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 oxford, 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. also in the next hour, thousands of firefighters battle 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". good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. charlie gard's mother has returned to the high court for a new hearing a day after abandoning legal action over treatment for her terminally—ill baby. lawyers told a judge that connie yates and charlie's father, chris gard, want to put the "bruising dust" of the legal fight behind them and have their final hours

with charlie at home. with charlii’ifl needs 0ur correspondent lisa hampele is at the high court. judge in hearing? connie yates arrived just after 2pm. this hastily arranged hearing. we thought yesterday was the end of the battle and the family states decide they would allow charlie to die. they said in june they would allow charlie to die. they said injune that they would allow charlie to die. they said in june that they would like him to die at home. today, that is what this hearing is about, they wa nt is what this hearing is about, they want tranquillity with them. they wa nt want tranquillity with them. they want him to die at home and put the bruising just behind him of the legal battle. in the last 30 minutes, thejudge has adjourned the

hearing, wanting mediation, more information. he does not want to make the court order himself. he thinks they should be decided between the family and the hospital but we know the relationship there is very difficult. we have heard from thejudge in is very difficult. we have heard from the judge in the last few minutes that he wants more information on the plan to take charlie home and what the options are. he had said that if going home can be achieved within reason, i would like to achieve that for them. he wants more information. back in june, the parents said great 0rmond street hospital would not allow charlie to go home to die. the pa rent charlie to go home to die. the parent said there were issues about him being able to go home, we understand perhaps something to do with the transport, a big team, whether it would be safe and they

a lwa ys whether it would be safe and they always put charlie's interest first, not the parents'. it is his interests everyone here is trying to work out. the judge says he would rather mediation. how likely is that? widget not know that. the lawyers are being to talk. they are probably talking now. he has asked them to mediate. probably talking to them to mediate. probably talking to the hospital. charlie's mother is here in court, and the father is probably with charlie at great 0rmond street. they want to spend what precious time they have left with charlie, their warrior, their little angel, they said yesterday. they are trying to do their best to ta ke they are trying to do their best to take him home. the relationship has not been good between the hospital.

the family came to court to try again to allow their son to have the chance of treatment in america. we heard from them yesterday that, after the latest mri scan last week, that even the american dr who had not examined charlie before last week and gave them what great 0rmond street said was false so, he now says it is not possible for treatment. a fully electric version of the mini is to be built in the uk. the firm's german owners bmw said the new model's electric drivetrain will be built at its plants in bavaria before being integrated into the car at cowley, near 0xford. the government described decision as a vote of confidence in britain's industrial strategy. with me is our business presenterjamie robertson. many sighs of relief because there was real concern that bmw was thinking of taking it back? they have been a lot of worries that a

lot of the car companies were not interested in a uk that was outside of the single market. the reason is, the problem occurs because the car industry more than any other in the world has a vast and complex supply system. these supply system stretches around the world and in the single market, all car manufacturers within the uk have those tentacles going out into the single market in europe, supplying and selling back into that market. spare parts, the whole vehicles. financial times did a survey of the number of times that one particular pa rt number of times that one particular part of a van crossed the channel, which was five times. if you do not have frictionless borders, you will get a hold—up. that is the problem and this seems to be a vote of confidence. what will be done about that, no one seems to know. on the

other hand, a pragmatic business decision. a model already built there. an electric model, it won't involve a huge change in the market? in bavaria, ben shaped hole and put in here. —— cowley put in here —— drivetrain put in here. bmw have around ten electric vehicles. all their vehicles either electric or hybrid very shortly. 2018, roadster, and other models coming out there after. they have been doing sustained trials and production of many electric car since 2008. they are men ahead of many manufacturers,

traditional manufacturers, in terms of electric car manufacturer, production and trials. it is just one part of that. the uk can be proud that it has that manufacturing for 2019 of the mini. they say there has been no issues. i wonder, purely speculation, about the increasing talk about some type of transition period. a car production starting in 2019, bmw most of their frictionless borders will be maintained for several years after brexit. that must be what they are hoping for. whether they get it or not, we will see. more from you later. 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 could be very big & exciting."

he then criticised the eu — describing them as "very protectionist with the us." 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. 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. joining me now from edinburgh is merryn somerset webb, editor in chief of the financial magazine moneyweek. putting flats to one side. the issue

is houses. how do you justify lease out where they only have the house? you really can't. there is an attempt to justify it by saying there are, services, land, wrote that access the houses and there needs to be some way to jointly pay. the answer is not selling people a reseller. it is sheer exploitation. it is related to low interest rates like everything. if you charge someone like everything. if you charge someone £275 per year, seven or 8% interest rates. and assets you can sell to someone else, it goes up rapidly. if you can have doubling over a 10—year period, suddenly you have an asset worth quite a lot separate to the house. it is a new strea m separate to the house. it is a new stream of income for the house—builders. someone thinks they area house—builders. someone thinks they are a house owner but only a tenant.

you could call it a scam, you could call it exploitative at best. it is an attempt to squeeze more cash and income out of the house and land. you can get a double whammy. you can sell the other part to a fund of some kind and the house to the other party. it is not good behaviour but thatis party. it is not good behaviour but that is what it is. why did they buy the house is in the first place? when you buy a new home, your solicitor is supposed to point out these very issues. they are saying, oh, no, we cannot sell it. you can blame the home—buyer themselves. you should have read the small print, you should say. 0r should have read the small print, you should say. or why unhurt wine did not their solicitors say, this will not be able to be sold. you do not own this house. the things

lawyers are supposed to say. and why oui’ lawyers are supposed to say. and why our mortgage lenders lending when they know they will be difficult to sell later? 0r they know they will be difficult to sell later? or you could turn to the house—builder and say, why did you not explain this properly? people are being told it would be £2000 and then they found out £30,000. is there a proper problem here or irresponsible buyers? a mixture of both. izzy and set in the long run to get those who miss sold to pay for the means to make it properfree help? —— freehold ? for the means to make it properfree help? -- freehold? we have seen some house—builders put money aside to deal with claims coming from buyers in the future and i suspect we will see buyers under the impression they we re see buyers under the impression they were buying something that was theirs and were shocked to find out

it belongs to the house—builder by eight and they cannot make it properly. —— or a fund they cannot locate properly. the mother of terminally ill baby charlie gard is returning to the high court this afternoon, 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 neither sought nor received any assurances 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 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 despite a comeback could not come back after going 3—0 down to bayern munich. it finished 3—2. i'll be back with more on those stories later. 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 correspondent vishala sri—pathma joins us now from king's cross railway station. passengers, according to the survey, are happier with their overall experience when it comes to trains journeys. the survey is quite comprehensive, covering leg space,

standing space on a train to efficiency and punctuality. earlier, we spoke to passengers in birmingham. 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 on a 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. mixed opinions. that is the picture we are getting at king's cross. a divide between commuters travelling during peak hours against one to travel off—peak. and passengers travelling longer distances, they tend to be happier. 0verall, punctuality has got better and passengers are happy getting places on time. 0verall, they tend to be better satisfied than seven or ten yea rs better satisfied than seven or ten years ago when surveys were done and they were not as happy with the punctuality. if you were on a train this morning and did not feel the benefit because it was overcrowded,

that comes across and so those as well. 0verall, yes, things are getting better. 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. janet davies from the royal college of nursing gave us her reaction to the figures. 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. 0ur health correspondent smitha mundasad explained what the vacancies mean for the nhs. looking at the nhs jobs website is

not the perfect way of assessing vacancies. this is a perfect storm, it is said, of low wages and increasing pressure. it is worth saying this includes notjust nurses and midwives, which make up the highest proportion of soldiers, but doctors, dentists, technical staff, clerical staff. since 2010, doctors, dentists, technical staff, clericalstaff. since 2010, it doctors, dentists, technical staff, clerical staff. since 2010, it is then said that thousands more doctors have been brought in and finding new ways to recruit and train staff. but more and more leaving. with 86,000, it would suggest patients must be suffering one way or the other. this is what patient groups are saying. people have said on the ground they feel there are fewer nursing staff to go around. these unions have said that all of their staff are under increasing pressure. though officials will be looking into what

the implications of what these numbers mean. bmw have said it plans to build a new version of the mini at its cowley plan. we are talking to a representative from the unite union. it is good news. is there a downside? good news for the uk car industry. good news for our members, and the country. we have been kabaddi to get the new electric vehicles produced here in the uk along with the infrastructure, so the announcement today by bmw is very welcome indeed. a great workforce, not just in very welcome indeed. a great workforce, notjust in cowley but the swindon facility as well. it

will provide a boost to the uk car industry. at the moment, it will underpin employment of the mini. eight world speaking car, producing a mini per minute. it will underpin production at cowley and swindon. a good future for our members and the mini plant in the uk. a lot of people would say, they build the mini there already, it is not a big deal. but there have been concerned about losing this in recent months? there have been patient discussions with bmw behind the scenes. we build the mini, but the electric vehicle, the mini, but the electric vehicle, the fully electric vehicle, it is not the only company that are looking to produce electric vehicles. we are encouraging the manufacturers to build here in the

uk. we have a world beating car industry, and workforce. we want to build not just the industry, and workforce. we want to build notjust the cars and the panels, but also eventually the engines and infrastructure. what is the significance with the wider picture after brexit of our position within europe for the wider car industry? there are other car companies in similar positions here. we are working, campaigning that the next generation of models, including hybrids and electric should be produced here in the uk, irrespective of brexit. we have a world beating workforce. very highly skilled, very flexible, across the uk car industry that we want to see these models and the new generation of electric and hybrids manufactured here in the uk. this is a vote of

confidence? a vote of confidence in the workforce at bmw in the uk, a highly skilled workforce, very flexible, making top—quality cars. the mini is an iconic vehicle. we are sure the electric version is going to be a world beater as well. difficult to imagine an italianjob title chase with a quiet mini!|j think title chase with a quiet mini!” think michael caine's famous quote perhaps pales into insignificance. i'm sure our members and the workforce across the uk bmw businesses will be very pleased. 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. a look at the weather now.

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. variable. druid out through the afternoon. temperatures around 2a degrees. the best day of the week today. sunshine to end the day. through early wednesday, that will sit across northern ireland, dry towards the east first thing tomorrow.

for treatment. 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 olympic long jump champion greg rutherford has withdrawn from next week's world championships in london because of an ankle injury. 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 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. on the track, rio 2016 olympian 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. 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 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. charlie gard's mother has returned to the high court for a new hearing

a day after abandoning legal action over treatment for her terminally—ill baby. lawyers told a judge that connie yates and charlie's father, chris gard, want to put the "bruising dust" of the legal fight behind them and have their final hours with charlie at home. the court adjourned for half an hour and thejudge the court adjourned for half an hour and the judge said the court adjourned for half an hour and thejudge said he the court adjourned for half an hour and the judge said he wanted the lawyers to talk amongst themselves about mediation and the beast way forward. they went back into court, they couldn't agree. we are hearing now that the family are not talking to the hospital, they're only talking via lawyers, and we have had a statement in the last few minutes from great ormond street hospital, which is a positional statement. connie yates arrived here about 2 o'clock, she's been arguing the case to be able to take charlie home because the family want him to go in his cot, to have a bath at home and to die at home. we have heard from

great ormond street, they are saying that that simply isn't possible. they say that charlie's best interests and the parents' needs have to be carefully balanced, but they have to have a care plan which is safe and which will protect his dignity and that there are two issues, where he will die and how he will die. now, the family want him to go home, the hospital say, as far as gosh is aware, invasive ventilation is only provided in a hospital setting, it requires air to be forced into the lungs for reasons that are obvious, but that process and the safe positioning of the tube have to be monitored by an itu nurse and a doctor has to be on call and at close hand and those resources cannot be provided by the hospital at the home. they say that that gosh is aware that there are other practical problems, they say the ventilator doesn't fit through the

front door and that there are stairs and corners to negotiate and that the physical layout of the route between the ambulance and pavement of the home would mean that charlie would have to be taken off the ventilator and they say that this is what they call hand bagging until he was inside. charlie is a child who requires highly specialised treatment, his care cannot be simplified, it must be provided in a specialist sitting and it's in charlie east best interests and everybody‘s that the risk of a distressing ordisordered death is removed so that he may be assured of a peaceful and dignified passing. now, as i say, it's obvious that the family and the hospital are not talking, they are not agreeing. the judge has said he wants them to go back and he wants a timetable of mediation and court will resume tomorrow. he wants to see what is going to happen and he'll rule tomorrow if he has to. he says he doesn't want to make a court order on this, he wants them to come to a

decision. we have heard also from great 0rmond street hope in the last few minutes that they are suggesting that a hospice is the right place for him to go and they have identified a hospice, they've put this to the parents and this is what they're proposing. but the parents are still saying they want charlie to die at home. another issue is how long he can survive if he was taken home. the parents say they want to have days with him at home. but the hospital says that in fact if he goes home, he could only have hours to live, not days, as they want. of course, with every hour that his mother is in court, that's hours that she's not spending with her son? absolutely. yesterday after the end of the this very, very long protracted legal battle, they said they wanted to spend every moment they wanted to spend every moment they could with their little angel, their warrior, as they called him. it seems obvious to us that charlie's father, chris, is with him at great ormond street hospital because connie is here on her own

with the lawyers. yesterday, they said that they wanted to maximise the time they could have with him and that every moment was precious and, as you know, charlie would have been one—year—old in two weeks' time on the 11th august. it's his first birthday then. they say they know they won't be spending his first birthday with him. he was taken to hospital in october so this has gone on for a very long time. we know also that they have said that they wa nt also that they have said that they want him to die with dignity and don't want to keep him alive for no real reason, they simply want those few precious moments at home with their son. thank you very much. justin bieber is cancelling the rest of his world tour due to unforeseen circumstances. the final 15

performances were scheduled to be in north america and asia. the music reporter from north america and asia. the music reporterfrom radio 1's newsbeat steve holden. why, what is going on? there's more to it than meets the eye. to cancel 1a gigs after 150, there's something more at play and scooter brawn, his long—term manager, posted a statement on instagram saying; a man's soul and well—being that i truly care about came first and we must all respect and honour that, indicating there is maybe some kind of breaking point at play here because if you imagine he's a solo performer, the world's biggest pop star, every single thing he does, every concert, every activity off stage is scrutinised, he doesn't get a break in the eyes of some people, so maybe it'sjust the time he needs a bit of a rest. in the interests of balance, may he just have looked at his bank account

and realised he doesn't have to do any more and decided not to do it? absolutely. the tour has made millions, averaging around 40,000 tickets per gig, another 500,000 people were due to see him. he's not shy of money. but from the promoter and the management point of view, they make their money through touring. so they will get as much touring. so they will get as much touring as they can out of their artists. 150 thoughs in a year—and—a—half is a phenomenal amount, so it might not be his decision to actually give this up but somebody may have stepped in and gone, look, we need to give this guy a rest because he's been working nonstop since he was 12 or 13. what about other believers, notjust you and me, how will they feel? fans are going to be gutted and i've seen loads of people on twitter saying they're heartbroken and this is the worth thing that ever could be imagined, but on the other side of

the coin, he has a dedicated fan base happy to go along with whatever his personal opinion is, so if he says he's sorry he's betrayed or disappointed, they'll go along and give him a bit of a break. he's got a long career ahead of him. i'm sure there'll be another tour in the future. in terms of his history, have we seen any brattish tendencies in the past? we have. he's been in the news for things he got up to in other countries. china seen his past repertoire of misbehaving and said he's not right for their country. in recent months, he seems to have come over the hill a little bit. he posted a picture of one of his old police mug shots on instagram and he said, i look at this all the time and know it's a place i don't want to go back to. so earlier we could have said, blame this on him being a

brat but now, especially after the death of chester bennington, in terms of looking at artists, looking after their mental health and well—being and saying, you know, we need to, for as much as they have an amazing life and tour the world and everything is done for them, there's still a person, and a brain and some well—being to look after. still a person, and a brain and some well-being to look after. we hope he is all right, don't we? i hope so. yeah. steve, thank you very much. 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. our 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. 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. 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. a fully electric version of the mini is to be built at the cowley plant near oxford. 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. outstanding 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%. a vote in confidence has been given to bmw as they're to build the new

electric kmini. david bailey, professor of industry at aston universityjoins us professor of industry at aston university joins us now. professor of industry at aston universityjoins us now. is this as good as it sounds? it's certainly very good news and a signal of the way the car industry is going. we'll see more electric cars on the roads over the coming years as they become more competitive. it doesn't tell us anything about brexit though and the trade barriers we may face in the future. how can a company like bmw commit itself say for 2019 through to the life home office this car in an environment where it doesn't know the tariffs it will be paying as it ta kes stuff the tariffs it will be paying as it takes stuff back—and—forth across the channel, doesn't know about the theys that will be involved in customs as it takes stuff to and from the channel. how can it afford to ta ke from the channel. how can it afford to take that stand? this is an existing model already produced at oxford, so they are making an electric version of that. it doesn't make sense to set up complete new production elsewhere but if we were

to end up in the uk with a hard brexit with tariff and non—tariff barriers, it would make it much more difficult for bmw to export and importand difficult for bmw to export and import and put in the components. they've factored that issue in. but the big issue is when we look at the next generation of the models, like the bmw or the vauxhall astra, will car companies commit then to major investment in the uk if they don't know about the trade barriers going forward. so what extent when you build an electric car, how different is it in terms of the infrastructure you have to build in order to build it, how different is that from what we have already? you can use the existing production line then slot in the batteries and drive train. if you are designing from the scratch up you are designing from the scratch upa you are designing from the scratch up a genuinely new electric car like the nissan, it's a different process. going forward in terms of the long—term, as we switch over to electric cars much more widely across the industry, we will see the

development of a new supply chain. that raises a question of whether the investment will be in the uk or it will be elsewhere and whether we import components. so the car industry is faced with this double decision, you have got brexit on one hand do, we go with the uk and also you've got reinvesting in the whole new infrastructure if it goes for electric cars? the current industry will transform more over the next ten yea rs will transform more over the next ten years than it has done over the last hundred years, we are going to see electric cars, and driverless ca rs are see electric cars, and driverless cars are coming remember. we are set to see this mobility transformation over the next few years, big investment in the industry. if we don't get the decisions right on brexit an make sure the uk is a competitive place to invest, we could lose that investment. thank you very much. unfair charges levied on house buyers could be banned on a crackdown. lease holds will be

outlawed. ground rents could be dramatically reduced under government plans subject to public consultation in the next few months. earlier, our economics correspondent andrew walker highlighted why the crackdown was needed. this is something the communities and local government secretary sajid javid calls a great scandal of the housing market, whereby people buying new homes may buy them on a lease hold basis and have to pay ground rent which can in some cases escalate dramatically. he's written about this in times quite colourful terms in today's times. he says, for example, that if you go to the butcher and buy sausages for the barbecue, you don't get an invoice for the following hundred years, if you buy a bucket and spade, you don't get change of ownership levies when you pass them on. he talks about some examples. 3,000% increases in some cases in ground rent to something approaching £10,000. so he thinks there is

certainly, although there are cases where lease hold arrangements are justified, commonly used in flats, he's clearly concerned that in some cases they are being used in an unfair, financially abusive way. if you are a fan of make soft paint, breathe easy, microsoft confirmed it's not going to scrap it. it's been part of microsoft since 1985 and is part of the furniture and about as exciting, according to critics. paint 3d will be part of the windows package. shares in mcdonalds urged 5% after they posted the biggest rise in sales at its established restaurants globally in five years. it's thanks to a turnaround plan put in place two yea rs turnaround plan put in place two years ago by steve easterbrook in order to reduce traffic at its us restau ra nts. order to reduce traffic at its us restaurants. caterpillar, the world's biggest construction and mining equipment company reported a

46%jump in mining equipment company reported a 46% jump in quarterly profits. mining equipment company reported a 46%jump in quarterly profits. its shares have risen about 5.5%, all before the market opened though, the official market, on wall street, talking of which, we can show you the markets. caterpillar doing well pushes the dow up. the dow is only 30 companies, so when you get one of the companies in there going up a lot, you see the whole index go up. the nasdaq down a bit. that is the business news. more in an hour. 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. know news of what could be the world's bestjob. this is a zoo keeper in south—west china, him on the left, he dresses up as a panda in order to play with cubs. that is him second from the right now. he does it because the animals are due to be released in protective wildlife, the cubs have to learn to live on their own and not to rely on humans. so zoo keepers pretend to be pandas when they interact with the young animals. you can see the zoo cooper cuddling, playing with the cubs and they seem to be very happy to see what appears to be an older panda. there is so much you say, but i value myjob, so we'll go to the

weather! sarah has the weather forecast for us. it's a fine day out there today. we have sunshine across many parts of the country. a bit more cloud around across eastern england and parts of scotland too. for most, it's a dry story. let's ta ke for most, it's a dry story. let's take a look at some pictures around the country. blue skies, warm and sunny in the isle of wight there. further north and east, a bit my more cloud. for most places, it's remaining dry through the rest of today. into the afternoon, the chance of catching an isolated shower in wales and the south—west of england. dry this evening too. overnight, our attention turns to this area of rain working into the west. during wednesday, it will be wet and windy across northern ireland, south—west scotland, parts of wales and the south—west of england too. this is a front moving in from the west, producing notjust

heavy bursts but strong and blustery winds. not a particularly pleasant morning in wales and the south—west of england. should be try for the south—east up towards east anglia and much of yorkshire and newcastle for instance starts the day dry. we have rain across the north—west of england through northern ireland and southern and western scotland too. north—east scotland starts the day with sunny spells and one or two showers. all of us will see the wet, windy weather across the country throughout the day, that's down to the fact that this area of low pressure will be pushing this weather front west—to—east across the uk. as the front pushes further east, it will tend to be light and patchy in nature by the time it reaches east anglia and the south—east. breezy though with the arrival of that rain. from the west, we see a return to sunshine with a few scattered showers and it's not going to feel particularly warm. 17-21, going to feel particularly warm. 17—21, our top temperatures during the day on wednesday so make the most of the sunshine. moving through into thursday, low pressure staying in charge, it's going to be sitting

out towards the north—west. with winds rotating around that area of low pressure, a blustery feel to the weather, particularly across the far north—west with some persistent rain. elsewhere across the country, it's sunny spells, scattered blustery showers and 16—20, a little cooler than we expect for the time of year. staying breezy on friday. another unsettled day with sunshine and showers. particularly wet and windy in the far north—west. around 17-21 windy in the far north—west. around 17—21 on friday and then more rain lurking towards the south—west. that sets us up for a bit of an unsettled weekend ahead. all in all, staying changeable for the week ahead. blustery and cool for the time of year with plenty of show, on the way. this is bbc news. the headlines at four... 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 in oxford, 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. it's 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. also in the next hour, thousands of firefighters battle forest fires spreading across the south—east of france. areas of corsica and st tropez are among the areas badly hit,