and wales come across england and wales compared to what we have across scotland and northern ireland. for friday we are in a run of western south—westerly winds, so a bright and breezy day and sunshine around and breezy day and sunshine around and a few showers in northern and western scotland, and the odd one for northern ireland perhaps for cumbria but largely dry elsewhere and drive for eastern scotland and some decent temperatures at the low to mid 20s as you can see, 25 or 26 degrees across the south—east and that's the sign of things to come for england and wales as things are hotting up in the weekend but a brief and intense plume of hot air is expected to move north out of france. that could push temperatures into the low to mid 30s across the south—east of england but even the high 20s there. this is bbc news. the headlines. the first sentences for rioters convicted of violent disorder have been handed down in three men have

been handed down in three men have beenjailed. nearly 6000 police officers are mobilised across the uk, as police chief mark rowley denies accusations of �*two tier policing' us vice president kamala harris makes her first public appearance with new running mate, tim walz with a second rally planned for tonight. and we're at one of the biggest cultural celebrations on the planet — the edinburgh fringe — where we'll meet some of the acts. hello, i'm lucy hockings. let's ta ke let's take you straight to paris to bring you the latest from the olympics. let's cross to my colleague maryam moshiri who's in paris. it is day 12 in paris and after the drama of last night's 1500 metre men's final, there is plenty of action in the stade de france and beyond. the men's 5000 metre heats have been taking place, and team gb's george mills took a tumble in his heat in a packed race, but has now been advanced

to saturday's final of the men's 5000 metres after an appeal. mills confronted hugo hay of france after the race, who he claimed took him out. norwegian ingebrigtsen has run in the second heat and has qualified for the final, despite a wandering camaraman finding himself on the track. a himself on the track. lot of drama in the 5000 me1 more team gb skateboarding excitement as 51—year—old veteran andy macdonald performs in the men's competition. he is the oldest competitor and will be hoping to emulate the medal success of teammate sky brown, who won bronze yesterday. we also have lots of track cycling action coming up. we are expecting a big showdown between team gb and australia later in the men's team pursuit final. and the olympic women's golf is underway with norway's celine

borge in early gold position. so that is a round up of what awaits us. let's turn our attention now to going over events last night in the track and field. incredible scenes last night in the mens 1500 metre final — with team usa's cole hocker grabbing the gold in an exciting last gasp burst at the finish line. in the build up. all the talk and hype had been about the reigning olympic champion jakob ingebrigtsen against the world championjosh kerr. but the norwegian failed to win a medal and josh kerr won the silver after leading for some of the closing straight. and in the greco roman wrestling cu ban wrestler mijain lopez became the first athlete to win five consecutive individual olympic gold medala in the same even with victory in the 130kg category. the incredible 41—year—old defeated chile�*s yasmani acosta to take the record outright.

lopez came out of retirement after a three—year absence from the mat. he had previously held the record jointly with four—time successive winners sprint and long jump star carl lewis and swimming legends michael phelps, katie ledecky, al oerter in track and field, paul elvstrom in the sailing and kaori icho in the wrestling. he has surpassed all of those incredible names with five times in a row. now, france and great britain are separated by a small body of water but the difference in culture has often been observed as a lot wider than that. one keen observer of the franco british relationship is comedian tatty macleod. she's british but grew up in france and has great insight into the french way of life. have a look at one of her videos following the opening ceremony. speaks french.

absolutely brilliant. joining me now is comedian tatty macleod. that was just brilliant. is that what french people thought of the ceremony because i had mixed messages from my french friends but the incredible thing is everybody thought about it before it happened and after the celine dion thing,, tears and emotion. i and after the celine dion thing,, tears and emotion.— tears and emotion. i think the ol mic tears and emotion. i think the olympic ceremonies - tears and emotion. i think the olympic ceremonies and - tears and emotion. i think the olympic ceremonies and i - tears and emotion. i think thej olympic ceremonies and i was tears and emotion. i think the - olympic ceremonies and i was talking about this with a friend of mine is about this with a friend of mine is a good example of how the french

closed ranks and it doesn't matter what they've done, it is amazing. the next day i remember looking in the french press and the title was the french press and the title was the foreign press say the olympic ceremony was a huge success and i look at the foreign press and the guardian were yeah, could have been better. the washington post were like, not bad but for the french, but i cannot take away the pride they had. but i cannot take away the pride the had. ., , , ., ~ . but i cannot take away the pride the had. ., ,, .,~ . ~ but i cannot take away the pride the had. ., ,, . ~ ., they had. you speak french like a native and — they had. you speak french like a native and english _ they had. you speak french like a native and english like _ they had. you speak french like a native and english like a - they had. you speak french like a native and english like a native. l native and english like a native. how did it happen? that native and english like a native. how did it happen?— native and english like a native. how did it happen? that is what ha--ens how did it happen? that is what happens when _ how did it happen? that is what happens when your _ how did it happen? that is what happens when your mum - how did it happen? that is what happens when your mum decide how did it happen? that is what - happens when your mum decide she is going to move to france when you are four and start a life from french and she doesn't speak it and i wouldn't advise everyone to do it but it does lead to bilingual children. i moved when i was four and my mum doesn't speak french so at home i spoke english and had a very english home life and went to a french school and spoke french all day, so it's a lot of work but if you can be bothered to do me out kindly to this level of awareness. what's the best bit about having

your foot in both countries, being able to understand and be a french person and british person? it might be quite liberating. the person and british person? it might be quite liberating.— person and british person? it might be quite liberating. the deep answer to that question _ be quite liberating. the deep answer to that question is _ be quite liberating. the deep answer to that question is it _ be quite liberating. the deep answer to that question is it really _ be quite liberating. the deep answer to that question is it really serves i to that question is it really serves you to have a perspective on any culture and can give you that sense of looking at things from a wide angle and a lighter answer is, when i'm in france and want to say things and i want to be understood, i speak english, so there's different levels of benefits. i english, so there's different levels of benefits. ., ., english, so there's different levels of benefite— of benefits. i do that with iranian and english _ of benefits. i do that with iranian and english but _ of benefits. i do that with iranian and english but my _ of benefits. i do that with iranian and english but my uranium - of benefits. i do that with iranian and english but my uranium is. of benefits. i do that with iranian l and english but my uranium is not of benefits. i do that with iranian - and english but my uranium is not as good as yourfriend. and english but my uranium is not as good as your friend. tell me more about the olympics. it must provide you with a lot of fodder, as it did in the video for your comedy. some of the things you see here have been fantastic. ~ , ,., , ., , fantastic. absolutely. it has given wa to so fantastic. absolutely. it has given way to so much — fantastic. absolutely. it has given way to so much of— fantastic. absolutely. it has given way to so much of what _ fantastic. absolutely. it has given way to so much of what is - way to so much of what is specifically french, but real idiosyncrasies about the parisien have come alive with the olympics, just a way in which they have not stopped complaining and everything

was negative and as soon as it started it was like, now they are starting to enjoy it which is such a parisian attitude. if parisien is not complaining, they are not in paris. ., ., ., ., ., paris. you are moving over to edinburgh _ paris. you are moving over to edinburgh to _ paris. you are moving over to edinburgh to do _ paris. you are moving over to edinburgh to do the _ paris. you are moving over to edinburgh to do the french. l paris. you are moving over to edinburgh to do the french. i | paris. you are moving over to - edinburgh to do the french. i will be there on _ edinburgh to do the french. i will be there on saturday, _ edinburgh to do the french. in ii be there on saturday, and that edinburgh to do the french. in ii. be there on saturday, and that will be there on saturday, and that will be a completely different vibe. lovely to speak to you and thank you forjoining us. and we are here for the rest of the day following all the rest of the day following all the latest board and i can see the skateboarding men's final is taking place and andy mcdonald a big hope there at the age of 51, incredible to have a veteran at that age and incredible, and we will bring you all of the other sports in the day. back to you in the studio. back to the us now, and vice president kamala harris's first appearance with her running mate for november's presidential election at a rally in philadelphia.

ms harris said she and minnesota governor, tim walz, were underdogs going into the election — but they were fighting for the country's future. let's speak to cbs news correspondent carissa lawson. good to see you. what did tim walz say last night that is gaining traction? �* . . , , traction? actually, everything he said is getting — traction? actually, everything he said is getting interest _ traction? actually, everything he said is getting interest because l said is getting interest because this was the first time american voters had a chance to hear tim walz on a national stage like this and he emphasised his blue—collar roots and described howjoining the military had given him purpose and he got emotional when he detailed his and his wife's difficult experience with in vitro fertilisation which has been targeted by conservatives in some states but the verbal punches against donald trump really got the biggest responses from the crowd and are getting the most played by media here in the states. what are getting the most played by media here in the states.— here in the states. what was the chemistry like —

here in the states. what was the chemistry like between - here in the states. what was the chemistry like between him - here in the states. what was the chemistry like between him and| chemistry like between him and kamala harris?— chemistry like between him and kamala harris? those close to the cam aiun kamala harris? those close to the campaign say _ kamala harris? those close to the campaign say the _ kamala harris? those close to the campaign say the two have - kamala harris? those close to the campaign say the two have good l campaign say the two have good chemistry and a good rapport and a source familiar with the harris campaign said she told him that they are the underdogs in the race and there is a lot of work to do, so that alone might strengthen the rapport as they play catch up in the race. . , . rapport as they play catch up in the race. ., , ., , race. philadelphia where they were last niuht race. philadelphia where they were last night and _ race. philadelphia where they were last night and so _ race. philadelphia where they were last night and so vital— race. philadelphia where they were last night and so vital that - last night and so vital that pennsylvania has one there, but where these off to tonight? then;r where these off to tonight? they will head to _ where these off to tonight? they will head to two _ where these off to tonight? they will head to two other— where these off to tonight? iie: will head to two other battleground states, michigan and wisconsin and we are told the campaign believes the midwest will help kamala harris shore up much needed votes to win the race. let's turn to thailand where the constitutional court has dissolved the reformist political party that won last year's general election.

the court ruled the move forward party's proposal to reform the ban on criticism of the monarchy, was tantamount to overthrowing the entire state. the party's executivesm including its leader, have also been banned from engaging in politics for ten years. let's speak to our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head. was this expected? it certainly was. this is a court with a long track record of banning political parties that are perceived to threaten the status quo and when it invoked the issue of the monarchy, that is the most sensitive issue in thailand and it was a very extreme interpretation of move forward strategy and a lot of move forward strategy and a lot of thai people want a discussion about the monarchy and we saw massive protests calling for that and the move forward party restrained itself because it's not allowed in elections to argue for less severe punishments under the notorious emergency law but the court ruled it did not amount to just an attempt to overthrow the belittle system but it claimed move forward was pitting the monarchy against the people and exploiting

the monarchy for votes and it was a searing verdict by the court and underlined the extreme division in thailand between those who would like to see a more progressive approach and more openness to change and those who insist that nothing related to the monarchy can be touched and for now the courts have ruled again and it shows that democracy has very severe limits in thailand but ultimately when political parties stray over the lines set down, the courts have the power to put them out of business altogether. power to put them out of business alto . ether. ~ power to put them out of business altoaether. ~ ., , power to put them out of business altogether-— power to put them out of business altoaether. ~ ., , ., altogether. where does it leave the ounu altogether. where does it leave the young peeple _ altogether. where does it leave the young peeple who _ altogether. where does it leave the young people who were _ altogether. where does it leave the young people who were so - young people who were so passionately engaged in the discussion and in voting and supporting move forward? the party will in effect go on because those mps who have not been banned under this ruling will be allowed to move to another party and some i go to other parties if they are tempted to but most will probably move to the new vehicle and we saw that move forward had a predecessor party that were also reformist and did well in

elections but it was banned and move forward was the next incarnation. it did a lot better in the election than people expected. so there's a lot of hope that whatever these young mps who were elected with such a claim last year, whatever political vehicle they go to now that they will prepare themselves to do very well again in the election expected in three years' time but i think for a lot of younger people in thailand there is a sense of despair that it doesn't matter how much they want change or get the votes or get people behind them, but the status quo that is anchored on this untouchable monarchy can never be changed. protest we saw four years ago petered out with hundreds of protest leaders jailed under the law and there are not places for young people to go and i think they will despair of any real true role in politics. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

former production staff on strictly come dancing have told bbc news their workplace culture was �*toxic�* and they faced behaviour, including verbal abuse and bullying. the allegations followed weeks of damaging claims from celebrities about their experiences on the show. bbc studios said the welfare and safety of its crew has always been its priority but apologised if anyone hadn't felt able to speak up. our culture reporter noor nanji has more. the words in these material are spoken by actors. this is strictly come dancing. it's the show that millions of us watch on saturday nights. strictly, a world of bright lights, sparkles and sequins. over the past month, strictly has been rocked by allegations from celebrities about their experiences on the show. we've heard from 15 of the show�*s current and former production staff. they've asked to have their identities protected. their words are spoken by actors.

the whole culture was toxic, especially for junior staff. oscar was just 18 when he started working as a runner on strictly. he expected it to be warm and welcoming, but the reality was very different. i was called stupid just for asking for a handover. it was bullying behaviour. ifelt sick, i couldn't sleep, i couldn't eat. one of the celebrities once got so close to me, he was shouting right in my face and spitting on me when all i was trying to do was pass on instructions. he later apologised, but it should never have happened in the first place. the fact that it was in front of everybody else made me feel awful and helpless. oscar says he didn't feel able to complain. instead, he quit. annika joined strictly to get work experience in the earlier runs of the show. she was excited to get the job, but quickly found the work culture exhausting.

one of the male dancers — who has since left the show — in particular, treated people in an insane way. the way he spoke to women, including female dancers and junior staff, was disgusting and chauvinistic. we'd be warned against working with him. i was a nobody, a little runner. i didn't think i could complain. robert was a choreographer in the earlier runs of the show. producers would get irate and shout at me even if the smallest thing went wrong, but i felt afraid to say anything back. there's a sense that you're lucky to be on the show as it is one of the biggest in the uk, so you should put up with all the problems you might face. we put our findings to bbc studios. it said it does not recognise the claims, nor will hundreds of people who have worked on the show over the two decades that it has been on air. it said it encouraged everyone to speak up about concerns of inappropriate behaviour. it insists it acts speedily to deal with complaints, and it apologised to anyone who had felt they weren't able to speak up about their experiences at the time. the dance world is famous for its intense training. when you put that together with a weekly national tv show, you can see why it might result

in a pressure cooker environment. i know how i was trained, you know, and it was tough. and i remember that i had a russian ballet teacher who used to have a cane, and she would whack us with it, you know, just so you're not putting up from the thigh if you're doing a developpe, for instance, to make you engage your hamstrings. i mean, obviously that sort of teaching would not be available today. other strictly production staff have told us a positive story. a choreographer told us they had never had an issue with any dancers or staff, saying "they are very kind and respect me lots." a beautician said she had never seen any bullying during her eight years on the show. she says some of the recent allegations made her a bit apprehensive about going back. the new series is due to start in a few weeks' time, and we have already started to hear which celebrities will be taking part. the bbc insists the show will go on.

the question is, how will it cope with the added scrutiny that the claims have brought? noor nanji, bbc news. with me is our culture reporter, noor nanji. what is the current status of the bbc investigation? there were two professional dancers at the centre of the allegations made by. grassi on owen giovanni, and amanda abingdon was on the show last year and was partnered with giovanni and lodged a formal complaint about his behaviour on the show and said his behaviour on the show and said his behaviour was threatening, mean and abusive and bbc has launched a formal investigation into that and we will be getting the results of that fairly shortly. we should say that fairly shortly. we should say that giovanni has strongly denied the allegations of any threatening or abusive behaviour and is confident he will be cleared in the

process and we have another former celebrity on the show, zara mcdermott, who has made allegations about her former dance partner, graziano and his spokesperson confirmed to bbc news that he did once kick her during rehearsals why they were on the show and both are not taking part in this years show. despite the allegations it does seem like it is business as usual. you could say _ like it is business as usual. you could say that _ like it is business as usual. i'm, could say that because it's only a couple of weeks until it gets going and we see every day they announced new celebrities who will be part of the line—up and earlier this week we heard the comedian chris mccausland, the first celebrity to be confirmed as taking part and it also makes him the first line contestant on the show. others announced includejb gill and this morning we heard the model from love island and campaignerfor model from love island and campaigner for deaf awareness, she is joining campaigner for deaf awareness, she isjoining the line—up campaigner for deaf awareness, she

is joining the line—up as campaigner for deaf awareness, she isjoining the line—up as is pete wicks, so it looks like the show is going on and when you think about it, it has been running for 20 years now and widely seen as the jewel in the bbc�*s entertainment crown and it's hard to see what replace it if it's hard to see what replace it if it was taken off air and what could possibly fill the prime time saturday night slot in the run—up to christmas. there are so many acts from all over the world filling the streets in edinburgh. it's august and in scotland's capital city, that means only one thing — it's time for edinburgh festival fringe. for the next three and a half weeks, artists from 58 countries are putting on more than 52,000 performances — from comedy to caberet, and music to magic. this and we can cross over to courtney from edinburgh. who have you got with you today? iii. courtney from edinburgh. who have you got with you today?— you got with you today? hi, lucy, i'm you got with you today? hi, lucy, i'm sitting — you got with you today? hi, lucy, i'm sitting down _ you got with you today? hi, lucy, i'm sitting down for _ you got with you today? hi, lucy, i'm sitting down for once - you got with you today? hi, lucy, i'm sitting down for once which i you got with you today? hi, lucy, i'm sitting down for once which is| i'm sitting down for once which is rare, nice after the morning's antics with clowns and circus act but my next guest is just as

brilliant, a comedian originally from the us but has called london home for many years welcome. thanks for having me. i really appreciate. how is yourfriend? for having me. i really appreciate. how is your friend?— how is your friend? fine, but exhausting- _ how is your friend? fine, but exhausting. so _ how is your friend? fine, but exhausting. so doing - how is your friend? fine, but exhausting. so doing the - how is your friend? fine, but. exhausting. so doing the show how is your friend? fine, but - exhausting. so doing the show is really fun, but there's so many social elements and you can't walk from point a to point b without running into ten people. i've had to stop saying hi. you running into ten people. i've had to stop saying hi— stop saying hi. you are 'ust blanking i stop saying hi. you are 'ust blanking everyone i stop saying hi. you are 'ust blanking everyone you b stop saying hi. you are just i blanking everyone you would stop saying hi. you are just _ blanking everyone you would normally speak to. blanking everyone you would normally seakto. blanking everyone you would normally seak to, , ., blanking everyone you would normally seakto. ., , blanking everyone you would normally seakto. .,, i. blanking everyone you would normally seakto. ., , it blanking everyone you would normally speak t0-_ it is i speak to. good to see you, ok. it is method. you've _ speak to. good to see you, ok. it is method. you've got _ speak to. good to see you, ok. it is method. you've got to _ speak to. good to see you, ok. it is method. you've got to stay - speak to. good to see you, ok. it is method. you've got to stay in - speak to. good to see you, ok. it is method. you've got to stay in the i method. you've got to stay in the zone because _ method. you've got to stay in the zone because that _ method. you've got to stay in the zone because that hour, - method. you've got to stay in the zone because that hour, my - method. you've got to stay in the l zone because that hour, my mantra for the fringe to [ever all on the dance floor. leave it all on the dance floor. leave it all on the dance floor. leave it all on the dance floor. and i need to have the mix of the metaphors there, but it sounds dangerous. i5 mix of the metaphors there, but it sounds dangerous.— mix of the metaphors there, but it sounds dangerous. is there a dance elements of— sounds dangerous. is there a dance elements of the _ sounds dangerous. is there a dance elements of the show, _ sounds dangerous. is there a dance elements of the show, a _ sounds dangerous. is there a dance elements of the show, a boogie -

elements of the show, a boogie elements of the show, a boogie element and there's a few musical numbers but no corrie vibe, just vibes. it's a musical theatre type vibe. how have audiences responded? really well. people saying nice things and i'm sharing personal stories and i don't go outside to greet people and say thank you for coming and if anybody has come in, thank you for coming but i do run into people and they say the show is great. and had people say i was the highlight of their day. and you never want to feel like anybody doesn't get it and come on the journey so i found that really affirming to have those ladies enjoy themselves so much. how do you do it night after night, talking about personal experiences for the whole month of august. there's not many

festivals around the world that require such energy. it’s festivals around the world that require such energy.— festivals around the world that require such energy. it's a marathon not a sprint- — require such energy. it's a marathon not a sprint- as _ require such energy. it's a marathon not a sprint. as far _ require such energy. it's a marathon not a sprint. as far as _ require such energy. it's a marathon not a sprint. as far as personal - require such energy. it's a marathon not a sprint. as far as personal and l not a sprint. as far as personal and sensitive material, even before i came, and it was in therapy, which i love and i was talking about the readiness to discuss this stuff and make sure it's something i am comfortable discussing and i have a lot of fun talking about it but i don't want to hear anybody�*s opinions are my life. don't want to hear anybody's opinions are my life.- don't want to hear anybody's opinions are my life. that is a good rule of thumb. _ opinions are my life. that is a good rule of thumb. i _ opinions are my life. that is a good rule of thumb. i am _ opinions are my life. that is a good rule of thumb. i am calling - opinions are my life. that is a good rule of thumb. i am calling and - rule of thumb. i am calling and havin: a rule of thumb. i am calling and having a good _ rule of thumb. i am calling and having a good time _ rule of thumb. i am calling and having a good time and - rule of thumb. i am calling and having a good time and it - rule of thumb. i am calling and i having a good time and it seems rule of thumb. i am calling and - having a good time and it seems like you are having a good sign, great. i think that is the key, that you have dealt with things before you bring them to the table because you don't want to hurt yourself putting on a good show. just want to hurt yourself putting on a good show-— want to hurt yourself putting on a good show. just one of more than three thousand _ good show. just one of more than three thousand acts _ good show. just one of more than three thousand acts here - good show. just one of more than three thousand acts here at - good show. just one of more than j three thousand acts here at fringe for the month of august and we will have another circus act for you next

hour. we will see you soon in the next hour. thank you so much. don't forget you can go to the bbc news website with a live page up and running bringing you all the latest from liverpool where we have seen three men, in the photo at the top of the screen, jailed for taking part in violent disorder in the riots in merseyside. derek drummond are sentenced to three years for violent disorder and assaulting a police officer in southport, declan gere and sentenced to 30 months and liam riley, sentenced to 20 months for violent disorder in liverpool but all of the details including comments from the prosecutor who said this was just the tip of the iceberg. more coming up. not a bad day all in all across the board. low pressure sitting to the north of scotland will bring a windy day across the northern half of the country and most of the showers will be here. a few showers the further

south you are. and the wind not quite as strong with wide isobars compared to what we expect across the north of the uk and this is where we have most of the showers. that showers will fade out through the evening and we will see thicker cloud piling into wales and south—west england as the next weather front moves in and some splashes of rain by the time we reach dawn but we will import some slightly milder air to the southern areas, so the mid—teens in the south and between ten and 12 degrees further north. it's all tied in with another area of low pressure as weather fronts push in during the course of thursday but we start bright in northern and eastern areas and then the cloud begins to build through the morning spreading to all areas with outbreaks of rain. pretty widespread rain, nothing too heavy but it could pep up across north—west england and southern and western scotland where it could be heavier later in the afternoon and a breezy day to come for all, windy in northern and western areas.

temperature wise, the high teens in the north, low 20s across the south because of the lack of sunshine, not as quite as warm this afternoon. and the rain clears out through thursday night and leaves a legacy of cloud, one or two showers across the north—west of scotland but we will pick up some warm air across southern areas so a muggy night to come across england and wales compared to what we have across scotland and northern ireland. for friday, we are in a run of west—south—westerly winds, so a bright and breezy day and sunshine around and a few showers in northern and western scotland, and the odd one for northern ireland perhaps for cumbria but largely dry elsewhere and dry for eastern scotland and some decent temperatures at the low to mid 20s as you can see, across the south—east. and that's the sign of things to come for england and wales as things are hotting up in the weekend. a brief and intense plume of hot air is expected to move north out of france. that could push temperatures

into the low to mid 30s there for south wales. but it will be short lived as temperatures return to normal next week.

today at one. a warning to rioters from the uk's most senior police officer.

the bbc understands more than 100 protests are planned for tonight. the met police commissioner sir mark rowley says all offenders will be met with the full force of the law. whether you're in this country committing crimes on the streets, or committing crimes from further afield online, we will come after you. a week on from the first riots, more than 6,000 specially trained officers are being mobilised across england. spellow. mobilised across encland. ~ , ., , promised spellow. the prime minister has promised swift _ spellow. the prime minister has promised swift justice _ spellow. the prime minister has promised swiftjustice and - spellow. the prime minister has promised swiftjustice and here | spellow. the prime minister has i promised swiftjustice and here as liverpool crown court three men have become the first to be jailed for violent disorder, one for three years. violent disorder, one for three years. also on the programme this lunchtime. inquests open into the deaths of the three girls fatally stabbed in southport. former production staff on strictly say they faced verbal abuse and bullying, as the bbc defends what's been called a "toxic" culture.