this is bbc news. the headlines at 103m: large amounts of drugs and thousands of mobile phones were found in prisons last year — the ministry ofjustics says it's unacceptable. the parents of charlie gard call on doctors to allow the terminally ill baby to travel for experimental treatment. sir vince cable, tipped to be the next leader of the liberal democrats, says he believes brexit may never happen. the iraqi government says victory over islamic state forces in the city of mosul is imminent. a business tycoon submits plans to build a third runway at heathrow, which he says would be £5 billion cheaper than the current scheme. and coming up at 10.30am here on bbc news, witness speaks to paul mccartney's brother, mike, who remembers one of the beatles‘ most famous performances.

new figures show more than 200 kilograms of drugs and 13,000 mobile phones were found in prisons in england and wales last year. the government says measures are being put in place to disrupt illegal activity in jails. james waterhouse reports. many will say this continuing trend of contraband being smuggled into jails through whatever means possible only highlights the scale of the challenge facing prison officers, who've had to deal with staff cuts and growing violence over recent years. just in april, a european watchdog warned that incidents in ukjails were spiralling out of control, making a number of them unsafe for both prisoners and staff. the latest ministry ofjustice

figures say there are 86,000 inmates in england and wales. 7000 mobile sim cards were also found in 2016, along with 13,000 mobile phones. they're a valuable resource behind bars, too, sometimes being rented out for up to £1000. along with the seizure of 200 kilograms of illegal drugs last year, it's the scale of the problems that forces the government to act once more. the trade builds on a very, very strong market, and although this is good news and it's good that these measures are being taken, the next step is for the government to ask itself why demand drugs and phones is so high in prisons. £2 million worth of equipment has been brought into prisons to detect bones. 300 dogs have also been trained to find drugs. ministers acknowledge they can't stop there, though. the government has recently had a recruitment drive, saying it is on track to bring

in 2500 more officers by 2018. a short while ago the secretary of state david lidington spent my colleague andrew marr about the problem. not problem. n ot co nte nt problem. not content with the state prisons and frankly this is a state of affairs that has gone back under successive governments and what i'm determined to do is to try to bring about improvements, build on what my predecessor liz truss did in getting extra prison officers, putting in place some effective measures to detect more accurately the problem we have with drugs, the challenge we have with drones and mobile phones in prisons so they are more secure places, but also to see us get better as a country at using the time during which we have people in custody to get them better educated, get them better trained, more employable so there is a stronger chance they will lead law—abiding

life when they get out. david forde from the prison 0fficers‘ association explained how it was possible to smuggle contraband it was possible to smuggle contra band into it was possible to smuggle contraband into prison. it is possible in a lot of different ways, you can have trafficking routes either thrown over the wall, the group visits, through drones, drones ra problem, they are not detecta ble drones ra problem, they are not detectable first time you know they are there is when you hear them and this is often done at night time when you have a skeleton staffing got on. and what do you do you think it can be done about it? the government talking about more prison officer is, presumably that is one route, but from what you say this is a very big problem? it is absolutely massive it alljails across the country. what can be done at the minute, i don't understand why government is not willing to block the signal which would bring things like a drone down, block completely mobile telephones rather than detect. if you haven't got the stuff

to go and retrieve, what is the point in detection? you are talking about blocking things electronically but presumably that is not terribly easy because the prison itself, staff and the people who run it, they need to be in touch with the outside world, don't they? that is quite a big thing to are talking about? no, not at all, it is quite a simple thing, mobile phones are not allowed in prisons so to block mobile phone signals you can bring the umbrella in so it doesn't affect the umbrella in so it doesn't affect the community outside. mobile phones are illegal in prison. yes, indeed. from your knowledge of what goes on in prison, presumably these, particularly bones, are quite tradable, i believe people rent them to each other and some rather large sums of money are involved? how does that work? absolutely, it is to further criminality, some people are making more money inside the walls than they would outside the walls. where do people get the money from inside to pay these sums, how does

that work? unfortunately that is when it goes outside the wall and families then get involved with making payments for the phones. you talk about various things that should be done, the blocking of signals and so on, recruitment of more staff, do you think the numbers that we heard about are adequate? no, not at all. if you backtrack to around 2012, 2014, there was a failed concept called benchmarking which took around 8000 prison opposite out of the system of varying experience, there was volu nta ry varying experience, there was voluntary early redundancy packages offered to those staff with experience. the government figures of 2500 are welcomed by my union, however in real terms, and this is admitted by hmpps, the need to recruit 4000 this year and 4000 nextev to catch up to what they got rid of. the parents of charlie gard

are expected to join supporters to deliver a petition to great 0rmond street hospital in london calling on doctors to allow the terminally ill baby to travel for experimental treatment. the petition has been signed by more than 350,000 people. the 11—month—old boy's case is due to return to the high court tomorrow after the hospital said it had seen claims of new evidence relating to a potential therapy. 0ur correspondent is outside great 0rmond street hospital now. a lot going on including the petition this afternoon? that is right, you will remember charlie's parents lost their lengthy legal battle which meant doctors here could switch off his life—support machine, but just life—support machine, butjust a couple of weeks on they say the fight is not over and we expect them here around 2pm this afternoon with supporters and that petition that you spoke about, and that petition is calling for charlie to be allowed to go abroad so that he can get

experimental treatment. charlie cannot move, he cannot breathe unassisted because of a rare genetic condition, and all along the hospital has said that treatment will not make a difference. but they now have been presented with new evidence from medical experts abroad which says that actually they can offer charlie some hope. the hospital isn't holding out hope, it still believes that this probably won't help charlie's rain condition, but they are leaving the decision in the high court's hand. they secured a hearing at the high court which sta rts a hearing at the high court which starts tomorrow and of course this has been a really emotional case with president trump and the pope some of the people backing charlie's pa rents some of the people backing charlie's parents here. we expect charlie's pa rents parents here. we expect charlie's parents in a few hours to deliver that petition. thank you very much. sir vince cable, likely to become the next leader of the liberal democrats, said he is beginning to think brexit may never happen. he

told the bbc‘s andrew marr show that the problems were too enormous and the problems were too enormous and the divisions between the major parties too great. 0ur political correspondentjonathan parties too great. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake can tell us more about this. this is a bit of a turn—up for the books, most every politician of every other stripe as said whatever we think of it, brexit will happen. yes, and of course the liberal democrats don't want brexit happen, thatis democrats don't want brexit happen, that is nothing new, they campaigned during the general election for a second referendum, raising the prospect that brexit could not happen, but to hear vince cable talking in such stark terms that he genuinely is now thinking it might not happen is quite remarkable. we have seen disagreement of calls between cabinet ministers about the best quarterbacks action during the deal, we will see the great repeal bill transfer bring things back to uk law, so there are stumbling blocks along the way, but vince cable is now voicing his opinion that brexit michael 0liver happen.

i'm beginning to think that brexit may never happen. i think the problems are so enormous... really? the divisions in the two major parties are so enormous, i can see a scenario in which this doesn't happen. and i'm certainly, our policy of having a second referendum, which didn't really cut through in the general election, is designed to give a way out when it becomes clear that brexit is potentially disastrous. vince cable there. the government's added due to this very much changing added due to this very much changing a new trade deals particularly with america? that is right, the g20 summit in hamburg, we have seen that meeting between president trump and theresa may, donald trump said they had been working on a trade deal and it could happen quickly. the prospect of a trade deal happening quickly has to be taken with a pinch of salt because they are hugely complex affairs even when you have two

countries with the political will to get it done in relatively short order, there is a lot of detail to and add to that the fact they cannot start formally talking about it under the rules of the eu until the have left the european union, we are probably talking about a good few years down the line yet. but theresa may said she had had conversations with the leaders of japan, india and others who, according to her, are keen to strike trade deals with the uk, which fits with our strategy of being bullish about brexit, talking up the prospect of the uk trading independently with other countries around the world. thejustice secretary david lidington was asked of the andrew marr show on bbc one this morning whether a trade deal with big us alone would fill the gap left by britain leaving the single market in the eu. it wouldn't be enough on its own, no, but it would bea enough on its own, no, but it would be a very good link to have, as

would trade deals with emerging economies, asia, latin america, and certainly one of the frustrations, sometimes, about being part of the eu is that while the mass of the eu gives it some leveraging international trade, it moves sometimes at a porpoise like pace because all the member states have to agree a common negotiating position. so whether you think brexit is not going to happen at all over the you are talking about the tortoise like pace of putting together trade deals, i think it is clear the discussion around brexit and the strategy that the government has and disagreements with that will dominate over the summer. jonathan, thank you very much. iraqi state television is reporting that government forces are on the verge of retaking the city of mosul. it was seized by so—called islamic state more than three years ago. but after nine months of intense fighting, iraqi soldiers have been celebrating on the streets, despite no official word of a victory. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale has more. it's been the fight of their lives. their battle to retake mosul from the group calling itself islamic state started in october last year. they've lost many comrades along the way. but today the iraqi security forces

were firing their weapons in celebration, claiming victory over their enemy. translation: this joy has been achieved by the sacrifices of our martyrs and the blood of our wounded heroes. god willing, may happiness prevail in iraq. after nearly nine months of brutal street—to—street fighting, these iraqi security forces now believe they have defeated is in a city that was once their stronghold. but there are still pockets of resistance, the occasional sound of gunfire. but look everywhere around you and you'll see that pretty much every building has been damaged or destroyed. if this is victory, it's come at a cost. no—one yet knows how many civilians have lost their lives in this city. it's still a fight for survival. translation: hunger, thirst, fear and aerial bombardment. we lived in a cellar. look at this.

our house was destroyed on top of us. the extremists' reign of terror in mosul may be coming to an end. but they're by no means finished in iraq. the headlines on bbc news: hundreds of kilograms of drugs and thousands of mobile phones were found in prisons in england and wales last year. the government has described the situation as "unacceptable." the parents of charlie gard are delivering a petition to great 0rmond street hospital in london this afternoon calling on doctors to allow the terminally ill baby to travel to america for experimental treatment. sir vince cable, favourite to be the next leader of the liberal democrats, says he is beginning to think brexit may never happen. sport now, time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre.

striker romelu lukaku says he didn't need to think twice about agreeing to move to manchester united, and described them as "the biggest club in the world." lukaku, who's set to have a medical with united after an initial £75 million fee was agreed with everton, is currently on holiday in the us with paul pogba. and he's even been meeting some of his new fans. meanwhile it's looking increasingly likely that wayne rooney will be leaving old trafford and heading back to everton. he was seen yesterday at their training ground. he's the manchester united and england record

goalscorer, and signed from everton 13 years ago. the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland says people will look back on the new zealand tour as a success. the lions drew the final test match 15—15, meaning the series against the world champions was shared. it was a thrilling finish to the game in auckland — 0wen farrell's late penalty kick drew the lions level in the game. a disputed offside decision denied the all blacks a further penalty so the series ended 1—1. and gatland says he hasn't ruled out taking charge of the lions for a third time. my focus now is back to wales and the autumn, and then looking forward to 2019. i'm definitely finishing there, unless they get rid of me before then. and then i don't know. maybe i come back home or maybe something else. i mightjust go to the beach and put my feet up for a while, i don't know. but, um, you never say never. 14—year—old amateur attire tittikul

has become the youngest known winner of a professional golf tour event after winning the ladies european thailand championship. the thai player finished five under after a level par final round, two shots ahead of mexican ana menendez. thitikul turned 14 in february. britain's chris froome will start a mountainous stage 9 of the tour de france with a 12—second lead ahead of team—mate geraint thomas. the race has reached thejura mountains near the swiss border. froome had a minor scare yesterday when he and thomas briefly went off the road, but were quickly back in the action. stage 8 was won by the 24—year—old french rider lilian ca mjan, who's riding his first tour. lewis hamilton will have his work cut out if he's to finish on the podium at today's

austrian grand prix. he was third in qualifying, but a penalty means he'll start back in eighth on the grid. his team mate valtteri bottas will be on pole, with world championship leader sebastian vettel second. it isa it is a long race, so a lot of things that can happen. i think we have to look after ourselves, do our race. it will be a tough race, battery but has been quick all weekend. i think it should be a good race “— weekend. i think it should be a good race —— valtteri has been quick all weekend. mo farah will continue his build—up for next month's world championships when he races in the 3000 metres at london's anniversary games later today. the world championships will be farah's last track event but it's understood he will continue competing on the road. he says this weekend's event is an important part of his preparations. the anniversary games are really important to me, i love that track andi important to me, i love that track and i do really enjoy racing at home. and it's one last time. good

to race, test myself, see where i am. i'm getting better, not quite there, to be honest with you, but i've still got a few weeks to go sit it is important in the race on sunday i do as well as i can and then go back again to basic training, go back to the south of france. and then the world championships, the big one! that is all the sport for now, more in the next hour. jessica, thank you very much. a wealthy businessman has submitted alternative plans for a third runway at heathrow, which he says would save more than £5 billion. the hotel tycoon surinder arora suggests changing the design of terminal buildings and reducing the amount of land needed. a spokesperson for the airport said they welcomed views on the plans. earlier i spoke to mr arora, and i asked him why he was submitting the plans. i've spent all my life around the airport, ever since i've been here, for 45 years, and i think being the

21st—ce ntu ry for 45 years, and i think being the 21st—century it's good to have competition rather than just assuming it is therefore the airport, and we live in a world where heathrow is the busiest, not just the busiest but the most expensive airport in the world from the airlines' and passengers' point w. what the airlines' and passengers' point w. what are your proposals? how the airlines' and passengers' point w. what are your proposals? how do your proposals differ from the existing ones? well, our proposals differ big time in a sense that we've taken more input and feedback and working with the allies, because we see the airlines as part of the team, as the customers of the airport, and asking them what works for them, so we actually made the terminal buildings of the taxiways a lot more efficient, we're taking 23% less land than previously recommended. and not having the

transit system, there is a remote terminal north of the a four which was not really that efficient from an airline perspective, from a passenger perspective, and not putting the transit in, and all that will obviously come to huge savings, making the buildings more efficient, not doing the transit system, using 23% less land, that can't be bad news. i think there was also, one of the big issues has always been the motorway, the m25 motorway, the busiest in the country, would have to be closed or severely disrupted. your plan, i think, avoid that. how can you do that? heathrow have been working on these plans years, we've only, we've got the world leading expert in infrastructure projects, who worked around the world on different infrastructure projects, and working with them we have come

up and working with them we have come up with a scheme that was put forward to the commission with the 3500 metre runway over the m25. 0ne of the things we started asking and questioning saying, why do we need firstly 3500 metre runway? to my surprise, none of the airlines were ever consulted on the length of the ru nway ever consulted on the length of the runway or the location of the runway, so runway or the location of the runway, so if you look at airports such as manchester and birmingham, which do take the wide—bodied aircraft, do take a380s, manchester works on a 3000 to runway so why can't we do that? our plans, although we have worked with advisers and the allies, are obviously at an early stage but we do feel that we can have further efficiencies and savings on these plans by working with our partners. and did you think that you what the man or you and did you think that you what the man or you have the organisation to do thejob? man or you have the organisation to do the job? is that why you are so interested ? do the job? is that why you are so

interested? well, i've always been one of the folks living in the real world. i'm notan one of the folks living in the real world. i'm not an expert at everything. going back to the 90s, late 90s, i had never built a hotel or run a 4—star, 5—star hotel and i said, i would or run a 4—star, 5—star hotel and i said, iwould be or run a 4—star, 5—star hotel and i said, i would be doing or run a 4—star, 5—star hotel and i said, iwould be doing it or run a 4—star, 5—star hotel and i said, i would be doing it all myself, i'll make sure i have the best tea m myself, i'll make sure i have the best team around me to deliver the projects. and the dream i always had in any business, when we were building ourfirst in any business, when we were building our first hotel, in any business, when we were building ourfirst hotel, was, can we build a 4—star hotel with 5—star service at 3.5—star prices? and we can't continue at being the most expensive in the world, otherwise no one will benefit from that, including heathrow airport. surinder arora and his plans for another ru nway arora and his plans for another runway at heathrow. electrical storms in canada have been blamed for starting scores of wildfires burning across british columbia. a state of emergency has been declared, with thousands of homes being evacuated and hundreds of kilometres of land scorched.

georgina smythe reports. columns of smoke black out the sky as wildfires rage across western canada. about 2000 firefighters are on the ground attending over 180 fires believed to have been started by lightning strikes. local media says 7000 people have been forced to abandon their homes and animals for evacuation centres. it was very emotional driving away, and seeing the flames and the smoke, and the whole village just surrounded by fires. there are lots of people who have no connection to it at all, but they're here and we are trying to support everybody. we ask everyone to be patient, it takes a long time to register people and we are trying

to help as best we can. it is the worst wildfire emergency the country has seen in 14 years, and there are fears the raging fires could join together. pretty close. they were hitting the town, i could see that from the house, which was definitely a sign we had stayed too long. about 300, 400 metres away. the fire we were able to watch from where we were. i think i still smell like smoke. it was getting close. air tankers are dropping water in an attempt to contain the blaze but hot, dry and windy conditions are expected to continue for several days, hampering the efforts of firefighters. in california a record—breaking heatwave has left fires raging across the state. thousands of firefighters are attempting to contain more than 20 fires. rainfall in the winter and spring spurred the growth of dense vegetation, but that has now dried out and become a tinder box in the heat. researchers in leeds say that potentially harmful chemicals used to waterproof raincoats, rucksacks and outdoor gear

are unnecessary and a source of environmental pollution. fluorochemicals are one of the most common treatments used to waterproof items. scientists say new coatings being developed are more environmentally—friendly. 0ur science reporter victoria gill has more. the great british summer. but with british weather, the chances are it won't be long before you're reaching for your raincoat. an unlikely source of pollution. one of the most common treatments used to make ourjackets waterproof, fluorochemicals, can pollute the environment. the problem with fluorochemicals is that they're persistent. they stick around for a really long time, they don't break down and could last for hundreds of years. that's why these scientists are testing new, more environmentally—friendly waterproof coatings using indoor rain. this is the rain room here at leeds university, and apparently it's set

to a manchester drizzle. this is the mannequin wearing a raincoat to be tested, so if we just switch on the rain... yeah, that is a pretty accurate artificial manchester drizzle, so i'm just going to leave. the team used industry—standard tests to see how waterproof fabric stood up to everything from drizzle to a simulated downpour. new repellent coatings that are not based on fluorochemicals are just as good as fluorochemical water repellents. the fluorochemicals are unnecessary. new non—fluorochemical coatings are still being developed, but the researchers now hope the industry will start to roll them out to protect us from the elements without damaging the environment. the lake district should find out today whether it will be given unesco world heritage status.

if successful, it would become the uk's 31st such site, as caroline rigby reports. from the great barrier reef to the taj mahal and grand canyon, they're some of the most recognisable sights in the world. soon, the lake district could be a member of their prestigious club. later today, delegates from unesco will announce whether they deem the region irreplaceable and inspiring enough to be protected under world heritage status. it would be lovely if it did. it would be great if it was voted as one of the top places in the world to see. i've been coming here for over 40 years. it's changed a lot. it's really popular, but there are so many beautiful things here that need to be recognised and protected. with its towering peaks and glistening waters, the national park currently attracts around 18 million tourists a year, who contribute over £1 billion to the local economy. but critics worry obtaining world heritage status could see even more visitors descend on the region, putting extra pressure on the landscape. 0thers argue it would mean greater funding and investment. a world heritage site, it will really demonstrate

the changing landscape, because it's not natural, that's shaped by people, farming practices, poets. they've all talked about this landscape, and people will come and see it. it will draw new customers and new visitors who've never heard of the lake district. it is a tick of the box to visit a world heritage site. poet william wordsworth once described the lakes as the loveliest spot man hath ever found. but will unesco agree? if successful, it would become the uk's 31st world heritage site, joining places like hadrian's wall and stonehenge, and the houses of parliament. a ceremony will be held today to remember the 843 men who lost their lives when hms vanguard sank off 0rkney injuly 1917.

to mark the centenary of the disaster, a team of divers has been given special permission to document the wreck. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has more. in the cold northern waters of scapa flow, the final resting place of hms vanguard, a dreadnought battleship from world war i. the bow and stern almost entirely intact after 100 years under the water. this the first group of civilian divers to be given permission to document the wreck since it was designated a war grave. i think the loss of life was never very far away from my mind as we're diving on the ship. that said, we had a job to do, and an obligation to do thatjob to the best of our ability. so you got on with the work but, yes, parts of the wreck are very emotional. very emotional indeed. newsreel: ships were steaming into their war base at scapa flow... along with many other ships of the royal navy,