Ahead of tonights strictly launch, saffron barker and i check out fellow dancer will bayleys moves, as the Paralympic Champion prepares for the european para table tennis championships. Good morning. Lots of dry, settled weather through the weekend. Just the odd isolated shower but with Clear Conditions by day, chilly conditions by night. All of the details coming up shortly. Good morning, its saturday the 7th of september. Our top story schools should stay open at evenings, weekends and holidays to help protect pupils from crime and gangs, according to the childrens commissioner for england. Anne longfield said children no longer feel safe on the streets, and that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could offer a safe space. Jane Frances Kelly reports. The school bell marks the end of the day but the childrens commissioner for england would prefer it if people stayed on for a range of activities, rather than going straight home childrens commissionerfor straight home childrens commissioner for england. Anne longfield fears too many children are ending up indoors stuck in front of their computers during their free time because they dont feel safe playing outdoors. She wants that in more and more areas, gangs are operating in streets and parks, grooming increasingly younger children. To help tackle the problem, she would like schools open at weekends, evenings and during School Holidays to provide a safe place for extracurricular activities. Anne longfield says about £2. 6 billion a year of extra funding is needed to allow schools to stay open out of hours and to provide more high quality Youth Support in communities. To put that cost in context, it is as much as the promised increase in School Funding across the whole of england for 2020 funding across the whole of england for 2020 2021. Funding across the whole of england for 2020 2021. One Head Teachers Union has welcomed the idea, saying it would require extra money and careful planning but could create time for arts and sports which are increasingly squeezed out of the school day. The government says it is making record investments in education and Childrens Services to help young people overcome the challenges they face. Jane Frances Kelly, bbc news. Officials in North Carolina are warning that hundreds of people may be trapped as floodwaters rise following hurricane dorian. The storm is sweeping across the us state after devastating the bahamas, where hundreds of people are reported to be missing. 0ur correspondent david willis sent this report. Dorian grazed the carolina coast but certainly left its mark. Leaving hundreds stranded amid rising floodwaters after they ignored a warning to leave. But the lashing winds and torrential rain bore little comparison to the destruction wrought earlier in the week. Hundreds, possibly thousands of people are missing on the tiny island of abacao in the bahamas and many fear it will never be the same again. I honestly think the island is finished and it will not recover in the next ten years. Fully recover. Because everything is gone, absolutely everything is gone. A few miles offshore the crew of a british ship, the rfa mounts bay is spearheading what looks to be a massive relief operation. The United Nations believes more than 70,000 people here are in urgent need of food and water. But the aim is to evacuate as many as possible to neighbouring islands, not least because those who remain face being homeless for months. Dorian, for its part, has now headed out to sea, wea ker part, has now headed out to sea, weaker than it was one week ago but still capable of doing serious damage. It is expected to make la ndfall damage. It is expected to make landfall again in nova scotia, canada, sometime this weekend. David willis, bbc news. The bbc understands a group of mps, including some rebel conservatives, has assembled a legal team to try and force borisjohnson to seek a delay to brexit. The Prime Minister has been adamant the uk will leave the eu at the end of the october. Of october. Lets get more on this from our Political Correspondent matt cole, whos in our london newsroom. Borisjohnson infinitely Boris Johnson infinitely saying this week he would be rather dead in a ditch than seek an extension but can these mps force that . Look, this is their concern at the moment, they may have to try. As things stand, the law that will prevent Boris Johnson taking britain out of the European Union without a deal on october 31, but passed through the house of lords yesterday and it had got through the house of commons earlier in the week. Just waiting on royal assent now. But when it is passed, it means if a deal has not been struck with the European Union by october 19 or if the commons, if parliament has not approved a no deal brexit by that date, Boris Johnson will have to write to the eu and ask for johnson will have to write to the eu and askforan johnson will have to write to the eu and ask for an extension to at least january 31. Now, borisjohnson has made it clear he will not do that. That boxes him into a difficult place. He can either break his promise, but he will not ask for an extension, or he can breakfor an break the law and not ask for an extension to the Daily Telegraph suggest in theory, he will have to do this but it has left room for concern so a group led by conservative mps although the other parties are aware of this, they are now lining up lawyers to try to force him to do this which is why october 19 has been put at the date in this law to give enough room for legal action before october 31 if borisjohnson has not written, asking for this extended deadline to brexit. What he does, well, we have now a few weeks perhaps to wait and see. He is trying to get a general election beforehand to try to get around this and get a new government and a new majority and get rid of this law but it is not looking likely stop the Opposition Forces are very much lined up against him to stop that at the moment. And so it continues thank you very much indeed. A large number of Small Businesses say they still arent ready for a no deal brexit, according to a survey from the british chambers of commerce. The organisation, which represents tens of thousands of Small Businesses in the uk, has found two fifths of companies havent made contingency plans, and theres a lack of awareness about new customs regulations. Our Business CorrespondentKatie Prescott has more. Here in southampton, these warehouses are filled to the rafters. This logistics storms everything from car batteries and ta kes everything from car batteries and takes it where it to go. Not knowing when and how we believe the European Union is causing problems for them and their customers. We are so reliant on what the changing environment will be between the eu and uk and what decisions are made, just how hard the brexiteers, but pretty much we are there incapability pretty much we are there inca pability but not pretty much we are there incapability but not necessarily with the manpower we will need because you cannot employ people with no work to do. It is very hard for businesses, particularly those who are oppressed delivering orders or contracts to try to hit a moving target and that is what they have seen over the past three years. Those firms who have been able to do some preparations have done them. Many others have been watching and waiting, hoping for a resolution to the questions so that they can then prepare with greater confidence. And right now a lot of businesses still dont have the basic information that they need either in order to ta ke that they need either in order to take those steps and make those preparations. The government says it is put in place a lot of support for Small Businesses to raise awareness about what they need to do. There is about what they need to do. There is a website with comprehensive information for different sectors. A £10 million exit readiness funds for trade associations. And a finance council to support investment in Small Businesses. But for Companies Like this, there is one thing that politicians are not giving them that they want, and that is certainty. Katie prescott, bbc news, southampton. Indias attempt to become the first nation to land a spacecraft near the moons unexplored south pole has apparently ended in failure. Contact with the craft was lost moments before its module was due to touch down on the surface. Its not yet known what happened to it. Indias Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has said hes proud of the programme and promised more opportunities to explore the moon in the future. Staying in india. A woman in india is thought to have become the worlds oldest mother after giving birth to twins at the age of 73. Mangayamma ya ramati had undergone ivf treatment. She said she and her husband, who is 82 years old, have always wanted children, but had been unable to conceive until now. Certainly left it late she has got her hands full at the moment. 73. She certainly has. At least 70,000 people in the bahamas are now thought to be in need of immediate humanitarian aid after the destruction caused by hurricane dorian. Officials warn the death toll could rise dramatically, and there are fears of possible storm surges. Joining us now is janelle eli from the International Red cross. Good morning to you. Can you tell me what the latest information is that you have, about what the situation is there today . Good morning. Today i was is there today . Good morning. Today iwas in is there today . Good morning. Today i was in freeport and i spoke to a lot of families who have had their homes damaged and yesterday, i was in abaco, where so many people lost their homes. Each day we are learning more about the destruction going on on the ground and how people are still in need of food and water and Emergency Shelter. Right now, the red cross is trying to get more aid to people who needed but we are still facing logistical challenges, that is things like airports and roads to tell the connectivity issues and even harsh weather conditions. So what are your main priorities there at the moment . Right now, people are really in need of food, water and Emergency Shelter. Those are big priorities for lots of unitarian agencies on the ground. At the red cross, another priority we have is reconnecting families who have not been able to speak to each other since the disaster struck. I think a lot of times people forget that when a disaster strikes and the telephone lines are not working, people cannot tell their mothers that they are alive, they cannot get in touch with their brothers and sisters to know whether they fed through the storm 0k whether they fed through the storm ok and so at the red cross that is one of the things we will be focusing on in the days and weeks ahead. Were just watching of the devastation right now and the pictures are staggering back report were just watching pictures. Pictures are staggering back report werejust watching pictures. How are people able to find shelter at the moment . What are you doing to help protect them . So right now, people are really depending on their neighbours to help them out with shelter. Other people are sleeping on the streets right now. At the red cross we were able to bring in some tarpaulins yesterday, as well as other aid supplies, and we actually have a planeload of 38 tons of aid arrive yesterday and that had Emergency Shelter kits in them, but has things like hammers and nails so people can start preparing their homes. People are really going through a very difficult time right now and they are going to be very, this is going to be a long road ahead and at the red cross we are focusing on that Emergency Shelter but also other things like livelihoods. Yesterday when i spoke to people they told me they had lost everything, fishing boats, bicycles, their stores, so that is one other thing that unitarian agencies will be focusing on is helping people restore their incomes and rebuild their livelihoods again. Humanitarian. It is notjust the immediate problem you are focusing on. How long do you think it will ta ke to on. How long do you think it will take to rebuild . So Disaster Relief isa take to rebuild . So Disaster Relief is a marathon on, not a sprint, so as you said it starts with the urgent need and then we have to move on to helping people restore their incomes. Dealing with peoples emotional, the emotional toll that disaster take some people as well. So here, families definitely have a long road ahead of them but i have seen so much resilience already since i have been here in the bahamas in the past few days. It is neighbours helping neighbours, people who are just grateful to be alive and that they got their children out and i have seen a lot of strength here. Thank you very much for your time this morning. Time now for a look at the newspapers. The times says the Prime Minister is under pressure to come up with a plan b for brexit as opposition parties pledged to veto his call for a general election. The daily mirror has been investigating the food served by fish and chip shops. It claims that some unsuspecting customers are eating endangered species, including dogfish and starry smooth hound shark. Frightening the daily express says the duke of cambridge has spoken of his fury about racist incidents in football. Prince william, who is president of the football association, is calling for better links between police and football authorities over abuse on social media. And the sun reports that one of the strictly come dancing professionals, giovanni pernice, was attacked with pepper spray by masked robbers. The paper says the dancer had feared it was acid at first. That is a bit scary, very scary. We are talking about about strictly, for obvious reasons. Mike is here for obvious reasons. Mike is here for his final saturday for a little while. Assuming he goes all the way, it could be a long while. Until he brings the glitter ball back at the end, hopefully. We expect nothing less of him. Heres sarah with a look at this mornings weather. What is it like for us today . Good morning to you. Before i get onto the weather here in the uk, we will just have a quick look at what is happening on the other side of the atla ntic happening on the other side of the atlantic stop this is the satellite picture from hurricane dorian. It made landfall in North Carolina, it is now working its way up past new york. At the moment it is well out to see but it is still bringing some big waves along the eastern seaboard. It looks like it will make another landfall in nova scotia and thenit another landfall in nova scotia and then it will be heading its way up towards iceland. So the remnants will be an ex hurricane by this time. For the uk it will bring some wet and windy weather through the middle part of the week, but the storm or what is left of it will be well to the north of us. Through the weekend, before we get there, things are looking largely dry and settled. High pressure in charge through the weekend. There will be a few isolated showers dotted around here and there and it will be quite fresh and there and it will be quite fresh and autumnal, because although we have High Pressure setting out to the south west, with winds rotating around that High Pressure, we have a northerly breeze, especially chilly if you are sitting in that breeze around the east coast, but for most of us it is looking like a largely dry day, with plenty of sunshine. The areas most likely to see the showers to the far east of england, but parts of wales and south east england as well. Temperatures somewhere between 17 and 19 degrees for most of us, just a bit cooler for most of us, just a bit cooler for the likes of aberdeen where you have that northerly breeze. The ashes continue at old trafford, and were looking at drier conditions. Plenty of spells of sunshine, with temperatures up to 17 degrees or so. If you have plans this evening, it is looking drier. It will be quite a chilly night, i cooler side of the season so far. A touch of frost in eastern scotland and north east england as well. Further south, temperatures well down into single figures. And it is on sunday the great north run. It will be quite fresh first thing, but drier, with lots of sunshine. Light winds are so pretty decent conditions for runners taking part in the great north run. England and wales should keep the sunshine through sunday. Scotland and Northern Ireland will cloud over as this front approaches from the west. That could bring a few patchy showers, especially during the afternoon. For most of us, temperatures down a degree or so on today. 15 18 degrees, not quite as cool where you are losing the reason the east coast. Heading from sunday night into monday, we will see this cold front moving its way in from the west, bringing a spell of wet weather for many of us as we start the new working week. So a soggy start to your day on monday as this frontal system slowly moves its way from west to east. It still is a little bit, some of us seeing some rain on monday. Only about 1k little bit, some of us seeing some rain on monday. Only about 1a to 16 degrees on monday, and as we look through the rest of the new working week, still a bit of rain around on wednesday but those temperatures just lifting a little bit and things should dry up later in the week. Thank you ever so much. We w