good morning. it's friday 14th july. i'm annita mcveigh. calls to tighten the availability of acid — after five people are attacked within 90 minutes from a moped in east london. the scottish and welsh governments threaten to derail we will arrest people, and we are working closely with the home office to see if there is any change in the law is required. the scottish and welsh governments threaten to derail the government's repeal bill — a key part of its brexit strategy. the funeral is held of six—year—old sunderland fan bradley lowery, who died of cancer on friday. also in the next hour: flying the red, white and blue for france's national day of celebrations. donald trump is the guest of honour,

on his first presidential trip to paris. and a couple hoping for a knockout wedding dance. how a dirty dancing routine didn't go exactly as planned when practising for the big day. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. police in east london are investigating five attacks which involved corrosive substances being thrown in people's faces. one of the victims has suffered what's been described as "life changing injuries". the incidents all happened within 90 minutes in hackney and stoke newington last night. one teenager has been arrested

on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and robbery. andy moore's report contains some distressing images. this was the scene of the most serious attack last night, the victim was apparantly delivering takeaway food when a pair of men tried to steal his moped. police say a corrosive substance was thrown in his face. he was taken to hospital with what they described as life—changing injuries. in the space ofjust over an hour police were alerted to five similar attacks, the motive on each occasion seems to be robbery. police believe they are linked. the government says it is keen to track down on this type of crime. this was a shocking attack. somebody was left with life changing injuries. we have been working very closely with our colleagues in law enforcement to get a better picture

of actually what is happening as you quite —— as you quite rightly say it is happening in pockets of the country. acid attacks in england have doubled since 2012. 21—year—old resham khan and her cousin jameel mukhtar were attacked shortly after they had been celebrating her 21st birthday in east london. acid was thrown through the window of her car. my my face started melting, my clothes started to burn, my shorts started sticking to me and there was smoke coming out of the seats. moped crime is also on the increase, especially in london. delivery drivers in east london say they've been faced by an escalating crime wave from knife—wielding gangs. andy moore, bbc news. our correspondent dan johnson is in hackney. to have a spate of attacks like this much —— must be calling huge concern in the area. is this a growing problem? it sounds like it is,

reports that the number of these attacks has grown in east london, it seems like there is a growing issue with this type of attack. the most awful of substances being used as a way of robbing people, it is something causing growing concern. this is the scene of one of those attacks last night, we understand the mopeds delivery driver had pulled up at the traffic lights when another pulled up and threw acid in his face. they then stole his mopeds and drug —— drove off on it. this seems to be a pattern when it comes to these five attacks. the police are calling at least one of these victim's injuries life changing, i think we can take from bad that the injuries are serious and can have long—lasting effects. that could mean that that person is going to be

left at least partially sighted. so something that is causing concern, and that is why the commissioner of the metropolitan police has quickly this morning addressed this issue. she has been speaking on local issue here in london. the acid can cause horrendous injuries. the ones last night involved a series of robberies, i'm glad to say we have arrested somebody, and i don't want people do think this is happening all over london over time, but we are concerned because the numbers seem are concerned because the numbers seem to be going up. we will enforce the law or we can and we are working closely with the home office to see if any changes in law required. meanwhile, of us have to make sure that if somebody in our family are buying something like this, we challenge them. so police are

investigating these attacks, saying they do believe the five attacks are linked. one teenager in custody already, under arrest, being questioned, but police say they believe at least a pair of young men we re believe at least a pair of young men were involved in these attacks late last night, and a growing debate now about the availability of acid and whether these attacks are on the increase. but these are in the main household cleaning products which are freely available, so any measures to control them could be quick —— difficult to implement. the home secretary amber rudd has launched a new strategy to tackle illegal drug use, after what the home office calls a "dramatic" increase in the number of deaths from drugs in england and wales since 2012. the strategy focuses on helping addicts to recover and makes clear there'll be no legal changes to decriminalise the use of drugs. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, reports. enforcing the law on drugs. police raids against dealers have been the traditional way of clamping

down on the drugs trade. it's estimated to cost the uk £10.7 billion a year. and the new government drug strategy says that approach will continue along with renewed efforts to get people off drugs. that's what they do at the harbour centre in london. support people affected by drugs, and help them rebuild their lives. the home secretary amber rudd visited the centre this week. she said her drugs strategy will focus on recovery. people who are recovering from drugs often need help with housing, they need help with employment, they might have mental health difficulties and in this strategy we've acknowledged that, we've embraced that, i've set out clear expectations for local authorities about working with recovery to make sure that these additional elements are supplied. the 2017 drug strategy is the first for seven years. it says there should be treatment tailored to the needs of drug users. a new national recovery champion

will help co—ordinate services. and there will be measures to deal with new drug threats, including substances intended to enhance the experience of having sex, known as chemsex drugs. amber rudd's involvement in a new cross—government drug strategy board will give the plans political impetus, but she's set to disappoint people who say drug possession should no longer be a crime. danny shaw, bbc news. let's get more on this story. joining me now from central london is steve rolles from the transform drug policy foundation, a think tank which campaigns to change drugs policy. thanks forjoining us. danny mentioned a national recovery champion, and you say this strategy does quite well identify concerns but offers nothing but rhetorical fluff in response. is there anything

in it that you find useful? it does identify some key issues which haven't really been focused on before, but what it doesn't do u nfortu nately before, but what it doesn't do unfortunately is over any meaningful solution, certainly nothing innovative. we have to be clear that budgets for health—related drug services are being cut. so there is a lot of where the rhetoric in there, but nothing meaningful.“ that another thing, that there isn't enough money to do anything meaningful about it? union—macro well, the line's share of the money in terms of drugs is still being spent on enforcement. and yet we know that enforcement doesn't do to use, it can't get rid of drug markets, and it actually tends to make things worse. we still criminalised tens of thousands people a year in this country, and it is expensive uncountable hours ——

counter productive. it drains resources from services that we know who actually work. part of the problem is that the drugs issues is dealt with is a problem in the home office, instead of a health problem within the department of health were really begins. so there is a fundamental sort of disconnect there, and this new strategy does nothing to address that. so you are given a fundamental approach is wrong. what drugs do you think should be decriminalised? all drugs. personal possession and use should not be the subject of any criminal penalties at all, and that is also the royal society for public ‘s health saying that, the world health organisation, and the government's own advisers. they have called for non—criminal sanctions for possession offences. this report welcomes —— claims to have an evidence—based policy approach, but the acm di's recommendations on

something like decriminalisation are ignored. in fact they are swept aside. they say we are not going to the granada strikes because they are bad for you. so there are recommendations by the government's own advisers on issues like supervise consumption facilities and heroine are describing, that are ignored or marginalised. so this is a politically motivated and terribly disappointing new approach, not an evidence—based one. it is the same as the last strategy, which has failed. we do have this crisis of opiate related overdoses, which have doubled but nothing has changed. thank you very much. we're taking you to paris, where they bastille

day celebrations are coming to an end. you can see temp —— president macron, and president trumpjust end. you can see temp —— president macron, and president trump just out of sight, the guest of president macron at the celebrations. with much discussion that france israeli—occupied the position in the special relationship —— that france is occupying the space —— the position that the uk had. some people disagree with that analysis, but others are saying that president macron is looking at the difficulties that theresa may is facing at the moment and seeing an opportunity for france to supplant the uk is perhaps a key ally in europe of the united states. president macron speaking before going to nice later in the day where he will be taking part in a

commemoration for the people who died in nice in the lonely attack one year ago today. we'll be talking —— attack. we will be returning to paris shortly, but will pull away for the moment. a woman has been arrested by police investigating whether sale in bags at a hospital had been tampered with. cumbria police say a 24—year—old member of staff at cumberland infirmary is being questioned. no patients have been harmed. let's talk to our reporter. what more can you tell us? the police were originally called into the cumberland infirmary on the 11th of january this year, and that was after a small number of salen bags appeared to be tampered with. that problem was —— was spotted by a member of staff, it was reported to senior doctors right away, and the north cumbria hospital trust put its

serious incident procedures in place and called in the police. this morning cumbria police say they have arrested a 24—year—old woman from about 12 miles away from carlisle, on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course ofjustice and appearing to contaminate goods. the hospital trust has confirmed the woman did work at the cumberland infirmary, over at the moment we don't know what job infirmary, over at the moment we don't know whatjob she did at the hospital, and the hospital trust has set that it wants to reiterate that no patients that they know of were harmed in relation to this incident. the attackers were israeli media say the shooting took place in the old city near the sacred site known to muslims as al—aqsa mosque and tojews as temple mount.

friday prayers have been cancelled for the first time in many years. let's return to bastille day, president trump is the guest of honour in paris. this is one century after the us came to the aid of france in the first world war. he was invited to help mark france's national day by the country's president president macron. our correspondent is there. some people are arguing as i said that paris is trying to supplant the uk's position as the country with the most special relationship with the united states in europe. i think there is more to it in in europe. i think there is more to itina in europe. i think there is more to it in a sense because president macron is reaching out to donald trump here and now, but he reached out to vladimir putin a couple of weeks ago. he is on is sort of

mission to be seen as the man to do business with across europe at the moment, and he does it from a much stronger electoral platform that theresa may could offer at the moment, and also without a huge amount of disturbance, disquiet within france itself as to having a visit from the dozen —— american president. so he sees the opportunity here, but he has got some symbolic rationale for that at the moment. 100 years now since american troops set foot on french soil in the latter stages of the first world war, to help bring that toa first world war, to help bring that to a close. and 126,000 american soldiers lost their lives in the process. so this is about the ties that bind, that is very much the way that bind, that is very much the way that the french would see it at the moment. i'm going to bring in the france correspondent for politico

europe. but you also the correspondent for new york. president macron is seen as the man to do business with. yes, he is seen as the strongest power in western europe on the global stage. and here he is showing france's strongest suit, a military power, a nuclear power, a member of the security council. he is demanding the whole world of what is so special about france. and what you mentioned about britain, they do not have the political stability. right now macron is exploiting those advantages as much as possible. mr trump would be in the uk until at least 2018, we're told. but someone also has to be seen to be reaching out to donald trump from this part of the world of the moment. well, he

is definitely a risk, because donald trump is not a enormously popular in france. but the french make a difference between the personality of whom they may disapprove, and what he represents as the leader of the united states. and they want france to be proud and have an important role in the world. and they also understand that by standing side—by—side with the united states, france is being shown on that level is a military power and an ally, and approval polls show that more than 60% of french approved of this visit, there were protests, but limited in scale and size. there have been some american soldiers taking part, some dressed in world war i broke —— uniforms, a reminder of the historic ties between these two countries. but from a president trump perspective, he has come over here, one french paper describes him as a pariah. what does he get out of this?”

think he is coming —— it is a win situation for him. he is coming out ofa situation for him. he is coming out of a g20 conference where he was isolated, he has crossed swords with angela merkel on several issues, and not getting much advantage out of theresa may at the moment. so he comes here, and this warm reception he has had with macron, we have seen the body language of a hand in the small of the back, immensely legitimising for trump at a time when he is under constant attack over the trump— russia story at home, this is a moment for donald trump to seem like the real leader of the united states and being legitimised by his french allies. and beyond all the pomp and ceremony of today, rather more intimate moments yesterday of a dinner for the two couples. does that have an impact in modern politics today?”

think it shows a form of past friendship between these two leaders, they want to advertise not just a line of personal bond, and thatis just a line of personal bond, and that is a very strengthening message for trump at home, that he is the personal guest of the french president in this lovely setting of the eiffel tower. and for emmanuelle macron, it is a way of showing his critics, i don't care, i am going to dine with the french president, with oui’ dine with the french president, with our wives, and this is the only thing, andi our wives, and this is the only thing, and i will not pay attention to the domestic politics in the united states. there is another side to this which is in nice, where mr macron travels in a moment, because one year on from the bastille day devastation wrought there, 86 people

killed, a desperate situation. so we are seeing the handshake between the presidents, but this is a moment yesterday and back inwards and reflect on the reality is france today. right, and i think that folds into the visit as well. what they emphasised was corporation on security and the fight against terrorism. this is the lowest common denominator between france and the us and also between france and britain, you will remember that when theresa may came, they announced measures on security. this is something we can agree on, the fight against islamic state, and on this anniversary of the nice attacks, it is the right time to announce more determination but less emphasis on all the things we disagree, climate change, trade policy and things like this. we have got donald trump getting back into his car, heading

back home, and let's be honest, this isa back home, and let's be honest, this is a sideshow, certainly in the states maybe it is a picture story, but he's got music to face when he gets back. i think people like the pageantry gets back. i think people like the pagea ntry and the gets back. i think people like the pageantry and the spectacle of the bastille day show, but in washington, dc this is a sideshow, and what is in focus over there is the trump— russia story. very hard to shake that of for donald trump. he didn't escape it at the joint press c0 nfe re nce he didn't escape it at the joint press conference yesterday, even though this was a favourable moment for him, he is not out of the woods on that story. sir donald trump heads for home, mr macron has for nice, the other end of the country. at the event asthma at the end of what have been two pretty extraordinary days. —— at the end of. this was all about mood music, appearance and symbolism, and i

suppose time will tell the extent to which that has changed the relationship between france and the united states. the beast is heading back for home as well, the extraordinary security retinue that comes with it is moving on for another show. and another bastille day ceremony on the champs—elysees has passed off peacefully. and with great sense of pageantry and upbeat note to close this particular bastille day, the first one for president macron and first lady. back to hundreds of mourners have lined the streets this morning for the funeral of bradley lowery. the six—year—old sunderland fan one a legion of fans

across the country as they fight it —— as he fought neuroblastoma. many mourners were sunderland —— was sunderland colours, and one of his most prominent supporters was the footballer jermain most prominent supporters was the footballerjermain defoe, who is left training in spain to be at the funeral. bradley died last week from the wreck cancer. the time is 2a minutes past 11. —— from the rare cancer. the scottish and welsh governments have threatened to block the brexit bill, the repeal bill, which will convert all existing eu laws into uk law. the brexit secretary david davis group —— describes it as one of the most significant pieces of legislation to pass through parliament, but the leaders of the other parties say —— described it as a "power grab". chris mason, what are they planning

to do to block the bill? lady—macro we are seeing 360 degrees of scrutiny. there is a huge amount of scrutiny. there is a huge amount of scrutiny about the whole process by which the law is cut and pasted from brussels and dropped here at westminster are being scrutinised, the government's using secondary legislation, statutory instruments, to do that pretty quickly, and some say that means there is not enough scrutiny. in addition, there is the whole question of devolution, and the question of powers coming back from brussels — how quickly if at all can they be devolved to cardiff and edinburgh and belfast as and when devolved government is restored there? and there is real concern from edinburgh and cardiff about process “— from edinburgh and cardiff about process —— that that process is not being done properly, and it represents in the view of nicola sturgeon in scotland and carwyn

jones in wales a power grab by westminster. the mechanics of this mean that they cannot veto brexit, but they do have via what is known asa but they do have via what is known as a legislative consent motion, and yes, this is technical but that is inevitable, the ability to make the whole process quite sticky. those we re whole process quite sticky. those were the sentiments articulated by the first minister of wales this morning. your mac —— some of the mood music from whitehall suggest they are willing to work with us, but they cannot expect us to agree to something they themselves would not touch in a month of sundays. to something they themselves would not touch in a month of sundaysm is not one rule for london and different rules for everybody else. the uk is a partnership of four nations, or what is it? to hugely important we work together to deliver a brexit that works for everybody. what was striking is

there is a keen awareness and government that there has to be a due acknowledgement of the nature of the devolved uk. plenty of the bill talks about that in very dense legalistic language inevitably given that this is legislation that parliament has to start dissecting. but clearly, what we are now going to get is one of the running strands of arguments around the processing of arguments around the processing of this legislation through parliament, voices that have to be listened to in cardiff and edinburgh, demanding that effectively they have a voice on the table, and downing street, given the precarious nature of the majority or lack of it, will be obliged to listen. the headlines are coming up. in a moment, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two, but first, the weather forecast. it has been mainly cloudy for many

of us across the country, but the cloud is continuing to thin and break. in north yorkshire, there we re break. in north yorkshire, there were bright blue skies. but as we look ahead to this afternoon we will see thick cloud approaching northern ireland, western parts of scotland with breezy conditions here, but elsewhere largely dry. one or two isolated showers. largely dry for wimbledon as well, but this evening that rain will spread south eastwards, some mist and work around as well. temperatures staying in double figures, so quite a mild night in store, but it does mean for the start of the weekend friday and quite wet across western and most —— more north—western parts. dry for the south—east. by the time we reach sunday, some rain overnight to start sunday. there will be some cloud around, maybe it is chance of some rain, and becoming quite humid.

that's your forecast for now. this is bbc newsroom live. the metropolitan police will look again at the law to tackle acid attacks, after five people were attacked in london last night by two men on a moped. a 16—year—old boy has been arrested. drugs formerly known as legal highs are to be targeted in a new government strategy, after the home office reports a "dramatic" increase in the number of drug—related deaths in england and wales. the scottish and welsh governments have threatened to block the brexit bill which will convert all existing eu laws into uk law, claiming it represents a "power grab" by westminster. the funeral is taking place of bradley lowery, the six—year—old sunderland fan who died of cancer last week. hundreds of people have turned out to pay their respects. it's time now for the sport. jessica

has the latest sports news. cricket, and england will be hoping for quick wickets on day one of the second test against south africa at trent bridge. the visitors won the toss and chose to bat. england's bowlers have struggled to make a breakthrough so far. it seems there is some swing in the pitch with stuart broad looking quite dangerous. south africa on a team without loss. england lead the series 1—0. its main semifinal day at wimbledon. roger federer still in the hunt for a record eighth singles title. andy murray is already out as our other top seeds, novak djokovic and rafa nadal, making federer the strong favourite for the trophy. he ta kes strong favourite for the trophy. he takes on thomas burdick in the semifinal. federer mr clay—court season with injury but he has not

dropped a single set yet and is in impressive form. i don't see myself playing better than a few years ago, but i always hope to improve every year. i feel different ever since but i always hope to improve every year. ifeel different ever since my injury but if i play better this year, then i have in 111—15 men i had great runs at wimbledon here. i'm just very happy that i'm still doing it so well. it is nice surprise, maybe a little bit but the plan was a lwa ys maybe a little bit but the plan was always to be strong also later on in my career. british interest is in the mixed doubles semifinal with jamie murray and his partner, martina hingis. they are top seeds and took their match in straight sets to book their place in the last four. murray could be facing a fellow brit across the net if he makes it to the final because there was a the mike —— familiar british name in the other semifinal, heather

watson is free with her partner, henry continent. they are defending champions and could make it back—to—back titles after winning the match in three sets yesterday. the long—term future of the british grand prix at silverstone might be uncertain, but the build—up to the race is already underway. the mercedes pair valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton were the quickest after first practice. ferrari lewis hamilton were the quickest afterfirst practice. ferrari driver and world championship leader sebastian vettel struggle to pay —— struggle to stay with the pace and spun off. his car was not damaged. he leads the drivers championship by 20 points. manchester city are close to signing tottenham and england full—back kyle walker for a fee of £45 full—back kyle walker for a fee of £16 million. the 27—year—old is expected to have his medical and com plete expected to have his medical and complete the transfer today. it is thought he will travel with manchester city when they leave on monday for their pre—season tour of the united states. the world para

athletics championships begins this evening at the london stadium. there will be a minute ‘s silence before the competition to mark the death of an athlete from the united arab emirates who was killed during a training accident. there are plenty of british names competing at the championships including sprinter, jonnie peacock. this is a world apart from every medal that you get, this is in london, this is a world championships on your home turf, and you wanted more. i said to my mum, she was worried about coming out to rio, andi she was worried about coming out to rio, and i be there in london 2017, because that means something to me. rio was a job, but this is for me and this is what i want. i want this more than i want rio. just to update you on the cricket, the second test, south africa still 18 without loss. i'll have more sport in the next hour. more now on one of our main stories. the home office has launched a new strategy to tackle illegal

drug use, with tailored treatment to be given to drug addicts. it follows a rise in drug—related deaths in england and wales and targets new psychoactive substances. the home secretary amber rudd said the plan will focus on recovery. so, people who are recovering from drugs often need help with housing. they need help with employment. they might have mental health difficulties. and with this strategy, we've acknowledged that, we've embraced that. i've set out clear expectations for local authorities about working to make sure that these additional elements are supplied. we can speak now to shaun kennedy, national equality diversity and inclusion lead at change, grow, live, that's a uk—wide social care and health care charity. thank you very much forjoining us today. can you tell is more about what you do? i know that you run a

service called afterparty which you say is run on a shoestring. perhaps you can explain to viewers what that involves and whether you think you will be getting more money as a result of this strategy. it is fair to say that in terms of strategy, it needs to be backed up by long—term investment insufficient funding. in terms of afterparty, it is part of our organisation, change, grow, live. they provide support to clients who are engaged in chemsex and run on a limited budget but they doa and run on a limited budget but they do a lot in the context of the funding that they have available. there has been some discussion. around the issue of chemsex. and thatis around the issue of chemsex. and that is something that we are particularly focused on within our services. you have these so-called

legal highs as they were called, and these chemsex drugs which bring the risk of serious physical and mental health problems, including the spread of blood—borne infections and viruses. the government says it is not going to decriminalise. it doesn't rule it out but it says it is not going to be de—criminalising any drugs. do you think it should be? i think the issue in relation to chemsex is the harms that the drugs have particularly when taken in combination, because chemsex and the drugs that people are taking involves this inhibiting practices, people injecting drugs, often sharing needles, so all of those harms associated with it, raises a significant issue around the focus, where it needs to be. lots of the su bsta nces where it needs to be. lots of the

substances themselves are illegal anyway, class a drugs or class b drugs. in terms of decriminalising chemsex behaviour i think you need to focus on the substances that people are actually taking themselves. is it the case that the number of deaths we are seeing reported, that rise in the number of deaths, i'm reading that it pains to be among long—term heroin users, not necessarily younger users of chemsex drugs orformerly necessarily younger users of chemsex drugs or formerly so—called legal highs. do you think the government strategy is looking in the right places? i think it is. there is really —— there is renewed focus on chemsex and some of the substances that people are using so the renewed focus on that is particularly helpful. the other thing to acknowledge is that the data relating to chemsex related deaths with people taking subjects like

ghb, which is a kind of industrial solvent, that disappears from the body very quickly, so people might have presented to a&e found themselves in other situations where they basically overdose and they die, but it hasn't been recorded as a chemsex or ghb related death. it is important to understand that the current data nationally around those kinds of debt —— those kinds of deaths are not reliable. organisations like ourselves are working on the issue and we are seeing people presenting with real harms, and that presents a challenge, in itself. briefly, to bring you back to the first question i asked, do you think this new strategy is going to help with the work that you do? yes, i do. because a lot of what we do as an organisation, the strategy underpins it from our perspective. the focus on the reduction in harm, long—term

abstinence, focusing on reducing drug—related deaths, these are all things within the new drug strategy that absolutely reinforce the work that absolutely reinforce the work that we are doing, so we welcome it, we we re that we are doing, so we welcome it, we were consulted on it through collective voice with the home office so we welcome it, and it comes to the point that there needs to be long—term investment and sufficient funding but we think this isa sufficient funding but we think this is a very positive move. thank you very much. hundreds of mourners have lined the streets of county durham this morning for the funeral of bradley lowery. the six—year—old sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country as he battled the disease neuroblastoma. he was taken to stjoseph‘s church ina he was taken to stjoseph‘s church in a horse—drawn hearse. many of the mourners wore sunderland colours in memory of bradley. one of his most prominent supporters was the

footballer jermaine prominent supporters was the footballerjermaine defoe, who has left training in spain to be at the funeral. bradley died last friday after suffering from the rare cancer. danny savage is at the scene of the funeral now. this is blackhall colliery on the durham coast. this is the main street through the village. it has been com pletely through the village. it has been completely closed down for the funeral of radley lowery. looking at the shot from our mast cam you can see how many people have turned out to pay respects, many of them wearing their football covers. the family appealed for people to come along and where their football shows. there is the red and white of sunderland, the blue of everton, and one chap has travelled up from rotherham. he had been fundraising

for bradley's fun. it feels like the football family has come together for this event. many people are here, not just from for this event. many people are here, notjust from the local area but from further afield as well. bradley lowery became well—known for that close relationship with sunderland football club. he was a mascot on many occasions. he scored a goalfor them at mascot on many occasions. he scored a goal for them at their mascot on many occasions. he scored a goalfor them at their ground, the stadium of light, and that was voted the goal of the month by match of the day earlier this year. they took him to their hearts at the club. they looked after him. he had very close relationship withjermaine defoe, who will be here today. many people here at his funeral this morning will be paying their respects to a little boy who really put upa respects to a little boy who really put up a fight against cancer, but had a lovely smile which many people here have commented on. they want to support the family for the bravery that they have shown through these awful events. bradley died a week ago today. things have moved on since then. we now have his funeral, a sad but inevitable end to his

story. people just wanted to come along and pay their respects, and say that bradley made a difference to their lives, and that they supported him all the way through. that really is reflected by the number of people here today. police in the south—west of england have launched the uk's first dedicated drone unit to help them find missing people, deal with road accidents and tackle major incidents. a helicopter can cost hundreds of pounds per hour but the remote—controlled, miniature alternative, provides an "eye—in—the—sky" for a fraction of the price. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more. yester revealed that she should appear after learning the result of the exit poll last month. today in an interview with radio 5live the lib dem leader tim farron talked about how he also became emotional after taking the decision to stand down as party leader.” after taking the decision to stand down as party leader. i held it

together, i knew what i was going to do. i made the statement at party headquarters. and i was about to headquarters. and i was about to head off up north and i got a text from my 15—year—old saying, i am really proud of you and i had a cry, then. that was more really the fact that it then. that was more really the fact thatitis then. that was more really the fact that it is nice being reminded that your children love you. couples planning to tie the knot spent lots of time practising their first dance. for one couple from bristol, that process did not go to plan. sharon price and herfiance, andy, try to recreate the classic scene from the 19805 film, dirty dancing. let's ta ke from the 19805 film, dirty dancing. let's take a look at what they were aiming for. # i had the time of my life... # and now let's hearfrom

sharon and andy a5 life... # and now let's hearfrom sharon and andy as they look at what actually happened with my colleague, joanna gosling. this is them rewing up joanna gosling. this is them rewing up to make that famous jump from the film dirty dancing. about to get there. and then that. oh, my gosh, what a shame! what happened? we're not really sure, to be honest. i remember her running up to me and me putting my hands on her hips, and the rest of it is blank. uber both just out cold after you collided? -- you were both out cold. andy was, i was just badly you were both out cold. andy was, i wasjust badly winded. you were both out cold. andy was, i was just badly winded. why was it that you wanted to do that? this was pa rt that you wanted to do that? this was part of your wedding rehearsals. you wa nted part of your wedding rehearsals. you wanted to be able to do this at your wedding. we are getting married next

year. i love the film and ijust thought we could re—enact it. and obviously it did not go to plan. what is it about it that made you think you wanted to do that rather than the traditional slowdowns? everybody does slowdowns, so we thought we would be a bit different and try something different. —— everybody does a slow dance. they we re everybody does a slow dance. they were on the grass doing it themselves and then we thought, we would give it a go, now, and we did. so that was your first crack at it. yes, and the last! you decided you will not be doing it for the wedding? yes! two feet on the ground. you were taken off to hospital. what happened? ground. you were taken off to hospital. what happened ?” ground. you were taken off to hospital. what happened? i was concussed. i wasn't quite aware of

what was going on, anyway. i am told that i ended up with a neck brace on. they put me through a ct scan to make sure that i didn't damage my brain, ifi make sure that i didn't damage my brain, if i had one! and they check mea brain, if i had one! and they check me a lot on the ecg, as well. they we re very me a lot on the ecg, as well. they were very thorough. as for sharon, you would have to ask her.” were very thorough. as for sharon, you would have to ask her. i was breathalysed. i couldn't catch my breath. i had a sore back, and that. i landed on my back. did the doctors know what had happened, andy? you are having serious treatment. but when you have to say why you were in hospital, what was it like? to be fair, iwas hospital, what was it like? to be fair, i was not asked that because at the time i was in and out for

quite a while. sharon said when they spoke to her, they did have a bit of a about it. what did they say? they just couldn't believe it! they said, keep two feet on the ground from now on. what have your friends and family said? absolutely killing themselves laughing. they cannot believe all of this is happening to us. we've had one or two comments saying that we are a bit too old for this sort of thing. everyone has had a laugh. sharon and andy price. good luck to them on their wedding day. hopefully it goes smoothly with no mishaps. you can see more on that story on the victoria derbyshire programme page. some news coming in from the old bailey. a former producer of the dbc reed is the bill has been jailed at the old bailey

for trying to hire three men to kill is part of 27 years. david harris, aged 68, jailed for 17 years. he had offered £200,000 to mulder his partner, —— to murder his partner, planning instead to live with a lithuanian woman a0 years his junior, who he had met in a brothel. he had claimed in the court kc only wa nted he had claimed in the court kc only wanted to talk to hit men, as research for a murder mystery novel he was writing, before he was caught in an undercover operation. the old bailey jury rejected in an undercover operation. the old baileyjury rejected that explanation and found them guilty of three charges of soliciting murder. david harris, 68, jailed for 17 yea rs david harris, 68, jailed for 17 years for trying to hire three men to kill his partner of 27 years. in a moment we will have a summary of the business news. the headlines on bbc newsroom live:

a new drug strategies unveiled to try to cut the number of drug deaths. it also targets legalise. the funeral of six—year—old sunderland fan bradley lowery, who died of cancer last friday, is being held in county durham. and now the business news. visa has said it is considering offering incentives to uk businesses to go cashless, after introducing a similar scheme in the us. the payments company is selecting 50 small companies in the us to receive $10,000 if they only use cards. the companies have to bid by explaining how going cashless would affect them, their staff and customers. however, the idea has been criticised by consumer groups, who say cash is still vital for many people. train operators handle passenger complaints and delays almost as badly as they did a decade ago,

according to research from consumer group which?. it also found punctuality levels on britain's railways were at their worst level in ten years. the group said passengers were being "failed" and that a rail ombudsman is needed quickly to better handle disputes. but industry body the rail delivery group claimed complaints were falling. the british airline, easyjet, is setting up a new company in austria to protect its european business after britain leaves the eu. the new airline, easyjet europe, will be based in vienna. the company revealed that earlier this year it had applied for a new air operator's certificate in austria. if approved, the licence would allow easyjet to continue flying within and between eu states after brexit, regardless of the outcome of negotiations. a 27—year—old transport planner has won the £250,000 wolfson economics prize for a plan to improve britain's roads. gergely raccuja proposed

a distance—based charge to replace fuel duty and vehicle excise duty, with the money raised being used to boost investment in roads and improve air quality. he also said he could maker britain "pothole free" within five years. entrants were all asked to address the question: "how can we pay for better, safer, more reliable roads in a way that is fair to road users and good for the economy and the environment?" well, to find out more about the plan, we can speak to gergely raccuja now. thank you very much for coming on. tell me how you felt when you realised you had won this prize.” was chuffed to bits. it was an incredible journey. the was chuffed to bits. it was an incrediblejourney. the past two months i've worked with the rac foundation and they have supported me so much. it was amazing. and also my company, amey. the past two months have been incredible. on the face of it it seems obvious. do you

think policymakers get bogged down with existing systems? funny you should say that. that is exactly what i thought. it is so simple. sometimes it is easier for someone who has not been involved in this at all to see the bigger picture. and also, you have to take into account, of course, the growing popularity of electric vehicles. did that factor majorly in your proposal? we have this paradox in the uk that, overall, traffic is growing, the mileage is growing, but revenues overall a re mileage is growing, but revenues overall are falling. electric vehicles are one factor in this. they will become a bigger factor. we have to find a way to address that. you say you want to rebuild trust between the government and motorists. why do you think this trust has eroded ? motorists. why do you think this trust has eroded? it is to do with the fact that government has many

pressures to spend lots of different things, but at the same time, investment in roads is often kind of sidelined. all of us who drive, i drive a0 miles each way every day to work. and with the investment in roads, is it really climbing? people feel like they are being robbed every day, in a sense. you say that you're going to eradicate potholes within five years. is that really feasible? i think so, certainly. within five years. is that really feasible? ithink so, certainly. if we put the money there, and allow local authorities to spend more money on this, on highway maintenance, then i certainly think it is possible, yes. so you have won this award but it doesn't mean your plan will be enacted, but it does, what has happened in the past two previous winners of the wolfson economics prize? two years ago,

garden cities were proposed, how to build housing in a sustainable way, and those policies are being implemented in some shape or form. and those policies are being implemented in some shape orform. i am working with the rac foundation who i'm going to go to next, to make a plan and we are there to try to convince politicians that this is feasible and that it should happen as soon as so will. gergely raccuja, winner of the wolfson economics prize 2017, congratulations and thank you for talking us. let's check in with the financial markets — and in europe — investors seem to be adopting a bit of a wait and see approach with few big market moving trends around. wall street ended on a high yesterday — and in asia stocks ended the week on the up. overall the sentiment is mainly positive, afterjanet yellen, the chair of the federal reserve, said the us central bank won't be rushing into a dramatic series of interest rate hikes — so the era of easy money don't look like coming to an abrupt end any time soon.

vehicles are on a motorway in oregon face a major clean—up job after they we re face a major clean—up job after they were slimed when a truck that was carrying tanks full of eels overdone. it left thousands pacific hagfish strewn across the highway. end on any vehicles that were in the vicinity as well. the eels were being transported to korea, where they are considered a delicacy. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. let's first take a look at the weather forecast with kawser. conditions are improving as we head through the day. cloud will continue to thin and break and we will see more in the way of sunshine developing. quite a bit of cloud here, but this thinning and

breaking. july sunshine is strong. this was the scene earlier in north yorkshire. bright blue skies and plenty of sunshine. mainly dry foremost this afternoon with high pressure still influencing the weather. in the atlantic we have this weather system threatening outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and west of scotland later this afternoon. for the bulk of the country, sunshine the temperatures climbing to the low 205 in the south—east but still in the high teens in the north. if you're heading out, there will be cloud around, some rain for northern ireland, just skirting the western fringes of scotland. for central and eastern scotland, sunny spells with temperatures reaching the high teens, mainly the low 205. for northern england, a good deal of sunshine the temperatures in the low teens. wales, plenty of summers afternoon, also across the south west and southern counties towards the south east, with cloud continuing to thin and break. temperatures climbing to 21 celsius. this afternoon we are looking at the

largely dry affairfor this afternoon we are looking at the largely dry affair for wimbledon. the risk of an isolated shower but temperatures reaching 20 celsius. 18 celsius by the evening. but that cloud across the north—west continues to progress south and east, bringing with it thicker cloud, patchy rain into wales, northern england as well. lastly brya n acosta northern england as well. lastly bryan acosta south and south—east. temperatures whiley in double figures, so night. affair but a cloud around with the rain most persistent over the western slopes of high ground in scotland and for northern ireland. temperatures across the south—east drier for longest. temperatures climbing to 23, maybe in the higher teens further north. looking ahead to saturday night, that when a font will slip south, bringing cloud to the south west. pressure conditions behind it for the north, although it will be breezy, we will see brighter

spells for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures climbing to 25 celsius in the south east. it means for the finals weekend at wimbledon, cloud around on saturday with temperatures reaching 22 celsius and the chance of some rain possible for the chance of some rain possible for the men's final on sunday. temperatures climbing to the high 205. that's your forecast. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. calls for tighter restrictions on the sale of acid, after five people are attacked in east london within the space of 90 minutes. the numbers appear to be going up.

we will arrest people, we will enforce the law as we can. a former tv producer who tried three times to hirea tv producer who tried three times to hire a hit man to kill his partner is jailed for 17 years. the funeral of six—year—old sunderland fan, bradley lowery. also in the next hour: donald trump is the guest of honour at the bastille day parade on his first presidential visit to paris. he gets to grips with his french counterpart, president macron. and a couple hoping for a knockout wedding dance. how a dirty dancing routine didn't go exactly as planned when practising for the big day. go exactly as planned good afternoon.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. police in east london are investigating five attacks which involved acid being thrown in people's faces. one of the victims has suffered what's been described as "life changing injuries". the incidents all happened within 90 minutes in hackney and stoke newington last night. one teenager has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and robbery. andy moore's report contains some distressing images. this was the scene of the most serious attack last night, the victim was apparantly delivering takeaway food when a pair of men tried to steal his moped. police say a corrosive substance was thrown in his face. he was taken to hospital with what they described as life—changing injuries.

in the space ofjust over an hour police were alerted to five similar attacks — the motive on each occasion seems to be robbery. police believe they are linked. the government says it is keen to track down on this type of crime. this was a shocking attack. somebody's left with life changing injuries. we have been working very closely with our colleagues in law enforcement to get a better picture of actually what is happening. as you quite rightly say it is happening in pockets of the country. acid attacks in england have doubled since 2012. 21—year—old resham khan and her cousin jameel mukhtar were attacked shortly after they had been celebrating her 21st birthday in east london. acid was thrown through the window of her car. my face started melting, my clothes started to burn, my shorts started sticking

to me, there was smoke coming out of the seats. moped crime is also on the increase, especially in london. delivery drivers in east london say they've been faced by an escalating crime wave from knife—wielding gangs. andy moore, bbc news. a little earlier i spoke to our correspondent in hackney. i asked whether this attack has become a growing problem. there are reports that the number of these attacks has grown in east london particularly. the most awful of substances being used as a way of robbing people, something that is causing growing concern. this is the scene of one of those attacks last night, we understand the mopeds delivery driver had pulled up at the lights when a driver had pulled up at the lights whena pairof driver had pulled up at the lights when a pair of man on another op—ed pulled up and threw acid in his

face. —— on another notepad. they then stole his mopeds and drove off on it. —— on another notepad. —— one map —— moped. the police are causing at least one of these victims‘ injuries "life changing." because of the nature of these substances, it could mean that that person is going to be left at least partially sighted. so awful attacks, and that is why cressida dick, the commissioner of the metropolitan police, has quickly addressed this issue. obviously the acid can cause horrendous injuries. the once last night involved robberies we believe are linked to serious robberies. i‘m glad to say

we have arrested somebody. i don‘t wa nt we have arrested somebody. i don‘t want people to say this is happening all over london, all the time, but the numbers do seem to be going up. we will enforce the law as we can and we are working closely with the home office to try to see whether there are any changes in the law which are required. meanwhile, really to make sure if somebody is a family is purchasing such a substance, challenge them. just as you would challenge somebody who ta kes a you would challenge somebody who takes a knife out of the door. so police are investigating these attacks, saying they do believe the five attacks are linked. one teenager in custody already, under arrest, being questioned, but police say they believe at least a pair of young men were involved in these attacks on mopeds late last night. and a growing debate now about the availability of acid, and whether these attacks are on the increase. a big challenge, though, because these

are in the main household cleaning products that are readily available. more now on breaking news from the courts, a former television producer who tried three times to hire a hit man to kill his partner has been jailed for 17 years. david harris, whose 68 and from west sussex, wa nted whose 68 and from west sussex, wanted to inherit his partner‘s fortune and start a new life with his younger lover who he had met in a brothel. during his trial, david harris had tried to explain his behaviour by saying he was doing research for a novel he wanted to write. yes, he denied that he was trying to hire a hit man to kill his partner, indeed he said he was researching a novel, and it was a thriller, and that is the reason he was getting in touch with people. in

fa ct was getting in touch with people. in fact he said he wanted the novel to be very much like his own life, interestingly, and earlier he appeared in the dock in a checked shirt and showed little emotion as he was sentenced to 17 years. this isa man he was sentenced to 17 years. this is a man the court heard was absolutely besotted with a woman 40 years younger than him, who he met ina years younger than him, who he met in a brothel. he was so bizarre to do with her, he was willing to hire a hit man to kill his partner of neolithic —— nearly 30 years, a woman who had helped him with his addiction to alcohol. a woman seen asa addiction to alcohol. a woman seen as a pillar of the community, in fa ct as a pillar of the community, in fact the judge said, her death was to fund your life. you used her until she had outlasted her usefulness to you. of course it could have been much worse if it wasn't for an undercover officer who posed as a hit man, who recorded david harris saying that he was 100% sure that he wanted his partner to

be killed. right, now we will hear from police who have been speaking over the last few minutes. this was a serious and complex case which required the expertise of the city of london police major crime team. thejury decided david harris of london police major crime team. the jury decided david harris was guilty of this case, which require persistent planning and persistence on his part, and demonstrates the a cts on his part, and demonstrates the acts of a ruthless man. the facts of the case were shown to be a calculating, manipulative person, who was intent on causing serious harm to his victims. his persistence is evidence that he had approached not one, but three, supposed to hit men. this has been a hugely difficult time for the victim, who has been significantly affected. the situation could have been far worse

had harris succeeded with his plan, and were —— it was an element of good fortune that one of the men harris approached informed the police, prompting our response and ensuring the safety of harris‘s potential victim. the judge did say that they considered all factors including mitigating factors such as his age, he is 68. if 17—year—old sentries —— a 17 year sentence will ta ke sentries —— a 17 year sentence will take him well into his 70s and possibly beyond, but the judge said 17 years was the right sentence for david harris, a former producer on the bill who tried to hire hit men to kill his partner. the home secretary amber rudd has launched a new strategy to tackle illegal drug use, after what the home office calls a "dramatic" increase in the number of deaths from drugs in england and wales since 2012. the strategy focuses on helping addicts to recover, and makes clear

there‘ll be no legal changes to decriminalise the use of drugs. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. enforcing the law on drugs. police raids against dealers have been the traditional way of clamping down on the drugs trade. it‘s estimated to cost the uk £10.7 billion a year. and the new government drug strategy says that approach will continue along with renewed efforts to get people off drugs. that‘s what they do at the harbour centre in london. at the harbour centre in london — support people affected by drugs, and help them rebuild their lives. the home secretary amber rudd visited the centre this week. she says her drugs strategy will focus on recovery. people who are recovering from drugs often need help with housing, they need help with employment, they might have mental health difficulties and in this strategy we‘ve acknowledged that, we‘ve embraced that, i‘ve set out clear expectations for local authorities about working with recovery to make sure that these additional elements are supplied. the 2017 drug strategy

is the first for seven years. it says there should be treatment tailored to the needs of drug users. a new national recovery champion will help co—ordinate services. and there will be measures to deal with new drug threats, including substances intended to enhance the experience of having sex, known as chemsex drugs. amber rudd‘s involvement in a new cross—government drug strategy board will give the plans political impetus, but she‘s set to disappoint people who say drug possession should no longer be a crime. danny shaw, bbc news. israeli police say two of the three police officers who were injured in a shooting injerusalem have now died in hospital. israeli media say the shooting took place in the old city near the sacred site known to muslims as al—aqsa mosque and tojews as temple mount. three attackers were shot

and killed by police. they were arab israeli citizens from the town of umm al—fahm. let‘s talk to our middle east correspondent. police saying the three attackers were not known to the security forces there. what more can you tell us? yes, they said these three men did not have what they called a security background, that they were not known to the domestic security agencies. what we know so sure is that these three men attacked the officers as they approached the gates of the compound that you mentioned there, it is jerusalem‘s most revered site. now, the police said they were armed with automatic weapons that they opened fire —— and they opened fire and police officers fatally wounding two of them. there was then an exchange of them. there was then an exchange of fire, of them. there was then an exchange offire, and of them. there was then an exchange of fire, and at least one man was chased across the compound. the

three attackers were then killed. now, after this event the police closed the compound, closed the site there, saying that it would not be open to friday prayers. normally attended by —— preacher said no force on earth would prevent people attending prayers there. so it has led to some growing tensions, and in a rare move, the palestinian president has made a telephone call to the elusive —— the israeli and‘s israeli president in which he has condemned the attack. is that helping to try to keep the situation can‘t? tell us about other political reaction to this. there is certainly some signs of tension around the site itself, some isolated scuffles at one of the gates, but i think we will have to wait and see what the rest of the day brings. now, of course attacks are not uncommon

since the autumn of 2015 there have been on a regular basis attacks, usually by a lone individuals involving other knives or guns archive ramming is —— or car rammings. in this case, there were multiple attackers, and it was a sensitive side. one security minister said this had crossed a red line, and this was a very grave and serious incident. but i think you can say —— you can see in terms of response by the palestinian and israeli presidents, an attempt to defuse some of that tension. the headlines. calls for tighter restrictions on the sale of acid, after five people are attacked in east london within the space of 90

minutes. a former tv producer who tried three times to hire a hit man to kill his partner is jailed for 17 yea rs. to kill his partner is jailed for 17 years. thousands gathered to pay tribute to six—year—old sunderland fan bradley lowery, who died of cancer on friday. time now to take a look at sport. jessica has the latest. let‘s start with the cricket, england have made an early breakthrough on the first day of the second test against south africa. the visitors won the toss and chose to bat at trent bridge. james anderson, with the only wicket so far. south africa a short while ago on 33 a1. —— 33—1. at wimbledon, roger federer will be in action this

afternoon as he continues his quest for a regular —— record eighth singles title. our reporter is live at the all—england club. going into this, federer was the favourite, now all the other top seeds have fallen, can we see anybody winning this tournament but federer? well, it is difficult to see anyone else winning this at this stage, but roger federer himself says you‘ve got to look at some of the other players left, because they will have a say in the rest of this tournament. federer will be second up on second court later on, he is taking on tomas berdych. that match will come —— monograph —— much of the focus on federer has been on his age. he says it makes no difference, he feels he is playing just as well as he has for some years. wood i don‘t see myself playing better than a few

yea rs myself playing better than a few years ago, but i always hoped to improve every year. things are definitely different ever since my injury, but if i am playing differently to 2014, 2015, i'm just happy i'm still doing it so well. am i surprised? happy i'm still doing it so well. am i surprised ? maybe happy i'm still doing it so well. am i surprised? maybe a little bit, but the plan was also —— was to be strong later on in my career. andy murray and johanna konta are still out of the two —— are u nfortu nately still out of the two —— are unfortunately out of the tournament, but plenty to share. yes,jamie but plenty to share. yes, jamie murray and heather watson will be in the mixed doubles later on. heather watson is part of the defending champions, they will be taking on their opponents but later on. jamie murray is playing with martina hingis. there is lots of

action to come a little bit later on, in the wheelchair doubles. so plenty of british interests here at wimbledon today. that's all the sport for now, i will have more in the next hour. president trump is the guest of honour at the bastille day military parade in paris today — a century after the us came to the aid of france in the first world war. he was invited to mark france‘s national day by the country‘s president, emmanuel macron. our reporter is in paris. i think the trumps have not long departed paris, but president trump the guest of honour there. what does this tell us about the sort of relationship that france wants to have with him? i think it is clear that the relationship that mr macron once with president trump is a fairly close and frank one. but i would also suggest he is looking to be the

person who does reach out to donald trump. if we go backjust a few days to hamburg and the g20 sammut, and how isolated the american president appeared among other world leaders, this was a very different story, and an attempt to bring him back into the fold if you like with the new french president as the man to lead the way. i want to talk about this to the deputy editor of l‘express. obviously the 100 years was a perfect excuse to reflect on french — american relations. a lot of this is about timing. yes, it was the most appropriate movement chosen by mr macron to try to build a new relationship. —— appropriate moment. it is important for him, because he

was thinking of him before all. it gives him an international status. and since the uk is completely occupied by the brexit, since germany is offended currently by mr trump as an economic superpower, there is an empty room that can be occupied by the french president. and that is what macron did. occupied by the french president. and that is what macron didm occupied by the french president. and that is what macron did. it is another case to get it right in terms of chemistry but also its subject matter. do you think macron has honed in on the right way to win round donald trump? and vicky did pretty well. you have to remember that it pretty well. you have to remember thatitis pretty well. you have to remember that it is not —— i think he did pretty well. it is not an isolated moment, it has to be linked to what macron also did with vladimir putin a few weeks ago. so if you have russia plus the us meeting macron in

paris, france is an average superpower, everybody knows that, but sometimes a big superpower like the us needs of smaller than what they are. and trump has found an address to be there in paris, and macron has been wiser in creating these interests owns. —— this interest. are lot in your publication about this. it seems to me that mr macron has notjust created this image of energetic excitement, he is trying to create an image of france is a great nation again. is he succeeding? greater thanit again. is he succeeding? greater than it is. because he did that, knowing that we are economically work, —— economically weak. the french economic and social model is very weak now. he knows that. the only thing that remains in terms of

international power for france is military power. it is the best we have to show to the rest of the world. and it is very sharp —— smart, once again, to show this to the american president who is someone who also needs an image correction. and they have found together a sort of mixed interest.” should point out it is still bastille day, the parade is over, the military regalia side is done, but is behind us we will have 50 odd that —— but is behind us we will have 50 odd that -- 50,000 but is behind us we will have 50 odd that —— 50,000 people for a concert to wrap up bastille day. plenty security here, more than last year, given the events in nice a year ago, but i think the message will become a celebration once again for bastille day. a woman has been arrested by police investigating

whether sale handbags at a hospital had been tampered with. —— a woman has been arrested by police investigating whether saline bags at a hospital had been tampered with. cumbria police say a 2a year old member of staff at cumberland infirmary is being questioned. no patient has been harmed. the police were originally called into the cumberland infirmary in carlisle on the ath of january this year, carlisle on the ath of january this yea r, after carlisle on the ath of january this year, after a small number of said line bags appeared to have been tampered with. the problem was spotted by a member of staff, it was reported to senior doctors right away and the north cumbria hospital trust put its serious incident procedures into place, and of course ben called in the police. this morning cumbria police say they have arrested a 2a—year—old woman from about 12 miles away from carlisle, on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course ofjustice and appearing to contaminate goods. the hospital trust has confirmed the

woman did work the cumberland infirmary, but we don‘t know in what job at the moment, and the hospital trust has reiterated that no patients that they know of were harmed in relation to this incident. the scottish and welsh governments have threatened to block the key brexit bill, the repeal bill, which will convert all existing eu laws into uk law. the brexit secretary david davis has described it as one of the most significant pieces of legislation to pass through parliament. but the leaders of the two devolved governments say it represents a "power grab" by westminster. johnny is now is chris mason. —— joining us now. how do the welsh and scottish government‘s proposed to do this? the essence of this is an

examination of the whole process of how the government at westminster is planning to manage the process of brexit. in short there brooke played at the heart of that is this idea of cutting and pasting all the laws the uk is bound up in because of our membership of the eu, taking that away from brussels and dropping it into uk law. —— in short, the blueprint at the heart of this. but the key concern of the first ministers of scotland and wales is that they see that as a power grab by westminster because they say that powers are not being transferred quickly enough in areas where they currently have control, that they think should be coming their way as a result of some power is coming back from westminster and in their few getting stuck here rather than going to cardiff and edinburgh. now, scotla nd going to cardiff and edinburgh. now, scotland and wales cannot veto brexit, but they can certainly make it awkward because under what is

known as legislative consent motion is -- known as legislative consent motion is —— motions, they can in that sense register their opposition and have a say in the westminster government‘s brexit plans. have a say in the westminster government's brexit plans. and so we have accusations from pro—brexit government ministers saying that the devolved parties or the parties from the devolved administrations are trying to thwart the will of the people, and it becomes increasingly, but if between those parties in devolved areas. then on top of that, party politics, because you have the scottish government run by the snp, a welsh government run by labour. so a welsh government run by labour. so a huge amount of party politics, and obviously the desire of opposition parties is never to help out a

government, particularly one that is seen to be pretty weak and therefore vulnerable, and this isjust one element if you like over 360 degrees of scrutiny that is now coming the government‘s way around brexit. another one, which will be hugely contentious, this whole idea of how you can do this business of cutting and pasting legislation from brussels to westminster very quickly, and with that the use of what is there a secondary legislation, statutory instruments, there can be subject to the same amount of scrutiny as primary legislation can. that is another area where the critics say the government is holding on to too much power. the conservatives say they arejust doing what power. the conservatives say they are just doing what is necessary, and will not overreach themselves, but they are working against a tight timetable. the reality of all of this that the whole business of brexit is guaranteed to dominate the workings of this place for it is the

next two years and in all likelihood much longer than that. thousands of mourners have lined the streets of cou nty mourners have lined the streets of county durham for the funeral of bradley lowery. the six—year—old sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country as he battled neuroblastoma. he was taken to stjosef‘s battled neuroblastoma. he was taken to st josef‘s church battled neuroblastoma. he was taken to stjosef‘s church in a horse—drawn hearse. many of the most —— many of the mourners wore sunderland colours, and jermain defoe, his favourite player, attended the funeral. bradley died last friday after suffering from the rare cancer. our reporter danny savage is in blackall collier —— colliery. this is up on the durham coast between middlesbrough and sunderland, and this is the main street through the village, normally pretty busy at this time of day but it has been completely closed down for bradley lowery‘s funeral. if you

look at the top shop, you can see how many hundreds of people have turned out to pay their respects, many of them wearing their football colours. the family appealed for people to wear their football shirts, you can see the predominant one is the red and white sunderland, but there is blue of everton, some manchester united shirts, one chap has travelled up from rotherham who had been fundraising for bradley‘s fund. so it seems as though the footballing family has come together for this event, and many, many people are here, notjust from the local area but from further afield. now, bradley lowery became known for the close relationship with sunderland football club, he was a mascot for them on several occasions, he scored a goalfor them at their ground, occasions, he scored a goalfor them at theirground, and occasions, he scored a goalfor them at their ground, and that was voted the goal of the month by much of the day earlier this year. so they really took him to their hearts, they looked after him, he had an especially close relationship with

jermain defoe, and there will be many people at his funeral this morning to pay their respects for a little boy who really put up a fight against cancer, who had a lovely smile whom —— and they want to show their support of the family for the bravery they have shown through these awful events. bradley died one week ago today, and things have moved on since then, we now have his funeral, a very sad, inevitable end to his story, and peoplejust want to his story, and peoplejust want to come along, pay their respects and say that bradley made a difference to their lives and that they support —— supported him all they support —— supported him all the way through. time to take a look at the weather forecast with nick miller. we've had some showers in north—west england,

the midlands and eastern scotland this morning but many of these are fading, leaving dry weather this afternoon. some size bills coming through. more breezy than it has been. more cloud and outbreaks of rain coming back here to northern ireland and scotland. not the warmest of summer days, into the low 205 in some spots and if you‘re not afan of 205 in some spots and if you‘re not a fan of the heat he will be appreciating that. generally tonight, lots of mainly light rain moving into these western coast sandhills. elsewhere, increasing cloud and temperatures not falling very far. saturday, some outbreaks of rain pushing east during the morning. not much in southern england, starting to brighten up if you are to the east of high ground. for northern and western scotland we will see further outbreaks of rain coming in. a warmer, more humid day on saturday. more in half an hour.

this is bbc newsroom live with annita mcveigh. the headlines. the metropolitan police will look again at the law to tackle acid attacks, after five people were attacked in london last night by two men on a moped. a 16—year—old boy has been arrested. david harris, a former producer of the bill, has beenjailed at the old bailey for 17 years for trying to hire three men to kill his partner of 27 years. drugs formerly known as legal highs will be targeted in asp new home of the strategy after a dramatic increase in the number of drug—related deaths in england and wales. and thousands of people have turned out in county durham this morning to pay their respects to bradley lowery, the six—year—old sunderland fan, who died on friday from a rare form of cancer. and president trump

and president macron have shared a warm embrace in paris as the us leader attends the annual bastille day military parade as a guest of honour. more on one of our main stories. the home office has launched a new strategy to tackle illegal drug use with tailored treatment to be given to addicts. it follows a rise in drug—related deaths in england and wales and targets new psychoactive substances. the home secretary, amber rudd, said the plan will focus on recovery. people recovering from drugs often need help with housing and employment. they might have mental health difficulties. this strategy acknowledges and embraces that and we have set out clear expectations for local authorities about working with recovery to make sure that these additional elements

are supplied. earlier, i spoke to sean kennedy, the inclusion lead at the charity, change, grow, live. he said the strategy needs to be supported by a long—term financial plan. in terms of afterparty it is part of our organisation, change, grow, live. they provide support to clients who are engaged in chemsex and they run on a limited budget, thatis and they run on a limited budget, that is fair to say. they do a lot in the context of the funding that they have available. there has been some discussion, i know, around the issue of chemsex and that is something that we are particularly focused on with our service. you have these formerly so—called legal

highs. we have these chemsex drugs, officially defined as the use of dogs before and during sexual activity, bringing with them the risk of serious physical and mental health problems including the spread of blood—borne infections and viruses. the government says it is not going to be decriminalising any drugs. do you think it should be?” think the issue in relation to chemsex is the harms the drugs have, particularly when taken in combination, because chemsex and the drugs people take involves very distant editing practices. people injecting drugs, sharing needles

—— disinhibiting practices. lots of the substances themselves are illegal anyway, they are class a drugs or class b drugs. in terms of the criminalising chemsex behaviour, you need to focus on the substances that people are actually taking, themselves. is it the case that the number of deaths we are seeing reported with that rise in deaths, i‘m reading that it tends to be amongst long—term heroin users, not necessarily younger users of kim sex —— chemsex drugs or the use of formerly so—called legal highs. do you think the government strategy is working in the right places?” you think the government strategy is working in the right places? i think it is. there is renewed focus, again, i spoke about chemsex and the su bsta nces again, i spoke about chemsex and the substances that people are using, so i think we need to have a renewed focus on that which is helpful. the important thing to acknowledge is that the data relating to chemsex related deaths with people taking su bsta nces

related deaths with people taking substances like ghb, which is a kind of industrial solvent, that disappears from the body very quickly. so people might have presented to a&e and found themselves in other situations where they basically overdose and die, but it hasn‘t been recorded as a chemsex related or ghb related death. it is important to understand that the current data, nationally, around those kinds of deaths are not reliable. nevertheless, if you talk to organisations including ourselves who are working on the issues, we are seeing people presenting with real harms, and that presents a challenge, in itself. briefly, to bring you back to the first question i asked, do you think this new strategy is going to help with the work that you do? yes, i do. a lot of what we do as an organisation, the strategy underpins it from our

perspective. the focus on reduction in harm, long—term abstinence, focusing on reducing drug—related deaths, they are all within the new drug strategy that absolutely reinforce the work that we do, so we welcome it. we were consulted on it through collective voice with the home office, so we welcome it. it comes back to the point around the need for there to be long—term investment and sufficient funding, but yes, we think this is a very positive move. the war in syria has killed more than 300,000 people and forced millions to flee their homes. at least a million of those are refugees in lebanon, a small country ofjust four million people. the impact there has been immense. in the next academic year, there will more syrian children in the education system than lebanese children. sophie long reports from the bekaa valley. none of these children go to school. this woman is an artist

helping them to articulate their memories through drawing. mohammed is 11. his family left their home in aleppo five years ago. he hasn‘t been to school since. he remembers bombs dropping and people dying. "war is ugly", he tells me, "but fire is worse". he is drawing the camp where he lives. there was a fire and he saw everything burn. translation: the girl‘s dad was crying because his daughter died. a lot of people got sick because of the flames and smoke. i am sad for the people who died and lost their homes all over again. people got really scared. this is a programme run by ana aqra, which means, "i can read".

and they are working to get more than 20,000 children into the formal education system here in lebanon, but the schools are literally at breaking point. this is one of the biggest schools in the area and it already teaches more syrian children than lebanese. the head teacher tells me of the toll that is taking. translation: the school has a lot of pressure on so many levels. it is putting a burden on the school system, the infrastructure and the equipment. we had 850 students. now we have at least double that and the teachers all have to do double shifts. but as the conflict in syria continues, more and more childrenjoin the queue here for an education. all these four—year—olds were born in lebanon. tents in the oppressive heat in the bekaa valley, the only homes they have ever known. but they are syrian, and for them any kind of preschool education

is almost non—existent. here, the school is trying to bridge that gap. this girl tells me she likes it because they feed her and teach her how to count. this girl has learned to name the months as they pass. she likes to keep track of time. her father disappeared nearly four years ago. none of these children live normal lives, but it is hoped that with the right preparation and then education, they may have a more normal future. police in the south—west of england have launched the uk‘s first dedicated drone unit to help them find missing people, deal with road accidents and tackle major incidents. a helicopter can cost hundreds of pounds per hour but the remote—controlled, miniature alternative,

provides an "eye—in—the—sky" for a fraction of the price. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more. police drones seemed like a novelty only a few years ago, but devon and cornwall police and dorset police have now jointly launched britain‘s first dedicated drone unit. soon they‘ll have five aerial cameras available 2a hours a day. it can do exactly the same as a helicopter with the cameras, with the zoom, the thermal and it will give us it quicker. if we‘re dealing with an incident in penzance we‘ve one in the back of a car. we can put the drone out as quick as we can request a helicopter. the unit recorded these extraordinary pictures of a fire in exeter last october and are doing more and more jobs which previously could only be done with a police helicopter, which costs £800 an hour. put simply, a drone is an incredibly cost—effective way for police to get a completely different perspective on an area that‘s searching for a missing person or in a crime scene or the scene of a disaster or road traffic accident.

and officers are hoping that soon they will be able to download live pictures from drones direct to the force‘s main control rooms. the online retailer amazon has even filed this patent for a futuristic mini drone, perched on a police officer‘s shoulder, which could be voice— activated to help gather evidence. in whatever form, these drones with their flying cameras are about to become an everyday sight in british policing. daniel sandford, bbc news, exeter. vehicles and a motorway in oregon are facing a major clean upjob after they were "slimed" when a truck carrying tanks of eels overturned. oregon state police and the fire department were called to the incident, which left thousands of pacific hagfish strewn across the highway — and over any vehicles in the way. no—one was injured in the accident. the eels were on their way to korea, where they are

considered a delicacy. now the headlines. calls for tighter restrictions on the sale of acid after five people we re the sale of acid after five people were attacked in east london within the space of 90 minutes. a former tv producer who tried three times to hirea producer who tried three times to hire a hit man to kill his partner is jailed for 17 years. and thousands gather to pay tribute to six—year—old sunderland fan bradley lowery, who died of cancer last friday. we will have the weather for you coming up soon. now, many couples planning to tie the knot spend a lot of time planning — and indeed practising — their first dance.

but for one couple from bristol, that process didn‘t quite go to plan. sharon price and herfiance andy price were trying to recreate the scene from the classic 19805 film, dirty dancing. let‘s first of all take a look at what they were aiming for. # i had the time of my life... and now let‘s hearfrom sharon and andy as they look at what actually happened with my colleague, joanna gosling. this is them revving up to make that famous jump from the film, dirty dancing. about to get there. and then that. oh, my gosh, you two. what a shame!

what happened ? we‘re not really sure, to be honest. i remember her running up to me and me putting my hands on her hips, and the rest of it is blank. you were both just out cold after you collided ? andy was, i wasjust badly winded. why was it that you wanted to do that? this was part of your wedding rehearsals. you wanted to be able to do this at your wedding. we are getting married next year. i love the film and ijust thought we could re—enact it. and obviously it did not go to plan. what is it about it that made you think you wanted to do that rather than the traditional slow dacne? everybody does slow dances, so we thought we would be a bit different and try something

different. they were on the grass doing it themselves and then we thought, we would give it a go, now, and we did. so that was your first crack at it. yes, and the last! you decided you will not be doing it for the wedding? yes! two feet on the ground. you were taken off to hospital. what happened ? i was concussed. i wasn‘t quite aware of what was going on, anyway. i am told that i ended up with a neck brace on. they put me through a ct scan to make sure that i didn‘t damage my brain, if i had one! and they checked me over on the ecg, as well. they were very thorough. as for sharon, you would have to ask her. i was breathless.

i couldn't catch my breath. i had a sore back, and neck. i landed on my back,so... did the doctors know what had happened, andy? you were having serious treatment. but when you had to say why you were in hospital, what was it like? to be fair, i was not asked that because at the time i was in and out for quite a while. sharon said when they spoke to her, they did have a bit of a laugh about it. what did they say? theyjust couldn‘t believe it! told us to keep two feet on the ground from now on. what have your friends and family said? absolutely killing themselves laughing. they cannot believe all of this is happening to us. we've had one or two comments saying that we are a bit too

old for this sort of thing. everyone has had a laugh. good on sharon and andy price. we wish them a happy wedding day without any mishaps. you can watch the full version of that interview online on the victoria derbyshire web page. it isa it is a rather unusual image of sir david attenborough. butterflies in the uk are facing "a vital" period following a worrying decline in their numbers, according to sir david attenborough. today sees the launch of the big butterfly count to see what the true picture is. earlier today sir david spoke to the bbc about the project. initially the big butterfly count is to discover what is happening. last year was the fourth—worst year on record in terms of butterflies.

what we want to know is what is happening this year. it looks pretty promising at the moment, but what people can do is go into a garden or an open place, some sunny place, and start looking around for 15 minutes and tell us how many butterflies they saw and what kinds they were. even if they don‘t see any at all, that is an important piece of information. having done that for 15 minutes, how many they are, you can get a chart from the internet to tell you what they were, then tell us on the internet. that will give us lots of valuable statistics. i should apologise for calling you sir richard, sir david, a slip of the tongue. why are the most common butterfly species like the common white declining? that is exactly what we want to know. can you hear me now?

ican hearyou. the most common ones as opposed to the more rare ones? yes. in the past, the thing about butterflies, all those are fairly common. what were once common, the populations are going up and going down. last year was very bad. this year is beginning to look good, partly because we had the good weather. butterflies can bounce back. female butterflies lay so many eggs that if only a tiny proportion of them survive, they are doing quite well, but if conditions are good then you will get a lot of butterflies of different kinds. and we hope you will. that is what we want to discover. which species do you miss seeing the most at the moment? there are four common ones. the peacock is very beautiful,

one of the most. happily it is one of the more common ones. red admirals are very exciting but not doing quite as well as peacocks. there is the ringlets, the meadow brown, the clouded white. you will find a chart of 18 of the most common plus two of the day—flying moths on the internet which will help you to identify them. it is interesting talking about the smaller creatures in life. we have often spoken about how the humble bee is threatened and how important the bumblebee is to conservation, and the butterfly. how should we link this all and put the ecosystem together? how do we put them all together? we don‘t have to. but the more you know about these things the more you can put

them together and get a rounded picture. once you start looking at butterflies, as you say, you suddenly see bumblebees. and there might be more bumblebees than we thought. there are societies you can join that will specialise in bumblebees. but what we are talking about are butterflies. have you seen any this morning? have i seen any? no, it is a bit early, not warm enough yet. butterflies like the warm weather. and when they come up they are very important because they fertilise plants. they pollinate them. that was sir david attenborough. the problems are coming up and tim

moffat has been given this of access to perforations at the royal albert hall. the 123rd from season is coming up, and i amjoined by one hall. the 123rd from season is coming up, and i am joined by one of the presenters katy derham. we listen to these young musicians here. they will be playing places like this, this is the first of 90 concerts we have coming up with the best classical musicians in the world. we have got jazz, world music, jools holland, sir simon rattle, lots of household names, something for everybody. the thing i wa nt something for everybody. the thing i want to get across to everyone is that the proms is notjust an exclusive domain at all. it is really inclusive. anyone can come along to this amazing venue on the night and get standing tickets, pay

a few quid, and see what there is. there is all kinds of different music. film music, dance music, you name it. it is notjust this venue. proms have been held at the albert hall since 19a1. they began back in 1895. this year, there are other unusual venues, like hull. 1895. this year, there are other unusualvenues, like hull. we have been taking the proms out on the road for the past two years. we're going to hull, city of culture, and the dockside, there. a good place to play. thank you very much. that was absolutely beautiful. we will be playing at a car park in peckham, at southwark cathedral, different venues southwark cathedral, different venues to get the message across that it venues to get the message across thatitis venues to get the message across that it is music that everyone can enjoy, in different parts of the country, different parts of the city, and just get involved. thank you very much indeed. it all began in 1895. it cost one shilling to

come along and listen to classical music and the idea was to bring music and the idea was to bring music to the people and that they‘re still very much the message. for eight weeks, it will be taking place, the world‘s largest classical music festival. coming up, the news at one, but first, the weather with nick miller. it is a brightening picture for many this afternoon. where you have showers it will tend to brighten up. we have seen some sunshine already today judging to brighten up. we have seen some sunshine already todayjudging by your weather watcher pictures. you can see a bit of sunshine coming through, there, in dorset. we‘ve had a few showers in parts of scotland. from north—west england into the midlands. many of these fading, allowing sunshine to come through. we will see another weather system producing thicker cloud and rain for northern ireland and scotland as the

afternoon goes on. by this stage, across the bulk of england and wales, sunshine. a north—westerly breeze will mean that for some it will be cooler than yesterday. temperatures in the high teens and in the south east of england, threatening 22 celsius. going into the evening, some outbreaks of rain pushing further across scotland in two parts of northern england. increasingly damp across the north—west of the uk. breezy, with cloud increasing elsewhere and temperatures not falling too far. around the mid—teens. plenty of cloud around to start the weekend. outbreaks of rain pushing further east as the day goes on. not much reaching southern england. the odd spot for a time around the middle of the day. it will brighten up into the day. it will brighten up into the afternoon to the east of high ground and parts of south—east england, but still, for northern ireland and the north and west of scotland, outbreaks of rain. warmer

and more humid and you could get to see some of that sunshine later in the day. saturday evening, outbreaks of rain moving from scotland and northern ireland into northern england. on sunday this weather front is trundling south. doesn‘t have much rain left on it. just a few spots. some showers into the afternoon. a fresher, brighter picture for northern england, scotla nd picture for northern england, scotland and northern ireland for pa rt scotland and northern ireland for part of the weekend, on sunday. further south, where you see that thicker cloud there could be some showers. to the start of next week, this is the picture. mainly dry. warming up, the threat of thundery showers in the south by the end of tuesday. police investigate after a series of acid attacks in east london,

five people are targeted injust 90 minutes. one person is said to have life changing injuries in what polilce have described as barabic attacks. one teenager‘s been arrested. —— police. the numbers appear to be going up. we will arrest people, we will enforce the law as we can, and we‘re working very closely with the home office to see if there are any changes in law required. with a big rise in the number of attacks using corrosive substances, we‘ll look at how the government might tighten controls on their use. also this lunchtime: "nothing will ever separate us" as france marks its national day, president macron says donald trump‘s presence is a sign of friendship across the ages. the funeral‘s held of the six—year—old sunderland fan bradley lowery, who died of cancer on friday. new measures to so—called legal highs and provide more help for addicts in the fight against drug—related deaths.