this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. the parents of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard give up their legal fight to get him experimental treatment in the us. they accept that no medical intervention can help him we are now going to spend our last precious moments with our son, charlie, who unfortunately will not make his first birthday in just under two weeks‘ time. president trump's son—in—law, jared kushner, says all of his actions were proper during the us election, after giving evidence to senators on his contact with russian officials. let me be very clear. i did not couude let me be very clear. i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. the international trade secretary, liam fox, is in washington laying the ground work for a possible post—brexit trade deal with the us. three men are given six—month suspended sentences, after being filmed racing at 134mph on a dual carriageway in birmingham. in the next hour, a watershed moment for women's sport?

the head of women's cricket says she is determined to cash in on the team's world cup success to ensure victory isn't a one—off. and the record for the number of sheep shorn in eight hours has been smashed at a farm in cornwall, with the help of over 600 ewes. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the parents of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard have ended their legal battle to take him to the us for experimental treatment. charlie's father chris gard gave an emotional statement outside the high court, saying they were now going to spend their last precious moments with their son, who would not now make his first birthday in just under two weeks‘ time. earlier, their lawyer told the court that "time had run out" for the baby,

as an american doctor, who examined charlie, said he could no longer offer the therapy, after seeing the results of a new mri scan last week. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. the fight over charlie gard's future is over. this desperately sick little boy will now be allowed to die. justice for charlie! after a hugely emotional hearing, where his parents said they had agreed to let their son go, they emerged to face the world's media. our son is an absolute warrior and we could not be prouder of him and we will miss him terribly. his body, heart and soul may soon be gone, but his spirit will live on for eternity and he will make a difference to people's lives for years to come, we will make sure of that. we are now going to spend our last precious moments with our son, charlie, who unfortunately will not make his first birthday injust under two weeks' time.

charlie has been in great ormond street hospital since october. he has a serious inherited condition, mitochondrial depletion syndrome. he cannot move, feed or breathe unaided. the central question in this case was whether this powder, nucleoside therapy, which is added to food, could boost his muscle function. his parents raised £i.3 million for the treatment in the united states. that money will now go to a foundation in charlie's name. but great ormond street, backed by many independent experts, said the treatment was futile because charlie had suffered catastrophic and irreversible brain damage. because charlie's parents and doctors could not agree, the matter went to the high court. in april, thejudge ruled that charlie's suffering should end. his life support be withdrawn. every legal appeal brought

by charlie's parents failed and then came interventions from the pope and donald trump, the latter tweeting an offer of help. and this has been an extraordinary case, the battle over the fate of a baby boy which was fought out notjust here in court but internationally. the judge said it was one of the pitfalls of social media that the watching world felt it right to have opinions without knowing the facts of the case. he said the court's paramount consideration had been charlie's best interest at all times. the case came back to court when american neurologist, dr michio hirano, claimed new evidence showed his nucleoside therapy could help charlie and last week he flew over to examine him. new mri body scans were ordered. on friday, charlie's parents accepted that these showed his muscle wasting was now so severe he was beyond help. it is an incredibly brave decision by charlie's parents,

they have thought for themselves what the new evidence shows and they have reached a conclusion, probably the judge would have reached the same. it is very brave of them to do it without waiting to hear what he had to say. in court, connie yates said they would be haunted for the rest of their lives by what—ifs — what if their son had received the treatment months earlier? she said he had the potential to be a normal boy but it was now too late. for charlie, we say mummy and daddy, we love you so much. we always have and we always will and we are so sorry that we could not save you. the parents are now with charlie in his final hours. great ormond street said the agony, desolation and bravery of their decision humbled all who worked there. what about the legal aspects of this

case? zak golombeck is human rights and medical negligence lawyer at slater and gordon. hejoins me on webcam from manchester. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. chris gard said he is haunted by the what ifs and a lot of people will look at the length of the court case. did it need to take so long?|j think case. did it need to take so long?” think when we look back at the entire timeline, the initial application by great ormond street was made in february and, then, because a lot of evidence had to be collated to be put before the court, there was a hearing initial in april, a decision made by thejudge then, and then the family sought leave to appeal to both the court of appeal and the supreme court and then onwards to the european court of human rights, and, then, because of human rights, and, then, because of ongoing discussions and disputes,

and this potential for new evidence, it returned to the high court. but when one considers all of that being donein when one considers all of that being done injust a when one considers all of that being done in just a few months, identity one can say this has taken too long. no, ican one can say this has taken too long. no, i can understand it has to take its course. i'm trying to think, when you're standing opposite medical experts who you are led to see in hospital, does it ever help to build a relationship, does mediation of a help? mediation can help and mrjustice francis, both in this case and others, has said it may have helped to have a formal mediation, notjust informal discussions, not just to mediation, notjust informal discussions, notjust to solve the main issue of whether charlie should go abroad to start treatment but to narrow some of the issues. and i think in the future mediation would help. it may still mean the case is still have to go to court but maybe they will go to court with some issues already dealt with. the judge

in this case criticised the fact the pa rents in this case criticised the fact the pa re nts ha d in this case criticised the fact the parents had no access to legal aid. is that an issue you regularly come up is that an issue you regularly come up against? unfortunately so. in this area of law, there is a means test assessment for families, and in other areas similar areas involving state ca re other areas similar areas involving state care proceedings, for example, there is no means tested assessment. so families are eligible automatically for legal aid. i echo what thejudge has automatically for legal aid. i echo what the judge has said that the situation needs review and hopefully that will start shortly. and when you look at this case and the way it has been handled, are there lessons we can learn for future cases?” think in terms of the case itself, dealing with a gravely ill child and a dispute between the family in hospital, the legal test is there and has been there for a number of

yea rs and has been there for a number of years and the legal framework is present and working. i think the two matters where we could learn lessons is the potential for mediation, and also to consider whether legal aid access could be dealt with on review. even on that final issue, charlie and, indeed, his parents, had charlie and, indeed, his parents, ha d a ccess charlie and, indeed, his parents, had access to some of the best legal minds in our country. and they must be given credit. 0k, very interesting and thank you for being with us this evening. thank you very much. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:1i0pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the public affairs consultant, alex deane and the journalist, james rampton. donald trump's son—in—law and senior advisorjared kushner has publicly denied any wrong—doing or collusion with russian government officials during the presidential election campaign. he was speaking outside the white house, after being questioned by a special senate committee investigating links between the trump

campaign and russia. this is what he had to say: first in business and now in public service, i have always focused on setting and achieving goals and i have left it to others to work on media and public perception. since the first questions were raised in march, i have been consistent in saying that i was eager to share any information i have with the investigating bodies, and i have done so today. the record and documents i have voluntarily provided will show that all my actions were proper and occurred in the normal course of events of a very unique campaign. let me be very clear. i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contacts. i have not relied on russian funds for my businesses. and i have been fully

transparent in providing all requested information. donald trump had a better message and ran a smarter campaign, and that is why he won. suggesting otherwise ridicules those who voted for him. it is an honour to work with president trump and his administration as we take on the challenges that he was elected to face — creating jobs for american people, keeping america safe and eliminating barriers to achieving the american dream. jared kushner speaking a little earlier. let's speak to taylor griffin, a former republican strategist and white house aide. hejoins me on webcam from raleigh, north carolina. thanks for being with us. the president keeps saying this is a

nothing burger, there's nothing to see here for. but now we have the most high profile figure in this investigation so far standing in front of the white house with the presidential seal trying to explain himself. it keeps getting higher and higher. yeah, it is interesting. i think the shifting white house story is the main problem. we still don't have any direct evidence of collusion on the part of jared kushner. or anybody else in the trump administration but what we know now is that a lot more details about jared kushner. yeah, and the people he met in the period last year during the people he met in the period last yearduring the campaign people he met in the period last year during the campaign and the people he met since january as well. he says he's been very transparent but if these meetings were so fleeting and of no importance, why has he subsequently put them on the list for his security clearance? welcome all it tells us in the

statement he released this morning is that security clearance filing was turned in premature, an assistant simply made a mistake, he hadn't yet completed the section on foreign contacts. that seems credible because this is an extensive document and it is fairly ha rd to extensive document and it is fairly hard to complete that stuff on time so hard to complete that stuff on time so it may take a matter of two weeks to put altogether. he says that is what happened and it wasn'tjust russian meetings, all foreign meetings, that whole section was blank. when he talks about he hasn't done anything wrong and he didn't know why he was going to this meeting, which is hard to believe given he'd been sent an e—mail about it and given he'd been sent an e—mail about itand on given he'd been sent an e—mail about it and on the header it said "russia, clinton, private and confidential." is he throwing the president's sun under the bus? that is what a lot of people are saying. it seems he says i didn't read the

e—mail. i was busy, it seems he says i didn't read the e—mail. iwas busy, i had it seems he says i didn't read the e—mail. i was busy, i had an informal agreement as a matter of routine to attend meetings that donald trump junior asks me routine to attend meetings that donald trumpjunior asks me to attend and that is all there is to it. but he definitely is only defending himself, he's not defending himself, he's not defending anyone else, including don trump defending anyone else, including don trumer. defending anyone else, including don trump jr. the thing of interest today are some of the president's tweeting, he's on the offensive again. somebody who comes in for criticism is another person that is questioned, his attorney general, jeff sessions, who today he referred to as "beleaguered." that is hardly a sense of support for his attorney general. yeah, i think that is very true. we saw last week in a new york times interview where the president really goes after jeff times interview where the president really goes afterjeff sessions. he's clearly upset the attorney general accused themselves from the russian investigation. the president feels he should have and attorney

general who helps out. the president hasn't been happy with him at all. thank you very much for being with us thank you very much for being with us this evening, very interesting to get your thoughts. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news. the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard give up the legal fight to give him experimental treatment in the usa. the 11 month —year—old has irreversible brain damage, scans show. jared kushner says he's been fully transparent with the investigation into russian involvement in the us election. the government promises an energy revolution, investing hundreds of millions of pounds in battery technology. sport now. a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello. it's been a good day in the

pool for great britain. great britain have won two golds in the pool in the last hour at the world aquatics championships in hungary. adam peaty has retained his world title in the 100 metres breastroke. he was a cut above the rest of the field finishing more than a second of his nearest rival. the 22—year—old now holds the top ten times for the 100 meter breaststroke. he hasn't lost a major championship race in three years over this distance and he holds the full set of titles. he's olympic, world, european and commonwealth champion two months after rio, it is going to be so hard but i'm more than happy to come here, defend my title, and we going to find extra bits here after yea r. we going to find extra bits here after year. i was a bit long in the water but i am so happy with that. was that your pace that you planned 01’ was that your pace that you planned ordid was that your pace that you planned or did the excitement got to you to ught? or did the excitement got to you to light? | or did the excitement got to you to light? i felt like a little boy ain! light? i felt like a little boy again! you can break records every

year but it's a world—record reason for a year. the olympic record was different. i just missed for a year. the olympic record was different. ijust missed out but i i will see what i can get tomorrow. ben proud has won the 50m butterfly the 22—year—old is the commonwealth champion over the same distance, and also the 50 metre freestyle but this is the biggest title of his career. he qualified the fourth fastest from the semifinals. he recorded the biggest title of his career. i don't really know what to say. i'm on the verge of tears. it's been a dream sincei on the verge of tears. it's been a dream since i was six years old. and i wasn't thinking about the race at all. it hasn't been on my mind since last night. i thought getting a medal would be nice but... there's been criticism of the rfu's decision not to renew the contracts for their women's fifteen—a—side team. england are the world champions

and defend their title in ireland next month, but the rfu says it must now shift focus to the 7s squad, as it begins preparations for the commonwealth games next year. the rfu say several players will be offered 7s contracts. former england world cup—winning captain maggie alfonsi says more investment is needed in both formats. i guess it's always been a bit of a cycle. and i guess now when we're seeing such success in women's sport, we want to change the cycle and we want to get to a point where there is investment in both formats, there is investment in both formats, the seventh and fifteens. the rfu have said post—world cup they will renew 17 contracts for the sevens players. so those involved in the 15th rugby at the moment at the elite tend will have to look for another further employment to sustain their ability to be an athlete. that is where the frustrations are coming about. what is positive is that there is funding and support but it isn't enough and

there needs to be further investment not just there needs to be further investment notjust in there needs to be further investment not just in rugby there needs to be further investment notjust in rugby but in other sports, like we've seen with england cricket. the england cricket captain heather knight says their world cup win could be a watershed moment for the women's game. it was a thrilling final at a packed lords that saw them beat india by nine runs. this was the team today, back at the ground, with the trophy that they last won in 2009. they've won it four times in all. we looked at the previous world cup victories and a lot of the 93 world cup winning squad will at the dinner and we said we wanted to make 2017 one of the years where we win the world cup again. we are part of history, and that is something that will be very special for all the girls fora will be very special for all the girls for a long time. i did think it will sink in for a while, we will be quite busy, then we are straight into the super league but when we get the chance to sit down and look back, it'll be a very proud moment.

that's all the sport for now. hundreds of people have gathered in north—east london tonight after the death of a 20—year—old man who died after being restrained by police officers in a shop on saturday. scotland yard say rashan charles tried to swallow an object , and that officers had tried to prevent him from harming himself. the case has been referred to the police watchdog. rashan charles's father address the noisy demonstration a little earlier. please respect our privacy at this moment in time. i thank eve ryo ne at this moment in time. i thank everyone for being here and the support. we constantly read your messages. we are seeking justice. basically, i want everybody to be patient. we can't take this into our

own hands. we obviously ask for justice. i think everyone for coming. peace be with you all. well, we can speak now to our correspondent andy moore, who's covering the protest in stoke newington in north london. did the statement from rashan charles's father do anything to help, do you think? that statement was made an hour or two ago outside stoke newington police station where there was a vigil. a lot of marchers have come down a mile or so to the shop behind me, where rashan charles died in the early hours of saturday morning. some marchers have gone up to the police station but a lot of people still here and there is an airof people still here and there is an air of tension here, a a lot of people angry. you can see on this side some heated exchanges. just a while ago we saw some police on their motorbikes come by, five or

six of them. they were stopped by the crowd and briefly missiles were thrown at them and they turned around and went back in another direction. the road here is closed at the moment. you won't see any police officers in the immediate vicinity. some of the police community support officers were getting a lot of abuse from the crowd but rest assured the police are monitoring the situation from the streets around, the helicopter is overhead. but a lot of tension here, a lot of anger and people making their feelings known. here, a lot of anger and people making theirfeelings known. they regard this as another example, to them yet another example, of police brutality. a lot of people with banners and flags, and the situation is very tense. the protest is going to continue. some people i've ever heard them to say let's go down to the city which is half a mile in that direction. if we look over to

the right—hand side, we can see a car that has been stopped and the crowd a re car that has been stopped and the crowd are surrounding it. we've seen this once or twice tonight, when ca rs this once or twice tonight, when cars tried to come through to this area where the crowd are, those arguments with the drivers, and they are to push back. so the crowd feel they have control of this situation at the moment. clearly very tense. we will keep our eye on that. thank you very much. the international trade secretary, liam fox, is holding talks in washington to discuss a possible trade deal with the united states after the uk leaves the european union. current eu rules prevent britain signing an agreement until after brexit. but how important is trade between the uk and the us? trade between the two countries is already worth more than £150 billion a year. the total value of goods and services exported by the us into the uk in 2015 was $123.5 billion. together, the uk and us have around $1 trillion invested

in each other‘s economies. the trading relationship between the uk and the us supports over a million jobs in both countries. speaking earlier today, mr fox said the talks cover a number of strands including continuity of existing deals. he also set out why the two countries' economies were well suited to trading with one another. it is perhaps a cliche for a british secretary of state to come to the us and talk about the special relationship, yet the fact that a phrase is well used doesn't make it any phrase is well used doesn't make it a ny less phrase is well used doesn't make it any less true. britain and america are united by language, culture, history, security, and, of course, commerce and trade. it is the joy it is we are also the first and fifth largest economies in the world. so the economic value of our bond cannot be overstated. the united states is britain's largest export market by more than $200 billion of

uk goods and services every year, more than france and germany put together. the stock of investment we hold in each other‘s economies stands at $1 trillion. the us is the number one destination for uk investment. thousands of british firms have a presence in the us, from car companies to financial services. us firms employ more than 1 million people in the united kingdom and uk firms employing more than1 million kingdom and uk firms employing more than 1 million americans kingdom and uk firms employing more than1 million americans here. us companies are investing in the uk, seeing a familiar environment built on economic fundamentals which allow businesses to flourish. they are attracted by our low tax, low regulation economy, university sitting alongside their american cou nterpa rts sitting alongside their american counterparts in all global top ten lists, a highly skilled and educated workforce, a cutting—edge research environment and the ability to operate in the perfect time zone for global trading. these fundamentals

went to change and the uk will a lwa ys went to change and the uk will always be open for business. liam fox speaking in washington. with me isjeffries briginshaw, chief executive of british american business, a trade group representing companies that focus on us—uk trade and investment. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. it is already our biggest single export market. so is there more potential there, do you think?” think there is, with or without a trade deal. for example, we have lots of hungry exporters, smaller companies who suffer barriers, like regular trio barriers, disproportionately. trade deals could help them get to market more quickly so there is an example that is cutting through cross sectors. smaller companies could do better. we are looking to smaller companies to help us grow the overall export price. they are raped group that could win. a long way if, lots of ifs, buts and maybes so they could be lots of things that could be done

before then. it is a strange position for liam fox because nothing can be done until 2019, until beneath you. it is like someone until beneath you. it is like someone sitting in the waiting room waiting to get on with it but are there things we could effectively put in place that would smooth the way for a trade deal?” put in place that would smooth the way for a trade deal? i think so. one political encouragement, discussions at high level, set a path for trade negotiations. i also heard liam fox talking about the other things you could do in the shorter term. one, some of the brexit cliff edge issues involving the us — approving aircraft taking off the day after brexit. there are things like signs collaboration, talking about movement of people, other things, regulatory cooperation that could improve things for uk and us business and support innovation.

this us— uk group they are setting up this us— uk group they are setting up to look at these issues, that could help smooth the way?” up to look at these issues, that could help smooth the way? i think so. could help smooth the way? i think so. and we welcome that. contributions from a broad range of stakeholders, businesses, civil society groups can all contribute to creating a sense of imagination, looking at trade in new and different ways and bringing more people into it and thinking about what citizens might think about some of these things as well. when you think about those who have a stake in this, they will be excited about it because there are plenty of upsides there but one thing in their minds is will this all collapse? public procurement and their involvement in our free national health service. and the other issue, chlorinated chicken and hormone reared beef. this two issues are the issues we saw in the eu issues as

well. interest here as well and consumers who have views on the science base. there are issues there. but i think there is an opportunity, given that we may be spending more than a few weeks and months and years to start talking with businesses and our society is about the science base and that is what we could do through signs collaboration to see if we really think much more similarly than we are imagining about these risk areas in society, whether it is science or food or whatever. critically, of course, lastly, financial services, there's a lot of talk about what the big american companies will do here if they don't have access to the european union, and all the passport issues. does a trade deal make it more likely they will stay here?” think that the us banks are absolutely looking at their positions in regard to brexit and mitigation. i'm not sure, really,

the prospect of strengthening the us- uk the prospect of strengthening the us— uk path really part of that thought process, they are all pretty co mforta ble thought process, they are all pretty comfortable about the us— uk part of that. i'm not sure that is helping them in their thought process about what they going to do about single market access. perhaps not. we will watch it with interest, thank you berry much. will go to get the weather shortly but before we do that, one line of news we want to bring you, the singerjustin bieber has announced his cancelling the remainder of his world tour. i have no more than that apart from to say his publicist is saying there are unforeseen circumstances. we will see if we can get you more news, thejustin bieber is cancelling the remainder of his world tour. right, let's get some weather. if you were fortunate enough to have the sunshine today than temperatures we re the sunshine today than temperatures

were as high as 25 degrees, and it really was more western parts of the uk that enjoyed that, underneath the cloud, further eased, temperatures struggled to 15 degrees and we should go to view —— we still got a few showery bursts, hanging on overnight but clearing to a bruised and the eastern side of england. further west, clear skies and without the warmth of the sunshine, temperatures to 13 or 1a. we will see the cloud breaking up, over the eastern side of england, and a nice day today cloud breaking at times. cloud thickening in the south—west later, an isolated shower possibly into scotland into the afternoon. not as warm here today but still pleasant, 20 degrees in glasgow, and the eastern england, temperatures into the low 20s but behind me, the cloud is advancing to bring some wet and windy weather on wednesday. this is bbc news.

if the headlines: the parents of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard, have ended their legalfight, for treatment in america. they now accept no medical intervention will help their son but believe doctors could have acted more quickly in allowing experimental therapy. president trump's son—in—law jared kushner has said he had been fully transparent in relation to the russia investigation. he repeated that he had not colluded with russia, nor did he know of anyone else in the trump campaign who had done. the government announce a new strategy to develop batteries that store power from green energy sources. ministers say it could save consumers up to £40 billion by 2050. the international trade secretary, liam fox says he wants to ensure commercial ties between the uk and us are not disrupted post—brexit, as he meets officials in washington. let's return to our top story — the news that the parents of terminally ill baby charlie gard

have ended their legal fight to take him to america for an experimental treatment. connie yates and chris gard have been fighting to prevent doctors at great ormond street hospital from turning off the life support for ten—month—old charlie. it follows many months of legal wrangling, beginning in march this year at a hearing in the family division of the high court in london. on april the 11th, the high court ruled that doctors could stop providing life—support treatment. then at the start of may, charlie's parents asked court of appealjudges to consider the case. the court of appealjudges dismissed the couple's appeal on may 25th. and onjune the 8th, charlie's parents lost their fight in the supreme court. later that month, judges in the european court of human rights looked at the cae but they they refused to intervene. of human rights looked at the case but they they refused to intervene. at the start ofjuly, as the case gained coverage worldwide, the pope and us president donald trump offered to help provide care. charlie's parents then

returned to the high court, after doctors applied for a fresh hearing to examine new evidence. but, today, they announced they were ending their legal fight. this is what they had to say afterwards. firstly, i'd like to thank our legal team who have worked tirelessly on our behalf for free. and to the nurses and staff at great ormond street hospital, who have cared for charlie and kept him comfortable and stable for so long. we'd also like to thank everybody who supported us, including all the people here for us today. this is one of the hardest things that we will ever have to say, and we're about to do the hardest thing that we'll ever have to do, which is to let our beautiful little charlie go. put simply, this is about a sweet, gorgeous, innocent little boy, who was born with a rare disease, who had a real, genuine chance at life, and a family who love him so very dearly, and that's why we fought so hard for him. we are truly devastated to say that,

following the most recent mri scan of charlie's muscles, as requested in the recent mdt meeting by dr hirano, as charlie's devoted and loving parents, we've decided it's no longer in charlie's best interests to pursue treatment, and we'll let our son go and be with the angels. the american and italian team were still willing to treat charlie after seeing both his recent brain mri and eeg performed last week, but there is one simple reason why treatment cannot now go ahead, and that is time. a whole lot of time has been wasted. we're now injuly, and our poor boy has been left to lie in hospital for months without any treatment whilst lengthy court battles have been fought. tragically, having had charlie's medical notes reviewed by independent experts, we now know had charlie been given the treatment sooner, he would have had the potential

to be a normal, healthy little boy. despite his condition injanuary, charlie's muscles were in pretty good shape. far from showing irreversible, catastrophic, structural brain damage, dr hirano and other experts say his brain scans and eegs were relatively normal for a child of his age. we knew it ourselves, because as his parents, we knew our son, which is why we continued fighting. charlie's been left with his illness to deteriorate, devastatingly, to the point of no return. this has also never been about " pa rents know best". all we wanted to do was take charlie from one world—renowned hospital, to another world—renowned hospital, in an attempt to save his life and to be treated by the world leader in mitochondrial disease. we will have to live with the what ifs, which will haunt us for the rest of our lives. despite the way our beautiful son has been spoken about sometimes, as if he's not worthy of a chance

at life, our son is an absolute warrior, and we could not be prouder of him. and we'll miss him terribly. his body, heart and soul may soon be gone, but his spirit will live on for eternity, and he'll make a difference to people's lives for years to come. we'll make sure of that. we're now going to spend our last precious moments with our son, charlie, who, unfortunately, won't make his first birthday in just under two weeks' time. and we'll ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult time. to charlie, we say, mummy and daddy, we love you so much, we always have and we always will and we're so sorry we couldn't save you. sweet dreams, baby, sleep tight, our beautiful little boy, we love you. if

three men have been given suspended prison sentences, if disqualified from driving and fined after being filmed racing at 134mph on a dual carriageway near birmingham. amar paul, tejinder bhuee and zafar iqbal, were being followed by undercover police. the judge at birmingham crown court said they avoided being sent to jail, only because there wasn't an accident. phil mackie reports. driving conditions were horrendous. it was dark, there was torrential rain, but that didn't stop this terrifying illegal street race. zafar iqbal and tejinder bhuee were driving their mercedes at breakneck speeds alongside amar paul, in a volkswagen golf. they seemed oblivious to the risks being taken with theirs and the others' lives. they seemed disinterested

when spoken to. what are you doing in excess of 120? no? this is the stretch where the racing usually occurs. among the officers in pursuit was pc mark hodson. literally these people drive their cars like they think they are in a film or on a video game. of course, it is not like a film or a video game, because it is real life, things do go wrong, they go wrong all the time, when people drive in this manner. the consequences are just tragic and we have to pick up the pieces. illegal street racing in the west midlands has already cost lives. student rebecca mcmanus was killed while waiting at a bus stop with a friend on the way to a hen party. there is now a permanent memorial at the place where she died. it's the complete stupidity of the whole thing. to race like that, with no thought of the consequences, and the consequences have be so devastating, rebecca lost her life.

we have lost our daughter, rebecca has been lost to so many people. they lost their liberty fora bit, and... they brought ridicule on their own families for doing such a stupid thing and it is a stupid thing to do. local authorities have begun to take out high court injunctionss like this. it gives the police greater powers to stop motorists gathering and taking part in illegal racing. there is some evidence they are working — in places like this, the problem has declined but there is still a hard—core of motorists willing to take part in illegal street racing, putting theirs and other people's lives at risk. police believe that if the three men had been sent to jail, it would have sent out a strong message to street racers. an operation targeting them has already seen the number of incidents fall dramatically, more than 20 drivers have been disqualified and more than 60 cars seized. consumers in the uk could save up to £40 billion by 2050 through major changes to the way electricity is made, used

and stored, according to ministers. the business and energy secretary greg clark announced plans to invest a quarter of a billion pounds in battery technology, saying he wanted the uk to lead the world in its development. richard westcott has this report. from obvious things like our phones to london's new whispering black cab... here on secret tests in norway to this experimental aircraft, battery power is taking off around the world. the problem is they still run out too quickly, so today the government has promised to invest millions the technology. joining together the research, development, application and the manufacture of energy storage technologies and specifically battery storage is a huge opportunity for the energy sector and the automotive sector alike. right now, britain is a front runner with battery research, like here at warwick university,

where they are trying to solve the two biggest issues — making batteries weigh less and last longer. this room is four times drier than the centre of the sahara desert because it is where they physically put the batteries together and any moisture can ruin the process. they are taking sheets like this containing the lithium ions and they are sandwiching them together in this machine. here they have welcomed this latest investment but warned that competition from china, japan, korea and america is serious. we are producing the cells that we are producing, and even our competitors, they are saying that it is 80 or 90% better than what they have got. but we have got to keep it up. they will catch up and they will beat us if we do not watch it. as governments around the world scramble to cut pollution, demand for batteries is soaring. in china, they used £5 million worth of batteries three years ago, in china, they used £5 billion worth of batteries three years ago,

that will double by 2019. it is the same story across western europe, again production will nearly double from 1.2 billion to £2.3 billion. batteries could also make wind and solar power more productive. one idea being floated is to use old electric car batteries to store energy from wind turbines. i think we will see, and people are already working on this in the uk, to combine batteries with the production of renewable power. if you can do that successfully, at scale, you can remove the challenge that the wind does not blow all the time and the sun does not always shine and you can have a continuous flow of energy into the grid. the future looks electric, but now the pressure is on to make a batteries that can keep up. batteries that can keep up. when we go on holiday, we're paying hundreds of millions

of pounds in unnecessary charges when we use our debit and credit cards overseas, according to a bbc investigation.the issue arises when we opt to pay in pounds rather than in the local currency. simon gompertz has been looking into how much we're losing. amsterdam — famous for its art, for its canals, its cheese, and its flowers. and now for tourists, having to be careful that they're not stung when they pay by card. it's when you're asked whether you want to pay in euros or in pounds. the dutch themselves are flagging up the danger. let me warn those that are offered to pay by card, and then the shop owner says, "would you like me to give you the exchange rate of what it would be in pounds?" don't do it. you'll end up paying a lot more than you anticipated. the netherlands tops a list of countries to be wary of. for instance, when you take what you buy to the till. what happens is that you're given the choice between paying in the local currency, euros, and then it is exchanged at the mastercard or visa official rate. or choosing to pay in your own

currency, pounds, for me. and then it is up to the shop's bank what rate you get. here, paying in pounds meant the exchange rate was 3.5% worse, not too bad. but in a cafe nearby, i stood to lose 5%. then there are the cash machines. and the rate they want to take off your cashier if you chose off your cash here if you chose the wrong option was nearly 10%. many holiday—makers, like these on a cycling tour, are mystified by the choices when they pay by card. i find it very confusing. i'm never really sure which one's the right one to choose. we were paying for our hotel room, and we ended up paying quite a significant amount more because of the exchange rate they set up. here's the cost based on the average charge of 6%. uk tourists around the world who choose the wrong option are paying an extra £500 million a year. this tour guide says the shops and restaurants should be warning people about the costs.

i find it interesting that the vendors themselves don't actually really know what is going on with their cards. and that, ithink, should be corrected, because a vendor could actually tell the customer to be aware of this, and then they don't feel maybe guilty, i don't know. what's going on is legal as long as they show you the rate. but remember, if you're using a card on holiday, it's almost always better to pay in the local currency. the headlines: the parents of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard, have ended their legalfight, for treatment in america. they said valuable time had been wasted. president trump's son—in—law jared kushner has said he had been fully transparent in relation to the russia investigation. he repeated that he had not colluded with russia, nor did he know of anyone else in the trump campaign who had done. the international trade secretary

liam fox begins post—brexit trade talks with the united states. and a quick look at the markets. makarova an opportunity that can't be missed — that's according to the head that's according to the head an opportunity that can't be missed — that's according to the head of women's cricket clare connor following their stunning world cup triumph. england beat india by nine runs in front of a sell—out 26 thousand in front of a sell—out 26,000 crowd at lord's yesterday. our sports editor dan roan has been asking if this is a watershed moment for women's sport. world cup winners! it was the perfect platform for women's sport. england's cricketers crowned champions on home soil. anya shrubsole had been the team's hero, her record—breaking spell of 6—46 securing a thrilling victory over india. before the match, her father ian posted photos of his daughter visiting lord's in 2001. and this morning, in the exact same spot and after a night of celebrations, she told me what it was like to return

a world cup winner. i remember being here as a nine—year old watching, and wishing one day i could be back here playing. never in my wildest dream did i think it would be unable cup final. be in a world cup final. it has come true, that dream. it absolutely has come true. it shows you can have a dream, and sometimes they do come true. england have won the tournament at lord's before in 1993. back then, they weren't allowed to go into the pavilion unaccompanied. today, in the hallowed long room, the woman in charge told me progress must continue. we can't miss this opportunity. we have to celebrate properly, and enjoy this moment, and the players have to enjoy it, but certainly, we all have to start thinking very strategically about what opportunities this gives us. this is about a lot more than what this team achieved here at lord's yesterday. both in terms of the attendance here in the ground, and the estimated 100 million television audience following the action around the world. it broke all records.

the sense that this was the defining moment of a ground—breaking summer of british women's sport. johanna konta's already become the first british woman in a wimbledon semifinal for 39 years. england's footballers, meanwhile, are doing well at the euros, last night beating spain. but away from performances, there is still a gender gap. in terms of prize—money, 83% of sports now award 83% of sports now reward women and men equally, and 5% of sports media coverage is dedicated to women, and even less when it comes to sports sponsorship. i think there's still a long way to go in terms of women in the boardroom, and women running sport, as well as being participants, women in coaching, women in refereeing and umpiring, all of us know there is still a long way to go. but we have made huge progress. it emerged today that despite preparing to defend their world cup title next month, most of england's rugby players will not have their contracts renewed by the rfu. on a day when england's cricketing world champions were busy trying to leave a legacy with this coaching

session at lord's, it was a reminder of how tough life can still be for some sportswomen. but for the next generation, never before has there been so much inspiration to draw upon. joining me down the line is former england batsman and 2009 world cup winner lydia greenway. could evening to you. good evening. what a transformation, not only for this team, who didn't even make the final in 2013, but for the tournament as well, millions watching it around the world and in 2013, it barely raised to flickr. yes, it is absolutely amazing. not just yesterday but the whole world cup tournament has been a huge success. grounds have been selling out. i was walking to the game yesterday and there were ticket touts trying to buy and sell tickets and that would never ever have

happened three or four years ago, so something like that speaks volumes on how for the woman's games come. and what about it as a career? he would have they find some sponsorship at how different was it to when you're in the game? could you make a professional career out of it? absolutely. the biggest change we have seen in the last two or three years as the backing that a lot of the countries have been receiving from the governing bodies and also, on top of that, the coverage that the games have been getting. bbc, tms, covered every single game throughout the world cup, as did let other television channels and to reach countries like india, where they live and breathe cricket, has been phenomenal and the number of people there watching the game is outstanding and i think that will only grow and grow from this tournament. obviously, it helps if there is wider coverage and it helps if there is some real talent on the

field. i was just looking at shrubsole's figures, as the report was running. she had a stunning speu was running. she had a stunning spell of 5—11 in 19 deliveries, that is some performance. yes, that is outstanding. anya has been a world —class outstanding. anya has been a world—class player for a number of yea rs now world—class player for a number of years now and to perform under that amount of pressure is absolutely amazing and it is the batting we have been seeing. the girls are hitting sixes and not as clearing the ropes, they are landing five or ten rows back in the stand and that in itself is a huge change and that is because the girls are professional and have time to put effort into all areas of the game, thatis effort into all areas of the game, that is where the big difference comes, when they can be professional and be the product that everyone sees, which will be much better. so there is no secret, when clare connor says we have to look at this strategically and look at the opportunities, essentially it is

making the top team even better and bringing young people into the game and finding more running at the grass roots —— money at the grass roots. yes and i think another area is the domestic game. australia have a brilliant domestic structure and we are trying to replicate that over here with the ksr owl, which is a 2020 tournament with about six or seven teams, the world's best players, and get paid to play in the tournament, it starts in a couple of weeks' time and if other countries start doing that, and indian women's ipl, it would be amazing and there is no reason why after this world cup and with how well india did that that can't happen. and you coaching? iam doing that can't happen. and you coaching? i am doing a bit of coaching, yes. there are a lot of girls out there who just love the game and love the player and there is nothing better than when you see young people

engaged in sport and obviously cricket. lydia, thanks for being with us this evening. lydia greenway, a world cup winner in 2009, so she knows what it's like. now if you haven't had enough of sporting world records — there was another attempt taking place in cornwall today. sheep—shearer rowland smith has been hard at work since seven this morning trying to beat the world record for the number of sheep—sheared in eight hours. so did he do it? here's heidi davey. the pressure is on. those watching look anxious, but the main man? well, he is calm and determined. oh and by the way, he is sharing 80 sheep an hour. tests have shown that sharing this many sheep is the same tests have shown that shearing 250 sheep is the same energy as running a marathon, so essentially he is running three marathons back to back. to beat the current record, roland has to shear each sheep in under 47 seconds. the challenge has been broken down into four sections, in run one,

he sheared 161 sheep and has managed to keep that pace up throughout the afternoon. this timer beeps every 45 seconds see have to mentally keep so you have to mentally keep yourself around that, doing a sheep every 45 seconds. if you are a bit slow you have to try and catch up. it can be really tough. physically and mentally. every two hours, he takes a short break but that focus never falters, and having a world record holder as a brother gives him an added incentive. shearing is quite amazing. to get two guys at the top of their game like this, at the same time, it's pretty special. i bet their father's pretty proud. roland is keeping a really good pace. we are stood back so we don't get in his eye line. it's really important we don't distract him. these shearing fans have been here since seven

o'clock this morning. magnificentjob. i could not do it. fellow shearers, how hard is it? i could not do it. never. at 5pm, roland sheared his final sheep making him the new world record holder. he sheared 644 ewes, smashing the previous record. many congratulations. how you feeling? good. glad it's over. are you aching? not too bad. not as bad as you would think. but still pretty tired. i think ithinki i think i would be a king for weeks. let'sjoin down for some i think i would be a king for weeks. let's join down for some weather. if good evening. late july let's join down for some weather. if good evening. latejuly and some of us good evening. latejuly and some of us needed a woollyjumper today. there were some summer sunshine around and probably today has been the warmest it is going to be all week. here was the western parts of scotla nd week. here was the western parts of scotland in the highlands, where we have had some beautiful skies, blue skies, very grey skies above here at

southwold in southwark, where temperatures were struggling to get about 15 degrees. and we still have about 15 degrees. and we still have afair bit about 15 degrees. and we still have a fair bit of cloud through the night across eastern part of england for a while, some drizzly rain, especially in east anglia and to the east of london. most of it combine the end of the night. more breaks to the end of the night. more breaks to the west and the north and lows of 13 or 14. through the morning, any remaining shower should clear away from the east of england, the breeze had lesson and a —— the breeze soon back delete should lessen. one to showers around ahead of thickening cloud arriving in the south—west to bring a major change but wednesday. the odd shower possible across the west pa rt the odd shower possible across the west part of the country and south of wales but quite warm and most places dry and warm day the eastern england, temperatures away from the north sea coast getting up to 21 degrees or so. not quite as warm but today in northern ireland and

scotla nd today in northern ireland and scotland but there will be some sunshine around away from some of these northern coasts and one or two of these rogue showers come the last pa rt of these rogue showers come the last part of the afternoon. here is what is heading our way out in the atlantic, all of the weather coming in from the atlantic this week, this mixture of whether france that will combine into this deepening area of low pressure. that will drive these weather fronts our way for wednesday so weather fronts our way for wednesday so it is going to be wet and windy. the wettest weather across the western side of the uk in the morning, some early shun signed towards the east but the rain will push its way across all areas. perhaps not much rain as it arrives across east anglia and the south—east in the afternoon and then we will get more sunshine across the rest of the country and that will boost the temperatures. but unusual to have all of this wet weather across the whole country at the same time. it is quite an active weather system driven by an unusually deep area of low pressure at the time of year sitting to the north—west of the uk on thursday and around it,

some wet and windy weather. so through the rest of the week, it remains very changeable. it will probably turn cooler and fresher post rain on wednesday. sunny spells around through thursday and friday but some showers, some really blustery showers and boast most likely in scotland and northern ireland. —— those are most likely. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. the parents of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard have ended their legal battle to take him to the us for treatment. they made the decision after an american doctor said it was too late to give charlie an experimental therapy. to charlie, we say mummy and daddy love you so much. we always have and we always will and we are so sorry we always will and we are so sorry we couldn't save you. president trump's son—in—law, jared kushner, says all of his actions were proper during the us election, after giving evidence to senators on his contact with russian officials. i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the

campaign who did so. at least 35 people have died in a suicide bombing in the afghan capital kabul. the taliban say they carried out the attack.