Response some Party Leaders say theyll talk to him but the lib dems reject the idea. I hope that they will all support the motion of no confidence that i will put and that will ensure that this government can then not continue with this headlong pursuit of no deal brexit. Continue with this headlong pursuit of nodeal brexit. There is no way he can unite rebel conservatives and independents to stop Boris Johnson. It is not even certain he would secure it is not even certain he would secure all the votes of labour mps. The proportion of a level students getting the top grades has dropped to a 12 year low. And coming up, missionjurassic well be talking to one of the dinosaur hunters behind one of the biggest finds in decades. Its five oclock our top story. Drug related deaths in england and wales are the highest theyve been since records began more than a quarter of a century ago. Figures from the office for National Statistics show there were more than 4,300 deaths from drug poisoning recorded in 2018. Two thirds of those deaths were due to the use of illegal drugs. Our Home Affairs CorrespondentDaniel Sandford reports. The number of people dying from drugs misuse has been climbing almost without stop for six years now. The largest number of deaths are from heroin and morphine, but cocaine deaths are becoming more prominent, as are deaths from drugs like spice what were known as legal highs before they were made illegal. Last year a record a559 people died from drugs poisoning. Two thirds of those deaths, almost 3,000, were from drugs misuse also a record. That figure went up by i7 since 2017, the highest increase in a single year. There are several reasons why drug related deaths are increasing, including increased supply of both heroin and cocaine to the uk, but thats very hard for the government to control. One of the things the government could control is the amount of money it spends on drug treatment services, and we know those Services Save lives. Not only do they save peoples lives, they actually save money because they reduce the cost to the nhs and also the amount of crime that is done in drug markets. Statistics for deaths from drug misuse were first collected in 1993 and rose until 2001. They then stabilised for more than a decade, but have been climbing again since 2012. The worst region for deaths from drugs misuse is the north east, where the rate is 96. 3 per million people. The best figures are in southern england. In london the rate is 34. 9 per million people. Those who work with addicts say continuing austerity and cuts are contributing to the number of deaths. Over the last five years a third of residential rehabs have closed, which is a really striking statistic because we know that residential rehab is a vital resource to help save lives, change lives and save lives, and to see that these units have closed over the last five years really concerns me. Last month figures in scotland showed that drug deaths there were also at a record high. Daniel sandford, bbc news. Our home editor mark easton is here we heard there in daniels report government cuts to services are responsible for these deaths. Are they right . I think there is actually a bigger disagreement, a bigger argument that lies behind the simple question of whether the cuts are causing the deaths, and that is disagreement about the whole approach of drugs policy. Essentially, should it be driven as a Law Enforcement approach. You ban these substances and use the law to stop people using them, or whether you make it a Public Health approach and say we wa nt to Public Health approach and say we want to do whatever we can to reduce the harm. That is the difference that lies really behind all this. Three years ago the advisory council, the statutory body that advises the home office, published its own paper and what it said could be done to reduce deaths from opiates, and heroin is one of the big causes behind the figures today, and they said a number of things. They said dont cut treatment, but also what about, we know this works on the evidence is strong, that if you have somebody who is on heroin and substitution therapy doesnt work, give them heroin and save their lives that way, and also suggested consumption rooms, medically supervised, where people could come and take street but drugs safely but without the fear of prosecution. They say both those measures would save lives but for the government that goes completely against their message which is drugs are bad, dont use them, so the other huge argument is around decriminalisation and legalisation, and this whole debate, you will find many people who have lost loved ones to drugs, will say, why cant we do this . Why cant we regulate the supply . Again, the government has this independent review into drugs policy but it has already explicitly ruled out any thought that we might decriminalise our legalised drugs. That is not going to be part of the review. Critics will say that is exactly the reason why we are not considering the Evidence Based possibilities for actually reducing these drug deaths. And coming up later in the programme well have more on this with the leader of a drug and alcohol Addiction Charity and with the head of research at the office for National Statistics. The authorities in gibraltar have released the iranian tanker seized by Royal Marines last month on suspicion of supplying oil to syria in breach of eu sanctions. The government of gibraltar says its received written assurances from iran that the grace one wont discharge its cargo at a syrian refinery. The decision comes despite a last minute attempt by the Us Department ofjustice to stop the tanker from being allowed to sail. Tensions between iran and both the uk and the us have been ramping up over recent months. In may, four tankers were hit by blasts in the gulf of oman. Iran denied Us Accusations that its forces had planted mines on the vessels. On the 11th ofjuly the Iranian Oil Tanker grace one was seized by british Royal Marines near gibraltar. A fortnight later irans revolutionary guard seized the british flagged oil tanker stena impero in the strait of hormuz that ship is still being held. Lets talk to our defence Diplomatic Correspondent jonathan marcus. It isa it is a predictably murky picture and some confusion over what has been actually going on in gibraltar this afternoon. Can you clarify . For all intents and purposes it looks as though the authorities have said the ship can be released. How soon it can get under way we dont know but in essence there was a legal hearing. The Gibraltar Authorities told the court they had received a written assurance from the iranians, you mentioned a moment ago, that the cargo would not go to a sanctioned entity in syria thus there was no longer any reason to hold the ship under eu sanctions against syria. Remember it is sanctions on syria that were the apparent reason for holding the ship. Nothing to do with iran itself, so there was that muddying of the waters, the last minute us attempt which appears to have been an attempt to get the court to hand they shipped over to the us authorities. It is not clear what legal grounds the americans we re what legal grounds the americans were claiming for that. It looks as though no legal papers were presented to the court in gibraltar and thus the judge said, in effect, there is nothing stopping me from following the course set by the government and allowing the ship to leave. And do we have anything from the British Government at this point . We do it. They have noted the government of gibraltars assurances that it has received from iran. They are insisting nothing can be done that would allow the breaking of vital eu sanctions. Once again, the big sanction is what will happen to the stena impero, the ship a p pa re ntly the stena impero, the ship apparently seized in response to the ca ptu re apparently seized in response to the capture of the grace one. The british are saying there is no comparison their linkage between the illegal seizure and the enforcement of eu sanctions that was carried out by the government of gibraltar. They can say it as chalk and cheese as much as they like but any rational person would presumably think that the release of one ship must in some way have some sort of bearing, or one would imagine, on the potential future release of the other. |j one would imagine, on the potential future release of the other. I am sure many hope so, thank you. Jeremy corbyns suggestion that he should lead a caretaker government to prevent britain leaving the eu without a deal has exposed divisions among remain mps who want block brexit. The liberal democrat leader, jo swinson, dismissed the idea as nonsense but the snp, plaid cymru and some tory rebel mps have said they will talk to labour to discuss of stop a no deal brexit. Downing street said mr corbyn would overule the result of the referendum if he became Prime Minister. Our Political Correspondent tom barton reports. Could he be the next Prime Minister . The man to Bring Parliament together to oppose and no deal brexit . Jeremy corbyn certainly thinks it is possible. Writing to opposition Party Leaders and rebel conservative mps to say he wants to seek the confidence of the house of commons with the aim of calling a general election and securing an extension to the brexit departure date. I hope they will support the vote of no confidence i will put and that will make sure the government cannot continue this headlong pursuit of a no deal brexit. That would mean a caretaker government led by labour which would be a government in order to prevent a no deal brexit and bring about a general election so the people of this country can decide theirfuture. There are plenty of mps inside parliament who are opposed to a no deal brexit. Quite how they achieve that though is farfrom clear. Jeremy corbyns idea of holding a vote of no confidence could see borisjohnson setting an election date for after britain has left the eu unless mps can agree an alternative government and Prime Minister within a couple of weeks. That could be harder thanJeremy Corbyn hopes. The lib dems leader today dismissing the idea of him as Prime Minister as nonsense. She would like mps to come together to pass a law to stop a no deal brexit, otherwise she says a backbencher should be installed in number ten. There is no way he can unite rebel conservatives and independents to stop borisjohnson. Its not even sure that he would secure all of the votes of labour mps. This is about having a plan that works. The scottish nationalists and plaid cymru have given Jeremy Corbyns letter a cautious welcome while rebel conservatives have said they are willing to talk toJeremy Corbyn about how to stop no deal. Their colleagues in government have accused the labour leader of trying to overturn the referendum result. Any conservative could think very, very ha rd any conservative could think very, very hard about this. It presents a clear choice. Jeremy corbyn is Prime Minister overturning the result of the referendum or borisjohnson respecting the referendum on putting more money into the nhs and police to keep us safe. If a vote of no confidence was called, it would need a majority of mps to pass it but if they did borisjohnson are an alternative government would have 1a days to pass a new motion of confidence and avoid an election. The second vote though can only be held if borisjohnson resigns as Prime Minister, and some experts say he could refuse. He could say, particularly if this is a temporary caretaker government led byJeremy Corbyn that doesnt say anything about what it will do, he could say i dont recognise that as a government. Iam i am still the Prime Minister. It is clear all the mps who received the letter, and plenty more, are determined to stop no deal brexit. Getting them to agree on how to do it is a different matter altogether though. Tom barton, bbc news, westminster. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. A different matter altogether, we hear, but i suppose a crucial one. It isa hear, but i suppose a crucial one. It is a numbers game. How do you assess the arithmetic forJeremy Corbyn at this point . At this point it looks like a struggle. He doesnt have the numbers as things stand for this plant to work. Mightjust be enough to potentially bring down borisjohnson in a no confidence vote but getting Jeremy Corbyn over the line as Prime Minister afterwards as much harder. What is interesting as there are some opening the door to this conversation. The snp, plaid cymru, some conservatives saying they are prepared to get round the table but others far more reluctant. Even those conservatives who might be prepared to speak toJeremy Corbyn arendt necessarily ready to sign up to his plan. There is more of a sign that they want to open the door and have a conversation and see if they can figure Something Else out. One person from the conservative party who is urging his colleagues to think seriously about putting Jeremy Corbyn into number ten is utopian. Thank you very much. Some confusion there Ian Blackford is the snp leader in the house of commons and joins us now from our glasgow newsroom. Thank you forjoining us. Are you going to help jeremy thank you forjoining us. Are you going to helpJeremy Corbyn get over the line . What is the most important thing is the crisis that we face because it is important to remember that as things stand we will be leaving the European Union at the end of october and more than likely ona no end of october and more than likely on a no deal basis, and i am appealing to parliamentarians to get around the table and talk about the options that we have, so at least if there is an invitation to meet with jeremy and others i will be taking that up, but what i want to stress tojeremy is that up, but what i want to stress to jeremy is that there is a majority against no deal in parliament and i believe it is possibly a sizeable majority and we need to look at the options of taking no deal of the table. That is the First Priority and i believe we can do that when we return to parliament in the first week of september. We should be looking at a Standing Order 24 application to allow us to bring forward a motion to take control of the agenda of parliament and bring forward the necessary legislation that will block no deal. That will be the first stage and then we can talk about the other matters but i would wa nt about the other matters but i would want to see a referendum where we can have remaining on the ballot paper but i am also happy and comfortable about an election. We just need to agree the timescales and mechanisms to do this but we all as parliamentarians have a responsibility to do what is right andl responsibility to do what is right and i have to say the economic consequences for all of us of a no deal brexit would be pretty horrific, and i am asking all parliamentarians to recognise the damage this would do to all nations of the United Kingdom and to Work Together to stop that. And of course, if that means the ending of borisjohnson and course, if that means the ending of Boris Johnson and his course, if that means the ending of borisjohnson and his premiership thenl borisjohnson and his premiership then i would fully support that. But thatis then i would fully support that. But that is Collateral Damage in your view rather than the primary objective . Your primary objective is to get legislation changed so that you can extend article 50 . Extending article 50 is the beginning of the process and then we need to see where there is agreement of what the next steps are, but i would simply say tojeremy next steps are, but i would simply say to jeremy and others, of course i support a motion of no confidence but we have to be careful that we dont as a consequence of that crash out of the European Union on a no deal basis in the interim. The first thing we have to do is take away the cliff edge, to stop the economic self harm cliff edge, to stop the economic self harm in the interim. The first thing we have to do is take away the cliff edge, stop the economic self harm and the cliff edge, stop the economic self harm and the disaster we would have in terms of the implications for food shipments, medicine shipments, even perhaps water quality, so lets protect our constituents from no deal first, and then look at what we can do to re move then look at what we can do to remove borisjohnson. Then look at what we can do to remove Boris Johnson. I then look at what we can do to remove borisjohnson. Iwant then look at what we can do to remove borisjohnson. I want to then look at what we can do to remove Boris Johnson. I want to work with everybody to make sure that we can protect us from a heart brexit and of course i dont want brexit to happen at all. We have a mandate from the people