pay—off by the church of england. and arriving back home after the paris games, team gb's olympians are already out trying to inspire the next generation of competitors. very timely, we will catch up with all the latest sports news now. bad news for the england captain. he is out for the rest of the summer touring his hamstring and will miss the three test series that starts next week. let's speak to our sports correspondent who joins us now from our london newsroom. good afternoon to you. england and cricket fans have been fearing the worst. this is pretty much it. it’s have been fearing the worst. this is pretty much it— pretty much it. it's been confirmed that he tore _ pretty much it. it's been confirmed that he tore his _ pretty much it. it's been confirmed that he tore his left _ pretty much it. it's been confirmed that he tore his left hamstring, - that he tore his left hamstring, when we saw him go down clutching

that part of his left, we feared it could be his left knee. he did have surgery on that knee over the winter. that was all about getting him ready to be a bowler. and if we look back to the circumstances of his injury, as you said, there he was playing for the northern superchargers in the hundred competition and it has led to a lot of england fans questioning why would your test match captain be playing in the 100 ball franchise competition. of course, the ecb are using the hundred to popularise cricket and they want their star players involved in that. wilkes will have a big role to play, and ollie pope, i can confirm will captain england for the first time in these test matches starting next

week on the first test match in old trafford. look, iguess week on the first test match in old trafford. look, i guess injuries can happen. it certainly changes the dynamic of the series. joe wilson, or sports correspondent, many thanks indeed. james anderson might have played his last game for england but he is considering a move into white—ball franchise cricket. the 42 year retired from internationals earlier this summer as the most prolific fast bowler in test history with 70k wickets, but says he hasn't ruled out playing in shorterformats. he hasn't played a t20 match for 10 years. the premier league starts on friday , champions manchester city will be targetting a fifth title in a row. it's now 18 months since 115 charges were brought against them for allegedly breaching the leagues financial rules. the hearing that will ultimately decide whether they face any sanctions could start as early as next month. the leagues chief executive richard masters has been speaking to our sports editor dan roan.

i think it is important that the situation does resolve itself. 0bviously when the case has been hurt, there will be a decision published. normal questions he would like me to answer will be answered as part of that process. a decision will be published and not i or anyone else in the primarily, but there are an independent panel of people will answer those questions for you. there's a big night of football ahead tonight. in england, the league cup gets underway — with 32 first round fixtures. whilst in scotland, rangers will try to move a step closer to the group stages of the champions league. they face dynamo kiev in the second leg of their qualifier tonight — with the score level at 1—1. salzburg or twente will be waiting for the winners in the final play—off round to reach the group stage we do everything to succeed, but we also look at all of the group of

teams playing for that. there are a lot of teams in there with a bigger budget than ours. that is the reality. but we've got to go really hard to qualify that way, but let's first focus on the game first, because we need to win that one first. british shooter amber rutter has demanded an apology from the sports governing body after missing out on gold at the olympics in the women's skeet. she was judged to have missed a shot even though tv replays clearly showed that she had clipped the target. team gb protests were dismissed, that meant that she had to settle for silver. she has questioned why no var system was in place like other international shooting competitions and took to social media today saying she feels compelled to "spark change" dutch sprinter charlotta kool made it two stages wins from two at the tour de frances femmes winning in rotterdam. but there were two stages today — and the second one — an individual time trial — was won by another dutch woman.

the defending champion demi vollering, and she set the fastest time in front of her home fans to take the leader's yellowjersey with five stages to go. and that's all the sport for now. jane dougall will be back with sportsday at half past six p:m.. the health secretary, wes streeting, says the killings of three people in nottingham last year by a man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia,"could have been prevented" by the nhs. a review into valdo calocane's treatment found multiple failings. mr streeting said the prime minister was "actively considering" how best to set up a judge—led inquiry into the case. nottinghamshire health care nhs foundation trust says it's doing all it can to improve care. what is so shocking about the report is that they were so many failures and fundamental failures in terms of the supervision of valdo calocane

and the supervision of medication and what happened when he was not taking the medication and then, shockingly, the fact he was discharged for not attending when actually nonattendance should have provoked closer supervision and the tragedy is, and i cannot imagine even having met the families on a number of occasions, i cannot imagine the unbearable grief they are going through, let alone to contemplate going through that grief knowing that these deaths were preventable if the nhs had been there when it should have been, and that is why it is important to me that nottinghamshire is already acting ahead of the publication of this report to make changes, but also that the nhs is acting nationally to make sure things like discharge cannot happen in that kind of way, to make sure medication is supervised and to make sure that people who could be a risk themselves two others are properly supervised and managed, and if that had happened they might still be alive, and that is the hard

truth that the country has to face up to and those poor families are having to grieve through. there were so many failures that the families of the victims have had to suffer since these appalling homicides and that is why there will be a statutory public inquiry the prime minister has said, so will that be the case? there were so many failures that the families of the victims have had to suffer since these appalling homicides and that is why the prime minister before the general election committed to a judge led inquiry looking at failures notjust in the nhs but throughout the criminal justice system because what i have been really mindful of every time i have met the families is that their ordeal and the pain that has been inflicted on them continued after the deaths of their loved ones,

and that is because of failings, not just a lack of accountability in the nhs but across the criminal justice system and that is why the prime minister is actively considering how thatjudge led inquiry can best operate to deliver the answers and accountability that the families looking for. well, we heard a little from the parents of one of the victims, grace 0'malley kumar, in our report earlier from alison holt. here's more of their reaction to the care quality commission report showing the attack was avoidable. the cqc says that the risk assessments, whichever ones were conducted, and there were some conducted, were hopeless and inadequate. they were not conducted properly. that's the first point. the second point is, is just because you can't get hold of a patient, you don't discharge them. that's utterly irresponsible, especially as he has already been identified as someone

who would cause significant harm to others. and i think it was irresponsible of that particular physician at that time to discharge him to gpjust because he couldn't be bothered. what he should have done is got hold of the police liaison officer and say, "this dangerous person is not "attending his appointments. "we need to give his name to the police service "to bring him in into the clinic, to be treated," and not simply just discharge him to do harm in the community, which is exactly what he did do. this was utterly irresponsible. there is completely an inconsistent approach to risk assessment. while he was in hospital and during his discharge. and there seems to be that every time he was discharged, there was no reflection on his previous past medical history. this was a person with escalating violent behaviour, non—adherence to his medication and lack of engagement with his healthcare. so these are all risk factors for homicide that's been identified. and as such, they should have been taken more seriously. his risk as a danger for public safety should have been

taken more seriously. and these aspects were completely ignored. one word we heard often from all those affected by this tragedy was change. barnaby webber�*s mother told the bbc about the lessons that need to be learned from the attack in nottingham. what's happened in nottingham and actually what's happened i since nottingham just proves that things aren't changing, _ so something has to happen. and i believe that those that make gross errors ofjudgment at such . an extreme level must be held . to account, because i would hope i that that will be the deterrent for. other professionals moving forward. this isn't a witch hunt. i understand that we're receiving apologies, i i understand that lessons will be learned and there| are training opportunities — i get all of that. _ but there's a big difference between needing training l and needing more support and just getting it wrong _ and i think the the fact that

calocane was discharged i in september 2022 after being in for barely any time with nol risk assessment as far as i can see, had there been a risk assessment l or nay even just read a few pages back, you would have seen- that this is somebody who's been sectioned four times, _ that there's a warrant outstanding for his arrest for a violent assaultl on a mental health worker during an intervention. - that is not somebody that needs i to be released into the community. and i would say to that individual, think about calocane. _ you released him. if you knew when you released him that the next person _ he or she would meet would would, he would meet, sorry, _ would be your daughter or your son. would you have done the same thing? i bet they wouldn't. and so, you know, these are really difficult. - these are really. difficult questions. and i understand that they're challenging, but nothing -

is more important than than public safety and your right to life, - and that's been denied —| my son at 19 years of age and grace 0'malley—kumar_ and ian coates and subsequent events that have happened i since june of last year. so yeah, we have to there has to be some, some some searching - questions, some significant change both in the law and the systems . and how people are held to account. a 13—year—old girl has pleaded guilty to threatening unlawful violence at a protest outside a hotel in aldershot on 31 july. she was among dozens of people appearing in court today over their roles in the recent riots. in a speech in westminster earlier, the shadow security minister and conservative leadership hopeful tom tugendhat accused sir keir starmer of a "failure of leadership" over the disorder of the last two weeks.

this has been the government's first real test. and the prime minister fell short. when we needed a strong government, we got a party in the mindset of opposition. we needed a leader, we got a lawyer waiting for the case to reach court. these are early days for the government, and government isn't easy. but government isn't a game either. it is more than press releases and retweets. you can't be wise with hindsight. something labour asked of the opposition. you have to be determined and aware throughout. you have to be ready to do the job from day one. let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt. hello to you. tell us a little bit more about the criticism and what he said he would have done differently? this is the shadow security minister, he gave a speech this afternoon in westminster and as you heard fair, he was quite critical of

sir keir starmer�*s response to the riots. in effect he said that he could have done things differently and ended them sooner, and a couple of things that he suggested could have been done is he was quite critical of how long it took the prime minister to chair the cobra meeting. those are the all agency government meetings which were called in response to emergencies. he says keir starmer called that a week after the first unrest on the 30th that started in on the 30th of july and suggested that if there had been daily cobra meetings then, then senior services could have given the police more of what they needed and confronted the rioters earlier with an overwhelming police presence. he also suggested the army could've been drafted into do adminjobs also suggested the army could've been drafted into do admin jobs and was quite crude or critical of the preminger�*s announcement which came the day after the unrest started of a standing army of public order police officers he said a lot of those teams already exist. he was asked, well, have the police said to him that they didn't have the powers

that they needed and he said well, no he hadn't had any of that from the police but he was critical about those initial days and that initial response, claiming it was a lack of leadership. there was a very important context to see the sin and thatis important context to see the sin and that is that he himself is running to be the next leader of the opposition, the next leader of the conservative party. this was the first position he's given since he announced he was going to do that and while his team were insistent this was not a campaign launch and it wasn't a wide—ranging campaign speech, certainly what it enabled him to do would by choosing to address the rights directly in this way in his role as shadow security minister, but they're also very clear they were speaking it was his view as shadow security minister that he was giving her. it allowed him to set out his tough stance on law and order. he seen as a moderate within the party and he was sitting at fairly tough stances in this speech. he was talking about the need for unrest to be met with uncompromising force. he criticised police leaders for what he said was

inconsistency but he said he was very clear to say that that didn't mean he backed the suggestions that there was a deliberate two—tiered system in operation, the sort of accusations that police deal with different protests differently he said that was not what he was suggesting. downing street have not responded directly to what time to can have said this afternoon instead they said and pointed to previous comments that they made up of the justice system working swiftly in response to dealing with the rioters. ., ~ , ., response to dealing with the rioters. . ~' , ., , response to dealing with the rioters. ., ~ , ., , . a bbc investigation has found that a priest in blackburn who was assessed as a potential risk to children and young people was given a six—figure pay—off by the church of england. canon andrew hindley was subject to five police investigations, including into allegations of sexual assault — but wasn't charged. he has always strongly denied any wrongdoing. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool reports. a cathedral — meant to be a place of harmony and sanctuary — but at its heart a secret,

kept out of the public eye for decades, until now. good morning and welcome to blackburn cathedral. for more than 30 years, canon andrew hindley worked in the blackburn diocese. 0ver that time, he faced allegations of abuse, including sexual assault. we've now discovered when he left in 2022, it was with a payoff believed to be around £250,000. when i was first ordained, i imagined that i'd be a priest for ever. rowena pailing was a senior blackburn cathedral priest who resigned in protest at the payoff. the message that that sends to victims and survivors is absolutely horrific. so when there were senior clergy, bishops, saying, "0h, this is wonderful, it's all resolved, a settlement has been, has been reached", expecting me to be happy,

i was devastated. canon hindley faced five police investigations. he was never charged and has always strongly denied any wrongdoing. but risk assessments commissioned by the church itself concluded he did pose a potential risk to children and young people. for years, the church failed to act effectively on the warnings. the first reaction seemed to be one of fear to take it on. joan, not her real name, says her relative made a complaint of sexual misconduct against canon hindley. she won't talk about the allegations themselves, but says herfamily was deeply let down by the church. that fear seemed to revolve around the likelihood that the church could be brought down by this. a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on. canon hindley was suspended, but restrictions on him weren't monitored. internal church investigations into him were dismissed

and there were more allegations, as recently as 2018. the institution seemed fearful he would take legal action if he was removed. in the end, canon hindley was forced to retire early and accepted a large payment. the church says it was to settle a legal dispute and was their only option to remove him. i don't think anybody can be quite happy with the way that that situation was resolved. the current bishop of blackburn, philip north, was not in post when the settlement was made and says lessons need to be learned. but what about all the warnings the church had? there is a grey area around risk assessments, and so a priest can have a risk assessment, which can indicate a level of risk and the action, the powers of a diocesan bishop or a dsa are limited. there are people listening who will feel there's no grey area there. if a risk assessment comes along and says children are unsafe around a member of clergy, that's pretty black and white. i completely agree with you. i suppose, i suppose the answer would be, but, actually, that priest hasn't done anything yet.

it would depend on the findings of the risk assessment, but my view is that if a risk assessment says that a priest is a risk, ishould be able to take action. critics say whatever the state of the church's systems, the priority of its leaders should have been simply to keep people safe by whatever means and whatever the legal consequences. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in blackburn. a man has been charged with attempted murder after an 11—year—old girl was allegedly attacked in london's leicester square on tuesday 32 year old ioan pintaru appeared in wesminster magistrates�* court — and was remanded in custody. he is a romanian citizen, and is not believed to have known the girl, who was with her mother at the time of the attack. she remains in hosital with serious but non—life threatening injuries. 0ur reporter nick johnson was in court. london's leicester square at the heart of the west end here. here, usually the sight of hollywood film premieres.

but yesterday a crime scene at around 1130. police were called to reports of a stabbing in leicester square. the prosecutors said in court this morning that they allege that a 32—year—old man, johann pentru, a romanian national, allegedly approached two people, two tourists, an 11—year—old girl and her mother, before placing that 11—year—old girl in a headlock and then stabbing her eight times. the court then heard that members of the public detained the suspect, thereby stopping him continuing his attack before police arrived. the court then say that it was on the police's arrival that they allegedly found this knife that mr pintero had been allegedly carrying.

now that 11—year—old girl remains in hospital, we understand that she sustained serious but non—life threatening injuries. the court said that it's very likely she's going to have to undergo plastic surgery as a result of those injuries. now he appeared dressed in a grey tracksuit. he spoke through an interpreter, only to confirm his name, his date of birth and the fact that he is of no fixed abode. he actually spent most of the hearing while those details were being read out. looking away from the courtroom. he's been remanded in custody and is due to appear at the central criminal court, the old bailey, in central london, next month. yesterday we brought you live coverage as team gb 0lympic yesterday we brought you live coverage as team gb olympic athletes return home but even though the games have onlyjust finished, attention is already turning to the next generation of stars as tim moffat reports.

the olympics might be over, but north paddington youth club this morning, the games have made quite an impact. you morning, the games have made quite an imact. ., ., ., . an impact. you are watching the olympics. _ an impact. you are watching the olympics. gave _ an impact. you are watching the olympics. gave me _ an impact. you are watching the olympics, gave me inspiration l an impact. you are watching the | olympics, gave me inspiration to 0lympics, gave me inspiration to find my passion in sports. it is youth club come i was able to find my passion. p, youth club come i was able to find my passion-— youth club come i was able to find my passion. youth club come i was able to find m assion. ., . ., . ., ., my passion. a golden chance today to meet team gb _ my passion. a golden chance today to meet team gb medalists. _ my passion. a golden chance today to meet team gb medalists. to - my passion. a golden chance today to meet team gb medalists. to be - meet team gb medalists. to be inspired to aim high.— meet team gb medalists. to be inspired to aim high. athletes have been phenomenal— inspired to aim high. athletes have been phenomenal on _ inspired to aim high. athletes have been phenomenal on the _ inspired to aim high. athletes have been phenomenal on the field - inspired to aim high. athletes have been phenomenal on the field of. inspired to aim high. athletes have l been phenomenal on the field of play and on _ been phenomenal on the field of play and on this— been phenomenal on the field of play and on this incredible performance, but know_ and on this incredible performance, but know that their greatest impact probably— but know that their greatest impact probably lies in societies and with young _ probably lies in societies and with young people especially today, and spreading their love of things that make _ spreading their love of things that make the — spreading their love of things that make the world a bit better. gf make the world a bit better. course, make the world a bit better. of course, many olympic medalists were themselves inspired to get into their support by watching previous games. lola anderson's gold in the quadruple was especially poignant. i wrote in my diary after watching the

london 2012 olympics that it would be my dream to go compete one day and if possible bring back a medal and a gold medal if possible. when i wrote that down, i was very new in the sport. i wasn't very good, didn't have a lot of belief in myself. my dad had noticed the extract, took it, and saved it for a rainy day. about ten years later, he was not doing so well with his diagnosis with cancer and he gave it back to me just before he passed. members of team gb will this week be attending changemaker events across the uk. for attending changemaker events across the uk. ., ., , attending changemaker events across the uk. ., ., _,,, ., the uk. for me and my passion ro'ect, the uk. for me and my passion preject. i _ the uk. for me and my passion preject. ifeel— the uk. for me and my passion project, i feel very _ the uk. for me and my passion project, i feel very lucky - the uk. for me and my passion project, i feel very lucky to - the uk. for me and my passion | project, i feelvery lucky to have project, ifeel very lucky to have found gymnastics from seven years old, found what gives me purpose. it's hard for young children to find. i want to open doors. i believe that gymnastics is one of the best start in sports. it's a real foundation support that can set people up for life. i want to make that more accessible.— people up for life. i want to make that more accessible. sports often exerience that more accessible. sports often

experience a _ that more accessible. sports often experience a post _ that more accessible. sports often experience a post olympics - that more accessible. sports often l experience a post olympics bounce. there is determination here to ensure any boost in popularity and lead to long—term positive change. good luck to those future stars. do you stay with us here on bbc news. in recent nights, we've had to spot —— fantastic displays of the aurora borealis. they may well be there again for the next few hours this side of midnight and even in the south. but there is a fly in the ointment. a lot more cloud and rain straddling the uk at the moment. either side perhaps some clear skies, scotland, northern ireland from eventually northern england end early in the evening further east. at our band of cloud and rain, even some rumbles of thunder initially are tracking their way eastward through the night. so it will be a

warmer cloudier and to the night across central and eastern areas but across central and eastern areas but a chillier one further north, down to four orfive a chillier one further north, down to four or five with the clearing skies. and that bodes well for a drier bright or sunnier day across scotland for northern ireland and for north england, wales. eventually that cloud, although dragging its heels initially will clear towards the east. so early rain commitment stand mark over the hills. that is something we will see through the night as well underneath that cloud band. and underneath that remnant cloud, 2324 still quite warm. not quite as warm as it's been across today. a pressure feel further north, wider wins, so pleasant in the sunshine. that window of dry weather here in this brief ridge of high pressure doesn't last for long because as you can see through tomorrow night and into thursday, the next day of rain is working its way in across northern ireland and scotland. quite a wet night and a wet start to thursday. it does brighten a drive to the north end after a cooler start in the south and east, we hold onto some sunshine just east anglia on the southeast and the looks of things. but there

will be some heavy rain on this weather front and will be some heavy rain on this weatherfront and some will be some heavy rain on this weather front and some brisk winds as well. so pressure field once it clears. quite muggy underneath that weather front. clears. quite muggy underneath that weatherfront. again, more moist air. 25—27 in ahead of that. that warm air are not too far away. that muqqy warm air are not too far away. that muggy air is with us to thursday night into friday and still around potentially in the south on friday, still some heavy rain and more getting into the north and west. but for many it looks like some drier weather on the way for friday. changeable day today our weather. but it looks as if we will see high pressure building in for the weekend. so yes, there will be a few showers but for many there will be a lot of dry weather with some sunshine and feeling warm in that sunshine and feeling warm in that sun two.

at six: ukraine continues to push into russian territory as its surprise incursion continues. slava ukraini! ukrainian forces are now 18 miles over the border. almost 200,000 russians have fled. we report on the build—up of elite forces threatening putin's russia. troops used the element of surprise when they crossed from here in the sumy region into russia. next steps will be announced. we are told as of now they are unclear. a review into the care of a man who killed three people

in nottingham last year has found what it called "a series of errors, omissions and misjudgements" in the way he was treated. families in the way he was treated. say those involved in th ca re families say those involved in the care have blood on their hands. firefighters in greece finally manage to dampen down the flames after the huge wildfires that have been threatening athens. and we speak to rose harvey, the team gb runner who broke her leg during the olympic marathon on sunday but refused to give up. and coming up on bbc news, the premier league boss richard masters said it's important that 115 charges against man city are resolve —— manchester city. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ukraine's army says it's still pushing into russian territory as part of the ongoing offensive it launched last week. kyiv has said the sooner russia

agrees to a "just peace", the sooner it would stop its cross—border raids.