the cost of the uk's now—decommissioned rwanda scheme is revealed. home secretary yvette cooper describes it as the "most shocking waste of taxpayer money" she has ever seen. new nhs figures show nearly half a million people in england had been diagnosed with dementia by the middle of this year. and kitesurfing makes its debut at this week's paris olympics. we speak to one medal hopeful. now with all the latest sport here's gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. with four days to go until the start of the paris olympics, the athlete's village is filling up ahead of the opening ceremony on friday. many of the apartments in the village — which will house around m250 athletes and officials during the course of the games — now carry the flags of competing countries. athletes could be seen arriving with their luggage, while some of the others who had already checked in, took a stroll around the surrounding streets.

lebronjames has been chosen to be the united states�* male flagbearer at that opening ceremony on the seine on friday. he becomes the third basketball player — and the first men's player — to carry the us flag at the start of an olympics. lebron is set to participate in his fourth games — having won bronze in his first appearance in 2004 back in athens, and back—to—back gold medals in 2008 and 2012. paralympics gb announced the cycling squad for the games in paris earlier today. 17 riders have been selected for the event at the end of august — including six debutants — all given the task of following on from gb�*s most successful games in tokyo. every member of the team won a medal — with 2a medals won in total. a—time paralympic champion kadeena cox is included — along with dame sarah storey, who will compete in a ninth games. the idea of being in paralympics gb again, so thrilled. it's a pinch me moment. it's a dream i didn't know i had as a kid. it's been such a huge

motivation sends lockdown to get to paris and be able to have the expectations they are again. it feels almost like the home games again. to football ,where defending champions chelsea get their women's super league title defence underway at home against aston villa on the opening weekend. the blues will be looking to win a sixth consecutive wsl title, although they will have a new head coach at the helm in sonia bompastor, after emma hayes departed to take the united states job at the end of last season. the other standout fixture of the opening weekend sees arsenal host manchester city at the emirates. a bit of transfer news to bring you. aston villa have completed the signing of everton midfielder amadou onana. the belgium midfielder, who featured in all four of their matches at euro 2024, joins in a deal worth £50 million. onana joined everton in 2022, and made 72 appearances for the toffees. england captain ben stokes says shoaib bashir has shown the world what he can do, after spinning his side to victory in the second test against the west indies.

bashir became the youngest england bowler to take a five—wicket haul in a home test as england claimed an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series on sunday, and stokes believes there is more to come from the 20 year old. his ability to manipulate the speed at which he bowling at the top of the ball, under the ball. he has so much talent. he has an unbelievable will to learn and to get better. he showed the world what he is about. mark cavendish has confirmed that he has competed at his last tour de france. the brit broke the record for most stage wins on this year's tour with his 35th, but says that completing the race one last time was the most fulfilling aspect ahead of his expected retirement later this year. just to finish the tour de france, that was a challenge in itself. there is no sprint in paris at the end, it's just more for the pride, for getting through, one of the hardest sport in the world. the race has given me everything

that i have in my career, so to show the race the respect that it deserves was pretty important. meanwhile biniam girmy, who says he grew up watching mark cavendish, has signed a new improved contract with his team — after becoming the first black african rider to win the sprinters�* greenjersey at the tour de france, where he won three stages. the eritrean�*s next target is the road race at the paris olympics. and that's all the sport for now. six months on from the influential drama �*mr bates vs the post office', a new documentary about the scandal is being broadcast on bbc one tonight. it's presented by the actor will mellor who played one of the sub—postmasters. he's been travelling around england meeting the real—life sub—postmasters caught up in the scandal. after being wrongly accused of theft, some were shunned by their communities and forced to move away and many have suffered ill health. many — including former post office

clerk stephanie gibson — have never spoken publically of their experience before. let's take a look as she shares her story with will. when was it that you realise there was a problem or that you'd been a accused of someone click back something? when the police knocked on the door. you didn't know anything was wrong and theyjust came and knocked on your door? yes. came and knocked on your door? yes, on my birthday- _ came and knocked on your door? yes, on my birthday- on — came and knocked on your door? yes, on my birthday. on your _ came and knocked on your door? yes, on my birthday. on your birthday, - on my birthday. on your birthday, what was that _ on my birthday. on your birthday, what was that like? _ on my birthday. on your birthday, what was that like? horrendous, l on my birthday. on your birthday, i what was that like? horrendous, i've never been — what was that like? horrendous, i've never been in _ what was that like? horrendous, i've never been in trouble _ what was that like? horrendous, i've never been in trouble with _ never been in trouble with the police in my life. her story hit the headlines. that was the first one that went in the paper, which i didn't look after that one for the anything that was shown, alleged to have done to the elderly.— anything that was shown, alleged to have done to the elderly. wow, look at that title- — have done to the elderly. wow, look at that title. po — have done to the elderly. wow, look at that title. po clerk... _ have done to the elderly. wow, look at that title. po clerk... worker - at that title. po clerk... worker alleged to have preyed on elderly. that headline... with your photo...

i'm pleased to say that willjoins us now. thank you forjoining us. this must�*ve been a really emotional few meetings you've been having with these people and trying to get them to talk to you about something they have not talked about publicly before, it must�*ve been tough. tell us a bit more about stephanie's story that we heard a little bit of they are. story that we heard a little bit of the are. ,, , ., ., , ., they are. stephanie was an accounting _ they are. stephanie was an accounting clerk _ they are. stephanie was an accounting clerk accused i they are. stephanie was ani accounting clerk accused of they are. stephanie was an - accounting clerk accused of theft. she actually got taken to crown court and got acquitted and they said you can walk away with a clean record as a free lady. before all that when she was accused it was a headline in the newspaper. everyone in the community had turned against her. no matter what she said, i'm not guilty, she had bricks coming through her window. she had paint thrown on a car, her kids were

getting bullied. she had to move home, within weeks she had to go, the community had completely changed against her. you know what it's like with the press. they print the big story, the big news, this lady's been accused but when she was found innocent it was nowhere to seen. it was in the back middle pages and nobody saw it. she was one of the lucky ones who are found innocent. as you see when i go around the country everybody�*s got a story to tell. i wanted to encourage them to tell. i wanted to encourage them to tell their story because we need justice for these people.- tell their story because we need justice for these people. didn't you no justice for these people. didn't you to back to justice for these people. didn't you go back to the _ justice for these people. didn't you go back to the street _ justice for these people. didn't you go back to the street that - justice for these people. didn't you go back to the street that she had l go back to the street that she had left with her?— left with her? yes. i tried to encourage _ left with her? yes. i tried to encourage her _ left with her? yes. i tried to encourage her because - left with her? yes. i tried to encourage her because she | left with her? yes. i tried to . encourage her because she was still... you'll see the documentary tonight, she was so traumatised, physically you can see it. i said "what if we go back to your street where your post office was? she

said, no i couldn't go back there". she was physically trembling when we went to the bottom of the street. didn't want to get out of the car. something magical happened. a neighbour had seen us and came out and came and hugged her and she broke down. all you can see the weight coming off her shoulders. it was the first step into accepting that maybe people don't still think she is a thief. opinions have changed. she said it meant the world to her. ., �* , ., to her. you'll see that in the documentary _ to her. you'll see that in the documentary tonight. - to her. you'll see that in the documentary tonight. i - to her. you'll see that in the . documentary tonight. i suppose to her. you'll see that in the - documentary tonight. i suppose one thing that has contributed to raising the profile and telling people about the story is the drama that you started. —— start in. but train people who are still alive and are going to watch her performance. i spoke to lee castleton on bbc news who you portrayed. he threw back i asked him what he felt about your portrayal of him and he was really

happy about it. i suppose that must�*ve been so difficult that you do these people justice must�*ve been so difficult that you do these peoplejustice in europe a trail. what was it like for you? there was a responsibility when you're playing a person as an actor because you know it they're going to watch it. something as big as this, i wasn't as aware of for i should have been of how big the post office candle was until we read in the scripts and doing the scenes together. all the actors, me and tommyjones and the rest kept saying, could you believe that they did this to these innocent people? how could you do that? once we're doing the shooting and realise the responsibility you have to get the emotion right so people feel what these people went through. i think that's why the general public responded the way they did. they might�*ve heard about the story but when they saw what these people went through, it was outrage. they felt they needed to do something about it. and they were right. i hope the

documentary tonight does that again i guess a fire burning again and we realise we can't let these people keep kicking the can down the road while people are suffering. people of lost lives, the people of lost their childhoods and there's a price to pay for that, to hold somebody accountable.— to pay for that, to hold somebody accountable. with the still ongoing i su- ose accountable. with the still ongoing i suppose people _ accountable. with the still ongoing i suppose people are _ accountable. with the still ongoing i suppose people are trying - accountable. with the still ongoing i suppose people are trying to - i suppose people are trying to rebuild their lives. they really want that closure, the issue of compensation is still going on, redress as they call it, they want it compensated. the length of time this is taken. do you get a sense that any of the people you spoke and you are getting there in terms of rebuilding their lives? it’s you are getting there in terms of rebuilding their lives?— rebuilding their lives? it's tough for that i like _ rebuilding their lives? it's tough for that i like to _ rebuilding their lives? it's tough for that i like to say _ rebuilding their lives? it's tough for that i like to say yes. - rebuilding their lives? it's tough for that i like to say yes. but - rebuilding their lives? it's tough | for that i like to say yes. but like you said, it's been years, nearly two decades for some people. people are getting any younger. imagine losing your life savings, can't work, can't get a job, you've lost everything, how do you rebuild? you have to move house because you're

aging. the people who are to blame are not looking after you, they're not even giving you what they stole from you. forget about the compensation and all the redress, let's start by giving the money back that you took. and then we look at that. the fact is, everybody is passing the buck, no one wants to take responsibility. now there's a new government in place. i don't want the government to say, sorry, we just heard about this it'll be another few more years. they have a get years. we need to put the pressure on and make sure they get sorted out. there's a big pot of money out there, let's get it to the people who deserve it. we can keep waiting. people who deserve it. we can keep waitinu. ., ~ people who deserve it. we can keep waitinu. ., ,, ,, people who deserve it. we can keep waitinu. ., ~' ,, people who deserve it. we can keep waitinu. ., ~' . ., waiting. thank you so much for talkin: waiting. thank you so much for talking to _ waiting. thank you so much for talking to us. _ waiting. thank you so much for talking to us. will— mellor, thank you. the department has said that redress and the families who have suffered is a priority for the new labour government and describing the

scandal is appalling. the spokesperson said financial losses are taken into account under various compensation schemes and families can apply forfinancial compensation schemes and families can apply for financial redress if a postmaster has died as well. can apply for financial redress if a postmaster has died as well. the post office has issued the follwing statement — we are sorry for the suffering caused to so many people — �*surviving the post office' is on bbc one at 8.30pm tonight — and also on bbc iplayer. two of the adults who were killed in a collision involving a car and a motorbike in west yorkshire have been named as shane roller and sharon morgan. this is a picture of shane and shannen. two girls who were travelling in the car with them were also killed. they have been named as rubie morgan—roller, aged nine, and lillie morgan—roller, who was four. a man and a woman who were on board the motorbike, also died in the crash. the collision happened on the a61 between wakefield and barnsley on sunday afternoon.

police were still at the scene this morning — these pictures show that some of the debris from the vehicles was still on the road surface — and also that at least one vehicle seems to have left the carriageway. one local man — who said he knew shane, one of the adults killed in the car — told journalists what he knew. they are a local family. where they are a localfamily. where in budget, all the closed area everybody knows everybody. it's just the local take away down there. especially us where i'm a local lad from this area. basically i've known them for quite a while. it's just devastating what has happened to him and the kids. i did know his partner, ijust knew him. been close for the a devastating time for us all. it for the a devastating time for us all. ,., , ~' , for the a devastating time for us all. ,., , ,, , ., ., all. it sounds like they were a love famil . all. it sounds like they were a love family. definitely. _ all. it sounds like they were a love family. definitely. just _ all. it sounds like they were a love

family. definitely. just a _ all. it sounds like they were a love family. definitely. just a normal. family. definitely. just a normal workin: family. definitely. just a normal working family. _ family. definitely. just a normal working family. what _ family. definitely. just a normal working family. what did - family. definitely. just a normal working family. what did you i family. definitely. just a normal. working family. what did you make family. definitely. just a normal- working family. what did you make of it when ou working family. what did you make of it when you heard _ working family. what did you make of it when you heard the _ working family. what did you make of it when you heard the news? - working family. what did you make of it when you heard the news? it - it when you heard the news? it devastating. like isaiah, it's close. whatever happens around here basically everybody gets to find out straightaway. i think a lot of people knew what happened before. it's a horrible time for everybody. what sort of a chap was eli? just a normal lad- _ what sort of a chap was eli? just a normal lad. just _ what sort of a chap was eli? just a normal lad. just a _ what sort of a chap was eli? just a normal lad. just a normal - normal lad. just a normal working lad for that really nice kid. always smiling, cheerful. loved his family. it's devastating what's happened. the police have not given the names of the people on the bike. fin the police have not given the names of the people on the bike. on sunday the 21st ofjuly _ of the people on the bike. on sunday the 21st ofjuly emergency _ of the people on the bike. on sunday the 21st ofjuly emergency services i the 21st ofjuly emergency services received a call reporting a collision on the a 61 between waitsfield and barnsley. emergency

services attended and established a been a collision between a motor vehicle in a motorcycle. the car involved was a ford focus and contain four people. a man, woman and two girls. the motorcycle was being driven by a man and a woman. very sadly, all six people died at the scene. this is obviously a tragic incident with a devastating loss of life. specialist police officers are supporting the family officers are supporting the family of the deceased and i would respect, asked that their privacy be respected at this time. the road between warren lane and short lane will be closed and will remain so for some time. this is been an extremely tragic incident for the officers and emergency services that

attended the scene. i would like to pass out my thanks to officers from west york shire and south yorkshire who supported us as well as west and south fire and rescue services and the yorkshire ambulance service. my heart goes out to the family and loved ones who have lost people in this incident. this is a truly horrendous collision which are currently in the early stages of investigating. i would ask that anybody who witnessed the incident or has —— cam footage please contact the major collision inquiry team. thank you. the cost of the uk is now decommissioned rwanda scheme has been revealed. new home secretary described it in the house of commons is the most shocking waste of taxpayer money she'd ever seen. the former conservatives plan to deport

asylum—seekers to rwanda was immediately scrapped by sir keir starmer when he became prime minister. ., ., ., , ., , ., minister. two and half years after the previous _ minister. two and half years after the previous government - minister. two and half years after the previous government i - minister. two and half years after the previous government i can't l the previous government i can't report it has already cost the british taxpayer £700 million. in order to send just four volunteers. those costs include £290 million payments to rwanda, chartering flights that never took off, detaining hundreds of people and never releasing them, paying for more than a thousand civil servants to work on the scheme. a scheme to send four people. it is the most shocking waste of taxpayer money i have ever seen. looking forward, the costs are set to get worse. even if the scheme had ever got going, it is clear it would only cover a minority of arrivals. yet a substantial portion of future costs were fixed cost, for example annual direct

payments to rwanda, the contract for escorts, the staffing, the home office, the detention and reception centres and more. the taxpayer would still have to pay out, no matter how many few people were relocated. and most shocking of all, over the six years of the migration economic development partnership forecast, the previous government has planned to spend over £10 billion of taxpayer money on the scheme. they did not tell parliament that. home secretary yvette cooper speaking in the commons earlier. new nhs figures show nearly half a million people in england had been diagnosed with dementia by the middle of this year — that's one of the highest rates in the world. nhs england says the increase is partly because of the country's ageing population. it has been proactively sending teams to assess patients — saying the sooner someone is diagnosed, the quicker they can get help. research out today shows the challenges many people face

getting onto the housing ladder. with interest rates at a 16—year high, data from oxford economics reveals how very few renters can afford to buy an average home in their area. nina warhurst has been looking at the numbers. this new report paints a bleak picture for anybody looking to get on the property ladder. a combination of increasing rents, big bills and high house prices means just one in eight renters, that's about 12%, can afford to buy the average first—time buyer home in their area. now that figure plummets to around 1% when it comes to potential first—time buyers in the bottom quarter of earners, so that's people taking home less than £23,000 a year. we spoke with emma, a software engineer on a decent salary of £50,000 a year but she says rent and bills take up two thirds of her wage, so saving is impossible. i want to cry, i want

to scream, i want to shout. i want to, you know, do various other things but none of which will solve the issue, which is the fact that i don't have the money to put away each month to scrape together a deposit. and how hard it is to make the big move will depend on where you live. it's most difficult in the west midlands and in wales. statistically, savings are lower here relative to property prices. and in london it has been difficult for renters to buy for some time, that hasn't changed. the least challenging areas are scotland and the east of england. the new government has promised to turbo—charge the housing sector but what can be done to improve affordability, especially for young people? i think what we have to do is we have to encourage the building of more homes, we need to make steps to do that. but additionally we also need

to look at innovative ways where we can provide them finance. collectively, if we can get behind this, as the government appears to be doing with a mission, and we work across industry and across government, i think there is a way forward. is there then some light at the end of the renting tunnel? especially given the prediction that interest rates are about to come down. well, possibly long—term, but for those without the bank of mum and dad to help make the big move, things aren't getting any easier anytime soon. the paris olympics gets under way later this week — with several sports due to make their debuts at the games. among them is kitesurfing — and one of the competitiors hoping for a golden debut is team gb's connor bainbridge. andy moon has been to meet him. i love kite surfing. i mean, ijust walked out of a meeting about ten minutes ago with my physiologist telling me off for doing too much kite surfing. but i love this sport, i mean, it isjust incredible. and i think that having it on that world stage for the first time in the olympics, it is a showcase.

it does look phenomenal as a sport. and so hopefully it will, you know, boost our sport, get more participation into it. but also we're hoping it's going to be a spectacle down in marseille. getting ready to show off his sport to the world. connor bainbridge has always been eyeing the 2024 olympics. part of the sailing team were the first to be announced by team gb, but connor wasn't amongst them after initially failing to qualify. looking back now, i'll agree with my coach who said this is only going to be a good thing in the long run, but at the time it was hard. i think going from a string of such incredible results last year of i hadn't stepped off the podium in almost two years and so then to come into the big ones and really kind of fall short was... ..it was pretty heartbreaking. instead, connor had to wait until the ominously named last chance regatta to secure a spot at the games. i think there was a lot of pressure. i think what i shifted quite heavily from last year is, last year i allowed there to be a lot of external pressure from the team and from my peers, and this year i really focused

on the fact that, well, it's me, you know, if i qualify, i'm going to the games and therefore that pressure is on me and that responsibility is on me. connor unfortunately missed the recent world championships after a training accident led to him requiring minor surgery. it could have been a lot worse. and as my doctor kind of said when i got back, we were three centimetres either way from, yeah, possibly taking me out of the olympics. so, yeah, we're all back, thankfully. just missed the world championships. now fully fit, connor is clear what his aim is. i would be disappointed not to walk away with a medal, and i think you know, how disappointed i was at the test event last year walking away with second. yeah, i'm hoping it's going to be a gold and that's what we're working towards, and that's what we've pushed towards for the whole winter. and when i sat down and we started working with my coach for the first time, you know, the first question was, "what are you aiming for?" and the goal was gold and so that is what we're going for. connor bainbridge is hoping to soar above the water

and the competition next month. good luck to him. and finally — kensington palace has shared a photograph of prince george, to celebrate his 11th birthday. here it is. posting on x, the prince and princess of wales wished their son a �*very happy�* 11th birthday. the photo itself was taken by catherine, the princess of wales. stay with us here on bbc news. bringing you all the latest from the us on kamala harris is full day of campaigning to replacejoe biden and the democratic presidential candidate. she has already been received almost $50 million in donations. the most recent polling suggests that ms. harris is neck and neck if they were a potential election against donald trump. that was her making herfirst election against donald trump. that was her making her first public statement at the white house earlier and she was talking to athletics teams, which he took time to pay tribute to joe

teams, which he took time to pay tribute tojoe biden and what he has achieved during his presidency the other big story coming at the top of the hour, you�*ll be hearing more from the congressional hearing with the director of the us secret service is facing questions over the failed assassination attempt against donald trump for that they have been calls for her to redesign following allegations that top agency officials repeatedly denied request for additional resources and protection for mr trump. she says she thinks she is the best person for thejob at she thinks she is the best person for the job at the moment. plenty more on all of that coming up here at the top of the hour. do stay with us here on bbc news. good evening. despite the cloudy, damp and drizzly weather through this morning, it�*s been quite a humid day and certainly felt that when the sunshine came out for some during the afternoon. good news is, though, maybe not as humid over the next two days, but a bit more sunshine around.

just a few isolated showers, many will stay dry. some of the damp conditions will be tonight. in fact, another weather system pushing in outbreaks of rain south and northern ireland that will slide its way southwards into central southern parts of england and wales. the heavy evening showers across scotland and northern england will depart as well. so clearer conditions here, but temperatures still sticking in double figures for many. quite a muggy night in the south. temperatures no lower, around 14 to 17 degrees, where it will be cloudiest in the morning. few heavier downpours for the morning commute in the south east of england, maybe london area too, before gradually brightening up. sunny spells developing quite widely elsewhere. there will be some isolated afternoon showers, fairly light, many places avoiding them. best of the sunshine around the coast, especially in the west, that sunshine turning hazy later on and 19 to 24 degrees on par for this stage in the year and feeling very pleasant in the sunshine too. into tuesday night and wednesday morning, a bit more clouds starts to roll its way in from the west.

that will stop temperatures from dropping too much, but overall, compared to the night coming, it will be a fresher night. take us into wednesday morning, but not chilly by any means. we�*ll be a bit more cloud though, to start wednesday. we�*ll be a bit more cloud though, to start wednesday across the country, particularly in the west, it could bring a few heavier showers in the west of scotland, 1 in the west of scotland, one or two showers elsewhere. best of the driest weather despite the odd isolated shower. central and eastern parts. and we�*re back to warmer and humid, more humid conditions once again. but we�*ve got more cloud and a better chance of rain as we go through into thursday. weather systems pushing their way in. driest and brightest for longest across many eastern areas on thursday. even here, though, one or two heavier showers can�*t be ruled out, but greater chance of rain will be in the west and some longer spells of rain it looks like, will be into wales and the southwest of england later in the day. temperatures lowest for the week, and as we go through thursday night those outbreaks of rain will push their way eastwards, heaviest across the south. but it puts us into friday with a story of sunny spells again and just one or two showers. showers, most prevalent to the north and the west of the uk.

most will have a reasonably pleasant afternoon and again feeling quite warm in the sunshine. 18 to 24 the high. saturday sees some showers through central parts, but overall through the weekend into the start of next week many dry, sunny and warm.

tonight at 6: live from washington — us vice president kamala harris makes herfirst public comments since president biden announced he would not seek re—election. he has endorsed her as his successor in the presidential race — and today she paid tribute

to his record in office. joe biden pass might legacy of accomplishment over the past three years is unmatched in modern history —— his legacy of accomplishment. but what do voters in the all—important swing states make of a possible kamala harris presidential run? i like her. ithink i like her. i think it would be nice to have _ i like her. i think it would be nice to have a — i like her. i think it would be nice to have a women in office. 0r to have a women in office. or do— to have a women in office. or do you _ to have a women in office. or do you think is going to end? trump. white backfired is that? just because he is better at uniting everyone. —— and why is that? the head of the us secret service says the attempted assassination of donald trump was its most significant failure in decades. and the other main stories on today�*s programme: two young girls die in a car crash with their parents — along with two motorcyclists — on a country road in west yorkshire