to repeat last year's bookmakers to repeat last year's victory. he is trained by aidan o'brien and ridden by ryan moore, and i'm sure that bookies will not wa nt and i'm sure that bookies will not want that on to win today, but there are others in the field that could rival him. it is ladies day at royal ascot. we have been seeing some bright and colourful fashions going through the gates. the milliners of britain have been doing a brisk trade over the last few months! back to the racing, at her majesty the queen will be arriving shortly after 2pm. she won the gold cup with her horse in 2013. she doesn't have a runner in the race today, but she does have a horse in the britannia sta kes at does have a horse in the britannia stakes at 5pm. maths prize will run for her in her colours, and she hopes that that will bring her a winner in this, one of her favourite weeks of the year. time for a look at the weather. what a difference what a difference a what a difference a day what a difference a day makes. what a difference a day makes.

yesterday, 35, today, 25. 10 degrees cooler for some yesterday, 35, today, 25. 10 degrees coolerfor some of us, yesterday, 35, today, 25. 10 degrees cooler for some of us, but we have swapped sunshine for heavy and thundery showers in some parts of the country. this scene was pictured by mark in kent a few hours ago. still some heavy showers and thunderstorms. further north, a bit more cloud around. this is north yorkshire. fairly similar up and down many parts, grey skies and we have seen recently. 0ver down many parts, grey skies and we have seen recently. over the next few days, that fresh theme, with some outbreaks of rain some of us. 35 degrees yesterday, many of us typically around 20 today, especially in central and northern parts. it is warmer in the south—east, with a few heavy showers and thunderstorms just clearing out to the east over next few hours. you could see the odd rumble of thunder in the afternoon. further north west, the west of scotland, a bit of drizzly rain at apm, but some sunny spells for southern scotland and northern ireland just through that cloud. mostly dry over much of

northern england and down towards the midlands. still those showers pretty close to the coast for lincolnshire and parts of norfolk, but largely drive further south in england and wales with quite a bit of cloud around, and temperatures typically in the low 20s. this evening, any showers in the east bade away quickly. we will start to see wind and rain heading in from the north—west, bringing rain to northern ireland, scotland, parts of north—west england and wales. dry elsewhere tonight and much more co mforta ble elsewhere tonight and much more comfortable for sleeping, so it will bea comfortable for sleeping, so it will be a bit ofa comfortable for sleeping, so it will be a bit of a relief, temperatures falling to 1a or 15. tomorrow, this weather front heading south—east, opening the doors for fresh air to move in from the west or north west, so move in from the west or north west, so different feel to the weather tomorrow. patchy rain heading south across england and wales. it should brighten up for northern ireland and scotland, a return to sunshine and showers, and for southern parts and the south—east, largely dry quite bright and warm. elsewhere,

temperatures around about average for the time of year, up in the high teens, maybe the low 20s. at the weekend, it's looking like a day of sunshine and scattered showers on saturday. it will feel fresher than it has done, around 15 to 23 degrees. similar on sunday, but a few showers around, but you're likely to stay dry. things are certainly not looking as hot as the last week or so, so fairly normal for the time of between 16 and 22. an estimated 600 high—rise buildings in england have similar cladding to g re nfell tower. in england have similar cladding to grenfell tower. urgent tests are being carried out. so far, it's been confirmed that three have combustible cladding. the prime minister says steps are being taken to make them safe. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me.

iamjohn i am john watson with the latest sports news. has made a bold selection ahead of the first test, seeing his side must be courageous if they are to beat the all blacks. after a string of displays on the tour, with two captain on the bench. alun wyn jones tour, with two captain on the bench. alun wynjones is preferred in the second row. it is his section in the backs that will leave nobody in any doubt how he wants his side to play with the attacking duo on the wing. isaid we with the attacking duo on the wing. i said we would pick the team on form and there would be a lot of differences from the start of the tour to now from what people speculated the side were to be. the

m essa 9 es we speculated the side were to be. the messages we have tried to deliver have been consistent and now the 23 have been consistent and now the 23 have been consistent and now the 23 have been selected, we are excited about that. it is incredible to be picked and then to be asked to captain isa picked and then to be asked to captain is a huge honour. now it is down to business now. it is hard work and performance. there are days you want to be involved and games of this magnitude with the alliance, it is where all these players want to be. juventus have confirmed they will release right—back dani alves from the final year of his contract, adding to rumours he could be set for a move to the premier league. manchester city boss pep guardiola is known to be interested in the 34—year—old brazilian, whom he knows from their time together at barcelona. juventus say alves has "expressed a desire to try a new experience".

the top seed left at the aegon championships marin cilic is safely through to the next round after a straight sets win. he took the first set against stefan kozlov six—love, before taking the decisive second 6—4, to book his place in the quarterfinals the live coverage continues over on bbc two and on the sport website. that match is live over on bbc two. the talented player he is and against the man who knocked out andy murray in the first round. kei nishikori's wimbledon preparations suffered a setback when he was forced to retire injured from the halle 0pen. the third seed was playing karen khatchanov in the last sixteen when he needed to take a medical time—out to treat a back injury. he played on for a few points then retired with the score at 3—2 in the first set for the russian. the international cricket council is expected to vote to admit

ireland, along with afghanistan, into the elite member group that is permitted to play traditional five—day test matches. if approved it would take the total of countries playing tests to 12. it is ladies day at ascot today. expect high fashion on day three. the strict dress code applies for those in the royal enclosure. for the first time around, trousers and jump the first time around, trousers and jump suits are allowed for the women. the signature race of the day goes at az20pm with last year's winner starting as favourites. that for now is all the sport. you can follow the latest from queens and live coverage over on the sports website. i will be back with the next update in an hour's time. thank

you, john. theresa may has arrived in brussels to present her brexit plans to eu leaders. it's the first time the prime minster has met with eu leaders since the election. speaking ahead of the meeting, theresa may said the talks earlier this week had been constructive. 0ur correspondent is in brussels. theresa may arrived in the last couple of minutes. she walked in and she was questioned. she took a couple of questions and she was asked about her position now, having called the election, the position it has left her in in the uk and what that would mean for the sort of brexit she could deliver. that is what she had to say. today i will be setting out some of the uk's plans, particularly on how we propose to protect the rights of eu citizens and uk citizens as we leave the european union. there will also be

other important issues, such as counterterrorism and one of the things i will be calling on with other leaders today is that we do more working together to ensure we stop the spread of extremism on line and we prevent terrorists from having a safe space on line and we keep our citizens safe. i do ready to compromise? we will be going into negotiations. those have started constructively. what i will set out is how the united kingdom proposals to protect the rights of use dozens of living in the uk and the uk rights of citizens protected. that is an important issue and we wanted it to be one of the early issues considered. that is now the case and that work is starting. we will be setting out how we propose to ensure eu citizens living in the uk have their rights protected in the united kingdom. that question of what rights might be preserved for the user doesn't in the uk and how they

would be protected. —— preserved for you citizens. their proposals is that all existing rights that people enjoy it now, if they have them now, it should continue into the future and should be preserved under the european court of justice. and should be preserved under the european court ofjustice. the lithuanian prime minister, came in and said it would be up for the uk to decide whether they want to participate in that. there is a concise year that if theresa may's offer falls below, that could cause difficult moment. —— there is a concern here. thank you very much. tests on other tower blocks after the grenfell fire have shown some of the cladding to be combustable. downing street says that an estimated 600 tower blocks in england have cladding similar to that used on grenfell tower in west london, which caught fire with the loss of at least 79 lives. as the investigation

into the grenfell tower tragedy gets underway, our reporterjim reed has been to a new tower block in north london which, the housing association has confirmed, is clad in what's thought to be the same material. he has spoken to residents and the housing association reps there. at the moment we know the government are testing samples. brought to them by councils and housing associations. that is why theresa may promised to make that statement in the commons that you just heard. at the same time, that is going to take some time. councils are carrying out their own investigative work across the country. the estate we visited last night was in tottenham in north london. the housing association there looked back at their documentation and they are pretty convinced that it is the same material that was on grenfell tower, but they haven't yet got the results back from those scientific tests. there is a slight distinction there. the place we visited last night, those apartments in tottenham,

it's only two—three years old, 22—storey block, social housing and shared ownership in that block. the residents got an e—mail saying that it is likely that it was the same cladding that was used. we spoke to the housing association which part—owns the block, and the man in charge of providing information to residents. the more important question for us now is not whether or not this met building regulations at the time, it is what is the ongoing safety of the building and what impact does having this cladding have on the fire safety of the building, and if we are advised that this is not safe, or it would have a detrimental impact during a fire, then we would look to have that cladding replaced as soon as possible. you might have to take all that cladding down? that is a very real possibility. mark newstead there ending that report by our reporterjim reed. camden council has also confirmed

the cladding used on its estate is to be removed after tests have raised concerns about the cladding's safety. ajudge raised concerns about the cladding's safety. a judge ruled that real misery is being caused to no real purpose. the government says it intends to appeal the ruling. 0ur correspondent is at the high court. this is an example that austerity is being challenged, notjust at the ballot box but also in the courts. this challenge concerned, was brought by four claimants. they were all lone parents. three of them had pa rents all lone parents. three of them had parents under two years of age, the other was pregnant and has a young baby. what they are saying is that the application of what is known as the application of what is known as the reduced benefit cap, the benefit came in in 2013, but at the end of last year it was reduced to the

amounts were brought down. the idea that the application of the reduced benefits cap to them, lone parents with children under two years of age, amounts to unlawful discrimination. this morning the justice in his ruling agreed with that. he said that the application of the benefit cap to that group is causing real damage and he said that real misery is being caused to no good purpose. with me is rebecca carrier, the solicitor that represented the four claimants. this isa represented the four claimants. this is a significant victory. how many people does this affect? it as been ha rd to people does this affect? it as been hard to find out how many people are affected by the reviewed benefit cap are lone benefit families with children under two. we teased out some of the information and we think it is about 5000 families at any one

time, which means it is going to be 10,000 children at any one time. those children are by the way the cap works, are put either at risk of homelessness, they become homeless 01’ homelessness, they become homeless orare homelessness, they become homeless or are forced into extreme poverty. the significance of that figure really is a relatively small number of families when you are talking about the savings that the government will make from capping their benefits balanced of a very, very extreme impact on this family. what the cat does is take away money for rent and leaves families losing their home or unable to meet essentials, food, travel and things further children. the government has said it intends to appeal and it has been given permission to appeal by the justice this morning. been given permission to appeal by thejustice this morning. he expressed some views whether the true or not. mrjustice collins referred to an appeal as a possibility, despite the fact that

the lawyers representing the government had been granted the right to appeal. he was hoping the government would think again about the way this policy is affecting the most vulnerable, the media is in our society and he explicitly expressed the hope they would not appeal against thisjudgment. what is happening now? that is a very good question. the courts have ruled that the way that the benefit cap operates four alone parents with children under two, is unlawful. it is up to the government now to see how they are going to respond and deal with that. one of the things we wa nt to deal with that. one of the things we want to know is what is going to happen to the woman who has got a two—week—old baby and is about to be capped, is she going to lose her rent money, does she have to go to work or are the government going to do something? thank you very much. a defeat for the government. this plays into the anti—austerity

narrative that we are hearing about at the moment from a number of places, a number of sources through the court, the ballot box and so forth. for the moment, the benefit cap does stay in place. we are waiting to see whether the government does appeal. at this time on monday, we interviewed live a contributor who expressed the view that douglas murray was a hate preacher. mr murray is associate director of the henry jackson society, a think tank which describes itself as working to counter extremism and support liberal democracy. we would like to make clear that we were unaware that mr murray would be named in this way and would like to apologise to him. let's ta ke let's take a look at the headlines. councils in england estimates 600 high rise buildings have similar cladding to grenfell tower. the prime minister also welcomed the resignation of the chief executive

of kensington and chelsea council. saying it was clear the council could not cope. a postmortem examination has found that makram ali, a victim of the terrorist attack on monday, died as a result of multiple injuries. british summer fruit and salad producers are struggling to recruit enough migrant workers to harvest their crops, according to a bbc survey. more than half of the businesses that took part weren't sure whether they'd have enough staff — with many blaming the weak pound and uncertainty over brexit. live now to susannah streeter who is in the market town of godalming in surrey. iam in iamina i am in a strawberry poly tunnel and oui’ i am in a strawberry poly tunnel and our appetite for a soft fruits like raspberries, blueberries and strawberries has grown dramatically. in1996, we strawberries has grown dramatically. in 1996, we consumed in the uk less than ever did thousands times.

today, it is more than 170,000 tonnes every year. the uk industry has grown to try and meet this demand. here, for example, are at these deals and the use to be full of grape seeds but now they are full of grape seeds but now they are full of soft fruits. the production facilities are here and so are the workers for now but farms are telling us it is becoming much harder to recruit workers from overseas. you it is mainly polish people and those from romania and bulgaria who have come here to pick fruit and they have done for many yea rs. fruit and they have done for many years. the farm is finding it hard to get people wanting to come back year after year. there are 33% of those people who retired this year, compared to the usual rate of around 70%. -- compared to the usual rate of around 70%. —— who returned this year. let's find out more of this. hallo,

lawrence. what are growers telling you? they are very worried. not just about this season where we are finding it hard to recruit. we have three applicants for every job. finding it hard to recruit. we have three applicants for everyjob. the future is bleak. we have nothing from government to assure us what was going to happen in 2019. we need a scheme in place by september or 0ctober next a scheme in place by september or october next year. what would happen if that would not be in place? if we do not have the labour, there is a correlation with the labour we have. if we get no labour, there will not be an industry and we will import fruit from holland, france, germany and america, were reduced to 20 yea rs and america, were reduced to 20 years ago. many people say there are people in the uk who are unemployed. why can they not come and fill the gap? technically, the uk is in full employment. most of the unemployed are in oururban employment. most of the unemployed are in our urban areas. the ardent

unemployment —— the unemployment in rural areas is lower. the uk citizen who takes work loses all of their benefits, social benefits and you lose them and have to reapply once you finish your seasonal work. that isa you finish your seasonal work. that is a big ask for someone who is short of money. they have to live on the farm and be available from five o'clock in the morning all the way through. it does not work that has an attraction. this is a first world problem. in the usa the invite mexicans. polish farms, the employee ukrainians. those not interest from the local citizens. this is a real british success story up until now, isn't it is the biggest success story, absolutely. give give me some demonstration of that. i have explained how much consumption has grown but what about uk production?

we produced when hundred and 41,000 tonnes of mixed berries and that is 30,000 tonnes 15 years ago. the growers have answered the demand, the increasing demand from the consumer because of the health benefits. this used to be an arable farm and now it grows strawberries. ruler was potatoes, now strawberries. —— where there was potatoes. those growers are answering that. they are also going abroad. the ruler who owns this farm is farming in portugal. we are importing his portuguese raspberries because he is going with the labour is. he is moving and not an exception. we have heard about this great success story that is facing a cliff edge. they want defra to set up cliff edge. they want defra to set upa cliff edge. they want defra to set up a seasonal workers permit and not wait until the brexit negotiations have finished. this is the action is

needed now, at least in the next six months, otherwise we could end up with brexit and very little of this. fruits industry left. many of the uk's top universities have failed to achieve the highest award in the first major assessment of teaching standards. more than half of those that entered the teaching excellence framework did not score a ‘gold' rating. 0ur education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. in future, universities in england will be judged on the quality of their teaching and awarded a gold, silver or bronze rating. if they want to charge undergraduates up to £9,250 per year, they are going to have to prove that students get value for money. nottingham trent, which attracts many students from less well—off backgrounds, achieved the highest award. overall, 59 universities gained a gold. 116 were rated silver and 56 achieved bronze. it is measuring how likely the university is going to be

in helping you get a good job. measuring whether the university has got systems in place, and they are going to keep you on your course when things get tough. measuring the effectiveness and speed of feedback on your work. looking at the quality of library and other learning resources. but, some prestigious universities have scored less well. liverpool, the london school of economics and southampton are all members of the elite russell group, but only achieved a bronze. experts have warned that students shouldn't use just these rankings to decide where to study. the nuffield council on bioethics

save some social media sites have increased levels of anxiety over body image. this report contains flash photography. social media brings us closer to the world of celebrity, are younger people turning to cosmetic procedures to look and live like the idols? the influence of those with millions of followers is ha rd influence of those with millions of followers is hard to gauge. doctors who specialise in cosmetic work say when celebrities speak, their fans listen. it might just when celebrities speak, their fans listen. it mightjust be a couple of pictures but they go out to tens of millions of followers and all of a sudden these young girls and boys are looking at it and they see it as aspirational, associated with success , aspirational, associated with success, money, powerand that aspirational, associated with success, money, power and that is what they want. they think about buying into that. because matic procedure industry is unregulated. —— the cosmetic procedure. procedure industry is unregulated.

-- the cosmetic procedure. most young people are living in social media... now after a two year study, researchers are calling for better regulation and education and corporate responsibility. the social media industries, they should be taking more responsibility. we are not saying that they are reporting these things but through those media. the fear is that social media, so central to so many peoples lives, is also feeding anxieties about appearance and driving the growth unregulated cosmetic procedures. it is cooler outside. let's get the forecast. a much fresherfeel to forecast. a much fresher feel to the weather. many places 10 celsius cooler today. thunderstorms around too. here is a scene captured from

one of our weather watchers. those heavy showers are clearing away. here is the scene in north yorkshire. less in the way of sunshine, fresher than recent days. that is how it looks towards the end of the week, a fresher feel and a little bit of rain in the forecast, too. we have had the heavy downpours in the south—east. they should clear away towards the east over the next couple of hours. drizzly rain for parts of england and the far north—west, too. mostly dry with some bright spells across southern scotland into ireland. a cloudy picture out there but sunshine breaking through at times. you can see those showers lingering not far away from the coast of norfolk will stop the odd rumble of thunder. england and wales, temperatures

around 24 celsius. much fresher. most around 24 celsius. much fresher. m ost pla ces around 24 celsius. much fresher. most places dry. not a bad afternoon. the evening, driver most parts but this rain and breeze picking up from the north—west. rain for ireland, scotland and north of england and wales. you are likely to get a better night ‘s sleep with temperatures down to 15 celsius. as we see this weather front sinking slowly sa n k we see this weather front sinking slowly sank into friday, introducing that fresh air, a cooler day. breezy as well across northern parts. rain across parts of central england and wales. the far south, mostly dry with sunshine and warm. 24 celsius. further north, sunny spells for northern ireland and scotland. a mix of sunshine and showers. many of us on saturday, a return to fresher conditions. sunshine in between any

showers. highs of 23 celsius. sunday will be a largely dry day. you can catch a shower. more likely to state drive further east and temperatures around 22 celsius. —— stay dry. if you're not a fan of the heat, a much rasher forecast. all of the details on the website. —— is much fresher forecast. this is bbc news. the news at 2pm. three tower blocks are found to have combustible cladding while 600 high—rise buildings have similar cladding to that on the grenfell tower: i was informed that a number of these tests have come back as combustible. the relevant local authorities and local fire services have been

informed, and as i speak they are taking all possible steps to ensure buildings are safe and to inform affected residents. senior figures in the church of england "colluded" with a disgraced former bishop, who abused young men — according to an independent review. theresa mayjoins eu leaders in brussels to discuss brexit — as the president of the european council hints the uk could still change its mind. a post—mortem examination finds that 51—year—old makram ali, who died at the scene of the terror attack outside finsbury park mosque,