Former Prime Minister tony blair warnsJeremy Corbyn it would be a mistake to go along with a general election until brexit is resolved. He can now play a decisive role in how brexit develops. But he should see an election before brexit is decided for the elephant trap that it is. Hurricane dorian smashes into the bahamas with winds of up to 180 miles an hour, causing massive damage and severe flooding. Parts of it are already underwater. Some areas, you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins. Pictures show the inside the eye of the storm, which is currently only moving at about 5mph, adding to the devastation on the ground. And, as commercial whaling begins again injapan, younger generations say they want to watch whales, not eat them. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The formerjustice minister david gauke has accused the government of trying to purge the tory party of rebels who oppose the leadership on brexit. It comes after downing street warned mps theyll be suspended from the party and unable to stand as conservatives in the next general election if they support attempts to block a no deal brexit. Mps return to Parliament Tomorrow for a critical week at westminster. There are plans for a Cross Party Group to introduce legislation to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. So lets take a look at whats in store for the week ahead. Tomorrow, mps return to the commons after summer recess, where legislation to stop no deal will be introduced by opposition mps. On wednesday the bill will be debated in the commons. At midday, borisjohnson will take to the podium for his first pmqs as Prime Minister. The anti no deal bill could reach the house of lords on thursday if it is passed by mps. Otherwise, the consideration of the bill could spill into monday. If the bill passes all hurdles, it would become law on monday. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster this morning. It sounds like a straightforward plan, norman. How do you see this week unfolding . It week unfolding 7 it is almost impossible to guess, because i think previously, if you had asked me, Philip Hammond might be expelled from the party, is that likely7 be expelled from the party, is that likely . I would have said, be expelled from the party, is that likely7 iwould have said, no, no, no. Now it appears it is quite possible, because borisjohnson has decided to dramatically escalate the sta kes decided to dramatically escalate the stakes here and turn this vote or no deal legislation effectively into a vote of confidence, a point confirmed this morning byjacob rees mogg, the leader of the house, who said the vote was a choice between who runs parliament, borisjohnson oi who runs parliament, borisjohnson orJeremy Corbyn, and to say to people who have been stalwarts of the tory party and risen to the most senior positions in the party, people like former home secretary ken clarke, Philip Hammond, other cabinet ministers, greg clark, david gauke, you defy me, and he will be deselected. You will not be able to stand as tory mps again. And the views of the likes of david gauke is, this is a calculated move to provoke them, if you like, into voting against mrjohnson in order to pave the way for a general election, and also to purge the tory party, to turn it into a very different sort of party. This is what mr gore had to say. I think it is a very unusual approach, to put it mildly. After all, there are many conservative mps who voted against the government line on european matters relatively recently, and they are now serving round the cabinet table, not kicked out of the party. But it is obviously a particularly confrontational approach, and i think design, frankly, to realign the conservative party, to transform the conservative party, to transform the conservative party very much in the conservative party very much in the direction of a brexit party. So, is this all a cunning ploy by one borisjohnson to pave the way for a general election in which he presents himself as the man standing up presents himself as the man standing upfor presents himself as the man standing up for the people and brexit against a remain dominated parliament seeking to undermine the referendum . Well, hold on. Borisjohnson doesnt quite have the power to trigger an election on his own, because of something called the fixed term parliaments acts, which means if he wa nts to parliaments acts, which means if he wants to trigger an early general election, he has to get the approval of two thirds of the house of commons. What does that mean . It means he needs the support of one] corbyn of islington. In other words, he can only do that if labour back him, and there are voices on the labour side who are saying, hang on here, we dont want to help Boris Johnson out by allowing him to hold a general election. That is a trap. That, at least, was the message former Prime Ministers tony blair this morning. In backing away from the idea of himself as a caretaker Prime Minister, Jeremy Corbyn has behaved responsibly, and if he continues to put country first, it will benefit the country and himself. He can now play a decisive role in how brexit develops. But he should see an election before brexit is decided for the elephant trap that it is. After brexit is resolved, an immediate election is right and necessary, and if labour approaches the resolution of brexit with a spirit of strategic cooperation such as it has shown recently, it will emerge with its standing, and even that of its leadership, greatly enhanced. So if the government tries to force an election now, labour should vote against it. So, could lay with what mrjohnson from holding a general election . Well, we know jeremy from holding a general election . Well, we knowJeremy Corbyn has repeatedly called for a general election, almost as soon as he became leader of the opposition, but it is possible they mightjust hold back, which would leave us in the even more extraordinary situation. You think this whole saga cant get any more bizarre, but it can. Because ofJeremy Corbyn was to refuse to back mrjohnson in allowing a general election, that means Boris Johnson would allowing a general election, that means borisjohnson would in effect be trapped in downing street with Jeremy Corbyn banging on the planks of the door, to have a general election. We at times. On a perhaps less contentious note, we learn that borisjohnson has less contentious note, we learn that Boris Johnson has got less contentious note, we learn that borisjohnson has got a dog. Yes a jack russell, who i think came from a rescue home. Little jack russell puppy now. A rescue home. Little jack russell puppy. Now, the thing aboutjack russells, in my experience, as they tend to be a bit nippy. Bit nippy so maybe he could unleash the dog on the likes of Philip Hammond. Maybe that would be more effective than threatening to deselect them. While we are looking at that picture of admittedly a very cute dog, lets just go to what is happening in manchester, norman. Stay with us, because we expect to hear from Jeremy Corbyn shortly. He has just arrived in the audience where he is about to give a speech. He is being introduced at the moment. You were just saying how weird it is that basically the line from labour and others has been that they want to see a referendum or a general election, and now we have sort of had threats on both sides, and both sides almost arguing counterintuitively. What is he expected to say here in salford when he speaks . I expect they will be big, thick clouds of ambiguity. A fug of non commitment. He will not spell out at all what labour is planning to do. That might be in part because he does not want to reveal his hand. Quite understandable. It may also be because labour does not have a clue what it is going to do at the moment. There are some of the labour party who believe they have got to press for a general election, that this is about more than brexit, it is about getting rid of the conservative government and ending austerity. There are others who think, we have got to box clever here. We cant just think, we have got to box clever here. We cantjust go along with what Boris Johnson here. We cantjust go along with what borisjohnson wants. So there are some who suggest that if it comes to a vote on the general election, maybe labour should abstain and just say, well, we are in favour of a general election, but not a no deal general election. So if they abstain, that would deny borisjohnson the clear majority to hold a general election. Every part of this whole saga becomes more and more extraordinary. Who would have thought that Boris Johnson would more extraordinary. Who would have thought that borisjohnson would be taking on the likes of ken clarke, Philip Hammond, and then relying on Jeremy Corbyn to help him trigger a general election . I mean, if this was a trashy political novel, you would think, this is a load of rubbish, not believable. But it really is happening, and itjust shows the extent to which brexit has totally shaken up everything we have become used to with modern british politics, not just in become used to with modern british politics, notjust in terms of splitting the main political parties, but also the way we do politics. Everything has changed. All the norms have been chucked out of the window. And genuinely, i dont think anyone has a very clear grasp on what on earth is going to happen next. 0h, happen next. Oh, gosh. It is going to be an interesting and crazy week. Norman, thank you very much. Lets listening to rebecca long bayley, labour mp, introducing Jeremy Corbyn right now. Ifyou local authority budgets, cuts to nhs and Public Services, you have a city thatis and Public Services, you have a city that is barely able to survive. Sadly, despite all of that, we also face a threat of a no deal brexit that will decimate industry and suck power and wealth further away from us. Power and wealth further away from us. And Boris Johnson power and wealth further away from us. And borisjohnson doesnt want to be stopped, which is why he is shutting down democracy by shutting down parliament. Salford voted leave, but let me be clear the battle to stop no deal is not a struggle between those who voted leave and those who voted remain, it isa leave and those who voted remain, it is a battle to protect our communities against the untold misery that leaving the eu without a deal will cause. So, without further ado, iam really deal will cause. So, without further ado, i am really proud and pleased that we have got our leaderJeremy Corbyn here in salford today, and he is going to outline labours plans to stop a horrific no deal brexit. Welcome, jeremy. Applause becky, thank you very much for that introduction, and thank you for all the work you do as shadow business secretary in developing our industrial strategy, which i will talk about a bit later. You are also a brilliant mp for salford, where today, the shadow cabinet meets, and i have already had a message from Andrew Gwynne saying he likes the idea of coming to shadow Cabinet Meetings by tram from his home, so i think is bidding to meet here every week. And at the shadow Cabinet Meeting which will hear later on today, we will finalise our plans to stop the disaster of no deal ahead of the return to Parliament Tomorrow. That is why i was keen we have the meeting here today to go through all of that, but also to go through all of that, but also to go through our strategy and our offer for the country as a whole. We are just a couple of miles from the site where, 200 years ago last month, the peterloo massacre took place. Working class people demanding democratic representation in parliament. They were met with brutal force and carnage from the authorities, as they were cut down by cavalry men. As shelley pointed out in his wonderful poem, the mask of anarchy. That was part of the price paid, part of the price paid, to win the democratic rights that we all have in this country. We should never forget those that suffered so much that we might live in freedom in the future. Applause local progressive change, democracy was one from below. It wasnt handed down from above. Like all progressive change. So when the Prime Minister, who hasnt won an election and who doesnt have a majority, decrees that parliament will be shut down because he knows his plan for a disastrous no deal doesnt have the votes, we say, this is an attack on democracy which will be resisted. That was the message given loud and clear at protests all around the country at the weekend. I joined a large demonstration in glasgows George Square, and labour mps were unprocessed in many, many other cities all across the country. We re cities all across the country. Were on protests. The people will not allow a phony populist cabal in downing street in hock to the vested interests of the richest to deny them their democratic voice, and now, the government is threatening to just now, the government is threatening tojust ignore now, the government is threatening to just ignore legislation it doesnt like. That is how the elite operates. The rules they set for eve ryo ne operates. The rules they set for everyone else only apply to them when it suits them. Labour will never try to silence parliament, but we dont believe democracy stops there. We want to expand democracy, not restrict it. Democracy is how people won the right to education, the right to health care, decent housing, and, in the post war Labour Government, the welfare state. Labour will push democracy further into the workplace, into the economy, to give people more control over their lives. Today, iwant economy, to give people more control over their lives. Today, i want to talk about how labour would bring about a democratic transformation of our economy, that will bring new life into every nation and region of our country. But first, we face the threat of no deal. This would decimate industry and destroy peoplesjobs in those very same regions. Johnson and his right wing cabinet dont care about the Economic Cost. They and their wealthy donors wont be the ones paying it. The price will be paid by working people in places like sa lfo rd , working people in places like salford, and all around the country. The battle to stop no deal isnt a struggle between those who want to leave the eu and those who want continued membership, as beckyjust said. Its a battle of the many against the few, who are hijacking the referendum result to shift even more power and wealth towards those at the top. As has become ever clearer, a no deal brexit is really a trump deal brexit, leading to a one sided United States trade deal that will put us at the mercy of donald trump and the biggest american corporations. The pally enthusiasm full of britains new Prime Minister only serves to underline that. In johnson, Prime Minister only serves to underline that. Injohnson, trump has found a compliant british leader who will dance to his tune unless we stopjohnsons tory government now. It isa stopjohnsons tory government now. It is a headlong rush into the arms of donald trump. I am not prepared to stand by and allow our Public Services and protections to be handed over to us big business. Applause there can be no doubt about the damage no deal will do to our economy. You dont have to take my word for it. For example, the society of Motor Manufacturers and traders say it will lead to a death bya traders say it will lead to a death by a thousand cuts in the car industry, as new work seeps overseas. So who do you trust on the impact of no deal . The Car Manufacturers themselves, or Boris Johnson and the tories . The food and drink federation says shoppers will notice the shortages of some foods within weeks of no deal. Again, who do you trust . Those who know the Food Industry inside out, or Boris Johnson and the tories . The last timei johnson and the tories . The last time i looked, borisjohnson had never worked in a supermarket. The tuc says no deal will threaten peopleshard won rights at work. So who do you trust . The tuc, an organisation founded in manchester, that exists to look out for workers, or borisjohnson that exists to look out for workers, or Boris Johnson and that exists to look out for workers, or borisjohnson and the tories . The impact will be especially hard on areas like the West Midlands, where so much of our car production is based. Its an industry that depends on no tariffs or friction at the border. Jaguar land rover, for example, can only prepare four days of disruption, because the company uses 25 million separate parts every day. 10,000 people are employed in car production in solihull, 9000 in coventry, 8000 in birmingham. Think of those workers under stress and worry they are going through as they watch the tory government charged towards an outcome that risks destroying their jobs. Towards an outcome that risks destroying theirjobs. Imagine the damage to their communities, to that region, if that happens. It would tear the heart out of the West Midlands. The government cant claim to be building a midlands engine and then follow a policy that trashes then follow a policy that trashes the car industry. Or think of yorkshire and the humber, where 10,000 people are employed in the steel industry. No deal would be a hammer blow to them, placing trade restrictions on virtually all Steel Companies export markets, and opening us up to cheap, protected us steel imports that would be the deathknell for the uk steel industry. No deal equals no steel. Or look to the east of england, the region where the largest agricultural sector, employing more than 30,000 people. That sector is in serious difficulty if no deal goes through. The National Farmers union says it would be catastrophic for british agriculture. Of course, the threat of no deal comes on top of the damage already done to industry by nine years of conservative government. Remember George Osbornes march of the makers7 it is easily forgotten, so dont worry if you have not committed it to your memory. Or recall the time conservative ministers suddenly started talking about industrial strategy7 those we re about industrial strategy7 those were hollow words. There are now 15,000 fewer people working in Manufacturing Industry than they we re Manufacturing Industry than they were when the government set up the department for industrial strategy three years ago. Over the last decade, almost half a Million Manufacturing jobs have been lost, hitting regions like the north west and the midlands very hard. The tories always put first those who lend and speculate over those who actually make things. That is why it is the billionaire hedge funders who bankrolled Boris Johnson is the billionaire hedge funders who bankrolled borisjohnson and his party who are calling the shots. While their wealth balloons, manufacturing workers are losing out on £55 per week under the tories. There workers are now 3000 a year worse off than they otherwise would have been, due to falling wages growth over the past nine years. That is the conservative record on manufacturing. Fewer people employed, and stagnating pay. And with the lenders and speculators in charge, wealth, power and opportunity are shared evenly across the country. They are concentrated around the capital. Are not shared evenly. We have the worst regional inequality in europe. Take spending on transport. It is currently £1023 per head in london, compared to just £422 in the north. If it was allocated evenly across the country, the east midlands would be getting double the amount per person it is now. None of this will be fixed by sajid javid when he delivers his conjob pre election Spending Review this week. Every recycled, hopelessly inadequate spending pledge put out by him or anyone else in number 10 only proves labours point that austerity is a Political Choice that has caused huge suffering and damaged our economy in the process. And if javids own staff cant trust him to protect them, what faith can workers across the country have in the chancellor of the exchequer . Labour, in contrast, does have a serious and practical plan to get our economy working in every town, city, nation and region of our country with a record investment blitz. There are £250 billion National Transformation fund, which john mcdonnell, £250 billion National Transformation fund, whichjohn mcdonnell, sitting here today, who is leading the way on, has said will be based outside of london in the north. It will power a massive upgrade to our infrastructure, from transport to energy to broadband. Let mejust illustrate the scale of what we are proposing. Johnson, in his first days as Prime Minister, announced with great fanfare and a lot of hype a towns fund of £3. 6 billion for Capital Spending on infrastructure. Our National Transformation fund the 70 times bigger. That is the scale of investment our country needs after so many years of neglect. That is the scale of labours ambition. No more tinkering around the edges, and labour will also set up a National Investment bank, backed up bya National Investment bank, backed up by a network of Regional Development banks, to provide a further £250 billion of capital for emerging businesses and for co operatives. The regional banks will have elected representatives, local stakeholders on their boards, allowing each region to rebuild its economy and its own terms, devolving economic power, and getting the money where it is needed. Andy burnham often talked about this when he was in the shadow cabinet. Take the south west of england, which has some of the lowest pa id areas of england, which has some of the lowest paid areas in the whole country. That is why they need real economic power, to take decisions locally, to deliver good jobs to their region, and why a Labour Government would underpin that with a real living wage of £10 per hour by 2020. And we will establish a new post bank, operating out of post offices, stemming the tide of post offices, stemming the tide of post Office Closures and helping to revive our high streets. As a National Network with hundreds of branches in every region, the postbank will play a role in rebalancing our economy, with deposits in prosperous parts used to back loans to deprived areas. For decades, politicians have told us the economy is beyond democratic control, like a force of nature, that can lay waste to entire communities, and we just have to grin and bear it. Its an idea that suits the super rich, hoarding the wealth that we all create, because it makes change seem impossible. D motivates people, this empowers them. But it is not true through voting, through democracy, you can change in whose interests the economy works. Labour will extend democracy to the workplace through collective bargaining, workers on boards, and our inclusive ownership funds, which will transfer billions of pounds into the hands of workers, who are the real wealth creators. And when i say labour will invest 500 billion, that is notjust an a bstra ct 500 billion, that is notjust an abstract number on a financial spreadsheet. It stands for an Economic Transformation that will change your daily life. Investment on that scale, directed through a real industrial strategy, means good newjobs real industrial strategy, means good new jobs where you real industrial strategy, means good newjobs where you live, with a serious strategy and a radical Labour Government. The economy can bea Labour Government. The economy can be a tool in our hands rather than the master of our fate. Be a tool in our hands rather than the master of ourfate. And be a tool in our hands rather than the master of our fate. And that means we can restore prosperity to regions of our country that have been held back for too long. Let me give you a concrete example of what it will mean. Labour will invest in crossrail for the north to link our Great Northern cities, from liverpool in the north west to hull in yorkshire and over to the north east. Applause last year, last yea r, steve last year, Steve Rotherham waved me off from liverpool to catch a train to hull on the Trans Pennine express , to hull on the Trans Pennine express, an odd name for a train that goes at that speed the 126 mile journey takes about three hours. But if i went from london to paris on the eurostar, the 286 mile trip would take 40 minutes or less. As our shadow transport secretary Andy Mcdonald has made clear, the governments current focus on the leeds to manchester route, which is actually no longer than the central line on the london underground, is totally inadequate. To carry on boasting about the Northern Powerhouse while refusing to fund Proper Railway infrastructure for the north is an insult. We need the full crossrail for the north. Applause just as local government leaders and mayors, including andy burnham, who is here, joe anderson, who is here, and Steve Rotherham, who is here, have called for, to ensure the north is no longer held back. Where this government fails, labour will succeed and power up the north. A real industrial strategy and a serious economic plan will allow us to prioritise what matters most, nothing is more important than the climate emergency. As becky pointed out, this is the biggest crisis facing humanity, globally, nationally and locally. Rising sea levels and toxic air are as much of a threat here in britain as anywhere. Just down the road, here, in salford, the university is at the leading edge of Energy Research and energy conservation, and i compliment them on the great work they have done and thank them for they have done and thank them for the visit site up to see their work. By the visit site up to see their work. By directing investment to green technologies, and retrofitting houses to increase energy efficiency, we will create jobs and reduce our harmful emissions at the same time. It will be a green industrial revolution. Many of those jobs will be in places that have never recovered from the destruction of industry at the hands of thatchers conservatives in the 19805. Thatchers conservatives in the 1980s. Labours plan for a sevenfold increase in offshore wind energy will bring 12,000 good newjobs to norfolk, 11,000 to the humber, 10,000 to the north east. At the same time, saving people money on their energy bills. There isa money on their energy bills. There is a creative good all round through our queen industrial strategy green industrial strategy. Strong local industries contribute so much to the identity of the place. But local identities are also bound up with the Services People rely on and the Community Facilities that bring people together. When you lose your library, lose your swimming pool, youre sure start centre has closed, it saps the spirit from the area. You feel a sense of the climb. A sense of place is important, but it has been lost because of the gutting of local government by the tories and there are many people here who go through the horrors every week of how they are going to provide Services Without sufficient funding from central government. It will come as no surprise to councillors in the audience that the cuts have not been spread evenly. They have hit the poorest areas the hardest, as shadow communities secretary has exposed. Nine out of the ten most deprived councils in the country have seen cuts nearly three times the National Average. Nine out of ten, three times the National Average of cuts. Conservative run northamptonshire has already collapsed and with more cuts on the way, more councils will follow. Only labour will and austerity, Fund Local Government and invest in all of the regions of a country, revive Industry Manufacturing and restore hope and pride in our communities. So first, we must come together to stop new deal. This week could be our last chance. We are working with other parties to do everything necessary to pull our country back from the brink. Then we need a general election. When a government finds itself without a majority, the solution is not to undermine democracy, the solution is to let the people decide and call a general election. It is the people, not an unelected Prime Minister, who should determine our countrys future. An election is the democratic way forward , election is the democratic way forward, to give the people the choice between two very different directions. One that will see our industry is run down as the super rich get even richer, or a different path that will bring good, secure well paid jobs to every region through a proper industrial strategy. Double enter inequality the blights our country. And that will usher in the democratic transformation of our economy so it works for the real wealth creators, the people. In that election labour will give people the chance to take back control and have the final say ina public back control and have the final say in a public votes with credible options on both sides, including the options on both sides, including the option to remain. It is labour that offers hope and a plan that will bring our communities together. We will check on democracy and hold power in westminster. We will spread wealth and power to every region and nation of our country. Thank you. Applause. So we have time for some press questions. In the first round i will start with patrick. Have we got a roving microphone7 start with patrick. Have we got a roving microphone . If there was to bea roving microphone . If there was to be a second referendum, could you tell me whether labour would back a labour leave option . And just one more, kate mccann from sky. Mr corbin, tony blair has asked you to block a future general election, but from what you just said there it sounds like it would be something you would support. If borisjohnson seeks an election in the coming weeks, would you support that under any circumstance at any time. Is a vote of no confidence still on the table, and if so, when . Thanks for those two questions. On your questions, first of all, we will do everything we can to stop a new deal breads from the European Union no deal. The vote of no confidence is very much there on the table. It is very much there on the table. It is not an either or. Both options are still there. We will do everything we can in the coming weeks to prevent no deal. We want a general election to the people of this country can decide their future and we are very clear in the labour ma nifesto we and we are very clear in the labour manifesto we would have an public vote under the Labour Government with the option of remain or any option that the parliament has come true. If it is no deal then we will vote for remain. It is clear that there will be that choice that is put there and we will do everything we can this week to prevent the government usurping the power of parliament and taking this country out on the 31st of october. Kevin fitzpatrick from the bbc . Would you back a general election even if it means that we could leave the eu without a deal on the 315t of october. Here in the north west, in the ten constituencies with the highest leave vote, seven of them have labour mps. How would you convince at a general election leave voting voters not to abandon the party if you appeared to block brexit . You have said that you will try and do anything to block no deal, but does that include working with the conservatives . If conservative rebels put down a motion this week, would you go behind it . Or would motion this week, would you go behind it . Orwould you motion this week, would you go behind it . Or would you only go behind it . Or would you only go behind it . Or would you only go behind it if labour put the motion forward . Behind it if labour put the motion forward . Lets deal with your question first. I have met the leaders of all the other opposition parties with the exception of the dup in my office. They thanked me for having the meeting and had a good discussion. It was a good discussion about action that could be taken this week. That obviously includes working all across the house to try to prevent no deal brexit. Parliament has twice voted down a no deal exit from the European Union, once by a small majority and then by a very large majority. After that i wrote to all 160 mp5 majority. After that i wrote to all 160 mps of the other parties that voted against no deal asking them to work with us, and that is what we are doing. If you can contain your excitement for another 28 hours or so, you will get a fair idea of what will be proposed in Parliament Tomorrow. On the issues of people and how they voted in the referendum, i was in George Square in glasgow on saturday and mps were at demonstrations all over the country. People were at those demonstrations who both voted leave and remain. Two reasons for that. One, they were very angry about the way the Prime Minister is behaving at his temp two shut down parliament to prevent debate taking place. Also, because they are alarmed at the prospects of our no deal brexit. Our manifesto said we would not countenance our no deal brexit, there had to be future arrangements put in place. To people who voted leave, they may have had many motivations for doing that, but nobody voted to lose their rights, lose theirjob or see a sweetheart trade deal set up at the United States. We would fight the campaign on our transformative agenda, to bring about social justice, on our transformative agenda, to bring about socialjustice, economy, to invest in areas that have had no investment and to bring about a National Education service to give hope to young people that they will get the education they need and deserve. We will take that message, which unites people, and we will give people the final say on the relationship with europe. Either no deal or remain, or whatever else might come out of parliament over the next few weeks. Lets be very clear, if the Prime Minister continues on this course of action, this dictatorial approach of closing down parliament to prevent a decision being made by an elected parliament, we will obviously oppose him all the way. I think a Prime Minister that has lost the support of parliament, as he clearly has, then i think it is time for that government to do and the choice to be there for the british people who can then decide on a new parliament and what that direction is. We are determined to defend jobs and Living Standards all across the uk. That is my fundamental message today. The Manchester Evening News . Ijust wondered whether you thought maybe labour had left it late to be doing the cross Party Working that you are doing now . Do you think that the party . Lack of clarity on its brexit position has partly contributed to where we are now . Liz piper from reuters . Correct me if im wrong, because i might well be, but the assumption seems to be that we are going to see some kind of legislative move tomorrow in parliament. Does this mean that this is basically an admission by labour that there is really no chance of getting a no confidence motion this week . First of all, its not an admission of that at all. We are supporting moves across the house tomorrow which will, i could bring about our legislative position which would stop the government taking the site with new no deal. We have worked with people all across the house ever since the referendum took place. It was also managed to get a vote through, which find the government to be in contempt of parliament. It was just got through the principle of the meaningful vote in parliament. Remember back to the days when the then brexit secretary was giving executive powers to do everything. That was challenged everything. That was challenged every step of the way, led by labour. To say we havent reached out to others is not fair or correct. We are where we are and we willjoin with others tomorrow to try and prevent our no deal exit from the European Union. Our position has been one all along of understanding the decision made in 2016, but also doing our very best asa 2016, but also doing our very best as a party, is a movement to protect jobs and give us the opportunity to invest in areas, many of whom voted leave, who have seen no investment for 30 years and seen the loss of good quality secure jobs for 30 years and seen the loss of good quality securejobs in manufacturing replaced by fly by night economics, 0 hours contracts and insecurity, at the same time as their local authority expenditure has been slashed and all the social infrastructure that makes up our community is destroyed in the process , community is destroyed in the process, leading to that sense of hopelessness. It is our mission to have serious trade relationships with europe in the future, in or out. It is also our mission to invest in every community all across this country so we can bring the social justice that this country so we can bring the socialjustice that people crave. A child growing up in any time in this country deserves the same chance as every other child, to get a good nursery, good school, the possibility of training and a good job. Not going into debt to get higher education, not going into debtjust to higher education, not going into debt just to survive. Higher education, not going into debtjust to survive. We need to address inequality in britain as well as the lack of investment across this country and that is exactly what the transformative labour manifesto in 2,000 and seen 2017 labour manifesto in 2,000 and seen 2017 was offering. Our next ma nifesto 2017 was offering. Our next manifesto will be even bigger, because more disasters have happened to the people in this country over the last two years. Jeremy corbyn speaking in manchester and answering journalist questions there. Not com pletely journalist questions there. Not completely answering the question of whether or not labour would support a general election, the prospect of one being called by downing street. While labour was my position has been to say it would like to see a general election and a referendum on brexit, theirs was a warning this morning from tony blair that a general election before brexit is sorted out would be an elephant trap. It was unclear when asked about that particular point. What he said repeatedly is that we are working with other parties to do everything to bring our country back from the brink, then we need a general election. He said then the solution is to let the people decide ina solution is to let the people decide in a general election. A general election is the democratic way forward. He didnt say if he would support that move if it came from downing street. He said that no deal brexit is a trump brexit and labour would do everything to stop no deal. We have some breaking news to bring you onjob we have some breaking news to bring you on job losses we have some breaking news to bring you onjob losses in the we have some breaking news to bring you on job losses in the steel industry. The tatter steel plant in in newport is closing. It is the cogent plant. It was put up for sale a year ago, but tatter is announcing this morning that having been able to find a buyer for that plant, which has 380 workers, they have now decided that they are going to be closing the plant, so that will mean 380 job losses there. An announcement has come through from tata saying that they will close that plants, but nowhere else in wales is affected. Tata has said they were unable to send sell the site, so a closure there of up to 380 jobs. They say it is necessary to allow them to invest in the core markets. That will be difficult news for the workers there in newport to absorb. The future was uncertain once that plant was put up for sale a year ago. Now tata saying it will be closed. The most powerful storm to hit the bahamas since records began has torn roofs from buildings, and caused severe flooding. Category five Hurricane Dorian battered the area with winds of up to 180 Miles Per Hour. The us states of florida, georgia, north and South Carolina have all declared states of emergency in advance of it making landfall there. The Hurricane Research division of the Us Government has released these pictures from inside the eye of the storm, which is currently only moving at about five Miles Per Hour, adding to the devastation on the ground. Cbs News Reporter hilary lane is in Daytona Beach in florida and sent us this update. There are a lot of scary pictures coming out of the bahamas. The concern is noise switching to the east coast. We are expecting to feel the start of the storm tonight. Even if the storm does not make a direct hit, even if it goes out to sea, we can still see catastrophic wins and damaging storm surge. Here in dayto na damaging storm surge. Here in Daytona Beach mandatory evacuations begin at10am. Daytona beach mandatory evacuations begin at 10am. There are mandatory evacuation for coastal communities in North Carolina and georgia. Some People Choose not to heed those warnings. They want to stay put. They say they have weathered other harry kane is an made it through and they will roll the dice and make those chances. Those people have been filling up their gas tanks. Hundreds of cars have been waiting in line. Many gas stations are com pletely in line. Many gas stations are completely out. Other people are going to walmart, our big supermarket here, getting water, food, stockpiling medicine for a week. Even if the storm only last about a day or two, people can still see Power Outages and damage that could last weeks. In a moment well have all the Business News, but, first the headlines on bbc news downing street warns conservative mps to back borisjohnson or face the sack, ahead of a critical week at westminster. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, says borisjohnsons plans to suspend parliament are an attack on democracy which will be resisted. Hurricane dorian smashes into the bahamas with winds of up to 180mph, causing massive damage and severe flooding. In the Business News manufacturing output fell in july to the lowest level since records began seven years ago. The ihs markit pmi figure fell to 47. 4 from 48 the month before, lower than economists had been expecting. Anything less than 50 represents a slow down. The low figures have been blamed on Political Uncertainty as well global trade tensions. Debenhams rescue plan faces a Court Challenge today, funded by its biggest shareholder, mike ashely. The rescue deal meant debenhams had to shut 50 stores and cut rents. The challenge comes from one of debenhams landlords. Hes been backed by mike ashleys Sports Direct group which used to own 30 of the company. If successful, the challenge could mean debenhams goes back into administration. Argentinas central bank is imposing Foreign Exchange controls on companies in attempt to halt the collapse of its currency. The peso has lost more than a quarter of its value since elections last month. The economy is battling recession, rising unemployment and runaway inflation. Bad news for uk manufacturing. Output tumbled at the fastest rate in seven years in august. The reason is two fold brexit uncertainty and the general global slowdown. The numbers come from the ihs markit cips uk manufacturing purchasing managers it called the pmi. It works on an index 50 is the crucial number on this index. Abopve it and you have growth. Above it and you have growth. Below it and bruisiness is contracting. |n august the indext fell to 47. 4. It was 48 injuly. Seamus nevin is the chief economist for the manufacturing trade body make uk. It isa it is a combination of the two, you can pin it on one of the other. It is brexit uncertainty and the global trade environment, i suppose. Is brexit uncertainty and the global trade environment, i supposem is brexit uncertainty and the global trade environment, i suppose. It is. We have seen Manufacturing Activities contracting for the fourth month in a row, adding to fears that the uk economy could be heading towards a recession. This is a sign of contracting order books as uncertainty around brexit is affecting the confidence of people on whether they want to buy goods from the uk. It is notjust businesses feeling the effect. Consumer purchases have also contracted for the first time in a long time and are now falling at the fastest rate since the Global Financial crisis. It is businesses and consumers at the same time and we are heading into the perfect storm. We have seen audiobooks contracting consecutively for the last several months of the back of an initial peak at the start of the year when we saw unprecedented levels of stockpiling activities, the highest ever recorded in a g7 economy. There was a hangover from that as the economy began to shrink in quarter three. We would have expected some signs of a pick up with the potential eu exit date of the 31st of october. We are not saying that. All of the signs suggest we are heading towards a difficult environment. That being said, we have seen with the us and china trade war the Global Economy heading downwards. Interestingly, in the latest results out today, the euro zone has slightly improved of the back of a better performance in the back of a better performance in the german and french manufacturing sectors. Unfortunately, the uk, which would normally see a benefit from that, or not saying that because people are worried about doing business in the uk. They are buying from other countries instead of us until they know what the trade rules will be. Lets talk about our no deal brexit. Friction of the border, the difficulty in getting supplies, exporting. And what extent is there a plus on the other side . The fall in the value of the pound. There will be import substitutions, companies in the uk doing jobs that would have been done in other countries. Businesses will become more reliant on uk customers. Because we are such a Global Trading nation and do business with countries all over the world, we are one of the most highly integrated economies there is. Half of the stuff that we export from the uk is first imported from other countries. The collapse of the value of the pound has benefited uk manufacturing. The site of this is that the pound shrank in the immediate aftermath of the brexit referendum. Companies that might have benefited from that has already taken place. It has been priced into the contracts they are doing. We are not seeing any benefit from the colla pse not seeing any benefit from the collapse in the pound. What we are also seeing is a contraction in the jobs market. The number of vacancies has been falling. There are about 126,000 fewer people working in uk manufacturing than there were in 2016. Some Companies Might benefit, but the majority of sectors are not seeing a benefit. A quick look at the markets before we go. Very sharp falls in the pound against the dollar. Very close to our 30 year low, there. Which is about 1. 245. Against the euro, looking weak. Now its time for a look at the weather. It is looking unsettled this week. It is looking unsettled this week. It will also be cool for this time of year. There is rain in the forecast for just about everyone. For today, we have rain in the north and west. Elsewhere, it is mostly dry, but even we have brightness it will gradually turn cloudy. This weather front is pushing will gradually turn cloudy. This weatherfront is pushing its will gradually turn cloudy. This weather front is pushing its way eastwards. It is bringing some rain with it. Some of this rain is quite heavy and it will push into parts of northern england, as well. It is also rather windy. Some strong gusts of wind, particularly in western and eastern coasts. Further south, cloudy, drizzly sort of picture. Mostly dry to the afternoon here. The sun chang glass to the end of the day in the south east, but we are likely to see temperatures between 19 22. Slightly up on yesterday. Through this evening and overnight, the rain will continue to push its way eastwards. It will be cloudier tonight so milder. It was a cold start to this morning for some spots. We should largely stay in double figures overnight. We will keep the strength of the breeze, too. Tomorrow morning, a rather misty started the day for Western Basin coasts. There will be some health of that will persist for much of the morning. A pretty similar looking day, sioux and northeast, south west splits. North west, south west splits. North west, south east split. This cold front will bring with it some cooler air. It is drier and brighterfor south eastern areas of england and much of wheels throughout the day. Our cold front is set to sync its way south eastwards, so here it goes. That is the cooler air tucking in behind. At the time we get to wednesday, quite a windy picture. We have a north westerly wind this time and that is a cold wind the rain we re and that is a cold wind the rain were pa rt clear and that is a cold wind the rain were part clear parts of coastal kent by lunchtime. One or two showers will develop. A windy day overall. You will notice i could look and feel by wednesday afternoon. 17 or 18 degrees in the south, but across much of scotland we are only looking at 11 or 12 degrees. That is where the temperatures are set to stay for the rest of the working week. Quite a chilly north westerly breeze on thursday. Yes, there will be some sunshine, but expect further showers on friday and temperatures generally in the mid to high teens. Youre watching bbc newsroom live. Its midday and these are the main stories downing street warns conservative mps to back borisjohnson or face the sack ahead of a critical week at westminster. What we want to see is all conservative mps rallying behind him this week, making sure he has the best opportunity to deliver on that commitment. Tory rebels say the government wants a general election and is trying to purge opponents from the party. Its obviously a confrontational approach, and i think designed, frankly, to realign the conservative party, to transform the conservative party, very much in the direction of a brexit party. Labour party leaderJeremy Corbyn says he wants a general election, and that his party will do everything it can to stop a no deal brexit. It is the people, not an unelected Prime Minister, who should determine our countrys future. An election is the democratic way forward. And i have come away from westminster here to birmingham, to find out whether the people of the city and the wider area are ready for brexit. Hurricane dorian smashes into the bahamas with winds of up to 180mph,causing massive damage and severe flooding. Parts of it are already underwater. Some areas, you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins. Pictures show the inside the eye of the storm which is moving slowly towards the eastern coast of america. And, as commercial whaling begins again injapan, younger generations say they want to watch whales, not eat them. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Jeremy corbyn insists labour will do everything necessary to prevent borisjohnsons government leaving the European Union without a deal. The labour leader said he work with Cross Party Mps when they return to westminster tomorrow, when efforts will be made to bring in a law to stop a no deal brexit. The formerjustice minister david gauke has accused the government of trying to purge the tory party of rebels who oppose the leadership. It comes after downing street warned mps theyll be suspended from the party and unable to stand as conservatives in the next general election if they support attempts to block a no deal brexit. Mps return to Parliament Tomorrow for a critical week at westminster. There are plans for a Cross Party Group to introduce legislation to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. So lets take a look at whats in store for the week ahead. Tomorrow, mps return to the commons after summer recess, where legislation to stop no deal will be introduced by opposition mps. On wednesday, the bill will be debated in the commons. At midday, borisjohnson will take to the podium for his first pmqs as Prime Minister. The anti no deal bill could reach the house of lords on thursday if it is passed by mps. Otherwise, the consideration of the bill could spill into monday. If the bill passes all hurdles, it would become law then. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster this morning. Its its an interesting week, isnt it, norman, to say the least . Extraordinary times we are in. Who would have thought we would have found ourselves with a conservative Prime Minister threatening to expel long standing, senior members of the conservative party, and his own cabinet, full of people who have been, if you like, serial rebels over the issue of brexit7 but that is now where we are, with the leader of the house, jacob rees mogg, saying this morning that this is a confidence matter. In other words, tea m confidence matter. In other words, teamjohnson confidence matter. In other words, team johnson view the expected vote on this new deal legislation to be a matter of confidence in his government, in effect saying to tory mps, you either backed me and my brexit way or you are siding with Jeremy Corbyn. The view of his opponents, people like david gauke, is that this is all a ploy, a tactic to try and provoke them into defeating mrjohnson, which would then pave the way notjust for them to be purged from the tory party, but for a general election. This is what mr gorka said this morning. Mr gauke. There has been a lack of approach from the government whips and government ministers to try to dissuade me from rebelling this week, and there has not been any approach. I think the progrogat was deliberately designed to be provocative. So i do wonder if the intention was that they get defeated tomorrow, that they then seek to have a general election, having, if you like, page elements of the conservative party as a consequence. I think that is a tragic mistake for the country and for the conservative party, but i think that is their strategy. So, could Boris Johnson strategy. So, could borisjohnson pave the way for a borisjohnson so, could borisjohnson pave the way for a Boris Johnson on so, could borisjohnson pave the way for a borisjohnson on the side of the people and brexit versus a recalcitrant remain pa rliament7 well, to do so, he would need the backing of two thirds of the house of commons, and therein may lie a bit of a problem, because that would mean he would need the support of Jeremy Corbyn and the labour party to trigger an early election. This morning, we heard from former Prime Minister tony blair saying, in effect, to jeremy minister tony blair saying, in effect, toJeremy Corbyn, dont fall into that elephant trap. In the past have an hour, we have heard from mr corbyn, and listening to him, it sounds like he is ready to back an early election. When a government finds itself without a majority, the solution is not to undermine democracy, the solution is to let the people decide. And call a general election. It is the people, not an unelected Prime Minister, who should determine our countrys future. An election is the democratic way forward. Well, i am joined well, iamjoined now well, i am joined now by one of the tory mps vehemently opposed to no deal. What do you do now . The new back down7 that would be an individual choice. In my own case, no. I believe i am fighting for my constituents writes, to have concerns about no deal explained in parliament, and for government to be able to deal with those concerns and either convince parliament, if no deal is to be where we end up, that it is the right thing for britain, or if thatis the right thing for britain, or if that is not the case, to accept that we must continue to search for an agreement, get an agreement, and only leave with an agreement. I want the write on behalf of my constituents to take that decision. So you are willing to terminate your career and position as a tory mp7 that is how it now looks, because the government has now decided that after many votes in brexit over the past four years, with some votes from colleagues who are now in cabinet not being disciplined, now is the time to exercise discipline, and it looks like we are in the first wave. So, yes. Do you agree with david gauke that actually this is quite a clever strategy were borisjohnson to provoke the likes of you to vote for this brexit legislation, enabling mrjohnson to say, well, my position is impossible, im going to have to try to trigger a general election . Well, i dont know what the strategy may be. Certainly, the Prime Minister is entitled to a majority, and his difficulty at the moment is, he doesnt have one. I think we all assume that sooner or later, based on what the Prime Minister has been saying about the domestic agenda, much of which is very good and would have no problems at someone like me, he is setting out the store for an election, and if he can get a majority, this is what he is going to have to do. Whether he is using this as a tactic, i dont know. What worries me is, this is not about tactics. It is not a game to play. I have constituents who are seriously worried about their future. I have a rural, farming community, and people are worried about their future. It is not a game to people whose businesses and lives might be affected. One thing the people of the United Kingdom are very disturbed about is that this is all about tactics, we have got to play ha rd ball about tactics, we have got to play hardball otherwise the eu will not move, and many reasonable people do not think this is a sensible way to look at it. So what do you do . Presumable you win this weeks vote, but the difficulty is that you are then at sixes and sevens. Some of you want a referendum, some to revoke article 50, some of you want a deal. There is no agreement among those opposed to mrjohnson. That is quite correct. It is the major strategic flow on the side of those concerned about no deal. We will have to continue to work to see if we can find a position with which we all agree. We are agreed that no deal is a bad option for the United Kingdom. I want to see a situation where we leave with a deal. I have always been very clear about that, which is why i have voted to leave. When push comes to shove, will others who would have preferred a different option realise that unless they coalesce together around a deal, we wont get what we are looking for, and the country will be ina looking for, and the country will be in a worse position . But i dont believe the government position of saying, we have a stumbling block, instead of those who have actually voted consistently to stop us leaving, including the opposition, are not more of a stumbling block. Alistair burt, thank you very much for your time. One bit of non brexit news. A dog has arrived in downing street. A little jack russell from a rescue centre, who will now be living with borisjohnson. My experience of jack russells, they can bea experience of jack russells, they can be a little bit nippy, so if i was larry the cat, i think i would bea was larry the cat, i think i would be a little bit careful around downing street for the next few weeks. A handy little distraction, though, isnt it . Thank you very much, norman. The most powerful storm to hit the bahamas since records began has torn roofs from buildings, and caused severe flooding. Hurricane dorian is wreaking destruction across the northern bahamas, with the International Red cross saying 13,000 homes have been destroyed or severely damaged. Wind speeds have been recorded at 185 miles an hour with some gusts reaching 200 miles an hour. The us states of florida, georgia, north and South Carolina have all declared states of emergency in advance of it making landfall there. The Hurricane Research division of the Us Government has released these pictures from inside the eye of the storm which is currently only moving at about five Miles Per Hour adding to the devastation on the ground. Richard galpin reports. These, the Northern Islands of the bahamas, have been feeling the full force of Hurricane Dorian. We need everything now. My everything now. My house. The damage in this area is being described as catastrophic. Everything is gone. And Hurricane Dorian is currently moving atjust one mile per hour, which means the islands continue to be battered. This is probably the most saddening and worst day of my life to address the bahamian people. And ijust want to say that, as a physician, i have been trained to withstand many things, but never anything like this. Hurricane experts who have been flying through the eye of the storm collecting data believe it will gradually track close to the coast of east florida. Then, over the next few days, while weakening, it is expected to move along the coast towards south and North Carolina. People here in florida are preparing for the worst. In some coastal areas, the authorities have ordered residents to move out, something the white house is also calling for. Hundreds of miles before the eye of the storm before it makes landfall. It is going to go for hundreds of miles. We expect most of the eastern seaboard will be openly impacted, and some of it, very, very severely. It is not yet clear whether Hurricane Dorian will make landfall on the east coast of the United States. But this massive storm is too dangerous to take any chances. Already, in the north bahamas, initial estimates are that the hurricane has destroyed or damaged 13,000 homes. Soon, florida could be in the firing line. Lets show you the latest pictures that we have got. We were seeing pictures from the eye of the storm, quite extraordinary images that have been sent through. It is an incredibly slow moving hurricane, and that is partly why it is causing so much devastation, because as it travels with those winds of 180 mph, it is moving slowly over the areas it is affecting, so it is obviously therefore longer, and it is the most powerful storm to hit the bahamas since records began, causing devastation there, and obviously, the question is now are where it will go next. We will keep you up to date with the latest on that and also, of course, on brexit on the news channel. Right now, we will post to say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. We will pause. Lets pick up again with the hurricane. Lets go to florida now and speak to cbs News Reporter hilary lane, who is following the story there. It all looks calm as they wait to see what happens. What are the concerns there7 see what happens. What are the concerns there . How are preparing . People are concerned about the impact it is going to have on the florida coast, and now georgia and north and South Carolinas could be impacted as well. Even if dorian doesnt make a direct hit, directly hitting the bahamas, there could still be very high storm surge, dangerous winds and Power Outages for days. So how are people preparing7 for days. So how are people preparing . People are doing all different types of things. There is a mandatory evacuation orders in nine counties in florida and many coastal communities in georgia and the carolinas. Coastal communities in georgia and the ca rolinas. Many coastal communities in georgia and the carolinas. Many people are leaving, going to higher ground, going west. They are going with family members or in shelters, to higher ground. Other people are hunkering down and choosing to ride out the storm. They are making sure they have all the necessities, including gas, food and water. There we re including gas, food and water. There were hundreds of cars lined up in gas stations across the state, people waiting for hours to make sure they have the gas they need, because even if the storm passes, it could be a while before supplies arrive in stores here. And what is the latest from the bahamas, with the latest from the bahamas, with the details still emerging7 yes, well, we know the bahamas have been battered by the storm, category five directly impacting that area. Home is completely level. Wejust saw a video of holmes floating in the water alongside boats. We know a little boy drowned in the water that is the storm surge rows. So a devastating situation in the bahamas. Thank you very much. An update on our headlines downing street warns conservative mps to back borisjohnson or face the sack ahead of a critical week at westminster. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, says borisjohnsons plans to suspend parliament are an attack on democracy which will be resisted. Hurricane dorian smashes into the bahamas with winds of up to 180 miles an hour, causing massive damage and severe flooding. Sport now. We canjoin we can join ollie for the latest. Good morning, joanna. It will be a big cricket week. Despite ben stokes heroics in the last ashes test, the victory that levelled the series for england, we knew they would be changes in the batting. Joe denly will be pumped up the order to open at old trafford in the third test on wednesday. He will swap places with jason roy. Test on wednesday. He will swap places with jason roylj test on wednesday. He will swap places with jason roy. I got a call from joe root after a bit of time off and just said he would like me to go out the top of the order and try to get us off to a good start. Obviously, jason is going to bat number 04, and he is great for england cricket. With jason in the team, we are better. Hopefully with him coming in at four, the new ball worn off, and myself and rory doing ourjobs at the top, its enables him to come in and play his way, and he isa him to come in and play his way, and he is a dangerous player, so he is great to have there. Australia need to make at least one change as well. Which batsmen will be dropped to make way for steve smith7 here he is, the top run scorer smith7 here he is, the top run scorer in the series, with the rest of the australian squad at old trafford, training this morning. Having recovered from that concussion that saw him miss the third test. He was replaced at headingley, and his replacement could not have done much more to sta ke a could not have done much more to stake a claim for a start, with 2 2 centuries. The Opening Partnership of Marcus Harrison and david warner is also still far from settled. Former Manchester United striker rama lulu kaki was subjected to racist abuse yesterday played for his new club inter milan. He scored what turned out to be the winner, but was targeted with monkey chants from so so actions of the crowd before and after he faced his penalty kick. There will be some pressure on the sardinian club, his fa ns pressure on the sardinian club, his fans have been involved in a string of racist incidents in recent seasons. Joanna content is the first british woman in 36 years to reach the quarterfinals of the us open. She says that is a massive achievement for her. Nor did it look likely when she was a set and 3 1 down in the match. She dug deep to look there would knock out the third seed. The big news in the mens draw is the withdrawal of the defending champion and world number one novak chocolates. He was two sets down on his fourth round match against stan van rinker when they had to call it a day because of a shoulder injury that has been troubling him all week. He was booed off the court and later to the crowd, explaining that he just could not carry on. That is all for now. Much more on the bbc sport website. Go to the football pages, because the major european leagues transfer window shuts today, and a couple of players from the premier league have moved abroad, so what the transfer news is on there. I will be back with a full updated on tap is one. Thank you, ollie. Some breaking news from our political editor. She says a cabinet is being called for this afternoon. The Prime Minister is also going to be speaking to tory mps. She has followed that up with another saying, just what could they be discussing . Another saying, just what could they be discussing 7 i another saying, just what could they be discussing . I understand a real possibility nowjohnson might put emotion down to ask mps to vote for an election this week, but still no final decision. There has been a lot of speculation about whether that might be the move that number 10 goes for, to try to wrong foot those attem pts goes for, to try to wrong foot those atte m pts by goes for, to try to wrong foot those attempts by political opponents to try to block a no deal brexit. So lots being discussed behind closed doors. We will of course keep you up to date with the latest developments from westminster. But as we look ahead to westminster returning to action tomorrow, today, the news in birmingham, where we are gauging the mood of the city which narrowly voted for the uk to leave the eu in 2016. Annita is in c and scenery square the eu in 2016. Annita is in c and scenery square for us. We can join her there now. Thank you, joanna. If you know the area, thank you, joanna. If you know the area , you thank you, joanna. If you know the area, you will know i am surrounded by the symphony hall, birmingham wrap, and the library as well. As busy as it is in westminster, we thought this was the ideal time to get away from the westminster bubble and find out what people beyond westminster think about what is happening with brexit and the continuing Political Uncertainty. Earlier this morning, not as early as the traders who work there, i hasten to add, i went to birmingham wholesale market to ask the traders on their thoughts on food supply and pricing after brexit, something michael gove talked about yesterday in interviews on the andrew marr show, and also their concerns about getting food from the continent to hear post brexit, whatever form that ta kes. Hear post brexit, whatever form that takes. This is about as far away from the westminster bubble as you can imagine, but with michael gove saying yesterday that after brexit, people will have all the food they need, we have come here today to actually ask the traders what they think about how brexit is going to impact the availability and price of food. George perry is one of the oldest, longest established traders here, and mark tate is with the firm. Mark, what do you think . We dont know what exactly is going to happen with brexit yet, but what sort of impact is it going to have on the cost of food on the availability of food, like the fruit and veg you sell7 food, like the fruit and veg you sell . I dont think availability is going to be a major problem. Obviously, the timing with the transport, this time of year, it is about 30 we are taking out of england, 70 out of europe, mainly spain. Into the wintertime, a lot of the spanish salad season will start, so it will probably be 80 as of europe. And what about the cost . I think there will be an implement of cost there, the paperwork, etc, but we will try to make that so that the end user does not pay for it. We will offer the growers less money for the product and then try to move it in there. We will try to mitigate it in there. We will try to mitigate it all. So as mark was saying, everything here is perishable. You can stockpile the kind of things they sell at birmingham wholesale market. Here in the flour section, all these beautiful bouquets ready to go out to florists, and paul forrest is here. He advises the market and brexit issues. So as an illustration of how brexit might affect the market, what is the flower trade tell us . 80 of the flowers we see here were bought on the amsterdam exchange, probably by about 10am yesterday morning. They would have arrived here at 3am this morning, and by 11am or midday today, they would be distributed to shops across wales and then West Midlands. So if you read into that delivery time another of the 2436 hrs to it, that will cut into margins, probably inflate prices, but also affect the quality of stock on sale. Back to food, and trader steven waters is with me. Tell me where this fish is from. Scottish salmon, hake and monkfish from scotland. Mostly from scotland. M ostly u k from scotland. Mostly uk fish here, today. In the fresh variety. And what is brexit, as far as you can predict, going to move that would mean for business . As faras move that would mean for business . As far as the fishing industry in the uk, very little change short term. Ina the uk, very little change short term. In a more long term basis, im hopeful that some of the fish from further afield, from south america and the far east, will eventually have more favourable tariffs to this country. At the moment, they can have large tariffs on them, which affect the pound in peoples pockets. What is it going to mean for the fish that goes on to peoplesplate, the availability and price7 peoplesplate, the availability and price . Very little at the moment. It isa price . Very little at the moment. It is a notoriously unstable product affected by the weather and things like that. But the majority of the fish we ate in this country are still in the uk from the uk. We export more than we import. Sol think very little change short term. Long term, i hope it will be favourable if we can reach a sensible, mature settlement with the eu on our withdrawal. Thanks to everyone there at the wholesale market was showing us around this morning. Well, business throughout this process has repeatedly said that it does not wa nt repeatedly said that it does not want uncertainty, yet uncertainty is still what we have. Lets get the thoughts and all of that now from richard butler, the West Midlands regional director of the cbi, and henrietta brearley, from the birmingham chambers of commerce. Thank you very much for coming along. How prepared is birmingham and the wider region for brexit, given that we dont know what shape that will be at . I think what shape that will be at . Ithink in what shape that will be at . I think in many cases, certainly for the large and medium sized businesses, they are reasonably well prepared, but down the value chain to smaller companies, they have less time to get prepared and they are still in quite an uncertain situation. I think a key point to make really is, october 31, situation. I think a key point to make really is, 0ctober31, if situation. I think a key point to make really is, october 31, if we have a no deal, uncertainty continues. It does not actually address the problem at that point. Henrietta, would you agree smaller businesses are struggling more to get ready for whatever happens next . Absolutely, as richard alluded to, smaller businesses have fewer resources. So directors and managers are largely working in the business rather than on it and thinking strategically. That being said, quite a few smes i speak to are working hard to prepare for brexit and have considered all eventualities. We are hoping to help others learn from that experience and see how they can also prepare. Tell us about the help you are offering. I have seen some billboards around town. Yes, one of the key we offer is a Business Health check, which is a totally online tool for businesses which is free. You answer a set of questions about your operation and it provides about your operation and it provides a personalised report. Saying these are the key brexit related areas to be aware of for your business, a little check list to get started. It is great for businesses who are going, i dont know what to do, or those who are going, have i missed anything . We have lots and lots of online content, events and guidance, all available for free through the chambers of commerce. Given the political rhetoric we are hearing now, what is your message to government7 now, what is your message to government . I will message to government . I will message to government today, the director general of the cbi has sent a personal message to every mp, really setting out some of the economic concerns of a no deal. This isnt about project via, it is about reality. They will be a severe Economic Cost from no deal, and we wa nt Economic Cost from no deal, and we want the government to do whatever it can to prevent that from happening. What impact could all this have on the commonwealth games, due to take place in birmingham in 20227 due to take place in birmingham in 2022 . That is due to take place in birmingham in 20227 that is a huge event for the city. Could there be a knock on from uncertainty over brexit7 there could be, but i think brexit is fundamentally a a bigger issue than the commonwealth games. The Significant Impact will be more than the game is lasting just a couple of weeks. We have to get this right, or they will be economic challenges for years to come. Henrietta, what is your message to businesses that have so far been reactive rather than proactive7 businesses that have so far been reactive rather than proactive 7m is not too late to start looking into how brexit might impact your business. Like you say, we dont know what will happen, but everyone can look at the most disruptive scenario, a no deal brexit, and test out what areas of their business could be affected. Look under the hood, figure out what those risks are, and take steps to reduce your exposure to those key risks. It will be worth it in the long run, and you may even find some opportunities to strengthen your business regardless of brexit. Thank you both very much for your time today. Later, i will be talking toa time today. Later, i will be talking to a manufacturer of espresso and cappuccino machines based here in birmingham. The luxury end of the market, to ask what impact brexit is having on their business. For the moment, back to you. Thank you very much, annita. We will also answer your questions about what could happen this week and in the next few months in a bbc asked this later. Annita will be joined by alex to reuter from the centre for brexit studies, so if you have any questions you would like annita to put, get in touch with the Contact Details on screen now. The indian steel maker tata is to close a plant in newport, south wales with the loss of 380 jobs. The site, which makes the steel used in electricity transformers, was put up for sale in may last year. They have been unable to find a buyer, and the news has broken today that the plant is going to be closing. Our correspondent, hywel griffith, is in our cardiff newsroom. What have you been told . What will the sequence of events be7 this plant has been loss making for several years, and having failed to find a buyer since last may, they have essentially given up, and given that they have been trying to restructure their business, their planned merger was thwarted by the eu earlier this year, so they are looking to consolidate on the core product of steel, and so these side businesses are all being re evaluated and this is one of the ones which they have decided to close. We dont know yet when the plant will close. The workers are only being told today, and the unions, not surprisingly, are unhappy. They think the site has a future, given particularly the growing market for electrical vehicles on the type of steel they make there, which could potentially be part of that supply chain. But tata says it would take a Huge Investment to transform the works, one which they are not willing to make at the moment. Thank you very much. I should say that tata has also been unable to find a buyerfor that tata has also been unable to find a buyer for the wolverhampton engineering Steel Service centre, and is proposing to close that also. That would potentially affect up to 26jobs, including a sales that would potentially affect up to 26 jobs, including a sales office. Tata say every effort will be made to mitigate the impact of these closures are employees who are affected, including offering alternative Employment Opportunities where possible at other tata sites. We will keep you updated. Contrasting weather fortunes this afternoon. For much of england and wales it is dry. A bit more cloud developing through the afternoon that might bring a few isolated showers to wales and south west england. The wettest of the weather today will be in northern ireland, scotla nd today will be in northern ireland, scotland and the far north of england. Very persistent outbreaks of rain. It will be windy in these areas, as well. Further south, with some brighter weather, 19 22d. Overnight tonight, it stays cloudy. Further pulses of reworking and at times. Some drier weather across eastern areas, a few clear spells and temperatures between ten and 13. For tuesday, for many it will be a cloudy day with rain, patchy rain just about anywhere. Through the afternoon, we will see a more significant picture frame across northern ireland, scotland on the far north west of england and wales. The rain stays away from south east england. Temperatures up to about 22. Hello this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. The headlines downing street warns conservative mps to back borisjohnson or face the sack, ahead of a critical week at westminster. What we want to see is all conservative mps rallying behind him this week, making sure that he has the best opportunity to deliver on that commitment. Tory rebels say the government wants a general election and is trying to purge opponents from the party. Its obviously a confrontational approach and i think designed, frankly, to realign the conservative party, to transform the conservative party, very much in the direction of a brexit party. Labour party leaderJeremy Corbyn says he wants a general election and that his party will do everything it can to stop a no deal brexit. It is the people, not an unelected Prime Minister, who should determine our countrys future. An election is the democratic way forward. Hurricane dorian smashes into the bahamas with winds of up to 180mph, causing massive damage and severe flooding. Parts of it are already underwater. In some areas, you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins. Pictures show the inside the eye of the storm, which is moving slowly towards the eastern coat of america. As commercial whaling begins again injapan, younger generations say they want to watch whales, not eat them. Jeremy corbyn has vowed to resist moves by the government to suspend parliament. In a speech in salford, he said this week could be the last chance for mps to stop a no deal brexit. Mps return to Parliament Tomorrow. Now lets speak to senior house of Commons Library clerk, graeme cowie. Could you talk through some of what what will happen potentially this week7 lets talk about prospects of those against our no deal brexit taking control of the agenda and getting the legislation through. What with the legislation through. What with the chance of that being a success . It is difficult to say at this stage are likely any attempts of that nature are to succeed. Back in april, a number of mps managed to ta ke april, a number of mps managed to take control of the order paper by voting to amend the government motion and then to legislate to pass something thats said to theresa mays government that they would have to ask for an extension to article 50. This time round, it might not be straightforward because it is not as easy to take control of the order paper. That route is not available as before. The expectation is that members will try to use an emergency debate to take of the order paper and they will try to do that on tuesday, but it is not clear yet whether they have the numbers for that whether the procedural device will be able to be used. There has been indications that the government mightjust there has been indications that the government might just ignore there has been indications that the government mightjust ignore any legislation that might get passed. One of the bedrock principles of the uk constitution is the rule of law. It requires not just uk constitution is the rule of law. It requires notjust ordinary people but also governments to obey the law as validly enacted by parliament. It would be quite remarkable if a statute was to be ignored out right. That is not to say that the government might try to find a loophole or something in the act that enables them to do something else, but not to follow the act out right would be constitutionally very sketchy, to say the least. There is also a lot of talk about the government triggering the process of calling an election before brexit. The government needs to have a two thirds majority in the commons in orderfor an election thirds majority in the commons in order for an election to go through. Talk us through what the process would be. From the moment of Boris Johnson potentially saying he wants to call an election, how long would it take, what is the minimum time frame to having an election . For the sake of argument, if on wednesday the government were to indicate that it wanted an early general election, it wanted an early general election, it will table an emotion a motion. That would be debated on the thursday and, provided that two thirds or more of the commons agreed with that proposition, you would then trigger an early general election. You would then need to have a proclamation to set the election date, but that would then have to be at least slightly over five weeks from that point before you could get to polling day. In practice, i think that would work out right about either friday the 11th to about the 17th of october at the earliest possible date that it could take place. It could take place later. Does it have to be a thursday7 place later. Does it have to be a thursday . Not as a matter of law. An election can take place on any working day. Since 1931 all general elections have taken place on a thursday, so make of that what you will. We will see what unfolds over the next days. Thank you very much for joining the next days. Thank you very much forjoining us. The leader of the house, jacob rees mogg, has accused a doctor of fear mongering after he challenged the commons leader to say how many people he would accept could die as a result of a no deal brexit. Dr david nicol, a consultant urologist involved in the operation yellowhammer report into the impact of a no deal brexit on the nhs, called into lbcs ring rees mogg show to ask what mortality rate he would accept if the uk crashed out of the eu without a deal. This is dr david nichol. Im a consultant urologist. I was actually involved in yellowhammer and drafting the plans of mitigation for a no deal brexit in march. My question to you, really, having been involved in writing the plans of mitigation, having whistle blown as i felt they were unsafe, what level of mortality rate are you willing to accept in the light of a no deal brexit7 well, i dont think there is any reason to suppose that a no deal brexit should lead to a mortality rate. I think this is the worst excess of project fear and im surprised that a doctor in your position would be fear mongering in this way on public radio. Can i remind you, i wrote the plans of mitigation . In mitigation . You didnt write very good plans if you havent worked out how to mitigate, have you . Its fortunate they are being written by other people now who are serious about mitigating rather than remoaners. There are reserve plans to fly drugs and if necessary. This is a major focus of government policy. I think its deeply irresponsible dr nichol of you to call in and try and spread fear across the country. I think its typical of remainercampaigners and you should be quite ashamed, im afraid. Away from westminster, the politics continue in birmingham. Were there finding out how people feel about brexit, in a city which narrowly voted for the uk to leave the eu. Annita mcveigh is in centenary square for us. Hi,joanna. It hi, joanna. It voted by the narrowest of margins to leave the eu. Not the uncertainty is continuing three years on. Really, we are focusing on what impact that is having on business here today. With me is adrian maxwell, managing director of a company which ma nufa ctu res director of a company which manufactures here in the city cappuccino and Espresso Coffee makers. What has the last three yea rs makers. What has the last three years done to your business . Are you positive or concerned7 years done to your business . Are you positive or concerned 7 quite positive or concerned 7 quite positive at the moment, but we have looked at other avenues concerning the eu situation and the problems we have got. The uk market has been slow, no two ways about it, and we havent had any growth over the last three years but we have maintained our situation. We are looking to push forward now by exporting more machines. So the weaker pound has been beneficial for you . Absolutely. Its been beneficial for you . Absolutely. Its a massive difference. You are looking at a 5 10 reduction in cost purely on currency exchange. We are paying a premium on some things we have to bring in from abroad. Going forward, selling outside of the eu look fantastic, gives script benefits. Where are you looking at abroad7 benefits. Where are you looking at abroad . The forest predominantly, china, taiwan, india, pakistan, thailand, singapore. That is where we see our group coming from, worldwide markets rather than the eu market, although we do still sell into the eu. In terms of the Political Uncertainty, how have you tried to mitigate those impacts that you felt here at home in the domestic market . We have tried to maintain the domestic market. What we have done to ensure that uppers invest in Customer Service to give the best service that we can. It will promote the british product and we are all part of made in britain. That helps us enormously. It gives control over what we are doing. All in all, we see our game is coming from abroad. The big clients that you work for, banks, has trade dispute from clients like that . The big boys are slowing. They are holding back on refurbishment. It is only if a new site opens that we get the business. Having said that, there are still renewals and repairs. Coffee is here to stay in the uk, that will not change. We still think there is plenty of market share. With the weak point, it stops people bringing in machines from abroad. We have the service, the back appear in the uk, so we have that edge over our competitors. Adrian, thank you very much. A really positive assessment there from adrian about what has been happening over the last few years in terms of how they have been able to keep their business, developing the business and expanding into new markets while trying to mitigate against any concerns in the domestic market. It has been interesting hearing about proactive companies versus reactive companies. Generally speaking, it tends to be the bigger firms that are more proactive, the smaller firms firms that are more proactive, the smallerfirms are more reactive, taking a wait and see approach before they make any definite moves to plan for brexit, whatever form before they make any definite moves to plan for brexit, whateverform it might take. To plan for brexit, whatever form it might take. Later, we will be answering questions from you with the brexit expert. Well be answering your questions about what could happen this week and over the next few months in a bbc ask this. There will be a Cabinet Meeting this afternoon and borisjohnson addressing mps. The Cabinet Meeting will be at five oclock this afternoon and borisjohnson will then address all tory mps in the downing street garden at 6pm. It is fuelling speculation that he might be about to say that he wants to see a general election. Obviously, with no idea until it happens, but that is certainly the speculation. If that were to be the case, i was speaking to the Senior Library clerk at the house of commons, who said that if one is called this week the earliest window for an election would be between the 11th 17th of october. Secondary School Pupils and students in hong kong have been taking part in the latest stage of months of pro democracy protests. Hundreds have joined a boycott of classes, with some forming human chains outside schools on the first day of the new academic term. But a call for a two day general strike appears to have drawn little support. Earlier, our correspondent in hong kong, stephen mcdonell, had the latest on the developing protests. Students, both university and high school students, have boycotted classes today. At the universities, it was the first week back for the semester. They have boycotted classes and in the high schools stu d e nts classes and in the high schools students are standing outside the High School Buildings joining hands ina High School Buildings joining hands in a so called human chain. They are coming under some pressure from the government, as other schools, for allowing them to do this, but i dont quite see how you could stop them if you are at the school. This is part of a broader call for strike action today. Given the weather, the driving rain and strong winds that have been battering hong kong, it is ha rd to have been battering hong kong, it is hard to gauge how many people have supported the strike because there are shops and Small Businesses closed. Nurses and other hospital staff at some hospitals have had protests at the workplace. Generally speaking, it is more peaceful here in the city when you compare it to the violent clashes we saw on saturday and the chaos at the airport on sunday when transport connections to the airport was shut down, when there was traffic gridlock leading to the airport and protesters were successfully able to disrupt operations there. This crisis just keeps looming on disrupt operations there. This crisisjust keeps looming on in hong kong and as the activist find new ways to disrupt the city. However, they are also being arrested in bigger numbers and some of them appeared in court today, activists who were caught on saturday night have been charged with rioting. If they are found guilty, that could mean up to ten years in prison and the authorities here are hoping they can raise them, grab enough protesters and the rest enough of them and charge enough of them that will take the heat out of this movement, but it isnt stopping people from turning out at the moment. Given that we must be over a thousand arrested now since the beginning of this crisis which started early in june. A fleet of five japanese ships has put to sea to resume the first commercial whale hunt carried out by the country in over 30 years. In june, tokyo officially withdrew from the International Whaling commission and said the fleet could catch 227 minkie whales this season. But theres a growing number of people who say hunting whales is becoming outdated and theres a new way to make money from whales, as Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. A few hours ago, this 10 metre long whale was harpooned off the Pacific Coast of japan. Now, it is being hauled ashore in the little whaling town of wada. Immediately, a team gets to work butchering the six ton animal. The whalers here are delighted that, after 33 years, they are finally free to hunt again. Whaling is a hugely emotive issue but here injapan, many people genuinely do not understand the outside worlds obsession with them catching wales. They say they have been doing this for centuries, they do so to eat the meat and they do so sustainably, and that this is a traditional part of japanese culture. But it is also true that these people lining up to buy the whale meat are a tiny, ageing minority. This year, japanese whalers will catch just 227 animals. Even the most ardent whaling supporters say the industry cant make money. No, definitely not. How they can make money from 227, and sooner or later, maybe within five years or ten years, my best guess would be no more whaling. But there are other ways to make money from whales. 1,000 kilometres south of tokyo lie the remote ogasawara islands. This is where the humpbacks come to breed and give birth. And this is where whale watching in japan began. This is naomi, and she is going to put the hydrophone down into the water here and were going to see if we can hear the whales calling. Squeaking and clucking. That is the sound of the whales calling to each other. Theyre a little far away, but there you go. But what an amazing sound for the yamamoto family, this has been a life changing experience. Translation when i saw the whales today, i thought they are so beautiful. So it is very hard for me to even think about catching and eating them. Far to the north, japans whaling fleet is setting sail. But here, the whales are safe and the tourists can marvel at these graceful giants of the deep. More than a million teenage boys will miss out on potentially life saving vaccinations, a charity has warned. The teenage cancer trust is calling for all teenage boys and young men to be offered the hpv vaccination on the nhs, to protect them in later life. Teenage girls have been able to get the jab in the uk since 2008, but now boys aged 11 13 will be offered it too. The charity said older boys were missing out, as anisa kadri reports. Take a deep breath in. For more than ten years, girls in the uk have been vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus causing most cases of Cervical Cancer. This year, boys aged 11 to 13 will also be able to get the hpv vaccine at schools but, unlike girls, those over the age of 13 will not be able to get it for free on the nhs. The teenage cancer trust says it is unfair older boys would have to pay £150 per dose for vaccinations. Their research, involving 2,000 people, shows around three quarters of teenage boys and young men aged 13 to 24 would take up the jab if it was offered to them for free, as it is for teenage girls and young women. However, if they had to pay, nearly half say they would remain unvaccinated. Only one in three teenagers and young adults would be willing to pay for the hpv vaccine. As well as the majority of Cervical Cancer cases, hpv is also linked to oral, throat and anal cancers. The government says that vaccinating older boys would only have limited benefit but the charity is worried more than a million teenage boys and young men could miss out on life saving vaccinations. Anisa kadri, bbc news. From spring next year, a new opt out system comes into place in england and scotland, meaning all adults will be presumed to be organ donors unless they have specifically recorded their decision not to be. The system is already in place in wales, but how much of a difference does it make if we do decide to donate . Nina warhurst has been to meet a man who was staring death in the face waiting for a heart transplant, and the mother of a boy who, in dying, gave the gift of life to others. Its strong. Very strong, good. What could be more bittersweet than listening to your sons heart beating but inside another man . Lisa and gordon have a shared bond through this heart and, coincidently, a shared love of west ham united. The last time i was here, when gordon was here last year, my daughter, pippa, and i were sitting up there, and we knew gordon was in the crowd and we had not met so we knew toms heart was beating somewhere in the stadium and that was surreal for us. Both tom and i are together now, as a team, in the stadium, so we are together as one. Tom was just 22 when he was knocked unconscious doing what he loved, playing hockey. Doctors told lisa and her husband there was no hope for him, but their record showed hed signed the donor register. I wanted to wake him up, i wanted to say, tom, i am so proud of your decision but, of course, he made the decision for us. Through tom donating, not just his organs, but his tissues, his bones, his skin, 50 peoples lives have been saved or improved, including fatima, who came on bbc breakfast with part of tom living on inside her. He is my hero. Hes you hero, isnt he . And he gave me his liver. Lisa had already been on bbc breakfast with her husband, graham, just days after toms death, to encourage organ donation. I think it gives us some hope and comfort. But weeks later, tragically, graham also died. And his final wish was that lisa would continue campaigning, transforming lives of people like gordon. By having toms heart, i feel, you know, ijust cant describe the words. What im saying is that. I love him and he is kind of one of us. He is part living. He has given me a Second Chance of life. It is amazing that both tom and i are supporters of west ham. It isjust right, it feltjust right, when i heard that gordon was a supporter but when you think of. Fortunes always rising. I look everywhere, im for blowing bubbles, all pretty bubbles in the air. United, united do it together united, united nina warhurst, bbc news. In a moment, reeta charabarti will have the bbc news at one. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. Hurricane dorian at his peak was the second strongest hurricane on record. You can see the eye of the storm, that is over the island of grand bahama. Hurricane dorian has stopped moving. Winds are gusting up to 200 miles an hour at the moment. That will bring catastrophic damage to the island of grand bahama. Looking at our weather, we have contrasting fortunes weather wise today. A fair amount of sunshine across england and wales, but for northern ireland, scotland and the far north of england we have thick cloud bringing outbreaks of rain. This guy is the difference in these Northern Areas quite grey and gloomy with patches of blue cloud around. There will be little overall change in the weather story as we go through the rest of this afternoon there will be a bit of cloud bubbling up in england and wales, but still spells of sunshine across the midlands, east anglia and south east england. There will be a few passing light showers. Temperatures of 15 in edinburgh, not the warmest of days. High team or early 20s in the south. That takes on into the night time. It will stay cloudy with further bursts of rain over northern ireland, into south west scotland and north west england as well. Temperatures ten to 13 degrees. Tuesday, cloud thick enough to bring bursts of rain anywhere in Western Areas in the morning. Into the afternoon, the rain gets heavier in the north Western Areas. Northern ireland, western scotland, northern scotla nd ireland, western scotland, northern scotland saying spells of rain with damp weather getting into northern england. The south east stays dry. The rain will arrive there on tuesday night. Into wednesday, low pressure is responsible for that wet weather and it will purchase way eastwards. We will start to get the cold northerly winds moving in. A real change to how the weather feels is to go through wednesday. Another u nsettled is to go through wednesday. Another unsettled day with a band room clearing. Some sun chang follows that towards the south east, but there will be lengthy spells of rain in the north of the country and temperatures will be going down all the time. Just 11 degrees in stornoway and only 12 in aberdeen. Mps return for a crunch week for brexit with westminster braced for a major confrontation between the government and conservative rebels. As mps opposing borisjohnson plan to block a no deal brexit, the government threatens to expel any tories who do so. It does seem to me that they are almost goading people into voting against the government, because i think their strategy, to be honest, is to lose this week and then seek a general election. What the Prime Minister quite understandably wants to do is to ensure that he delivers on his promise to britain to leave the European Union on the 315t of october, with a deal