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Years debating over brexit in parliament. There will be crucial votes again tonight but if mps reject a proposal to speed the withdrawal bill through the commons by thursday borisjohnsons deal is unlikely to be passed by the october 31st deadline. Im joanna gosling, the other stories developing this morning on bbc newsroom live. Northamptonshire police are to travel to the us to question under caution the american diplomats wife who fled the uk after being involved in a fatal car crash. Abortion has been decriminalised in Northern Ireland and same sex marriage has been legalised after westminster voted for the changes in july. Canadas Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, wins a second term in office but loses his majority in parliament and will need support from smaller parties to carry on governing. Good morning to you. Welcome to westminster where borisjohnson will urge mps to back his brexit deal, as he launches a final bid to get the uk to leave the eu by the end of the month. Today he will try to push through legislation needed to implement his brexit deal. Hes hoping to persuade mps to approve the bill which runs to more than 100 pages in just three days. Ministers believe they can win backing for the legislation in principle, but their plans could be scuppered by a vote on the timetable this evening. Many mps argue that theyre not being given enough time to scrutinise the small print. We have got this report first of all. The governments new plan to deliver brexit next week. 110 pages. Legislation which, if it passes, will pave the way for the uk to leave the eu. Ahead of todays debate, the Prime Minister said, i Hope Parliament votes to take back control for itself and the british people and the country can start to focus on the cost of living, the nhs and conserving our environment. The public doesnt want any more delays and neither do other european leaders and neither do i. But opposition parties are angry. They think the government is moving too fast by proposing to give mps just three days to scrutinise the bill. At every stage, mr speaker, the government has been running scared of this house and democracy and its now attempting to force through a flawed brexit deal which sells out peoples jobs, rights and our communities. Mps will vote later on the basic ideas in the legislation. If they give the green light, they will then vote on the governments timetable. If ministers lose, it will be a big blow. But if mps agree, line by line scrutiny begins. The next few days wont be plain sailing because opposition parties are going to try and change the legislation to include things like a closer relationship with the eu and a second referendum on whether we leave at all, either of which would throw borisjohnsons plans into disarray. Things at westminster have been far from straightforward recently. The next few days will have some twists and turns, too. Im joined by our assistant Political Editor norman smith. Norman, hello to you. It is today really the final chance for Boris Johnson to try and get his deal through before the october 31st deadline . It could be. Although borisjohnson looks to deadline . It could be. Although Boris Johnson looks to win the big symbolic vote. That is quite an achievement if you think where theresa may was going down to those defeats. He has managed to put together a majority to broadly support his deal and he has got a deal for brussels. That is a significant turnaround. The problem he has got now and it sounds technical is whether he can get parliament to approve his timetable to get the legislation through the commons in time for the deadline of october 31. They are it is looking a little nip and tack. The reason it matters is because if mps refused to go through with his three day deadline for the comments to approve this huge 110 page bill, then he is never going to make it by october the 31st. So he has to break as do ordie the 31st. So he has to break as do or die pledge. The other thing the 31st. So he has to break as do or die pledge. The otherthing is the 31st. So he has to break as do or die pledge. The other thing is if mps cut it raff with the motion, that means it will be cut off raff in the details of the legislation. Signs are it will be very close but labour set to vote against the motion certainly according to Emily Thornberry. The idea that we are going to be bounced, as a country, out of the European Union in a period of a few days, without politicians being given the chance to look carefully at the basis on which we are making this decision, is wrong. So, of course, we dont agree with this. This is an artificial timetable, the 31st of october, and we dont see why we should play Boris Johnsons game. It sounds like you wont be supporting it, based on what you said there, then . I dont want to pre empt. I mean, i came on to talk about harry dunn, im sorry, i. We are going to have the shadow cabinet later on today and we will make those decisions, but i can tell you, you know, the conversations weve had so far, we are outraged at the way in which the government are behaving. Norman, i guess some people will say with regards to this timetable, but mps have had three years or more to talk about the broad principles. So why are they saying three days will not be enough to scrutinise the detail . Some people think it is a nonsense to get your head around 100 and ten page bill. You would need to be illegal mastermind to understand it never mind tabling amendments by seven oclock tonight. There is a lot of gamesmanship involved here. There are many mps who would like to scupper brexit and they are looking at ways of tabling amendments which will mean Boris Johnson at ways of tabling amendments which will mean borisjohnson will say, i am not going to put up with that and he pulls this whole legislation or tabling amendments which force them to go back to brussels and renegotiate and brussels the, no, we are not going to give you another deal. What is interesting, i think, is the Smoke Signals emerging from number ten is that they will not accept any amendments. In other words, they say if you amend this mill, we are not going to go ahead with the legislation. Why . Because at the back of borisjohnsons mind he thinks he can still edge towards a general election. So i suspect he may well Face Parliament with a blunt choice which is back my bill, back my timetable, do it my way or i will pull the bill. Listen to the housing minister who seems to suggest they will make this bill very much non negotiable, take it or leave it. We dont want to compromise the integrity of the deal that we have negotiated with the eu. This is a good deal, it is a win win for the uk. Forgive me for interrupting. I am just trying to be clear, if you do have it amended in a way that you find unsatisfactory, pull the whole thing rather than let Parliament Come up with another option. That will be a decision for the Prime Minister but we are not going to compromise on this deal because it is a good deal, it delivers on the outcome of the referendum and it is the only deal that is out there, a deal that both the eu and the uk consider a good one that can take the whole of europe forwards. If borisjohnson if Boris Johnson decides if borisjohnson decides to pull this bill as a result of what happens today, it will be an admission effectively that he has run out of road in parliament and therefore his next best option, he reckons would be a general election. Ido reckons would be a general election. I do not think he thinks he is in a bad place. Because if the commons a pproves bad place. Because if the commons approves this timetable motion. He will take this as a sign as they can deliver at their october 31 deadline. That would become an achievement. If the motion is blocked, i think you will try to go to the country. That is still how do you get a general election. He will say that parliament to stop me from getting a site on october the 31st calculating that that is a message that will go down well with the electoral. There has been business in strasbourg as well. The European Parliament meeting they are. We heard from the president of the European Commission who were sounding tired and frustrated, saying that it pained him to spend so saying that it pained him to spend so much of his mandate talking about brexit. He did say it was not possible or imaginable that strasbourg would ratify any deal before parliament did. The president of the European Council has been a very has been very openly talking about his sorrow that the uk might leave the eu. To applause he said that i no deal brexit would never be a decision made by the European Parliament. Over in strasbourg the president of the eu council, on the councils side, we have just finalised the necessary steps for the eu. And the legal texts are now with you. The European Parliament has a role to play and it is an important one. The situation is quite complex following events over the weekend in the uk and the british request for an extension of the article 50 process. I am consulting the leaders on how to react and we will decide in the coming days. It is obvious that the result of this conversation it is obvious that the result of these consultations also very much depend on what the British Parliament decides or doesnt decide. We should be ready for every scenario. But one thing must be clear, as i said to Prime Ministerjohnson on saturday, a no deal brexit will never be our decision. Im joined now by the labour mp, phil wilson. As in the kyle wilson referendum amendment, you will be tabling that amendment, you will be tabling that amendment again today . Exactly. The purpose behind the amendment, it is a compromise. We will now facilitate the passage of this bill through parliament, we will vote for it as long as it goes back to the people for a complimentary ballot so they can compare brexit, how it is today, with what we were promised 3. 5 years ago. If the Prime Minister is looking for a democratic event in the future that is the one he should aim for. Then we can find out whether people want to go through this form of brexit or they want to change. You are saying we will vote for this spell but there has got to bea for this spell but there has got to be a second referendum attached . There has got to be a ballot attached to this so people can have the final say on whether they want to go ahead with this. They can see what the facts are, the ones that we re what the facts are, the ones that were not there in 3. 5 years ago. This decision is not for five years further period of the new parliament, this is a decision that will be taken to affect a whole generation, a0 years into the future. People have a right to have a final say on this. Not to compare this to a game in our late sense it all, but it feels like a huge legal and political chess game at the moment. Borisjohnson and political chess game at the moment. Boris johnson is and political chess game at the moment. Borisjohnson is making one more big push to exert maximum political pressure saying that if it comes to it, he may take this deal com pletely comes to it, he may take this deal completely off the table. You are doing the same with the second referendum, arent you . We will let and help it get through parliament. So the british people can confirm. But he has not given you any indication that he is prepared to listen to that. This would be a decision i would think for parliament and it would be interesting to hear what they have to say once they debate it tomorrow. If he was to give you a hearing on that and advise either directly mps via the whips that he would accept this as a price as he might see it to get this bill through, surely that would hold a considerable amount of sway . It is. We want to make sure that we bring this to an end. Everybody is sick of it, everybody in the country. We need to bring this to an end. But it should not just be mps bring this to an end. But it should notjust be mps who make the final decision on theirs. I think the people should be involved in this as well. A lot of your fellow mps are saying there is not enough time to scrutinise this 110 page bill in the next three days by the end of business on thursday. If you you are saying if there was a referendum attached are using. I do not know if we can achieve that in three days but we need to scrutinise over time so we can but we need to scrutinise over time so we can have a look at the 110 pages, the 30 clauses that are in there, all the schedules. People might think there are not a lot of clauses but there will be Big Decisions made when that bill is passed, if it indeed is past. Thank you for your time. We will be back in westminster very soon. In the meantime, lets go back tojoanna in the studio. The headlines on bbc news. Mps have criticised plans to push key brexit legislation through the commons by the end of the week. A vote will be held later on a proposed three day timetable. Officers from Northamptonshire Police are set to travel to the us to interview a woman involved in the crash which killed harry dunn under caution. Abortion has been decriminalised in Northern Ireland and same sex marriage has been legalised after westminster voted for the changes in july and in sport are the all blacks spying on england at the rugby world cup. Eddiejones claims someone was filming englands Training Session ahead of saturdays semifinal against new zealand. Sheffield united beat arsenal 1 0 in the Prmier League last night. Their biggest win since since returning to the top division theyre into the top half of the table. And spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has admitted that his job is on the line if results dont improve. They face Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League tonight. Ill be back with more on those stories. Northamptonshire police say they havent given up in their attempt to investigate an American Woman who left the uk after being involved in a fatal road crash. Harry dunn a 19 year old motorcyclist was killed in august. The suspect, Anne Sacoolas, travelled back to america after claiming diplomatic immunity. In sometimes combative exchanges, chief Constable Nick adderly defended the forces handling of the case so far. It of the case so far. Is right and you have probably heard it is right and you have probably heard in the commons last night, Northamptonshire Police were asked not to inform the family for a couple of days so they could understand what the next steps were. For the Foreign Office to understand what the next legal steps are regarding this case, they asked Northamptonshire Police not to inform the family for a couple of days. It is a decision i support and also a decision when taking this into account that harrys funeral was on the wednesdayjust a day after. Given that harrys funeral was due the day after and the fact that the Foreign Office wanted to provide the family with more detail and information, that is a decision i support. Lets get more from our correspondent Charlotte Gallagher. He gave detail on the chronology from the crash. This follows a great deal of unhappiness from harry dunns family. They discovered before the police told them that the suspect had left the uk. The chief co nsta ble suspect had left the uk. The chief constable went through the entire timeline of what happened after harry dunn was killed. He said the family were very upset that they we re family were very upset that they were not told straightaway that Anne Sacoolas had left the uk. The cheese co nsta ble sacoolas had left the uk. The cheese constable said that it was five days later when the family first became aware that Anne Sacoolas had fled the uk. Aware that Anne Sacoolas had fled the uk. Chief constable. He said it was ten days before they had a proper sit down meeting with the family andi proper sit down meeting with the family and i think that is what the family and i think that is what the family was so upset about, they did not get official word from the police and a few days later. One of the messages he wanted to get across was defending his firsts record. Northamptonshire police has come under a lot of pressure and a lot of criticism over this case because Anne Sacoolas fled the country. They said that once she had said she had diplomatic immunity they had applied for it to get waived. They could not speak to her until a decision had been reached and that was rejected. He said his force would not be pressured by any government either here in the uk are over in america in regards to this case and he said no interventions had happened from ministers or anything like this and he said the investigation would continue. Obviously it frustrates the fact that Anne Sacoolas is not in britain, she is in america. We had that Anne Sacoolas herself has been requested to be interviewed by police in america. The question harry dunns family are asking is when she is coming back to the uk. She has not said that. His family is very upset. Charlotte spoke this morning that she felt she had been lied to by the british government, the American Government and the police. We do not know how these comments by the chief constable will go down. The family will meet Emily Thornberry this afternoon. It is understood she will ask for an investigation this afternoon. Thank you very much indeed. Drivers of electric cars may soon use special green number plates, to help them benefit from incentives, such as cheaper parking and being able to drive in bus lanes. Its part of plans which hope to boost electric car sales, and help the government achieve its target of net zero emissions by 2050. Tom burridge reports. Imagine you could zip out of this congestion into the red lane, just like a taxi or a bus. Well, under government plans, electric Vehicle Owners like rod. Bristol particularly is bit of a Higgledy Piggledy mess of. Might in future be allowed to do exactly that. I think that would be a huge plus. That would probably have my commute time and would be a real incentive to me in driving a car like this. Green numberplates, which could look Something Like these, would, ministers believe, make it easier for councils to introduce incentives like free parking or access to the bus lanes. Driving in a bus lane wont change my mind. Id be up forjust driving an electric car because its better for the planet. It seems a good idea if you could move a bit quickly through a city. Theres too many cars on the road anyway, and i think a better incentive would be to make the bus is cheaper. Ultimately councils decide which incentives to introduce and where. The government hopes by making electrics more visible it can drive change. We are pumping out the fumes from diesel and petrol that literally kill people, so we want to change that, and one way to do that is to raise the awareness of what i think is a Quiet Revolution going on on our streets, which are more and more though and zero carbon cars. In norways capital oslo, electric cars are everywhere. There numberplates start with an e. Incentives such as free parking and open access to bus lanes have helped convert consumers there. The rest of the world, including the uk, is playing catch up. Electrics are still a fraction of all new vehicles bought in britain today. Improving charging infrastructure is key, but the government hopes incentives like being able to drive in the bus lane could help us make the shift. But the upfront cost of an electric is a big barrier for many of us. A wider choice of more affordable models will be critical so they can become mainstream on our streets. Tom burridge, bbc news, in bristol. James and his wife own an electric carand james and his wife own an electric car and they say it has been a great purchase. Holly hughesdon, says having an electric vehicle makes her life as a busy mum more simple. And im alsojoined by toby park, head of Energy Sustainability at the Behavioural Insights Team sometimes known as the nudge unit, which works with the government to make simple changes to tackle major policy problems. Why did you buy an electric car, you obviously love it . You were pushing it. It was more the cost fact. Because with electric cars, everyone looks at the price to buy them and for others it was cheaper to lease a carand for others it was cheaper to lease a car and that is what we decided to do. We are saving £200 a month from having an electric car. What about the costs of buying it. There were incentives to buy them initially but they have gone away. It is more from our personal point of view and from a leasing point of view, it is so much cheaper. Originally with electric cars, there is the massive price to buy a car. They are more expensive than standard petrol cars. From our point of view we were cautious in investing in new technology. We thought leasing would bea technology. We thought leasing would be a facer option. If anything would go wrong we could go back. You are saving £200 a month . It is huge. Did you think it would be that much of a saving . Initially we dent in the sense of obviously cars are expensive, you have got tax and insurance on top of the purchase price. But i mean we have also had solar panels on our property as well which has helped massively. Hang on, what is included in that saving. Obviously you can charge up a certain location is at no cost. For example, we use a local Shopping Centre very often and it costs us nothing to charge the vehicle. If we we re nothing to charge the vehicle. If we were driving a fuel car, you would need £50 plus two fill that car back up need £50 plus two fill that car back up again which is basically burning money at the end of the day. We never charge at home now. We have a charger put in by the company be brought up. That is the big unsung story. Why is that . Supermarkets have chargers. If you charge it at home it increases your bill . You can charge at a supermarket, it does not cost you a penny. What about rage anxiety . It was our first big caution. We popped down to exeter a lot and we can see hollys family in wales and it has not been a problem. We have two Young Children ourselves and they take about 50 minutes to recharge effectively, to have their food and to be sorted out in the circumstances. So a car. Exactly, we always come out and their car is fully charging before we have finished. Lets talk more about that uniti finished. Lets talk more about that unit i talked about. We can talk to toby. Tell us what the idea is behind the green numberplates that are being discussed, it is done in canada. Put it on the electric cars and it means other people can see how many are out there and it could encourage others. There is a good news story out there, the number of people buying electric cars is increasing rapidly. The numbers are still quite small at their number right at the moment. People do not realise that, electric cars more or less look the same as diesel and petrol cars. The Science Behind this is what we call social proof. Imagine you are looking a restaurant and the menus are quite similar. Say one is full of happy punters and one is quite a. You go into the one that is quite a. You go into the one that is full of people who are enjoying it. You can use the same kind of influence when it comes to vehicle purchasing. You are going to be driving down the road, on the motorway, you will see a few of these cars and then you will think, people are buying these, it is quite normal. We know that does influence on people. How much does it influence . You gave the analogy of an influence . You gave the analogy of a n restau ra nt influence . You gave the analogy of an restaurant that is popular. That is an occasional thing that people might do. But your car it has to be cost efficient and it has to be reliable. You are right. It is a soft nudge on the margins, it will not get us all buying electric cars overnight. We will need policies and recharging structure. We think it is worthwhile and it is also a platform which we can build on, so it is not just about the social proof element. It is an opportunity to build incentives into this and that could be more of a game changer. If you can use the toll roads for free, if you get parking benefits and local authorities car parts and so on, that could be more impactful. Authorities car parts and so on, that could be more impactfulm sounds like something being talked out by the government. I do not say that in a critical fashion. Out by the government. I do not say that in a criticalfashion. It out by the government. I do not say that in a critical fashion. It is quite a win win for the government because it does not cost the government anything, numberplates changing colour, councils getting less reve nu e changing colour, councils getting less revenue because of parking costs. What about what the government should be doing to encourage infrastructure and to give financial incentives for people to get these cars. We have heard as well that funding for charging infrastructure has been doubled, i believe. But that is the first step. We need more charging infrastructure and we need more information about costs. Electric cars are more expensive up front and that is a problem from a behaviour perspective. Even though they can be money saving in the long run, we do tend to focus on that upfront cost and we need to address that. Potentially there are mechanisms that can solve it, may be things like pay as you save like interest free loans where you get a loan for the difference been covered. Maybe local authorities could help bring together Interested Community Members to agree some kind of collective purchase agreement. By 100 vehicles at once and get a discount. I do not say that we need those stronger policy elements, but we have to start somewhere. We have committed to net zero emissions and we think this is a first good step to raise awareness and get people thinking about this. Toby part, thank you very much. Japans Emperor Naruhito has formally proclaimed his ascension to the throne in an elaborate ceremony. The emperor, who is 59, officially began his reign in may after the abdication of his father, the then emperor akihito. But, after a series of traditional rituals inside the imperial palace in tokyo, his ascension has now been formalised. It isa it is a time to look at the weather. We have sunny spells across england and wales this morning. We had some mist and fog which has lifted and cleared away. At the moment in western sussex with some blue skies. It is not a case of blue skies everywhere, we have more cloud for scotla nd everywhere, we have more cloud for scotland and Northern Ireland. Here we have got some rain and the far north of scotland. Elsewhere it will remain dry. We will get sunny spells developing across most areas, temperatures around 12, 15 degrees. Tonight we will continue with rain in scotland, more moving into the north west of scotland. Elsewhere clear spells and mist and fog developing in central and southern areas and with clear spells temperatures going down into single figures. We have the rain across the west of scotland, that will move eastwards and push its way into Northern Ireland. For many of us it will be a drier day on wednesday. There will be quite a bit of cloud round. Later into the evening, rain spreads into the south east. This is bbc newsroom live. The headlines. Borisjohnson this is bbc newsroom live. The headlines. Boris johnson has promised to take britain out of the eu by the 31st of october. He faces a crucial test in the commons today. Mps will vote on the eu withdrawal bill and then they will have to improve the government plan, with three days to scrutinise it. Many mps are criticising that tight timetable. Officers from Northamptonshire Police will travel to the us to interview under caution an american diplomats wife who left the uk after being involved in a fatal car crash. Lawyers have clearly stated the suspect wants to be personally interviewed by officers from Northamptonshire Police in orderfor them to see her and the devastation this has caused her and herfamily. Abortion has been decriminalised in Northern Ireland and same sex marriage has been legalised after westminster voted for the changes in july. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering two 17 year old boys who were stabbed at a house party in milton keynes. An 83 year old man has died and two other pensioners have been injured after they were attacked at woods in new elgin in north east scotland. Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has won a second term in office, although hes lost his parliamentary majority. Sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres olly foster. Good morning. The england head coach eddiejones says that someone might have been filming their latest Training Session in japan. Allegations of spying in rugby are very common, especially around big matches. They are in tokyo at the moment ahead of saturdays world cup semi final against the all blacks. Sometimes teams erect screens around their tarining pitches, but apparently someone was spotted with a long lens in one of those nearby apartments. Not that jones appeared unduly worried. He says he used to spy himself on opposition teams a long time ago. I havent done it since 2000 and. I better get my numbers right. 2001 we used to do it. You dont need to do itany we used to do it. You dont need to do it any more, mate, because you see everything. You can watch eve ryo ne see everything. You can watch everyone because you see everything. You can watch everyones training on youtube or whatever there is. There is everything out there. There is no value in doing that sort of thing now. Absolutely zero. Sheffield united have their biggest win since returning to the Prmier League a 1 0 win at home to arsenal summer signing lys moussett scored the only goal of the game at bramhall lane, on his first start for the club. Defeat for arsenal means that they stay fifth, as Sheffield United move into the top half of the table. The Champions League returns tonight. Last yea rs runners up tottenham are in desperate need of a win, notjust in this competition. They face Red Star Belgrade at home. Spurs have one point from two matches so far, but their last game saw them humiliated 7 2 by bayern munich. Spurs league form has also been poor. Manager Mauricio Pochettino has admitted that his job is on the line if he cant turn their form around, but he says thatjust goes with the territory. I understand its business. I understand. I am a7, a8. I understand its business. I understand. Iam a7, a8. Look, why do you think that i dont have white . Because i dont Pay Attention to this. I only Pay Attention that we need to improve our performance. If we dont improve our performance, what is going to be the result . It is or was the same in football. It is always the same. Manchester city also play tonight theyve made a perfect start in theirgroup, with two wins out of two. They face italian side atalanta. Great britains rugby league side has been forced to leave auckland because of a major fire in the new zealand capital. Large parts of the city were covered by smoke from a fire at a Convention Centre close to the team hotel. Theyve moved to hamilton, where theyll play tonga in the first of four test matches on their three week tour. Salford stand off tui lolohea will line up for tonga. Hes enjoyed a new lease of life since his mid season move from leeds, and played in the Super League Grand final against st helens 10 days ago. Great britain will also face new zealand and Papua New Guinea in theirfirst tour matches since 2007. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Welcome back to westminster, where borisjohnson is attempting to push through his brexit bill this week, in order to leave the eu by his halloween deadline. Mps will vote on the Withdrawal Agreement bill later and, if they back it, they will be asked to approve a three day timetable to consider the legislation. Thats attracted the anger of some mps, who say its not enough to time to consider such an important bill. With me now is stephen gethins, the Foreign Affairs and europe spokesperson for the snp. Thank you for coming along. Good morning. Lets begin by explaining the snp plans for the day. Another very big day . First of all we are going to vote against the Programme Motion, our timetable. Ramming through a bill of this magnitude without giving anybody proper scope to consider, discuss or debate this, is an irresponsible act. We are used to irresponsible acts from number 10. They affect constituents. Havent you had enough time over the last three years to consider the broad principles, the broader issues at stake here, people will say . We keep on getting different messages about what brexit actually means. Who decides the impact on education and Research Institutions like the university of st andrews . Who decides the impact on the food and to industry . Or decides on areas around freedom of movement and opportunities for young people in the future . Do i sign that off to borisjohnson the future . Do i sign that off to Boris Johnson and have the future . Do i sign that off to borisjohnson and have him make these profound decisions which will have a life changing consequences for my constituents . I dont think so. I dont trust borisjohnson as far as so. I dont trust borisjohnson as farasi so. I dont trust borisjohnson as faras i can so. I dont trust borisjohnson as far as i can throw him. That is not just me but my colleagues in labour, the liberal democrats, plaid cymru, the liberal democrats, plaid cymru, the greens and even some of the conservatives. Lets have a proper debate. If these proposals have been seriously thought through, and i dont think they have, but if they have they should be able to stand up to scrutiny in parliament. In terms of any amendments the party is planning, talk to me about that . We are looking through a wide range of amendments. This is a chunky bill that we only got very, very late last night. We would like to see a role for the Scottish Parliament and the other devolved administrations. This will have an impact on devolution and the powers under their responsibility. There is an important letter from scotlands first minister and the welsh first minister, a joint letter, last night around this. We will need to look at that. But fundamentally, and i will admit it, the snp doesnt want to leave the European Union, there is no deal like the one we have with the eu, so we need to look at other areas where we can maintain that close relationship with our european partners. We would like to be members of the eu but we would like to look at the single market, the Customs Union, all these other areas. Is this is is thisjust about frustrating brexit . Those in favour have done a pretty good job of frustrating brexit in the first place. Borisjohnson took us into this without having the first clue of what to do. Because he said lets leave the eu without setting out a plan, this is where parliament stepped in, whether he likes it or not. This fills in some of the blanks but it also shows us the damage it will do two jobs and the economy, the length and breadth of the united kingdom, including scotland. Finally and briefly, the snp has been very vocal for some time about wanting a general election. Where does that stand as things unfold today . election. Where does that stand as things unfold today . I would like to see a general election. I think it is important to see the back of this irresponsible and grossly negligent Prime Minister. That is to the good of everybody. We would still like an extension. The benn act requires an extension. The benn act requires an extension. It is the law. Lets get an extension, have a general election, so people can have a choice. Also, lets have a referendum so people can fundamentally choose whether to leave or remain in the eu. Thank you very much. Of course, the precise mechanism to a general election isnt entirely clear yet. As with so many things in this Brexit Process it totally depends on what happens today, what those next steps might be. As for today, even if there is the political will to get a deal through, then the timetable may mean that Boris Johnsons through, then the timetable may mean that borisjohnsons plants are frustrated, as we heard from one commentator earlier on today. What mps are looking at is a matter of unprecedented constitutional complexity. I am joined unprecedented constitutional complexity. Iam joined now unprecedented constitutional complexity. I am joined now by doctor richard fowler, Senior Researcher at the hansard society, a think tank that promotes parliamentary democracy. Would you agree that we are talking about a matter of unprecedented complexity in terms of what mps are having to look at . Or have they seen most of this already . Well, i wouldnt necessarily say unprecedented, but the bill is certainly extremely complicated and extremely intricate, and it links to other pieces of legislation. It amends several pieces of legislation itself. So its possibly not unprecedented but its possibly not unprecedented but its certainly extremely complex and intricate, as well as being very long. Many people might assume that all mps long. Many people might assume that allmps are long. Many people might assume that all mps are well versed in the sort of language that they are looking at, the material they are looking at. Is that the case . Not necessarily. That is important for people to grasp. It is correct to say that mps have spent hundreds of hours debating brexit in principle and different versions of the relationship with the eu. But they havent previously seen this bill, which is a potential law and it will be law if it goes through, which is about how the relationship with the eu agreed in the Withdrawal Agreement, is actually going to be low within the uk. There are all sorts of things in there that mps have not really debated in any detail at all in this process. In simple terms you are saying there is a lot of new stuff in there . There isa a lot of new stuff in there . There is a lot of stuff in there that mps have not debated before. The government did not publish this bill in draft, which it could have done, because Everybody Knows the draft has been around for some time, but the government did not publish it. Mps have not seen it. It is a lot for them to get their heads around ina for them to get their heads around in a hurry. From a neutral position, you can understand white many mps are saying that three days is not enough time to scrutinise this thoroughly . Why many mps. Enough time to scrutinise this thoroughly . Why many mpsi enough time to scrutinise this thoroughly . Why many mps. I can absolutely understand. There is an argument on the other side that that matters less than the fact of meeting the governments deadline of october 31. There are arguments both sides. In terms of the legislative complexity of it, you can absolutely understand why three days is not seen as understand why three days is not seen as adequate. Is this in terms of parliamentary timetables and rules, is this the final opportunity for a borisjohnson to get a deal through by the deadline, his stated deadline of the 31st of october . Through by the deadline, his stated deadline of the 315t of 0ctober . |j deadline of the 315t of october . think so, because at some stage it just becomes physically impossible to get a bill through both houses in fewer than a certain number of days. The government wants the house of commons to agree this evening to try and get it through in three days. If the house of commons doesnt agree that so called motion this evening, the Programme Motion, then effectively the government has lost control of the timetable and it will become much more difficult to get it through in this very accelerated period of time. Just to reemphasise, when we use that phrase, its another piece of jargon. When we use that phrase, its another piece ofjargon. Programme motion is literally talking about the timetable for working through this legislation . Thats right. It isa this legislation . Thats right. It is a bit of text that says the house agrees to spend this amount of time ona agrees to spend this amount of time on a particular bill. In this particular case the house would be agreeing to get the bill through in three days. That is really not very long at all. Always worth clarifying the jargon. Notjargon i guess if you are immersed in daily life at westminster but jargon for you are immersed in daily life at westminster butjargon for many of us. Westminster butjargon for many of us. Rachel farah, thank you very much. And as for the other timetable, the overall timetable of today, well, we expect to get under way in the house of commons today at a round of about 12 30pm. There is an urgent question on another matter first of all. Shortly thereafter we should see that debate begin and it could be a late one. It could run through potentially as late as ten oclock tonight. Much will depend on how any voting goes later in the day. For now, from westminster, back to you, joanna. Thank you very much. Turkeys president has threatend to resume his offensive against kurdish fighters in North Eastern syria, when a ceasefire ends later today. Mr ea rley mr earley gun was saying ahead of talks with Vladimir Putin in saatchi. This is a critical summit taking place in saatchi between the president s of russia and turkey, two strong personalities, two countries with key roles to play in syria. First and foremost on the agenda is that short term ceasefire brokered by the United States five days ago. It runs out in a few hours. Turkey has concerns about whether kurdish militias have indeed withdrawn from what it defines as a safe zone on the turkish syrian border. Russia has concerns also about the Turkish Military presence there. And also concerns about the possibility of clashes with Syrian Government troops who have now moved into some of that area. I think first and foremost the ceasefire but beyond that, turkeys ambition for a safe soundin that, turkeys ambition for a safe sound in principle in that border zone, how big it can be, the scope and the scale of that border, buffer zone that turkey so desperately wa nts. Zone that turkey so desperately wants. Russia says it does understand the security concerns, particularly about militias linked to the kkk particularly about militias linked to the kkk pkk, the particularly about militias linked to the kkk pkk, the outlawed Militia Group in turkey itself, but it is also said that turkey must respect syrias territorial integrity. These are complex talks, a complex moment within syria. Important to underline that russia is playing the key role as a power broker, a mediator, mediating between turkey and the kurds, turkey and damascus. It is a role russia relishes and it is playing it once again here for these talks. Sarah rainsford with the latest on the diplomacy. On the ground at least 60 british children who fled Islamic State areas are trapped in northern syria, according to save the children. Many of them are aged underfive, half the children. Many of them are aged under five, half of them, and the children. Many of them are aged underfive, half of them, and are enduring what the charity describes as dire conditions. I am joined by Alison Griffin from the charity. Welcome. Tell us more about these kids, how have they ended up there . We are talking about 60 children, double the previous estimates, british children currently trapped in north east syria. Many of them have fled ices held areas. They have experienced horrendous situations in their short lives. They have had to flee places in the desert at night and now they are in these camps which are barely habitable. Conditions are dire. We have seen 300 children have died in these camps in the last year. Speaking to one child, she is not british, but we heard from her that she came into the camp with shrapnel embedded in her stomach. She was in so much pain and the Health Care Facilities were so inadequate, she had to find a razor blade off the floor and scoop it out herself. This is no place for a child. 60 of them are british citizens. What you think should to them . Of course, save the children says to the british government, you need to repatriate these children urgently. We know there is a window of opportunity. Obviously there is the current ceasefire which ends at 7pm tonight. Even before this latest rise in escalations, the camps are open. Our staff can get in on a daily basis to offer food and advice to children. The kurdish authorities can negotiate with governments as they have done with other governments around the world, to repatriate their own citizens. Now is the time for britain to do what it needs to do, step up and get those Children Home and gave them the chance of a future. And what about the parents . There was the case that got a lot of coverage, shamima begum, who was in one of these camps. She had gone to be a so called Islamic State bride. She was pregnant. She wanted to come home with her baby, the baby subsequently died, sadly. Her citizenship was taken away from her and obviously we dont know if the baby would have remained alive. What does that say to you about the british governments approach and what conversations have save the children had with the government about what should happen now . Cases like shamima begum, she was a 15 year old girl, she witnessed the death of three children. That is not to say she has not played her role in what she has done. And absolutely she should face justice for those crimes that she has committed. However, we believe the best place to do that, to find out what has happened to her, and therefore what needs to happen in the future, is to bring her to britain and to go through that process, because she is ina very through that process, because she is in a very radicalised environment currently. And her and people like her still have children out of their living in these conditions. Our main call to action is to bring these Children Home while there is an opportunity to do so. Dominic raab, last week, made comments saying that innocence should not be caught in the crossfire. Now it is time to act on those, tos, to negotiate with authorities on the ground and save the children is in discussions with the children is in discussions with the authorities and the commonwealth office. To get them home and get them home urgently. Winter is on the way. The ceasefire is very fragile. How much progress are those conversations making . Do you have a sense the government may change its policy . Well, we have heard in the last few days reports in the media that the government is thinking about it. We have got a petition live to priti patel, thousands of people calling for the repatriation. We are hopeful we can offer all of the support in terms of Mental Health needs that these children need, and specialised agencies that they will have to work with in order to support the full recovery. The main point is these children have a chance to recover and we have the chance to recover and we have the chance to recover and we have the chance to give them a future. That is what we need to do. Thank you. In a moment well have all the business news. But first, the headlines on bbc news. Mps have criticised plans to push key brexit legislation through the commons by the end of the week. A vote will be held later on a proposed three day timetable. Officers from Northamptonshire Police are set to travel to the us to interview a woman involved in the crash which killed harry dunn under caution. Abortion has been decriminalised in Northern Ireland and same sex marriage has been legalised after westminster voted for the changes in july now your business news. Auditors who worked for thomas cook have been answering questions from mps over the travel firms collapse. Pwc said it stands by its work. Ey acknowledged that in hindsight, it could have held thomas cook management more to account. There are plans to give electric car owners special green number plates, which could be used to allow them use bus lanes or benefit from cheaper parking in towns and cities. The government hopes it will boost electric car sales, helping it achieve its target of net zero emissions by 2050. The home rentals site airbnb says theres a chance it could face legal action, after hmrc started looking into its tax affairs. One of its uk companies processes payments between hosts and guests in most of its international markets. Airbnb says it follows the rules and pays all the tax it owes in the places in which it does business. First today, figures have been released showing how much the government borrowed in september to cover its spending. It was £9. A billion, £600 million more than the same month last year. Thats the first time in five years that year on year borrowing has gone up in september, meaning that the National Debt is going up. Victoria clarke is an economist at investec. Thank you for being with us. Why has borrowing gone up . There have been various technical factors which have pushed up borrowing over recent history, including some statistical changes on Corporation Taxes and on student loa ns on Corporation Taxes and on Student Loans as well. The Bigger Picture is the government is starting to get more cash out of the door. It is moving forward with a looser fiscal backdrop and current spending numbers are increasing. So what that is, what sits behind those changes, there is an intention by the government to push more cash out of the door. The government has talked about turning the page on austerity. And yet it does seem to have a commitment in place to keep its borrowing below 2 of gdp, all the Economic Activity in the country. How will these figures play into the likelihood of achieving target . Well, i dont put it on a particularly likely passed to them doing that, but having said that, they would be another look at what this fiscal framework should be any way. We have got the budget coming up way. We have got the budget coming up on the 6th of november. And alongside that i would expect the government is going to publish its new plans, which will quite possibly throw out its ambitions to try to get the borrowing total, the deficit, below that 2 line in 2020, 2021, which is the current plan. In light of plans to get more cash out of the door, it is going to be more public spending, not just this of the door, it is going to be more public spending, notjust this year but into the future as well. Does it make them does it make you harder for them to justify spending . Well, no. I think thats a reflection of what we are starting to see more of already, that the government is pushing for more cash out of the door. They have got a bit more space to do so. If we look back to where we we re to do so. If we look back to where we were with fiscal deficits at the peak of the financial crisis, the numbers show that the borrowing total as a share of gdp was about 10 . In the last year that came down below 2 . So deficits have come down. Debt is still high. There is more work to be done. The government doesnt want to throw its fiscal goals out of the window completely. Certainly the deficits have come down and they have got a little bit more room to play with. Victoria clark, thank you. In other business stories weve been following, there are reports that the biggest shareholder in the Office Space Provider wework is trying to take it over. The business channel cnbc says that the Japanese Investment Firm Softbank is in talks to take control at a valuation of £6 billion. If the deal proceeds, its expected they would force out weworks founder adam neumann, after he tried to sell shares in the company, valuing it at £38 billion. Holidays to Sharm El Sheik could become an option again with the government planned to lift a ban on flights. It is four years since a bomb killed everybody on board a Russian Airliner shortly after taking off from the nearby airport car, criticised for lax security. Bad news from the diamond business. De beers has reported a 1a drop in production over the Third Quarter of the year. Production fell to 7. A million carats because of mine closures and weaker demand. Thats all the business news. Still quite a lot of diamonds. Thank you. Now the weather. Some sunshine developing across southern areas of england after a misty and murky start. This is the scene misty and murky start. This is the scene at the moment in west sussex. Blue skies gradually extending further north and west across england and wales. Even in northern and western parts we will see some brighter skies, not so much for scotla nd brighter skies, not so much for scotland and for Northern Ireland. It will stay quite cloudy. Rain affecting the north part of scotland. Maximum temperatures getting to five to 1a celsius this afternoon. The rain will continue for a time across scotland, rain moving its way into the west later. For england and wales, with clear skies, patchy mist and fog developing in central and southern areas, it could turn quite chilly. Temperatures in two fairly low single figures. Not as cold though the further north you go. 11 degrees overnight in stornoway. Throughout wednesday still some rain over western scotland and into Northern Ireland. Later in the day we will see some rain moving its way into south eastern england. But for the bulk of the day for england and wales it will be dry. There will be some cloud. Temperatures 15 to 18. Youre watching bbc newsroom live, im Annita Mcveigh live in westminster its midday and these are the main stories this lunchtime. Borisjohnson launches a final bid to deliver his brexit deal by the end of the month but opinion is divided among mps some angry at the lack of time given to examine the detail. There will be crucial votes again tonight but if mps reject a proposal to speed the withdrawal bill through the commons by thursday, borisjohnsons deal is unlikely to be passed by the october 31st deadline. Northamptonshire police are to travel to the us to question under caution the american diplomats wife who fled the uk after being involved in a fatal car crash. Drivers of electric cars across the uk may soon be using special green number plates under new plans. Welcome to westminster where borisjohnson will urge mps to back his brexit deal later, as he launches a final bid to get the uk to leave the eu by the end of the month. Hell seek the support of members of parliament in two crucial votes today. So whats expected to happen . Mps will vote later on whether to back Boris Johnson Withdrawal Agreement bill. The 110 page document details how parliament is expected to put the deal agreed with the eu into uk law. If mps do back the bill, they will then be asked to approve whats called a Programme Motion which sets out the timetable for the legislations passage through the commons. But Opposition Mps say it will not be enough time to properly scrutinise the bill. If that Programme Motion is approved, the bill will then move to the Committee Stage which will continue on into wednesday with the aim being to get it through the commons by the end of thursday. But mps may put down amendments such as a Customs Union or second referendum. Both are bitterly opposed by the government, which could pull the bill altogether if either amendment gets through. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. The governments new plan to deliver brexit next week. 110 pages. Legislation which, if it passes, will pave the way for the uk to leave the eu. Ahead of todays debate, the Prime Minister said, i Hope Parliament votes to take back control for itself and the british people and the country can start to focus on the cost of living, the nhs and conserving our environment. The public doesnt want any more delays and neither do other european leaders and neither do i. But opposition parties are angry. They think the government is moving too fast by proposing to give mps just three days to scrutinise the bill. At every stage, mr speaker, the government has been running scared of this house and democracy and its now attempting to force through a flawed brexit deal which sells out peoples jobs, rights and our communities. Mps will vote later on the basic ideas in the legislation. If they give the green light, they will then vote on the governments timetable. If ministers lose, it will be a big blow. But if mps agree, line by line scrutiny begins. The next few days wont be plain sailing because opposition parties are going to try and change the legislation to include things like a closer relationship with the eu and a second referendum on whether we leave at all, either of which would throw borisjohnsons plans into disarray. Things at westminster have been far from straightforward recently. The next few days will have some twists and turns, too. But now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. Im joined by our assistant Political Editor norman smith. He is in the lobby in the houses of parliament. Is this really the final opportunity, the final one for Boris Johnson to get to steel, as it stands, through parliament by the october 31 deadline . It is beginning to look like that, we are looking to face a knife edge vote for the timetable to get his bill through. For a lot of people this might sound technical, why are we fussed about the timetable . Because if we cannot get that through, then frankly there is not much chance of getting the whole bill through in time for this deadline of october the 31st. But the signs are it is going to be incredibly close. Yes, borisjohnson well when theyre big votes in the symbolic principle behind the bill which is an achievement when you think theresa may when crashing down toa thumping think theresa may when crashing down to a thumping great defeats. It looks like he has got a majority on the broad outline of the bill. On the broad outline of the bill. On the timetabling, he is in difficulty because a lot of mps take the view that three days for the comments to pore through all 110 pages of a very complex bill is just unacceptable. It is not just complex bill is just unacceptable. It is notjust that he will lose his chance of getting out on october the sist. If mps chance of getting out on october the 31st. If mps defeat him on the timetable there is a good chance they will defeat in some of the details of the bill. Ominously for mrjohnson there are signs some of those tory rebels, those mps he booted out of the party, are lining up booted out of the party, are lining up against them. Have a listen to theirformer up against them. Have a listen to their former leadership contender rory stewart. He has got his eyes closed because he was on the radio. I think he was concentrating. Its important that parliament has a normal time to discuss this bill and the reason for that is that this is about legitimacy, its about the way that particularly remain voters are going to regard this. Theres already so much suspicion and mistrust which extends to the government and parliament and others. We need to finish this in the proper way and if we are going to deliver brexit, we need to deliver in a way that brexiteers and remainers believe was taken through parliament fairly. That doesnt mean extending to the end of the year but it does mean that we need a few days to do it properly and if we dont do it properly, we are going to undermine the thing from the beginning. The Programme Motion isjust the start of borisjohnsons troubles ahead because this legislation is like to face a blizzard of amendments which could scupper the bill. So the Smoke Signals emerging from team johnson is that if the Programme Motion or any of these amendments to pass simply say no, we are going to pull the whole bill opening up the possibility that maybe mrjohnson would then seek, i cannot get my bill through parliament, i am going to have that general election. Have a listen to the housing secretary giving a very clear indication that they will not accept any changes to Boris Johnsons bill. We dont want to compromise the integrity of the deal that we have negotiated with the eu. This is a good deal, it is a win win for the uk. Forgive me for interrupting. I am just trying to be clear, if you do have it amended in a way that you find unsatisfactory, you pull the whole thing rather than let Parliament Come up with another option. That will be a decision for the Prime Minister but we are not going to compromise on this deal because it is a good deal, it delivers on the outcome of the referendum and it is the only deal that is out there, a deal that both the eu and the uk consider a good one that can take the whole of europe forwards. So the stakes tonight are pretty humongous. If Boris Johnson so the stakes tonight are pretty humongous. If borisjohnson wins this Programme Motion he will be set fairto get this Programme Motion he will be set fair to get his bill through parliament by october the 31st, meeting his do or die deadline. If however the Programme Motion is lost, will mrjohnson concluded he has got no chance of getting the bill through parliament, pull it and who knows, try and engineer a general election. Ok, norman. Thank you very much they are. Let me tell you very much they are. Let me tell you quickly before we get to our next guest about a number of amendments that are being lodged. We do not know if they will be selected to be voted on. A number are being lodged which will cause the Prime Minister a headache. The snp westminster leader have said they have lodged an amendment to the withdrawal bill declining a second reading of the bill in the absence of the Scottish Parliament giving consent. Our right to determine whether we remain eu citizens should be and our hands not borisjohnsons he has treated there. It is on yours greens right now. We have another tweet from the independent mp, nick bowles who says that he has tabled the following amendment to require the following amendment to require the government by default to seek an extension of the transition period to december 2022 unless mps pass a resolution to the contrary. He says we must offer no deal brexit in december 2020, the end of the transition period as things stand. If we take our look more broadly, amendments to the brexit deal so far. You have got ken clarke, negotiating a Customs Union. You will see this and daniel kramers twitter handle. Nick bowles on extending the implementation process. Labour. Lib dems on safeguards. And on it goes. Our Political Editor, laura can also just tweeting, laura labour. I think there might be a typo here. The timetable vote but maybe as may be as much as 30 rebels backing the concept if not the detail of the deal. Im joined now by the conservative mp, Mark Francois. Thank you very much for coming along. Bearing methods as i take our viewers all of those amendments, coming thick and fast. That is certainly going to post big problems for borisjohnson, certainly going to post big problems for Boris Johnson, doesnt certainly going to post big problems for borisjohnson, doesnt it . Certainly going to post big problems for Boris Johnson, doesnt it . One of the great pleasures when we left the European Union is this idiot behind me is going to have to get a properjob. That is another great reason for passing the spell. As i said last week, he is entitled to protest. You are entitled to be heard. If Parliament Approves this bill, in nine days time we leave the European Union, we honour the result of the referendum. It is now down to my colleagues in the house of commons. I hope very much to pass this and in nine days we will be living in a free country. Is it honouring the referendum if mps, who represent both constituencies that voted to leave and constituencies that voted to remain, if they have not had a chance to give this deal proper scrutiny. Does that not in effect, and anti democratic proper scrutiny. Does that not in effect, and antidemocratic we have been debating this for three yea rs. Have been debating this for three years. The treaty came out well over a year ago, years. The treaty came out well over a yearago, it years. The treaty came out well over a year ago, it has changed a bit because the Prime Minister brilliantly got rid of the backstop which was the major problem and has also changed the political declaration so we can eventually end up declaration so we can eventually end up with a free trade deal which many health as i wanted for many years. Not everybody agrees that is brilliant. The dup for example. We have had more than enough time to discuss this. If this means some mps have to work to be on midnight, i do not think the public will cry themselves to sleep for that. This is incredibly detailed. In any other circumstances would she say that three days until the end of business on thursday was enough. Yes, the broad principles absolutely, i agree with you have been debated for a long time. At the technical detail and there hasnt. This is called an implementing bill. Because bill is a treaty. Because it is a treaty, we have to ratify in an act of parliament. That is our tradition. So we have debated the treaty endlessly. What this does is put that treaty into law. We have spent well over a year debating the detail of the treaty. This just implements it. We have already debated that. There is a trust issue here. A lot of mps dont fully trust Boris Johnson to manage this process and to ta ke johnson to manage this process and to take the uk out, would you accept that . There is a bigger trust issue in which the public do not trust mps. It is now nakedly obvious that half the house of commons will never vote for us to leave the eu under any circumstances. Eventually we will get a general election and those mps who have been trying to keep as in the eu will have to a nswer to keep as in the eu will have to answer to their constituents. Many of them i suspect will not be coming back. A final question, if various amendments are voted for that Boris Johnson, that makes borisjohnson think that the deal that he negotiated with the eu is no longer tenable, what happens then . Will there be a push for a general election, a motion of no confidence . Ultimately that is up to the Prime Minister. I suspect if we cannot break the long journey, mps in that place vote yet again to keep us in the eu, that is what they would be doing. If they kill this bill and keepers in the eu, we will have to have a general election to break that. Most people who voted against the referendum will have to go back to their constituencies and look to their constituents and explain why they voted to keep as in the eu deliberately. A moment of quiet for that final answer. Thank you very much. Im joined now by the liberal democrats brexit spokesperson, tom brake. Iam glancing i am glancing to refresh myself on an amendment you have put forward. If the deal went through as negotiated by borisjohnson, with those safeguards not be there . No. On the question as settled satyrs, the government have made it clear for eu citizens who fail, that is because they do not know to secure it settle status by the appropriate date could be at risk of action being taken against them and possible deportation. No, the safeguards are not there. Clearly there are many other amendments that will be supporting to this bill. A confirmatory vote for instance. It is important to pick up on what Mark Francois said. If the shoe had been on the other foot and Mark Francois was here to argue against the time allocated to a bill that he was interested in, ithink allocated to a bill that he was interested in, i think he would have pointed out that we are getting less time to scrutinise this bill than was given over to circus animals. Frankly, the amount of time allocated is completely unacceptable. Yesterday evening i had to rush to the table office and the chamber with about 30 seconds to gojust to be able to get the chamber with about 30 seconds to go just to be able to get those amendments down. And there are literally hundreds of other amendments that will be required for this bill. The time of like the amount of time allocated is not enough. You say there simply isnt the time and that is apart from the whole political will issue. The lib dems rather than wanting to get brexit done want to ditch brexit. You want to revoke article 50. How do you see this process unfolding today . We often talk about big days in westminster. It does strike me that this is a significant one. Do you think it could be the end of this deal as it stands now and that we are moving by some mechanism towards a general election . First thing to say is that as a party we are pressing for a confirmatory vote. In terms of where we move from here, ithink vote. In terms of where we move from here, i think that the crunch point will come around the Programme Motion because members of parliament really wherever they stand on the brexit issue, do normally expect a reasonable time to scrutinise a bill of 110 pages. We are not being given that time. So for instance the opportunity to draw out of the bill things like for instance the fact that a Northern Ireland business is going to have to fill in forms to export things, because that is how it is going to be treated now, to Great Britain which is something i think would require amendments and will require significant debate. The idea that the best way to conduct these debates is at 12 oclock at night, one oclock in the morning or two oclock in the morning, that is hardly conducive to good scrutiny. 0k, hardly conducive to good scrutiny. Ok, we must leave it there. Thank you very much. The mp steve brine is with me. Thank you for coming along. I understand you are backing this deal that you have had second thoughts or pause for thought. You want to examine ita pause for thought. You want to examine it a little bit more closely, tell us why . Because it is myjob. Pause for closely, tell us why . Because it is my job. Pause for thought closely, tell us why . Because it is myjob. Pause for thought is a good way to put it. I have been going through this and the explanatory notes. I could not hear what tom is saying down the line. We have not had enough time to scrutinise this. You have got the liberal party saying lets cancel it and pretend like it never happened. And we have nigel farage saying we have a clean brexit. We have the government putting forward the deal. They are the dealers now. I know it does not fit on a stick or a t shirt, but leaving in a safe and sensible way that protects jobs and the leaving in a safe and sensible way that protectsjobs and the economy and citizens rights, that seems to me like a centrist position. and citizens rights, that seems to me like a centrist position. I am tempted by that. If you are initially backing the deal, what is it that you have read late last night or in the small hours in the morning that has made you stop those . I said i was backing the meaningful vote on saturday but we we re meaningful vote on saturday but we were robbed of a chance of expressing a view on that on saturday. There is a lot in here which can be commended, it moves as on. This is merely the ratification or not of a treaty that the uk has negotiated with a foreign power, in this case the eu. All these amendments that will come forward around referendums and Customs Union, i will not support a Customs Union, i will not support a Customs Union amendment. I supported remain because i wanted to be in the eus Customs Union. We need to stop the steady creep towards accepting the result but not really but trying to claw back the different elements of membership. The country chose a different path and we have got to try and give effect to that different path in the safest ways possible. I resigned from the government, from the job i loved and as Public Health minister and i had the conservative whip suspended over trying to stop no deal because i do not think that is the National Interest of the country. If amendments get in the way of what borisjohnson amendments get in the way of what Boris Johnson wants to amendments get in the way of what borisjohnson wants to do, is that effectively the end of the road for this deal in parliament . No, not at all. The lords reform fell in the Programme Motion, that is where the action is today. If the Programme Motion doesnt succeed in the second reading does, the government can go on. Before tony blairs time there we re on. Before tony blairs time there were no Programme Motion is. Parliament has to debate it a little bit more. I think there is a danger of having a Programme Motion that is as restricted is as it is, we have the deadline of october the 315t. We are out of time, but thank you very time for your time today. Lots of amendments, a plethora of amendments popping up from various mps which are going to make the passage potentially of this bill through parliament very difficult for borisjohnson through parliament very difficult for Boris Johnson for through parliament very difficult for borisjohnson for now. Back to joanna. Northamptonshire police say they havent given up in their attempt to investigate an American Woman who left the uk after being involved in a fatal road crash. Harry dunn a 19 year old motorcyclist was killed in august. The suspect, Anne Sacoolas, travelled back to america after claiming diplomatic immunity. In sometimes combative exchanges, chief Constable Nick adderly defended the forces handling of the case so far. Particularly the decision to withhold the news that ms sacoolas had left the uk. It is right, and you probably heard the commons last night, that Northamptonshire Police were asked not to inform the family for a couple of days in order that they could understand what the next steps were. So in orderfor the Foreign Commonwealth Office to understand what the next legal steps were, regarding this case, they did ask Northamptonshire Police not to inform the family for a couple of days. It is a decision that i support. And also a decision, when taking this into account that harrys funeral was on the wednesday, just a day after. So given that harrys funeral was due the day after, and the fact that the Foreign Commonwealth Office wanted to provide the family with more information and more detail, that is a decision that i support. That is the chief constable of Northamptonshire Police. Earlier, i spoke to our correspondent Charlotte Gallagher who updated us on the investigation. The chief constable went through the entire timeline of what happened after harry dunn was killed. And as you said, the family of harry dunn were very upset that they were not told straightaway that Anne Sacoolas had left the uk. And dominic raab, the foreign secretary last night said in the house of commons that it had been 11 days before the family had been told. The chief constable said that it was actually five days later when the family first became aware that Anne Sacoolas had fled the uk, so he said it hadnt been ten days. But he said it was ten days until they had a proper sit down meeting with the family and i think that is what the family were so upset about. They didnt get official word from the police until quite a few days later. Now one of the messages he really wanted to get across in this News Conference was defending his forces record. Northamptonshire police has come under a lot of pressure and a lot of criticism about this case, particularly because Anne Sacoolas fled the country. Now they said once that she had said that she had diplomatic immunity, the applied for it to be waived. They couldnt do anything else, they say they couldnt even speak to her until a decision had been reached and that was rejected. He also said that his force wont be pressured by any government, either here or in the uk or over in america, in regards to this case and he said no interventions had happened from ministers or anything like this. And he said that the investigation would continue. Obviously it frustrates the fact that Anne Sacoolas isnt in britain, she is in america. But we also heard something very interesting that Anne Sacoolas herself has been requested to be interviewed by British Police under caution in america. Of course, i think the question harry dunns family will be asking is is she going to come back to britain. And she hasnt said that she will. No she said harry dunns family very annoyed and very upset. Charlotte his mother spoke to bbc breakfast this morning saying that she felt like she had been lied to by the british government, the American Government and the police. So we dont know how these comments by the chief constable will go down. Now his parents are going to meet with Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, this afternoon and it is expected that she will order a parliamentary enquiry into this case, such is the anger and frustration from his family and people involved in it. We are hearing that several people have been hit by a stolen ambulance in oslo. Police have confirmed. They say a man has been arrested. It sounds like the ambulance was still in possibly with several people on board and it was driven to the capital of oslo. Eyewitnesses have confirmed to media several people have been hit. Oslo police say that the man has been arrested and they say they have control of the ambulance that was stolen by the armed man. Shots were fired to stop the perpetrator. He is not in a critical condition. That is the latest coming from norway. We will keep you up dated when we hear any more. An 83 year old man has died and two other pensioners have been injured after they were attacked at woods in scotland. Police say the group was at birkenhall woods in new elgin when they were seriously attacked yesterday morning. The eldest man died after being taken to hospital and a man and a woman, both aged 70, suffered serious injuries. A man has been arrested in connection with the incident. The younger brother of the Manchester Arena bomber salman abedi has pleaded not guilty to murdering the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena attack. Hashem abedi who is 22 appeared at the old bailey for a plea and trial preparation hearing. He also entered not guilty pleas to charges of attempted murder and conspiring with his brother to cause explosions. The trial is due to start in mid january. Policing the environmental protest movement, extinction rebellion, has cost the met more than £21 million so far. The head of the police in london Cressida Dick said that bill could be set to rise further. That includes three and a half Million Pounds on overtime and £6 million on bringing in officers from other parts of the country to help. So far there have been 1,828 arrests and 16a people charged in conection with the protests. Drivers of electric cars may soon use special green number plates, to help them benefit from incentives, such as cheaper parking and being able to drive in bus lanes. Its part of plans which hope to boost electric car sales, and help the government achieve its target of net zero emissions by 2050. We can now speak to dr sharon george, lecturer in environmental sustainability and Green Technology at keele university. Thank you forjoining us. What do you think about the idea of green numberplates . It is a modelthat you think about the idea of green numberplates . It is a model that has worked quite successfully in norway, so on one level it is a good idea because it means these vehicles can because it means these vehicles can be identified so it means that schemes like fee parking by councils can be implemented easily. Those drivers can be rewarded, they can use things like bus lanes. The concern is that there doesnt seem to be Much Movement on stimulating the infrastructure for these cars. Lets say we all go out and decide we are going to go and get electric vehicles tomorrow. Are there enough charging points . One of the Biggest Barriers that we find in our research is this thing called rage anxiety where people getting an electric vehicle can only drive so far. Are you sure there will be a charging point. If you find a charging point. If you find a charging point. If you find a charging point will there be a queue for that charging point. More can be done to check stimulate the market as well. What progress is being made in developing infrastructure like that . There are some challenges to overcome. The private sector is really on board with this and you see Smaller Companies sparking up and setting up businesses that have different charging facilities. The problem with that is if you have lots of different types of charges, lots of different types of charges, lots of different charging mechanisms, that can be quite consists confusing for the consumer especially in other you are on the edge about whether you want one or not, this could be quite off putting. For instance, at keele university, if i come into work, i can charge for free. That is not the same for everywhere. Tariffs are different depending on where you go. A level of standardisation is required as well. So the governments target is to ban the sale of fossil fuelled cars by 201a. The transport secretary has indicated that he wants it to be 2035 instead. 20a0. Are we on target for any of those targets . We have a long way to go to meet those targets. Going back to norway, norway has seen massive success with its electric vehicles through these initiatives but also doing things like scrapping. They pay 25 vat on a new vehicle and they do not need to pay that if they buy an electric vehicle. They see an increase in their sales and their targets 2020. I think this ambition. I think we need ambitious targets and it is through things like this but also we need to get the infrastructure right if we are going to meet these more ambitious targets. I spoke to a couple of electric car owners earlier and they were saying that they have found it has saved them £200 a month. Which is obviously a big cost saving when youre running the car. But in terms of the upfront costs, you mentioned the scrapping vat in norway. As the government here ready to do measures like that which would cost a lot upfront for the government that saved people otherwise . With any renewable energy, often there is an upfront cost and there is a payback. Often those are longer term. But what i think that one of the benefits for the government here is in health savings. One of the things these electric vehicles addresses as air quality. Air quality costs the economy and their government. There has been a report released by kings couege has been a report released by Kings College london that shows and quantifies how many out of hospital cardiac arrests there are and asthma attacks due to air pollution on high pollution days. And every time that happens there is an ambulance called, there are people off work and that has a cost on gdp. So there isa and that has a cost on gdp. So there is a saving that the government could be making by making these concessions elsewhere. If it is serious about meeting these targets, we really need to get together and make massive changes like this. Thank you very much. Restrictions on flights between the uk and Sharm El Sheik have been lifted by the department for transport. The red sea resort was a popular destination with uk tourists until all uk flights were banned in 2015 following the bombing of a Russian Airliner. The government says are improvements to security procedures at the resorts airport and help from the Egyptian Government means they are now co mforta ble government means they are now comfortable for british holiday makers to visit. Time for the weather with darren bett. Good afternoon. After some mist and fog in the south in southern england area, we now have the sunshine out. Sunshine through the midlands as well. More cloud further north. It will then and these guys will brighten. Rain in the far north of scotland. Generally dry. Temperatures are a shade higher and a noticeably better day for the south east of england and east anglia. Clear skies overnight. The cloud thinner in southern parts of england and wales. Light winds too. More cloud further north. Rain not far away from the highlands and islands. Temperatures milder across scotla nd islands. Temperatures milder across scotland and Northern Ireland. Chilly for england and wales. Into tomorrow, a couple of changes. Rain setting and across Northern Ireland and then later on into western scotland. Also seeing more cloud in the south east of england bringing some showers. That could make its way into the midlands and across to lincolnshire. In between it will be dry and there will be some sunshine, temperatures 12 to 15 celsius. Hello this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. The headlines borisjohnsons promise to take britain out of the eu by october 31st faces a crucial test in the commons today. Mps will vote on the withdrawal bill, and then they will then have to approve the governments plan to allow three days to scrutinise it a timescale many mps have criticised. Officers from Northamptonshire Police will travel to the us to interview under caution an american diplomats wife who left the uk after being involved in a fatal car crash. Lawyers have clearly stated the suspect wants to be personally interviewed by officers from Northamptonshire Police in orderfor them to see her and the devastation this has caused her and herfamily. Abortion has been decriminalised in Northern Ireland, and same sex marriage has been legalised, after westminster voted for the changes in july. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering two seventeen year old boys who were stabbed at a house party in milton keynes. An 83 year old man has died and two other pensioners have been injured after they were attacked at woods in new elgin in north east scotland. Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has won a second term in office, although hes lost his parliamentary majority. Breaking news in the last ten minutes. An armed man stole an ambulance in oslo on tuesday and hit several people as he drove away, Norwegian Police told reuters. The man was later apprehended, police added. He had stolen the ambulance and used it to ram bystanders on the streets of oslo. The man was not critically injured although police opened fire on the ambulance during their pursuit. Several people have been explained injured in the incident but their condition is not known. Police have established a security cordon around the scene as they attempt to establish a motive for the incident. It is reported the ambulance was stolen in the capital. Some reports suggest that there were people on board the ambulance and it was effectively hijacked. We will keep you updated as we hear any more on that. Facebook has set out extra measures for fighting the spread of disinformation at the next uk election. These include extending its partnership with fact checker full fact, and improving the ad library in which political ads are archived. The company also says it will set up a a dedicated Operations Centre for the uk if an election is declared. We can speak now to william dance, lecturer at Lancaster University who specialises in manipulation and deception in online spaces. Thank you forjoining us. First of all, give us a sense of scale of misleading articles online, on facebook in particular, and also the ads . These online articles, they are big on facebook and across all networks. We see increasingly in the zist networks. We see increasingly in the 21st century to create these kind of articles and to spread of these kind of co nte nt articles and to spread of these kind of content is cheaper people to do and it can be disseminated instantly across Networks Like facebook, which dont have borders and are Global Networks also. What is the evidence of the impact of those articles . M is quite difficult to assess the impact of the articles. One thing facebook has been criticised for previously is not working with enough third parties, such as fact checker. It is reflected refreshing to see today that they are working with them, that more evidence is needed to understand the true impact on social values as well as democratic systems that this content as democratic systems that this co nte nt ca n as democratic systems that this content can have. You mentioned there what facebook is doing in terms of fact check. How much of an impact do you think the changes that are being announced by facebook today will actually make . Well, i think its certainly a step in the right direction. Facebook have done arguably more than most social networks to counter this information and this informing information online. It is a step in the right direction. They could certainly do a lot more. Extend these kinds of programmes to work with more third parties and also academics, researchers and governments, and we can come together to fix this problem. They will be a dedicated Operations Centre set up in the uk if and when an election will be declared. How would you envisage that working . I imagine facebook, as they like to do, well do a lot of this Fact Checking and work in house. Then they will collaborate with full fact as they have announced, and hopefully what i would like to see is the results made Public Knowledge because it is the public and then they will collaborate with full fact, as they have announced. I would like to see the results and outputs made public. Would it be removing this content as quickly as it is being put out . Without that happening, what difference will it make if its still being pumped out . You can see, u nfortu nately still being pumped out . You can see, unfortunately william has frozen on our screens. You got the gist of that conversation. Now lets go back to westminster. Thank you. Lets ta ke to westminster. Thank you. Lets take a very quick look inside the house of commons were debate is under way. This is in relation to an urgent question that has been asked. I think we can dip inside. This is an urgent question on british children in syria. Once that question is done with, mps will be starting into the Brexit Debate. Interestingly we are hearing from the lobby briefing given to journalists a short while ago, one of the things that has been set at that briefing is that if mps reject the governments Programme Motion tonight, in other words, the governments Programme Motion tonight, in otherwords, reject the governments Programme Motion tonight, in other words, reject the governments planned timetable to approve Boris Johnsons deal, governments planned timetable to approve borisjohnsons deal, the bill, within the next three days, the government is saying legislation would drift on and on, which would have some very serious implications and would not be in the interest of the uk. Not quite as hard a line as the uk. Not quite as hard a line as the suggestion from some quarters that if mps were to reject that timetable motion, that borisjohnson would decide to pull the bill entirely. Quite interesting. A change of tone perhaps. Lets see. The idea of debating everything within three days has attracted the anger of some mps, who say its not enough time to consider such an important bill. With me now isjoe owen, the Brexit Programme director for the inssititue for government. And anne mcelvoy from the evening standard. At the economist. Do you think this potentially is the end of the road for borisjohnsons deal . Mps might vote for the programme, the deal, in principle. But when it comes to the nitty gritty of the timetable for reviewing it, scrutinising it, but lots of blocks in his way . Thats exactly what number 10 for and why it is trying very ha rd to number 10 for and why it is trying very hard to get this along the road to being approved very soon. The more you are against it, the more time you are likely to want to have. It isa time you are likely to want to have. It is a very complex bill. There is a very good case for taking longer. I think it is like one of those relationships where the trust has so broken down on both sides that the idea of giving more time just signals to team boris in downing street that someone will be thrown under the wheels. We have seen the benn act being used to that effect, if you are of a different view. You may not be a radical remainer, but you just think, i am an mp, i shouldnt be bounced into this. That statement from the lobby briefing was interesting. We were all expecting a gun micro to the head. I think borisjohnson expecting a gun micro to the head. I think Boris Johnson knows, expecting a gun micro to the head. I think borisjohnson knows, his team now knows, the more they use this language, the more the argument. There is huge anger among mps. One mp felt they were being used as hostages. He is softening the town. He needs to show if we can push this through. If you doesnt, we are on a different course towards a general election. On the point of trust, on the flip of that, the opposition dont trust Boris Johnson, the flip of that, the opposition dont trust borisjohnson, do they . They think that somehow if his deal gets through that somehow come the end of the transition period, at the end of the transition period, at the end of the transition period, at the end of next year, the uk could be backin end of next year, the uk could be back ina end of next year, the uk could be back in a position of leaving the eu without a deal if all the necessary negotiations cant can be brought to fruition . Thats right. You can see the opposition and some opposition backbenchers are focusing their attention on amendments for what happens next. It is worth reflecting. Theresa may would have killed for this opportunity, for mp5 to say, yes, in principle to the deal. But lets work through some amendments. This is quite a big moment today if mps do support a second reading of the bill, the kind of agreement in principle. But then, as you said, we get into the nitty gritty of amendments and how mps are looking to try and kinda frustrate the government in the next phase. The big question will be on the timetable. Could you see any parliamentary road left for Boris Johnson with this deal if indeed mps dont support that programme, that timetable in the next three days . We will know a few more things than we know now. We will now, it looks for insta nce know now. We will now, it looks for instance of that the Customs Union alternative is one of the amendments put forward previously. That seems to have lost traction on the conservative side. They talk about a Customs Union but that is very futuristic, a futuristic scenario. Brussels is probably not raising a glass of wine to that prospect. I think we will know what parliament didnt wantand think we will know what parliament didnt want and what it was pushing off the table. That would be Boris Johnsons argument. You really have to go with this or you bring forward a second referendum motion. Try that. It is not impossible, a second referendum motion will go through. I am told numbers are nearly there but it isa am told numbers are nearly there but it is a bit ofa am told numbers are nearly there but it is a bit of a paradox. They are never quite there. At that point he could just say, call the whole thing off, give me a general election, why are you standing on the way of it . That is where the argument could go. Ona that is where the argument could go. On a second referendum, i was told earlier that by a labour mp that he would back it. Will borisjohnson say, no, lets go for a general election . It seems very unlikely. That automatically delays leaving by possibly six months, because you would need to have the so called confirmatory referendum before we actually left the eu. So it would also mean a very long extension. Just on the possible parliamentary route, if the Programme Motion goes down, the garment can always bring back another Programme Motion. One that says, we hear your concerns and we will ask the eu for a short two week, three weeks, four week extension, tojust week, three weeks, four week extension, to just dot the week, three weeks, four week extension, tojust dot the eyes week, three weeks, four week extension, to just dot the eyes and crusty teas, a technical extension that theresa may spoke about. At that theresa may spoke about. At that point it will come down to a decision in number 10 where they would say, lets have a general election because mps have stopped us getting to the deadline of october 31, or whether they would smell the finish line and swallow the extra few weeks to then be able to have a general election having done brexit and left the eu. It a tactical chess game. As we struggle with the helicopter above us it is all about tactics. It is move and counter move. What is most likely, the government thinking we are nearly there, lets push for a technical extension, or is borisjohnson going to stick to his avowed do or die october 31 . It is sort of do or die another day. There is the possibility of asking for a technical extension. But my hunch, and that is all it is, if you are starting to get towards another month, that in bodul emboldens those who think it is so complicated. I doubt that it would be looking for a month extension. I could see if he could say, i have had to accept a short extension for parliament to treat to scrutinise. I dont think you would accept it. Thank you very much for giving us your thoughts on the possible permutations ahead today. Thank you again. The Withdrawal Agreement bill which mps are being asked to consider is complex and long. Our reality check correspondent chris morris explains what is in the legislation and the potential hurdles ahead at westminster for it to become law. Well, we know the new Withdrawal Agreement which specifies the terms under which the uk will leave the eu. It has been negotiated between the government and of the 27 other eu countries. It is a Draft International treaty. The purpose of the Withdrawal Agreement bill is to turn that treaty into uk law. To give the government permission to ratify it. Now the Prime Minister needs to win the backing of mps several times in short order to turn his agreement into legislation. Part of the bill gets rid of the need to have an additional meaningful vote on the deal. The legislation would be enough. What the Prime Minister wants to do is get this bill through by the 315t of october, to keep his pledge to leave the eu by then. And if he had a comfortable majority in the house of commons, then he might just be able to do that. But he is going to find that very difficult. First of all, because this is a hugely constitutionally significant piece of legislation that mps are going to want to scrutinise in detail very closely. And more than that, mps are going to want to cause political trouble for the government. They will be trying to insert amendments into the bill to change the direction of treble. Treble. What are those amendments . Some mps want a referendum. Others would say the government needs to negotiate a Customs Union with the eu. It sets out how the uk will make divorce bill payments to the eu for years to come. It ensures eu law will continue to apply to the uk as long as opposed brexit transition period last. It gives some idea of how the new protocol in ireland, setting up ade new protocol in ireland, setting up a de facto customs and regulatory border between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, will work in practice. And it makes the Withdrawal Agreement in some respects supreme over other areas of uk law. In other word to get hints to some controversial topics. It gets into. What happens at the end of the transition can be forged a little bit in political communications, but here they have to be set down in precisely the language for all to see. The government has tabled a Programme Motion which is basically a timetabling motion, which provides for the bill to get through the house of commons extremely quickly by the end of thursday this week. Essentially that is where a lot of the political controversy today is going to be. The government is saying, lets get brexit done, lets get the bill through. Some mps will be saying, we dont want to vote for this Programme Motion because we wa nt this Programme Motion because we want to scrutinise it. Yes, the government says it is time to get brexit done. If it cant get the bill through parliament in time, theyd the default is currently that theyd the default is currently that the uk would leave the eu without a deal on the 31st of october. But under the terms of the benn act, the Prime Minister is now sent a letter to the European Council president sunil donald tusk, making a formal request for a formal extension to the Brexit Process 2020. The eu will watch events closely in the next few days before deciding how to respond to extension request. Chris morris taking us as ever through the detail of the Brexit Process. Inside of the house of commons that urgent question is still being discussed. Not unto the Brexit Debate yet. As soon as that begins we will bring that to you. Right now, back tojoanna. Thank you very much. Death isnt something many of us like to think about, but have you considered what you would like to happen to your body after you die . Would you donated to science . With more medical students enrolling than ever before there is a shortage of cadavers for students to practice on and more are desperately needed. Jane mcgovern has been finding out. This is dennis. He died when he was 8a but death was not the end. Because he is still going on another journey. There is end. Because he is still going on anotherjourney. There is more to be done. When dennis died, instead of going to the undertakers, he was taken to the London School of anatomy. There is a phrase which is, its the final act of giving, isnt it . That generation very much as the idea of making the most of everything that you have. Nothing is wasted. And the Ripple Effect of doing that . You cant even begin to think of the number of people that your body might influence. Actually, we dont have to imagine. We have calculated that from one single body donation it can affect the lives of around 10 million patients. My goodness. For the very first time, our cameras are allowed in to follow first year medical students as they meet their first body donors. You have never had the cameras in on day one, have you . No. This is a first. What are we going to see . You are going to see the true reaction of students. It is my first time seeing a cadaver. A landmark moment. You will see how they feel about it. Very nervous. And to explore the intricacies of the human form. This isa intricacies of the human form. This is a massive moment for medical students. Its quite like a rite of passage. And with that goes the need for respecting every single thing we do. This is the universitys biggest inta ke this is the universitys biggest intake of medical students ever. And that means they need more bodies. In fa ct, that means they need more bodies. In fact, they have had to import 50 body parts in the last 12 months because of the shortage. Whoever got in the room . We have michael with because of the shortage. Whoever got in the room . We have michaelwith us today. We have ronald, diana, derek. Our team is with michael. This is dorothy, who is 100. It amazing. The mood is calm and studious as they work with michael. He will have died within the last three weeks. Over the dissection period whilst we are with michael, i will keep referring to him by his name. He is my first patient, basically. We have to be mindful of the great gift he has given us in being able to learn from him. I know this experience today will sustain stay with those students forever. Do you remember your first body . I do. His name was frank. I have all was been grateful to frank for the gift to give us as students. Two years after his death, and received her dads asses back from the medical school. At his memorial lunch, dennis proved an inspiration. Not only did we celebrate our dads life, but we potentially got other people to start thinking about donating their bodies and starting a trend. That is brilliant go, yourdad trendsetter. Ina in a moment we will have the weather with darren bett. First, england has been named the worlds second best Tourist Destination for 2020. The Lonely Planet treble guide said that despite the uncertainty over brexit, the historic castles, Rolling Hills and beautiful coastline all make it worth a visit. England was pipped to the post by the himalayan kingdom of bhutan. Hello there. What a difference a day makes across southern parts of the uk. Mistand makes across southern parts of the uk. Mist and fog around this morning. Suntan has returned, particularly the south eastern part of england. It feels much better than i did yesterday. Further north in the midlands we have seen the cloud thinning and breaking as well. We will see more sunshine across the midlands, southern parts of england, the cloud thinning at times further north. There will be more clout across the northern part of the uk. Some rain in the far north of scotland. Temperatures on the whole a little bit higher than yesterday. Much better day for south eastern parts of england and east anglia. Clear skies will follow overnight tonight. With some thinner cloud across parts of england and wales, we may have some mist and fog as well. Breeze further north, rain not too far away from northern scotland, coming back towards Northern Ireland later in the night. Temperatures where we have the clear skies in the south, we may get a touch of ground frost. Heading into wednesday, a couple of changes. More cloud coming in from the near continent into the south east of england, the midlands, lincolnshire. Also rain setting and across Northern Ireland and into western pa rt of across Northern Ireland and into western part of scotland. Still dry in eastern scotland, Northern Ireland seeing some sunshine, so too wales and the south of england. That rain on the weather front there could turn heavier across central and eastern england. At the same time the rain moving across scotland and Northern Ireland moves through and Northern Ireland moves through and we get some patchy rain to start the day across england and wales, becoming confined more to east anglia and the south east. Elsewhere, it will brighten up on thursday and they will be some sunshine. We will see heavy, perhaps sundry showers in western scotland and Northern Ireland. Windy, not quite windy as it was. Temperatures still 12 to 15 degrees. Some changes as we move towards the end of the week. Warmer air doesnt look like it is going to arrive. Instead we are going to see cooler air across many parts of the country. This weather front will bring some rain as well. This is bringing rain in a different sort of area and it will linger longer, even into the start of the weekend. Heavier rain pushing towards the south west of england, particularly into wales, northern england, heading towards the borders of Northern Ireland. Windy and northern scotland with some sunshine and some showers. Really cold day in newcastle and belfast. Less so in london. A big brexit moment here at westminster as mps begin a debate which will result in crucial votes this evening. If Boris Johnson persuades mps to back his deal and a drastically accelerated timetable number 10 hopes to get the uk to leave the eu in nine days time. Thats the Prime Ministers plan but there are plenty of parliamentrary hurdles in the way. Ill be bringing you the latest from westminster. And the other main stories here this lunchtime. The death of 19 year old harry dunn British Police will travel to the us to question the american diplomats wife whos claimed diplomatic immunity. Lawyers have clearly stated that the suspect wants to be personally interviewed by officers from Northamptonshire Police, in order for them to see her and the devastation that this has also caused her and herfamily