this is bbc news. the headlines at two: house—builders could be banned from selling new homes as leasehold in england, as increasing annual charges make it impossible for some buyers to sell their homes. i would go on the record to say it is completely morally and ethically wrong. iam pretty is completely morally and ethically wrong. i am pretty sure they are aware of this. the number of nhs vacancies in england in the first part of the year has risen to 86,000, up by almost 8,000 from last year. the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard are returning to the high court this afternoon. a warning that uk animal welfare standards could be jeopardised by cheaper imports after brexit. also in the next hour, thousands of firefighters are battling forest fires spreading across the south east of france. areas of corsica and saint tropez are among the areas badly hit, as hundreds of homes are evacuated. happier passengers — more rail travellers say they're satisfied with their train services than last year.

and justin bieber apologises to his fans after cancelling the rest of his world tour because of "unforeseen circumstances". welcome to bbc news. house—builders may be banned from selling new houses in england as leasehold under new government proposals. a public consultation has begun on the issue, after it emerged some housing developers have been selling leaseholds onto investment firms, leading to extra costs or rising charges for homeowners. under the proposals, leaseholds on new—build houses would be outlawed, while ground rents dramatically reduced. the communities secretary sajid javid said that there

were 1.2 million cases of houses on leasehold, and the situation of escalating costs was one example of a "broken housing market". jonty bloom reports. newly—built houses in the uk used to be almost totally freehold — you buy the property and the land it's built on — but increasingly house—builders have been selling them leasehold, meaning you don't own the land and have to pay them annual fees. it's a way for builders to make more money. often, the annualfees rise regularly and buying the freehold can be very expensive. katie kendrick owns a leasehold house in ellesmere port near liverpool and wants to buy the freehold but the company which owns it has increased the price from £4000 to £13,000 in less than a year. i've asked the company for a breakdown of how the freehold is calculated, their methodology to the valuation, which they failed to provide me with. they have said i could either go with it or if i challenge it, i will have to take

on their legalfees. owners have also found that the ground fees are increasing rapidly, which often makes their property unsaleable. baz jaafar owns a one—bedroom flat in north london. i would go on the record to say that it's completely morally and ethically wrong. i'm pretty sure they are aware of this and i think they have an obligation to their customers, whether that's the people who bought houses or flats, in order to make right this situation. legal experts believe that as a result leasehold sales have no place in the housing market. it's just the tip of the iceberg, really. there's all these people who are stuck in this leasehold trap and unfortunately the developers are just using this as another way to profiteer and make money. but house—builders say in some cases leasehold is best. i think a blanket ban could be problematic. if you're a council wanting to build homes, perhaps wanting to retain the value of the land,

if you are a national trust with heritage products or maybe you're a landowner looking to give discounts to local community land trusts or groups trying to purchase that land, actually the leasehold model works quite well. now the government is set to act. it wants to ban leasehold contracts for newly—built houses. what we're talking about here are houses that are being sold on leasehold, thousands of them, for no good reason and then once they are sold, the people who purchased them are exposed to ever—increasing ground rents. it's not acceptable, it's wrong, enough is enough, and we're taking action. but that leaves thousands of people who bought new leasehold properties stuck with contracts that means they face increasing annual bills and unsellable homes. several building firms have set up compensation schemes to cover claims of mis—selling and bad legal advice but a ban on future sales of leasehold houses will do nothing to help homeowners already caught out by buying leasehold. jonty bloom, bbc news.

i know this is something that particularly affects your area. why is that? we don't really know. we think the practice developed around ten yea rs think the practice developed around ten years ago. it is only in the last two years when the people who bought their properties either had their ground rents increase when trying to sell their properties or trying to sell their properties or try to buy their freeholds and discovered these amorous leases. —— controversial leases. the ban on future the soap sales, it does nothing to actually help people in the situation already. where are those people badly advised? is there

an area where lawyers are missing something here? that is a pertinent question. i think the legal profession has some responsibility to bear. it is notjust them at fault. government have allowed these properties to the boat using help to by. iam properties to the boat using help to by. i am asking for a full select committee enquiry so we can get to the bottom of how it started and make sure it does not happen again. is there any reason where a house would be sold with a lease? 0therwise, would be sold with a lease? otherwise, as some have said, is it simplya otherwise, as some have said, is it simply a scam? there are obviously occasions where perhaps the developer does not hold the freehold and can only sell it on a leasehold

basis. but we have seen developers by freehold and sold as a result. they have deliberately constructed their business plans to create leasehold properties. at the expense of people who have believed they have bought outright. many in london over the years have come together to buy the freehold. is that something you encourage your constituents to start? a number are looking at that but it is expensive, congregated and long winded as a process. we need from the consultation is a much more simple and cost—effective way for people to do that because some people to do that because some people are being told by the freeholders at the property... not knowing they have a big opportunity to purchase after two years. there

are quitea to purchase after two years. there are quite a few stuck in this. some of the particularly bad examples are being quoted several hundred pounds to get permission to build an extension and finding out months later that cost has gone up to £3000 just to get permission from the freeholder to build an extension. some have been quoted up to £40,000 to buy the freehold outright when they were told when they bought the houseit they were told when they bought the house it would only be a a few thousand pounds and available to them ina thousand pounds and available to them in a fairly simple process. there is a lot of money being made. those are the kinds of abuse as i would like to see stamped out. a fully electric version of the mini

is to be built in the uk. the government described the decision as a vote of confidence in the industrial strategy in britain. more than 86,000 nhs posts were vacant in england in the first three months of this year, according to the latest figures. statistics from nhs digital, which collates data, shows the number of vacancies climbed by almost 8,000, compared to the same period the year before. with me is our health correspondent smitha mundasad. the figures saw up at what we have been saying for some time. the figures we had at the beginning of may is that we believed there were 40,000 nursing vacancies in england alone. probably not too far off. with me is our health correspondent smitha mundasad. the royal college of nurses have

mentioned the brexit element, as have others. people are looking at the evidence. there is anecdotal data suggesting people are leaving, people are worried they may not have their jobs people are worried they may not have theirjobs once britain leads the eu. what is clear is that this is a syste m eu. what is clear is that this is a system under pressure. two years worth of data. looking at vacancies oi'i worth of data. looking at vacancies on the nhs jobs website worth of data. looking at vacancies on the nhsjobs website is not worth of data. looking at vacancies on the nhs jobs website is not the best way to assess data. this is a perfect storm, it has been said, of low wages and increasing pressure. this includes notjust nurses and midwives which make up the highest proportion of shortages, but centres, clerical staff, scientific staff, technical staff. since 20

10,000 more doctors and nurses have been boating and recruiting and training staff. with 86,000, it would suggest patients must be suffering one way or the other. lots of patient groups are saying this. 0n the ground, they feel there are fewer nursing staff to go around. the unions say that all their staff are under increasing pressure. 0fficials are under increasing pressure. officials will of course be looking into what the imprecations of these kinds of numbers mean. us president donald trump has given fresh hope of a post brexit trade deal between the united states and the uk. the president tweeted ‘working on major trade deal with the united kingdom. could be very big & exciting.‘ he then criticised the eu —— describing them as ‘very protectionist with the u:s.' it follows a day after the uk trade secretary, liam fox, held talks in the us

about the existing transatlantic trade relationship and how this will change once the uk leaves the eu in march 2019. satisfaction appears to have improved among rail passengers across the uk. the latest national rail passenger survey shows that a period of more stable performance has led to improvements in passengers' experiences — even though there's been a lot of industrial action on some lines. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott is at cambridge railway station later. 0ur correspondent vishala sripathma joins us now from king's cross railway station. they seem to be pretty positive passengers in the survey. the overall satisfaction that they get from journeys is improving. punctuality of services has got better. that is key if you are commuting in and out for work. we spoke to passengers in birmingham earlier. in my view, more trains at peak hours.

the capacityjust about copes, the capacity is poor on the way home at night but that's to be expected with trains. i don't use the train very much but i've never had any problems with them at all, no. perhaps they could do with another carriage ona lot of trains, especially when people are coming, as they have, with loads of cases. i think the service i've had has been very good over the last year, i travel a lot by train and i can't remember being delayed meaningfully in the last 12 months. it's improving, definitely, because i know they are moving the time down to being able to get cheaper tickets so it starts about 9:30am you can get the cheaper rate so it's getting better. we area we are a few hours off key commuting

hours. we got here just after rush hour. you could not move in that section. as that tailed off, we have been speaking to commuters and a mixed reaction. commuters travelling longer distances are happy with their journey, people longer distances are happy with theirjourney, people from northern cities. people travelling shorter distances less so. a mixed picture. house—builders could be banned from selling new homes as leasehold in england. the number of nhs vacancies in the first part of the year is at 86,000, up 8000 from last year. the pa rents of 86,000, up 8000 from last year. the parents of terminally ill charlie gard are returning to the high court this afternoon. and in sport. after successfully defending his

world 100 metre breaststroke title yesterday, adam peaty sets a new world record in the 50 metre breaststroke heats this morning. greg rutherford says he's "truly gutted" to miss out on defending his long jump title at the world athletics championships in london next week. he's failed to recover from an ankle injury and chelsea are trailing german champions bayern munich 3—1 going into the closing stages of their preseason meeting in singapore. i'll be back with more on those stories later. hundreds of firefighters in the south of france and corsica are battling huge forest fires which have been fanned by high temperatures and strong winds. a blaze has swept through 1600 acres of the luberon national park in provence; and people have been moved to safety from the town of biguglia in north eastern corsica. firefighters battling a fierce blaze on the holiday island of corsica. it ripped through 900 hectares of forest. people left their houses and could do little more than watch as the fire came threateningly

close to their homes. translation: we were woken up by the smoke. it was stifling so we stayed in the house and then they evacuated the children and my sister—in—law, who is pregnant. a combination of heat and high winds are making the fire difficult to contain. a bbcjournalist on the island says people are becoming increasingly concerned about their homes and businesses. it's still burning, pockets keep lighting up as this wind continues. there is a real sense of worry that perhaps they won't be able to get this under control and livelihoods and lives could be threatened. in karos in the hills above nice, planes sprayed water from the air. below, the forests continue to burn. and crews the ground damped down amid the damage. translation: we were up to 70 hectares of fire. the particularity of this far is that we had hundreds and hundreds

of houses that were threatening the forest areas. elsewhere in france, fires also raged near lubron and here in the var region. another battle to stop fires spreading just ten kilometres from the seaside resort of st tropez. this mobile phone footage gives a sense of the high winds feeding the fire's intensity, winds that are not expected to abate until thursday. they withdrew, charlie gard's pa rents, they withdrew, charlie gard's parents, they are legal challenge. mother connie yates returned to

court, but the father is not here. he is probably at great 0rmond street. we understand this court hearing is about the parents wished to allow charlie to die at home. we know that back in june to allow charlie to die at home. we know that back injune the parents said they wanted him to have the ventilator switched off at home and great 0rmond would not allow that. the case has onlyjust started in the last five or ten minutes. connie went in with her legal team. the transport taking charlie home it is about. we have heard there could be problems with that before. a medical tea m problems with that before. a medical team and palliative care. they promise him every day they would like to take him home and have a bath at home and put him in his own cot. that is likely to be the reason

that, at that yesterday when we thought it was the end of the battle, it is the end. charlie is going to die. we think that is what is happening in court right now. decision this afternoon? we might. we don't even know that it is actually the case about him dying at home. but we believe that to be so. my home. but we believe that to be so. my colleague is telling me that is what the case is about. i can confirm they are asking in court to have charlie have his ventilator turned off at home. in his final days, they will be nursed through the process just as charlie has been looked after by staff at great mystery. the palliative team will be helping parents, trying to gave care. charlie and chris gave up their battle yesterday saying they

wa nted their battle yesterday saying they wanted to spend time with their warrior and are there injune. great 0rmond streets said in a statement how brave they had been and dignified. they also said they were concerned that the american dr, professor... he had given so much hope that he gave false hope to the family and did not examine him and looked at extemporaneous medical records. and giving them false hope. my records. and giving them false hope. my colleague is inside selling me more details, so i will be able to update you later on this afternoon. —— telling me more details. the number of fatal shootings by police, and deaths following police pursuits, rose significantly in england and wales last year. a report by the independent police complaints commission says that in 2016—17, there were six fatal police shootings, including that of the westminster attacker, khalid masood. our home affairs correspondent

danny shaw explains what's significant about these figures. it is difficult to see whether this isa it is difficult to see whether this is a pattern or a blip to stop sex is a pattern or a blip to stop sex is the highest that the ipc has recorded since founded in 2004. you also have to set it in the context of the number of armed operations that police are carrying out every year. last year, 14,000 —— 40,000 700. in terms of police figures, more concerned about that. 28 deaths when police following a suspect vehicle. the driver in the vehicle

not those who died, it was pedestrians and passengers. that would be a concern, the highest figure in 11 years. concerted effort to shed and police driver training and the rules that the ipcc are saying they will look again at that with the national police chiefs' council. one of the pope's most senior advisors is due to appear in an australian court tomorrow to face charges of sexual assault. cardinal george pell has returned from rome saying that he is innocent, and will clear his name. as our sydney correspondent hywel griffith explains, the case is the latest controversy to hit the catholic church in australia. in george pell‘s hometown, people have become used to confronting the past, and dealing with the spectre of abuse. ribbons mark the places in ballarat where members of the christian brothers 0rder sexually assaulted children in the 1970s. dozens ended their lives prematurely. phil nagle was abused as an eight—year—old. it took more than 20 years for his abuser to be brought tojustice.

phil nagle was abused as an eight—year—old. it took more than 20 years for his abuser to be brought tojustice. decades on, he still feels the catholic church has not acknowledged the suffering of victims. they defend the brand at all cost. they don't make any admissions, they make it as hard for you as they can. you know, when you go to court, they're putting solicitors behind their... they're backing their criminal men. they're backing the guys, the perpetrators, they don't back the victims at all. cardinal pell was brought up in ballarat and became its most famous son. as an archbishop, it became his responsibility to deal with the allegations of abuse against ballarat‘s bretheren. now, he is the one accused of sexual assault, allegations he has strongly refuted. as they wait for the legal process to unfold, there is a feeling here in ballarat that people need answers. the details of the charges against cardinal pell won't be made public until his first court hearing. a moment which is likely to put the spotlight back on this town. those who work with abuse survivors

say every headline has an impact. coverage over the last few years has already caused more people to seek help. it was really difficult, because it was exhausting. it became relentless. you couldn't get away from it. it would be in the local papers, it would be on the local news and the wider news. across australia, nearly 2,000 figures from the catholic church have been accused of abuse. a four—year royal commission enquiry has helped to break the silence. it has also made the head of ballarat‘s catholic college speak out, giving a formal apology to the victims and striking the names of convicted abusers from its walls. there's no question that, as a church, we've got an enormous amount of work to do to build trust with victims and survivors in the wider community, but also within the catholic community, i think, as well. and the only way to do that is to come to the table to say that we acknowledge this openly,

we are so very sorry. that can only happen when people here feel they have found the truth. they hope that is what the courts can deliver. hywel griffith, bbc news, ballarat. justin bieber says he is cancelling the rest of his world tour. he has been touring for 18 months... the final performances were meant to be in north america and asia. for the first time in living memory, dozens of fountains which adorn st peter's square and the vatican are being turned off. a vatican spokesman said the move is an act of solidarity with the people of the city who face severe water shortages because of a prolonged drought. james reynolds reports now from rome. you can look up to the sky as much as you want, but right now rain isn't coming to rome. during this dry summer, the vatican

is taking emergency steps. it's no good looking for water flowing here in the vatican. the pope has switched off his fountains, hoping to set a good example for the rest of the city. this is the vatican's way of living solidarity with rome, trying to help rome get through this crisis. essentially, the water that comes into the vatican comes from the same place as where the water comes that goes to rome, and this is our way of trying to help out. but right next to the vatican, someone's forgotten to switch off the drinking fountain, to the clear relief of thirsty priests and tourists. the water shortage has affected large parts of italy. this is the beds of the river po. farmers think the lack of rain has already cost the country around 2 billion euros. lake bracciano outside rome is one of the city's major water sources. the lack of rain has stopped it from refilling. the capital now measures

its worries by the inch. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. now, a look at the weather. not a bad day weather—wise. dry for most of us. cloudy towards the east but even there the sunshine is breaking through the cloud. a little bit of blue sky, not as cool and cloudy across eastern england and scotland. variable cloud. best of the sunshine... you also have the chance of the odd shower breaking out through the afternoon. temperatures around 24 degrees. the best day of the week today. sunshine to end the day. 0vernight, the next band of rain moves in from the west. through early wednesday, that will sit across northern ireland, try

towards the east first thing tomorrow. the windy weather working from west to east across all of the country. dan, breezy weather followed by everton to sunshine and showers. temperatures 17—21. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the parents of charlie gard are returning to court to seek permission to take their terminally ill son home to die, after ending their legal case to take him to the us for treatment. the government says it wants to stop what it calls the "unjust" practice of builders selling new homes in england as leasehold and preventing homeowners being crippled with ground rent increases. bmw have confirmed that a fully electric version of the mini will be built in the uk. there were over 86,000 vacant roles in the nhs in the first three months of this year, and increase of almost 8,000 on the same period in 2016. animal welfare standards in the uk could be under threat after brexit, a parliamentary committee has warned. now it is time for the sport.

good afternoon, we start at the world aquatics championships in budapest, and more good news for olympic gold medallist adam peaty. he said he "wasn't even really up for it" this morning, but it didn't stop him smashing another world record in the pool. peaty retained his 100 metres breaststroke title yesterday and sliced more than three—tenths of a second off his own 50 metres breaststroke world record in the heats this morning. peaty said he could break the record again in this evening's semifinal with a time even closer to the 25—second mark. to get a record and into the final, hopefully i can build on it tonight and tomorrow. it is a fantastic world record. as soon as you start wanting to go faster you go slower.

i have nine or ten years of experience there. it is good to enjoy it. former 0lympic long jump champion greg rutherford has withdrawn from next week's world championships in london because of an ankle injury. rutherford won't be able to defend the title he won back in 2015. in a british athletics statement he said "i am so devastated that i won't be competing in front of the best fans in the world, in the stadium that changed my life." he says he will now focus on becoming a three—time european champion next year. another absentee will be sprinter richard kilty. he was expected to compete in the men's four by 100 metre relay but the european indoor champion has broken a finger on his on his changeover hand. british athletics has added five new names to its team for next week's championships. long jumpers shara proctor and jazmin sawyers are included. 0n the track, rio 2016 0lympian lennie waite has been selected for the 3000 metres steeplechase wih marc scott in the 5000 metres and jess turner

in the 400 metre hurdles. chelsea have sent kenedy home from their preseason tour following the brazilian's social media comments before a match in china. the club has "solemnly and sincerely" apologised after fans accused the player of xenophobia and racism over comments made on social media before their preseason win over arsenal. kenedy, was booed by fans at the game and later apologised but the club has confirmed his return to the uk. well, without kenedy chelsea had a difficult time of things as they went 3—0 down to bayern munich in singapore. helped by a thomas muller double marcos alonso managed to pull a chelsea goal back just before half—time. in the second half, £60 million signing alvaro morata took his chelsea bow before michy batshuayi's late consolation. chelsea play inter milan next, on saturday. romelu lukaku wants to "keep improving" after his £75 million

move from everton to manchester united earlier this month. the belgium international has teamed up with his former manager at chelsea, jose mourinho, but has dismissed comparisons with didier drogba, another striker, who gave mourinho so much success at stamford bridge. iam i am different. he is the kind of player the runs behind. we are totally different at that. we might have physical similarities, but we are two totally different players. i wa nt to are two totally different players. i want to create my own history. england fast bowler has moved up nine slots to a career—best seven position in the latest icc international rankings after her match—winning 6—46 against india at lord's. she took 12 wickets in total during the tournament. sarah taylor has moved up to 12th in the batting rankings. that is all the sport for

now, we will be back with more in the next hour. israel has removed metal detectors from the entrance to the al—aqsa mosque injerusalem's old city, saying it will replace them with less obtrusive technology. the new security measures were put in place after two israeli policemen were killed, but their installation raised fears among palestinians that israel was extending its control at the holy site and days of deadly violence followed. this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. relative calm restored at the gates to the third holiest site in islam. palestinian worshippers now hope to enter after a week of protests over new israeli security controls. so israel's removed the metal detectors that were just there. instead, it says it's going to do what it calls smart checking, using more surveillance around the old city. it follows over a week of violence and tensions that even crossed borders. the removal of all these cameras and the removal of all these gates prove that there were not

needed for security. it was a political measure by israel to impose fact on the ground and we forced them to reverse that. this is how the crisis began. guns were taken inside the al—aqsa mosque grounds and used to kill two israeli policemen at the gates. when the mosque was re—opened with new metal detectors, palestinians continued praying outside, accusing israel of using security as an excuse to extend its control over the site which is also the holiest place forjews and known as temple mount. israel denied that. in clashes with israeli security forces, five palestinians were killed. and in this west bank settlement, a palestinian stabbed to death three israelis in their home. then an israeli embassy guard killed two jordanians, apparently after one attacked him. jordan is the custodian ofjerusalem's mosques. 0vernight, amid fears of a wider escalation, the metal detectors were quietly taken away.

israel is making sure there is a realfreedom ofjerusalem. that is what we'll continue to do, enable everybody to come to pray on the temple mount. 50 years after israel captured the old city ofjerusalem, recent pictures have shown once again how it remains at the heart of this conflict. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. a parliamentary committee is warning that animal welfare standards in the uk could be threatened if farmers have to compete against cheaper, less—regulated rivals from outside the eu, once britain has left. a house of lords committee is urging the government to insist on similar standards in any free trade agreements to avoid what it calls a race to the bottom on welfare. 0ur correspondent, duncan kennedy, reports. it's day one of the new forest show and just time for a last—minute bovine brush—up ahead of the competition. but while some may need a haircut more than others,

the world class quality of the livestock to be seen here is undisputed. but farmers like mike smales say after brexit, that quality might fall if britain is opened up to food imports from around the world. this downward spiral in expecting food to keep getting cheaper and cheaper is a bit naive. something has to give and it will be animal welfare? it will be but hopefully not in this country. today's report by the lord's says after brexit, the british public may have to choose between the quality and the price of their food. what is your priority, higher welfare for animals or cheaper food? combination of both. welfare of animals. combination of both. why can't they do both? that's a tricky one. not at all. why not? animalwelfare, definitely. the government today dismissed the farmers' fears, saying...

but animal welfare groups point to other issues like this — poultry being washed in chlorine in the united states. they say british consumers might have to accept this if we do a trade deal with america. britain has to insist on the inclusion of a clause that allows it to require imports to meet our animal welfare and food safety standards because if you haven't got that, there's going to be a race to the bottom. welfare versus price — it's a debate that's underpinned britain's food industry since the second world war. brexit will redefine it once again. a man who battered his girlfriend's five—year—old son to death in a london park for losing a trainer

has been jailed for life. marvyn iheanacho had denied murder. a court was told that when he attacked alex malcolm witnesses heard a "child's fearful voice saying sorry", loud banging and a man screaming about the loss of a shoe. the 39 year old will serve a minimum of 18 years in prison. let's get more now on the figures showing that more than 86,000 nhs posts were vacant in england in the first three months of this year. statistics from nhs digital, which collates data, shows the number of vacancies climbed by almost 8,000, compared to the same period the year before. earlier my colleague jane hill got this response to the figures from janet davies from the royal college of nursing. these figures, they match what we have been saying for some time and the figures that we had at the beginning of may was that we believed there were 40,000 nursing vacancies in england alone. probably

not too far off. what is behind it? there are a number of reasons. nurses are leaving, we saw that from the regulator recently. notjust those retiring, but those mature, experienced nurses are choosing to leave or to leave the profession. it is not that they don't love nursing, they love theirjob, is not that they don't love nursing, they love their job, what is not that they don't love nursing, they love theirjob, what they do not love is working at the nhs. why? it isa not love is working at the nhs. why? it is a combination of things. one of those things is that they have not had a pay rise for ten years and they are feeling the pinch. many are working twojobs. some they are feeling the pinch. many are working two jobs. some of them are working two jobs. some of them are working in agency nursing to make ends meet. 0ur nhs is understaffed.

if you are working without enough collea g u es if you are working without enough colleagues you're not able to give the quality and type of care that you note that you should do. they are working unpaid hours. they are working hours after a 12 hour shift to make sure that the patients are 0k, and they have handed over to their colleagues. people are deciding not to stay. when jobs are advertised are you seeing the same number of applicants or are there are variations there? we are hearing from the directors of nursing and the employers and nurses that they are not just

the employers and nurses that they are notjust there. they are not applying but there is no one there to apply. we have not trained enough nurses. the approach to workforce planning has been training as many as they can afford rather than as many as they need, which means we do not have enough people coming into the profession in the first place. and the people that are experienced are leaving. there are more people leaving thejoining are leaving. there are more people leaving the joining the profession at the moment, which is terrible. there has been a rise in people being scanned by bogus recruiters asking for cash for security checks or trick people into calling premium rate numbers for the interviews. in search of childcare work, chloe and

said a recruitment agency had quit as for £175 for training and security checks. i was desperate to find work. they assured me they would be able to line up some job interviews after i had paid for the checks and it was guaranteed. but she got nothing. the recruiter has now disappeared. she is not alone. the last two years have seen a 300% increase in these crimes, with at least 15 new cases every week and possibly more when more —— and possibly more when more —— and possibly more when more —— and possibly more going unrecorded. victims are losing around £500 each. 0ur victims are losing around £500 each. our advice is not to part with money in advance. do not be fooled by

anything that looks suspicious. be aware. the government is calling on online recruitment site is to do more and to ensure they are not directed people to see companies. people are urged to seek help from the safer jobs website. people are urged to seek help from the saferjobs website. in a moment jimmy has the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: has builders could be banned from selling new homes in england. the number of nhs vacancies in the first pa rt number of nhs vacancies in the first part of the year has risen to 86,000, up by 8000 last year. the pa rents of 86,000, up by 8000 last year. the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard return to the high court this afternoon because they wa nt to ta ke court this afternoon because they want to take him home to die with dignity. the business news now. a fully electric version of the mini is to be built at the cowley plant near 0xford.

the car will be a variant of bmw's existing three—door model and is set to go into production in 2019. more on this in a moment. "unfair charges" levied on buyers of new—build houses could be banned in england under a proposed crackdown. the trend for new—build houses being sold as leasehold has accelerated in recent years. because ground rents can double every decade, some home owners have been left struggling to meet bills and in some cases making a property impossible to sell. the government plans are subject to an eight—week consultation and apply only to england. a sharp rise in personal loans could pose a danger to the uk economy, a bank of england official has warned. 0utstanding car loans, credit card balance transfers and personal loans have increased by 10% over the past year according to the bank's financial stability director alex brazier. in contrast household incomes have risen by just 1.5%. he has warned that "household debt — like most things that are good in moderation — can be dangerous in excess". we're joined

we'rejoined by michael we're joined by michael huston. we'rejoined by michael huston. this sounds like good news. is it as good as it sounds? i think it is. there was a lot of uncertainty about the future relationships between the uk and the rest of the eu. 0ver future relationships between the uk and the rest of the eu. over the course of the next few years have in the current environment surrounding brexit relations. what this has done

is crystallised the relationship between german car—makers in the factories they have in the eu. mathematics is at work here as well as 20% of many sold globally are sold here in the united kingdom. it isa sold here in the united kingdom. it is a big market for bmw. the car industry is extremely sensitive to any kind of trade arrangements because of the way that parts go between different countries during manufacture. that would suffer very badly if tariffs were put on those cross—border movements. badly if tariffs were put on those cross-border movements. absolutely. it is important to note that as part of this announcement the looters and batteries are being made in germany and they will be shipped to the uk, and they will be shipped to the uk, and a good part of the many is that i made here in the uk will be made available for export. fraction less

trade arrangements and supply chains are important. it is a boat of confidence on the part of bmw to commit to reducing its many here in the united kingdom. it also increases the pressure on eu negotiators and uk negotiators at the beginning of this brexit process to come to some kind of arrangement. it is interesting in the timing, 2019, that is when we are meant to leave the eu. car-makers, who could be worst affected by bad trade arrangements between the eu and the uk, have been remarkably quiet. they seem uk, have been remarkably quiet. they seem to be quite optimistic. maybe they know something we do not. ultimately it is in the interests of both sides to come to some kind of arrangement. it is optimistic in the extreme for any kind of trade

agreement to play out by 2019. it is inevitable we will get a transitional relationship. we do not have the time window in which to come up with any more than that. president trump won't like this. the united states biggest car—maker says its going to make less vehicles this year because it's struggling to sell everything on its forecourts. these are not very good figures. should we be happy? they are better—than—expected. investors were expecting a bigger drop in profits but it was not as bad. we saw that

gm is trading a little bit higher on the new york stock exchange. these car earnings, they are coming at a time where investors are worried there is declining interest from americans. these results are actually pretty welcome from investors. generally speaking, the car industry is not looking very healthy. you remember that the last few years we have seen record—breaking car sales in the united states and at some point people have enough new cards, so eve ryo ne people have enough new cards, so everyone was ready to see our side go down a bit. we saw the car sales

in the knighted states were down 14% for the quarter. we need to slow down how many cars remake. there are already car sitting waiting. luxury shoemakerjimmy choo has just been bought by design house michael kors for nearly £1 billion. jimmy choo is famous for its stilettos worn by celebrities— including beyonce, lady gaga, and nicole kidman. the firm announced it was putting itself up for sale in april. michael kors — which has been struggling recently amid slowing sales — will buy choo for 230 pence per share. profits at alphabet, the parent company of search giant google are down — following a two billion pound fine imposed by the european commission last month... it was for "abusing" its power by promoting its own shopping comparison service at the top

of search results. profits for the three months to the end ofjune were two point six nine billion, more than 40% lower than they would have been without the fine. meanwhile, year—on—year profits fell by almost 30%. alphabet has already said it may challenge the fine. dutch firm akzo nobel — the owner of dulux paint — has seen a fall in profits. akzo has been fighting off a takeover approach from us rival ppg industries, and promised to grow profits as part of its rejection strategy. the company says second—quarter profit fell 6% to just over four million due to weak demand in some markets and higher raw material costs. a quick look at the markets. bmw's shares in germany are dying a touch

today, but it is not connected with the announcement regarding 0xford. that is the business news. the school summer holidays are underway but the trust will trust that runs food bank says that thousands of children will go hungry during the break. my name is sarah. i work 16 hours a week, so it is quite a struggle. here is a voucher... it is for mother and child... ifind summer for mother and child... ifind summer holidays to struggle because of extra costs. i need to feed him

two or three times a day and there are two or three times a day and there a re extra two or three times a day and there are extra snacks and activities that all add up. it is deciding whether you paid the rent or food. we are here to help you. if you need to toiletries or anything like that we have bad they are. and shampoo. we need to look at are here. the prices are going up in the shops, the gas and electric goes up, the rent goes up. people do not go up as much as other things and people have to look at that as well. do not be scared to come and see us if you need us. at that as well. do not be scared to come and see us if you need usm

is not just people come and see us if you need usm is notjust people on benefits to struggle. it is people who work that struggle. it is people who work that struggle more because they get less help from the government. now look at the weather. we have seen some cloudy weather but it has been warmer and sunnier further west. this is wales captured by one of our weather watchers. for most of us it is looking dry. there will be more a sun across eastern parts. it is further west that you received the lion's share of the sunshine. maybe odd shower is across south wales in devon, somerset and hampshire. in east anglia and the midlands the cloud will tend to

break up. jaya conditions for northern england and northern ireland as well. across scotland most ireland as well. across scotland m ost pla ces ireland as well. across scotland most places are dry. eastern scotla nd most places are dry. eastern scotland may see some more cloud. showers across wales and the south west are going to die away and it will be dry from most of us that then on wednesday you will see this area of rain working in from the west. we a re area of rain working in from the west. we are going to see wet and windy weather on wednesday with low pressure moving in from the atlantic. the wet and windy weather will push its way across england, wales and scotland through the day. northern ireland clearing quite quickly. a blustery and great sort of day for many above on wednesday. then we will see a return to sunnier spells. temperatures of 17—21

degrees and feeling cooler than that in the breeze. low pressure in the north—west as ahead to wednesday night and into thursday. another blustery day, quite windy, particularly in the north—west weather will be heavy rain. elsewhere across the country sunnier spells and blustery showers. 16—20 degrees. similar on friday. a breeze from the west will bring sunshine and scattered showers. heavy rain will move in from the west and it will move in from the west and it will be an unsettled weekend ahead. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines at three: the mother of the terminally ill baby charlie gard is returning to the high court to request he's allowed to die in the comfort of his own home.

a fully—electric version of the mini is to be built at bmw's plant near 0xford, as the company insists it sought nor received any reassurances from the government post—brexit. the number of nhs vacancies in england in the first part of the year has risen to 86,000, up by 10% from last year. a perfect storm. not enough coming in and more people leaving than joining the profession, which is a terrible position to be in. house—builders could be banned from selling new homes as leasehold in england, as increasing annual charges make it impossible for some buyers to sell their homes. a warning that uk animal welfare standards could be jeopardised by cheaper imports after brexit.