now, all the latest sport. thank you very much. 89 days have passed and we have had the olympics. the premier league returns put up 20 times champions manchester will kick things off against fulham. it is a season in charge. he knows he is under pressure to improve on last season's eight finish. we under pressure to improve on last season's eight finish.— under pressure to improve on last season's eight finish. we know our opponents- we _ season's eight finish. we know our opponents. we know _ season's eight finish. we know our opponents. we know we _ season's eight finish. we know our opponents. we know we are - season's eight finish. we know our opponents. we know we are in thei opponents. we know we are in the right direction. we know we won to trophies. so, now we have two integrate the new players and have a rethink. they can improve the game, or whether they can improve the team efforts. we

or whether they can improve the team efforts. ~ ., _, efforts. we are confident. enter the end of the market _ efforts. we are confident. enter the end of the market that _ efforts. we are confident. enter the end of the market that we - efforts. we are confident. enter the end of the market that we are - end of the market that we are confident_ end of the market that we are confident it has been a very good process— confident it has been a very good process for— confident it has been a very good process for us. the environment around _ process for us. the environment around this_ process for us. the environment around this is top—level. and it is more _ around this is top—level. and it is more mature,. fulham boss marco silva won't be able to call on willian for tonight's match. he's confirmed he's leaving fulham after two seasons. willian has spent 10 years of his playing career in the premier league, all of which has been for london clubs, after spells at chelsea and arsenal too. defending champions manchester city begin on sunday — away at chelsea — as they go for an unprecedented 5th premier league title in a row. chelsea meanwhile, will be without conor gallagher for the opening game. he's training away from the first team — after his move to atletico madrid stalled. chelsea had accepted a £33 million from the spanish side for the english midfielder — but after samu omorodion�*s transfer in the opposite direction collapsed — atletico found they didn't have the funds to pay for gallagher. there'll be a new era

at liverpool as arne slot begins as the club's new manager — replacing jurgen klopp. it's been a quiet summer so far — with no new arrivals — but slot insists he wants quality over quantity. we are always talking here about transfers but it is also very positive in that we kept our players. they are in a good place, i said many times already, we are trying to build from wherejurgen klopp less dust. it was also a season where they could win a trophy and we are hoping and aiming for the same of course this season. it is not going to be easy because there are a lot of good and strong... in the squad. we are looking forward to the squad. we are looking forward to the challenge. there's been plenty of transfer activity elsewhere in the premier league today. tottenham hotspur have signed winger wilson odobert from burnley, whilst cameron archer has moved from aston villa to southampton... premier league new boys ipswich have made two new additions to their squad.

england midfielder kalvin phillips hasjoined on a season—long loan from manchester city — while sammie szmodics has joined from blackburn in a deal which could rise to £11 million. away from the premier league, british golfers tommy fleetwood, bob macintyre and justin rose are all in contention at the season—ending fedex championship, with the second round under way. whilst at the scottish open, australia's minjee lee is the woman to catch. she hit a 3 under par round of 69 in troon, to move to 8 under par overall. america's lauren coughlin and england's charley hull are lee's closest rivals two shots back. british cyclist pfeiffer georgi has revealed she suffered neck fractures and a broken hand — after crashing in yesterday's stage of the tour de france femmes. georgi was caught in a mass pile—up and was forced to abandon the race. cedrine kerbaol has become the first french stage winner in the past three editions of the tour. her victory on stage six moved her up to second overall behind race leader

katarzyna niewiadoma of poland. olympic time trial silver medallist anna henderson is the highest placed briton in 51st. and that's all the sport for now. we will keep you up—to—date with all the build—up to the premier league as the evening goes on. thank you. the government has confirmed people were infected with hiv after people were infected with hiv after people were given infected blood products. the scandal was horrifying and has accused doctors of repeatedly sailing patients as well as the government. the campaigners have broadly welcomed the move, saying it comes too late for many though. let's speak now to someone who was

affected by the scandal. we will talk about the government announcement injust a talk about the government announcement in just a moment but could you just tell us about how you became infected with hepatitis c. yeah. i was given a blood transfusion after my first son in 1980. and my second son in 1982. in those days it was given to you as a tonic to perk you up, so you were able to look after your baby, obviously, your partner and do all the household stuff. so, i didn't find out i had hepatitis c until 2017. but leading up to that, i wasn't very well, very depressed, very fatigued stop i was in bed for days on end, not knowing the reasons why. days on end, not knowing the reasons wh . ., ., . , days on end, not knowing the reasons wh. , ,, why. you were totally dismissed by the medical— why. you were totally dismissed by the medical professionals - why. you were totally dismissed by the medical professionals who - why. you were totally dismissed by i the medical professionals who spoke to about it, went to? when you said

how tired you wear all the time. yes, they said what do you expect? you are working, you are a mum, there is nothing wrong with you. they found ways —— ijust found ways to cope. but it was unfair on my children because they didn't have a mother who was 100% well. and at the time they didn't know that either. it was the early 80s when you were given that blood. and it wasn't until 2017 until you knew what had happened to you. such a long time. what do you make of what you have heard from the government, the announcement today about when compensation will start for those infected. and for relatives after the end of the year? hopefully, that ha ens, the end of the year? hopefully, that happens. but _ the end of the year? hopefully, that happens. but we _ the end of the year? hopefully, that happens, but we have _ the end of the year? hopefully, that happens, but we have had _ the end of the year? hopefully, that happens, but we have had so - the end of the year? hopefully, that happens, but we have had so manyl happens, but we have had so many promises from the government over the years that this will happen and that will happen, and it has never

materialised. we live on a roller—coaster at the minute. it is horrible. our mental state is in shatters. after the report, after they day they announced on what they were planning on paying out, and then in the next breath they were taking away our support payments that were supposed to be for life. now, obviously, the reinstalling... but we don't know exactly what figures yet. that is week of waiting. another week of our life on hold. that we are not able to move on. so we can start planning for the future... i want to be able to relax and enjoy my children and grandchildren now. and... it isjust so exhausting. it is taking up my energy which i need to have two

enjoy the rest of my time. yes. so many peeple _ enjoy the rest of my time. yes. so many peeple have _ enjoy the rest of my time. yes. so many people have died, _ enjoy the rest of my time. yes. so many people have died, haven't i enjoy the rest of my time. yes. so - many people have died, haven't they? waiting for before this money came to them. . ., waiting for before this money came to them. , ., , .,, ., ~ to them. yes. two people die a week from the hepatitis _ to them. yes. two people die a week from the hepatitis c. _ to them. yes. two people die a week from the hepatitis c. obviously, - from the hepatitis c. obviously, they might have had the treatment for the virus but we are also vulnerable to liver cancer now. and there are others illnesses that go with the virus as well. i have had gastro problems, fibromyalgia, so i cannot predict what i am like from one day to the next. brain fog, that is so frustrating. and, yeah, it is not good. is so frustrating. and, yeah, it is not aood. . ~ is so frustrating. and, yeah, it is not aood. ., ,, is so frustrating. and, yeah, it is not good-— not good. thank you so much for talkin: to not good. thank you so much for talking to us- _ not good. thank you so much for talking to us. i— not good. thank you so much for talking to us. i really _ not good. thank you so much for talking to us. i really appreciate | talking to us. i really appreciate you taking the time. from the government, a statement they have put out earlier saying, we are doing everything possible to deliver

compensation quickly and deliver life changing sum to people infected and affected by the scandal. handed down today to those who took part in the unrest following the knife attack in southport which left three young girls dead. included are a 41—year—old man who recieved 30 months for violent disorder and two counts of assaulting an emergency worker during ugly scenes in blackpool. some of the heaviest sentences were handed out in hull — where our reporter jo makel was in court. we have had the longest sentences here in hull today that we have had yet for that disorder on august 3rd. this order that the judge at hull crown court described as 12 hours of racist, hate—fuelled mob violence. one man, david wilkinson, a8, was given a six—yearjail term. another man, john honey,

got 56 months. he was described as being front and centre of the events in hull. you may have seen him very visible on social media in a white shirt with a red st george's cross. those pictures have been widely shared. he was involved in a mob attack on a bmw car, that contained three men who were from eastern europe. honey was seen trying to open the door, so that the mob could get to the men inside. the men were unharmed but less terrified. -- but left terrified. he was also seen looting shops in hull city centre. filling carrier bags in the lush store is if he was doing christmas shopping and then distributing those stolen goods to people outside. in mitigation, his defence barrister said that he had, he was on the autism spectrum, and that he was someone who was likely to display behaviour

to gain favour with other people, but, taking all of that into account, the judge decided that he was to go to prison for 56 months, and he will also have a criminal behaviour order of five years, once he leaves prison. teenage knife crime has significantly risen over the last decade. the ministry ofjustice says, overall, courts dealt with 18,500 knife crime offences in the year ending this march. fresh efforts are being made to solve the problem. when three young people were stabbed to death in just a few weeks in bristol, police set up a dedicated team to try and tackle it. our correspondent danjohnson has been to see their work. that's the car. the grey one. yeah. that one. yeah. you're about to see the sort of weapons carried by some young people. the grey car full of teenagers has refused to stop for police. stay where you are. stay where you are, all of you.

get your hands out now! weapon out! weapon found. everyone, hands where we can see them. but that's come from inside the vehicle. there's a girl. hop out the car, love. and four young men, all between 16 and 18. it's 11:30 on a wednesday morning. officers have just stopped this car in a bristol suburb. they have searched it and retrieved these enormous knives. no one's out with balaclavas and zombie knives with good intentions, are they? so, do you think stopping them today, seizing those knives, could have really stopped something more serious? absolutely. yeah. that's the whole point in doing this. there is no upside. no one wins. and then that poor decision in a split second can ruin the rest of their life. it could ruin the rest of the other person's life. here's one life lost at 19. nobody�*s been charged with stabbing eddie kinuthia last summer, despite arrests.

so his family's left with his last desperate moments, bleeding to death on the street in the arms of his mother. and when i got there and i saw him, i um, his look, the look on his face. of, like, just shock, like just that panicked look on his face. - i kept telling him to stay awake, and he tried. - he really tried because i kept telling him, "help— "is coming," you know? the thing that i struggle most with is wanting to go back- if we can do it again. and there's grief across this city after a surge of teenage knife crime costing young lives in both blood and prison sentences. so we'll talk about the children that are linked to the murder of darrian williams. and this is the team sworn to protect young people from a life of violence

and the criminal exploitation so often behind it. what do you say to the people who may be a bit more...? look, these kids know what they're getting into. i think it is really important to understand each individual person, because we don't know what's happened in that child's life, because actually putting a child in prison is not the answer. it's not the solution because they'll come out of prison. so what then? try and push that one down. is that all right? this is mostly about teenage boys as victims or perpetrators, sometimes both. but here they know it starts so much younger. they're as young as 6 or 7 years old carrying knives. _ and i think fear is the main factor. when you think of a 7 or 8—year—old, you think. of a young, a young person who's got innocence. - at the moment, we're seeing young people losing that innocence - from such a young age. whether they take to the saddle or the barber's seat, here open, honest conversations are encouraged.

but what makes you not want to be able to go out? i just don't feel safe outside yeah, i feel more safe inside of my house, not outside. and when you come here, do you feel safe? yeah. ijust can have a nice time without having many worries about anything bad happening. but there are no simple answers to this complex issue. why are you driving around with the knife like that? i don't know. you're carrying it. why? don't know, mate. so i'm not the odd one out? maybe. so why carry it? i'm into knives innit. i like the way they look. weapons are seized. arrests follow. this 16—year—old for possessing a knife. so too the 18—year—old, who was driving without a licence or insurance. their fate is still to be determined. and the bereaved also want answers. imiss him. i miss his hugs. i miss like his laughter, you know. imiss...

i miss dancing with him. eddie's story sums up this city's challenge. but knife crime and its impact reaches further and it needs much wider solutions. danjohnson, bbc news, bristol. the government is facing questions about another senior civil service appointment of a person with links to previous labour party donations. emily middleton has been named a director general in the department for science, innovation and technology, where the secretary of state is peter kyle. she used to be a partner at a consultancy firm which paid for a secondment to mr kyle's office in opposition. that is a donation in kind of more than £65,000. this follows pressure on chancellor rachel reeves to say whether she was involved in the appointment of former banker and labour donor ian corfield as director of investment at the treasury. the tories have described it as a "growing scandal of appointing donors to top civil service jobs".

downing street has been approached for comment. meghan gallacher has resigned as the deputy leader of the scottish conservatives. in a letter to douglas ross — ms gallacher said she was "deeply troubled" by a story in the daily telegraph that claimed mr ross suggested last year that another candidate — justice spokesperson russell findlay — should succeed him. ms gallacher wrote that she was "completely unaware of discussions "surrounding a candidate" and that she believes there is a "potential risk to the reputation of our party "and the leadership contest moving forward." the outgoing deputy leader also said that she was "excluded" from doing media on behalf of the party due to her bid to be leader. mr ross said he accepted her reasoning for resigning and was committed to remaining neutral in the leadership contest. the new premier league season kicks off tonight, and one team celebrating before a ball has even been kicked is ipswich town. they're returning to the top flight for the first time in 22 years, and their most famous fan —

ed sheeran — hasjust bought a minority stake in the club. mike bushell reports. ipswich town back in the big time, rekindling memories of their glory days when they were one of english football's powerhouses in the late 1970s and the fa cup. european silverware. just a few years later. under waddell. the blue and white event, which won the trophy for the first time. and now the class of 2a, has found its voice — inspired by their most famous fan, ed sheeran. not many players celebrate winning promotion to the premier league by going on a night with a global superstar. and while, yes, he's helped put his beloved club back on the world stage, above all else, he's just one of the fans. it's notjust like big league games. you see him and now we're going into the prem. you see him at like colchester away in the cup sort of thing

and it's incredible. and you know, i've been there in the north stand and everyone goes oh, ed sheeran is in the stand. and then you turn round and you go heads and he goes, hey! and then it's the best thing ever. but a whole generation has missed out on premier league football, with the club dropping for several seasons into the third tier. just the first time i've ever seen it in the premier league. - it's amazing, especially- after the seasons in league one, you know, couldn't ask for more. a lot of people thought i was absolutely crazy going to watch, you know, fleetwood at home and accrington stanley away. but now it's going to be liverpool at home and man city away. it's like the old days. you know, when i was growing up, it never even crossed my mind ipswich wouldn't be in the top division. ed sheeran's investment and sponsorship of the shirts, with his latest tour branding, combined with the support and work of the club's american owners, watered and nourished the roots and reaching the promised land is already paying off, bringing the whole of suffolk together behind the club again.

around 12 weeks old. young ipswich youngest fan. impact is massive. you know you really see that through your shirt sales. shirt sales are an indication of how supporters are engaging with the club. around four years ago _ we were selling 10,000 a season. last year 60,000. this year will be on course _ for 100,000 shirts, whichjust shows what that engagement - is really strong now with our with our supporters. young george burley stylish at fullback. it's an especially poignant moment for george burley, who, as part of the fa cup winning team in 1978 and who managed the club for many years but was unable to save it from relegation 22 years ago. he now believes the club has helped the town find its soul again. everybody wants to go and watch, you know ipswich play everybody. when i take the dog for a walk in the morning in the park, they want to talk about football. 3 or 4 years, that wasn't the case, but now it's really gave the town a big lift. the town's going to be full of people from abroad coming to games.

everybody wants tickets, so it's a very exciting time. the dressing room is normallyjust a place for team talks, but ipswich's players know from last season that a famous victory now in the premier league will most likely mean a sing along with it again. mike bushell, bbc news in ipswich. we're going to talk now about these very special scottish rocks. they're the garvellach islands, in the inner hebrides in the west of scotland. and they could help scientists understand the period known as "snowball earth" — the longest and deepest ice age in our planet's history. this period is important because it's believed to have led to the development of complex life on earth, our science correspondent pallab ghosh has more. these tiny islands in the inner hebrides of scotland hold the key to how the first animal life emerged on earth hundreds of millions of years ago. each layer of this rock face in the garvellachs captures a snapshot of the planet's distant past. scientists have now dated fragments of the rock and shown them to be from the only place in the world to have a detailed record

of how our planet plunged into the most severe and prolonged ice age in our history. these tiny grains prove beyond any doubt that the garvellachs are the best and most complete record of a critical period in our history called snowball earth, when, for 80 million years, pretty much the entire planet was covered with ice. if we wind back the calendar hundreds of millions of years, we see that scotland was in a completely different place because the continents have moved over time. it was south of the earth's equator and had a tropical climate until it and the rest of the planet became engulfed in ice. but then something remarkable happened. after the melting of the snowball, we suddenly start to get bona fide modern—looking animals. it seems counterintuitive that such a big freeze that could have

prevented life was actually the spur to generate this explosion of life. after the snow ball melted, of course, everything that had adapted to that and diversified in those specialist niches would have had to then compete with each other in some kind of arms race. geologists have been studying the rocks on the garvellachs for decades. first, on foot, using the only building on the island as a base. and, more recently, using drones to create detailed, computer—enhanced images of the rock layers. if the results are confirmed, these islands could be awarded a golden spike. that's an actual spike hammered in to celebrate the location of a planet changing geological moment. scotland can get the golden spike. formation presented. a great example, excellent example of the potential candidates

of the golden spike. the researchers will find out next year whether they and scotland have won the golden spike. pallab ghosh, bbc news. thank you for that. let's have a reminder of what i going on with those ceasefire talks. we can show you pictures of the israel gaza border now. those are live pictures. these talks have been going on. we had a joint statement from the us, egypt and qatar. the three countries which act as mediators say... president biden says adl is much closer than it was three days ago but it is not yet there. all parties to the conflict have been called to allow a polio vaccine campaign to

take place. we will stay across everything going on involving those talks and bring it to you here on bbc news. so do not go away. hello there. and over the weekend, there will be some more sunshine at times. very quiet weather over the weekend. not too much changing from one day to the next. many places will remain dry. this was the picture earlier today. that weather front has moved to the south of us. we are seeing more cloud coming into northern parts of scotland and that is where we see the showers. but there was not too much cloud in the midlands today, lovely and warm in the sunshine. last night, we saw some big differences in the weather. 18 celsius in kent, three celsius in aberdeenshire, but things will be different overnight tonight. we have stronger winds, they will tend to ease. showers becoming fewer, and many

places becoming dry overnight. to the south we have the clearer skies and lighter winds. temperatures as low as seven celsius in southern england and the midlands, not as cold as last night in the north—east of scotland. starting off on a sunny note for much of the country tomorrow. there will be some cloud build—up, some showers threatening the north—west of england and northern ireland and western scotland, but many places will have a dry day. we will see more sunshine across the south—east of england and east anglia. this is where we will have the highest temperatures similar to today. should be a bit warmer in the sunshine in north—east scotland. this high over the azores, the pressure toward scandinavia leaving us with a run of westerly winds, which may pick up a little bit as we head into sunday, particularly in the south, where we should see a lot of sunshine on sunday, most of the build—up of cloud is further north larouci the bulk of showers coming into western scotland. for the most part it will be dry. temperatures for most

of us not changing much. could be a little bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland. sunshine is on the way for the start of next week. pressure is going to be dropping here in the atlantic and cloud and rain will be moving in, but it will start off dry and sunny, in the west we will feel the wind is picking up, the southwest and over the irish sea. cloud thickening in western areas to bring some wet weather particularly into northern ireland and western scotland but ahead of that for the midlands and eastern england it should stay dry and there will be some sunshine, and it will feel warm, with temperatures in the mid 20s.

at six: the government confirms that victims of the infected blood scandal will start receiving compensation payments by the end of the year. some could receive more than £2 million each after what's widely seen as the biggest treatment disaster in nhs history. more than 30,000 were infected. two men get the longestjail sentences yet for their roles in riots in england. one is sent to jail for almost five years, the otherfor six. people travelling to parts of africa affected by the new deadly strain of m—pox are advised to get vaccinated, after the first case is found in europe. train drivers on lner services from london to edinburgh announce plans to strike every weekend until november.

i'm outside old trafford as a new premier league season begins. business on the pitch as usual and increasingly business in the boardroom also making the headlines. and how a cluster of scottish islands could help solve one of the planet's greatest mysteries about the ice age. and later on bbc news... we will be live at old trafford, in two hours' time manchester united kick off the new premier league season at home to fulham. coffee failed to follow its allergy process. —— from barking died after having a drink. good evening. the government has announced it will push ahead with compensation payments to victims of the infected blood scandal. the previous government had announced the scheme in may after a report by the public inquiry. between 1970 and 1991, more than 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis—c from

contaminated blood products and transfusions.