this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 4pm... two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a series of acid attacks in east london — five people were targeted injust 90 minutes. president macron leads commemorations in nice for the 86 people killed in a lorry attack, exactly a year ago. the parents of charlie gard are back in the high court this afternoon to hear new evidence for his possible treatment. connie and chris feel unable to speak to the media currently and it is obviously a very stressful time for them at the moment, but they are hoping for a positive outcome in court for charlie. a yachting company boss is found guilty of failing to ensure the safety of a boat, which capsized in the atlantic, with the loss of four lives. and in the next hour it's the eye in the sky at a fraction of the price... two police forces become the first in the uk to a launch

a specialised drone unit. the men's first wimledon semifinal goes the distance. sam querrey and marin cilic battle it out to try and reach their first wimbledon final. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. two teenagers have been arrested after acid was thrown in people's faces in five different attacks across east london last night. the metropolitan police say the series of attacks — carried out by two men on a moped — took place in the space of just 90 minutes. they say one of the victims has suffered life—changing injuries and called the acts completely barbaric. two male teenagers — aged 15 and 16 — have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily

harm and robbery. let's take a look at the attacks in more detail: at 10:25pm last night in hackney, a man on a moped had a noxious substance thrown into his face. soon after, another man had a corrosive substance thrown in his face in islington. later, attackers struck again and threw a corrosive substance in the face of another victim in shoreditch. soon after that a man was found in stoke newington suffering from facial injuries that have been described as life—changing. and later two men on a moped sprayed liquid in another man's face in clapton, before stealing his vehicle. this report from our correspondent dan johnson contains some flashing images. late last night on the streets of east london. where does it hurt, mate? your eyes? we need to try to get

water into your eyes. police treat the latest man to become a victim of a wave of acid attacks. liquid was sprayed into his face by two men on a moped. i heard a scream that was not normal, it was a petrified screen, two times. there were five attacks in just over one hour in the same part of east london. police have said they are linked and a teenager is being questioned. they are now questioning a 15—year—old boy in addition to the 16—year—old question this morning. the metropolitan police commissioner said she recognises the growing concern. i do not want people to think this is happening all over london, all of the time — it is not, but we are concerned because the numbers are rising. we will arrest people, we will enforce the law as we can and we are working closely with the home office to see if any changes to the law are required. acid attacks in england have doubled since 2012.

resham khan and her cousin jameel muhktar were targeted after celebrating her 21st birthday in east london. acid was thrown through the window of their car. in our faces and all over me and a lot of it went on her. within seconds, my cousin started to scream. her eyes were blistered, her face started melting. my face started melting. my clothes started to burn. my shorts started sticking to me, there was smoke coming out of the seats. there are calls for tighter restrictions on the sale of acid and the government has said it will address this type of attack. this is something we have been concerned about in the home office for some time, we have been working 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. moped crime is also on the increase, especially in london. delivery drivers say they face a growing threat.

some attackers are armed with knives, others are using acid, everyday items used to commit robbery but also devastating injuries. danjohnson, bbc news, east london. and dan sent us this from the scene of one of last night's attacks. this was the scene of the worst attack last night, we understand a man had just pulled up at the lights on his moped when two others pulled up alongside him and that is when the liquid was sprayed into his face, effectively blinding him, so that they could attempt to rob him. they tried to steal his moped. it appears that there is a pattern with these attacks, delivery drivers were targeted late last night and we know that two of the companies that employ couriers to deliver food across london deliveroo and ubereats are both involved in supporting the police with their investigation and they have appealed for any information that can help to put together a picture of exactly what happened across east london and crucially, who may have been behind it. so, concern for locals here, they have said that moped crime has been getting worse for quite

a while here. i have just spoke to one local resident who has told me how a whatsapp group has been set up so that people in the area can message one another when they see groups of people on mopeds out and about, warning them to be careful not to get phones snatched or to be robbed. that debate about the sale of acid is something that will no doubt grow over the coming days. mps were due to address this issue next week, some have called for tougher restrictions on the sale of these products, but the reality is that this will be a challenge because most of these are household cleaning products that are freely available. danjohnson, reporting from hackney. earlier i spoke to professor kayvan shokrollahi, a consultant plastic surgeon at the merseyside centre for burns, and i asked him how common was this type of attack. in terms of the incidents of these, they are relatively low and as the police commissioner mentioned, in terms of exact data, the figures are patchy because the patients we see in hospital do not necessarily reflect

the crimes that are out there in the community and they may not get to us. in the region of 0.2% of all burns, so it is relatively low. it appears to be in small pockets of the country and other pockets are not affected by this at all. but there is a lot of information that we need to gather to get a greater understanding of this problem. and how hard is it to deal with the result of an acid attack? well, it is a challenging problem and it has devastating both in the immediate and later in life consequences. today in our medicaljournal republished the details of one such experience. it outlined in detail one victim was my personal experience of the immediate and long—term effects of these injuries which are horrific. from the medical point of view, they need specialist care in a burns unit and in terms of the immediate treatment, first aid

is clearly very important, cold water as soon as possible and then it may be that surgery is required, skin graphs and ongoing rehabilitation will stop they can have internal injuries, if you ingest some of these substances, whether acid or alkalines, that can lead to some devastating consequences. we saw in the report of danjohnson a video of police officers pouring large quantities of water onto one of the victim's faces, so when you talk about cold water, is there any more advice we should give to people if they are dealing with this kind of attack, in terms of first aid? is itjust huge quantities of water? i think that is correct, it depends upon the substance, whether it is an acid or alkaline, but in general, that is currently the best advice we can give at the moment. there is ongoing research into other

ways of immediate first aid measures but in terms of the current evidence, and certainly the evidence from the british burn association, i think first aid with water and then get to hospital as quickly as possible. we have seen a series of these attacks overnights in east london, so do you think that this sort of attack is on the increase, is on the rise? that is something we have thought long and hard about. certainly, not that long ago, we thought that this may have been as a result of increased reporting, but actually, speaking to my colleagues in the burns community and looking at the detail we are gathering and information we have, i think in terms of numbers of cases per year, there is a discrepancy between police figures and hospitalfigures, and i think we should have more dialogue between us to try and figure this out, but certainly, in pockets of the country, there definitely seems to be an increase, whereas in others, that does not seem to be such an issue. that is professor kayvan shokrollahi, who is a consultant

plastic surgeon at the merseyside centre for burns. the hearing into the case of the terminally ill baby charlie gard is resuming at the high court. yesterday the court heard from an american doctor who said an experimental treatment could benefit the 11—month—old who suffers from a rare genetic brain condition. he's currently on life support at great 0rmond street hospital. doctors there say he should be allowed to die with dignity. charlie ‘s parents want to take their son to the united states for treatment. 0ur correspondent has the latest. what has been happening? the hearing began this afternoon at 2pm, it is continuing, but we suspect it might finish fairly shortly, we now know the name of that american doctor who is proposing that experimental treatment for charlie gard, who is 11 months old. there was an injunction stopping us from naming him but we can name them, he isa naming him but we can name them, he is a professor from naming him but we can name them, he

is a professorfrom colorado university and there have been discussions today about this professor coming to the uk, he was invited yesterday by the judge and he said that he would come over and we understand that he is expected to be here in the uk on monday. what people do when he is here, they will assess charlie for himself and then he will meet with the medical team, the clinicians who are treating charlie, and there will be a discussion between them as to how charlie is progressing, how badly brain—damaged he is, there is a dispute between the hospital and appearance in terms of his brain damage. so that will be discussed. also, we know an italian doctor will also be flown over for that meeting as well, that will take place, we understand, on monday. there was some discussion in court at some length as the ball of the parents should be sitting in on that meeting with the clinicians. both the hospital and charlie's guardians

said they should not be for various reasons, it should be up to the experts to have a discussion by themselves, however, charlie's mother wants to be in on that meeting and we are waiting to hear whether that will take place. so that meeting is expected to take place on monday and the judge has then said he will want a full transcript of what was discussed and the next full hearing for this case will take place on the 24th and 25th ofjuly when the judge is expected to deliver his decision and his reasons for it. thank you for that, helena. that is helena lee—mac at the high court. president trump has attended the annual bastille day military parade in paris, as guest of honour. the parade also marks 100 years since the americans entered the first world war,

and a contingent of us soldiers were among those who marched down the champs—elysees. at the end of his visit to france, president trump said the relationship between the two countries is stronger than ever. hugh schofield reports from paris. the french air force display team opened the military parade as it always does, followed this year by six american f—16s. this is america year at bastille day, and it was americans, too, who led the march passed down the champs—elysees. 200 us troops, the first contingent in uniforms of world war i. it's exactly 100 years since american soldiers came to france and tipped the balance of the first war, the start of a military alliance that has a new relevance today. watching from the place de la concorde, president trump, the guest of honour, enjoying the second day of emmanuel macron‘s parisien campaign of charm. with all the panoply, the military hardware, the display of raw power and organisation, bastille day is an occasion that shows off france, the old nation, at its very best. it's hard not to see some of that rubbing off on donald trump. security on this, the first anniversary of the nice attack, was tighter than ever. and among the crowd,

quite a few americans, all of them, whatever their political affiliation, glad to see their president alongside his french host. i didn't vote for president trump, but he is our president. and we're proud to have him here. the us is an ally of theirs. i know sometimes you don't think so, but france is there for us, and we're here for them. i can't stand trump, i think he's horrible. but he ought to listen to what macron has to say. and he never should have backed out of the paris accord. at the end, the presidents and their wives bid their adieus, with a display of affection that was lengthy and tactile. the french leader wanted to use this trip to become america's go to guy in europe. from what we saw today, he may well have succeeded. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. let usjoin

let us join hugh schofield let usjoin hugh schofield in paris 110w. let usjoin hugh schofield in paris now. your report ended with that handshake between the two black presidents. is president from trying to make himself the new best friend to make himself the new best friend to france in europe? yes, at one point we saw the two wives and the two presidents almost all in a circle, hand in hand and that raised an idea of emmanuel macron‘s vision of keeping mr trump any circle of western nations, not letting him drift of whether its ideas of nationalism and protectionism, that is very much division and ambition of president macron. 0f is very much division and ambition of president macron. of course, we know that fundamentally they disagree. 0n everything. the characters are miles apart, but the comp calculation, sorry, the

emmanuel macron calculation is that everything has to be done to keep it on board and he has exercised his considerable charm and intellect to keep mrtrump considerable charm and intellect to keep mr trump back into this family of western nations. i think he can see it has been successful, the language used by donald trump yesterday about the environment was language we have not heard him use at all. if you go back to the language before, in paris, you sense he has been really bowled over by the wellcome and by the charm of this young french president. and this young french president. and this young french president. and this young french president now, a very different ceremony in nice and commemoration events for the one—year anniversary of that horrific terror attack only recall exactly when 87 people died and hundreds were injured. yes, we are 110w

hundreds were injured. yes, we are now in the middle of the ceremony in the south of france, it has been a day of two parts for the president and his wife and four franck ribery, the day has been celebrated to the celebration the pomp and the military power and the display but 110w military power and the display but now it is down to nice, because no one in france will everforgetjuly 14, 2016 one in france will everforgetjuly 1a, 2016 was marked by this appalling news that broke late that evening about a lorry that had gone haywire on the promenade where there we re haywire on the promenade where there were tens of thousands people enjoying the fireworks, traditionally displayed on that evening. 86 people died, as you said, there were hundreds injured and the city has not recovered. day—to—day life has returned and the tourists have returned but it is beaten anyone down there, it appears normal but it is not, everyone in that city of 350,000 knows somebody who wasn't me connected with that terrible event and so, this ceremony, which we are in the middle

of right now and i think it will go on into the evening with readings and decorations and the release of balloons and candles representing the 86 dead, this is part of the process of moving on. it is one year on, there will not be any fireworks tonight zero or in neighbouring towns, but afterwards there is that celebrations, summer festivals and so on that were cancelled last year will be allowed to resume this year and some kind of normality and routine will return. hugh schofield, for the moment, thank you very much indeed. let us just showed you the scene in nice, in the sunshine and that's hugh schofield said, commemoration events taking place in the southern city of nice, to mark the southern city of nice, to mark the one—year anniversary of the horrific terror attack in nice, in which 86 people died, 300 people

we re which 86 people died, 300 people were injured when a lorry was driven into crowds on the promenade in nice. it was an attack which shocked france and the world, of course. president macron is there, as he was just telling us, having been in paris to be worth donald trump. he has now travelled to nice for these extensive commemoration ceremonies. to remember the dead and the injured in the nice attack, exactly one year ago. 86 people died, 300 injured. we will bring you more from nice throughout the afternoon and evening, you can see the french president in attendance. the headlines on bbc news: two teenagers have been arrested in

connection with athens attacks in the east of london. five people were injured injust 90 minutes. —— acid attacks. the parents of charlie gard we re attacks. the parents of charlie gard were back in the high court this afternoon to hear the evidence for this possible treatment. in sport, we have our first men's finalist at wimbledon. marin cilic had edged it out against sam querrey, three sets to one. and kyle walker science for manchester city for an initial £115 million. —— signs for manchester city. the tourists won the toss and a woman lost three wickets so far as england take on south africa. i will have all those stories and more at

a:30pm. a yachting company boss has been found guilty of failing to ensure the safety of a yacht —— after it capsized in the atlantic, with the loss of four lives. douglas innes had been responsible for the cheeki rafiki, which lost its keel 700 miles off nova scotia in may 2014. the jury has now been dismissed after failing to agree on a verdict on four manslaughter charges against innes. duncan kennedy has this report. this is the moment american navy divers searched the cheeki rafiki, the middle of the atlantic and no signs of the four—man crew. later, this haunting still images of the submerged vessel reveal there is no mast and no keel. andrew bridge, james male, steve warren and paul goslin had been selling it back to southampton from antigua when they started taking on water. they

repeatedly spoke to douglas innes who operated the boat, but when he called the uk coastguard, the prosecution said he showed little sign of urgency. later, the crew told in this they we re later, the crew told in this they were taking on more water, but still he gave no apparent sign of concern. that was the last call. and yet, douglas in this made this claim about the boat... but that was not true and the upturned cheeki rafiki was filed one week later with its keel missing, revealing a series of rusty bolts. the result, said the prosecution, of repeated groundings during earlier ceilings. the four men's bodies were never recovered, the families left grieving and

angry, that they were allowed to set sail ona angry, that they were allowed to set sail on a bought the prosecution described as broken and unfit to cross the notion. duncan kennedy, bbc news. —— to cross the ocean. let us take you back to france because president macron is a visiting nice to read the commemoration events which mark the one—year anniversary since the devastating terror attack on the city in which 86 people died only recall in that gloria attack which left 86 dead and some 300 people injured. —— lorry attack. it comes amidst the annual bastille day celebrations across the country. let us celebrations across the country. let us speak our correspondent. it is a beautiful evening in nice, as we can see, but obviously, such a horrific attack and really, so many people lost their lives and francis

suffered a number of terror attacks in paris and elsewhere, but this was so devastating. yes, absolutely, and what president macron is determined to show in spite of the fact that he is only a short way into his presidency is that he is taking his official duties extremely seriously and it is very easy to accuse the president of being capital centric but he is proving today that nice is an essential city and of course, it is very important for him to be down there and to commemorate the tragedy only a year on. remember, president macron is not just only a year on. remember, president macron is notjust a senior politician, he is also the head of state, that is as close as france has two a monarchy, effectively, so in the circumstances he is very much the father of the nation who is leading the commemorations for the morning and of course, he is going to insist that bastille day remains a day of national pride but that

todayis a day of national pride but that today is also a day of huge sadness and the victims of the slaughter will be remembered in all sorts of way, not least at all and interfaith tributes, remembered by all sorts because remember people of all different backgrounds and nationalities were killed in this terrible attack. bastille day celebrations are also happening, thatis celebrations are also happening, that is to show that bastille day will be commemorated as ever in nice, despite that attack when you recall but also some medals have been handed out to those who heroically helped out on that day of that attack. absolutely, it remains a national holiday and a national day of pride to commemorate the storming of the bastille prison at the beginning of the french revolution and it was also when the tragedy happened last year, it was ebay when people were enjoying and indeed recording the birth of the

modern republic, so the emphasis is very much on that historical side of the celebrations, with the military tribute, president macron hasjust come back from celebrations in the capital city, so there is a desire to replicate that in nice as well. but he will also be keen to highlight the fact that on a day like this, it is also for quiet reflection as well and the victims of the nice attacks will be remembered in many different ways from praying orjust thinking or indeed coming together as a community. and in the wake of that nice terror attack and the other attacks that france has suffered, how far do you think that france has changed? how far do you think that france has changed ? 0bviously, how far do you think that france has changed? 0bviously, due to increased security, but has its genes politically, do you think?” security, but has its genes politically, do you think? i think president macron came in and made it very clear that he wanted to be the

president of all of france in a very divided country but he wanted crucially typical of the resources and to prevent such attacks in the future and indeed to combat very forcefully the scourge of terrorism. but it has to be said that absolute security cannot began indeed, especially when it involves young people using unconventional weapons such as a lorry and as we have seen since the attack on nice, this means of modelling people has been used in different countries, not least of all the uk. indeed. and cast our minds back to that day only recall when that horrific attack happened, there were huge crowds on the seafront on nice celebrating bastille day when the lorry was given to them. yes, that is really what makes these acts of terrorism particularly horrific, precisely because it involved, you know, a

truck basically running into a crowd of thousands of people who were just out and about enjoying the fireworks on the bank holiday. and for that reason it was, you know, a particularly horrific attack in itself. indeed, thank you so much for being with us, the french journalist with me in the studio. thank you. time for the weekend weather prospects with nick miller. thank you, ben. manageable and co mforta ble thank you, ben. manageable and comfortable temperatures in the uk, much hotter in europe. there is a bit of sunshine at the moment for many of us but things will be changing, perfectly over the past few hours in northern ireland with thicker cloud and rain for western scotla nd thicker cloud and rain for western scotland this evening. that will spread into the north of england as well, much cloud across the uk but clijsters for the south—east and temperatures not going too far down,

mid to low teens. with the cloud coming into the west, school cloud, so there is hill fog around. we will see our picks of rain in the morning moving into wales. during the morning tomorrow up until lunchtime some of this remote spread towards the east of the uk. splashes of rain fa rsala the east of the uk. splashes of rain farsala as well but in the afternoon the south and east becomes dry, western coast and hill saying some patchy rain, the burst of that moving into scotland and northern ireland during the late afternoon and evening. for northern england, scotla nd and evening. for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, on sunday it is a sunnier picture, breezy with showers. the north. and and wheels, cloudy, the chance for a awde spot of rain and showers, remaining warm and humid. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a series of acid attacks which took place in london last night, leaving one victim with life—changing injuries.

an employer of one of the victims has said they are shocked by the horrific and senseless attack. president macron is leading commemorations in nice to remember the 86 people who were killed when a lorry drove into crowds last bastille day. an american doctor proposing to treat the terminally—ill baby, charlie gard, will fly to london to examine him next week. charlie's parents are back in the high court, asking a judge to reverse his earlier decision that their son be allowed to die. the boss of a yachting company has been found guilty of failing to ensure the safety of the cheeki rafiki yacht after four crew members were lost at sea when it capsized in the atlantic. the jury was discharged after failing to reach verdicts on manslaughter charges. so—called legal highs

are to be targeted as part of a new government strategy, after the home office reported a "dramatic" increase in the number of drug—related deaths in england and wales. in the last half hour at wimbledon, marin cilic has reached his first final at the all england club, beating sam querrey in four sets on centre court. it was the first time either player had made it to the last four, and neither player gave an inch in the opening set, querrey eventually winning it on a tiebreak. cilic responded to take the second and third sets, opening up a 2—1 lead in the match, and the seventh seed just had too much for the american, winning the fourth set to set up a final on sunday with either roger federer or tomas berdych. their semifinal about to get underway on centre court shortly.

it is unbelievable, especially the way this tournament has unfolded. today was a really hard battle. really high—level tennis, especially at the first set, he was hitting really big. i was 4—1 up in the tie—break. after that, i felt really big. i was 4—1 up in the tie—break. after that, ifelti really big. i was 4—1 up in the tie—break. after that, i felt i was a bit better on the return game. i was making him play more on his service game. i felt the level was really high overall. britain's alfie hewett is out of the wheelchair singles semifinals, though. he was beaten in three sets by argentine gustavo fernandez, who had previously lost to hewett in last month's french open final. south africa are dominating the second test of the series against england at trent bridge. the visitors were 56—1 at lunch. dean elgar was the only man to fall — out to james anderson for six. 0pener heino kuhn was next to be dismissed —

bowled out by stuart broad for 34. hashim amla and quinton de kock both made half centuries to put up a partnership of 113 before de kock was caught by alastair cooke shortly after tea. a few moments ago, south africa were 193—3. england lead the four—match series 1—0. the england defender kyle walker has completed his transfer from tottenham hotspur to manchester city. the 27—year—old has signed a five—year contract for a fee that could rise to around £50 million after add—ons. the draw‘s been made for the europa league third qualifying round which involves both everton and aberdeen. everton will face either ruzomberok from slovakia or the norwegian side brann — the first leg of which is at goodison park. ronald koeman's side are the only english team in the draw. if scottish premiership side aberdeen get through their second—round tie, they'll meet either apollon limassol of cyprus or moldovan team zaria balti. irish league champions linfield

are major underdogs as they meet celtic for the first time in the champions league second qualifying round first leg in the next hour. the semi—professional club host the scottish champions at their windsor park home at 5pm. chris mclaughlin is there. officially, there are no celtic fans at this game. in reality, 40500| understand over my right shoulder. celtic refused to say an allocation on safety grounds, linfield sold tickets online some of which were stuck up by celtic fans. linfield have had to accommodate those fans because of safety fears. when this game is over, there will be regrets about how this whole situation has been handled. it has been something of the tobacco. 0n the field, it

should be more straightforward, celtic favourites and brendan rodgers keen to get any kind of win to ta ke rodgers keen to get any kind of win to take back to celtic park. if they go through, they face the block or rosenberg in the next round of qualifying. the football association has charged the former sutton united goalkeeper, wayne shaw, with breaching betting rules after he ate a pie during the fa cup defeat to arsenal. shaw resigned after being captured on camera eating the pie during the match in february. it later emerged he had been offered odds by a bookmaker to do so. he's been charged with intentionally influencing a football betting market and improper conduct. he has until six o'clock next friday to respond to the charges. stage 13 of the tour de france, on bastille day, was won by a french rider warren barguil. england have a fourth wicket in the cricket and roger federer against

tomas berdych. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. two women have been killed and tourists stabbed in the egyptian resort. the egyptian interior ministry say a man has been arrested. it is though he may have swu m arrested. it is though he may have swum to the resort from a nearby public beach. a retired television producer has been jailed for 17 years for trying three times to hire a hitman to kill his partner, so he could inherit herfortune. 68—year—old david harris offered £200,000 to kill hazel allinson, his partner of 27 years. harris planned to start a new life with his girlfriend, but was caught when what he thought was one of the prospective hitmen, turned out to be an undercover police officer. the home secretary amber rudd has launched a new strategy

to tackle illicit drug use. it's after what the home office called a "dramatic" increase in the number of deaths from drugs in england and wales in the past five years. the strategy focuses on helping addicts to recover, and makes clear there'll be no legal changes to decriminalise the use of drugs. here's our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. enforcing the law on drugs, police raids against dealers have been the traditional way of clamping down on the drugs trade. it is estimated to cost the uk £10.7 billion a year, and the new government drugs 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 says her drug 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 with this strategy, we have acknowledged that, we have embraced that, i have 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 coordinate 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. part of the problem is the drugs issue is dealt with as a crime problem with the home office, instead of a health problem within the department of health, where it really belongs. so there is a fundamental, sort of, disconnect there. and this new strategy does nothing to address that. 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. a stuntman has died from his injuries after falling more than 20 feet during filming for the tv horror show the walking dead. amc networks said production on the eighth season of the hit series was temporarily shut down after a tragic accident on wednesday. a coroner in georgia confirmed he died of what was described as blunt force trauma. the stuntman had worked on several high—profile films and tv shows including black panther, logan and the hunger games. thousands of people lined the streets for the funeral of six—year—old bradley lowery, who died last friday from a rare form of cancer. the six—year—old sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including the footballerjermain defoe, who left training in spain to be at the funeral. danny savage reports. bradley lowery‘s final journey.

the footballing family turned out in their many hundreds to make sure he wasn't alone. people travelled from many miles away to support his family, and reflect how the six—year—old boy had touched their lives. that smile of his was just so contagious. it didn't matter how much pain he was in, he always had that smile. itjust breaks me heart. we have come from rotherham in south yorkshire. since last friday, i have collected money for the bradley lowery foundation. ijust said to my son today we need to get up there and show our respects, because it has hit everybody. he never got all his wishes. but like he said, i will miss him, and we pray for him each day. bradley had a rare form of cancer. a sunderland fan, his football club did everything they could to make his short life special.

but it was his friendship withjermain defoe which was especially touching. they referred to each other as best friends. a superhero's guard of honour so bradley into the church, in his home village of blackhall colliery. there's a growing demand in the area to have a stand at sunderland's stadium of light named after him. his connection, the bond he's had withjermain defoe should be remembered permanently. i think what more fitting a way than having a standard that is named after him? i think that will be an absolutely great thing. and now we've got 50,000 people who also share my idea. the love that bradley lowery‘s community had for the little boy was clear to see here today. his battle against cancer was made just that bit more bearable by his sporting heroes who, in reality, saw him as their hero. the war in syria has killed 300,000

people and forced more than half of the population from their homes. neighbouring lebanon has taken in more than1 million people, putting its infrastructure under extreme pressure. in the coming academic year, there will more syrian children in state schools than lebanese. sophie long has been to the bekaa valley in lebanon to look at a scheme preparing refugees to enter the education system. 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 association 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. 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 normalfuture. in a moment, a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news: two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a series of acid attacks on five people in east london which left one victim with life—changing injuries. the high court hears an american specialist who has offered to treat charlie gard is due to examine the terminally—ill baby next week. a yachting company boss is found guilty of failing to ensure the safety of a boat, which capsized in the atlantic, with the loss of four lives. time for a look at the big business

stories of the week, and joe lynam is here to take us through them. let's start with construction firm carillion — bit of a rollercoaster week for them? the guitar to profit warning on tuesday and parted company with the chief executive and shares collapsed 1496. chief executive and shares collapsed 14%. on the whole, it looks like a really bad week for them. there is no talk of them being a takeover target because shares have collapsed by so much in a week. what about rbs? does this draw a line under things? $5.5 billion, that is not pocket change, but that is not the end of

it. they will have to settle with another us regulator, the housing regulator. the bank has set aside £7 billion to pay us finds. they are not out of the woods, the shares took a hit when this was announced during the week. finally, is britain changing the rules to allow a major oil company floatation? this was saudi aramco, the biggest all company in the world is owned by the saudi arabian government. it is a sovereign wealth fund basically owned by the government of saudi arabia. normally, the rules are pretty strict. they are hoping to float somewhere in the world. london once this business. it is 5% of $2 trillion, which is a lot of money. the watchdog in the city of london has watered down the rules a little bit so that saudi aramco can float in london rather than go to new

york, singapore or frankfurt. let's look at those in more detail with richard dunbar. carillion had a horrendous week. carillion had a horrendous weekm has been a challenging week, to put it mildly carillion. they are not as profitable or cash generators they thought. they have set aside almost £1 billion as a cost against those contracts so they are embarking on a programme to make disposals. they are cutting the dividend to shareholders and left have replaced the chief executive. they want to get the business back on the rails again but not an easy task hence why shares have fallen so much and the market's expectation it is a challenge. they have brought in hsbc to guide them over the next couple of weeks as well. shares are down

70% this week. i can't help but feel thatis 70% this week. i can't help but feel that is oversold by the market u nless that is oversold by the market unless they feel there is literally nothing in this company and it becomes a takeover target. the levels of debt and lack of cash generation are threatening to the equity shareholders of the company. the jobless to bring equity shareholders of the company. thejobless to bring cash in and stop cash coming out in order to try to study the balance sheet and put a line under that and to try and get more profitability in the contract they have written. time will tell whether the share price fall this right or wrong. the right to have been nervous this week. another company that had a nasty week was rbs. would you say they are relieved to have at least got that particular fine out of the way? i think the market will slightly relieved at the amount that they eventually settled

for. it is another step along a very long road for rbs in terms of getting the business back on the rails, shrinking the balance sheet. ten yea rs rails, shrinking the balance sheet. ten years ago, when rbs first started, we did not think we would still be talking about these factors today, but they are one step along the road to becoming a more normal bank and a more normal investment. can it with you on the saudi aramco? in this decision by the financial conduct authority to bend the rules. it looks to a lot of people as if they have bent the rules in order to make sure that this flotation, only 596 make sure that this flotation, only 5% of the company, happens in london than go elsewhere, what did you make of it? the reason they have come to london, it is a broad market with a reputation for ethical investment in high standards. the rules we are talking about are there to protect

minority shareholders. 0nly talking about are there to protect minority shareholders. only 5% of this company is likely to be floated so any shareholder taking shares will be a minority to the saudi government and royal family. whatever structures a re government and royal family. whatever structures are put in place, minority shareholders must be protected and if they are not something goes wrong, the reputation of saudi aramco and the london stock exchange and london market will be damaged. those protections to be there and be strong. about this saudi aramco thing, this is worth potentially hundreds of millions of pounds in fees here in the uk. potentially hundreds of millions of pounds in fees here in the ukw is, and they would love to have that, it is a large company which would bring fees in and the ongoing transaction and services that go with it. saudi aramco would love to be on the london market because of the reputation and history of the london market and the depth of the institutions that would be available

to buy the shares are attractive to them but the protection for shareholders and the reputation of the market must be paramount. hopefully we will replace richard with the markets to see how they are faring here at the close of the week. the ftse100 is down almost 0.5%. slightly better on the atla ntic 0.5%. slightly better on the atlantic on the other side of the atlantic, the dow is almost flat and the nasdaq is up a third of 1%. the storm trading three or four hours in the us. two police forces have become the first in the uk to launch a specialised drone unit. officers from devon and cornwall and dorset say the remote—controlled machines are helpful in searching for missing people, responding to road crashes and for crime scene photography. they're also a fraction of the cost of using helicopters, as our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has

been finding out. it's the eye in the sky that comes at a fraction of the price. police drones seemed like a novelty only a few years ago, but devon and cornwall police and dorset police have nowjointly launched britain's first dedicated drone unit, and soon they will have five aerial cameras available 24 hours a day. it can do exactly the same as a helicopter with their cameras, with the zoom and with the thermal, and it will give us it quicker. if we deal with an incident in penzance, we've got one in the back of a car, we can put the drone out quicker than we can request a helicopter. the unit recorded these extraordinary pictures of a fire in exeter last october, and doing more and morejobs 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 they are searching for a missing person, a crime scene, or the scene of a disaster or a road traffic accident.

and officers are hoping that soon they'll be able to download live pictures from drones direct to the force's main control rooms. i assume the future is if you dealt with a terrorist incident, like manchester or london, a commander in the future will have a link to see aerial footage, clear photography, clear pictures of the incident as it unfolds to allow that individual to make a clear command decision. drones have already saved lives. these pictures from america show how one, with a thermal imaging camera, was used to track down two missing canoeists. the online retailer amazon has even filed this patented for a futuristic mini drone, perched on a police officer's shoulder which can 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. the company boss has been convicted

of failing to ensure the safety of the yacht that capsized in the mid—atlantic in 2014, leading to the death of four of its crew. the boat was the cheeky graffiti. we are hearing there will be a retrial after the jury at winchester crown court failed to reach a verdict on manslaughter charges. the upturned hull was discovered in may 2014 but the bodies of its crew have never been found. much more coming up at 5pm, but now the latest weather forecast for the weekend. it has been a fine friday afternoon, some sunny spells around. judging by

your weather watcher pictures. there has been sunshine coming through the cloud in staffordshire, showers earlier today. for northern ireland, it has turned wetter for the rest of the past couple of hours. across scotla nd the past couple of hours. across scotland overnight, lowering cloud in the west which means he'll flog developing but still clear spells for east anglia and south—east england going into tomorrow morning. but if you start with sunshine tomorrow morning, it will not last and for much of the ukuri, a cloudy start. mainly dry at this stage in northern ireland, outbreaks of rain, he'll flog around in the north—west england and the pennines. outbreaks of rain to be found here. much of southern england dry stage of the morning. early sunshine, east anglia, south—east england. 17 celsius to begin the day because

even able bring cloud and splashes of rain through for a time. but then, beyond that, southern and eastern parts turn mainly dry through the afternoon. bright list to be used on high ground, warm and humid. the west stays cloudy. some patchy rain and drizzle. the rain pepping up patchy rain and drizzle. the rain pepping up again to the west of scotla nd pepping up again to the west of scotland and northern ireland. a warm humid day for many of us, rain tomorrow evening. for wimbledon, a lovely day today but tomorrow, a splash of rain around lunchtime first part of the afternoon then it is dry. then on sunday, a lot of cloud around, notice it is warmer with a few spots of rain from this week weather front moving southwards across england and wales. but there could just be something on that in terms of rain were as for scotland, northern ireland, northern england on sunday, a sunny affair, windy in northern scotland with a few

showers, but noticed this area are thicker cloud heading south into the warm humid air. the odd spot of light rain and drizzle, one or two showers breaking out. monday and tuesday, high pressure building across the uk, warmer weather to come, by the end of tuesday, thundery showers heading in from the south. into the start of next week, that sets us up. today at 5. police arrest two teenagers after five acid attacks were carried out in east london injust 90 minutes. police say the attacks were barbaric and that one person has life changing injuries. there are calls to restrict the sale of acid. numbers appear to be going up, we will arrest people, we will enforce the law as we can, and we are working very closely with the home office to see if any changes in the law are required.

we'll be talking to a doctor who has treated victims of acid attacks. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. france remembers the horrific lorry attack in nice one year ago — in which 86 people died. this is the scene in nice where commemoration services are being held. a judge at the high court says an american doctor who has offered