Im on the outskirts of Whaley Bridge and i will have all the latest on developments overnight. Two holiday firms with bookings from more than 50,000 people have ceased trading. Last month was probably the warmestjuly on record, according to new research. And after australian steve smiths 144 yesterday, can england hit back in the second day of the first ashes test at edgbaston . Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The liberal democrats have won the brecon and radnorshire by election taking the seat from the conservatives and leaving borisjohnsons government with a working majority of one. Here is the result the lib dem candidate jane dodds overturned a conservative majority of over 8,000 to beat the incumbent mp chris davies byjust over 1,400 votes. The brexit party pushed labour into fourth place. 0ther pro remain parties had stood aside to allow the lib dems a better chance to reclaim the seat they lost in the 2015 general election. 0ur political correspondent, Jonathan Blake spent the night at the count and sent this report. The votes had been cast and the counting could begin. Conservatives fighting to hold on, liberal democrats sensing a chance. Both sides knew it would be close. I do hereby declare thatjane dodds is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency. A win for the party that campaigned against brexit, and a message to the new Prime Minister from parliaments newest member. My very first act as your mp when i arrive in westminster will be to find mr borisjohnson, wherever hes hiding, and tell him loud and clear stop playing with the future of our communities and rule out a no deal brexit now. Liberal democrats threw everything at this by election, although they held back from their staunch stop brexit message, knowing it might cost them votes in a constituency finely balanced between leave and remain. In the end, it was a narrow victory, but one the lib dems will say shows that they are a party on the up. The liberal democrats were helped here by other anti brexit parties standing aside. It was a terrible result for labour, who finished a distant fourth. The brexit Party Managed third, maybe costing the conservatives a win. For him and for his party, defeat will be deeply felt. Lets go live to brecon, where the lib dems are holding a celebrate cherry gathering. We expect the lib dems need tojo swinson to arrive there in the next few minutes. A big boost for her, of course, not long after she took over the leadership of the liberal democrats. And a significant setback for Boris Johnson, one of the swiftest by election defeat that any Prime Minister has everfaced. By election defeat that any Prime Minister has ever faced. Now, clearly the lib dems were helped by the fact that other parties, plaid, the fact that other parties, plaid, the greens and so on, who support remain, had decided not to put up their own candidates. In this seat they rallied around the liberal democrat candidate, jane dodds. We can see similar dem staff giving a few instructions to the team on the ground to make sure they give a big cheer when the new liberal democrat mpfor cheer when the new liberal democrat mp for brecon and Radnorshire Jane Dodds arrives there fairly shortly with the party leader, jo swinson. We can speak to tomos morgan who has been following events there, what we re been following events there, what were the key factors on the ground . I think no doubt brexit was a huge issue for the constituency here, as it is across the uk, really. Boris johnson came to this constituency to show support to chris davies on tuesday when mrjohnson visited wales for the First Time Since becoming pm. But clearly that was not quite enough for chris davies to hold onto his seat here. You mention that plaid cymru and the greens chose not to stand here, pushing their vote towards the other remain party, the liberal democrats, and the margin of victory was quite small in the end, smaller than many pundits predicted, but liberal democrats have nevertheless come out on top, a remain party has come out on top, a remain party has come out on top, a remain party has come out on top in brecon and radnorshire. Interestingly this constituency resides with in the county of powys, where the brexit party came out on top in the European Parliament elections. Is a hugely divisive issue here. Whenjane dodds won the seat overnight, we managed to grab some time withjo swinson, and this is what she had to say about the actuary and what it meant for the party and, moving forward, the brexit negotiation deals. It is really good for the liberal democrats but i think it has Wider National significance. Not only does it cut borisjohnsons majority to just one and show there is not a mandate for his no deal brexit, it also shows hope to people in this country that they dont have to settle for the choice between Boris Johnson and jeremy corbyn, there is a more positive alternative available, the liberal democrats. A more positive alternative available, the liberal democratsm swinson mentioned jeremy corbyn, labour came forth in this election, only just holding onto labour came forth in this election, onlyjust holding onto their deposit, so a hugely damaging vote in this constituency for the party. Is that a reflection of the way of welsh labour here in wales or a wider reflection of the labour party across the uk . No doubt something to think about if there was an upcoming general election. The brexit party was in third place, came out top in mays parliamentary european actions. If you add the brexit pa rtys vote to the actions. If you add the brexit partys vote to the conservative pa rtys vote, partys vote to the conservative partys vote, the parties for brexit came out on top, but nevertheless it was a lib dems when and we are waiting for a victory speech in brecon with jo waiting for a victory speech in brecon withjo swinson and jane dodds. We are keeping an ion the scene in brecon wherejo swinson and the newest liberal democrat mp, jane dodds, are due to arrive shortly. Clearly they will be absolutely delighted at that victory. Lets talk to our political correspondent, peter saull who is at westminster. Extraordinary in a sense that the liberal democrats won back this seat despite the fact that it is an area which actually voted narrowly to leave the European Union. It reflected the National Result of the 2016 referendum in brecon and radnorshire, 52 is 48 as far as i understand it, leave versus remain. But the liberal democrats working with other pro remain parties was key, the so called remain aligned with plaid cymru and the green party which was enough to get them over the line. As tomos morgan said, many candidates predicted a much larger victory for the lib dems, they expected the brexit party to do better to further spread the pro brexit vote, and the remain parties coalesce together but on the leave side the tories and the brexit party we re side the tories and the brexit party were pretty much split. I think there is some grants for optimism for borisjohnson there is some grants for optimism for Boris Johnson and there is some grants for optimism for borisjohnson and the conservatives, polls have suggested a little bit of a boost in support for the tories since borisjohnson got the keys to number ten downing street. Nevertheless, it is a reminder to the new Prime Minister. Sorry to interrupt you, peter, butjo minister. Sorry to interrupt you, peter, but jo swinson minister. Sorry to interrupt you, peter, butjo swinson and change odds have just arrived peter, butjo swinson and change odds havejust arrived in brecon, so lets have a listen to what they had to say. Jo swinson and jane dodds. Liberal democrats are winning again, and this by election victory shows the people of brecon and radnorshire not only have a first class mp injane dodds, but they have shown the people of britain that we can do better than the choice on offer between Boris Johnson and jeremy corbyn. Liberal democrats have a vision for a cleaner, safer, Richer Country in the European Union, and as leader of the European Union, and as leader of the liberal democrats i will fight to keep other country in the European Union. And we now have in Parliament One more mp who will fight to make that happen. Jane dodds will be a first class representative for brecon and radnorshire and potentially a key vote on cutting borisjohnsons majority to just one. Congratulations, jane. Cheering she speaks in welsh. Thank you very much to the people of brecon and radnorshire. 34 years ago last month, Richard Livesey stood here celebrating a by election victory just like this one. A by election victory that would restore the liberal values that we have all thought so hard for, to this country. And here we stand, bursting borisjohnsons bubble country. And here we stand, bursting Boris Johnsons bubble in country. And here we stand, bursting borisjohnsons bubble in the first week of his premiership, and here we are saying to him very loud and clear that farmers and Agricultural Workers here will not tolerate a no deal brexit. Families who work out will not put with the indignity of going to food banks and that everybody, including especially out that everybody, including especially our young people, want to see aim much clearer and faster action on the climate emergency. We are very clear that we have this opportunity, andl clear that we have this opportunity, and i want to be that voice in parliament that demands from Boris Johnson that he acts on these issues. So i look forward to being the rural voice of wales and liberalism in parliament with you, jo swinson. Thank you. She speaks in welsh. Studio from the liberal Democrat Team at the two supportjo swinson there were cheers. Also supporting the new lib dems mpjane dodds. She said she hoped to be a rural voice for wales and a strong liberal. In parliament. But she also talked about bursting Boris Johnsons bubble in his first week in power. We heard earlierfrom jo swinson, the only recently elected lib dems leader, saying it showed that the lib dems are winning again and that they could offer an alternative to the choice between borisjohnson alternative to the choice between Boris Johnson and jeremy corbyn. Lets go back to peter saull at westminster. Borisjohnson had seen a bounce in the polls, how big a blow is this for him . It is relatively quiet in westminster, mps are largely on their summer break, parliament is not sitting, but when they come back in september i think we will get an almighty battle once again over brexit, there is the prospect of a no confidence vote in the first week of september in Boris Johnsons government. As you heard johnsons government. As you heard jo swinson say, the new Prime Ministers working majority has been cut to just ministers working majority has been cut tojust one. Ministers working majority has been cut to just one. The new Prime Minister will face many of the same challenges as theresa may in terms of getting things to parliament, that was put to the conservative Party Chairman James Cleverly when he spoke to bbc breakfast earlier. The simple truth is that as we have seen the simple truth is that as we have seen over the simple truth is that as we have seen over the last six to 12 months, whether it is a majority of one, two or three is largely irrelevant. How is it irrelevant . I was about to explain. Go on, then. The house has comprehensively rejected the withdrawal agreement, and specifically because of the backstop. If the backstop can be removed, democracy can win out and we can leave with a deal, but that is not really dependent on whether it be one, two or three. You Michael Caines of challenges faced by Boris Johnson, 90 days until the deadline of the 315t of october, when he says we will be leaving the European Union do or die. James cleverly says the government is trying to renegotiate the deal struck by theresa may with the eu to remove the backstop entirely from that, but even the backstop entirely from that, but evenif the backstop entirely from that, but even if they were able to do that it is something the eu has repeatedly real doubt, there is no guarantee would still get through the houses of parliament. Still with a gradually reducing working majority that borisjohnson has. You may rely on the support of some labour mps, some former conservative mps a former consent 2p has had the whip removed facing allegations, he will continue to vote with the government but there is a very brief honeymoon period for the new Prime Minister before things hot. Lets analyse the by election result in more detail with sirjohn curtice, professor of politics at strathclyde university. Hejoins us this morning he joins us this morning from southern italy. Thank you, i am sure you are keeping a close eye on the statistics from there. Of course we know that by elections are not the same as general elections, but what do you think we have learned from this general election result . Three things we suspected were true from the recent opinion polls are largely by by election result. Conservatives are indeed enjoying something of a bounce under Boris Johnson, are indeed enjoying something of a bounce under borisjohnson, but it is very specific, it is squeeze on the Brexit Party Vote, it got far less tha n the Brexit Party Vote, it got far less than its 30 in the constituency back in may, and what the brexit party achieved in peterborough, where they only narrowly lost out on a by election and defeated the conservatives quite substantially. The conservatives clearly emerged way ahead of the brexit party here, but not well enough to win the seat, and the Brexit Party Vote needs squeezing further by the conservatives. The second thing we have had confirmed, with the labour party recording its worst ever performance in this constituency, just saving its deposit, is the labour party is in actual trouble, many labour voter was switching in order to defeat the conservatives, however. Ability revival in Westminster Voting intentions, which has so far only really been confirmed by the polls, is now very clearly evidenced in the by election result. It is not a by election result. It is not a by election we would expect them to win as much as a couple of months ago, but here in a place where they previously had local strength and Still Holding some bit seat and a lwa ys Still Holding some bit seat and always have had, and have had the constituency for much of the time between 1985 and 2015, they had demonstrated that in those circumstances they can do well enough to be able to defeat the conservatives. This is a warning sign to the conservatives who i think Aaron Driscoll getting rather overexcited by noticeable but not very large leads over labour in many of the opinion polls, that one of the things they have to worry about is losing seats to the liberal democrats, and on this kind of performance, 40 or 50 liberal democrat mps is not inconceivable in any general election, and i could make the difference between Boris Johnson having a majority and not. Johnson having a majority and not. Jo swinson said it shows that the lib dems are winning again and could provide a real alternative to what was on offer, notjust from Boris Johnson but also jeremy was on offer, notjust from Boris Johnson but alsojeremy corbyn. Clearly they were helped here by the fa ct clearly they were helped here by the fact that other parties on the remain side of the argument decided not to put up candidates, but it looks as though they could be picking up, as we saw in the european elections, votes from the conservatives but perhaps also votes from labour supporters . They are picking up some votes from the conservatives, nine or 10 of those who voted conservative in 2017 had voted for the liberal democrats. At the end of the day, but is not the conservatives principal problem, that has been the loss of votes to the brexit party. The lib dems are gaining more from labour than the conservatives, because there are far more remain voters who have previously voted for the labour party and it is to remain as that the lib dems are primarily appealing. But notice the use of the language by jane dodds, appealing. But notice the use of the language byjane dodds, the new mp of brecon, of the lib dems being the rural voice. If they are going to turn the previous local strength in places like brecon, montgomery next door, ceredigion and much of the south west of england. Places which to leap in the eu election, they will have to link that stop brexit argument with the more traditional lib dems appeal that we are the party of the celtic fringe that defends your interests against london. The interesting thing is to what extent in this constituency they at least managed to put in some of the leave vote on the basis of that appeal. They have to be more than a one trick pony, the lib dems. If they are really going to reca ptu re if they are really going to recapture the losses they had in 2015. But this is certainly some encouragement about their ability to do so. We heard jane dodds say she was hoping this would burst Boris Johnsons bubble, it is a very swift setback for Boris Johnson and johnsons bubble, it is a very swift setback for borisjohnson and these things do have an effect on mood and on momentum . Girl it does, and perhaps one of the problems that borisjohnson has suffered from is perhaps that the bubble created a renting in the last week was perhaps a lwa ys renting in the last week was perhaps always rather overinflated. At the end of the day, even according to the National Opinion polls, and average we are only talking about the conservative party having 31 of the conservative party having 31 of the vote. And in truth herefordshire lead over labour in the polls is not sufficient at the moment for the conservative party have an overall majority, given the dominance of the snp in scotland and that the lib dems could pick up 40 or 50 seats given their current position in the polls. Boris johnson given their current position in the polls. Borisjohnson is perhaps a victim of inflated expectations, but what is clear, this is a much better performance for the conservatives than in peterborough, just a few weeks ago when the vote was down by 25 points. Here it is only down by ten points. That comparison confirms the fact that they are still far from rude health. Borisjohnsons appeal is very much confined to the leave end of the uk, and bearing all those points in mind, it has at least made some progress in getting his party back to electoral health. Sirjohn curtice, many thanks for joining us this morning. The Emergency Services have been working through the night to try and divert water away from a Reservoir Dam in derbyshire, which is in danger of bursting after being damaged in recent flooding. The raf is dropping hundreds of tonnes of sand and gravel onto the dam. Yesterday hundreds of residents were told to leave their homes and they gathered at a local school. Simonjones has this report. A race against time. At first light, an raf helicopterjoins the battle to stop the dam collapsing. It will drop hundreds of tons of aggregate to try to prevent more water entering the reservoir, described by police as an unprecedented, fast moving emergency situation, as intense rain took its toll. Access to nearby Whaley Bridge remained blocked overnight, and a large part of the town evacuated. You cant risk it, can you . If something happens to the dam, i think were getting wet. I think people are horrified about what is happening. It is a shock, because this is peoples lives. Its where they live. A torrent of water flowing over the dam damaged its concrete panel. Sandbags have been put along the top of the reservoir. Pumps are being used to reduce the water to a safe level. The warning is the future of the dam wall remains in the balance. Theres about 1. 2 million tons of water in that reservoir. So the Environment Agency has issued a severe Flood Warning, because we dont know the state of the dam, and if there was a catastrophic failure, that volume of water at Whaley Bridge would have a devastating impact. The clean up is continuing in other parts of Northern England hit by flooding. The National Trusts lyme park in cheshire suffered major damage. But, near Whaley Bridge, residents have been told it could be days before they are allowed back home. They are just hoping they have homes to go back to. Our reporter dave guest is at the road block outside Whaley Bridge. The good news is utterly it looks as though at least it is not raining. What can you tell about the effo rts raining. What can you tell about the efforts under way to try to shore up this term and lower the water were cell level . The one good piece of news is that the sun is shining in the sky is blue, but that does not mean that the danger is past. Beyond that hill behind me is the reservoir and then the town of Whaley Bridge, but this and many other roads leading to Whaley Bridge remain blocked today, the main reason they have blocked this road is that it winds around there, just around the corner is a big stack of aggregate which additional helicopter has been lifting up and carrying to the reservoir. It is a two pronged attack, they are trying to block the breach in the reservoir but also trying to use it to divert water which would normally flow into the reservoir into other watercourses. This is a practised method of trying to relieve the pressure of the reservoir and trying to keep the water away. They had 16 high volume pumps provided by Fire Services from right around the country who have converged on Whaley Bridge, those pumps are trying to pump water out again to get the water level down so the pressure can be relieved on the dam wall, then it can be safe enough for engineers to have a closer look to see the extent of the damage, and how they will fix it. In the meantime, hundreds of people had to leave their homes and Whaley Bridge last night, someone to an Emergency Centre in a local school, i have been chatting to a guy who slept the night in his car. That situation will go on for some time, nobody can a nswer will go on for some time, nobody can answer the question of when they can all go home. Thank you very much indeed forjoining us. Lets speak to the chair of Whaley Bridge town council, councillor martin thomas. Thanks very much indeed forjoining us. Thanks very much indeed forjoining us. I gather you are very close to the turn, just explain where you are . I have left the scene to be away from the noise of the chinook helicopters, but i went to a hill overlooking the dam and i could see the chinook coming over the water and dropping the aggregate onto a wall adjoining the slipway in an attempt to shore it up. And what can you tell us about the efforts to try to shore up that dam and how successful they are in bringing down the water levels . I think the aggregate is ensuring the integrity of the dam, there are 15 pumps as dave was saying taking Water Reservoir road beside the reservoir, the solicitors were opened yesterday and the operative from British Waterways has been there overnight bravely overseeing what is going on. Strangely enough, i was working on a project about a replacement of the valves which took place in 2011, and technically, without these pumps, it would take five days for the water level to halve within the reservoir, assuming we dont have more rain. So assuming we dont have more rain. So as others have said, this is a long haul operation. The work the ref half turn, i think is making a significant difference to maintain the integrity of the time, and as the integrity of the time, and as the water goes down the risk diminishes. You are saying it will ta ke diminishes. You are saying it will take five days to significantly bring the water level down, will that be the minimum amount of time which those people who have had to leave their homes will have to spend outside the town . That would be five days if there were not all these pumps here, but i cant say is what effect they would have, i do not know the technical capacity, but i just wanted to lower peoples expectations because people may be expecting to return home today and i think that is almost out of the question. There will be others at higher level with better information, but on the ground they are taking the right steps and there isa are taking the right steps and there is a fantastic response from the Emergency Services, is a fantastic response from the Emergency Services, the fire operatives here have been here for several days on call and working very hard. This is a big effort and people have been greatly reassured by the presence of the police. There are police all around the town, firebug and others. It is quite a romantic scene firebug and others. It is quite a romantic scene on firebug and others. It is quite a romantic scene on such a Beautiful Day to know that such a terrible risk still exists within our town. Just briefly, can turn presumably the concern must be that even one engineers can get onto the dam, when the water has been reduced, it could be some time before you can be certain it is safe enough for those residents to return to their homes . Iam not i am not qualified to make such a statement but i imagine they would wa nt to statement but i imagine they would want to be very cautious and once they have done a thorough examination and a qualified damage engineer will make an assessment on when it is safe for people to return. Counsellor, thank you for joining us from Whaley Bridge. In a moment the weather, but first heres riz lateef with whats coming up on the Victoria Derbyshire programme at ten. En todays show, we will hear from a british woman in syria, one of tens of volu nteers british woman in syria, one of tens of volunteers who has left the uk to partner with Kurdish Forces in the far north. She says a law that criminalises her presence there will not make her leave. And this beagle luigi is not a fan of exercise, having been told to lose more than a third of his body weight. Why more than half of the dogs in the uk are heavier than they should be and that figure is up on five years ago. Now its time for a look at the weather with mel coles. There are fewer showers in the forecast throughout the day after those torrential downpours that we have seen this week. However, we still have that severe Flood Warning, the risk of danger to life, issued by the Environment Agency for the river goyt at Whaley Bridge in derbyshire. Through this afternoon there is a good deal of sunshine around but the showers will get going, effecting the West Highlands of scotland, the pennines and the derbyshire Peak District. These showers have the potential to be heavy and we could see one or two showers in south wales and the far south west of england. The winds are light so it should feel pleasant in the sunshine with temperatures reaching highs of around 25 celsius in the far south east of england. Those showers will continue for a while into the evening before gradually starting to ease and fade. We may see the return of low cloud and mist in places but otherwise it is dry with a lengthy clear spells and temperatures not falling away too far, lowe is between 11 and 15 celsius. Lows between. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. The liberal democrats win the brecon and radnorshire by election, leaving borisjohnsons government with a working majority of one. When i arrive in westminster, will be to find mr borisjohnson, wherever hes hiding, and tell him loud and clear, stop playing with the future of our communities and rule out a no deal brexit now. The raf are dropping hundreds of tons of sand and gravel onto the damaged Reservoir Dam in Whaley Bridge. Two holiday firms, with bookings from more than 50,000 people, have ceased trading. Time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. The governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that a no deal brexit would result in an instant shock to the uk economy. Speaking to radio 4s today programme he said that items such as petrol and food would become more expensive if the uk leaves the eu without an agreement. He also predicted the value of the pound would fall in response to what he described as a real economic shock. Restructuring the economy, it is very difficult to restructure an economy in six weeks time. Impossible . Well, restructuring the economy in terms of changing supply chains, retraining workers, shutting down plants that are no longer economic, starting up new ones that would be economic, that is very difficult. You couldnt even employ all your strict customs officers needed. I was going to shift to that. What the government is focused on our issues such as customs officers, such as capacity, such as making sure our exporters to europe actually have done the paperwork that they will need to do to export to what will become a third country. We will do everything we can in order to provide support to the economy. We have to recognise that in general no deal will be inflationary for the economy. We will do, post referendum we faced a similar situation, not exactly the same situation, post referendum, and we expected that what would happen was that the pound went down, thats inflationary, and we felt it was appropriate to look through that bit of inflation, to make sure the adjustment was not taken in jobs, but was taken in inflation. There are limits on our ability to do that and the big difference in the event ofa no and the big difference in the event of a no deal from and the big difference in the event of a no dealfrom a referendum, is that with no deal, the shock to the economy is instantaneous. And insta ntly you economy is instantaneous. And instantly you have this supply, not just disruptions, im notjust talking about issues at ports, which are real, but you actually have businesses that are no longer economic. How many of those do you reckon there are . Thats a difficult thing. To a substantial number . Potentially a substantial number, and that has to be taken into account. Mark carney. It was a narrow victory for the lib dems last night in the brecon and radnorshire by election, but it was a win nevertheless. Jane dodds beat the incumbent conservative chris davies by 1,425 votes. In her victory speech jane dodds called on the Prime Minister to rule out a no deal brexit now. People are desperately crying out for a different kind of politics. There is no time for tribalism when our country is faced with a Boris Johnson government and a threat of a no deal brexit. So my very first act as yourmp, when no deal brexit. So my very first act as your mp, when i arrived in westminster, will be to find mr borisjohnson, wherever hes hiding, and tell him loud and clear, stop playing with the future of our communities and rule out a no deal brexit now. Applause this is a time when people that share liberal values must work together, which is why i want to thank the green party, and plaid cymru for their courageous decision to back me this time. Jane dodds. Her victory is bad news for borisjohnson, as his working majority is cut to just one, making it extremely difficult to push legislation through parliament. Earlier this morning bbc breakfast spoke to the conservative Party Chairman, James Cleverly, who wasnt impressed with plaid cymru and the greens decision to step aside in order not to split the pro remain vote. There was that kind of back room deal between the lib dems and plaid cymru and the green party, which is. They have every right to do that. I dont like political, as i say, backroom deals like that. But they didnt do anything wrong by that. You call it a dirty deal but they didnt do anything wrong. Thats what it is, but its entirely up thats what it is, but its entirely up to them. There is nothing illegal about it, but it shows that even with that. With those kinds of antics going on, they scraped a win. But we as a government will not be distracted from what we have committed to, which is to leave the European Union by october 31. The party cosmic majority is down to just one, from mps tojust one. Will that change the strategy in any way because if there are any tory mps who dont like the deal that you perhaps get from this, they might decide to jump ship, perhaps get from this, they might decide tojump ship, and that could be the majority completely gone. The simple truth is that, as we have seen over simple truth is that, as we have seen over the last 6 12 months, whether its a majority of one or two or three is really largely irrelevant. How is it irrelevant, if anyone decides to leave. |j irrelevant. How is it irrelevant, if anyone decides to leave. I was about to explain. Actually, the house has comprehensively rejected the withdrawal agreement, specifically because of the backstop. If that backstop can be removed, then democracy can win out and we can leave with a deal. But that isnt really dependent on the numbers, whether its one, two or three. But if we cant get that backstop removed, if the eu are unwilling or unable to remove the backstop, then we continue to prepare on the first foot of october, to make sure we can take advantage of brexit. Things like free ports, which you cant do us a member of the European Union, which enables us to spread the economic benefits around the country to coastal communities and parts of the country that really need that economic support. Thats the kind of thing we want to do and we need to get on with that quickly. Just to clarify, you are not worried about this . Its never easy having a tiny working majority, but the broader point is, it will not distract us. James cleverly. Were going to take you to Washington State in the us now and show you some dramatic pictures of a plane making an Emergency Landing on a busy road. These images were captured by a Patrol Officer dashboard camera, and shows the kr2 single propeller plane descending closer and closer to the road. The patrol car then makes a u turn and follows the plane as it flies over him, before the pilot struggles to land the aircraft. The plane needed to make an earlier than scheduled pit stop due to a fuel system malfunction. Fortunately no one was injured. The plane even manages to stop at a red light. The Patrol Officer just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Thats it for todays morning briefing. Sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Mike bushell. Before mike bushell. Before you step onto the very different stage for some strictly action. Thats to come the good pain of getting fitter. But now in my comfort zone talking about the sport and the cricket. England will resume in the first ashes test this morning on 10 without loss, as they look to chase down australias first innings advantage of 284 runs at edgbaston. Yesterday was all about steve smith, who managed to rescue australia from 122 8 at one stage to post a competitive target. Well, adam wild is in birmingham for us this morning, and adam, it really was an innings of redemption for the aussies former captain. Welcome back to a very sunny edgbaston where this first test is intriguingly poised after a really dramatic opening day. The game swinging one way and then the other. And all of the talk in the bars and restau ra nts and all of the talk in the bars and restaurants around birmingham last night, and i suspect over the brea kfast ta ble night, and i suspect over the breakfast table this morning, was of one man, australian former captain steve smith, after being stripped of the captaincy after the ball tampering controversy, to score 144 on the opening day of the ashes and helping his team out of trouble. It was one of the great ashes innings was one of the great ashes innings was not piers joe was one of the great ashes innings was not piersjoe wilson. Ashes innings. Heresjoe wilson. The ashes began with a rhythm. The australian out, the crowd response. Yellow sandpaper aloft, just to remind david warner of his part in the ball tampering scandal. Well, steve smith had been banned too, and he was greeted predictably. Booing. James anderson apologised to the other england bowlers because he got injured. Without him, it seemed fine. Woakes took wickets, so did broad. Australias captain batting well, theres a fielder there. What luck, what joy. Englands bowlers were making the first ashes day their day. But one man had a different plan steve smith. He guided, steered and persevered. Smiths tearful apology in the wake of the ball tampering scandal was even recreated in the stands. But, whether mockery, drizzle or englands bowlers, smith absorbed it all. In a game of teams, and a test of everything, his hundred was personal. There were times throughout the last, um. 15 months where i didnt know if i was ever going to play cricket again. I lost a bit of love for it at one point. Fortunately, that loves come back. At the close, england were 10 0 in reply to australias 284. Steve smith is already the ashes act to follow. Joe wilson, bbc news, edgbaston. We heard from steve smith there saying he fell out of love a bit with cricket. I suspect theres one or two australian fans in there who have fallen a bit back in love with him after what he did yesterday, 144, a quite astonishing innings that dominates many of the back pages this morning to stop in the mirror, ican pages this morning to stop in the mirror, i can handle rough stuff, thats steve smith. He got a booing and jeering from the england fans yesterday, after the ban and the sandpaper scandal. He said he can handle it, and my word, didnt he just. In the daily mail this morning, a line in the sand, another reference to the sandpaper incident. An emotional steve smith almost speechless, they say, after that extraordinary innings. Another bit of bad news for england is the story around James Anderson. Englands greatest ever wicket taker only managed to bowl four overs yesterday over morning before leaving edgbaston for a scan on a tight calf. He arrived here about an hour ago and didnt show soo make too many signs of that injury, alongside stuart broad. But his presence in this series is now in doubt and stuart broad revealed last night the James Anderson went round and individually apologised to all the other bowlers at lunch yesterday because of that injury, because they will now have to pick up that extra work without him for the rest of the test match at least. If the rest of this series has the same amount of drama as we saw on the first day here at edgbaston, we are in for quite an astonishing ashes series. It was a great advert for test cricket after the one day world cup win for england. Adam wild will be providing updates from edgbaston throughout the day. Dont forget as well there will be in play highlight clips on the website. Well also have reaction to all the days play on sportsday here on the bbc news channel. Thats at 6 30pm this evening on the news channel. Charley hull goes into the second day of golfs british open well in contention. Shell tee off at 12 15pm looking to maintain the pressure at the top after a 5 under par yesterday to put her within just two shots off the lead. The brit is playing at her home course of woburn in buckinghamshire. And the tournaments defending champion georgia hall is also in contention one shot further behind. The welsh club connahs quay nomads have been knocked out of the Europa League theirfairytale run in qualifying was ended with a 3 0 defeat to partisan belgrade in serbia. There was better news for premier league side wolves though. Theyll play away in armenia in the third qualifying round after beating the irish cup winners crusaders 4 1 in belfast. It finished 6 1 on aggregate. Joining wolves in that next round are scottish premiership sides aberdeen and rangers, as well as another belfast side, linfield. Thats all the sport for now. Im going to go and try to start putting one foot in front of the other. Its a long journey to go. A holiday firm which had taken bookings from more than 50 thousand people has ceased trading. Super break which specialised in organising city breaks, along with its sister company, the booking website laterooms. Com had around 250 employees, based in york and manchester. Charlotte gallagher reports. The Summer Holidays have onlyjust begun, but its bad news for thousands of people who have booked trips away. Super break, which specialised in organising this city breaks, along with its sister company, the booking website to late rooms, have ceased trading. They we re rooms, have ceased trading. They were trying to drum up custom in the hours before going into administration. Late rooms treated, its never too late for a cheeky weekend up in manchester, but it was too late to save the business. Those who are yet to travel are likely to see their holiday is cancelled, but they should be able to obtain a refu nd they should be able to obtain a refund through abta if they had a package deal. In a statement, super break said hotel only breaks had been cancelled and customers could been cancelled and customers could be asked to pay twice. Late rooms said it anticipated reservations would be honoured. With this latest colla pse would be honoured. With this latest collapse and British Airways pilots are set to strike, it could be a long, hot summer for holiday makers. Charlotte gallagher, bbc news. Global temperatures forjuly could be the hottest on record. Thats the initial assessment of the eus Climate Change service. Their figures show that this month will be 1. 2 degrees above pre industrial levels. Our science correspondent, pallab ghosh explains. Its not water they are walking through, but a heat haze on the streets injapan. And it has been the same story across many parts of the world. Record temperatures in finland, and a three week heatwave in china too. And now, its official july is one of the hottest, if not the hottest, on record. And july isnt alone. 2019 has been very warm globally. Each month so far is among the four warmest for the month in question, and june has been the highest ever. This particular month has been very warm. But to me, this is not really the main point. The main point is that not only this month has been very warm, but last month was very warm. All months during 2019 were very warm, in terms of comparing with other years. The results are based on billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations all across the world. These latest figures are part of a long term trend in rising global temperatures. And computer models of the impact of Climate Change predict that more summer temperature records are likely to be broken, all across the world, more often. Individual heatwaves cant be pinned to human created global warming, but the increase in extremes of weather we are beginning to see is in line with the predictions made by Climate Change experts, and they say that they are likely to get worse and more frequent. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. So how much warmer is your city . To find out how where you live might be affected by Climate Change and what can be done about it, go to bbc. Co. Uk news the United States will formally withdraw today from a 30 year old treaty banning intermediate range nuclear missiles, prompting fears of a new arms race. The us has accused russia of breaching the terms of the so called inf treaty by developing a new short range missile, something moscow denies. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty was a central plank of the arms control regime agreed by the United States and soviet union towards the end of the cold war. The us and soviet leaders, Ronald Reagan and mikhail gorbachev, promised in 1987 to eliminate all their missiles with ranges between 300 miles and 3400 miles. Thus reducing the threat from mobile, hard to detect, round launch nuclear weapons. But the us and nato say russia has breached the terms of the inf treaty for some years now, by deploying a new type of cruise missile, something moscow denies. In february, President Trump said the us would withdraw from the treaty today unless moscow came back into compliance. Russia has instead suspended its obligations to the agreement. The question is what happens now . Nato has promised to a defensive and measured response, but there are already fears that theyll be a new arms race therell be a new arms race between the us, russia and china. Either way, the collapse of the treaty marks the end of yet another part of the International Rules based order. James landale, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather. We are not going there yet. We can go to other news. A fourth person has tested positive for ebola in the city of goma in the east of the democratic republic of congo. The outbreak has become the second worse on record, killing more than 1,800 people since it was declared one year ago. Worsening violence in the region has added to the spread of the disease as thousands of people are living in makeshift camps. Our senior africa correspondent, anne soy, travelled to the city of bunia for this report. Thousands on the move in the drcs North Eastern province of ituri, taking what they can as they flee. They have lost homes, food, and loved ones. 49 bodies were recovered in this village alone when a rival Ethnic Community attacked in june. This was once a big village. The village of logo. And see what remains. These are burnt out huts. The people have all fled. They have been coming back during the day to harvest their crop. They tell me they are determined to return here even though there is every evidence of the massacre they went through, with a big graveyard just as you enter the village. This is where most end up, in camps that have sprung up across the province. They are farmers who are about to harvest their crops, but now they are forced to rely on donations. Translation i lost my husband and two children. We ran and hid in the forest until soldiers came to rescue us. The un has its biggest peacekeeping force here, trying to pacify a region that has known no peace for decades. The conflict in ituri just got worse with automatic weapons now replacing machetes. Translation we want security, that government should confiscate the guns that attackers have. Those who want to join the army should do so. They should leave us to go back to our land, to build our homes and farms. This grandmother shares a small tent with her ten orphaned grandchildren. Translation we sleep on the floor. We have nothing. The food isnt good. Look at the skin disease ive contracted. And each day, there are more new arrivals. Its getting dangerously overcrowded. These people may be relatively safe for now from physical violence, but living right outside a big hospital and next to a centre set aside for suspected cases of ebola, is nowhere safe for them. The conditions here are just perfect for an explosion of disease. But they cannot return to their villages just yet. This has been described as a scorched earth attack, a message to the displaced that they are not welcome back. And those who are tempted to rebuild were hit again. Anne soy, bbc news, bunia. The weather here at home has been causing all sorts of problems. He is a full forecast. After the torrential downpours we have seen recently, many of you will be pleased to hear there are fewer showers in the forecast today, a good deal of fine and dry weather on the cards. But theres still the chance of one or two showers dotted here and there. They could be heavy but shouldnt be as intense as we have seen in recent days. We still have seen in recent days. We still have that severe Flood Warning in force issued by the Environment Agency for the river goyt at Whaley Bridge in derbyshire. We will keep an eye on that. We are in between weather systems, a weak ridge of High Pressure that is starting to settle things down a little bit. The showers should not be as intense as they have been recently. Quite a lump of cloud through the north sea coast this morning that has produced quite a bit of drizzle as well. For the north sea coast and south east scotland, we could hang onto that cloud for a good portion of the day, but elsewhere fine and dry weather with lengthy spells of sunshine. But through the afternoon, the showers get going particularly through the pennines, the derbyshire Peak District and perhaps South West England as well. They could be heavy. If you are heading to the ashes at edgbaston, there could be a deal of cloud around but it will break at times with bright and sunny intervals. Quite humid, light wind, and temperatures reaching highs of 22. Still one or two showers around in the evening but they will start to fizzle out as we head through the overnight period and we could see the return of low cloud and mist particularly down north sea coasts as we head over night. Elsewhere, clear spells with temperatures not dropping too far, lowe is between ten and 15 celsius down towards the far south. Ten and 15 celsius down towards the farsouth. Mike ten and 15 celsius down towards the far south. Mike lois between we have a bit of a gap in weather systems. Heading across Northern Ireland through saturday. Turning initial spells of sunshine hazy through the afternoon and then we will begin to see outbreaks of rain working their way through by the end of play. Elsewhere, a good deal of final dry weather around. Still the chance of showers but rather like today they shouldnt be too heavy. In the sunshine with light wind it should feel pleasant with temperatures reaching highs of 24, 20 five celsius in the far south and east. On sunday, the weather front we are talking about works further east gradually, with heavy and thundery downpours possible particularly in the northern half of the uk as we head through sunday and down towards the far south and east, where we will hang on to the best of the fine and dry weather and highest temperatures. Hello, its friday morning, its ten oclock, im riz lateef. 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