this is bbc news. the headlines at 8:00pm. the government drives through new plans to tackle air pollution, it means all new petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the uk by 2040. we have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars off our roads if we are going to ensure we deal with the health problems pollution causes and meeting our climate change targets. 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. a judge has ordered that 11—month—old charlie gard should be moved to a hospice, unless any other plans can be made before 12 o'clock tomorrow. president donald trump has said transgender people cannot serve in any capacity in the us military. thousands of people, including british tourists, are moved to safety as the flames continue to burn

in the south of france. the double, double. and adam peaty does it again, winning his second gold at the world championship in budapest and retaining his two world titles. good evening and welcome to bbc news. no one will be able to buy a new diesel or petrol car after 2040 under government plans to tackle air pollution. the "clean air" strategy published today, follows a ruling byjudges that ministers have to do more to deal with air pollution. the government has also announced a £255 million fund to help councils tackle emissions, including the right to create charging zones for the dirtiest vehicles. but the plans have been criticised by environmental campaigners for not going far enough. 0ur science editor david shukman looks at the proposals.

0n the worst days, the pollution hangs like a mist over our cities. the gases and particles cause asthma and heart trouble. they may lead to dementia, and they shorten lives, as many as 40,000 in britain every year. and the biggest source of pollution is diesel engines, and we have millions of them. so the government has a vision for a future where all our cars will be electric. norway will do this by 2025, france by 2040. and that's the year the government here has set to move away from conventional engines. we have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars off our roads if we're to make sure that not only that we deal with the health problems that air pollution causes, but also that we meet our climate change targets. and the good news is that the car industry is already moving in this direction. archive: at the austin motor works in birmingham,

anglo—american cooperation has resulted in a new small car. this is another potentially momentous step, because there is a long, proud history of petrol and diesel engines powering cars in britain. these are machines that shape the way we live and work. but for the sake of everyone's health, their days are now numbered. the headline of a ban by 2040 on sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans is certainly eye—catching, but what about tackling pollution now? a couple of months ago, the government's own advisers said the best way to do that would be to have clean air zones in towns and cities up and down the country. that idea is not in the new plan issued today. instead, ministers want local councils to take action. so they want to see councils managing traffic better to avoid creating pollution hotspots; removing speed bumps, so cars don't slow down and then accelerate, which generates more pollution; and fitting older buses with filters to make them cleaner. there is more money for all this, but will it be enough?

what we need now is some robust action taken by governments and not just relying on local authorities to make unpopular decisions. the car—maker volvo has already declared a switch to electric from 2019. others also have electric plans, but the boss of aston martin says the government hasn't thought through the implications. if you don't have the infrastructure, if you don't have the skills, if you don't have the wherewithal to pay for it, then as a statement or a policy, it's absurd. year after year, britain has seen levels of nitrogen dioxide well above european standards. the government is under court order to clean up, and an environmental group that launched legal action says the environment secretary still isn't doing enough. he's ignoring his own evidence. he's passing the buck to local authorities and coming up with headline—grabbing initiatives for something that's 23 years away from now, and cheating people who want to breathe clean air today. you can't always see air pollution, but politicians can't avoid it.

the government says it is responding, but doesn't want to offend motorists. the result — a signal of real change, but not for a while. david shukman, bbc news. so, what do all the proposals mean for the motor industry, and for those thinking of buying a new car? jon kay reports from bristol. it's not the rain that worries him. it's what he's breathing. tim is so concerned about air quality here in bristol that he started wearing a device to measure the pollution from vehicles. shocked by the data he has gathered, he welcomes the government's plans. but as a commuter and as a father, he would like action sooner. it's good news in that they are paying attention to the problem, but it all feels a bit late in the day. 2040 is a long way away. it doesn't feel like the solutions they are coming up with will solve it in the short term.

you see that? the electric... at the taxi rank, we meet mike, who is thinking about a new car, but he's not sure an electric vehicle is practical. it is a good idea for the environment, certainly. but for this game, it is not going to be viable, pure electric, unless you can get the milage. a lot of people do 120 miles a day. if you get a long job, what are you going to do, stop and charge for two hours? what will convince him? well, bristol was one of several places trialling different schemes to encourage cleaner, greener motoring, like the charging points that have been installed at locations across the city. you can hear that they are very quiet to drive. melanie loves her electric car and is convinced that this is the future, so much so that she is building a business around them. but what about the practicalities? wouldn't the streets be full

of cables if everyone had to judge a vehicle at home? well, there are some interesting solutions developing. my favourite one is lamp post charging. a few companies have developed a charger which fits into a standard lamp post so they can be installed on the street. you don't need a driveway. so the government may have decided on our destination, but how we get to cleaner air and how much thatjourney costs us tonight seems less straightforward. jon kay, bbc news, bristol. joining me now is andy eastlake, managing director of the low carbon vehicle partnership — a public private partnership that encourages use of environmentally friendly vehicles. good evening. how feasible is this 2040 deadline? very feasible. it is a strategy that has been in the automotive industry for over four yea rs automotive industry for over four years now. today's headline makes it

very real for the man years now. today's headline makes it very realfor the man on years now. today's headline makes it very real for the man on the street of course but actually if we think, this is 23 years ahead and if we we re this is 23 years ahead and if we were talking 20 years ago about banning analog tv, there would be uproar but we didn't need to because technology moved on and everyone had adopted it before a ban was necessary. so the headline may be a bit too dramatic because we may get there earlier. is that a fair parallel because we are so used to driving vehicles which are powered with diesel and petrol? that's a fair comment. it's certainly fair to say, from your bt, that the pure electric vehicle is severally right for everyone right now, but there's no doubt that electrification of transport across the transport fleet is happening, it's happening faster in some sectors than others, but certainly in city centres, short journeys, people can drive electric vehicles every day and operate them

as if they were a conventional vehicle, with no impact on their operation. as long as they can charge them at home in most cases. absolutely, charging, that's one reason why sending these strong signals for quite a long time in the future are important. the technology on the vehicles is coming, the manufacturers are producing them and delivering more everyday. the charging infrastructure, one of the areas where we must look at the right model, where to put it, and it's still a work in progress i think. certainly that is something we need to develop and we need a long—time indication to get it right. need to develop and also to pay for. absolutely, yes, the business model around charging infrastructure is quite challenging. a number of companies in the sector have tried different models. we started with free charging in a number of places. a number of places are still free. there are various charging models, there are somewhere

in the parking is part of the charging process. that is where designing more sophisticated usage patterns and ownership models of the vehicles. we shouldn't ignore the fa ct vehicles. we shouldn't ignore the fact that actually vehicles are likely to be owned in a different way in the medium and long term. we have heard the doubters and they come from a number of different angles, some say this does not go far enough, some say that it does not tackle the immediate problem, the air pollution problems of today and surely that is a fair criticism. absolutely, the headline around the 2040 and two conventional vehicles, as it was trailed, electric is part of the solution and the more we can encourage them the better —— 2040 and. butair encourage them the better —— 2040 and. but air quality in cities will not be impacted by them over the next few years. this is an area

where the devil is in the details and when you drill into the elements, and there are a large number of elements in this 53 page plan, actually wants encouraging is that there is such a wide range of options. from our perspective we are going to need every tool in the box if we're going to address this and the rate we need to. thank you for joining us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the former pensions minister baroness ros altmann and the evening standard columnist mihir bose. the parents of the terminally ill baby boy charlie gard have accepted that their son will not die at home. at the high court, lawyers accepted that he should be transferred to a hospice. but there's still no agreement on when the 11 month old's life support should be withdrawn. 0ur correspondent lisa hampele has more from the high court. this is the last day

that the parents will have in court. the decision has been made. that the parents will have in court. thejudge will rule, he has ordered that charlie will be taken to a hospice where he will be allowed to die. the decision has been made. thejudge will rule, he has ordered that charlie will be taken to a hospice where he will be allowed to die. charlie, his parents agreed today, they conceded early this afternoon, that he will not be able to die at home. they had hoped that great 0rmond street hospital said yesterday it wasn't practical and his guardian was saying today that it was the fairest thing for him. the decision has been made. the judge said yesterday that a hospice was the best decision, the best thing for charlie. but he gave a window to the family to find a specialist paediatric intensive care doctor to be able to get a team together, to enable charlie to die at home. that was not possible. but we waited for a long time this afternoon for a doctor who said he could help, to arrive at court. he said he could help

them ventilate charlie and keep him at a hospice. today the fight changed from where charlie would die to when, and how long he would have after being taken off his ventilator. the family wanted him to go to a hospice. they agreed that this afternoon. they say it is brutal for him to be transferred to a hospice and die just a few hours later. the judge said that is what will happen if they can't find a specialist team by midday tomorrow. there will be no more rulings in court. he has ruled that is what will happen. connie yates left the courtroom after a private hearing. she wasn't here for the final words from the judge, judge francis, who said he has to act in the best interests of charlie. she rushed off in tears. she has gone back to great 0rmond street to be with charlie and with chris gard, her husband, who has been there for the last couple of days while charlie's mother has been

fighting in court to have longer with him. we know he will go to a hospice to die. we are not being told how long. we cannot report where the hospice will be or when it will happen. we are expecting that charlie will only have a few hours in a hospice because they are not licensed to be able to look after this little baby with this terminal illness for more than few hours once the ventilator is taken off. president trump has announced the us military will not allow transgender individuals to serve in the armed forces in any capacity. he took to twitter to say that "after consultation with my generals and military experts, please be advised that the us government will not accept or allow transgender individuals in any capacity in the us military." he went on to say that the military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and distruption that

transgender in the military the military would entail. a little earlier i spoke with our washington correspondent barbara plett—usher. and i began by asking her if this news came as a surprise. i would say it was a bombshell that came out of the blue for even many members of the pentagon. this has been an ongoing issue, the ban on openly serving transgender service members was overturned last year. but the issue of new recruits was still pending. that was supposed to start happening in july. the defense secretary postponed for another six months because there are still questions to be answered about what the impact of this would be on medical obligations, health care plans in the military etc. he didn't suggest the policy would be overturned. suddenly you have this 140—character policy announcement, which sounds like there is going to be a complete ban on transgenders in the military. there are already several thousand serving. never mind what happens to new recruits, what happens to them? do they get kicked out?

we understand there has been virtually no instruction in terms of policy implementation or how this should go. the pentagon has referred all questions to the white house. not much detail has been forthcoming. the headlines on bbc news: ajudge has ordered that 11—month—old the government has announced that all new petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the uk from 2040. ajudge has ordered that 11—month—old charlie gard should be moved to a hospice, unless any other plans can be made before 12 o'clock tomorrow. president donald trump has said transgender people cannot serve in any capacity in the us military, we'll be speaking to an american lgbt activist live from washington shortly. time for the sports now. britain's adam peaty has

won his second gold of the world swimming championships in budapest, taking the 50 metres breaststroke. but he just missed breaking his own world record after an indifferent start. commentators are andy jamieson and steven parry. a good solid reaction in the centre. a good solid reaction in the centre. a good solid reaction in the centre. a good start from adam peaty. this is good news, if you get a solid start in the semifinal, that got him the world record. this is amazing, brilliant breaststroke swimming. making the rest of the world reset their dreams because they are no longer quick enough. just outside his own world record. the rest really tried but no one got within half a second of great britain's adam peaty. winning gold in the 50 and now he has done the double double. yes, very good. quite

exhausting, switching off and switching on, especially winning the double but i'm so happy. 225 points now and i know that there is more. i don't want to spoil it for next year. celtic will be hoping to establish a lead over the norwegian champions rosenborg in the first leg of their third round champions league qualifier at celtic park this evening. no moussa dembele or leigh griffiths for celtic, the latest after 30 minutes is 0—0. ross barkley will "100%" leave everton, that's according to his manager ronald koeman. the england international has been at everton since the age of 11, but barkley‘s told the club he wants to leave, after rejecting a new contract. we made really a good offer to him to signa we made really a good offer to him to sign a new contract. he declined that contract. he told me that he is looking for a new challenge. 0k.

it's not evident future any more, it is his decision. i need to respect that and then, 0k, we will see what happens. what i heard from the board at the moment isn't really an offer on the table for ross. tomorrow we could have two home nations through to the quarter—finals of the european women's championship. scotland need to beat spain by two goals to have any chance and also need england to beat portugal. mark sampson's side need just a point to reach the knockout stages. we wa nt we want to improve, we want to get better, we've said before we want to better, we've said before we want to be the best in the world. we had a good performance against scotland. in other areas, a good performance against spain. it's about bringing them together and keeping the snowball rolling because we want to get to the knockout stages feeling confident, feeling that we have the tea m confident, feeling that we have the team meant. the rest of the tournament will feel it as well. and 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 quarter—final 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. it will take a couple of months at least without the racket and then i'm hoping that i can start after that to train and i'm looking forward , that to train and i'm looking forward, to be honest, to build my body, my game, my team as well, obviously. i'm happy to share that andre agassi is committed to staying with me next year. that's all from

me for now. more now on president trump announcing the us military will not allow transgender individuals to serve in the armed forces in any capacity. we can now speak via webcam from washington to the american lgbt rights activist and national press secretary of the advocacy group human rights campaign, sarah mcbride. good evening. thanks for having me. the president says he has consulted with generals and military experts before announcing this, what do you say? i think it's clear that much of the pentagon and military were caught off—guard by the announcement, as were members of his party and the american public more broadly. this is a really cruel attack by the commander—in—chief on 15,000 trashed tenders service members who are bravely serving the united states right now —— transgender servicemembers. we are one of a number of countries that

allow transgender people to serve, including the uk and they have served for a year. this is a deeply un—patriotic and cruel action by the president. if he has consulted the figures he alluded to and they have advised him on these lines, he is obliged to listen, isn't he? it is genuinely isn't clear that is what he has done. admiral mullen, the former chairman of the joint he has done. admiral mullen, the former chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff last week said that continuing to allow transgender servicemembers to serve is the best action for military readiness. it's clear from the pentagon action for military readiness. it's clearfrom the pentagon reaction that they were not aware of this announcement, this isn't what he is generals, as he said in the tweet, we re generals, as he said in the tweet, were telling him to do. in fact the repeat of the ban under president 0bama was the result of a year—long study by the pentagon which concluded that the best thing for our country and our military was to allow transgender people to come out

of the shadows and serve openly and proudly as who they are. another point the president said in a tweet, highlighting two things. he talks of the tremendous medical costs involved and the disruption that transgender in the military would entail. how do you deal with those specific issues? on the first issue, health care, no one who is serving this country should be denied health ca re this country should be denied health care that their doctor says that they need. a number of studies have determined that the cost of allowing transgender people to serve is negligible. the us military spends five times more on viagra than they would on providing medically necessary health care to transgender servicemembers. 0n the second point, transgender people servicemembers. 0n the second point, tra nsgender people have servicemembers. 0n the second point, transgender people have been serving openly for the last year since 0bama repealed the last ban and there was no disruption. in fact, today is the disruption, this action by the president, especially for the 15,000

transgender servicemembers who are waking up today, going to work today very scared about what is in store in the future for their careers and well—being within the us military. you have made your opinions clear, he is the commander—in—chief, so is there anything you can do? he will hear from us and there anything you can do? he will hearfrom us and he there anything you can do? he will hear from us and he will hear from our3 hear from us and he will hear from our 3 million members and supporters. he will hear from the bipartisan group of members of congress who have decried this action, including conservative war heroes likejohn action, including conservative war heroes like john mckay action, including conservative war heroes likejohn mckay in. he will keep hearing from us ——john mccain. hopefully, as this precedes and moved forward we can continue to put pressure on the back of this announcement. thank you forjoining us. more than 10,000 people in the south of france, including many british tourists, have been forced to leave their homes and campsites overnight to escape rapidly spreading wildfires. many had to spend the night

in sports halls and other public buildings, while some have taken refuge on beaches. efforts to contain the fires continue, with aircraft dumping sea water onto burning hillsides. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy reports from provence. the raging power of the fires was at its most terrifying during the night. this was bormes les—mimosas, west of st tropez, where hillsides were engulfed by the burning shrubs and trees. for hours, it swept across the countryside in an unstoppable curtain of flames. thousands of people, including british tourists were forced out of campsites and other homes. at around midnight we were then woken up. ijust looked up and 180 degrees of my vision was like dante's inferno. it was in the sky, it was amazing and a very, very scary sight to see. the sheer force of

the fires were caught by holiday—makers on their phones. strong mistral winds gave them an unstoppable energy and many burned throughout the night. even the 4,000 firefighters and soldiers sent in couldn't get control when faced with this. the fires lead to a huge evacuation of 10,000 people, many from campsites like this one. they were told to spend the night on nearby beaches, out in the open. the morning brought no letup in the fires. some tourists were far enough away to continue their holiday, but the lushness of their scenery, now replaced by a menacing inferno. in other places, all that was left was a vast, scorched landscape. an area decimated across 15 square miles. translation: we beat out the flames with shovels.

we did all we could until the fire was put out. we contained it until the firemen came. there's fire everywhere. 19 aircraft, including ten water bombers have been brought in. but the french authorities are asking other european governments for technical help. these fires have been burning for two days now and we are seeing fires on hills all around this area. we are also seeing aircraft, helicopters laden with water, trying to put them out, but at the moment they don't seem to be able to bring them under control. temperatures here are in the 30s. it's sunny and the wind showed no sign of letting up. a combustible, deadly mixture that will continue to threaten this area. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in southern france. 0n the line is richard stokes, who lives in nice but has been visiting family in the area of port cogolin. and on the other line we have rob huckle, who is on holiday with his family

in the port du bormes. let's ask you, richard, first, what it is like near you just now? at the moment i am at the campsite with my brother and fortunately we are quite safe where we are but this afternoon on the beach, we was looking at the fire in the distance. it seemed to be getting better but all of a sudden, we saw this black smoke coming up and a lot 0fcom ocean, with aeroplanes and helicopters and fire engines heading to the area —— a lot of, ocean —— commotion. fire engines heading to the area —— a lot of, ocean -- commotion. how does that compare with you? very well, my family is overlooking the hill and we are more inland and overnight it has lit up orange, glowing. we saw it sweeping across the hills. today, the wind took a turn for the nurse —— for the worse,

coming towards residential areas but luckily these planes have done well, and the firefighters, to fight it off and hold it back. i have said that you are on holiday, rob, with yourfamily. that you are on holiday, rob, with your family. what kind that you are on holiday, rob, with yourfamily. what kind of that you are on holiday, rob, with your family. what kind of advice are your family. what kind of advice are you getting from people as to how you getting from people as to how you ought to behave? so, generally you ought to behave? so, generally you shouldn't leave it to the people who know what they're doing. if you go in with little experience, a lot of the time you're going to create more problems. it is relentless. with the high—speed mistrial wins, it moves over the landscape extremely quickly —— mistrial wind. there isn't much you can do as a civilian. the scale is extraordinary as well. you are obviously visiting

family in the area but you live in nice and you know this area well and it's covering an enormous area, isn't it? it is, where we live near nice we have seen a lot of smoke in the mountains. 0nly have seen a lot of smoke in the mountains. only an area that is 25 minutes where we live has been affected seriously by the fire. we know a lot of action has been going on especially on monday afternoon where i saw up to about ten plane sticking water over to the areas. we saw that the emergency services have put ina saw that the emergency services have put in a lot of effort to try and ta ke put in a lot of effort to try and take control of the situation. you live in the area, what, if any, fears have been expressed in recent times about the possibility of something like this. it has been a hot summer. it has been very heart and there is always messages about being careful with any open flames or cigarettes to make sure that it

is properly put out, so no sparks or anything can set anything. but with the high temperatures and the dried debris that surround the forests, something has set alight. listen, stay safe. thank you. this is bbc news, coming up in the next few minutes, a hundred, not out the able proof as to celebrate its own century when smoker becomes only the fourth venue in the world to have hosted 100 test matches. let's check on the weather prospects here at home and here's matt taylor. it's a bit of a weather pick and mix for the rest of the week and into the weekend. sunshine and showers, the order of the day. when you get the sunshine it will feel quite worn but when the showers come through, feeling cool. showers across scotland and northern england which will fade away. mostly a dry night. the breeze is stopping temperatures

from dropping too much. fresh start on thursday morning than we saw this morning. some dry weather over central and eastern areas, some showers in the west. the breeze will push them east through the day. the breeze pushes the showers through so i don't think it will be wet in anyone place for any length of time. some of you still get away with a predominantly dry day. with the sunshine, feeling pleasant but when the showers are with you, temperatures down for the time of year, 17—21. as we finished the day for the evening rush a few showers, windy conditions, west scotland and northern ireland. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... all new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the uk from 2040. the government wants to tackle air pollution and encourage people

to switch to electric vehicles. some green campaigners say the plans do not go far enough. a judge has ordered that 11—month—old charlie gard should be moved to a hospice, unless any other plans can be made before 12 o'clock tomorrow. president donald trump has said transgender people cannot serve in any capacity in the us military. huge wildfires are still raging in the south of france — thousands of people, including british tourists, are moved to safety. let's get more on our top story — those plans to ban new diesel and petrol cars and vans from the uk from 2040 in an effort to tackle air pollution. many of the measures announced today will require major changes to infrastructure and transport policies. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha has been to dudley in the west midlands, where there are only three charging points, to find out whether the area is able to implement the changes.

wet weather. a day many need their car the most. when you think about diesel cars, they won't be on sale in 2040, they'll be banned. that's all well and good but what were they doing ten years ago, trying to get people to buy diesel cars? so why do that and now decide, oh, diesel is wrong? what do you think about those cars that you have to plug in? i think they're good, yes. electric. clean. yes. get plenty of power points to plug in. they'll need a lot of them. we can't keep using diesel. i think there is evidence that it's medically bad for us, so i think it's the way forward, really. the government's plans are about improving air quality. those who need to drive for work have passionate views. matty describes himself as a handyman and uses his diesel van to transport all his materials. drills, hammers, wood, plasters, bags of sand. it quite a lot really, to be fair.

in 2040, diesel vans won't be on sale any more, they'll be banned. how do you feel about that? it's good news for me. it makes things cheaper. obviously, the diesel prices are going up and up, and all this tax and stuff. so if everything goes electric, just plug it in and i am away for the day, do you know what i mean? ministers say it is up to councils to decide what steps they take in their area to make the air cleaner. councils say their plans depend on how much money they get from government. there are just three of these charging points in dudley town centre, but the council says it wants to increase that number significantly over the next few years. every new housing development that is done in dudley has to have an electric power point to charge cars on every property. and i know there are 100 going through the present time — through planning — and we've been doing it for about 18 months. some of the council's ideas here are unpopular — like charging certain vehicles for driving on the

town's busiest roads. however, they're being told action must be taken now and that's why they say they are already implementing significant changes. the supreme court has ruled that charging people, to bring cases before employment tribunals, is unlawful. the government introduced fees of up to £12,000 four years ago, but now, it must pay back £32 million to claimants. the trade union, unison, had argued that the charges stopped workers, from getting access to justice. 0ur 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 tribunal ‘s gone. from builders to bankers, teachers to police officers, workers can bring tribunal claims for everything from unfair dismissal and pay disputes to discrimination. issuing a claim and having a trial was free until four

years ago, when to try and deter weak cases, the coalition government introduced fees of up to £1200, and that was before you paid a lawyer a penny. that left this courier taking his employer to task over his employment status with the fee he couldn't pay. he is still working for them and they are defending the claim. he could only pay to bring it with the help of his union. most people working in this industry are living on the paycheque, basically. so it's really hard to take from your pocket for something that you don't even know when it will end. in march, unison argued that tribunal fees were discrimating and denied workers access to justice. the court has now agreed. today's ruling is huge. it means that not only the order which introduced tribunal fees back in 2013 is

quashed, it also means that everyone who paid those fees, and that is 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 that this was notjust unlawful, it was immoral that low—paid workers should be put in this position. faced with a damning assessment of the fees, the government responded swiftly. we respect the judgment. we will take it fully on board and we are going to comply with it. already, we are taking action today. tribunal charges stopped today, making claims by workers like ronnie a good deal more affordable. clive coleman, bbc news. earlier i spoke to the legal officer for unison and the head of employment at the institute of directors. i asked what was significant about state's ruling? today the rights and employment law

right that individuals have could not be exercised because the cost of exercising and was far too high, and this is an opportunity for individuals to go back and exercise those rights and all so not... it is also a victory for constitutional law because the way the government introduced these, they suggested that it was the individual that would benefit or not from the tribunal, but actually a judgment has wider implications for the general public as well. is any of that would you argue with? absolutely not access to a fair hearing is an important cornerstone to uk law, and i do not think... if they believe that is the right thing to do. our concern is to do with the implications of the day's judgment

for employees. we supported the introduction of these fees back into bars and 13 because great majority of our members felt that they were subjective vexations and malicious claims. a lot of them said they had settled claims out of court even though they had taken legal advice to say they were likely to have want those cases because the cost of going to court was so much greater than the opportunity cost in terms of the money and time spent on that case of setting up of course. you talked about the implications of the day's hibbing result, what he feared this implications might be? we would bet that the day's ruling could lead to an uptake indexation is ambitious claims being taken when please note there is a strong probability that there is a strong probability that the employer will be forced to settle out of court even though they believe they are the right. the supreme court said that the people who are being put off by the meritorious claimants not the...

this was a sledgehammer to crack a nut, really. the percentage of ex—teachers claimants has aways been quite low. what we are talking about here are people who cannot afford to exercise their employment rights where there are unscrupulous employers. there was no argument you from that but the point coming from your left is the fear that there might be more vexatious claimants now because of what has been changed. highly unlikely, ultimately good employers will continue good practices and most employers and employees do not intend to end up in tribunal. this is a good day for good employers and a bad day but unscrupulous bosses. one of the issues we have to remember is that labia right —— labour rights has changed since 2017. we now has an immigration skills charge which is an incentive the government to

choose a british employee over a foreign worker, the implication of thatis foreign worker, the implication of that is that any non—eu worker working for a company who has passed up working for a company who has passed up fora working for a company who has passed up for a contract extension or a promotion could threaten to take legal action even though they have not necessarily been discriminated against him because there is a legal basis then take a case woodward applied they have bid discriminated against which could lead to consequences for employees. the vienna sports direct, mike ashley, has won his legal battle over an alleged £15 million deal made ina over an alleged £15 million deal made in a london pub, mr ashley told the high court he couldn't remember details of the conversation as it was "a night of heavy drinking" the judge said that nobody at the pub would have thought any offer mr ashley made at the time was serious. 0ne ashley made at the time was serious. one of the pope's most senior

advisers has appeared in an australian court to face historic charges of sexual assault, a financial adviser to pope francis and former archbishop of sydney and melbourne has accused of multiple cou nts melbourne has accused of multiple counts involving several complainants. his lawyer told magistrates he would be pleading not guilty. the british economy grew byjust 0.3% between april and june, according to the office for national statistics. the growth was driven by good retail figures and a booming film industry, but this is the economy's weakest six—month period for 5 years. our business correspondent simon gompertz has the details. everything we make, all our building, all the services provided, the total is still going up, but at a much reduced pace. construction had the toughest three months. all the truss roofs... this buckinghamshire house—building firm says higher prices and uncertainty about brexit are making customers put off decisions. we've been given orders forjobs

and at the last minute, the clients have pulled them away from us. due to concerns over the market. while growth of gross domestic product or gdp each quarter was strong for most of last year, it's fallen back this year so the uk is lagging behind the fastest moving big economies. if we are struggling to push up production at a robust pace, then that's a worry because it puts a question over whether we can carry on creating newjobs and what sort of pay rises we can look forward to. the faltering building trade has a wider impact. including on service businesses like the architect behind the same project, services like shops and restaurants have kept the economy growing, but here, there is concern. it's definitely not a crisis, because we are still busy on projects, we've still got lots of work on.

it's just there is a slight levelling off from what has been a really quite productive last two or three years. labour is calling for better pay rises and investment. the chancellor, with technology trainees today, countered that the government is investing in skills and infrastructure, but he adds promising a brexit transition period would kick—start the economy. the transition period and interim structure with the european union would give businesses and consumers that degree of certainty. and i think that would be a way of strengthening economic growth later in the year and into next year. 0ne bright spot is a jump in film production, like the upcoming star wars, partly filmed in the uk. so far this year though, the economy isn't turning out to be the blockbuster we'd all like to see. simon gompertz, bbc news. the government might have taken

a step closer to begin selling off its stake in royal bank of scotland — which remains 71% owned by the taxpayer since its bailout during the financial crisis. the european commission has accepted the british government's plans to free rbs of more than 300 branches. the sale of the branches had been a condition of the government's 45 and a half billion pound bailout — but rbs has struggled to sell them. rbs has instead offered alternative measures to ease the commission's concerns, including providing support for challenger banks. at least 26 soldiers in afghanistan have been killed in an attack on their base.

afghan officials say taliban fighters stormed the army camp near kandahar. the army says heavy fighting is continuing in the area and reinforcements have been requested. the taliban have said they were responsible for the assault. the funeral of the youngest victim of the manchester arena bombing two months ago, has taken place today 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 was at the show with her mother, who was seriously injured in the attack. judith moritz reports from manchester cathedral.. lisa roussos is still recovering from the bomb which killed her daughter. she left her hospital bed to be with her family to say a final goodbye to saffie rose. the eight—year—old was carried into manchester cathedral by her father andrew. honoured to be her dad. honoured. she was a superstar in the making. to become something in life, you need to have that something, that spark, that... ..charisma, that something. saffie had that, she truly had that. saffie roussos loved performing.

her dream was to be famous like her idol, ariana grande. the irony of this tragedy is that the concert was a wonderful experience for saffie. her daughter knew every song, sang every word and danced. her cheeky grin and happy nature is what her friends remember most about her. she played almost every day with her best friend lily, who still cannot believe that saffie has gone. sometimes i think, i don't know how this happened. i wish she was still with me. i don't know how to feel. but i am going to think she is always with me, she is always sat at my shoulder, always playing together. she is always going to be with me. the arena explosion happened just yards from this cathedral. hundreds brought roses for saffie rose, remembering the youngest of 22 lives

lost that night. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. the headlines on bbc news... the government drives you new plans to tackle pollution, all new diesel and petrol cars will be banned in the uk by 2040. ajudge has ordered that 11—year—old charlie gard should be moved to a hospice in there is any other plans can be made for 12 o'clock tomorrow. donald trump has said that transgender people cannot serve in any capacity in the us military and that will be talked about a little late on the night. a wet on the markets, a small rise in london likewise on the backs and all the figures in the green cause positive moves on the dow and the

mass stack, as well. the american pakistani actor, kumail nan—jiani, says he's seen diversity in hollywood increase "but there is still a long way to go". his romantic comedy film, the big sick, is based on his own life in a relationship with a american woman. kumail nan—jiani is being dubbed as the first muslim rom—com hero. the bbc asian network's haroon rashid met kumail in london and began by asking if he was concerned about a backlash for being so open about his life. you can't really worry about being judged, you're always going to bejudged and you can't really control how people judge you. all you can control is what you make and put out there, so i've really only thought about that. you are being called hollywood's first muslim rom—com hero, how does that feel? terrifying, it's not something that i had really thought about, ifeel like in the uk people of indian— pakistani heritage are more integrated into pop culture,

whereas in america it is still pretty segregated to see like a brown guy in a movie is still novel. do you feel that responsibility of representing an entire religion or ethnicity or culture? i really don't want to feel that responsibility, it is a lot sometimes people will see and be like, "we want more representation but why this guy? he is not good looking enough, or smart enough for... 0r talented enough." and i like, iagree with you it shouldn't be me. it should be someone else. i have been dating this girl, she is white. a white girl?! you can't look like you or me, a white girl. it is ok, we hate terrorists. if i look back at some of your earlier roles, there was indian reporter, pakistani chef, delivery guy, cable guyhow do you reflect when you look back at that time? i'm pretty proud of a lot of those parts, ifigured out how to be on camera on them and i also felt

like the joke wasn't the ethnicity with those parts. that said, i would love to have played more parts that had names. it is tough but that is how it is and i have seen it changed quickly, there is still a long way to go. coming back to head the big sick, it is being called the summer surprise hit, it has done the festival circuit it is being tipped for award season next year as well, i think people are starved the stories from different perspectives, like moonlight was very successful, get out was very successful, even wonder woman is a female superhero with a female director, that is nice thing you see the time and i think what hollywood is realising is that stories from specific perspectives are not niche stories, people are interested in these and these are financial and viable stories. for me that is what is most exciting notjust our media but the sense of people really being securely is about other people's experiences is what is exciting. —— notjustan —— notjust an movie but people

being curious. when play gets under way tomorrow between england and south africa, the oval cricket ground in south london will have scored a century of its own. it'll become only the fourth venue in the world to have hosted a hundred test matches. as chris slegg reports. from all over london people are trying to squeeze into the oval. the crowds have been watching test match cricket at the oval since 1880 and tomorrow will do so for the 100th time as england play south africa beneath the famous gas holders. the weather will determine how much play we see as itjoins a list of lords. melbourne on 109, sydney on 105. the only venues to reach that landmark. at the oval in 1882, english cricket was said to have died and the ashes were born. len hutton's knock of 364 against the aussies and more recently the 2005 and 2009 ashes—clinching moments. the 0val somehow breaks the mould.

i do not think the atmosphere has hugely changed. looking back, you can see articles by players talking about the boisterous crowds. there is something very south london about this place. you come as you are, everybody is welcome, it is relaxed and everybody has a good time. former surrey and england captain alec stewart sampled those good times. what does it mean, tojoin lord's and melbourne and sydney on this list of venues? it is massive. i'm pleased surrey have made a big thing about it, it is something they should be proud of and shouting from the rooftops. i hope the quality of the game matches the occasion, the 100th test match at the oval. the 0val, 100 not out. 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 a symbol of longevity in thailand, and many buddhists there view freeing captive animals the new king turns 65 on friday. he was crowned at the end of last year after the death of his predecessor. the number of freed turtles is seen as auspicious — that's 1,066 - the number 10 for king rama the tenth, as he is widely known as, and the number 66, one more than his age. finally, to a hedgehog who's feeling a bit deflated tonight. the scottish spca was called to tend to the animal which it's thought had been hit by a car puncturing its lung, trapping air under its skin. the hedgehog, who's been named zeppelin, has now been deflated and will make a full recovery.

time for a look at the weather... i sent showers in the air. matt taylor can confirm or not. i can confirm, yes. it is summer so the weather will never be straightforward. after a fine start of the season things have changed. jet stream ‘s come into play, it is a story of sunshine and showers. the sun is out and it feels nice but when the showers, longer temperatures will be lower than they should be. the driving ‘s forces this area of pressure. the showers will be packing in. it's been a torrid few hours per summer in northern ireland. cleared away the isle of man but only a few hours away, even shorter than that, on the coast of cumbria in the lancashire and merseyside as well. heavy bursts

of rain on the way, fairly short live sport will work their way across southern scotland, northern england, easing as it goes. into the night mostly dry with partly clear skies. some showers in the west marine towards western parts of scotland. tonight is bit cooler than last night will stop temperatures down to single figures in this towns and cities. best of sunshine in the morning because in the west already dish showers get going very early on. the windiest conditions in the west of scotland and northern ireland and the rest of the shells or post their way eastwards, most areas was the at least one town port throughout the day could be a pew on the carbs. in a breeze to push them through the sunshine, there will be some spells to get out and make the most of itjoined once the sun shines it will be a touch warmer thenit shines it will be a touch warmer then it shows that on the temperature scale. will certainly be a lot of showers later on in the test at the oval, a lot of dry weather but no showers come true. a

few interruptions. most showers will fade away to the night but some will continue in scotland, northern ireland and other parts of england to ta ke ireland and other parts of england to take is into friday. another of these to shop temperatures dropping to much. all linked to the area of low pressure, it's not moving much. try stop england and wales. notice that, rushing into the day, it will turn wetter, wales, southern england and eventually the midlands. further north they showers will be hit and miss, some stay with sunshine to output through friday evening and overnight rain will spread across much of england and wales clearing off into the north sea at the start off into the north sea at the start of the weekend. we still have a swell of winter the west of scotland, still showers packed then. showers developing elsewhere. fewer showers, dry weather the sum eastern pa rt showers, dry weather the sum eastern part of england on saturday. temperatures 21, 20 two. we part of england on saturday. temperatures 21, as two. we part of england on saturday. temperatures 21, as we i. we part of england on saturday. temperatures 21, as we go ie part of england on saturday. temperatures 21, as we go on into the showery story as we go on into sunday. hello,

i'm karin giannone, this is 0utside source. president trump says the us military will not allow transgender individuals to serve in the armed forces in any capacity. he tweeted that he'd reached the decision after consulting his generals, adding that transgender people would disrupt the military and burden it with large medical bills. after the house of representatives votes for new sanctions against russia, the european union expresses concern. moscow describes it as a step towards destroying better ties. france appeals for help from europe in fighting wildfires that have consumed large areas of forest in the southeast of the country. and the british government announces a ban on new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 — as part of efforts to tackle air pollution.