this is bbc news. i am simon mccoy. the headlines. 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. the lawyer for parents of charlie say they have found a doctor who would be willing to look after him if his final days were spent away from 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 to help health problems from emissions and 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 wild fires 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 the brother of diana, prince of wales, says he still has nightmares about what he calls the harrowing experience of herfuneral. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a lawyer for the parents of terminally ill baby charlie gard has told the high court that they had found a doctor willing to look after charlie so the family could spend time with him away from hospital during the last days of his life. the fate of the 11—month—old baby has been the subject of a bitter court dispute between his parents and the london hospital where he is being treated. our correspondent lisa hampele is at the high court in central london. it's appearing to be bitter right to the end. absolutely, the family are

just going back into the courtroom. the court's been adjourned for more than an hour now. it was adjourned because we are waiting a doctor who says he can head up a team that can help the family have charlie for longer, not at home any more, the family, it appears have given up this fight to have him at home, but to allow him to have longer in a hospice, so the new fight is for how long charlie can stay alive. the family were told the best option, thejudge agreed, was family were told the best option, the judge agreed, was for charlie to go to the judge agreed, was for charlie to gotoa the judge agreed, was for charlie to go to a hospice. last night they pleaded for a doctor to come forward so pleaded for a doctor to come forward so they could have charlie at home and be ventilated at home and taken off the ventilator at home. this afternoon, we heard that a doctor is on his way here. he may have arrived now, because the family have gone back into the courtroom. the judge hasn't come into court yet but we are expecting that any moment, the judge wants to question this doctor

who says he can head up an intensive ca re tea m who says he can head up an intensive care team who can help charlie spend more time in a hospice because yesterday we were told that the hospice, they don't have the resources , hospice, they don't have the resources, they don't have a licence in fact to keep charlie alive for more than a few hours once he goes toa more than a few hours once he goes to a hospice. yesterday we were told that the lawyer for charlie's family said that would be brutal to move him from the hospital to a hospice and then for him to die a few hours later. 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 vehicles licensed in the uk, fewer than 100,000 of those use electricity as a source of power. 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 data coming out showing the effect on respiratory health, mortalities, in newspapers all the time. so, 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 if 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 is too long in the future to do anything about the air quality crisis 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 a 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 needed 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. roger harrabin, bbc news. so what do these proposals mean for the car industry? it is ready to produce only electric cars in less than 25 years? 0ur correspondent theo leggett has been examing whether the motor industry can deliver. anglo american co—operation has resulted in a new small car... the internal combustian engine has been powering the car for years. is it nearing the end of the production line? the government wants to ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040 and

make electric vehicles the norm. major manufacturers such as volkswagen, bmw and renault, already have big plans for new 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. vehicles in the uk, out of a market of2. 7 vehicles in the uk, out of a market of 2. 7 million. it's a huge shift to ta ke of 2. 7 million. it's a huge shift to take place, that's why 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's even more ambitious, its target is 2025. if the government wants us all one day to be driving electric cars like these, then it's going to have to give some thought to how to provide more of these, charging points. because there are 37 million cars on the road today, if all of them are one day going to be electric powered we are going to need more places to plug them in. so can it actually be

done? industry insiders have their doubts. it's an incredibly ambitious target and one that will be hard to hit. the car—makers are a lopping way down the road, they've electric ca i’s way down the road, they've electric cars on sale and more in the pipeline but getting the infrastructure to allow people to use these cars to their potential will be incredibly difficult. with war—time and petrol rationing, here is car that doesn't need gas... electric cars have had a bright future for years but they're still a rare sight. little doubt that's now going to change. but the road to full electification is likely to feature plenty of twists and turns. joining me now is jack cousins, head of roads policy at the aa. it seems a long way off, 2040, but do you think it's possible?m it seems a long way off, 2040, but do you think it's possible? it is certainly a very ambitious plan and what we have to recognise is that we have to get electric vehicles from a 496 have to get electric vehicles from a 4% sale, to 100% new sale. that's going to be tricky. 0f 4% sale, to 100% new sale. that's going to be tricky. of course it's

one thing to look ahead to 2040, but we do have a problem now and that's i think where the problem lies, is that we need to see more steps to tackle air quality and air pollution right here, right this second. that's strange coming from the aa, because where is that voice up until now? you have been pushing diesel ca i’s now? you have been pushing diesel cars at one point, now they're the bad motoring thing going on. if electric is the future, how do you persuade people to make that switch? the aa has been very vocal about air quality, indeed we have asked more than 15,000 of our members and eight out of ten have said that improving air quality and getting clean air across the country is important to them. we have been vocal in their support for that. now what we need to see, we have seen manufacturers are taking a lead, that volvo two weeks ago said from 2019 their new models will be electric or hybrid, that's a good start and

manufacturers are start to making the change. we need to see the government help and that's what they're trying to do here, certainly with this force of going down all electric vehicles. of course now comes the problem of, we need more charging points, especially fast charge, that's where the car can be topped up within half an hour. of course that then leads to the next big question, which is could the national grid cope with a post—evening rush hour or switch on, we are not sure about that yet. that's why this report leaves more questions than it provides answers. pity the poor driver who only seems to face questions, because the 90% of fuel duty on petrol and diesel, the money is paid out and the driver seems to get little back for that. indeed. we have been going through the report today in detail and we found that it looks as if the autumn statememt budget could be interesting, there is a sentence that says new diesel vehicles could be subject to more taxation, that

could be interesting because the less polluting — it could cost more to tax and put it on the road than the more polluting euro three and four diesels. that would be a step to say here is less polluting vehicle, but it's going to cost the driver more. that's why we think we need something like a scrappage scheme to help drivers get out of dirty vehicles and into cleaner ones. we asked our members and three—quarters of them, 75%, said they would support such a scrappage scheme which is why we think it's a shame the government aren't keen to do that yet. how much are you going to pay to get a car off the road? so, it could be a replication of the vehicle scrappage scheme that took place in 2009 where the government puts forward £1,000, manufacturers t puts forward £1,000, manufacturers opt in with suitable vehicles, providing £1,000. that then is self—funding because the vehicle, the vat that is paid on that, gives the vat that is paid on that, gives the government back its £1,000, plus

extra. that could then be sent forward and put forward through improving air quality across the country. the other thing the government has to square is that if we are going down the route of electric vehicles, all that money in vehicle exise duty it's collecting from new petrol and diesel has to be funded somehow. now the big fear is that clean air zones, congestion charge zones similar to london, could be in place in cities and towns across the country. our members are sceptical about this, they don't feel that a government, even local authorities, could implement that in a fair manner and that's very key and in this consultation the government actually said that clean air zones had to be the point of last resort, rather than the point of first opportunity. we wa nt than the point of first opportunity. we want them to remember that all the way through this process. when you talk about a scrappage scheme, by 2040 there will be a lot of electric cars that need replacing, batteries will have effectively died out. there is an issue there with

getting rid of those batteries, isn't there a massive cost people haven't thought about? there is indeed. again this is why this report actually leaves a lot of questions that need to be teased out and answered. this is only the first step. further consultations will come down the pipe from defra and dft and that's what we need to tease out, if we are going down this avenue, that's fine, but we need more detail. not only us as the aa, but all drivers across the country. we all want to contribute to clean air but we need to be informed of how we are going to do it and how it will be fair across the board. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news. ajudge will decide soon whether11—month—old charlie gard should be able to leave hospital to die. the family's lawyer told the court the family has found a doctor who could care for charlie if his final days were away from hospital. a drive towards cleaner air, the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040

to make way for zero emission models. 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. and in sport. 12 times grand slam champion novak djokovic is out for the rest of the year. the serb will be sidelined due to an ongoing elbow injury which forced him to pull out of his quarter—final at this year's wimbledon. middlesex bowler toby roland jones will make his debut for england in their third test against south africa at the 0val tomorrow. he'll replace mark wood who has an injured heel. and in around an hour — can adam peaty break the world record for the third time in 36 hours? he goes in the world 50 metres breaststroke final in budapest. us president donald trump says transgender people cannot serve

in any capacity in the military. in a series of tweets, mr trump said he had reached the decision after consulting senior military figures and experts. barack 0bama's administration decided last year to allow transgender people to serve openly in the military. it's been estimated that there are more than 2,500 transgender active duty service members out of 1.2 million. we spoke earlier to our correspondent barbara plett usher in washington who told us more about the implications of the tweets. it's very difficult to analyse how big a deal this is because it's come out of the blue. it's a couple of tweets this morning making very categorical statements saying transgender recruits categorical statements saying tra nsgender recruits or officers categorical statements saying transgender recruits or officers or soldiers are not allowed to serve in any capacity because the army should not be burdened with the medical costs or disruption and so on. so we have had the pentagon refer all

questions to the white house, it seems the pentagon was not prepared to say this or to respond to it, it looks as if it was taken by surprise. what we do know is that the policy to accept transgender recruits is under review. that was made, that decision was made a year ago by the former administration, that transgender recruits would be allowed to serve, to apply and serve openly from july 1st this year. when the new defence secretary came into under the new administration he said in principle he had no problem with that but if he was faced with questions or problems he would consider them. before questions or problems he would considerthem. beforejuly1st questions or problems he would consider them. before july 1st he said he had been faced with some questions, so they would extend a review for six months untiljanuary 1st and the key points would be, will this affect the readiness and the military services, but he said in no way is the outcome presupposed and it does not affect current policies which is people who are already in the army and the military

who are transgender are serving openly. so, this is completely, this is quite different from that approach which was what we know publicly stated by the secretary of defence a couple of weeks ago, it's difficult therefore to say where it comes from and how significant it is. gosh, how many times have we spoken about the president's tweets without really knowing where we are going with this. talking about up to 7,000 transgender service members currently serving, if president trump has his way, what happens then, they get fired, do they? well, i guess, i don't know. i mean, presumably the pentagon would have something to say. there are policies and procedures in place. i don't know if mr trump can overturn them with a tweet. he has been suggesting he has been in consultation with the pentagon which perhaps there had been groundwork laid but that's not what we have been told and not what procedures are in place. it's very difficult to know. the policies that

are under review is the recruitment of transgender are under review is the recruitment of tra nsgender candidates, so are under review is the recruitment of transgender candidates, so mr trump raised an issue about medical costs, yes that is an issue, whether the army has to provide transition services for people transitioning from one gender to another, as part of healthcare from one gender to another, as part of healthca re costs, from one gender to another, as part of healthcare costs, that would presumably affect people already serving because what the announcement said last year, those who apply as new recruits have to have been stable or comfortable in their chosen genderfor have been stable or comfortable in their chosen gender for 18 months. there are all kinds of complicated questions around this issue, which the four branches of the military had already been looking into and which they had been discussing with the secretary of defence, to what degree they've also been discussing that with mr trump and whether that changes policy because of one tweet we will have to wait and see. 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 correspondent joe 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 have 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 composition 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 the 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. we need government investment

alongside private investment that can only come if the government really gets its act together and we don't have a government in power at the moment, they're in disarray. 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. joe lynam, bbc news. the funeral of the youngest victim of the manchester arena bombing has taken place this lunchtime at the city's cathedral. saffie roussos was 8 years old, and had been given a ticket to the ariana grande concert as a christmas present. she'd gone to the show with her mother, who was seriously injured in the attack. the old bailey has been told that four pipe bombs built by a serving royal marine were used by terrorists

in northern ireland. ciaran maxwell, who's 31 and from exminster in devon, pleaded guilty earlier this year to preparing terrorist acts linked to dissident republicanism. 0ur correspondent nick beake is at the old bailey now. what's happened in court today? we have got an extraordinary insight into the remarkable double life of this man ciaran maxwell. 0n the one hand he was somehow who vowed to serve queen and country as a marine. 0n the other hand, the court's been told he has s admitting he was speaking to a member of the continuity ira in terms of attacking police officers in northern ireland and a police station there, an incredible secret life. the evidence against him has been outlined today and the old bailey has been told that he had something like more than a dozen hides where he was able to keep ammunition he had stolen from his base in taunton, also explosive

devices and the court was also told he had been able to make 14 pipe bombs, four of them had been deployed in northern ireland, we are told no one was killed or injured by them. the court was also told that he had spoken to a man who himself was convicted for possessing explosives in 2014, the two discussed various things. maxwell has said that, yes, he intended to create these bombs, but he said that he was not intending to commit a terrorist act and didn't intend to kill anyone. this sentencing will last three days, the judge kill anyone. this sentencing will last three days, thejudge in kill anyone. this sentencing will last three days, the judge in the last three days, the judge in the last half an hour or so has said he wa nts last half an hour or so has said he wants more information from the prosecution, spes fkly, why did maxwell join the prosecution, spes fkly, why did maxwelljoin the marines, but remarkable insight into this double life he was leading. thank you very much. the supreme court has ruled that the government's decision

to introduce fees for bringing employment tribunal claims is unlawful and must be quashed. the court said the practice of charging up to £1,200 was preventing access to justice. the government says it will now halt the charges and refund people who have paid. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. a massive victory for unison at the highest court in the land. workers fees for bringing claims to employment tribunals gone. tribunals hear a wide range of claims by workers including unfair dismissal, pay disputes and discrimination. bringing a claim was free untiljuly 2013 when the coalition government introduced fees. a claim for things like unpaid wages would cost a total of almost £390. for more serious crimes such as unfair dismissal, this rises to 1200. this rises to £1,200. appeals against decisions can cost a further £1.600. fees faced by people like ronnie, a courier taking his employer to task over his employment status,

they are defending the claim. he could only pay to bring it with the help of his union. i do not earn a lot of money at the moment and i think i would never have gone to court if it wasn't for the help i received. i do think there are a lot of people in the same position. and it is very unfair. unison argued that the fees were discriminatory and denied workers access to justice. the court agreed. the fees order is unlawful under both domestic and eu law. because it has the effect of preventing access to justice. today's ruling is huge. it means that not only the order which introduced tribunal fees back in 2013 is quashed, it also means everyone who paid those fees, a sum amounting to some £32 million, will now get their money back. after a four—year legal struggle, unison were delighted. we knew from day one this was not just unlawful but immoral. that low—paid workers should be

put in this position, that they were denied access to justice. small amounts involved but it may include racial discrimination, sex discrimination, fair pay. obviously we're disappointment to get a judgment against us but we respect the judgment. we're going to take it fully on board, and comply with it and already today we are taking immediate action. tribunal charges stop today. workers across the country will be delighted that they can now bring claims without paying a fee. clive coleman, bbc news. let's catch up with the weather. good afternoon. it was a disappointing start to the day for many places with a lot of rain around. the rain is moving steadily northwards and eastwards and it will continue to do so. we will look at the radar sequence today, you can see the rain was extensive, heavy

bursts in northern england and scotland. now scattered showers are left behind but it's still wet across the northern isles over the next few hours and windy too. scattered showers to the north and west of the uk tonight. the eastern side should be mostly dry with clear spells. temperatures will drop down to around about ten in aberdeen, 13 01’ to around about ten in aberdeen, 13 or 14 for cardiff and london. a bright and breezy start for the eastern side of the uk, make the most of that because from early on a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain, further west showers making their way across all parts of the uk through the day. sunshine and showers for the most part. 17 degrees with bright weather in glasgow, 21 or so in the south—east. friday, northern half of the uk will be breezy with cloud, showers at times. southern half will see rain spreading in from the west. that will get to cardiff and will push to the london area for the evening. hello. this is bbc news at 16:30pm.

the headlines: a lawyer for the parents of charlie gard says they have found a doctor willing to help care for charlie, allowing him to spend his last days away from hospital care. a judge will decide this afternoon if the terminally—ill baby will be allowed to leave great ormond street hospital. the hospital has said a hospice would be a better place for him to spend his final moments. the green party says the government's plans to ban new diesel and petrol cars by 2040 don't go far enough as they fail to tackle the immediate problem of air pollution. president donald trump says the us government will not accept transgender individuals to serve in the us military — citing what he calls ‘tremendous medical costs and disruption.‘ the economy grew by 0.3% between april and june. that‘s up slightly on the first three months of the year. the office for national statistics said the increase was mainly driven by the retail and film industries. this is a steady performance in the second quarter. for 4.5 years we have created record levels of employment, so we should be proud of that but not complacent. we are awaiting developments at the

high court. let‘s 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. we will take a couple of months at least without the racket, and then i am hoping that i can start after that to train. i‘m looking forward, to be honest,

to build my body, my game, my team as well, obviously. i am happy to share that andre agassi is committed to staying with me next year. 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. rebecca adlington says he is changing the face of the sport. what adam has achieved is unimaginable. it is phenomenal. his unheard—of. it

is unique, special. it is a freestyle time. i couldn‘t even achieve that, let alone on breast stroke. he has made history. he had the top ten times in history. they are all adam peaty and it will keep getting quicker and being his name as well. no one is even close to him and that is the incredible thing. fast bowler toby roland jones will make his debut for england in their third test against south africa at the 0val tomorrow. 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 highly thought of. he has been taking a lot of wickets and is constantly banging on the door. it is great for him to get his opportunity. he bowls inconsistent areas at good

pace and gets the ball to move around. which is eventually what you‘re looking for. not like there is a match at celtic park. they will be without leigh griffiths. they are trying to get back to that level of champions league, which they haven‘t been out for about ten years. they have some good players, but they are very much based around the team. the strength of the team. we are preparing for a difficult period. 0bviously, preparing for a difficult period. obviously, the first leg being at home, we want to take advantage of that. 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. england wheelchair rugby home site have reached the world cup final in france. they had an early victory over australia today. they beat the australians again today in toulouse and will now play hosts france or italy on friday. that is all the sport for now. more free in the next hour. we are awaiting developments at the high court. a lawyer for the parents of terminally ill baby charlie gard has told the high court that they had found a doctor willing to look after charlie so the family could spend time with him away from hospital during the last days of his life. the fate of the 11—month—old baby has been the subject of a bitter court dispute between his parents and the london hospital where he is being treated. what is the latest? this is going on and on. the family have asked for another 48 hours to find the right. cursor they can have charlie on a

ventilator in hospital. —— to find the right to doctor. thejudge said he must consider the best interests of charlie and he said that they wa nt of charlie and he said that they wantan of charlie and he said that they want an agreement by 4:30pm on friday and the families said, "yes, thatis friday and the families said, "yes, that is what they want." if there is no agreement by friday, when would charlie biko transferred to a hospice? both his guardian and the family say they want this hearing to continue in private. they say it is hugely emotional. his mother is on her own now in court and his father is by his bedside at the hospital. thejudge has gone out is by his bedside at the hospital. the judge has gone out of his way, but great ormond street hospital are announcing any delay compounds the misery and we do not wish to rush this. this cannot drag on another day. it is not clear if the judge is

going to allow this to go on for a longer. we were waiting for a doctor to come here. the parents were hoping you could head up the teams of how they could have longer in a hospice. —— he could head up a team so hospice. —— he could head up a team so that charlie could have longer in a hospice. the parents‘ new fight is that charlie alive four days rather than harris. we are waiting now to see if thejudge is going to put this off for even longer review is going to become more and more frustrated and say, "no, it‘s got to stop now". we will have more later on. joining me now from birmingham is katrina mcnamara, director of service development and improvement at the charity together for short lives. talking about the discomfort and any further delay, this whole case has become very uncomfortable just to watch from the outside, let alone from the inside. i am wondering how

unusual is that when we are talking about a case like this, that a child in the last hours or days of life? is very unusual. there are 49,000 children living with a life limiting condition in the united kingdom. we have a large number of children, we have a large number of children, we have between four and 5000 deaths a year. it isn‘t that rear and occurrence. it‘s something that as a society we tend not to talk about. the considerable legal procedures, the media interest, are almost unprecedented. seeing this playing out in the public eye is unique i would say. the media interest is inevitable because of the rarity of it. perhaps this is because of at the height of this, the family have disagreed fundamentally with the doctors looking after their baby boy. we are seeing the various

reports that we are hearing from the judiciary. we are recognising the conflict of opinion wealth both sides really focus on what they believe is the best interests of charlie. keeping charlie at the centre of those conversations is imperative. we do have that opportunity for an individual that thejudge can opportunity for an individual that the judge can make those considerations and decisions when the two sides are unable to reach that. nevertheless, for both sides, for the family and the medical teams around charlie, this is hugely emotional. it is incredibly emotional. it is incredibly emotional. we are talking at the eminent death of a young child. but the words create emotions in us. if we are involved in that situation, how strong must those emotions beat.

recognising the devastation on it charlie‘s family, but at the same time be difficulties for the care team, the doctors and nurses, the various therapists around charlie in trying to keep his best interest to the fore and make sure he isn‘t suffering any unnecessary distress. it is good of you to give us your time. thank you very much. more than 10,000 people in the south of france, including many british holiday makers, have been moved to safety to escape rapidly spreading wildfires. a new blaze has spread over a vast area, along the mediterranean coast. france has now 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. around 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 thousand 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 wind. 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. adina campbell, bbc news. 0n the line now we have a holiday—maker in a neighbouring village where the fires have been blazing. just explain when you woke up blazing. just explain when you woke up this morning, what did you see? this morning, there was nothing. the fire was through the night. we all thought it was dark. me and my mum

decided to go to the village and then three or 4—mac fires arrived. they came back. there was a big, big, big smoke everywhere. we decided to come back to see from here all the smoke everywhere and fire. we are just looking at pictures that you did today. do you feel that they are controlling these fires? how worried are you? at the beginning, there was no support, but 110w beginning, there was no support, but now since 3pm, there are in aeroplanes turning around and trying to put out the fires. we can see houses and everything. it looks better than before, but right now i can still see flames on the water. i think it‘s getting better.

can still see flames on the water. i think it's getting better. at any point were you thinking of leaving your holiday and going home? no, no. i‘m staying one coulomb to away. there is still no need for me. there is still a small town between us, so i don‘t think i will. is still a small town between us, so i don't think i will. you're hoping that the worst is over? yes, i think so. that the worst is over? yes, i think so. thank you forjoining us. talking from the area affected. we have been showing his pictures. 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. her brother putts words were more direct than anyone else and have even been taught as part of a gcse english syllabus. earlier, he spoke

to us about what he remembers from the funeral. there are aspects of royal life in those days which even 20 years on don‘t really make sense, and i have been a passionate advocate for william and harry not to have to walk behind their mother‘s body. i thought it was a very bizarre and cruel thing for them to be asked to do. do you remember when you were told that that was the plan? i was liaising with some courtier at buckingham palace and he mentioned it, and i went, "well, of course not, and of course they are not going to do that. he said, "well, it has been decided." and i said, "shejust would not want them to do this." and there was lots of sort of embarrassed coughing the other end, and various other conversations, and then eventually i was lied to and told that they wanted to do it, which of course they didn‘t, but i didn‘t realise that. 20 years on, we‘re onlyjust getting a picture of how those involved were

affected by it. there is a bbc documentary at the end of august looking at that week, the week between when she died when she was buried and one will hope that we will get some more insight into those decision—making is. you heard his criticism of william and harry walking behind the coffin. you heard from harry himself, it will be rolled would not be asked to do that. have heard suggestions in the past from spin doctors that it was pa rt past from spin doctors that it was part and parcel of this effort to try and protect prince charles from anyone in the crowd who might have booed them. hopefully we will get greater insight after documentary is podcast. many of us cannot believe it was 20 years ago. what" clear on that day, with the impact that his eulogy hat that day, with the impact that his eulo he |at that day, with the impact that his eulo he is a man defined by that too. he is a man defined by that speech. in that speech, in that eulogy, we interpreted it as a stinging criticism of the royals who

we re stinging criticism of the royals who were sitting just yards away from where he was speaking. he was talking about blood relatives and... he was talking about william and harry applause souls singing and not being weighed down by tradition. he said in an interview with radio 4 that he said many pointed things and eat. he said true and honest things, but was not attempting to make any jabs, was trying to celebrate diana. somebody close to the queen told him he had every right to say what he felt was important at his sister‘s funeral. in a documentary on itv, he mentioned the difficulties diana had in herupbringing and mentioned the difficulties diana had in her upbringing and the end she we re in her upbringing and the end she were not on the best of times when she died. , yes, they did fall out. she wanted to find a safe place on the very large family estate and he wasn‘t keen because of the attractions he potter would bring to him from the paparazzi. —— he thought it would bring. he said it

was settled by the time she died. despite the time he was loving and south africa. thank you very much. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first — the headlines on bbc news: ajudge will decide soon whether11—month—old charlie gard should be able to leave great ormond street hospital to die at home. the family‘s lawyer has said they would like more time to find an intensive care specialist to carer for a charlie if he were to leave hospital. 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 president donald trump says the us government will not accept transgender individuals to serve in the us military — citing what he calls tremendous medical costs and disruption. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. the shine has come off the ftse100 a little this afternoon, the market is losing some of the gains it built up this morning.

it is still in the green. itv is still leading the pack, having soothed investor concerns over declining ad revenue by maintaining its forecast for the year, but anglo american is catching up. the miner has advanced nearly 2% again today after its south african subsidiary reinstated its interim dividend yesterday to lift hopes that anglo will do the same. well, the top gainer today — itv, it‘s feeling the love from love island — the programme‘s success helped the broadcaster attract more young 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. metro bank‘s share price leapt up 6% today after the challenger completed a £278 million capital raise and laid out its half—year results. metro bank is planning to open between eight and ten new stores this year, increasing the current total of 48. and the lender is planning

on taking major steps away from its south east base next year, with stores due to open in bristol and birmingham. the uk economy grew by 0.3% in the three months from april to june. 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. let‘s get detailed analysis of that from our markets guest today, laith khalaf — he‘s a senior analyst at hargreaves la nsdown. let‘s start with the uk economy. it's let‘s start with the uk economy. it‘s an interesting break down there. growth is good, construction and manufacturing shrinking. those we re and manufacturing shrinking. those were the sectors that were of concern few ago. a large bird of the uk economy as we know it is made up by the services sector. that is what

has driven the growth that we have seen has driven the growth that we have seenin has driven the growth that we have seen in the last quarter, with construction and manufacturing pulling it back. contributions coming from the retail and film industry. the first economic data released i can remember that has a link in it to the british film institute website. the overall picture is one of the slowing economy. we picked up slightly from 0.2%, we are up 3%. that is below the goldilocks area of 0.7% were you would expect to be and where we were towards the end of last year. all of that relieves some of the pressure on the bank of england to raise interest rates, but puts additional pressure on public finances, because it means that if the economy is growing slowly, then we get less tax receipts in. if you look at the last budget, all the numbers in that where credited on 0.2% growth in 2017. we have had 0.2% in the first quarter, .3% in the second, so we

will have to go some to be able to make that hide it. metro bank reporting profits, share prices up, it is expanding. is no danger of badly now? i would not say there is no danger, but they certainly seem to be doing well. they have raised an additional £278 million of capital through a share placing. that‘s because metro bank are trying to differentiate its service. it is open seven days a week, the engine 62 day the year, i do make a lot of the other uk banks, it is opening stories. but adding up to more customers. —— unlike a lot of the uk banks, it is opening stories, that is adding up to more customers. from market reaction today, it pierced the market improves. finally, itv. how does this work, shares up, but

avenue darren? that is because of the uncertainty over the uk economy. perhaps consumers reining back spending. that means companies don‘t advertise as much as they did through itv as an advertising region. idd is a lot more than a medium for a advertising. itv studios produces content and that‘s important to balancing itv as a business. that is what has bolstered performance today. we are producing programmes like love island and that helps companies like networks which are creating their own content and appealing to a more 0ndemand audience, which itv note that had to do as well. are you a fan of love island? i was, it is

do as well. are you a fan of love island? iwas, it is over do as well. are you a fan of love island? i was, it is over now. do as well. are you a fan of love island? iwas, it is over now. 0h, do as well. are you a fan of love island? iwas, it is over now. oh, i didn‘t know. that‘s all from me, there is a round—up of all the other top business stories on our website — bbc.co.uk/business. naval officers and school children in thailand have released more than a thousand turtles into the sea as part of celebrations for the new king‘s birthday. sea turtles are seen as symbols of longevity in thailand, and many buddhists there view freeing captive animals as a way to gain good karma. the new king turns 65 on friday. he was crowned at the end of last year after the death of his predecessor. that‘s 1,000 and 66 — the number ten for king rama x, as he is known as, and the number 66, one more than his age. a county durham family nearly made a

dog‘s dinner of a relative‘s wedding after bella di labrador age the couple‘s three tiered chocolate wedding cake. she knows she has done something wrong. she was booted out for the night, but in. something wrong. she was booted out forthe night, but in. during something wrong. she was booted out for the night, but in. during the night, she hopped herself to several slices of the cake. the owners were worried about what might happen, because they had heard that chocolate is toxic to dogs. they have assured the bbc that she is doing just fine. after frantic searching, a new cake was found just in time and the bride and groom saw the funny side. of course, the dead. —— they did. time now for a look at the weather. we have seen quite a bit of rain so far today. this is the satellite sequence far today. this is the satellite sequence showing a line of cloud

moving from east to west. not all doom and gloom today. this is the rain we saw area on. sharp showers following on behind. spells of sunshine. not such a bad evening for many. showery is few and far between on the east. temperatures is around 13, 14 celsius for cardiff and london. ten or 11 celsius for belfast. unsettled on thursday. low pressure firmly in charge. the white lines on the trout are the isobars, a few see a few of them, that means it will be a blustery day. eastern scotla nd it will be a blustery day. eastern scotland starting off bright and breezy. northern ireland some showers around. easter england doing well through the morning, bright and breezy. dry in the midlands. particularly around because there will be showers around. it‘s also quite breezy. it will be a breezy

day with showers drifting across all parts of the uk. sunny spells and scattered showers, maybe even the odd rumble of thunder to go with those showers. in the breaker i ntrove rts , those showers. in the breaker introverts, 21 celsius in london, 17 thirtieths glasgow and belfast. the third test may start on a reasonable note. showers producing interruptions to play. through the evening, showers still dotted around. wetter and for a time in northern ireland and scotland. by friday, wet and windy. temperatures similarto friday, wet and windy. temperatures similar to tonight. friday itself, low pressure in charge. still looking unsettled. this will run its way toward the south—west of england. notjust way toward the south—west of england. not just the way toward the south—west of england. notjust the south—west of england, parts of wales will eventually see rain. that will

spread east on friday. further north, breezy with sunshine and frequent showers. into the weekend, the unsettled bimah continues. 0n the unsettled bimah continues. 0n the cool side, breezy. the unsettled bimah continues. 0n the coolside, breezy. showers dotted around. not all doom and gloom, spells of sunshine. a few need more areas, head to the bbc website. today at five, a drive towards cleaner air — all new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the uk from 2040. motorists will be encouraged to switch to electric vehicles as part of wave of government plans to tackle air pollution. we have to get rid of petrol and diesel to help health problems from emissions and meet our climate change targets. councils could get powers to charge those driving the dirtiest—vehicles. green campaigners warn the plans don‘t go far enough. while we welcome the move to cleaner vehicles, it's far too long in the future to do anything about the air quality crisis that we have now.

we‘ll be taking a look at whether the plans will work, and what they mean for the car industry and you. the other main stories on bbc news at five...