this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. some mental health patients are waiting three years to be discharged from hospital — despite being medically fit to leave, according to figures obtained by the bbc. in some cases, people are remaining on in patient melt all health wards when there are more suitable alternatives. it is about the provision of those alternatives and sometimes there isn't the availability. more than 200 buildings have now failed fire safety tests, implemented in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. the russian prime minister says new sanctions imposed by the united states are tantamount to declaring a full—scale trade law. also: the record—breaking heatwave that's currently affecting large parts of the continent. health warnings are in place across europe as temperatures reach potentially dangerous levels in italy, france, spain and parts of the balkans. children from the very poorest

families in some parts of england could be two years behind their peers by the end of secondary school, research suggests. has britain become a nation of binge watchers? eight in ten of us now view multiple episodes of our favourite tv shows in a single sitting. good morning. it's thursday 3rd august, i'm ben brown, welcome to bbc newsroom live. some mental health patients are waiting more than three years to be discharged from hospital, despite being medically fit to leave, a bbc investigation has found. figures, obtained through freedom of information requests, show that at least five patients waited more than a thousand days. hundreds of others have been waiting

for more than six months. the government says the nhs is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to treat mental health patients in the community. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports. sheila lock —— likes art and music but loves her new home. she sews me round supported accommodation. the 32—year—old who suffers from a personality disorder and schizophrenia has spent half a life in psychiatric hospitals. she moved in here last year, months later than she should have done due to arguments between health and social ca re arguments between health and social care act agencies over who should pay for her room. are used to see people leaving before me. i have

been ready a long time and i'm more equipped but they seem to get out quicker. many psychiatric patients will recognise her experience. we've discovered at least five patients waited more than three years to be discharged. nearly 100 waited more than a year. 200 spent six months longer in hospital than they needed to. the complex where she lives is provided by a national charity who say there isn't enough similar units for mental health patients. sun—macro bale in a revolving door of hospital placement and then a failure —— failed community placement. by providing an intensive package of support, we hope to break that cycle. delayed discharges are a problem across the nhs but this research shows mental health patients are suffering excessive

waits, spending longer than necessary in one of these units can slow patient‘s recovery and prevent others from getting a bed. the psychiatrist here often struggles to move patients from her hospital and says investing in crucial services is essential. there are a number where you have a really good community service and crisis resolution that will not need to go into hospital. for the most part, people would wish to stay in their homes. toni says she will soon move from here into a small bungalow on the complex. nhs england say they are providing alternatives to hospital admissions but too many patients are still spending too long in psychiatric units. joining me now is paul spencer, the policy and campaigns manager and the mental health charity, mind. three years seems a long time for

somebody to have to wait. it is unacceptable and people's lives are on hold. they have been told they are well enough to come out of hospital and the support is not there for them. three years to wait to be discharged from hospital, is that the exception rather than the rule? how common is it? we are seeing some of the more extreme examples. this happens a lot. 0ne seeing some of the more extreme examples. this happens a lot. one in ten people aren't being discharged the right time and being discharged too late and it has an impact on how people recover. getting discharged at the right time is important for people and delaying it can mean the lives on hold but their recovery is not going as well as it could. what is the principal reason this is happening? in toni's provision, the housing wasn't available. it is also about who was providing the services

and whose play —— paying for them. there is an argument between who funds the service and it is unacceptable because it is public money going into public services. at the end of the day, the person needs to come first. is it a lack of coordination between the various authorities? it seems to be so. with housing and social care, it is provided by a different agency. when they are leaving hospital, there needs to be a joiner between those services and if it is not there, you get delays. nhs england say we are increasing the total —— opportunities and there is £4 million for crisis resolution home treatment teams and investment in community mental health services. they believe they are putting a lot of money into this. it is a bit about money. mental health has been underfunded for a long time. it is

how the money is used. if it is not used in the right way, you don't get a joined used in the right way, you don't get ajoined up of used in the right way, you don't get a joined up of services and people cannot move from one service to the other. it is about money but also about seeing the person first. what would you say that the authorities need to do? talk to each other?m is public money at the end of the day and it is not about who pays for what but it should be about is that person getting the support that they need? that person getting the support that they need ? that needs person getting the support that they need? that needs to come first. thanks very much. more than 200 buildings have failed fire safety tests, implemented in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. in the second in a set of six tests ordered by the government, 100 high—rises failed to meet current regulations. the bbc has learnt that cladding and insulation panels failed the test within seven minutes of being set alight. sir ken knight, who chairs the government's independent fire safety panel, told breakfast that residents should not be concerned.

i hope they feel safe now, because every one of these buildings has had an inspection by the local fire and rescue service and have all had a new fire risk inspection. the landlords have made interim measures like making sure smoke detectors work and people know what to do in the event of a fire, and special measures they have put in place. i hope residents do feel that the expert panel and the advice given to the government is being heeded, and undertaken. and, landlords themselves are being responsible to take those mitigating actions required. residents of a tower block in north london have told the bbc that urgent safety work carried out in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster is either shoddy or incomplete. thousands of people living on the chalcots estate in camden were told to leave their homes, with only a few hours notice, so the work could be done. camden council has told the bbc that it's now finished, and has been signed off by building control at lambeth and westminster council. joining me now is our

correspondent, sangita myska. sangita, what was the urgent work that needed doing at the chalcots? in the days after grenfell tower, they asked the fire brigade to go into the chalcots estate and carry out an height fire safety checks. —— enhanced. there were urgent internal works that needed doing to the parts of the tower blocks. they are 23 stories high eat and accommodate 3000 people. as a result, camden took the decision to ask all of those residents to vacate those four blocks with an hour or so's noticed. this was on a friday night. the residents have been out of those blocks the six weeks and have been told they need to go back. camden

says the work has been carried out toa says the work has been carried out to a sufficient level. what residents have told the bbc is they believe the work, this very urgent work, is inconsistent, unfinished and shoddy and has the potential to put lives at risk. what did you see on the state? camden council did not wa nt on the state? camden council did not want any recording of filming to ta ke want any recording of filming to take part in the communal areas of the blocks but i was invited in by a resident who had serious concerns who showed me around one of the blocks. what i did manage to do was ta ke blocks. what i did manage to do was take some photographs that i think we have. he was pointing out things that were part of the urgent works that were part of the urgent works that he said were not done properly. let's ta ke that he said were not done properly. let's take a look. this is the fire doors. this fire door leads to the block's only staircase. the quality of the work, he says, it is

inadequate. you can see some of the seals that are designed to stop smoke and fire which are already peeling off. the idea is to contain any smoke or fire. peeling off. the idea is to contain any smoke orfire. the peeling off. the idea is to contain any smoke or fire. the fire door doesn't shut and another fire door took over one minute to close and it is supposed to close in a couple of seconds otherwise it is not doing itsjob. we seconds otherwise it is not doing its job. we can seconds otherwise it is not doing itsjob. we can move onto seconds otherwise it is not doing its job. we can move onto the staircase which is the fire escape. these stairs should have nonslip strips on them. ideally, those strips on them. ideally, those strips should be luminous when the lights go out, you can see way down in the event of the fire. in this photograph, they are worn thin and very busy bowl —— visible. 0n photograph, they are worn thin and very busy bowl —— visible. on some, they were missing in their entirety. the front doors, these were part of the urgent works. the top and bottom of the flats should all have been sealed off as part of the urgent

safety work but one of them come i could actually fit my hand almost entirely all the way through. i have to say i was with one of the residents who was putting his fingers through other door spaces. if there was a fire in a flat like that, it wouldn't be contained and will spread into the corridor. front doors are supposed to have closes and they are springs. there is one there. it is actually broken. the first time the resident went into the flats, it snapped. the idea is if there is a fire, you will grab your kids and will run out. you are showing these pictures to independent experts? yes, to get an

objective view. 0ne independent experts? yes, to get an objective view. one of the expert told the bbc that he did not believe the building was safer residents to live in. a mother who is an architect and lawyers specialise in this field and he says the doors do not meet bridges safety standards potentially putting occupants at risk. these photos are available on bbc online england. inside the flats as well, what did you find there?m turns out these enhanced fire safety checks were not done inside the individual flats. when checks were not done inside the individualflats. when i was checks were not done inside the individual flats. when i was asked to stop recording, this is on the ground floor of this 23—storey block, a resident invited me in because she wanted to show me something. she had been told she had to vacate the hotel she and her children were staying in because camden will no longer pay the hotel fees. she took me into a room which

had a mass of electricity cables coming out of the few box and the electricity meter. you can see those live wires are boxed in using cardboard. she alleges that cardboard. she alleges that cardboard boxing in was done by an electrician contracted by camden council. you can see the cables going up into the ceiling which means they were a big gaping hole which means they are not contained. 0ur which means they are not contained. our experts were categoric and said if urgent safety work has been carried out in the communal areas of the flats, that should've been noted and it should have been boxed in with metal. briefly, you talked to the council and fire brigade. we did but all of these very specific allegations to camden council, we invited the county council to

command the bbc but she declined that invitation. she said the urgent work is complete and was signed off by independent building control from two other london boroughs and it had worked closely with the london fire brigade. thank you. some breaking news coming in from melbourne. they have charged two men in sydney with terrorism offences according to the australian federal police. they have been charged two cou nts police. they have been charged two counts of axe in preparation for planning a terrorist attack. this is after four planning a terrorist attack. this is afterfour men were planning a terrorist attack. this is after four men were arrested in raids conducted across several syd ney raids conducted across several sydney suburbs. they are scheduled to appear in court in sydney tomorrow morning. more on that as it comes into worse. some mental health

patients are waiting three years to be discharged from hospital despite being medically fit to leave according to figures obtained by the bbc. more than 200 buildings have 110w bbc. more than 200 buildings have now failed fire safety tats incremented in the wake of the g re nfell tower. incremented in the wake of the grenfell tower. the russian prime minister says new sanctions imposed by the united states are tantamount to declaring a full—scale trade war. in sport, there will be no glamour rematch between vladimir critchlow and anthony joshua rematch between vladimir critchlow and anthonyjoshua after he retired from the sport. they fought out one of the greatest heavyweight sites in recent history and the announcement ofa recent history and the announcement of a rematch had been expected. neymar is expected to be the highest—paid player when he com pletes highest—paid player when he co m pletes a highest—paid player when he completes a meal from highest—paid player when he completes a mealfrom barcelona highest—paid player when he completes a meal from barcelona to paris st germain. he will cost them £198 million and receive a wage of over £40 million a year. can

england's women reach the final of euro 17 this evening. they talk —— they take on the netherlands in the semifinal and hope to go one better than in 2009 when they got past the netherlands in the last four but eventually lost in the final. the russian prime minister says new sanctions imposed by the united states are tantamount to declaring a full—scale trade war. dmitry medvedev said the measures, which were approved reluctantly by donald trump, demonstrated the complete impotence of the president, who he said had been humiliated by congress. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. the sanctions are in retaliation for russia's alleged role in last year's election. it is also punishment for the annexation of crimea in 2014. it will limit the amount people can invest in russian energy projects, making it more difficult for us companies to do business with russia. it also imposes sanctions on iran and north korea. congress overwhelmingly passed

the move and sent it to the desk of donald trump. he sat on it for a few days before reluctantly and behind closed doors signing it into law. he later accused congress of overstepping its constitutional authority because the law handcuffs him from easing the penalties on russia. he said it was deeply flawed. the president favours tough measures to deter and punish bad behaviour of iran and north korea. he also said we will not tolerate this by russia. moscow has condemned and ridiculed the sanctions. the russian prime minister responded in a series of tweets. the russian ambassador to the united nations adopted

a similar tone. some us officials were saying this was a deal that might encourage russia to co—operate with the us. to me, that is a strange encouragement. a sentiment president trump may agree with. after signing the deal, he said i can make far better deals with other countries than congress. peter bowes, bbc news. the venezuelan president, nicolas maduro, has dismissed allegations of fraud in the country's controversial elections on sunday. a company based in london responsible for providing the voting system has claimed electoral authorities inflated the turn—out figure by at least one million. the opposition has called for more mass demonstrations. the pay of the uk's top chief executives' has fallen, but a report has found there's still a huge gap between them and the rest of their staff. research from the high pay centre think—tank reveals the bosses

of ftse100 companies now make on average £4.5 million a year — that's down nearly 20% on two years ago. it would take the average uk worker 160 years to make the same amount of money. an oxford university employee and a us professor are being hunted by police on suspicion of murdering a 26—year—old man in chicago. police say professor wyndham lathem, who's 42, on the left, and 56—year—old andrew warren repeatedly stabbed trenton cornell—duranleau in lathem's apartment on the 27th ofjuly. wyndham lathem is a microbiology professor at northwestern university in illinois, who specialises in the bacteria that caused the bubonic plague. andrew warren is a senior treasury assistant at 0xford's somerville college. for a full summary, you can go to oui’ for a full summary, you can go to our website where you can get

details on the main stories today. more than 1000 bitcoin ‘s been removed from online wallets. it has been three months since introspection/ organisations worldwide and you may remember the attack on the nhs which faced days of disruption. let's talk to chris, oui’ of disruption. let's talk to chris, our tech reporter. what more do we know about how much money has been stolen? this is money that people who had been affected sent in the hope their systems would be restored. that money has sat there for nearly three months online in bitcoin wallets and some people thought maybe it would never be moved because there was so much international law enforcement on

this case. they would be interested in tracking where that money goes. what are bitcoin is? it is a cryptocurrency, digital currency and doesn't have any digital form. it is given monetary value because people buy it and trade with it. you can buy it and trade with it. you can buy things in shops with bitcoin ‘s. —— bitcoin. it looks at every transaction and although it is not tied to people's identities, you can watch them as they move through the block chain and see who withdraws that money in the end. that is what some investigators will be hoping to do from now one. we remember the attack on the nhs which was very alarming for the national health service in this country. a wider attack worldwide as well. some may think £100,000 is not a huge reward

for all that effort. that is right. it struck countries in more than 100 countries around the world. many sisters were infected. to get £100,000 from that in mind some is extreme and people were advising victims don't pay because there was very little guarantee they would get their computers back and it only encourages cyber criminals to carry out similar techniques in the future. thanks very much indeed. health warnings are in place across europe as temperatures reach potentially dangerous levels. a record—breaking heatwave is currently affecting swathes of the continent — from romania to spain and portugal. sarah corker has more. as much of europe sizzles, just what is the best way to keep your cool? an almost continent—wide heatwave has pushed temperatures above 40 degrees celsius, breaking records and sending people and their pets looking for cover.

in austria, the elephants at vienna zoo took to the pool to cool. the city's horses had to go home, it was so hot. 0thers, though, weren't quite so lucky. the heat is centred on italy. it's experiencing its worst drought in 60 years. rome has started to ration water. 11 of its 20 regions could soon declare a state of emergency. and there are weather warnings in place across europe. after last week's wildfires in france, firefighters remain on stand—by. with dry conditions, the risk of furtherfires is high. in southern spain, forecasters described the weather as extreme. a high of 47 degrees is expected in cordoba. the advice is to drink plenty of water, and despite the lure of the mediterranean sun, sea and sand,

the authorities are urging people to stay inside during the hottest hours of the day. sarah corker, bbc news. friederike 0tto is a senior researcher at the environmental change institute at oxford university and can give us some context about the heatwave in southern europe. is this part of global warming or a random heatwave? we haven't done a study on this particular heatwave but it was already very high in june. we have done a study on the heatwave that moved into portugal and spain injune this year. man—made climate change may make that occur at least ten times more likely. the exact numbers of how

much more likely climate change makes a heatwave, very crucially depends on how exactly you define the heatwave. you can get slightly different numbers. south—eastern europe is one of the places in the world where we already see the impacts. in layman 's terms, heat waves a re impacts. in layman 's terms, heat waves are becoming more common, is that right? that is right and much more common. in southern europe we found that they become more likely. how worried should we be about that in terms of the heat can, for some people, be quite dangerous?” in terms of the heat can, for some people, be quite dangerous? i think heatwave plans have already been put

in place in many countries and also in countries where we see heatwaves where people are not used to heat waves before. countries like the netherlands have also heatwaves. after the heatwave in 2003 which was fatal for after the heatwave in 2003 which was fatalfor some after the heatwave in 2003 which was fatal for some people after the heatwave in 2003 which was fatalfor some people in paris, france has put on very effective heatwave plans. things can be done and are done but in combination with the ongoing drought, it is straining people and the environment. thank you so much. a senior researcher. thanks for being with us. let us see what the weather here is doing to us. lucy has the details. any signs of the heatwave here? 0ur temperatures are much closer to

average for the time of year. showers are not part fairly slow moving. moving eastwards and the chance of some localised flooding. for england and wales, plenty of dry and bright weather and some gusty winds mean showers will be fleeting and we could see ghosts of 30 and 40 mph. highs of 22 celsius. through this evening and overnight, one or two showers hanging on. we will start to see some showery outbreaks of rain pushing in. 0vernight lows of rain pushing in. 0vernight lows of 12 and 16 celsius. tomorrow, we are looking at another day of sunny spells and showers. perhaps a little bit more in the way of sunshine and a few scattered showers. scotland, more in the way of cloud and temperatures around 24 celsius. hello. this is bbc newsroom live. iam ken i am ken brown. it isjust approaching 11:30am. it is just approaching 11:30am. the headlines now:

mental health patients across the uk are spending years stranded in acute units awaiting discharge, figures show. over the past two years, at least 91 patients have waited more than a year to be discharged. more than 200 buildings have failed the latest fire safety tests, set up in the wake of the grenfell tower fire, the government has said. tests examined the safety of cladding in combination with a polyethylene filler and stone insulation. the bbc has learned that they failed the tests within seven minutes of being set alight. russian prime minister dmitry medvedev has said new sanctions imposed by the us are tantamount to declaring a full—scale trade war against moscow. health warnings are in place across europe as temperatures reach potentially dangerous level. the strongest heatwave of the year is predicted to hit several countries, including italy, france, spain and parts of the balkans. all the latest sports news now from the bbc sports centre. good morning.

good morning. the former world heavyweight champion wladimir klitschko has announced his retirement from boxing, ending any hopes of a rematch against britain's anthonyjoshua. we had been waiting for confirmation of another fight between the two in las vegas in november but the 41—year—old has decided to hang up his gloves after 27 years. as an amateur he won gold at the atlanta 0lympics in 1996 before becoming the world heavyweight champion for over ten years. he's thanked his team, family and fans for their support. brazilian striker neymar is set to earn three quarters of a million pounds a week when he completes a world record move from barcelona to paris st—germain forjust under £200 million. it would make him the world's most expensive player with extras from sponsorships, but there's one person who doesn't think the price tag is too expensive. for 200 million i don't think he is expensive. i think he is expensive, the fact that now you are going to have more players at 100 million, and you are going to have more players at 80 million,

more players at 60 million, and i think that is the problem, because neymar is one of the best players in the world. it's the women's euro 2017 semifinals tonight. england are taking on hosts, the netherlands. but they're missing two key players. the lionesses won't have keeper karen bardsley, she's out because of injury, replaced by siobhan chamberlain and they're also without midfielderjill scott. but england are still the highest—ranked team remaining in the tournament. they've won all four games, scored 11 and only conceded one. so they'll be looking to go one better than two years ago where they were knocked out in the semifinals of the world cup. ifi if i can push kba as hard as possible, and likewise with the rest of us, we can all push each other to be the best and ultimately i want to be the best and ultimately i want to be out there playing so if i can make out the best she can be to stop

me from going out there then that is their best way it can be, you do not wa nt their best way it can be, you do not want misfortune of others but you have to grasp the chance with both hands. these players work as hard as any players i have ever worked with or seen and they are obsessed with being the best that they can bait and they have those skills in abundance at the sky is the limit for this group. so just a reminder then that kick off is at 7.45pm with commentary on radio five live and of course live updates on the bbc sport website. scottish champions celtic are nowjust one step away from a place in the group stages of the champions league after a hard—fought victory over the norwegian side rosenborg. james forest's brilliant second—half strike gave brendan rodgers' side a 1—0 after two legs. they now go into tomorrow's draw for the play off round. the world athletics championships gets underway in london tomorrow and there's been some bad news for one of usain bolt‘s main rivals. andre de grasse has been forced to pull out after tearing his hamstring in training earlier this week. the canadian finished third to bolt

at the olympic games in rio last year in the 100m and was one of the favourites to win the 200m, a race bolt isn't running in london. cricket australia have agreed a deal in principle to end a long running pay row with their players that could have threatened the ashes this winter. the australian cricketers association had rejected a pay offer from the sport's governing body down under but a deal has been struck. more than 230 players had been effectively unemployed since the end ofjune. that's all the sport for now. now back to you. we have had a line in from british airways that mixed fleet cabin crew on ba will strike for a further two weeks from august 16, including the august bank holiday, as part of their long—running pay dispute holiday, as part of their l0ng—running pay dispute with holiday, as part of their long—running pay dispute with the unite union telling us that mixed fleet cabin crew are going on strike

for another two weeks from the middle of august and that will include the august bank holiday. is the uk becoming a nation of tv binge—watchers? a new report from the communications regulator 0fcom points to changing trends in how we watch tv. the report found that ten million adults skipped sleep or made themselves tired because they were binge—watching tv. 0fcom said more than half of over—16s watched more than one episode of the same programme in the same sitting at least once a month. for decades tv watching was something families often enjoyed together. now, increasingly, the different generations are enjoying tv in different ways. we need to get back. according to 0fcom, watching multiple episodes of a series back—to—back is something done weekly by only around one in six adults over the age of 64. but it is the norm for more than half of all teenagers, either using catch up services, like the iplayer, or streaming services, like netflix and amazon, often to ensure they have watched an episode before spoilers appear on social media.

the thing is, the young generation is inherently impatient, they have grown up with all this technology, so everything they want they have instantly. if they have watched episode one, and they are desperate for episode two, they want it now. younger adults are also the biggest viewers of online services in general, with three quarters of them watching subscription—on—demand or streaming services. but older viewers are not being totally left behind. 0verall around eight out of ten adults have at some point taken advantage of the recent technology to watch more than one episode of a series at a time. even so, despite the growing popularity of everything from the iplayer to netflix, the overwhelming majority of tv is still watched live. joining me now is gill hind, a television analyst with the research company enders analysis. thank you for being with us. are we

a nation of binge watchers?” thank you for being with us. are we a nation of binge watchers? i don't think so, the last comment on there was the fact that most people still watch television lights so about 85% of all video viewing in the uk is done to television and about three quarters of that is to live. in terms of bench watching, we have been able to do it since 2001 when sky launched with sky plus and virgin launched tivo which have live recording functionality so people have been able to do this for quite some time but now there is online viewing so people can watch two smart tvs and tablets and smartphones and pcs and with that consumers have embraced a lot of that functionality and taken it to another level and so we are seeing a bit more binge viewing now. people love that thing where you stay up all night and watch five or six episodes of the same serial. absolutely. netflix and amazon have made that very easily by launching

every episode all at once so consumers do not have to wait to watch the next episode. it is not just amazon and netflix who are driving this. clearly not, it is normal broadcasters as well and in terms of online viewing, the player most people watch is actually the bbc iplayer, followed by itv. there is also evidence that family watching tv in the same room but on different screens. absolutely, i have a family and i see that over time. it is now a lot easier and now you can sit there and watch something rather than relying on one tv set. traditionally what happened was when a teenage child wanted to watch something else they had to go toa watch something else they had to go to a separate room but now they can sit there an ipad or a phone and headphones so in some ways it has helped the communal family relationship. is there a generation gap because young people on trains

and keeps watch tv shows on their phones whereas older people would not be inclined to do that. is there a difference? in a macro there is absolutely that age gap and a lot of thatis absolutely that age gap and a lot of that is to do with the uptake of technology and the smartphone penetration is about 95% for people under 40 baulk and the older you get the lower that is so for the under 24 is they have really embraced the technology to change the way they view in ways that older people never will. very good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed. thank you for being with us. we have some news coming in from the old bailey where we are hearing that those three men who called themselves the three men who called themselves the three musketeers, and who were convicted yesterday of terror offences at the old bailey and planning a lee rigby style attack on police and military targets, they

have been jailed for life at the old bailey for terror offences. those four menjailed for life bailey for terror offences. those four men jailed for life at the old bailey for terror offences. we will bring you more on that as it comes us bring you more on that as it comes us but they were found guilty yesterday and now they have been sentenced to imprisonment. children from the poorest families in england are continuing to fall further behind at school. the most disadvantaged children can be two yea rs disadvantaged children can be two years behind their peers. the government says it is directing an extra £72 million into areas with low social mobility. it starts in primary school and widens in the yea rs primary school and widens in the years that follow. the attainment gap between poorer and wealthier children. now, for some disadvantaged kids that gap did close slightly over the last decade, but when you look at the very

poorest children, it did did not. the report calculates that by the time they set their gcses, they are two years behind. the picture does va ry two years behind. the picture does vary nationwide. we can speculate that funding will be a factor in certain parts of the country and we know that aspirations are quite important and cultural expectations as well. i think all of these things and more will be having an influence. disadvantaged children are more likely to earn less in future and suffer bad health. it leads to wasted potential. there is over £200 billion to support schools in this area and money to help young people in social mobility cold spots. the report today acknowledges there has been progress overall but there has been progress overall but the conclusion is that it is far too slow. if the rate of change in the last decade continues the study says

it would take 15 years before the gap is closed. the food delivery company deliveroo has told this programme it's bringing in new safety measures to protect drivers from attacks. it follows a wave of moped crime that's hit london and horrific acid attacks where delivery drivers have been victims. around 450 acid attacks were recorded by police in london last year. it comes as the royal college of emergency medicine warns corrosive liquids are fast replacing knives as the weapon of choice for criminals and there needs to be more awareness about how to help victims. catrin nye has this exclusive report. london is currently in the midst of a moped crimewave. three weeks ago, deliveroo driver jabed hussain was the first victim in a series of five acid attacks in 90 minutes in north—east london. it's getting burned on my face.

it kept burning on my face. i was just knocking on the windows of a few cars, just knocking on the windows. they're not opening because probably they were scared. i was really scared. i don't know what to do. i came running like a crazy. just running on the street like a crazy. in the last year, the met police recorded more than 16,000 incidents involving motorised two wheeled vehicles, compared with 5000 the year before. delivery drivers are scared. deliveroo says since the acid attacks more than 70 drivers have said they don't want to finish an order because of safety fears. and seven drivers have said they don't want to deliver in specific areas. so the company is adding new features. after i mark delivered, i get the opportunity to give feedback to the network as to whether the delivery went ok or didn't go 0k. so if i've had an incident where i've been concerned for my safety, i would hit the thumbs down. and i would choose the option

here, safety concerns. and is this new? this is new. the safety concerns is new. and is that a direct response to the acid attacks and the mopeds thefts? so we have had delivery feedback for a few weeks now, so prior to the terrible attacks, but adding safety concerns as an explicit option is a response to those incidents. as well as that feature in the app, the company are employing new specialist safety staff, and will trial helmet mounted cameras for drivers in the london borough of hackney, so they can hand footage directly to the police. and also tried to deter attacks. hackney now has a reputation as a trouble spot. riders across the country need to have the right channels so they can communicate any kind of issues through. and currently, we have those in the form of the app, so they can communicate on an order if they have any kind of issue. and that is really important for us, but also i think it's important for the police. these cameras are just being trialled in hackney, whyjust there?

why not protection elsewhere? any new technology, you need to test. you need to make sure it does the things it's meant to do. if it does, then absolutely, will take this across the country. deliveroo drivers are all self—employed, so not entitled to sick pay if they get attacked. they also all use their own bikes and mopeds to deliver. do you feel guilty at all that they are putting themselves at risk, but they don't get sick pay, they don't get repairs to bikes, things are about? as i said before, the safety of our riders is the most important thing to us, and it is our responsibility as a company to step up our efforts, so they can feel safe on the road all the time. forjabed, the fear of being attacked again means he now won't work after 10 o'clock at night. and he says other drivers are doing the same. one of britain's most seniorjudges has said we will have our blood

on our hands if a suicidal teenage girl is released from custody without adequate supervision. he says he wants to speak truth to power about the case of a vulnerable 17—year—old girl identified only as x.i 17—year—old girl identified only as x. i will read you a little bit about what he said in this case, they are very striking words indeed. he said, we are, even in times of ulster at it, one of the richest countries in the world. our children and young people are our future and xisa and young people are our future and x is a part of our future and young people are our future and x is a part of ourfuture and it is a disgrace to any country with pretensions to civilisation, compassion and basic human decency that a judge in 2017 should be faced with the problems thrown up by this case. with me now is our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. we are looking at some of those words by thejudge in we are looking at some of those words by the judge in this case and

they are very strong words indeed. yes, this is the most seniorfamily courtjudge in yes, this is the most seniorfamily court judge in england yes, this is the most seniorfamily courtjudge in england and wales cricket board did this ruling to be made public. it is a non—eyes than we do not know the name of the girl. she is 17 eight and referred to only asx she is 17 eight and referred to only as x two and we do not know where she is being held, but it is custodial and she has been there for six months. it is understood she was charged with a number of offences including violence and assaulting a police officer and she has exhibited a lot of anti—social behaviour so she is clearly a very troubled young person and in the centre at the moment she is effectively being nursed in her bedroom, that has been stripped of all items because of the potential suicide risk. she sleeps ona potential suicide risk. she sleeps on a mattress on the floor and is dressed in anti—ligature clothing. since she has been at the centre there have been 102 significant episodes of self harm and 117 times

restraint has had to be used by staff. she has a series of mental health problems including a personality disorder so she is in need of real therapeutic care. that has been the assessment by experts. the sus that in 11 days' time she is due to be released from custody —— theissue due to be released from custody —— the issue that is in 11 days' time she is due to be released. there has been no unit found for adolescents where she can be cared for 412 or 18 months to try and address some of her problems. thejudges months to try and address some of her problems. the judges clearly just outraged and despairing that the fact that no suitable provision can be found. i do not remember a ruling like this, where a judge has said, in black—and—white, so clearly, that we should be ashamed of ourselves as a country, that we can't find an appropriate setting for someone who is so vulnerable.

thank you very much indeed. three men who dubbed themselves the three musketeers have been jailed for life after plotting terror attack in the uk. they were arrested last august in an undercover police sting. 0ur correspondent is at the 0ld sting. 0ur correspondent is at the old for us now. we had the men convicted yesterday and sentencing today? absolutely. thejudge in the past few minutes has passed his sentence and he has told three of the men that they will serve a life sentence with at least 20 years each in prison, a reflection of the severity of the crime that they were plotting. although there was no clear intended target the judge said that these were dangerous men with a long—standing violent ideology and he was sure that they would carry out an attack, the purpose of which was to injure and kill people and we

will have more on this later in the hour. thank you very much indeed. we can now go to the court of appeal and we can hear thejudgment in the case of ian patterson, who left victims scarred and disfigured with breast operations and this is a ruling whetherjudge has been urged to rule that the 15 year jail sentence given to him was unduly lenient and should be increased. sentence given to him was unduly lenient and should be increasedm respect of each of the section 20 offences. the sentences were ordered to run concurrently, making a total sentence of 15 years. her majesty ‘s solicitor general seeks the leave of the court to refer the sentence to us as the court to refer the sentence to us as unduly lenient. the facts. the offender is aged 59 and of previous good character. he qualified as a

doctor in 1981. in 1994 he was appointed a consultant general surgeon. between 1997 and 2011 he worked at the part of england nhs foundation trust in birmingham and in addition he had a private practice in the birmingham area. he specialised in the diagnosis and treatment of breast conditions. he was regarded by many local general practitioners as they go to specialist, the person to whom they would refer patients. patients they suspected may have breast cancer or be risk of developing breast cancer. a verdict of the jury mean that they we re a verdict of the jury mean that they were satisfied that over a period of about 14 years in respect to ten patients, nine women and one man, the offender deliberately misthrow presented the contents of pathology,

exaggerated the risk of cancer and advised and carried out unnecessary surgery, including mastectomy. physical and psychological effects on the ten victims have been profound. they put themselves in his hands. they believed that they had a potentially fatal inglis and they agreed to invasive procedures and then suffered from all the physical pain and discomfort of surgery, and the physical and mental scarring. they have lost their trust in others, particularly those in the medical profession. they have been left feeling violated and vulnerable and some experienced long—term psychological conditions, including post—traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression. the sentencing judge noted that it was difficult to overstate the psychological effect the offending had on the victims. this was

encapsulated in one comment mentioned by thejudge in his sentencing remarks, it was contained evict him impact statement, quote, now and probably for the rest of my life, when i look in the mirror i see a victim of patterson, who took away a part of my being a woman. many of the victims also suffered financial loss, both in the cost of their treatment and unnecessary surgery and after—care and the impact of the diagnosis and treatment on their employability. to convey the full extent of the seriousness of the offending it is necessary to look in some detail in the offender ‘s treatment of the private patients. in 1997 a doctor was referred to the offender for a lump on her right breast and the initial biopsy was unclear as to the presence of a carcinoma in situ,

thatis presence of a carcinoma in situ, that is abnormal cell growth which is an indication of an increased risk of cancer. a second opinion was sought. the offender failed to tell the doctor about the outstanding second opinion. he falsely described the lump as malignant. 0n second opinion. he falsely described the lump as malignant. on his advice the lump as malignant. on his advice the doctor underwent a white local excision, and exhilarate node clea ra nce, excision, and exhilarate node clearance, in 1997. this was count one, an offence under section 18. despite the fact that neither the second opinion or post operative analysis confirmed the presence of lci s, the offender told doctor pratt but it was president. further surgical biopsies were carried out in 2000 and 2001 and none of the histology revealed evidence of malignancy, and yet the offender advised the sector mates was carried out on 25th ofjune. this was

reflected in count two, another offence contrary to section 18. subsequently the offender advised the doctor that she might have a similar condition in her left breast and he recommended a four quadrant biopsy, which was carried out in 0ctober biopsy, which was carried out in october 2001, this was count three, section 20. they're after doctor platt remained under the offender ‘s regular surveillance for the next eight years, until 2009. regular surveillance for the next eight years, until2009. she continued to believe she had cancer in her right breast and was fearful of it occurring in her left. we will leave the court of appeal there, but we will, because they are going through the blackcurrant clearly to the case, but we will bring you the result, the ruling from the court of appeal soon as we get it in the next few moments. another big story at the moment is all eyes on the bank of england for the latest interest rate decision which is expected to be announced that the rates will be

unchanged. ben thompson is at aberdeen asset management in the city of london. any chance of a surprise today on this? they are hoping not here. good morning. they are calling it super thursday, but it could be anything but. no change in interest rates expected, but all eyes will be what we hear from the expected, but all eyes will be what we hearfrom the bank of expected, but all eyes will be what we hear from the bank of england as far ghost call —— growth forecasts are concerned and what they tell is that inflation and particular worries about consumer credit. what could we learn? what could it tell us could we learn? what could it tell us about the economy? the chief economist here is with me. good morning. what are you looking for in this? no change, as we said, in interest rates, but there will be a lot we could learn. if there were a change in interest rates it would be a huge surprise. we not expecting it. we are looking much more for what the bank thinks of the outlook for growth. we have seen softer than expected first half of the year and the bank may decide to downgrade its growth forecast. what will they say

about inflation? we have had inflation picking up because of the impact of the fall of the pound but it has softened a little recently and how will that pan out? also on brexit issues we don't yet have a plan for brexit and there are 600 days to go and will the bank alter its assumption of the soft brexit? finally you mention consumer product credit and the bank has said it is very worried about people racking up spending and debt on credit cards and car loans spending and debt on credit cards and carloans and spending and debt on credit cards and car loans and we do not think they will use interest rate increases to try and deflate that credit bubble, it is not their first line of defence, they try other things regularly, but what will they say, will they issue a warning? and there is a dilemma that the bank has between keeping inflation in check or keeping the economy ticking over, how they balance that? some members of the bank ‘s monetary policy last time wanted to raise interest rates immediately because they were worried about the inflation issue. five other members said they wanted to keep the interest rates on hold

because they were more concerned about the uncertainty and that was the biggest divergence from the monetary policy since 2011 and we will be looking to see if that is still the case. not long to catch weight. thank you. we will have the decision at midday and have full coverage here on bbc news. stay tuned for that. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first we leave you with a look at the weather. hello. sunny spells and showers as we move through the day today. the majority of showers are in the north than they could be fairly heavy and slow moving with light winds and the odd rumble of thunder is not out of the question. they will ease in the west through the afternoon and there was a chance of flooding. in wales and england it is a brighter picture but any showers are fairly fast moving because of the gusty winds. temperatures are about average for the time of year. this evening and overnight there are some showers still sticking around and in scotla nd still sticking around and in scotland we see the cloud increasing

and showery outbreaks of rain pushing in there. temperatures fall to an overnight low of 12 to 16. a fairamount of to an overnight low of 12 to 16. a fair amount of cloud scotland and in northern ireland and england and wales there are good spells of sunshine and perhaps more brightness around than today. the wind starts to ease in the south so it could be a touch warmer. a breeze and also will feel a bit cooler. hear this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. the bank of england is delivering its latest forecast for the uk economy — including whether interest rates should rise. we will get that decision within the next few seconds and we will be keeping a close eye on what the bank of england has to say and about worries over consumer credit. a group of men, who labelled

themselves as the ‘three musketeers' and planned to attack military and police targets have beenjailed for life for terrorism offences at the old bailey. a surgeon jailed for 15 years after carrying out needless breast operations is having his sentence reviewed by the court of appeal for being "unduly lenient". some mental health patients are waiting three years to be discharged from hospital despite being medically fit to leave, that's according to figures obtained by the bbc. also: the record—breaking heatwave that's currently affecting large parts of the continent. health warnings are in place across europe as temperatures hit potentially dangerous levels in the mediterranean and parts of the balkans. it's 47 degrees in cordoba in spain. has britain become a nation of binge watchers? eight in ten of us now view multiple episodes of our favourite tv shows in a single sitting. good afternoon.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. the bank of england have announced that interest rates will remain unchanged. it means they will stay at the rate of 0.25%, the point they were lowered to after the eu referendum. we can cross straight to aberdeen asset management in the city, and to our business presenter ben thompson. if you were with us a few minutes ago, we said no change in interest rates but the most interesting stuff is what we hear from growth forecasts and how it is planning to deal with brexit. interest rates are on hold and they have been like that since august of last year. they were cut to 0.25% to

keep the economy afloat during this period of uncertainty. they have been at record lows since march 2000 and nine. expectations are rates will go up at some point but most here in the city expect that to be the start of next year. the interesting stuff comes at the growth forecast and may have downgraded it. originally they said the economy would grow by 1.9% and it has been downgraded to 1.7%. the bank of england is concerned about what happens and the impact of brexit filtering through to our pockets, our spending and consumer behaviour. there is worries over inflation and the continued rise in the price of things that we buy and the price of things that we buy and the services we consume. that squeeze on our incomes because wages

are not keeping up and that squeeze continues. what do we make of this? jamesjoins me. continues. what do we make of this? james joins me. let's continues. what do we make of this? jamesjoins me. let's talk continues. what do we make of this? james joins me. let's talk through the details. no surprise rates are on hold. the chief economist was one of the people we were speculating might shift their vote. the data we have seen since the previous meeting suggested that was less likely. we have seen inflation moderates and activity levels soften. not a huge surprise there and that supports the notion that rates are not moving. the inflation report, it is the bank of england giving its assessment of what he thinks will happen to the economy. downgrading growth forecast. no surprise? this is where the problem lies stop the bank has prove n the problem lies stop the bank has proven itself not to be greater

forecasting so we have tended to see this backward looking adjustment to growth and reflecting what we have seen as opposed to what we expect to see. secondly, this is a problem of their making. the weakness in sterling and the high inflation you are talking about has been encouraged by the dropping rates we saw in august last year which has turned out to be an over reaction. it is fairto turned out to be an over reaction. it is fair to say now that bankers got itself into a sticky situation and is finding it difficult to get out of the problem. the strange dilemma, it wants to rein in an relation, the bank, and only one way is doing —— one way of doing that is not rating the interest rate. they have to keep it going and get us out there spending. where is the priority? mark carney talks about the trade—offs. to what extent are interest rates assisting in the

output story and how were they stimulating growth? it is difficult to argue that 25 basis points are different and it does drive some of the imbalances we have seen in the economy where save rs the imbalances we have seen in the economy where savers are being hurt and borrowers are being encouraged and borrowers are being encouraged and debt levels are rising all stopped there is a trade—off but it is fairto say stopped there is a trade—off but it is fair to say in the long term, the policy stance should be different to what it is currently. maybe we are loading too much on the credit cards on putting too much debt on our balance sheet. this is a lot about what people have been talking about. they have been keeping a close eye on it because maybe we are borrowing too much and one day we will have to pay that back. they don't seem to be taking too much responsibility for their role in that problem. they would like to look at the macro prudential policy to control the growth of credit without having to

use interest rates. that is probably not going to be too successful in the medium term and a monetary policy will reflect the broad conditions rather than focusing on mortgage owners and consumers. good to talk to you. you heard it there. a lot of the bank to be contending with right now. so many different things are changing. that downgrading of the growth forecast. the interest rate staying at 0.25%. great news if you have a mortgage and credit card but not so good if you are a saver. rates may go up in the next part of next year but there is so much that could change. we will keep a close eye on it. three men who dubbed themselves the three musketeers have been jailed for life after putting a terror

attack on a police or military target in the uk. they were arrested last august in an undercover police sting. 0ur correspondent nick beake is at the old bailey now. they were convicted yesterday and now they have been sentenced. the judge told them they were dangerous men who were planning an imminent attack which he believed would have led to a considerable loss of life. that is why he jailed each of them from life and said it would have to serve a from life and said it would have to servea minimum from life and said it would have to serve a minimum of 20 years in prison. a fourth man who joined the group ata prison. a fourth man who joined the group at a later stage was told he would have to serve at least 15 yea rs would have to serve at least 15 years in prison. thejudge said you only have to look at the recent events in manchester and london to see the dreadful impact people using explosives and knives can have. he said in this case, these men had both of those types of weapons. this was an elaborate sting by m15 and the undercover unit at westminster police because they created this

fa ke police because they created this fake courier company. they managed to recruit two of the men to be drivers. it was when they were trying to book one of their cars that they found a bag full of weapons. there was a meat cleaver and a partially constructed pipe bomb. thejudge and a partially constructed pipe bomb. the judge said these were aggravating factors in the sentencing he passed down today. it is significant that three of these men sentenced had previously been imprisoned the terrorist offences. two of the man had gone to pakistan tojoin and two of the man had gone to pakistan to join and al-qaeda training two of the man had gone to pakistan tojoin and al-qaeda training camp. a third tojoin and al-qaeda training camp. athird man tojoin and al-qaeda training camp. a third man had beenjailed because he downloaded a al-qaeda bomb—making guide. all of these men claimed they have been fitted up by m15 by counter—terrorism police and the evidence had been planted. thejury rejected that and also the judge said they were right to do that. these men now beginning a long jail

sentences. some mental health patients are waiting more than three years to be discharged from hospital, despite being medically fit to leave, a bbc investigation has found. figures, obtained through freedom of information requests, show that at least five patients waited more than 1,000 days. hundreds of others have been waiting for more than six months. the government says the nhs is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to treat mental health patients in the community. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports. i enjoy doing collages. it helps when i'm bored or anything and i haven't got anything to do. toni shows me round her home, where she lives with five other people in supported accommodation. the 32—year—old suffers from schizophrenia and a personality disorder. she has spent almost half her life in psychiatric hospitals. she moved here last year, though, and loves it.

but arguments over who should pay for her care means she spent months longer in hospital than she needed to. i would see other people, like, leaving before me. i would be like, yeah, but i i've been ready for a long time. i'm more equipped. but they seemed to get out quicker. many psychiatric patients would recognise toni's experience. we've discovered that at least five patients waited more than three years to be discharged. nearly 100 waited more than a year. while more than 300 spent six months longer in hospital than they needed to. the complex where toni lives is is provided by a national charity who say there aren't enough similar units. they are in a revolving door and a failed community places ——

placement. providing a comprehensive and intensive package of support, we hope to break that cycle. they are having excessive waits and it can slow patient‘s recovery. the psychiatrist who often struggles to move their patients from hospital says investing in community services is crucial. not all admissions can be avoided but certainly there are a number where you have really good community service and crisis resolution that will not need to go into hospital. most people would wish to stay in their homes. toni says she will soon move into a small bungalow on the complex, a further step towards rebuilding her life. bale saying they'll increasing

admissions but they are still spending too long in psychiatric units. —— they are saying. the bank of england has left interest rates at 0.25%. they say the economy will remain sluggish and downgrading growth forecast to 1.7% and 1.6% next year. we can now speak to our business editor simonjack — who's outside the bank of england. a slightly gloomy outlook on the economy generally. the bank of england talking about sluggish growth yates. they have down graded growth yates. they have down graded growth for the economy next year and this year. they continue to be squeezed and they increased their

estimate of what inflation would be that this year as a whole and said it would hit 3% in october later this year. if you consider wages are going up 2%, we are getting poor every day as prices outstrip our wages. consumerspending every day as prices outstrip our wages. consumer spending power is constrained and dwindling and that has a knock—on effect on the economy. the squeeze on real incomes is going to get a little bit tighter and the big question is when are they going to raise interest rates? this is the 120th month in a row that they have not raised interest rates. they say they have this balancing act. inflation is higher thanit balancing act. inflation is higher than it was but putting the rate of borrowing means they will put people are pressed. sometime this is —— sometime in the second part of next year, wages will go up faster than prices and you would expect there to

be the likely moment where they will put interest rates up. at the moment, borrowers can relax and save rs moment, borrowers can relax and savers can despair. slightly more sluggish outlook for the economy and prices will go up more towards the end of this year. in that long period of very low interest rates, we have had predictions before that they are going to go up and they have never materialised. one of the things that has affected the outlook at the moment was we had that sharp fall in sterling after the referendum vote last year. that pushed import prices up and the cost of goods we import up. that boosted inflation numbers. that is hitting consumers pretty hard. under normal circumstances when you have inflation above the government's 2% target and unemployment at its lowest rate since 1975, you would expect the bank to have started increasing interest rates a long time ago. economic growth has been wea k time ago. economic growth has been weak and consumer demand is hitting

the economy. they feel they will sit out that surge in import prices and wave it to dissipate before we raise interest rates. it is a delicate balancing act of controlling inflation while trying not to damage the economy. 0ne inflation while trying not to damage the economy. one thing that was interesting is they said they are worried about this increase in consumer credit. you can get cheap deals on loans and people have been piling that on. they are worried about that but at the same time, they provided a lot of this super cheap money after the referendum to protect the economy against any downturn. 100 yen pounds in part of super cheap money for the banks to lead on —— lendon. the chancellor has increased that to £115 billion before shutting up programme down next february. just how difficult this balancing act is demonstrating by the fact that they are complaining about people adding on cheap credit but they are enabling

the banks to do that. a good illustration of the mixed messages and how difficult the balancing act the folks behind me have sometimes. thank you very much for being with us. some news coming in about benefits cheat who you may have, as you remember, did a mountain climb on mount kilimanjaro. mark lloyd has been sentenced to 15 weeks in prison. he got £7,000 in personal independence payments and said a slipped disc in his back had left him in agony. the 33—year—old trekked up mount kilimanjaro, skied in the alps and also did powerboating in malta all while claiming he could only walk 50 metres at a time. the judge, martin

brown, said mark lloyd had exaggerated grossly his condition and blatantly lied throughout and have no basis for claiming benefits and has now been sentenced to 20 weeks in prison. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the bank of england holds interest rate at the record low rate of not . 2596 rate at the record low rate of not .25% and downgrades its forecast in growth in the uk. a group of man whom label themselves the three musketeers have been jailed for life for terrorism offences. a surgeon jailed for 15 years after carrying out needless breast operations is having his sentence reviewed by the court of appeal to establish if it was unduly lenient. now for the latest sports news. the former world heavyweight champion vladimirclips former world heavyweight champion vladimir clips coe has announced his retirement from boxing ending any

hopes of a rematch against britain's anthonyjoshua. we hopes of a rematch against britain's anthony joshua. we have hopes of a rematch against britain's anthonyjoshua. we have been waiting for confirmation of another fight between the two in las vegas in november but he has decided to hang up november but he has decided to hang up his gloves after 27 years. as an amateur he won gold in the atlanta 0lympics before becoming the world heavyweight champion for over ten yea rs. heavyweight champion for over ten years. he has thanked his team, family and fans for their support. at some point in our lives, we need to switch and get ourselves ready for the next champa —— chapter. fresh challenges. 0bviously, for the next champa —— chapter. fresh challenges. obviously, i am not an exception to this. now is my term. iam not an exception to this. now is my term. i am doing this with greatest respect for the new challenges but also with tremendous excitement, passion, dedication, expecting and hoping that my next career which i

have already been planning on and working for, will be as successful as my previous one. the spanish league has rejected an attempt i neymar‘s lawyers to pay his buyout clause at barcelona. he is expected to co m plete clause at barcelona. he is expected to complete a move to paris st germain in the £200 million. the will state the play must pay the money to the league who then put it on to the club. spanish media are reporting the transfer would violate uefa's fairplay regulations. it is that women's euro semifinals tonight and england are taking on netherlands. they were not have karen bardsley as she is out due to injury. they are also without miss scott. they are the highest ranked tea m scott. they are the highest ranked team remaining and have orfour games and only conceded one. they will be looking to go one better than two years ago when they were knocked out of the semifinals.”

than two years ago when they were knocked out of the semifinals. i had no doubt we could make it this far. the whole squad have had the belief that we are where we are and i think maybe now, the rest of the world are having that belief as well. i have no doubt we would be heading into a semifinal. it is the opening round of the british open. michelle wee heads the field at the moment on six under par. mel reed is the clubhouse leader on five under par. she is alongside kim. that is all from me. we will have more in the next hour. the russian prime minister says new sanctions imposed by the united states are tantamount to declaring a full—scale trade war. dmitry medvedev said the measures — which were approved reluctantly by donald trump — demonstrated the complete impotence of the president, who he said had been

humiliated by congress. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. the sanctions are in retaliation for russia's alleged role in last year's election. it is also punishment for the annexation of crimea in 2014. it will limit the amount people can invest in russian energy projects, making it more difficult for us companies to do business with russia. it also imposes sanctions on iran and north korea. congress overwhelmingly passed the move and sent it to the desk of donald trump. he sat on it for a few days before reluctantly and behind closed doors signing it into law. he later accused congress of overstepping its constitutional authority because the law handcuffs him from easing the penalties on russia. he said it was deeply flawed. the president favours tough measures

to deter and punish bad behaviour of iran and north korea. he also said we will not tolerate this by russia. moscow has condemned and ridiculed the sanctions. the russian prime minister responded in a series of tweets. the russian ambassador to the united nations adopted a similar tone. some us officials were saying this was a deal that might encourage russia to co—operate with the us. to me, that is a strange encouragement. a sentiment president trump may agree with. after signing the deal, he said i can make far better deals with other countries than congress. peter bowes, bbc news. we are hearing from the court of

appeal that three court of appeal judges have increased the 15 year jail sentence for the surgeon, ian paterson, who carried out needless breast operations. he had been sentenced to 15 years in jail and breast operations. he had been sentenced to 15 years injail and it has been increased to 20 years by the court of appeal. the judges have been urged to rule that 15 year sentence was unduly lenient and should be increased. that is what they have done. ian paterson from altrincham in greater manchester left his victims scarred and disfigured and he had been watching the proceedings via video link from prison as those three court of appealjudges heard prison as those three court of appeal judges heard arguments prison as those three court of appealjudges heard arguments that his current sentence of 15 years was not sufficient to reflect the seriousness and the totality of his

offending. he had been sentenced to 15 years after a trial at nottingham crown court. 0ur correspondent has been following this at the court of appeal. an increase in the sentence from 15 to 20 years. i think that decision has been met with some satisfaction by several of the victims and relatives of ian paterson who came to the court of appeal. they were hoping for at least 20 years in nottingham when he was sentenced at the end of may. they had felt that day that whilst they were glad he had gone to prison, he should have been sent to prison, he should have been sent to prison for longer than that. ian paterson was appearing in court today by oh —— via nottingham prison. let me run through what lady justice hallett said when she was explaining why they have reached the decision that they have in terms of

why they needed to in increase the sentence from 15 to 20 years. she said that they had to impose a just and proportionate sentence and admitted it wasn't an easy task. they found the exercise as difficult as the original trialjudge, jeremy baker. they bought the original sentence had been unduly lenient because of a number of factors. there have been a breach of trust and abuse of power by ian paterson. the ongoing offence and affects of that, the psychological and physical stars. the availability of the patients who were under his care for more than ten years, more than a decade been told they had cancer or we re decade been told they had cancer or were at risk of cancer even though they had no problems at all. there we re they had no problems at all. there were ten victims in this criminal case and there were many more that haven't been brought to court. this happened over a long period of time, over ten years. he must have known

what he was doing. we don't know why he did it, maybe forfinancial gain or maybe for the sense of power he had over his patients. also to the victims. she took into mitigation that he has lost his career, lost his money and has been sent to prison. she said ultimately that 15 year sentence handed down wasn't big enough and that 20 years was the necessary sentence given the totality of those offences and factors i mentioned. 17 counts of wounding with intent and three of unlawful wounding which he was found guilty of at nottingham crown court. this had been referred to the court of appeal by the solicitor general, robert buckland. he was saying that the surgeon's crimes had caused not only a high degree of physical harm but psychological harm and that was taken into but psychological harm and that was ta ken into account but psychological harm and that was taken into account as well.

absolutely. i was sitting next to john ingram, one of the victims in the criminal case. he is the man who had a double mastectomy when he didn't need to. he still has physical scars and suffers pain as a result of that unnecessary surgery. he isa result of that unnecessary surgery. he is a bit ofa result of that unnecessary surgery. he is a bit of a mess. he was very nervous coming to court today. we have been talking to him over the last couple of days and he nearly backed out. he had a private consultation with the solicitor general before the hearing this morning that got him to allay some of his fears. he had to hear what happened to him as ladyjustice hallas —— ladyjustice hallett listed all the consequences. many people are not here today and watching as talk today back in the west midlands thinking that at least they have justice in this case.

remember, there are other people out there who weren't involved in the criminal trial, people who feel they we re criminal trial, people who feel they were also victims and there are some very substantial civil complaints still outstanding. thank you very much. let us have a look at the weather prospects now. you are probably fed up of hearing this story. sunshine and showers yet again. strong winds across england and wales. light winds the scotland and wales. light winds the scotland and through the afternoon, any showers developing could be slow—moving and with you for a while. standing water on roads. across england and wales, very blustery. that will rattle the showers through quickly and we should see some sunshine and temperatures around 20 celsius. the

wind begins to ease down as we move into the overnight period. it looks like some light rain pushing into scotla nd like some light rain pushing into scotland through the night. temperatures where they have been an fairly cool in rural spots. friday, it will be a touch warmer with drier weather, fewer showers. further north, south westerly winds and temperatures high teens. thank you very much. we are expecting a news conference shortly from the bank of england's governor, mark carney. let's cross to the bank of england for a news conference from the governor, mark carney. good mark carney. afternoon. welcome to the quarterly good afternoon. welcome to the quarterly report press conference.

good afternoon, everyone. the uk economy is beginning the process of adjusting to a new and uncertain relationship with the european union. monetary policy cannot prevent the weaker income is likely to accompany the move to a new trading relationship with the eu but it can influence how this hit two incomes is distributed betweenjob losses and price rises, and it can support uk households and businesses as they adjust to the profound change. we have long emphasised the effect of inflation on the brexit process will be on the exchange rate and the implications for monetary policy will not be automatic. the august inflation report released today updates on how these and other dynamics are affecting the economic outlook. since the referendum was called uk households and businesses

and the financial markets have reacted at different speeds and to varying degrees to the prospects of the uk's departure from the eu. financial markets, particularly stalin, marked down the uk's relative prospects quickly and sharply. households look through brexit related uncertainties initially but more recently as the consequences of sterling ‘s board have shown up in the shops and squeeze their real incomes, they have cut back on spending, slowing the economy. businesses have been somewhere in between. since the referendum they have invested much less aggressively than usual in response to an otherwise very favourable environment. the mpc projections continue to be conditioned on a smooth transition to an average of possible outcomes for the uk poker brexit —— post brexit trading relationships. this does not mean the mpc thinks that households and businesses know the

end result of negotiations that had just started, indeed, in their forecast the uncertainty about the eventual shape of the uk's eventual relationship with the eu weighs on the decisions businesses and households and holds down both demand and supply. rather, the assumption of a smooth brexit means that uk households and businesses act on the expectation that the uk will forge a new relationship with europe, without material disruptions to trading conditions or financial stability. this simplifying assumption has broadly fit your behaviour of the real economy in the past year. in the mpc central projection gdp growth remained sluggish in the near term, as the squeeze on real incomes continues to weigh on consumption. growth picks up weigh on consumption. growth picks up tojust weigh on consumption. growth picks up to just above its reduced weigh on consumption. growth picks up tojust above its reduced or modest potential rate as a net trade in business and investment firms up and consumption growth gradually recovers in line with modesty rising

household incomes. the outlook for net trade is bolstered by strong global growth and the past depreciation of sterling. global growth has firmed in line with the mpc expectations and it is now broad—based across advanced and emerging economies. global trade is growing at its strongest rate since 2011 and there are encouraging signs that the composition of advanced economy growth is rotating towards investment, supporting the sustainability of expansion and potentially raising the equilibrium rate of interest. the combination of this strong external environment, uk businesses high rates of profitability, their low cost of capital, and the limited spare capacity in the economy, are all expected to support investment by uk firms over the forecast period. however, while on balance these more than offset the drag from continued uncertainties around brexit, business investment is still unlikely to grow below historic

averages with adverse consequences to productivity, capacity and wages. turning to inflation. cpi inflation fell back to 2.6% injune, in line with our projection in may. the mpc expects inflation to peak around 3% in october, and to remain around two and three quarters percent until early next year. conditional on the market curve, which implies that the bank rate will rise by half a percentage point in the next three yea rs, percentage point in the next three years, inflation is expected to remaina years, inflation is expected to remain a little above target at the end of the forecast period, an overshoot that reflects entirely the effects of the referendum related fall in sterling. as the effect of rising import prices gradually diminishes domestic inflationary pressures gradually pick up over the forecast period, with the unemployment rate is expected to remain around 40 year lows, wage growth is expected to recover as the remaining slack in the economy is

absorbed. in addition, margins in the consumer sector, having been squeezed by the pick—up in import prices, are expected to be rebuilt. consequently inflation is expected to remain at a level slightly above the 2% target by the end of the forecast. as the brexit negotiations proceed, the assumption of a smooth transition to new economic relationship with the eu will be tested. if uk households and businesses look through the flurry of headlines then the economy can be expected to pick up from its current period of sluggishness. given the outlook for supply in the economy, even a limited pick—up in growth is likely to have consequences for the monetary policy. this is because as the mpc has previously empathised, the mpc has previously empathised, the process of leaving the european union is beginning to affect potential supply in the uk. brexit

related uncertainties are causing some companies to delay decisions about building capacity and entering new markets, and the uk's eventual new markets, and the uk's eventual new trading arrangements will require a period of reallocation as some sectors of the economy expand under this contract. moreover, prolonged low investment will restrain growth in the capital stock and increases in productivity. indeed, if the mpc ‘s current forecast comes to pass, the level of investment in twenty20 is expected to be 20 percentage points below the level which the mpc had projected just before the referendum. as a result, the supply capacity of the economy is likely to expand that only modest rates throughout the forecast period. that means only a modest uptake in demand growth from current sluggish rates will be sufficient to reduce and eventually eliminate slack. the mpc ‘s dream it

specifies that in exceptional circumstances the committee must balance any trade—off between the speed at which it intends to return inflation sustainably to target and the support that monetary policy provides twojobs the support that monetary policy provides two jobs and activity. through most of the forecast period the economy operates with a small degree of spare capacity and cpi inflation is well above target. by the end of the forecast that trade—off is eliminated. spare capacity is fully absorbed and inflation remains above the 2% target. the committee judges that, given the assumptions underlying its projections, including the closure of the drawdown period of the tfs, and the recent prudential decisions, some tightening of monetary policy would be required in order to achieve a stable returning to target. specifically, if the economy follows a path broadly consistent

with the august central projection then monetary policy could need to be tightened by a somewhat greater extent over the forecast period than the path implied by the yield curve underlying those projections. any increases in bank rate would be expected to be at a gradual pace and toa expected to be at a gradual pace and to a limited extent. the committee will continue to monitor closely the incoming evidence and it stands ready to respond to changes in the economic outlook as they unfold, to ensure that stable return of inflation to 2% target. with that, we will be pleased to answer your questions. give your name and organisation, please. wait for the mics to come round and one each. ed conway from sky news. you said in your opening remarks that breaks it is beginning to affect potential

supply. translated, does that mean that the economy has now been damaged by the vote, and just supplementary to that, ayina less confident about a smooth transition happening than you were three months ago? well, in terms of the first pa rt ago? well, in terms of the first part of your question, i think it is evident in our discussions across the country with businesses, it is evident in our decision maker panel survey and other business surveys and it is evident in the reporting ofa number of and it is evident in the reporting of a number of people in this room that uncertainties about the eventual relationship are weighing on the decisions of some businesses. if is still down from the 1000 businesses in our decision maker panel, which is run by our agents, 40% of those businesses are affected in some way, either through that supply chain or end markets, by

uncertainties around brexit. we see directly in the macroeconomic numbers that investment has been wea ker numbers that investment has been weaker than we otherwise would have expected in a very strong world with high degrees of profitability and alcohol availability and low cost of capital and limited spare capacity. the consequence of that is starting to build and thejudgment of the consequence of that is starting to build and the judgment of the mpc in the forecast is that we will see a rotation towards business investment so we do see business investment so we do see business investment picking up from current very subdued rates over the forecast. it is still below historic rates, and the cumulative effect will mean that the supply capacity of the economy expand at a lower rate and the speed limit of the economy has slowed and, as i said in the opening statement, that has consequences, could have consequences, could have consequences for monetary policy, depending on the evolution of

demand. in terms of transition and other aspects related to the negotiations, because any transitional implementation relationship is part of the negotiations which have reallyjust started. i wouldn't handicap the probability is that we are not directly involved in those negotiations. we will see how they transpire. however we think it is important to have a transitional arrangement. financial times. on a similar point, on your forecast for the long term, you say you are taking an average of possible arrangements in the future but for the short—term transition, you are currently assuming a smooth transition towards that which might be considered perhaps the best possible outcome in the short term would be that very smooth transition. is that consistent, and what would you need to see to

actually change your view in the short term of that smooth outcome actually happening? well, why don't i start by quitting the president of the european council, donald tusk, because he has said, and similar state m e nts because he has said, and similar statements have been made by other european authorities, national leaders and european officials, that a disorderly and disruptive process is in no 1's interest and we should be working towards avoiding that so whatever the end state, the desire of both sides is to have a smoother possible a transition to that end state. it is a reasonable assumption but if i can make a point about the forecast, the important thing is not necessarily what we think, as people slightly closer, we are not in the negotiations, but may be slightly closer to the discussions, it is not so much what we think, it is what uk households and businesses think and

how they react to that and at present we do not see any evidence orany present we do not see any evidence or any material evidence that their expectation under the transition would be anything other than smooth. what we do see is what i said in response to the first question, which is that uncertainty about market access post brexit is starting to affect some business decisions, and has consequences for investment, but people are not building in the possibility of a more disruptive process in any material way, so what does it take? it takes to see that in behaviour, whether it is true confidence or direct discussions, whether it is few a survey or anything else, i would underscore that it is clearly in the interests of both sides in the negotiations to have a smooth transition to whatever the end state is. it is the stated objective of both sides and it is the way the

economy is behaving at present so it is the most realistic assumption. how worried are you, governor, that the growth that we are seeing is fuelled by rising household borrowing, and given the fact that, if you are, how worried are you that that rising credit with the unemployment at a 40 year low and inflation above the bank '5 target, what is it that you waited for before raising interest rates? said a consumer credit question and, what would it take ? a consumer credit question and, what would it take? tier to start from where you finished, we must be absolutely clear that the focus of the mpc is achieving a sustainable return to target. we have been conscious since the referendum that the principal cause of inflation being above target, in fact the sole cause of inflation being above talk

targeting recent reports and as we forecast as we continue to forecast is the fall in sterling and the fall in sterling caused by the markets judgment about the implications brexit for the uk's relative prospects, so the first question is how to get back to that they a nswered how to get back to that they answered that in the opening statement and the committee did in the report. the second thing is to go to the question of to what extent is the recovery of borrowing, and in fa ct is the recovery of borrowing, and in fact what we are seeing now is that consumers are adjusting to the squeeze on real incomes and that is one of the reasons why growth slowed in the first half of the year and it is one of the reasons why we think growth will be relatively sluggish this quarter, before only modestly picking up. 0ver this quarter, before only modestly picking up. over the course of the forecast we expect consumer growth consumption growth to be broadly in

line with income growth so it is not a forecast that relies particularly on the consumer. it is investment and exports that are more important than the consumer going forward and the consumer is relying on what they are getting paid, not what they can borrow. the next point, ghent pushed into context, is that this country and the uk households have gone through a decade of very painful deleveraging and it is only really in the last year that the growth of debt has started to exceed income so there has been some borrowing. consumer borrowing and consumer credit is the minority in that. mortgages are still much more important. there are some issues that the fpc has raised around the nature of some of the credit that is on offer and the potential channels

for financial stability because of some developments in the consumer credit side and that is part of the reason why a return to more standard risk—taking environments, the cou ntercyclical risk—taking environments, the countercyclical capital buffer has been raised, as you know, it is part of the reason why the adjustment has been made to the stress test and some guidance has been given around underwriting standards through the pra supervisors, and what that is for, those measures four, to address tale risks to the economy, not central expectations, and the central expectations, and the central likelihood, as i say, is what the forecast is here, which is that we have a relatively modest recovery, one that is matching the growth of supply, that it is principally driven at least initially by investment and then exports, and a consumer that is consuming out of his or her income, as opposed to borrowing. is there a

spiral of complacency in lenders about that because it has been flagged up as a danger before. first off, you are not quoting me in that line, secondly, the issue that we have, and we're now moving quite a way away from monetary policy because this is not what is driving the economy. i will say that again. this is not what is driving the economy. it is an issue for a subset borrow was under subset of lenders. the percentage of vulnerable consumers, so consumers who have debt more than 40%, debt service requirements more than 40% of their income is 1.25%, it was 2.5% five yea rs income is 1.25%, it was 2.5% five years ago. keep it in context. the thing we have to worry about, as the other side of the bank, if you will, is that underwriters don't shift from good standards to responsible

standards, irresponsible, to reckless, what we are concerned and we are clamping down on is cases where some lenders have started to extrapolate the good times to assume that in the event that the economy does slow that there losses will be lower. that is an important thing to deal with, but in the big picture it is, this is good housekeeping as opposed to other core issues. channel 4 news. governor, opposed to other core issues. channel4 news. governor, can opposed to other core issues. channel 4 news. governor, can i pick up channel 4 news. governor, can i pick up on something you said earlier, because in may the committee said that it assumed there would be a smooth adjustment in the transitional period. this time around the bank seems to have lost confidence in trying to predict such an outcome because the language has changed. it now says that companies and households assume there will be and households assume there will be a smooth transitional arrangement. is that because there is less clarity about the transitional

period than there was three months ago, and at what point will households and company need to have something in place before they also lose faith with the smooth transitional period? you are far more clever than the mpc. you have read something into words that isn't there. what matters is not what we think, it is what households and businesses across the country think about the end state, and certainly over the policy of fries and that is what matters because that will drive whether or not the economy moves into excess demand and out of excess supply into excess demand. in terms of, there are a series of issues around brexit, which we are not necessarily better, about which we are not necessarily better informed. but we are much more in the public domain and they were some months

ago, back in may. that has got to be healthy thing, it is part of a discussion of the end state and the transition to the end state but i think the first part of your question was implying that we have necessarily learn something over recent months regarding these issues andi recent months regarding these issues and i would say that we have not. david smith over there and then david smith over there and then david back in the middle. david smith on the sunday times. could you elaborate a little on the reduced rate of potential growth that you referred to? it looks from the monetary policy summary that the reduced rate is a bit less than 1.75%a year, reduced rate is a bit less than 1.75% a year, how does that compare with what the bank of england believe the rate of increase was a year ago? a little less than 1.75% i

think is the important thing. a gradual accumulation of disappointments on productivity, as you are well familiar, but also an accumulation of, let me put it this way, stock shortfalls in capital. we have a long period of relatively wea k have a long period of relatively weak investment, initially post—crisis we all understood about one of the biggest constraints both fundamental son certain to use in the economy and access to capital. the latter has been solved and there are new aspects of uncertainty that seem to be weighing down and there is bigger restructuring to be done, which can in the longer term be very positive, obviously, but as we reorient trading relationships there will be, as i said at the start, some sectors which contract, and others which expand on that process, as racine in the past normally drags as racine in the past normally drags a bit on productivity before it expands. we have that aspect and i would underscore that we have not

made any change to our assumption on the labour supply side so we just ta ke the labour supply side so we just take the 0ns view on net migration as part of this and different people could ascribe different risks to that and, as i say, we'rejust taking a base assumption. the big picture of this is moving down from before the crisis and some of that was a femoral supply because it was based in the financial sector but certainly there has been a steady shaving off basis points, if you will, at a time when other indicators in the performance of the economy particularly in the labour market has been using up supply. we will leave the governor of the bank of england there, mark carney, on the day that he and the bank of england said that the growth forecast was sluggish and that

interest rates were left on hold as well. just one other main story this lunchtime to bring you a little bit more on, and that is the news that ian paterson, the breast surgeon who carried out needless operations has had his 15 year bookjail term increased to 15 years byjudges at the court of appeal. he was sentenced in may after being convicted of performing unnecessary surgery on ten patients. in the last few moments the solicitor general has been giving his reaction to that increase in the sentence. throughout our lives we are expected to, and we have a great bond of trust with our doctors who care for us. for far too long this offender, paterson, abused that trust. he abused it in a grotesque way. by winning the confidence of vulnerable victims and

then systematically mutilating them on the operating table. today's hearing in front of the court of appeal, i think, hearing in front of the court of appeal, ithink, has been hearing in front of the court of appeal, i think, has been a ringing endorsement of my decision to ask for this sentence to be reviewed. the substantial increase in the sentenced to 20 years sends out a clear message to the wider community that our system will not tolerate such egregious breaches of trust. i very much hope that the victims of these appalling crimes will find that today's hearing has brought them some degree of closure. my thoughts are with all of them and my thanks to them for bravely standing up, making their statements, and ensuring that this perpetrator was brought to book. thank you. and that is the solicitor general, welcoming that increase in the sentence for

the surgeon ian paterson. more on that in a moment with the news that one but first the weather. sunshine and showers once again thanks to the low pressure which is stubborn to clear away from us. it remains on top of us. the centre of the low weather wins are likely is across scotla nd weather wins are likely is across scotland and there could be heavy and slow moving showers in the south. it will be windy and they will be blustery showers. a lot across the north—east of england. we focus across scotland for the heaviest of the downpours this afternoon and i can mention they will be slow—moving because the wind will be slow—moving because the wind will be slow—moving because the wind will be light. if you catch one it will be light. if you catch one it will be light. if you catch one it will be with you for a long time and there will be surface water and flooding on the roads. there will be sunshine as well. temperatures are about the seasonal average. the northern ireland for much of england amway affair are scattered showers and sunny spells and most of these across the north and the west. central and southern and

south—eastern areas could see a lot of dry weather this afternoon but very strong and gusty winds blowing in from the west with 30 or 40 mile an hour gusts and branches could come down at times. the showers will ease down this evening in many areas but then there is another pulse of rain pushing from the north and west of the uk and the temperatures are pretty much as they have been in the past few nights, quite cool out of town. friday is a better looking day across central and southern and south—eastern areas with fewer showers and maybe staying dry in many places. scattered showers or longer spells of rain in scotland. it will be cooler with air pushing down from the north west. to the south—east it could be a degree also warm and we could be looking at 23 or 24 degrees. the area of low pressure eventually moves off into the summary start to see this area of high—pressure influencing the weather as it nudges in slowly. it will kill off a lot of the showers and they will be fewer on saturday and they will be fewer on saturday and mainly across northern and

central and western areas, with sunny spells in between and the temperatures will be where they have been for the last week or so. on apart from been for the last week or so. on apartfrom rain been for the last week or so. on apart from rain in northern ireland and western scotland, the bulk of the country is looking drier. it is brighter with sunshine and also light wind as well. it is a lot more pleasa nt light wind as well. it is a lot more pleasant in the sunshine. the weekend is mixed on saturday has sunshine and showers but not as heavy as they have been on sunday looks drierfor heavy as they have been on sunday looks drier for many, with sunshine. the bank of england cuts its growth forecast for the uk economy and leaves interest rates unchanged. the governor was also downbeat about wage growth and the impact on families. as the consequences of sterling's fall have shown up in the shops and squeezed their real incomes, they cut back on spending, slowing the economy. also this lunchtime. a seniorjudges condemns as disgraceful the lack of support services for young people with mental health problems, and says the state could have blood on its hands. mental health patients are waiting up to three years to be discharged from hospital, even

when they're medically fit to leave. i used to see other people leaving before me and i'd be like, yeah, but i've been ready a long time and i'm more equipped, but they seemed to get out quicker.