from league one on their budgets and you have sides coming the premiership on passive parachute payments so the inequality is the greatest in any of the decision but move down to league one and two and the moneys that are available, and the moneys that are available, and the gate money, the season ticket revenue, the Central Distribution payments, they are vastly reduced from what they are in the top two division, so you have to cut your cloth to suit, and that is what a sustainable plan is. You put wage structures in place, you put, you look at of your infrastructure, simple thing, that, there was a clamour recently, a couple, well a couple of years ago, when the club we re couple of years ago, when the club were relegated to league one previously, about closing the upper tires in the ground to tiers in the ground to save money. If that had been done that might have saved the club some money, the two games that we have played so far this season, without i hasten to add season, without i hasten to add season tickets have having been sold and put on sale, the upper tiers have been closed and i dont think it has caused much of a problem. You will get supporters who have sat there all the time, but you know, it has to be realistic, and it has to be realistic from a financial point of view. 0k. Of view. Ok. Ian, thank you for taking the time we may be talking to you later on today or tomorrow. Good luck for today. Thank you. Lets go back to our top story this morning. Jeremy corbyn will meet other Opposition Party leaders today as he looks to secure support for his plans to block a no deal brexit. The labour leader has said hes open to different strategies after coming under pressure to drop his plan to lead a caretaker government. The conservatives said allJeremy Corbyn offered was chaos, delay and uncertainty. Ian blackford is the snps leader in westminster, hejoins me now. Good morning to you mr blackford and is today about business of what your plan is going to be or the business of who is going to lead the plan . Good morning. Look, ithink today of who is going to lead the plan . Good morning. Look, i think today is a massive opportunity. We go back to parliament i think as you know next tuesday and time is short. What i wa nt to tuesday and time is short. What i want to get today, is an agreement on the next step, and i would simply say to the others and i think there is an emerging consensus if we can work across parliament, all the opposition parties with the conservative mps that are concerned about the impact of no deal, that if we can get back to parliament next tuesday, we can bring forward something called a Standing Order 4 application that will allow us to seize control of the order pape, that we can bring forward legislation and it can stop no deal, so legislation and it can stop no deal, so there is a massive opportunity that we have, because there is a majority in parliament against Boris Johnsons driving us out of europe ona johnsons driving us out of europe on a no deal basis we need to recognise that spence of responsibility. We need to Work Together and i hope and believe that is what will come out of the discussions we are going to have today. That is your First Priority taking control of the legislative timetable effectively. It is, because the situation is that the default position is that we leave the European Union on a no deal basis and all this talk about who will be an interim Prime Minister, i understand how that is interesting for the media, but the real responsibility that we have is to stop that cliff edge, that is where there is a majority in parliament. You might remember there was a vote in parliament before the up ismph recess, in parliament before the up ismph recess , a in parliament before the up ismph recess, a majority of 41 against prosecutor investigation, that is the kind of majority, at least, that we have to stop no deal. So we have to Work Together where we have, we have to build the consensus and show leadership and i hope today we can Reach Agreement on that, that we can work with the conservatives that see the frightening impact of no deal as well and we can drawback from the cliff edge, then talk about the next step, whether it is stob an election 01 step, whether it is stob an election ora step, whether it is stob an election or a referendum, with remain being an option. So do you think that perhaps be dont need to necessarily get into a situation where we are talking ability who will lead this plan forward . Talking ability who will lead this plan forward . In a sense, i think the question of who will lead it is secondary, because if we dont deal with the fact if we do nothing else we will be leaving at the end of october any way, let us deal with that, let us deal with the fundamentals and the issue about who will be an interim leader we can discuss, that is of secondary importance at this stage. But that plan, you agree with keir starmer it is crucial to have your plan if place by next week . Yes of course, we have to demonstrate what we are are seeking to do, there is a European Council meeting on 7 isth october, so what we need to do, pass legislation, compel the government to go the europe and seek an extension so to go the europe and seek an extension so reremove to go the europe and seek an extension so reremove that cliff edge, let us do that, that takes us toa edge, let us do that, that takes us to a safe place and we can work out where we go from there. I think, on the basis of all of that, it probably comes more likely that we are facing a referendum, perhaps remain versus no deal becoming the the option at this stage. I would welcome an election, the would welcome an election, we want to have the opportunity to say to people of scotland, look there is chaos at westminster an we need to find our way out of this, that is becoming increasingly clear to people in scotland that is independence, but if the meantime. Just very briefly, you know, as Parliament Prepares to return from the summer recess, another really crucial phase ahead of us, what would you say to people at this point who actually want to leave, whether it is with a deal or without a deal . Well that is why i think what we need do is get to a situation where we have a referendum. We are a long way on from a referendum. At that point, nobody was talking about no deal being the default option, that is is really merged over the recent period. Now we know this is going to damage the economy, it is right that people are given thatness choice, people are given thatness choice, people in the uk vote to leave, they can have that, hay should have that right. Let us do it on the basis we know what the consequences are. I strongly believe people will vote to remain. 0k, thank you for your time. Changes to planning rules in england could see companies building taller phone masts. Its part of a wider government move to boost the roll out of 5g networks and improve mobile coverage across britain, especially in the countryside. Ministers have also launched a £30 million competition for rural commuities to host new 5g technology schemes. The digital secretary, nicky morgan, has been responding to questions about the maximum size of the phone masts. At the moment, the maximum is 25 metres in a non protected area, 20 metres in a protected area like an area of outstanding natural beauty. As i say, weve got to find that balance. But if you end up having slightly taller masts, you could put more infrastructure on it which means if that you could get rid of other masts that have been an eyesore. And making sure we can have more building based masts nearer to roads, for example. I know, as a local member of parliament, i used to get a lot of people say they objected to masts. Actually, i dont get that so much now because people do understand that need for connectivity. But we want to hear from people. That consultation will close in november. The drug manufacturer, johnson and johnson has been ordered to pay a fine of more than half a billion dollars for its part in fuelling an opioid addiction crisis in the us state of oklahoma. The landmark ruling is being seen as a test case for litigation against Drugs Companies across the united states, where about 400 thousand people have died from opioid overdosing over the past two decades. Johnson and johnson says it will appeal. Peter bowes reports the scourge of Prescription Drug abuse. An Opioid Epidemic thats claimed almost 400,000 lives in the us, over two decades. Now, a landmark ruling after the state of oklahoma accused Johnson Johnson of fostering the Opioid Crisis, creating a public nuisance by aggressively marketing the drugs to doctors and patients as safe and effective, while underplaying the dangers of addictive painkillers. Johnson johnsons misleading marketing and promotion of opioids created a nuisance. Specifically, defendants caused an Opioid Crisis that is evidenced by increased rates of addiction, Overdose Deaths and neo natal abstinence syndrome in oklahoma. Laws for the state hailed the ruling as a major victory, affirming their view thatJohnson Johnson, motivated by greed, maliciously and diabolically created the Opioid Epidemic. Johnson johnson was the king pin behind the nations ongoing Opioid Crisis. Reggie whitten, a member of the legal team that took Johnson Johnson to court, lost his own son to opioids. Am i optimistic . No, im not. I think theyll appeal this thing and fight till hell freezes over, but my boy. And we are too. Johnson johnson says it will appeal the ruling. The company insists it should not be held responsible for the Opioid Epidemic. We do not believe that the facts or the law supports the decision today. We have many strong grounds for appeal, and we intend to pursue those vigorously. With over 2,000 similar opioid lawsuits currently pending across the us, this ruling could have far reaching implications for drug makers in a country still struggling to contain the worst drug crisis in its history. Peter bowes, bbc news. The glamourous outfits and the glitter balls were out in force last night for the launch of the latest series of strictly come dancing. Among the celebrity dancers putting their best foot forward was breakfasts mike bushell. Our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson watched them waltz down the red carpet. The launch of strictly come dancing 2019. With a familiar face taking a leap into the unknown. I just thought, well, i have to make up for lack of technical ability, with just a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm, ijust did a sort of dad jump that i used to do at weddings and discos when i was younger. But i nearly went off the stage, i have to say. The jump was higher than in rehearsal. That could have been the end, the end of your strictly dream. They might have caught me in the crowd, because the crowd was so supportive. Bookmakers have cruelly made mike the favourite to be the first to leave the show, but anneka rice thinks shes going to find strictly a challenge. Ive literally never danced in my life, ever. No one in my familys ever seen me dance one move. Not in a disco, not at a wedding, ever. Ive got a complete thing about dancing. Others plan to rely on tried and trusted dance moves, honed during their clubbing days. Ymca. Ymca. 0h. Serious. I love a good Old Fashioned steps routine. Bit of tragedy. So when faye was on this last year, it was like, yes, sister. The way you do the body roll is youre meant to pretend youre looking over a ledge, its meant to go, like, oh, not today. Hey. See you later sister. There is oti mabuse. One of the professional dancers. Her big sister motsi is one of the judges. Professional dancers. Her big sister motsi is one of thejudges. How professional dancers. Her big sister motsi is one of the judges. How will that work out . On saturday, the 1a celebrities will find out with which professional theyve been paired, and then they will have just three weeks to practise, before theyre dancing on live tv. We wish mike all the best Colin Paterson, bbc news, television centre. Good luck to all the contestants. In a moment the weather but first lets heres Joanna Gosling with details of whats coming up on the Victoria Derbyshire programme at 10am. Good morning. How to stop a no deal brexit, opposition parties meet this morning to plan their approach with Jeremy Corbyn insisting they will do everything necessary to stop a no deal. With the liberal democrats said they will not support him as a ca reta ker said they will not support him as a caretaker Prime Minister, cant they put their differences aside . We speak to keir starmer and liberal democrat leaderjo swinson. Join us at10am. Now its time for a look at the weather with lucy martin we have seen record breaking temperatures. Today looks like the last day of seeing 30 degrees in the south east. This is how it is looking today. Outbreaks of rain and thundery showers moving north east across the midlands and Northern England and later southern parts of scotland. The best of the weather in the south east. Highs of 33. Overnight, we could see heavy downpours in the north east. That weather front will push eastwards, with cloud and outbreaks of rain. Temperatures are staying in double figures. Tomorrow looks like a cloudy day. Outbreaks of rain gradually working eastwards. Drier and brighter for northern ireland. Cloudy skies in the south east with showers. High teens in the north, 2a in the south. Hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. The headlines. Jeremy corbyn is meeting other Party Leaders this morning to discuss how to stop the uk leaving the eu without an agreement. Documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the hs2 project was running over budget and probably behind schedule three years ago. The government proposes an overhaul of planning rules in england so companies can build taller mobile phone masts without councils permission. The change is part of a plan to speed up the roll out of 5g networks and improve coverage in rural areas. The american pharmaceutical giant Johnon Johnson says it will appeal against a legal ruling ordering it to pay over half a billion dollars for helping to fuel an epidemic of opioid drug use. The countdown to the new series of strictly come dancing has begun, with the stars donning their sequins for last nights launch in london. Time now for the morning briefing where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. More now on our main story and the labour leaderJeremy Corbyn will be meeting with opposition leaders to discuss plans to stop a no deal brexit. Mr corbyn is looking to secure enough support for a vote of no confidence in the government when parliament returns from its summer break next week. The shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer has been outlining the purpose of this mornings meeting. Of course there is the vote of no confidence but what we did back in march which was the last time we we re march which was the last time we were facing the prospect of a no deal exit, was to ensure that the majority in parliament was able to ta ke majority in parliament was able to take control of the proceedings and passed legislation requiring an extension of article 50. There are other options. The intent of the day is to have a frank discussion, lots of discussions have gone on over summer of discussions have gone on over summer to pull it together. What we have seen in the last few weeks is the Prime Minister really hasnt got a negotiating strategy, that makes no deal more likely which will be hugely damaging. Parliament i do not think agrees with him and he has had a summer think agrees with him and he has had a summer without parliamentary scrutiny, and there will be a crunch next week. Today is about can we get a unified approach, but we must have a unified approach, but we must have a plan that everybody can coalesce around and that we implement as soon as we can next week. What i have been saying to colleagues over summerand been saying to colleagues over summer and this is the spirit of Jeremy Corbyn pulling people together, put aside the fantasy politics, we have one week to make sure as far as possible we have a plan that will be effective that we can put into action. I was very struck by the suggestion that the Prime Minister has sought legal advice on whether he can suspend parliament from the 9th of september through to mid october. I know he declaims that but that is not the sign ofa declaims that but that is not the sign of a Prime Minister who is confident of getting a deal in the first place, or who thinks he will wina first place, or who thinks he will win a battle in parliament. He has had the summer off without parliamentary scrutiny. Next week he will have to face parliament. He was made by mrand will have to face parliament. He was made by mr and then we went into recess 2a hours later. Next week it comes to the crunch and we need a plan we can get behind. We have said any outcome now must be subject to a referendum and in that referendum we would campaign for remain. I see this as. You are the party of remain, remain and reform . You are the party of remain, remain and reform . I havent heard Jeremy Corbyn said that. Jeremy corbyn has clearly said any outcome now must be subject to a referendum and we would campaign for remain. Has he said that in terms . Yes, he has. Iwant has he said that in terms . Yes, he has. I want a campaign for remain, i believe in staying in the eu, has he actually said that . Yes, he has, several months ago. There is a short term and long term. It has been opposition ever since he set it out and has been repeated ever since. Sequence dresses and shimmies at the ready as the countdown to this years strictly come dancing started last night with this years celebrity dancers taking to the stage for the launch of the 17th series. Bbc breakfasts mike bushell is one of this yea rs contestants, and he gave a little insight into how training was going. I didnt sleep a wink last night, i was just so excited, on this euphoric high after the launch show from last night. It was one of the best parties, live music, lights, camera, action. Tess and claudia were there, thejudges were there. But the most nerve racking bit was myself and saffron barker were told at the last minute that we were the first to come out to introduce ourselves. I thought it would be a walk, hello, waving at the crowd, clapping our hands. But they said, fill 15 seconds, do some sort of routine. Saffron is brilliant, shes only 19, but a brilliant choreographer already. We did a bit of a chasse. And then i thought id go for the jump but the jump was a bit high, higher than in rehearsal, so i nearly did go off the stage. I have been warned several times by strictly not to get too near to the edge of things because of a certain incident involving swimming pools we were just seeing the jump there, mike, its a wonderful piece of work, can you replicate that moment for us right now . Well, its all ive got in my locker at the moment. Im a bit of a one trick pony. Its a bit hard on the grass which is a bit slippy. Over time, we will have to try and develop a few more tricks because people will get bored of that and it could get potentially wrong especially with shoes on a hard floor. Good luck to him on the show. We are going to have a look at what is most watched and read on the bbc news app. Strictly is at number two. And going down to the most watched, number one, images of a bridge collapse in turkey, in the north, a black sea town where a bridge collapsed following torrential rain. Two people fell into the river below but luckily escaped with only minor injuries. Number two, injuries. Numbertwo, a injuries. Number two, a story from south korea. This is a daytime disco that has been organised by a local government, with the aim of tackling loneliness and dementia. This is lovely to watch. It talks about people coming in with walking sticks and eventually throwing them away. One lady is quoted as saying the clu b one lady is quoted as saying the club is a medicine for her. That is it for the morning briefing. Sport now. And a full round up from the bbc sport centre. The focus on Bolton Wanderers. And hope against hope that some sort of solution can be found. As you say, time is running out. Bolton wanderers were founder members of the football league, they finished seventh in the premier league just 12 years ago. But today could be the day when they go out of business and are kicked out of the efl. They have until five oclock to complete the sale of the club to new owners, the same deadline for fellow League One Side bury who are also fighting for their existence. Im pleased to say lifelong bolton fan and blogger willjones is with me commentator Nat Lofthouse charges in and theres boltons second goal. Its one of englands oldest and most historic clubs. Commentator Bolton Wanderers have scored the fourth fa cup victory of their history. Fa cup winners, premier League Regulars until recently, but how times change. This years seen boltons fans protesting against their owners, with the club mired in financial problems, and now its on the brink. A takeover has collapsed and barring developments, administrators say theyll start closing it down this week. Fans are fearing the worst. Commentator Bolton Wanderers have scored the fourth fa cup victory it would just be so, so sad that a club of this long standing history, one of the founding clubs in the league, would cease to exist. Having been a fan my whole life, i cant imagine that happening and nor can anyone else, but if these people dont do the right thing, thats where this is headed. Here at bolton, its already been a pretty challenging season. Theyve had to field mainly youth team players, their managers just resigned and theyve lost their last two matches 5 0, but it seems the crisis here could get even worse. One of the clubs greatest goal scorers, like the fans, can only wait and hope. Its got to the stage now where frustration has taken over, it really is, and you feel so sorry for the supporters that back this club to the hilt. Theyjust want to see something happen. And boltons not the only Club Fighting for its survival. Its also burys deadline to complete their sale or potentially face expulsion from the football league. For two clubs with between them centuries of history, it could be a pivotal day. Andy swiss, bbc news, bolton. We will keep you up to date throughout the day. Lets have a look at some of this mornings back pages. No surprise that ben stokes still dominates most of the papers. The Daily Telegraph have a picture of stokes beside one of sir ian botham both reflecting on their incredible ashes batting displays at headingley 38 years apart. The mirror has the headline burger king, with quotes from stokes on how he and the team celebrated the win with a mcdonalds drive thru. The times has this picture of andy murray in action after he eased through his first singles match back after a hip operation at an atp challenger event. The final tennis major of the year is under way in new york the us open at flushing meadows. Andy murrays not there. But there is plenty of home interest to keep an eye on. The british number one Johanna Konta is into the second round. She beat russias daria satkina in a deciding third set. Kontas already the only british woman left in the singles after harriet dart lost. Six time champion Serena Williams needed just 59 minutes to record a 19th consecutive victory over maria sharapova. The eight seed won 6 1, 6 1. In the mens draw, the british number one kyle edmund gets his campaign at flushing meadows under way today. Number two dan evans is already through to the second round. He had a tough encounter against frenchman Adrian Mannarino beating him in four sets. Fellow briton Cameron Norrie is out. And coming up on bbc sport. Some big names are in action today at the us open including rafa nadal and simona halep. Bbc radio 5live will have live updates from four oclock and you can find all the latest sports news including updates from the situations on bury and bolton on sportsday. Thats at 6 30pm on the bbc news channel. The headlines on bbc news. Jeremy corbyn is meeting other Party Leaders this morning to discuss how to stop the uk leaving the eu without an agreement. Documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the hs2 project was running over budget and probably behind schedule thre eyears ago. The government proposes an overhaul of planning rules in england so companies can build taller mobile phone masts without councils permission. The change is part of a plan to speed up the roll out of 5g networks and improve coverage in rural areas. The brazilian government has said it will reject an offer of aid from g7 countries to help tackle fires in the amazon rainforest. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro accused other nations of treating brazil like a colony. £18 million had been promised in emergency funding for Fire Fighting equipment and military assitance. Will grant reports. As each day passes, another chunk of the amazon disappears. This is just one of the 75,000 fires in brazil which have prompted such an angry response as a finite resource vanishes before the worlds eyes. But now it seems the worlds wealthiest nations are at least trying to react. The g7 have promised funds for the battle to save it. £18 million to be precise. While thats welcomed by environmental campaigners in brazil, most would say its nowhere near enough for the scale of the problem. President bolsonaro says the idea of an International Alliance to save this would turn brazil into a colony or no mans land. More evidence, if any were needed, of the deep hostility between the International Community and brazils leader on this issue. An operation by brazilian forces is supposedly under way in the state of rondonia, but resources appear thin and critics say the response has been slow and woefully undermanned. That is at the heart of why people are turning out on the streets in brazilian cities. In rio and sao paulo, people rarely protest over the amazon, but this is their country and thousands in the urban centres are furious at bolsonaro. With much of latin america in flames, europes response is insufficient to put them out. Will grant, bbc news, rondonia province, brazil. Private equity firms buying up small foster agencies have set off alarm bells within englands foster ca re system. That from the local Government Association which says just three groups account for 45 of funds spent on independent fostering by english councils. The lga said councils worry about what could happen if one group failed. Sanchia berg reports. Meet linda. For 12 years shes welcomed children in care into her liverpool home. The youngest she fostered was just two years old, now, she has three teenagers living with her. They arrive, theyre very small, theyre very kind of weighed down and scared of everything. Very not willing to engage. And for me, the best thing is when they stop talking to you like this, all quiet and hunched, and they kind of reach their full height and they look you in the face when they talk to you and they find their voice. Today she works directly with liverpool council, even fronting their recruitment campaign. But she started fostering through an independent fostering agency, or ifa. As my ifa was bought out by bigger and bigger ifas it became a much more profit driven, money oriented, very much the whats the bottom line of money coming in . Then, i think the focus moved away from children. It definitely was not child centred. Andrew rome, a specialist accountant, follows these agencies. Private equity groups have been buying them, expanding by taking over other fostering agencies, then selling them again. Ive studied from a number of different sources and the very best figures that i can come up with suggest there are three large agencies that now account for Something Like 45 or more of all independent fostering Agency Spending within england. Its profitable. The sort of returns that have been seen, and actually some of the people have reported, so were able to kind of triangulate that information, is that they are often in that say, three, five or seven year period able to double or treble the amount of investment they made at the outset. Record numbers of children are in the care of local authorities. Many more than in the past are in independent placements run by companies operated for profit. For cash strapped councils, its a major concern. For the companies, its good business. Liverpool pay more for independent places than in house foster carers. Theyre worried about the implications of three groups becoming so big. Because the supply of placements doesnt meet the demand, the natural laws of economics will tell you that they can charge higher prices for us and theyve got us over a barrel really, its very difficult to do. The private Companies Say they provide a vital, High Quality Service for englands most vulnerable children. Last year, a government backed geview said the price difference between in house and private foster care was small, once other costs were ta ken into account. But many argue its hard to follow the money and there needs to be Greater Transparency in this area at a time when record numbers of children are in care. Sanchia berg, bbc news. President trumps use of language could be described as distinctive to say the least. American artist diana waymar wanted to find a way of relating to the current political atmosphere. So, shes begun embroidering mr trumps words. Take a look. It has been so incredible to see people come into the store and experience it for the first time, to literally walk into a space that is sort of a three dimensional twitter feed. I was inspired injanuary of 2018 to stitch the words, i am a very stable genius, into an inherited piece of needlepoint. I think at that point i hadnt found a way to process the language that was being used by donald trump, and certainly wasnt following him on twitter very closely. And i set a goal to stitch about one piece a weekjust to keep track of what he was saying, and it was partly a way for me to process and engage in us politics. But it very quickly ramped up to three or four pieces a week, and then pretty much by six months later i couldnt possibly keep up. When you look at something and you see each individual stitch, you i think are forced to wonder about the person who made it, and then wonder how they were impacted by what they were stitching. And in many cases, people are stitching words that they find very challenging and very upsetting, and i think when we are in that space, and we can see the contradictions, we can see them because we know it has been made by a person who has given, has made a commitment to sharing what they are hearing and how they feel about what they are hearing. Two teenage sisters have rescued a man and a child from drowning off the aberdeenshire coast in north east scotland. Isla noble and her sister eilidh aged 15 and 1a heard cries for help while swimming near fraserburgh yesterday afternoon. They realised the pair were in trouble and swam out on a lilo air bed to help them to shore. The man passed out but the girls phoned 999 to alert the coastguard and he was later airlifted to aberdeen royal infirmary. And well be speaking to heroic siblings later on the bbc news channel look forward to that around good morning, the fourth consecutive day of temperatures exceeding 30 celsius in the south east. We have seen celsius in the south east. We have seen record breaking temperatures, sunday and monday, 33 celsius. Late bank holiday temperature records have fallen. 10 degrees cooler towards the end of the week with u nsettled towards the end of the week with unsettled weather to come. Today, two weather fronts affect our weather, one to the north and west, bringing heavy showers. You can see that on the picture from earlier, a good deal of sunshine to the east, but more cloud and outbreaks of rain across north west scotland, western parts of northern ireland, and showers pushing south west, working north and east across the midlands and Northern England and later into eastern and southern scotland. Heavy, possibly thundery. Temperatures up to 33 in the south east but it looks like today is the last day of that heat. Tonight, we will see further heavy, thundery downpours for eastern scotland, north east england, cloud pushing in and outbreaks of rain. Tomorrow, rain working eastwards particularly northern and west in areas, brighter in northern ireland. Showers in the south east with sunny spells. Temperatures are cooler, high teens in the north, 2a in the south. Continuing to see this cooler theme through the week, more unsettled as well, as a low pressure moves in to the north. Northern and western areas, the greatest chance of u nsettled areas, the greatest chance of unsettled weather, wet and windy conditions. The driest weather across the south and east. Thursday, outbreaks of rain spreading into scotland, northern ireland. England and wales seeing dry and fine weather. Some isolated showers. Temperatures in the high teens further north. In the south, a maximum of 24. Goodbye. Hello, its tuesday, its ten oclock, im Joanna Gosling. How to stop a no deal brexit. Jeremy corbyn will meet the leaders of the other opposition parties in about an hours time and preventing a no deal is the only thing on the agenda. Ive been speaking to labours main brexit man keir starmer. What weve got to do, very effectively is have one plan that is going to work to prevent no deal brexit and weve got to implement it next week. And ive also been speaking to the lib dem leaderjo swinson who doesnt exactly see eye to eye with Jeremy Corbyn. Massively over budget and behind schedule. The bbc has learnt the government knew this three years ago about hs2 the new high speed line linking london to birmingham and beyond. Well have the details. And borrowing from the bank of mum and dad. Parents are now spending so much money getting their children onto the housing ladder that it could hurt their retirement. Well be discussing this with a generous mum
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