this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 2pm: back in court — a judge will decide soon whether ii—month—old charlie gard should be able to leave great ormond street hospital to die at home. a drive towards cleaner air — the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040. we have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars off our roads to make sure we deal with the health problems that air pollution brings. the uk economy grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of the year, driven by retail and a booming film industry. also in the next hour — huge wildfires in the south of france. thousands of people, including many british holiday—makers, have been moved to safety to escape the flames. the supreme court rules that charging to bring an employment tribunal case is unlawful — the government says it will now refund claimants‘ fees. and a trial has begun to see whether dogs could help doctors diagnose parkinson's disease earlier. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. the court is reconvenienting now and thejudge is preparing to make his decision on whether the terminally—ill baby, charlie gard, should be allowed to leave great ormond street hospital to die at home with his parents. lawyers for great ormond street hospital say a hospice would be more appropriate. and charlie's mother is there? connie yeates has just arrived. it will be the final time she comes to court because the judge said if they can't come to a decision about

getting charlie home then i will getting charlie home then he will rule at 2pm. it's 2pm. - court is rule at 2pm. it's 2pm. the court is convening. connie arrived. chris gard is remaining by charlie's bed side at great ormond street hospital. thejudge has wanted mediation. he wanted them to come to their own decisions. the parents have refused mediation. they want charlie to be able to come home to die. their angel, their warrior as they call him. they say they want to bath him and have him in his own bed, but great ormond street hospital said they have moved heaven and earth to try and make that happen and the judge said he wanted that to happen too. but there were practicalities that it wasn't possible. charlie's parents pleaded last night for an intensive care paediatric doctor to come forward to try to make this happen. so we're going to hear now whether that has been possible. if they have found anyone, but yesterday great ormond

street said they tried up and down the country and there wasn't intensive care nurses and doctors who were able to go to charlie's home to make this happen and the practicalities of getting charlie from an ambulance and into his house, he would have to come off a ventilator and it just wasn't possible. we will know whether their last wish to have charlie back at home will happen. the judge last wish to have charlie back at home will happen. thejudge is saying otherwise he believes a hospice is the right place. throughout this case have never have been any winners or losers and every day it seems an even harder decision than the day before. if it is a hospice do we know what time scale everybody is working on? hospice do we know what time scale everybody is working 0mm hospice do we know what time scale everybody is working on? it is desperately sad and emotional and yesterday fraught in court. the tension was palpable. they are getting really angry with each other, the lawyers. nobody is, there isa other, the lawyers. nobody is, there is a very bad relationship between the parents and the hospital. we know that the hospital is saying that it's wrong to think that they

are putting up barricades and not allowing this to happen. they would like charlie to be able to die at home, but the problem, it is not just where he dies, it is how long he takes to die. the judge said he doesn't want to prolong this. he doesn't want to prolong this. he doesn't think it is a good idea for it to be days. thejudge is saying that it it to be days. thejudge is saying thatitis it to be days. thejudge is saying that it is in charlie's best interests for him now to be allowed to die with dignitily. on 11th april, that was his ruling, he should die with dignity and this should die with dignity and this should be ended and he hoped the pa rents would should be ended and he hoped the parents would come round to realising that was the best for charlie. they did that on monday. we know if they go to a hospice, it's unlikely, they will be able to spend a long time. the team from great ormond street hospital will be part of the transit team and they would go with him and they are the specialists and they would be with charlie when the ventilator is taken away. we don't know if the parents are going to agree with that and we are going to agree with that and we are waiting for thejudge

are going to agree with that and we are waiting for the judge to rule if they don't. lisa, thank you very much. joining me now is professor catherine walshe, an expert in palliative and end of life care at lancaster university. yes, the priority is the parents should get what, as much as what they want, but the bottom line is for charlie in the last hours, possible days of his life, that he doesn't suffer anymore? certainly. i mean it's an extraordinarily distressing case and i think we should be looking towards palliative ca re should be looking towards palliative care here. palliative care is really important approach that focuses on quality of life and quality of dying for people and that's certainly what oui’ for people and that's certainly what our focus needs to be now in the best interests here for charlie. the best interests here for charlie. the best interests here for charlie. the best interests for charlie, his pa rents best interests for charlie, his parents will argue, are that he is at home with his family around him, at home with his family around him, at that is their priority and everybody watching this case, however difficult, can understand that. but is there a conflict with

what is in charlie's best interests? well, i think with the palliative ca re well, i think with the palliative care approach, our approach is a lwa ys care approach, our approach is always about the best interests of the person, but also the entire family. so, ithink, the focus the person, but also the entire family. so, i think, the focus has to be on charlie in this case, but certainly a palliative care approach would be about how we care for the entire family and everyone associated with that situation. i think the complexity of this case here certainly from a palliative ca re here certainly from a palliative care approach is clearly as you've already indicated that actually the specialist requirements here are not about palliative care per se, but they are actually about the need that he appears to have for intensive care, although, of course, i'm not familiar with the ins and outs of his medical and clinical needs. and without going into those specifics, in general terms, a hospital, a hospice, a home, what are the differences and the

challenges that each present in terms of palliative care? well, palliative care is provided in all of those settings and in fact, eve ryo ne of those settings and in fact, everyone working in those settings is very familiar with a palliative ca re is very familiar with a palliative care approach to care. specialist palliative care focuses, of course, on those who are towards the end of life and again is provided in all of those settings, but specialist palliative care is a team approach. so usually in specialist palliative ca re so usually in specialist palliative care settings we would be working alongside other people. so in most cases, palliative care can be provided in all of those settings and people have different preferences, of course, about where they might like to die. some people would prefer to be in a hospital setting with the safety and security of the technology perhaps that is available there. others would prefer to die at home. we know a lot of people want to die at home, but ultimately when they recognise the complexity of the care that may well be required, sometimes change their minds. of course, here i'm talking

about adults who have capacity and can obviously communicate with us about the needs that they have. the end of any life, particularly that ofa end of any life, particularly that of a baby like this, should be done in private. there is a realfeeling of discomfort for, i suspect, anybody watching these developments, anybody watching these developments, a sense that we really would rather they were able to do it on their own, whatever their decision is. it is that public nature of something like this. i mean that must put huge extra strain not just like this. i mean that must put huge extra strain notjust on the family, but on the doctors involved as well? i think this is incredibly complicated and incredibly distressing for everybody concerned andi distressing for everybody concerned and i think we have to recognise that i'm sure that the people who are caring in this situation are as distressed, certainly are distressed in the way that the parents are distressed. it's just an in the way that the parents are distressed. it'sjust an incredibly challenging situation. but in terms of doing it privately, i would argue

that wherever somebody dies, whether it's in hospital, whether it's into a hospice, whether it's at home, we can provide a very good quality of palliative care and be responsive and person centred in the way that we provide that care, irrespective of where that might happen. professor, thank you for your time this afternoon. thank you. new diesel and petrol cars and vans are to be banned from 2040, under government plans to try to combat air pollution. the proposals include a fund of more than £250 million for local councils, to speed up efforts to combat emissions from diesel vehicles though there is no commitment to a car scrappage scheme. there are currently 38.6 million cars licensed in the uk — fewer than 100,000 of those are electric—only. across the uk, there are just over 4,000 charging locations which compares with more than 8,000 petrol stations. but critics say the government should have done more to combat pollution right now. our first report is from our environment analyst roger harrabin. air pollution is linked to 40,000

premature deaths a year. the government was ordered by the court to publish a full strategy to clean up the air this month. the biggest problem is toxic n02 emissions from diesel vehicles. i go down the gym every day of the week, but i would not dream of running down here. i see guys and women running, etc, smog levels are too much. people tell me it is bad. i accept that. but there is nothing i can do about it personally. there is a lot of data coming out showing the effect on respiratory health, mortalities, in newspapers all the time. so i am massively concerned. electric vehicles are seen as the long—term solution. the government confirmed today its policy of banning the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by 2040. we have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars from our roads if we are going to make sure not

only do we deal with the health problems air pollution causes, but also that we meet our climate change targets. the good news is the car industry is already moving in this direction, so volvo and indeed just yesterday, mini, are both moving in this way. it is critically important we provide encouragement from government to help the car industry do the right thing. but what about pollution now? in the short—term, local roads will be altered and bus services improved. with a £255 million additional package for cleaner transport. other measures may follow. london has deterred cars from coming into town with its congestion charge. in the autumn that will become a toxic charge for dirty vehicles in particular. we may see zones like that in other towns and cities in the country is councils cannot sort out their own problems. but neither councils nor government want to take the rap for charging diesel drivers for using cars that the government originally encouraged them to buy. to reduce emissions that fuelled climate change.

what we need now is some robust action taken by governments and not just relying on local authorities to make unpopular decisions. paying drivers to scrap old diesel cars is another idea but the treasury said it is bad value for money. it will not happen, at least for now. so how useful is the government's new air strategy? we need to see the detail of what they are announcing. while we welcome the move to cleaner vehicles, it's too long in the future to do anything about the air quality crisis that we have now. it seems we have another secretary of state failing to grasp what even he calls a public health emergency. we should've seen the environment secretary announcing today was paradigms shift, a system shift to put people at the heart of towns and cities and not more cars, however they are powered. and we need him to talk about a massive investment in public transport,

about a proper network of clean air zones. much more investment is needed in cleaner transport, critics say. they will be looking to the chancellor and his autumn statement to see how much the government is willing to spend to clean up illegally polluted air. so what do these proposals mean for the car industry? is it ready to produce electric cars only in less than 25 years? our correspondent theo leggett has been examining whether the motor industry can deliver. newsreel: anglo-american corporation has resulted in a new small car... the internal combustion engine has been powering cars for more than 100 years, but is it nearing the end of the production line? the government wants to ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040, and make electric vehicle is the norm. major manufacturers, such as volkswagen, bmw, and renault already have big plans for battery—powered models. but they still make up a small share of the market. last year we sold 10,000 pure

electric battery—powered vehicles in the uk out of a market of 2.7 million. it's a huge shift. that's what you need a good framework to encourage that shift. britain isn't alone in planning a ban. france also wants to get rid of petrol and diesel cars by 2040. india wants to phase them out by 2030. and norway is even more ambitious, its target is 2025. if the government want us all to be one day driving electric cars like these that it will have to give some thought as to how to provide more of these, charging points. there are 37 million cars on the road today. if all of them will one day be electric powered we're going to need a lot more places to plug them in. so can it be done? industry insiders have their doubts. it's an incredibly vicious target and one that will be hard to hit.

car—makers are a long way down the road, they have electric cars on sale today and many more in the pipeline. but getting the infrastructure together to allow people to use these cars as a potential will be incredibly difficult. newsreel: here is a car that does not need gas... electric cars have had a bright future for many years but they are still a rare sight. there is little doubt that will change. but the road to complete infrastructure change will be a long way ahead. let's return to our lead story. the judge is deciding whether the terminally—ill baby charlie gard should be allowed to leave great ormond street hospital to die at home with his parents. our correspondent is at the high court. what is happening, lisa? we don't have a decision yet, but we been hearing from the family's lawyer who said they found a doctor from basingstoke who is willing to help. he is en route from his home to the

court and he says that he will be able to provide that intensive care that's needed for charlie so that he would be allowed to die at home. that was one of the problems yesterday and we've also heard from the family lawyer that charlie is, the family lawyer that charlie is, the nursing staff are volunteering, a number of nurses from great ormond street hospital are volunteering to help charlie so he could die at home and the lawyer is saying that there is also a company willing to give a ventilator that they could allow charlie to have within the next 24 hours. thejudge has asked to charlie to have within the next 24 hours. the judge has asked to see the cv of this doctor, this doctor who is en route here. so the family are still trying desperately to have charlie at home. they say they want him to die at home. they want him to come off the ventilator at home. the judge told us that he didn't want to rule. he didn't want to make a court order. he wanted the family to come

up order. he wanted the family to come up with the decision themselves. he suggested yesterday that a hospice was the best place which is what great ormond street were saying, but we're hearing that this battle, this fight that's gone on since last october is continuing. lisa, we will be back to you later. thank you very much. in donald trump has been tweeting in the last few minutes. he says that after consultation with his generals and military experts, please be advised that the united states government will not accept or allow trans gender to serve in the us military. he ends his tweet with the

words, "thank you." another barack obama initiative that donald trump appears to be determined to end. that happened in the last few minutes. we will get reaction from washington later to that. the headlines on bbc news: this afternoonjudge decides whether11—month—old charlie gard should be able to leave great ormond street hospital to die at home. a drive towards cleaner air — the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040. the uk economy grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of the year, driven by retail and a booming film industry. in sport, there's bad news for 12 times grand slam champion novak djokovic. the serb is out for the rest of 2017 due to an ongoing elbow injury which forced him to pull out of his quarter—final at this year's wimbledon. fast—bowler toby roland jones will make his debut for england in their third test against south africa

at the oval tomorrow. he'll replace mark wood who's not 100% fit. casey stoney will be fit for england's final group game at the european championship in the netherlands. i'll be back with more on those stories after 2.30pm. the british economy grew by 0.3% between april and june, according to the office for national statistics, boosted by retail and a booming film industry. but this is the economy's weakest six—month period for five years. our business correspondentjoe lynam has more details. this building company in buckinghamshire is busy. but the future pipeline of confirmed work is starting to dry up as budgets tighten for its customers. we've been given orders forjobs and at the last minute the clients have pulled away from us due to concerns over the market. gdp is the sum of all goods

and services in britain, that number grew by 0.3% from april to the end ofjune. but the figure for the construction sector was down by almost 1%. thankfully the services sector which includes all our shopping and dining out, was up half of 1%. it is a good thing we're still growing but of course we are growing slowly. interestingly if you look at the first half of the year, it is the slowest growth in five years for the first half. which of course is worrying. what is more is the position of gdp is concerning. all the growth has come from the consumers spending more and very little from anywhere else. and the chancellor acknowledged that brexit may have played a role in the sluggish economic performance. we always knew that this was going to be a year in which there was a certain amount of uncertainty around the economy as we go through our eu exit negotiations and businesses

and consumers perhaps unsurprisingly are waiting to see what the outcome is. what our future relationship with the european union is going to look like. but labour said that the weak gdp figures exposed the last seven years of conservative economic failure which it says showed that working families were being squeezed. one of the best performing parts of the economy during the period was britain's film industry. film production here as well as box office receipts from the cinemas, grew much faster than the rest of the economy. after a relatively weak first quarter, it looks as if consumers returned to the shops between april and june. that meant the weakness in manufacturing and construction was balanced by an uptick in retail spending which benefited the overall economy. the government has today changed its travel advice for tunisia.

it no longer advises against travel to most of the country, including tunis and the major tourist destinations. since the tragic terrorist attacks at the bardo national museum and sousse in 2015 the government has kept its assessment of travelling to tunisia under constant review with me is the travel editor of the independent, simon calder. this says it is ok? it doesn't say it is safe. foreign office reiterated what it said as of 1pm when the advice changed which is there is a high threat of terrorism and 30 british holiday—makers died on the beach in sousse over two yea rs on the beach in sousse over two years ago. the ban was put if place after that and there has been co nsta nt after that and there has been constant pressure by the tunisian authorities to lift the ban, but the foreign office said we don't yet believe that this the security measures are sufficiently in place. bearin measures are sufficiently in place. bear in mind there is lots of returningjihadis in bear in mind there is lots of returning jihadis in tunisia and there is a long, leaky frontier with libya which is effectively a failed state, but they are now satisfied

that you and i can happily go on holiday, bearing in mind that it is still on the high risk of terrorism list. and pressure from tunisians, understandably, given the amount of money that it brings in? yes. the tourist industry has been traumatised. tens of thousands of families whose livelihoods depend on tourism have just lost their income because hotels closed and other tourist facilities have been closing. the germans, and the french and the italians have been returning to tunisia, but there isn't going to be any kind of surge of british holiday—makers for the rest of summer season holiday—makers for the rest of summer season up holiday—makers for the rest of summer season up until october and even the winter programmes that the tour operators will probably want to put in place, it is a little too late for that, so it won't be until next spring that package holidays are put on sale, but meanwhile, anybody can fly there. the scheduled flight anybody can fly there. the scheduled flight from gatwick this morning touched down in tu is and there will be independent travellers returning

there, i imagine, from as early as this weekend. and quite a few tunisian hotels will want to take advantage and there will be deals? yes, after events like this, the best way to stimulate demand is to cut prices so it will be bargains around. the problem of, of course, for british holiday—makers is how safe is the place, it is still on the high risk of terrorism list and it seems that it will be sometime before, i think, it seems that it will be sometime before, ithink, a it seems that it will be sometime before, i think, a lot of people will feel reassured. certainly the soundings i have been getting from people on social media is that well, that's fine, but i'm not going to be returning there any time soon. the big question is how will the holiday insurance companies react? will it change anything? yes, as soon as the foreign office puts a country on the no go list, travel insurance, at least standard policies that holiday—makers would buy are invalidated. as from 1pm this

afternoon, tunisia is back, the same coverage as other places. clearly, that wouldn't cover you if you want to any of the areas shown as, where the foreign office advises against travel. tunis, sousse, they are back on? the islamic shrine is very much there. so, open for business as of lunch time today, but still some way from making a full recovery. simon, as ever, thank you. simon calder. more than 10,000 people in the south of france, including many british holiday—makers, have been moved to safety to escape rapidly spreading wildfire. a new blaze overnight has spread over a vast area, along the mediterranean coast. france has asked its neighbouring countries for more help to fight the fires. adina campbell reports. the latest fire devouring swathes of forest in southern france. firefighters overnight have been trying to keep the flames under control. more than 40 square kilometres of land has been affected along the mediterranean coast.

at about midnight we were woken up and i went down to the station at our site and there was an emergency news which is quite rare for our site. ijust looked up and it was like an inferno. there was just orange in the sky. it was amazing and a very, very scary sight to see. holiday—makers staying close to the popular st tropez holiday resorts have been moved to safety. including british tourists on a nearby campsite where some have ended up staying on beaches. there would have been a good 1,000 people on the beach. they had to stay there overnight, some of them with sleeping bags and it was quite a precarious situation. the fire was very close to the campsite. very strong winds. it could have spread very, very quickly. these wildfires have been raging here in the mountains for three days. they've also affected parts

of corsica where hundreds of homes have been evacuated. france has already asked for europe's help to deal with the fires. 4,000 firefighters and troops, backed with water bombers, have been used to put out the flames. officials say at least 12 firefighters have been injured and 15 police officers affected by smoke inhalation. the head of the fire service in the south—east of france has said extra firefighters have been drafted in to keep the flames at bay. the brother of diana princess of wales, earl spencer, has told the bbc that he still has nightmares about being part of the public procession behind his sister's coffin 20 years ago. he described the walk, alongside his nephews, princes william and harry, as the most horrifying half hour of his life. our royal correspondent peter hunt has been listening to the interview. on that walk, that's been in the

public domain because prince harry has questioned why a 12—year—old should have been made to walk behind the coffin and earl spencer says he was that lied to and it was suggested to him by palace officials that the young princes wanted to walk behind their mother's coffin and alastair campbell said they were there to give protection to their father prince charles because there we re father prince charles because there were worries that prince charles might be booed by the crowd. he touches on the issue of the eulogy. everyone remembers him for that eulogy. seen as a criticism of the royal family, he insists it wasn't saying pointed things. everything he said was true and he was trying to celebrate diana. peter hunt our royal correspondent. let's get a weather update. it has been wet for many parts of

the uk. in it is moving from west to east. we have got brighter skies following along behind it. so, mid—afternoon dribs and drabs of rain left over in the south east. some showers beginning to get going in the north and the west. only 17 celsius in glasgow, 20 or 21 celsius in the south—eastern corner. now through this evening, an area of rain will clear away from the south east. clear skies for many in the south—eastern side of the uk. a few heavier ones in the north—west. temperatures around ten celsius overnight, 13 or 14 celsius towards cardiff and london. it should be a bright, breezy start for the eastern side of the uk, but from early on, there will be showers on the western side. those will make their way some distance inland. so it is a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. some of the showers could be on the heavy side. top temperatures 17 in glasgow. 21 celsius in london. hello. this is bbc news at 14:30pm. are the hearing that has begun at

the high court to decide whether the seriously ill charlie gard can leave hospital. the lawyer has found a doctor willing to care for the little boy if he is allowed to leave hospital. our correspondent lisa hampele is at the high court in central london. time is an issue here. absolutely. the court has just adjourned. they are waiting for this doctored to arrive. last night, the parents pleaded for a paediatric in intensive care surgeon to come forward so they could take charlie home and his last moments could be overseen as is needed for him to have the care that he desperately needs when he comes off a ventilator. in court, it has been clarified in the last few minutes that it appears the family have agreed that charlie should go to a hospice and not home, because his

doctor on his way here from basingstoke, he says he can help, but he is now saying that the lawyer for the family has said he would help with charlie in a hospice. we have heard that he is coming, you will be here soon, and thejudge has said he wants to the ucb. we have also heard that he isn't the doctor that is... he would head this team up, but he is not a paediatric intensive care care doctor, but he would be able to provide a doctor thatis would be able to provide a doctor that is needed as part of his team. thejudge has adjourned that is needed as part of his team. the judge has adjourned this until he comes. we've also been hearing from thejudge, he said he comes. we've also been hearing from the judge, he said that he has been getting crossed with social media. there have been a lot of tweets and misinformation. he said he wants to deal with a nonsensical notion that this is being decided by me, because of a system of socialised medicine in this country. he doesn't like some of the tweets.

thejudge has done his best to allow charlie to die at home. he was pleading in court yesterday, "can't we make this happen" and then we heard from great ormond is it that it was practicalities. charlie is to tell. he wants charlie to be able to die with dignity. he would like this not to go on and on and it seems the family nanny may agree that he go to a hospice rather than diet home. we will be back to you with any further developments, lisa. thank you. this is bbc news at 14:30pm. that get a sport update. 12—time grand slam champion novak djokovic

won't play again this year because of an elbow injury. it means he'll miss this year's us open in new york — the first time he'll miss a major since making his debut in 2004. djokovic retired hurt during his quarterfinal at wimbledon earlier this month and said at the time he was considering taking a break to recover from what is a long—standing injury. in a message on social media, he confirmed he wouldn't need surgery but rest was necessary. you will take a couple of months at least without the racket and then i am hoping that i can start to train and i'm looking forward, to be honest, to building my body, my game, my team as well, obviously. i'm happy to share that andre agassi is committed to sing with me next year. fast bowler toby roland jones will make his debut for england in their third test against south africa at the oval tomorrow. he'll replace mark wood who's not 100 % fit.. he'll replace mark wood who's not 100 % fit. roland jones' middlesex

team—mate steven finn has been placed on stand—by, but along with batsman tom westley, roland jones can look forward to earning his first cap under skipperjoe root. that consistency is why he is so highly thought of. he has taken a lot of wickets and is constantly banging on the door, so it's great for him to get his opportunity. he bowled consistently gets the ball to move around, which is what you're looking for. england will have defender casey stoney available for their final group game at the women's european championship in the netherlands. stoney missed the win over spain on sunday with a hamstring problem but trained today in utrecht. england face portugal tomorrow looking to make it three wins from three in group d. midfielderjade moore missed training but should also be available. manchester united manager jose mourinho says that some clubs are paying far too much for players this summer. his team of course spent 75 million on romelu lukaku earlier this month, but mourinho believes less wealthy clubs are overspending. we spent a lot of money

in the striker, and if you don't do that then we have no striker, that's obvious that nowadays especially for the strikers the amount of money is amazing. every club is getting players, every club is investing a lot. i think some clubs obviously they are paying too much and by paying too much they create a very strange and out of control market. but this is the reality now. mourinho's rival manager at manchester city has also been commenting on the spiralling transfer fees. pep guardiola has added five major signings to his squad this summer — at a cost of more than £200 million. city are currently on tour in los angeles and guardiola says he can see prices continue to rise. all clubs spend a lot of money, we are going to see until the 31st the amount of new transfers coming, so we will see 70, 80, 90, 100, more than that. maybe one day it will stop. and we will see.

adam peaty was left stunned by his own performances as he continues to set the standard for great britain at the world aquatics championships. the olympic champion beat his own world record in the 50 metre breaststroke twice in one day, becoming the first person to swim the event in less than 26 seconds. he goes in the final after 5:00pm looking to set an even faster time. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. we can get more on that supreme court ruling that the government's decision to introduce fees for bringing employment tribunal claims is unlawful and must be quashed. that means the government will immediately halt the charges and refund people who've already had to pay them. the practice of charging up to £1200 was pretending good practice. joining me now from our westminster studio isjoe egan,

president of the law society. is something you welcome? we do indeed. we were against these charges and advised against banging them in from the start. we feel vindicated to some extent that this result. because of the principle that everybody should have access to justice? that is right. we found they were discriminatory in many ways, because the affected women more than some others, the kinds of play that women bring in like equal play that women bring in like equal play and discrimination. the fact that a cleaner perhaps on minimum pay trying to bring a claim against an employer, of underpants is impossible to find. —— of £1200. the falloff in claims being brought was

about 70%. the ministry ofjustice putts own figures show that there we re putts own figures show that there were about 40,000 people a year who went to conciliation, failed to get a solution and indicated that they would have wished to have brought a claim, but simply couldn't afford to. caminiti book do you think have been affected? 14,000 is the figure we have got. we think there are many more thousands that directly affected. that is just the tip of the iceberg. at one point, the government argued that there were many unnecessary claims, was any evidence that? none that we have seen. evidence that? none that we have seen. there are other ways, if there we re seen. there are other ways, if there were claims that had no merit, there we re were claims that had no merit, there were other ways to deal with that rather than having a wholesale access to justice channel closed com pletely access to justice channel closed completely to disagree your ordinary man and woman in the street. you advise the government that this wasn't a good idea, the supreme

court has now backed yup. i do the government get away with it? court has now backed yup. i do the government get away with mm court has now backed yup. i do the government get away with it? it is ha rd to government get away with it? it is hard to say. the court of appeals found it in their favour, but right from the outset we said that this is not right, it's not fair. i think basically what the decision shows is that the court of appeal has said fairness needs to be taken into account, because we are a just society and you can't have a truly democratic society unless people have god rates can enforce them. these were rates that, fundamental employment rates that were no longer able to be enforced by the average person. not my kind ofjoining us. more now on our top story. new diesel and petrol cars and vans are to be banned from 2040, under government plans to try to combat air pollution. the proposals include a fund of more than 250 million pounds for local councils, to speed up efforts to combat emissions from diesel vehicles — though there is no commitment

to a car scrappage scheme. by by 2040, | by 2040, i think a lot of this will be underway. many of the major markets in the world, including the uk and eu. in terms of our technology trajectory in terms of the ego boost we have, electrification, clean diesels, we certainly see that had actually as being quite feasible and that we support. you're probably is going to be ground zero in terms of the transporter litigation and customer pool transporter litigation and customer pool, for many of the reasons that you mentioned: taxation, consumer consciousness, the decisions about what the government are prioritising and emphasising. china will because the behind and we think it will happen in the us, but on a large basis. this looks like something the

government has announced before. our ground—breaking is it? government has announced before. our ground-breaking is it? it is a useful distraction from the government's point of view away from their ear pollution strategy which has been published today. the publication has been delayed, it was supposed to be coming out at 9:30am. it has just supposed to be coming out at 9:30am. it hasjust come supposed to be coming out at 9:30am. it has just come out now. supposed to be coming out at 9:30am. it hasjust come out now. caminiti does? plenty. there is an interesting line about how i they going to play for the changes needed. who's going to pay and how much? you mentioned the £250 million, but that is just a drop much? you mentioned the £250 million, but that isjust a drop in the ocean for what is needed. it is clear from the document that came out that the government is considering vdu changes in the... vehicle exercise duty. yes, or car

tax. they cannot create new money, go to the magic money tree, they have to get more money in and they are talking about putting extra road tax on new diesel vehicles. the difficulty for them is that they get that 80% of their revenue from diesel and petrol sales. if everybody is going lecture, where that money coming from? that is a massive problem that they are aware of and doesn't know what to do about yet. at the moment, you home electricity system is charged at 5% packs. the uk government wanted to ta ke packs. the uk government wanted to take it to 0% tax but weren't allowed to because of eu rules. under brexit, the uk is allowed to charge 0% tax on electricity, which could mean that in a couple of yea rs' could mean that in a couple of years' time, everybody could be filling up their tanks without any payment at all if they have an electric car to the treasury. the treasury will not let that happen.

there are some thoughts that technologically you could have a technology that would spot when you are charging yourcarand technology that would spot when you are charging your car and charge at are charging your car and charge at a different rates for courage card. ideas day that is something that the treasury is aware of. in terms of the environment, what difference will it make? a lot of people are saying that we are already seeing global temperatures rising and we are putting this off until 2040, it's too little too late. from my point of view, that is a misunderstanding. we not putting it off until then, in order to get there by 2040, we will have had to have made lots and lots of incremental steps. the sort of steps that the government has already been criticised for not making. the pace of change will accelerate. i personally doubt whether, if i'm around then, whether i will see the government need to impose these

rules on banning cars which are petrol or dv o'connor, device expect the whole market will have changed by then. —— petrol or diesel, because i suspect. the car manufacturers don't want to be producing models that are obsolete. i think the industry is changing very quickly. roger, you and i will be around in 2040. there we are. thank you very much. the european court ofjustice has ruled that a law requiring refugees to seek asylum in the first country they reach applies even in exceptional circumstances. in other countries. today, the court accepted austria's and slovenia's argument that they had the right to return asylum seekers to their point of entry. we spoke earlier to our correspondent bethany bell from the austrian—slovenian border. i am on the austrian border was slovenia where some of those asylum seekers pass through trying to get into austria and file a claim for asylum.

the court ruled today that austria and slovenia were right to send two afghan women and their children back to croatia and also to send a syrian man back from slovenia to croatia, because it said the eu rules on asylum apply even in very exceptional circumstances like the migrant crisis, when hundreds of people were passing through this border where i am every day. it is interesting though, because the court also reminded both austria and slovenia that they could show solidarity with eu border states like croatia which were facing the brunt of arrivals. in a moment a summary of the business news ajudge will decide soon whether11—month—old hospital to die at home.

a drive towards cleaner air — the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040. the uk economy grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of the year, driven by retail and a booming film industry. moron that coming up. in the business news: the uk economy grew by 0.3% in the three months from april to june. that's an initial estimate from the office for national statistics. it's up slightly on the previous three months, when it grew at 0.2%. the growth was driven by an expanding services sector — which includes banks, shops and leisure. retail showed the strongest growth along with film production. but the construction and manufacturing sectors shrank. the car industry has warned moves to ban diesel and petrol cars could cost jobs. the society of motor manufacturers and traders said that the sector supports 800,000 jobs and these

could be at risk if enough time isn't given for the industry to adjust. environment campaigners said the ban — due by 2040 — does not come quickly enough. itv is feeling the love from love island — the programme's success helped the broadcaster attract more younger viewers. good growth at itv studios, which makes poldark and the voice, helped as well. it was enough to cheer investors — despite advertising revenue falling 8% in the first half of the year. the us president donald trump has said apple will build factories in the us. in an interview with the wall street journal, mr trump says apple's boss tim cook committed to building three big manufacturing plants in the us. now that would mean the president's promise to bring manfucaturing back to the us would be fulfilled. michelle fleury is at the new york stock exchange. what are apple saying to this? not a

great deal. when we reached out to the company, we got a no comment. maybe they were pre—empted, we do not know, because they will not same thing at the moment. there has been a lot of toxins donald trump came into office about america first. he has prioritised bringing jobs back to the us and reviving us manufacturing. we started to see companies talking about whether they would move plans from mexico back to the united states. we heard apple saying it was setting up a $1 billion fund. the glass manufacturer was one of them. this is the first thing we are hearing a bit more detail about plants. we will have to wait and see what and if the company will see going forward. we do know that one of their suppliers, has

also talked about opening a pint in the us. there are rumours swirling there. how easy is it going to be for donald trump to fill his promise on manufacturing? he made lots of promises during his campaign and they have been fluffed. will this be easier because he is directly addressing businesses rather than going through the senate and the house? the bullying if you like of corporate america to try and get them to bring back profits are part of the teesra tax purposes and to try and get them to spend it here. it's hard to tell how effective that has been. when companies are taking decisions about where to locate a plant, they do business plans. these are things that take long planning, not just for are things that take long planning, notjust for a are things that take long planning, not just for a couple are things that take long planning, notjust for a couple of are things that take long planning, not just for a couple of years, maybe five times, a 10—year horizon for when this investment will pay off. some of the announcements we

have already seen about plants and jobs coming back to the us, it's ha rd to jobs coming back to the us, it's hard to know how much of that was driven by the words of donald trump and how much of that was an accident of timing that it coincided with the arrival of the new administration. if you look at toyota, a car manufacturer that has opened a huge plant here in the american south, that was something that was in the works for years. that is where it becomes hard to tell how much is politics is influencing business decisions. we will monitor apple to see what they say about this. thank you very much forjoining us. in other business stories we've been following: more bad news for car—makers. the supervisory boards at two big german car—makers are to hold emergency meetings later today, after they were accused of breaching eu cartel rules. volkswagen and daimler have declined to comment on the allegations that they and other german car giants colluded to fix the price of diesel emissions treatment systems. shopping centre landlord hammerson has reported half—year results and they are quite healthy — profits are up 6% to £120 million.

hammerson boss david atkins says the high street shops are changing their priorities from online shopping back to retail purchasing in the next few years. hammerson owns more than 50 centres and retail parks across the uk, including birmingham's bullring, london's brent cross and cabot circus in bristol. now if you like to convince yourself your sugary snacks are healthy, well, here's a story that might help — nestle is to open its first factory injapan in more than 25 years, that's because of demand for exotic flavours of kitkats. these exotic flavours include green tea and wasabi. as we know, kitkats are traditionally made with milk chocolate, but different flavours are proving popular in asia. flavours like wasabi and green tea are helping kitkat sales injapan grow by 50% since 2010. so, the factory will focus on the more expensive versions of the snack which have been a hit with tourists. let's have a look at the markets before we go. the ftse100 is in the

green. that is it from me. we will be back in one hour. from finding bombs to catching drug smugglers, a dog's sense of smell has long been used to help people do difficultjobs. now a trial has begun to see whether dogs could help doctors diagnose parkinson's disease earlier, by detecting subtle changes in a person's smell, triggered by the symptoms. parkinson's, a degenerative disease, affects more than ten million people symptoms become apparent. tim muffett has been to see the dogs in action. kiwi is demonstrating a remarkable skill. the ability of dogs to sniff out cancer has been acknowledged for years. but now kiwi and other medical detection dogs are beginning a new challenge. what we're hoping to do is to train them to find the odour associated with parkinson's disease.

if they can do this, they could revolutionise the way in which parkinson's is detected. parkinson's can cause body tremors and leave sufferers unable to speak or walk. but as there's no diagnostic test, in its early stages sufferers often miss out on medication that can help. we didn't understand what was happening. joy, however, has a highly developed sense of smell. she noticed something different about les ten years before doctors diagnosed parkinson's. i started complaining about his smell. so what was this smell like you could detect on your husband? it was, i describe it as a very strong musky smell. joy's sense of smell is so strong doctors say it is rarely seen in humans. for dogs, however, it's a different story. some breeds of dog have more than 200 million scent receptors in their nose, that's compared to around five million for a human. and many believe that by harnessing that incredible sense of smell, more medical conditions could be sniffed out earlier. these medical detection dogs live

with families and come to the testing centre during the daytime. backed by the charity parkinson's uk, swabs from parkinson's sufferers will be introduced to see if the dogs can identify them. people might present at a neurological clinic or they might go to casualty because they have had a fall. or because they have had some other event not usual for them. and very rarely would they would they think they might have parkinson's. but if we could develop an early test, it really improves the patient‘s well—being if they know what's going on. the research and training will take six months. but 200 years after the condition was identified, it is hoped that dogs will soon help doctors diagnose parkinson's earlier. tim muffett, bbc news. you regular watchers will know, this

programme has an issue about pandas. these pictures were around last night. a zoo in tokyo is seeking name ideas for a new giant panda cub born at its ueno zoo. the female cub was born injune to mother panda shin shin. panda gurgles. her previous baby, born in 2012, survived only six days. the newcomer appears to be thriving, and the zoo is hoping she'll bring in huge crowds when she goes on display. yesterday on twitter, i suggested the name amanda. that did not go down very well. if you have any ideas, tweet us back. time now for a look at the weather. the last week injuly, but sadly the

weather is disappointing. here is the satellite sequence which shows a lot of cloud across all parts of the uk, it has moved through neither ireland and is bringing a fair bit of rain bright up and down the country. heavier brits across more northern parts, the rain lighter and patchy at the fred is that you are. a bit ofa patchy at the fred is that you are. a bit of a breeze pushing it from west to east. brighter skies following along behind. there will be some sunny spells in northern ireland, but showers coming in from the west for the afternoon. still some drips and dads of rain left over a cross some drips and dads of rain left over across east anglia. further west, brightening up quite nicely. quite breezy and only 18 or 19 celsius. the breeze will eventually push what's left of the rain away from the south east. still some showers through the evening and overnight. a a few sharp ones at that. the further west you are, the

drier it will be. here is the big picture for a thursday and we still have low pressure in charge of the weather. lots of white lines on the chart. the isobars indicate it will be quite blustery. a bright and breezy start. showers spreading their way from the west to east. and u nsettled their way from the west to east. and unsettled day. a little sunshine in between the showers, but when the showers, long, they could be on the heavy side. perhaps the odd rumble of thunder. the third test gets underway tomorrow, maybe a promising start to be day, but some showers getting going into the afternoon. a bit of sunshine as well and a breeze that the south and west. towards the end of the week, low pressure in charge of our weather. a fair number of skies buyers in charge. that breeze will spread rain in across the southern part of the uk as you get in to the day. low pressure in

the north west, here is that a rear of rain coming in from the south—west, turning things quite wet. the weekend looks fairly u nsettled. wet. the weekend looks fairly unsettled. cool and breezy. some showers around, but a little bit of sunshine. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 3pm: back in court — a judge will decide soon whether11—month—old charlie gard should be able to leave great ormond street hospital to die. the lawyer for parents of charlie say they have found a doctor who would be willing to look after he's left hospital. a drive towards cleaner air — the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040. we have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars from our roads if we are going to make sure not only do we deal with the health problems air pollution causes, but also that we meet our climate change targets. president donald trump says the us government will not accept transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the us military — citing what he calls "tremendous medical costs and disruption". also in the next hour — huge

wildfires in the south of france. thousands of people, including many british holiday—makers, have been moved to safety to escape the flames. the supreme court rules that charging to bring an employment