Good morning. Welcome to breakfast withjon kay and steph mcgovern. Our headlines today. Showdown in downing street the chancellor confronts borisjohnson after his aide was sacked without his knowledge. £400 million for colleges offering vocational courses in england to support new technical qualifications. The common virus youve probably never heard of but can be dangerous for unborn babies. Well have a special report. Johanna konta is the last brit standing in the us open singles draw. Shes on form and into the fourth round, but an unhappy dan evans is thrashed by Roger Federer. Good morning, its the last day of august. Some of us clinging on to a little bit of warmth and sunshine, but for most, were going to see some rain pushing eastwards, and it turns much coolerjust in time for tomorrow, 1st september. Full weather details on the way, here on breakfast. Its saturday 31st august. Our top story. The chancellor, sajid javid, has confronted borisjohnson over the abrupt sacking of one
Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. Cabinet ministers are at downing street this morning for their first meeting of the new year and its expected to be dominated by the latest developments over brexit. Theresa may is still trying to drum up support across all parties for her withdrawal deal from the eu, with a crucial commons vote just a week away. Lets take a look at the main events today. That Cabinet Meeting is still under way. This afternoon, the commons debates the finance bill. Mps who dont want the uk to leave the eu without a deal have tabled an amendment that would limit the governments ability to raise taxes if it happened. Later today, the Prime Minister is due to meet some of those 200 mps who signed a letter urging her to rule out no deal. And more than 50 mps have written to the metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick, calling on her to take action against abusive protesters outside parliament, after confrontations following tv interviews yesterday. Ou
Next ryder cup captain. He will be in charge of the team going to wisconsin in 2020. More at half past. And the lifeboats are out youve been working so hard lately simon, i think you need some relaxation. Ill be taking you through idea at the beachin be taking you through idea at the beach in an hour. A day. Also coming up it could climb a five foot wall and jump a five foot gap and could prove invaluable to emergency rescues following natural disasters . This walking 4x4just one of the concepts being unveiled at a show in las vegas. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. If you were watching afternoon live yesterday you will have seen and heard it all for yourselves. The moment mp anna soubry was shouted down as a nazi whilst i interviewed her and that was followed by unpleasent scenes as she was jostled and baracked as she crossed the road to parliament. Unpleasant, yes, but against the law . Well, thats something Scotland Yard says its now investigating. And Common
Guess what . Theres anger amongst some mps well hear from one former minister in just a moment who says it wont wash. Social media star natalee harris, who had a brazilian butt lift at a cosmetic surgey clinic in turkey, tells us exclusively she regrets promoting the procedure and has panic attacks at the thought of something going wrong for one of her followers. We will talk to her after 10am. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Well bring you an update on the epipen shortage story after 9. 30. From today, chemists will have to assess which patients are most in need before giving them out. Well talk to this mum, angie perry. Her four year old son, jude, has 16 different allergies. We will talk about how she manages that on a daily basis and the stress of trying to get an epipen that has not gone past its expiry date. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about. Use the hashtag victorialive. If youre emailing and are happy for us to contact you,