in sport, liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, says he has nothing to say about phillipe coutinho‘s future as his side prepare for theirfirst game in the champions league and can you be fat and fit? i have been down to this gym every day for the last 20 years and have never had a day off. i am full of fitness. scientists say the idea s a myth, and being overweight can increase your risk of a heart attack by around a quarter. more from them later. and the weather. good morning. rain going east and into the north sea. behind that, sunshine and showers. some will be heavy and thundery. in the sunshine, it will be quite pleasant. i will have more in 15 minutes. thank you, carol. good morning. first, our main story. the government is pushing for a temporary customs union to be put in place when britain leaves the european union to try to smooth the way for business and prevent chaos on the uk s borders. there ve been warnings about the extra pressure ports could be under if they f
but i believe in her cause and what she is doing. it transcended her as a star, and it came down to the fact that a woman has the right to go after someone who was sexually assaulted and she was sexually assaulted. we ll be speaking to a journalist who was in court when the verdict was read out. also one of australia s leading cosmetic surgeons tells this programme that the link between textured breast implants and cancer is more common that doctors originally thought although it s still extremely rare. we speak to him, and a woman who developed the disease. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. also there have been two incidents involving trains at london stations this morning a train has derailed just outside waterloo station after hitting a freight train at low speed no one was injured in the incident, though passengers have been advised to avoid the station all day. that was at 5.40 this morning, and in the last hour a train is reported
rebecca morrelle, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. it has been a pretty cold start to august, you don t need me to tell you that, but the coldest start to august in south east england for 30 yea rs august in south east england for 30 years and also pretty wet, but as we continue through the afternoon we have an improving picture, and most people will have lengthy spells of sunshine, but there are a few showers. mainly across the northern half of the uk where we have the chance of showers as we go through the afternoon, otherwise warm spells of sunshine. showers in scotland will turn heavy, the risk of thunderstorms, and a line of showers moving across northern ireland and a high chance of catching one of those, not many showers for northern england and wales, and the rest of the south of england, by and large it will stay dry, temperatures pushing into the mid 20s and feeling warm, and there is a fair breeze in the south west and wales, but still
welcome to bbc news. the government has confirmed it wants to negotiate a temporary customs relationship with the european union, to be in place after the uk leaves the bloc. the secretary of state for exiting the eu, david davis, says a deal would prevent trade disruption until a permanent settlement could be reached. the eu commission says it will study the proposals, but the european parliament brexit co ordinator guy verhofstadt says to be in and out of the customs union and invisible borders is a fantasy. this report from our political correspondent laila nathoo, and a warning, her report contains flash photography. keeping goods flowing freely between britain and the eu after brexit one of the key issues in the negotiations. now, the government has given more detail about how it sees trade working after we leave.guy at the moment, while in the eu, we are inside what is called the customs union that means goods imported from abroad are subject to the same tax or
welcome to bbc news. the government has confirmed it wants to negotiate a temporary customs relationship with the european union, to be in place after the uk leaves the bloc. the secretary of state for exiting the eu, david davis, says a deal would prevent trade disruption until a permanent settlement could be reached. the eu commission says it will study the proposals, but the european parliament brexit co ordinator guy verhofstadt says to be in and out of the customs union and invisible borders is a fantasy. this report from our political correspondent laila nathoo, and a warning, her report contains flash photography. keeping goods flowing freely between britain and the eu after brexit one of the key issues in the negotiations. now, the government has given more detail about how it sees trade working after we leave.guy at the moment, while in the eu, we are inside what is called the customs union that means goods imported from abroad are subject to the same tax or