this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at lipm: after 65 years of royal duty, prince philip makes his final solo public engagement reviewing a parade of royal marines at buckingham palace. an emergency operation is under way after up to 70 army cadets, aged between 12 and 17, got into difficulties in the mourne mountains in northern ireland. four men from the west midlands are found guilty of plotting terror attacks against police and military targets. prison governors attack the government's management ofjails in england and wales, warning the service is "in complete decline." british tourists are facing hours of delays at several eu airports because of stricter border checks. also in the next hour: adam peaty, sporting superstar, and the fastest breaststroke swimmer on the planet. 25.95! 25.95! the staffordshire swimmer

on breaking his own record twice and what the future may hold in store. i wasn't expecting to go 25.9. i didn't think that day would come. i don't think i've started reaching my peak. i'm still on boy strength. # all the bowling ladies. # all the bowling ladies. and the australian bowlers channelling their inner beyonce — in a bid to save their green. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the duke of edinburgh has completed his final royal engagement. prince philip met royal marines in the rain at buckingham palace. the 96—year—old announced his retirement in may, after decades of supporting the queen, as well as attending events for his own charities and organisations. while his diary of engagements

will come to an end, the palace has said the duke may still decide to attend certain events alongside the queen in the future. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has this report. it was a send off which one suspects he will have enjoy. a military parade mounted in the fore court of buckingham palace by the royal marines, the fighting force which is pa rt marines, the fighting force which is part of his beloved royal navy and of which he became captain general way back in 1953. back then, the duke was in his early 30s. now, he is 96 and he is finally accepted that it's time to step back. departing with three cheers from the marines and his own memories of seven decades on the public stage. hip—hip. seven decades on the public stage. hip-hip. hooray. he has been a familiarand hip-hip. hooray. he has been a familiar and sometimes forthright

feature of national life ever since his marriage to the then princess elizabeth in november 19117 and although his robust approach to people and events has sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty, most often in support of the queen, but in pursuit of his separate programme, supporting issues like the environment and the development. awards programme for young people which he established and had named after him. the queen will accompany the duke to certain events, but after more than 22,000 solo engagements and 6,000 overseas visits since the queen came to the throne, the duke's withdrawal is a reminder of the transition which is taking place. with prince charles and his sons taking on more. there are more red boxes going to prince charles now. there is another one going to prince william. so the change quietly and very well

organised and almost unnoticeable has been going on now forfive yea rs. has been going on now forfive years. after 70 years of royal duty together, the queen will certainly miss having her husband at her side for most of her public appearances. from now on, younger members of the royal family will take the duke's place. as the self declared leading plaque unveiler in the world finally ta kes plaque unveiler in the world finally takes things a little easier! emergency services in northern ireland are responding to a major incident in the mourne mountains. up to 70 people — some of them army cadets from middlesbrough — have got into difficulties in bad weather. let's cross to chris buckler who is in the mourne mountains. you can see behind me, you have ambulances here, you have the coastguard and the mountain rescue teams and within the last few minutes we have had another teenager stretchered down from up the mountain and put into the back of an

ambulance. we understand there is around 17 who have had to be stretchered off the mountain after getting into difficulties. we understand that all of the cadets who were here who were part of this camping operation that was taking place they have been accounted for. let's get the latest from a doctor from the northern ireland ambulance service. tell us what we know about this and i'm right in saying the cadets this and i'm right in saying the ca d ets have this and i'm right in saying the cadets have all been accounted for? we have all the young people accounted for and their leaders are still up there with the small number who are remaining on the mountain. shortly after 11.15am the ambulance service received a call for one casualty, but quickly the message changed to a report that there were a numberof changed to a report that there were a number of people suffering from minor injuries and also a number of people suffering from the effects of the cold and the atrocious weather that we were experiencing in this area early other on today. we are not talking about the cadets as individuals, but we understand they are from england and they come from england, is that correct? that's my understanding. i believe the group

issued a statement separately giving details of that. can you tell us just the difficulties you've had in terms of getting these teenagers off the mountain? this has been a difficult operation we have seen helicopters and a huge number of vehicles around us at the moment? the factors working against us here is the weather. it is better now when than when this operation started. the terrain. this happened in an area that's difficult to access at the best of times. we have been blessed with a great multi—agency response from the mountain rescue teams and the coastguard team, from the ambulance service and from the psni working together and pooling resources in order to bring this to a successful conclusion, but we are inned midst ofa conclusion, but we are inned midst of a live operation with a small numberof of a live operation with a small number of casualties still on the mountain. you can see the mist that's up in the mourne mountains. at the moment, the weather is not that bad here, but earlier on today, the weather was extremely bad and

that must have hindered attempts? absolutely and the reports from the scene we re absolutely and the reports from the scene were much worse. the where the visibility was down to 20 yards at that stage. that's significant difficulty especially if we were to consider the use of helicopters, etcetera, but we have been able to manage thanks to the pooled working of the emergency services. can you tell us as far as the teenagers are concerned what kind of injuries have they suffered and are being treated for? i'm not prepared to comment on the specifics. at the moment, there is no serious or life threatening injuries. thank you very much indeed. this is a continuing operation. there are still young people up the mountain and they are still being brought down on stretchers. so the emergency services extremely busy here. chris buckler, thank you very much. four men from the west midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. a gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were planning to attack police and military

targets on british soil. some of the trial had to be held in secret at the old bailey. 0ur midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. the raid at hero couriers in birmingham last august. an area near the city centre was evacuated and the bomb disposal unit called in. it was the culmination of an elaborate undercover operation in which the four men were observed meeting each other in birmingham and in stoke. they were already well—known to the authorities. naweed ali and khobaib hussain had been jailed after travelling to a terror training camp in pakistan in 2011. in prison, they met mohibur rahman, who had been jailed for possessing terrorist material. they called themselves the three musketeers. rahman's friend, tahir aziz, a former member of the banned extremist group al—muhajiroun, later joined the group. the more they watched them, the more the police became suspicious. these men, along with aziz, were very aware of surveillance and carried out counter—surveillance strategies. they used unregistered phones.

they used encrypted social media apps to exchange extremist and violent material. they often met in public open spaces such as parks so they could not be listened in to. we needed to be one step ahead of them and put together an operation that was bold and ambitious, but that would ensure we kept communities safe and provided enough evidence to put before the court. the courier company just up there was a front. the boss was an undercover police officer. hussain and ali were given jobs there, and when ali went out on a delivery, they searched his car and found a cache of weapons. there was a partially constructed pipe bomb, a meat cleaver with the word "kafir" or "unbeliever", scratched onto the blade and an imitation handgun. this plot was foiled, but the release of more terrorists from prison could lead to future problems.

the fact that people are being released and you know that they're terrorists, they have been convicted of terrorist offences, they are being released back into society and there's no reason to think that they have been de—radicalised. i think society across the world needs to ask themselves the question — are you happy with that? ali and hussain come from spark hill in birmingham, where a local charity works with the home office on counter radicalisation. so can someone's views become more extreme after they've been to prison? if they've bumped into somebody inside who is actually grooming them and radicalising them then, yes, of course. but if they are provided with the right support and then they basically don't come out worse. is there any hope for somebody who has got that absolute commitment to an extremist point of view? yes, absolutely. we believe there's always hope. we believe with the right support and the right programmes, there's always hope. the four men will be sentenced later — three of them for a second time. let's talk to our correspondent, tom burridge, at the old bailey. three of them convicted for a second

time. that does raise questions. yes, i think that's one of the major issues simon to come out of the case and the police operation as a whole is when people are convicted of serious terrorist offences, they serve their time in prison, what happens to them when they come out? it raises questions about the lengths that police go to to basically gather evidence about people they think are plotting an attack. so these three men were incredibly savvy about avoiding surveillance. they would leave their mobile phones a distance away from themselves when they would meet up. they would meet up in open spaces. they would meet up in open spaces. they would meet up in open spaces. they would simultaneously turn off their mobile phones and that really led the police in west midlands to launch this covert operation, this sting operation, set—up a fake company with fake vans, fake company logos and that's how they enticed the men to work there. they didn't

know their boss was an under cover police officer. the plan was for mi 5 officers to bug the car, but when they went into the car they found a plastic bag under the seat and inside were the weapons. so what sentences are open? sentencing tomorrow, i think? yes. sentences are open? sentencing tomorrow, ithink? yes. so sentences are open? sentencing tomorrow, i think? yes. so all four men will be sentenced tomorrow. they are been convicted on preparing terrorist acts. that sentence carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. three of the men have previous terrorist offences, convictions. we can also reveal today actually that the group had links to the jailed islamist preacher, anjem choudary, linked to the banned islamist group. that information was not allowed to be reported prior to today because of a

reporting restriction, it was deemed prejudicial. tom, thank you very much. the number of deaths due to drugs in england and wales last year, reached their highest level on record. the office for national statistics says there were 3,744 "poisoning deaths" involving both legal and illegal substances, in 2016. the figures also show that more people in their 40s died, than those in their 30s. let's talk to ed boyd from the centre for socialjustice. first of all, ed, why do you think that figure is going up? well, hi there. this is a continuation of what we have seen over the past few yea rs, past what we have seen over the past few years, past decade, such that we now have the most number of people dying asa have the most number of people dying as a result of drug related deaths than we have ever seen since the records began. 0ne than we have ever seen since the records began. one of the striking things that we have seen over the yea rs things that we have seen over the years is that there has been less money going into treatment services and actually less good treatment services being commissioned by local authorities as well. so what we have

seen authorities as well. so what we have seen is a perfect storm where those with addictions are seeking help and if they are managing to find some they are not getting effective treatment and they are being left stuck in in their addiction and not helped to recover and it's difficult to not see this as all part of same problem. we know solution are there which is an effective set of treatment services. if you're rich or middle—class and you can afford your own treatment then you can get help. if you're poor, it is difficult. so this is a real issue of social justice. difficult. so this is a real issue of socialjustice. i'm wondering why more people in their 40s are dying than in their 30s. why has that come about? it is a thing that when you're older you are more likely to die asa you're older you are more likely to die as a result of a drug related death. this is the case with cocaine, but mainly with heroin and

other opiates as well and people giving up in that they can be supported to change their life around. we keep hearing that there isa around. we keep hearing that there is a lack of money and that's at the heart of figures like these. that's your belief, if there was more money and the government released the purse strings, the figures would come down? what money is spent needs to be spent far more effectively. you have a huge amount of money being poured into services, effectively, maintain people in their addiction. if they are on hern, they are given a substitute and just pay for that year after year rather than being given the support in order to get rid of their addiction in full. there is no getting away in 2012/2013 there was a ring—fence from the department of health and local authorities to fund the treatment services. that went. since then we have seen a steady

decline in the amount being spent on these recovery services. we keep hearing about gangs from eastern europe coming over and making huge amounts of money, pushing drugs in big cities in this country. how do you tackle that? is it at street level? is it nightclubs? what do you do to support that problem out? the first place you start is effective treatment. when it comes to the supply of drugs in the uk, i think the first place that you need to tackle the supply is probably prisons where a number of people who have addictions, they first try it in prison because there is very little else to do and there is a wide scale availability of drugs in those places. that's the first place we should look. the second thing in terms of street gangs, there needs to bea terms of street gangs, there needs to be a clear focus on this, terms of street gangs, there needs to be a clearfocus on this, i think, by the police in each police force area. it is too easy to let drug problems go by and to not really enforce. what we're seeing is if you fail to do that, it leads to

more people, picking up an addiction, more people needing treatment and when that treatment isn't there, they get stuck there and that's—you see some of these awful consequences that we've heard about today. ed boyd, thank you very much for your time this afternoon. the headlines on bbc news:. prince philip has carried out his final solo engagement, meeting royal marine at buckingham palace. mountain rescue are helping a team of army cadets who got into difficulties in the mourne mountains in northern ireland. four men from the west midlands have been convicted of preparing for terrorist attacks which may have included a mass casualty attack. 0ne attacks which may have included a mass casualty attack. one of the most sensational transfers is on the verge of being completed. neymar told barcelona he wants to leave. now it is over to paris st germain to pay in full £198 million fee to release him. there is a shock at

goodwood as here comes when beats ribchester in the sussex stakes. siobhan chamberlain says she is ready to take her opportunity to play in against the netherlands. she replaces the injured keeper, karen bardsley. i will be back with more at a.30pm. see you then. the duke of edinburgh has been carrying out his final public engagement as he retires from royal duty. prince philip, who's 96 years old, has been attending a parade by the royal marines. in may it was announced he would be retiring after spending more than six decades supporting the queen as well as attending events for his own charities and organisations. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell is outside buckingham palace. is it isita is it a bit drier or not? yes. the rain stopped almost as the captain generals parade finished. so

terrible timing, but even so, it was a parade for the royal marines on behalf of the royal marines. the duke of edinburgh amongst his many roles that he has had over the last 70 years or so was appointed the captain general of the royal marines 64 years ago. and that parade was to celebrate them, but also to celebrate them, but also to celebrate his service to the marines over the years. i'm pleased to say i've got two of the people that were involved in the parade. we arejust looking at pictures of the parade. brigadier, if i could ask you what has he meant to the marines? as our captain general, he has acontinueded hundreds of events with the royal marines over the years. very much the head of the family, of the corp family and drawing together the various elements of the corp family which you saw on parade today. the general service, the band service, our cadet organisations and our veterans organisation. did you have

a sense as you were there outside buckingham palace that it was a moment in history? absolutely. to the point where we have drawn together and had minted a commemorative coin that will be presented to every person on the coin andl presented to every person on the coin and i had the privilege of handing the captain general his before the parade and he had it in his pocket during the parade. what has he meant to the royal marines? he isa has he meant to the royal marines? he is a naval officer himself. has that been important? does he have a connection perhaps with the members of the armed snorsz 0n connection perhaps with the members of the armed snorsz on that basis?|j think of the armed snorsz on that basis?” think as a former professional sailor who served with distinction in the second world war, as admiral of the fleet and captain general of the royal marines, colonel of the grenadier guards and so on and so on, the military family of the armed services are very close to his heart and he played a hugely important role in drawing that family together, but also, helping us through some of the difficult times particularly in recent years. this

was a public engagement, but privately, there are many more engagements that he under takes? absolutely. last november, he attended a very memorable event down in plymouth. marking the 60th anniversary of the invasion of sous and he has been instrumental to drawing together our various cadet organisations. that seems to be a perfect time to bring in one of your cadets here. what did it mean to you to be involved with the parade today? it was amazing. he has a massive part, notjust with today? it was amazing. he has a massive part, not just with the royal marines, but with the royal marine cadets which is what i'm part of and to be part of something as he retires, that means the world to everyone involved. he had an influence on your life because of this, but because you're taking part in the duke of edinburgh's award scheme, again another aspect that has been a big part of his life? yes, notjust his, but everyone else who has taken part in the scheme. it

gives us a pleasure for it to be named after him. for us to do something that was his life for the most part and yeah, it gives us, it's great. it was good out there on parade. did you manage to speak to him? no, but some of my comrades got a word or two. i have spoken to him in the past and he seemed quite nice and loads of jokes. in the past and he seemed quite nice and loads ofjokes. that's in the past and he seemed quite nice and loads of jokes. that's great. thank you very much indeed. well, there you go. the last public engagement for the duke of edinburgh. not to say that he will not be entering public life again, but it just means not be entering public life again, but itjust means that the engagements that would normally be pa rt engagements that would normally be part of the public diary, he is not beholding to that, so he can pick and choose more, the last public engagement, but certainly not the last public outing for the duke of edinburgh. sarah campbell, thank you very much. a man has been arrested at southend

airport. the man has been taken to a south london police station where he remains in police custody. the the chair 0ur our home affairs correspondent, dan crisis shaw reports. troubling times for jails crisis shaw reports. troubling times forjails in england and wales. this was the scene outside the mount prison in hertfordshire this week as a team of prison officers prepare to deal with a disturbance. they are known as tornado units, specially trained and equipped to restore order when prisoners take control. the problems add up to a crisis, caused by a toxic mix of population pressures and staff shortages. that is the

view of the leader of the organisation which represents prison governors. the situation is bad. and until we get sufficient staff in our prison, the situation we're in will continue. so we will continue to try and control the situation in our prisons, but we will not be delivering in a significant number of our prisons good, quality, rehabilitative ray geles, we will be holding and controlling the people in ourcare and holding and controlling the people in our care and this is unacceptable. in an open letter that sharp that is sharply critical. she said a government decision to separate the running of prisons from policy making was perverse and not cost effective. and she claimed there was a gaping hole in operational knowledge in the ministry ofjustice which she said was being filled by moving governors from their posts in prisons. but some question why

prisons. but some question why prison governors are only speaking out now? well, we would like to think they are allies. we have been affected by it. it is not their members on landings getting used as punch bags, it is our. the ministry ofjustice is punch bags, it is our. the ministry of justice is recruiting punch bags, it is our. the ministry ofjustice is recruiting an extra 2500 staff. in a statement, the department said, "this will help to create a distinct professionalised front line service and will ensure that policy and operations are working closely together to deliver these much needed reform." new prisons like the one in north wales are being built, but the overall prison population is increasing at such a rate there is little spare ka capacity. as charity records go, this one's a classic. three women in their 70s and 80s, from melbourne, australia, have been channelling their inner beyonce. they've recorded a version of the hit, single ladies, as part of a campaign to save their local bowling

club from demolition. in just three days the track all the bowling ladies, has had a million views online. 0ur sydney correspondent hywel griffith has more. awarning, a warning, you may find some of the singing rather disturbing! # all the bowling ladies. with a combined age of 236, terri, janine and wyn may have thought their chances of pop stardom had passed. butjust four days after posting this video online, the bowling ladies of chadstone have caught the attention of the world. their impassioned plea to save their bowls club from being replaced by an indoor sports stadium has clearly struck a chord. even if they weren't too familiar with the original version. two of us had heard of beyonce, but two of us had not any idea about that song.

it's a wonderful environment, especially for the older people. we don't want to lose it because then where would we go? we'd have to travel and most of the ladies are older than i am, i'm 72, it's their second home. everybody cares. the local council says that the club is just one potential site being considered for a new stadium which would help meet demand for several sports. but the chadstone's bowlers feel they are the victims of ageism as their sport may not be considered sexy enough. although the demanding choreography left one member saying she may need a hip replacement, the bowling ladies have clearly got their voices heard. and it would now take a brave politician to try to turf them out. # all the bowling ladies.

let's get a weather update. jay wynne has the forecast. good afternoon. it has been miserable out there across large swathes of the scotland. you had to be in the far north of scotland to get any sunshine. we will look at the satellite sequence which shows it is miserable conditions out there. lots of cloud and rain spreading north through northern ireland and up into central scotland. lots of rain working its way along the southern most counties, but that rain is on the move. moving both east and north. so after a decent day in northern scotland, it will be wet overnight and brisk winds as well. most of the persistent rain is gone. but it will be wet in northern scotland, but we will see a good scattering of showers coming in on the breeze to the western side of the uk. 12 to 13 celsius in western areas. a warm night for the south at 15 or 16. lots of showers around through tomorrow. yes, another unsettled day. heavy showers in scotland and

slow moving and thunder and lightening too into northern england. it is dry for many southern counties. 21, 22 celsius will be the top temperature. 0nly counties. 21, 22 celsius will be the top temperature. only 18 in most of mainland scotland. looking ahead to friday and we're still unsettled. some showers dotted around. maybe not too many in the south—eastern corner where temperatures will be 22 or 23 celsius. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... the duke of edinburgh has this afternoon attended a royal marines parade at buckingham palace, his final solo public engagement before retiring from royal duties today at the age of 96. coastguard, ambulance and helicopter crews have been called to the mourne mountains in northern ireland, after 40 army cadets aged between 12 and 17 got into difficulties. the coastguard has said it is understood that all of the group have now been accounted for. prison governors have warned that the prison service in england and wales is in "complete decline",

with recruitment remaining in a "critical" condition. four men from the west midlands have been found guilty of planning a terror attack against police and military targets. new security measures at eu airports have left holidaymakers facing long queues and delays, with the european commission saying that the delays are "the price of security". time for the sport now to join will perry who is worth nearly as much as neymar! after weeks of speculation it finally looks like brazilian superstar neymar will leave barcelona tojoin paris saint—germain for a world record fee. neymar this morning informed the club that he wanted to leave the nou camp. the deal would be funded by qatar

sports investments who took over the clu b sports investments who took over the club in 2012. richard conway is in paris for us. fans visiting the club shop here in the centre of paris are getting excited because the deal for neymar is inching slowly forward. we have seen in the past few days the player going from shanghai where he was on commercial duties and flying back to barcelona. he has been excused from training and now barcelona are saying, pay us the money and paris st germain, you can have the player. we will see how it plays out in the coming hours and days. there is now an increasing certainty that neymar will be a paris st germain player this coming season and the indications for that are huge, of course for barcelona, who will be without one of their leading players and for psg who desperately want to bridge the gap from being champions league wannabes to winners and also for uefa, given financial fair play, clubs have a requirement

to live within their means. the size of this deal and the money involved in this potential transfer is such that many clubs and individuals at the highest levels of football are looking at it and wondering if psg can live within those obligations. for now the fans here just want to know one thing, when will neymar sign. that is a huge story and we'll keep you up—to—date. england's women play their euro 2017 semi—final tomorrow, and they'll be without their first choice keeper, karen bardsley, who broke her leg during the quarters. siobhan chamberlain will step up to replace her and she's looking to make the most of the opportunity. we are all really disappointed for karen, she has had a fantastic tournament so far and has not conceded a goal so it is really disappointing for her but this is why we have this strong gk union because you never know who will be called upon at any time. we work hard day in, day out, supporting her when she is playing and she supports us when we are playing and nothing will change and she has been great

since she has been injured as well. there was a surprise in the big race of the day at goodwood where the 20—1 outsider here comes when triumphed in the sussex stakes. 0dds—on favourite ribchester who was looking for a third straight win finished in second after rival churchill was forced to pull out because of the heavy rain. here comes when though held on to win by a neck to give trainer andrew balding his first top flight winner since 2014. former captain alastair cook believes england's experience as a test team will be key as they go in pursuit of becoming the world's number one side again. friday sees england play the fourth and final test against south africa who are currently ranked the world's second best team. england need only to avoid defeat to win the series, which they currently lead 2—1. as this side develops, we are getting to that stage where a lot of the players have a bit of experience, 30 test matches is always a bit of a benchmark for players. if you play 30 matches you understand the rigmarole of test match cricket and your game a lot better than when you have played one or two. we should be getting more consistent and this is the challenge for this side, that consistency which has not been

there for the last 12 months. that is all the sport for now, we will have more in the next hour. thank you. he's a sporting superstar, and the fastest breaststroke swimmer on the planet. adam peaty from uttoxeter in staffordshire admits he thrives on pressure, and last week broke his own 50m breaststroke record twice at the world championships in budapest. he'sjust 22, so the big question is, how much faster could he go? here's andy swiss. two world titles, two world records. 0ne remarkable swimmer. in a sport of the finest margins, adam peaty proved he is in a class of his own. 25.95! just a few days after breaking the world record twice in a day,

he told me that initial shock still has not left him. did you surprise yourself at what you managed to achieve there? a little bit, i was not expecting to go 25.9, i never thought that day would come. i believed it would come but when it actually happens it is a different story. the same with the olympic gold medal, you never really think it is going to happen to you. so the world records, i cannot believe it has happened. but the peaty family has a second star, last year his grandmother mavis had to watch his 0lympic success back home. but this year she flew out to budapest to cheer on her grandson. it is amazing that she was out there, she had not flown in 20 years and she had been packing her bags for five weeks before! it means so much to me to walk out, when you're a bit nervous and excited and have all these emotions, then you see your nan and mum in the crowd.

it is an amazing thing. obviously you want to make them proud and give them as much as they've given you. and the training that has got you to where you are now, many people have seen of you doing those insane push—ups. how important is that regime? i love it, people say it is hard, probably the worst thing you could imagine every single day, six hours. as much hard exercise as you can do. but for me that is my comfort zone. and the best is still yet to come? 100%, i have not even started to reach my peak yet. i need that man strength to come through, i'm still on boy strength. his only rival now would seem to be the clock, the man taking british swimming into uncharted territory. the government's been urged to do more to persuade european union

countries to increase staffing levels at airports, after british tourists faced long waits at border controls. some holiday makers say they were forced to queue for hours because of additional security checks on travellers from outside the schengen free movement area. airlines uk, which represents british—based carriers, says ministers should use whatever influence they can to improve the situation. dan johnson reports. queues at passport control, nothing new. but some delays have been as long as four hours at airports like barcelona. passengers have even missed flights because of the wait. kate was in a group of 22 who were stuck in spain on monday. even though they were at the airport three hours early. by the time we got to the gate they told us the gate was closed. the plane was still there, the bridge was still attached to the plane, but they refused to let 22 of us on this plane and yet it took them half an hour to unload our luggage off the plane. which is an absolute disgrace. this is all because of tighter security checks across the european

countries that share passport and border control under the schengen agreement. more passengers are being checked against more databases to stop terrorists and criminals — that is all taking much longer. the reason for these delays is that some national governments have not foreseen the proper staffing resources and technology solutions at airports to make sure these checks can be done in a smoother way. these new rules have been enforced since april. but they have really made an impact now that airports are busy with holiday—makers. august is always the busiest time of year for travel, so inevitably you see long queues at this time of year. if you add to that the fact that they're bringing in these new security requirements, it's understandable those queues are longer than normal. so the most important thing to bear in mind is that when you leave for your destination abroad, leave some extra time to get through passport control, otherwise you run the risk of your losing your flight. there is always a trade—off between the level of security and speed through the airport. many are calling for

more staff but these new checks have not even been fully rolled out yet so the queues could get longer before they get shorter. dan johnson, bbc news. new research suggests more than a million women in their early sixties are financially worse off, because of the rise in the state pension age. the institute for fiscal studies, says while the government is saving £5 billion a year, many women are losing on average, more than £30 a week. here's simon gompertz. waiting for your pension and struggling to get by. no trips to the pictures or the pub, my lifestyle has changed. i can't do the things i used to do. shirley from aberdeen is 61, not working because of ill—health and she won't qualify for the pension until she's 66. the effect it has had on me... ending it all.

because... having to... rely on your family. but my son said to me, he said, mum, you brought me up, you always gave me when you had it, it's my turn, but it's still hard. pension ages used to be 60 for women and 65 for men. by the end of the decade they'll be 66 for both — the reform coming in stages. the result is more than a million women in their early 60s having weekly average incomes £32 less than they would have been, the hit would be bigger, but for the fact many are working. 18% are living in poverty, that's on under £237 a week for a couple. perhaps the group who are worst off in this reform are the ones who want to work, perhaps retire a bit later, but are unable to do so. perhaps they can't find work or their health prevents them from being able to do so.

women have been campaigning for compensation with the complaint they have not been given enough warning so they could not plan to work on or save more. paying pensions later is boosting the government finances by £5 billion a year and ministers say that is fair because life expectancy is going up and that is increasing the underlying bill for pensions and they argue that with bigger life spans women will still get more pension than previous generations, even though they pick the money up later. but that is not helping shirley through the years until her 66th birthday during which she is having to depend on friends and family to keep afloat. in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news. prince philip carries out his final solo public engagement, meeting royal marines at buckingham palace. mountain rescue and ambulance crews are helping a group of up to 70 teenage army cadets, who got into difficulties in bad weather in the mourne mountains

in northern ireland. four men from the west midlands are convicted of preparing terrorist acts, which police say may have included a ‘mass casualty attack‘. and now the markets. a bit of a contrast between london and new york. the ftse slipped today on basic resources and financial stocks weighed on another full day of earnings with standard chartered and rio tinto among the large companies reporting results. but the dow rips past 22,000 for the first time ever. profits at mining giant rio tinto have almost doubled to $3.3 billion for the six months tojune. the company was helped by rebound in the price for iron ore. but the shares were actually down.

uk economic growth will slow to 1.7% this year according to the latest forecast from the national institute of economic and social research. it says the prediction is a fall from the 1.8% seen last year. it reflects the rise in inflation since last year's brexit vote and the subsequent fall in the value of the pound. it's also forecasting that the bank of england will raise interest rates in the first quarter of next year, earlier than previously expected. and the dow has topped 22,000 points for the first time in opening trading bolstered by a six percent gain in apple, the latest blue—chip company to report strong earnings. let's get detailed analysis of this with nandini ramakrishnan, global market strategist atjp morgan asset management. going past 22,000, is it important orjust a

going past 22,000, is it important or just a number? going past 22,000, is it important orjust a number? it isjust a number when you think about it, a symbolic gain for the us equity market but still dependent on those stocks underneath the surface of that index and use the tech, why it is still expensive and has come a long wait in the past few years, these companies are continuing to provide earnings and gain traction in the market with those big increases in the past few days. lot of it to do with technology stocks. it is, that is the most expensive sector in the us market, it has a lot of momentum behind it. too expensive? it is hard to find value in buying those expensive tech stocks in the fact that the only way forward might actually be down. we prefer the stocks in the us market that are cheaper called value stocks and also financials which may have more room to run and more games to give in the coming quarters. what about mining stocks? rio tinto

profit up sharply but not the shares. people not convinced yet in a recovery in mining stocks and basic resources? it is a bit of a tough one because while their profits have been improving because prices have become much more stable than a year prices have become much more stable thana yearand prices have become much more stable than a year and a half ago, the market is still hesitant to believe these companies will see long—term sustained profitability and that is wiped mining is nota sustained profitability and that is wiped mining is not a sector we love. there are names that could do well and could benefit from a global growth story when it is china or other emerging markets that still need and use commodities, that is what it is not want to be thrown out with all stocks but it is a tough point for some of these commodities and mining and material producers in the uk in particular. 0ne and mining and material producers in the uk in particular. one thing to note is that the ftse 100 the uk in particular. one thing to note is that the ftse100 has 10% in materials which is very much dependent on commodity prices. looking at the estimates of growth in the uk, changing from 1.8% to

1.7% which is not a huge difference, just reasonable growth and nothing spectacular. this is not a disastrous downgrade, 1.7% gdp growth is still something the uk can be happy with given this point in the cycle and where us and europe are. the forecast next year looks to be steady as well which is where you would expect a bit more weakness with the brexit negotiations, uncertainty and high inflation of these elements seem to be less of a drag for the new forecasts put out for next year so there is still optimism about uk domestic growth that we can look forward to. how much damage would putting up interest rates to consumer confidence and business generally? would they not be very sensitive to that? consumers and corporate would be sensitive to it, but the fact they will go very slowly and only do

one or two xt is the uk economy and inflation numbers can handle it, then we will see there's interest rate hikes but at the moment we expect them to remain on hold for the rest of this year and see where it comes. the biggest indicator is wage growth, and real wage growth is the commendation at the headline wage growth taking out that inflation number which has been a big mover in the past few quarters so we don't expect that to get too out of control in the next few quarters. thank you so much. just to recap on the market, the dowjones getting beyond 22,000, the first time ever, bolstered by that huge gain by apple. and you can see that the european market is not doing so well. the nasdaq not going anywhere, falling back a little bit. that is all from me, a round—up on the website of course. in the meantime, back to simon. thank you. president trump has said that a bill

on sanctions against russia, that he signed into law earlier today, is "significantly flawed". he's issued a statement saying that a provision limiting his powers to lift the sanctions on individuals is unconstitutional. the sanctions were imposed in retaliation for russia's actions in ukraine and its alleged interference in the us presidential election last year. we can go to washington and our correspondent laura bicker. in a drawer marked bleeding obvious question is, if it was significantly flawed, why did he sign it? he had no choice but to sign it. the rules of american governance state that if there is this overwhelming majority in congress both in the house and in the senate it means they have the votes to override any presidential veto so if he had vetoed, congress at the vote to override him which meant he was boxed into a corner. it did not like the bill and made that clear and he said he tried to work

with congress to improve the language of the bill but he has had to sign it and done so behind closed doors so the press did not see exactly perhaps his face when he had to sign something he did not like. but he has signed it and it is in law but there are a number of state m e nts law but there are a number of statements from the white house expressing his concern. and of course anything to do with russia a tt ra cts course anything to do with russia attracts a lot of attention at the moment. you would imagine yes. remember that there is several ongoing investigations into whether or not russia meddled in the us presidential election and whether there was collusion between russia and the trump campaign so obviously this is getting a lot of attention and it has been on his desk all weekend. president trump said in this statement that his concerns are actually about the constitutional overreach of congress, in other language basically saying they are stepping on his toes. they are

saying —— he is saying that the language of the bill buying is part of the hands of his administration when he is trying to negotiate business with russia and negotiate perhaps staff going in and out of russia because this bill includes visas and also limit his ability to lift or waived sanctions on russia. congress has almost boxed him in when it comes to these sanctions and he does not like it. one of the things that got him elected, his views on immigration, and he has some new proposals on that. he has just announced that and what he is looking to do, throughout his campaign he preferred a to points—based system to immigration and they want to cut the number of legal immigrants coming into the us by 50% in the next ten years. right now they said that one in 15 coming into the country legally do so on eight skill set and he wants this point system where you are allowed

into the country is if your skills are required here. we don't hear what he had to say a short time ago. the rays act will reduce poverty, increase wages and save taxpayers billions and billions of dollars. it will do this by changing the way the united states issues green cards to nationals from other countries. green cards provide permanent residency, work authorisation and fa st residency, work authorisation and fast track to citizenship. for decades the united states has operated a very low skilled immigration system, shrink record numbers of green cards to low wage immigrants. -- issuing record numbers. are things coming down in washington? no! it is the middle of the week, just when you think things are quiet, something else is announced. we thought we had a quiet

day the other day and then anthony scaramucci was day the other day and then anthony sca ramucci was out day the other day and then anthony scaramucci was out of the door and venues goes up scaramucci was out of the door and venues goes up again but this is donald trump returning to bread and butter issues, immigration. it is the one thing he can guarantee his base will jump on the one thing he can guarantee his base willjump on and here we are, not just talking about limiting base willjump on and here we are, notjust talking about limiting the number of people coming into the country but doing so on assistant he believes will allow jobs to country but doing so on assistant he believes will allowjobs to be increased in the right sectors rather than basically folding the market into itself. there are people who believe that the name of immigrants coming into this country is the reason they cannot get a job. he is playing to that base by saying that the only reason people can get in here, if these rules are put in place, is if they have the skill set to do so. thank you very much. road safety campaigners say proposals to remove speed bumps in england to help cut pollution, are "dangerous, daft and irresponsible."

the government has suggested it's willing to pay for council's to rip them up, because when drivers brake and then accelerate to get over them, they increase exhaust emissions. here's roger harrabin. children are vulnerable to polluted air. it can harm the development of their lungs and aggravate existing conditions like asthma and hay fever. but the government's plan to combat pollution includes offering to pay councils to rip up speed humps installed to protect those same children. here is why. cars will typically break as they reach a hump and then accelerate their way out of it, increasing pollution in the process. some motoring groups can't wait for the humps to go. speed bumps or, as we call them, inverted potholes, we've been against from the word go. for the last 15 years we've been arguing against them, including the fact that the pollution and indeed excessive fuel usage that they course. but the humps won't be removed without a fight. in many areas local people

campaigned for them to protect children from speeding cars. rachel maycock is a safety campaigner based in cardiff, where she walks her two—year—old to nursery. her organisation, living streets, is writing to ministers, criticising their decision to offer to pay for the removal of speed bumps. it's a really weak plan based on really weak evidence. getting rid of speed bumps and spending that money is not going to improve our air quality. it's going to increase the likelihood of accidents in urban areas like this and the money could be spent better elsewhere. i think it's probably in there because the government feels it needs to be seen to be nice to the motorists and not to demonise diesel car drivers and so forth. but we are concerned it is sending out the wrong message to local authorities. the challenge over humps created confusion in whitehall, with different departments saying they weren't responsible for the idea. a government spokesman said later that it would ensure that any changes on roads didn't reduce safety for children. roger harrabin, bbc news. clive is next up but before that the

weather. it has been a pretty miserable day across large parts of the country with a lot of cloud and rain will stop this satellite sequence confirms that and you can see the weather systems moving north and east. 0ne weather systems moving north and east. one area working north, the other east with heavy bursts underneath that. pretty miserable in london. there was some sunshine in northern scotland, absolutely beautiful. but the rain is on the way towards that area this evening and overnight and it will turn quite wet and wet and wendy in eastern

england. further showers in the west by the end of the night. —— the ide. temperatures still between 12 and 16 degrees. in the morning it is pretty wet in northern scotland and the northern isles with some showers from early on and some quite heavy. a bit drier in parts of eastern scotland. early showers in northern ireland and northern england but some eastern areas are drier. in the south—west there are some showers in wales and the south—west but some brighter in toulouse but the best of the weather in the morning is in the east midlands and east anglia —— some brighter patches. going through the day it will be unsettled with a lot of showers, some thunderstorms in scotland and northern england with some hail. not many showers in the south—east. largely dry with 22

degrees. 18 or 19 across most of scotland. low pressure still in charge on thursday evening but slowly drifting towards scandinavia which allows the north—westerly breeze across the uk and still some showers on friday, mainly in scotla nd showers on friday, mainly in scotland with the west in length and wales. largely dry in eastern england and bright as well. it should feel a bit warmer. into friday night, still some showers around, mainly in the north and west of the uk on saturday, sunday looks reasonable for most places but some rain spreading from the west later on and if you need more details there are more on the bbc website. today at 5. a group of men calling themselves the three musketeers, have been found guilty of conspiring to attack british police and military targets. along with a fourth man,

they plotted an atrocity, similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. all believed in violentjihad, inspired by al qaeda and so—called islamic state. they're being released back into society, no reason to think they've been de—radicalised. i think society across the world needs to ask themselves a question — are you happy with that? three of the men met in prison. we'll be live at the old bailey, and take a look at the problem of radicalisation in ourjails. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. after 65 years of royal duty, prince philip makes his final solo public engagement — reviewing a parade of royal marines. an emergency operation is under way after up to 70 army cadets,