this is bbc news, i'm vicki young. the headlines at 8pm. the bank of england cuts its growth forecasts and warns that uncertainty over brexit has hit high—street spending and business investment. a seniorjudge condemns mental health support for young people and says the state could have blood on its hands over the case of a suicidal teenager. a breast surgeon who intentionally wounded several patients, has had his 15—yearjail term, increased to 20. also in the next hour: tributes to the stage and screen actor robert hardy. he has died at the age of 91. he became a household name in the 1970s with the tv series all creatures great and small and then appeared in the howard potter films.

—— harry potter film. on meet the author this week, my guest is the best—selling writer victoria hislop. she will be talking about her new novel, once again set in greece, cartes postales. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has said families are facing the worst squeeze on their incomes for more than a century. it has warned of slowing economic growth and rising inflation. the bank's governor mark carney said that uncertainty over brexit was curbing pay rises and leading to delays in business investment. here's our business editor simonjack. there hasn't been much summer cheer on the beach in margate this week. the weather, overcast, and some bracing headwinds, much like the uk economy. and there was precious little sunshine shed when the bank of england governor delivered its latest forecast. he explained how the recent fall in the pound was starting

to make us all poorer. households looked through brexit—related uncertainties initially. but more recently, as the consequences of sterling's fall have shown up in the shops and squeezed their real incomes, they've cut back on spending, slowing the economy. the bank cut its growth forecast for this year from 1.9% to 1.7%. it also downgraded its estimate for next year, from 1.7% to 1.6%. meanwhile, it pushed up its inflation forecast, saying it'll rise from 2.6% now to peak around 3% later this year, while wage rises this year remain unchanged at 2%. that widening gap is being felt in margate. the price of food has definitely gone up. butter, cheese, bacon. i've noticed those things have gone up. yeah, wages aren't going up in lne with inflation. the bus, transport, everything is so expensive now. i drive now, and even then,

car insurance has gone up. it's getting ridiculous now. £140 a month, i can't afford it, you know? prices are going up and our pensions are not keeping up with it. for the same amount of money, you're getting about two thirds of the goods that you used to be. so, we're cutting back all the time. in another years' time, i'll be sitting here a little skeleton! brexit was a theme that ran through everything the governor said today. the post—referendum fall in sterling has pushed up prices. that, in turn, that is affecting customer confidence and businesses, faced within uncertainty, are not making investments they otherwise would have made. all of those pressures are combining to affect the uk economy's long—term ability to grow. business investment is still likely to grow below historic averages, with adverse consequences for productivity, capacity and wages. for many, however, the bank's pronouncements are not only too downbeat, but also stray too far into politics.

we should take the bank of england's forecast with a pinch of salt, they're notoriously bad at forecasting. then of course we have project fear mark 2, the bank of england, the cbi and treasury department are all ganging up again to make us frightened of brexit. even the bank's own staff are unhappy about wages. it's only when pay starts to catch up with prices that we may see interest rates rise. that is not expected until next year. simon jack, bbc news. one of britain's most experienced judges has made a scathing attack on mental health provision in england. giving judgment in the case of a vulnerable teenage girl, sirjames munby said it was disgraceful that it was proving so difficult to find suitable provision for her when she's released from care in 11 days' time. he went on to say that the state would have blood on its hands if the teenager harmed herself. our home editor mark easton reports on a case that highlights the crisis in mental health care. "a disgraceful and utterly shaming

lack of proper provision for young mental health patients in england." the words of one of england's most senior judges, sirjames munby, head of the family division. he issued an extraordinary statement after being unable to find any suitable hospital bed for a suicidal 17—year—old girl, due for release from custody in just over a week. "it is a disgrace to any country with pretensions to civilisation, compassion and — dare one say it — basic human decency, that a judge in 2017 should be faced with the problems thrown up by this case", sirjames said. the girl in question is from the north—west of england and is currently so disturbed she's dressed in clothes she cannot use to hang herself in a youth custody centre with just a mattress on the floor and no personal belongings. her behaviour is a violent, self harming and aggressive to others. the judge's frustration at not being able to find suitable accommodation spilled into public today. "i feel shame and embarrassment, shame as a human being, as a citizen and as an agent

of the state. embarrassment as head of familyjustice, that i can do no more." "if when, in 11 days' time, she is released, and if, in consequence, she is enabled to make another attempt on her life, i can only say, with bleak emphasis, we will have blood on our hands." x is a girl who, at the moment, has a determined wish, it appears, to kill herself. the big problem we've got is that we don't fully understand those needs. it's on that basis that she needs to be in a clinical setting to be assessed properly. that's part of the frustration of the case. the government offered no comment on thejudge‘s remarks. all questions were referred to nhs england which said, in a statement, we have heard the comments from the judge and completely agree that a solution must be found. together with other agencies involved, we're continuing every effort to find the most appropriate care setting for this young woman. every day we talk to children, young people, parents and carers

who are in the community, worried about how they're going to access mental health care. there isn't enough support in the community and there are really high thresholds to get into hospital care. and, meanwhile, people are left without support. after complaints from police that cells were used to accommodate youngsters who should be in a mental health unit, the government introduced a law earlier this year banning their use for such purposes. but doctors warn there is still a critical shortage of appropriate care beds. a recent survey of people working in child and adolescent mental health services in england found 62% had seen adolescent patients held in inappropriate settings. 77% said young, high—risk patients were left in the community because of a shortage of beds, with 14% saying young patients had attempted suicide while waiting for a suitable bed. the report urged government to prioritise investment in young people's crisis care as a matter of urgency.

this is not a unique case. families are being let down routinely across our country and there is a moral imperative that we address this as a matter of real urgency. the government has said it will increase the number of mental health staff working in the nhs in england by 21,000 and the prime minister has promised a revolution in mental health care. but the agonies of a judge unable to help a suicidal young woman suggest the revolution has some way to go. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages. at 10:a0pm this evening in the papers, our guestsjoining me tonight are joe watts, political editor at the independent and alison little, deputy political editor at the express. the actor robert hardy has died at the age of 91. his career on stage, on television and in film spanned more than 70 years. he became a household name in the 1970s for ‘all creatures great

and small‘ and later, as the ministerfor magic cornelius fudge in the harry potter films. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito looks back at his career. it was all creatures great and small that truly made robert hardy a household name. for 12 years, he played the vet siegfried farnon. biggins? well, i hold you responsible for biggins, james. the character mirrored his own personality, which was described today by his family today as a bit gruff, but also elegant and twinkly. and it was a role that needed a bit of grit. i remember a day when we did a lambing sequence all through the night, in the dead ice—cold of winter, deep snow and endless frost. our own agency — an international feature service. it pays well. in the ‘60s, he'd appeared opposite richard burton, his old friend from his days at oxford, in the spy who came in from the cold.

often, i don't know who does publish, i confess. we few, we happy few! we band of brothers! his early career was rather shakespearean. he revelled in the grand patriotic speech and will forever be linked with one particular patriotic character. mr speaker, those germans are not looking for equal status! churchill. they are looking for weapons! now, they will soon be looking for war. he played the role six times. we strongly suspect... and when the harry potter films needed a pompous ministerfor magic, it was a part that could have been written for robert hardy. you will escort dumbledore to azka ban. or am i talking the most absolute nonsense? like siegfried, it was what he was best at — characters full of bluster and grand gestures that were trying desperately hard to hide the softer, more vulnerable person within. we have our differences, don't we?

but we do understand each other, wouldn't you say? 0n the line is christopher timothy, who played james in all creatures great and small, and starred alongside robert hardy. good evening. hello. just hearing that title music from all creatures great and small brings back memories, what are your memories of working alongside robert? first of all, i can't match what you've just done and that such a great tribute. heather barrie tribute today as well andi heather barrie tribute today as well and i thought, you can't top that. working with robert was exciting and he could be intimidating, but only because he cared so hard about getting it right. and about doing it

right. he was seriously old school, and there ain't nothing wrong with that, that's the best. he wasjust great fun to be with. there were times when i used to stand back and let him give, prevent when someone —— vent 1's mum was wrong. i didn't match the volume of him. —— when someone was wrong. he was a remarkable fellow, remarkable. and i'm reminded from the tribute of just how vast his experience was, he is such a good actor. it was such a pleasure to be with him. at the start of all creatures great and small, he gave me a book and ifound

it began the other day, strangely, i won't read it all but he says it is a book by tyrone guthrie, the great man of the theatre, with whom he worked often. he said i'd persuaded the author to use this title which is astonish us in the morning, because it is part of the tapestry ofa because it is part of the tapestry of a rich past. the rich part of the future, i'm sure. i want you to have this book because i think he would have approved of what we engaged in but enjoyed it sparsely. pompous but well felt, with all good wishes, tim. that sums him up, i say. well felt, with all good wishes, tim. that sums him up, isay. and may he rest in peace, i say. we are

seeing some lovely pictures of you starring alongside him in all creatures great and small. whether any particular moments that you rememberfrom filming any particular moments that you remember from filming that, where you may have had some laughs alongside him? we laughed all the time. quite often, to the detriment of what we were doing. he was just good fun. there are a thousand stories and i told them all a thousand times, i worked that one again. you can! what i remember fondly is the sort of advice he would give. i spent a week before we started with a real threat to find out —— real vet before we started. so he asked did you have a good time could organise a year, it was great. but i'm very wary of horses. as a horseman, an experienced horseman,

he said you stay wary of horses and you will live longer. and ijust thought, he was a great tease and practicaljokes not particularly coming asa practicaljokes not particularly coming as a serious fellow. the thing is, he cared so much about the quality of what he was doing. and of course, we all should do that. he was a lesson in getting it right and not putting up with second best, we will do that again. and again. until it is right. and he was right. 0ld school and proud. in the family tribute, they said he was gruff as well as elegant and twinkly, do you think that came from the perfectionist that he seemed to have been? absolutely. he did not suffer fools. very often for the fools he

was suffering were not fools at all they would have nervous and unsure and you know, it's a funny old business. but he had it mastered. can you master something? yes, he had it mastered. i will say it again, he had it mastered. did you follow the rest of his career after he finished filming all creatures great and small, he played churchill and most recently the harry potter films which gave him a whole new role? i saw a harry potter film the other night and i'm not a great fan as much as i love the people in it, it's not really my bag, but i fell out of my chair when i saw him. i had no idea he was in it. i stayed with it. there was something else that he had been in. christopher timothy, thank you forjoining us

this evening. paying tribute, there are, to robert hardy who worked alongside him for many years. the headlines on bbc news: the bank of england cuts its growth forecasts and warns that uncertainty over brexit is weighing on businesses and households. a judge has condemned the state of mental health support for young people, saying the state could have blood on its hands over the case of a suicidal teenager. a surgeon who carried out needless breast operations, has had his 15—yearjail sentence increased to 20 years by court of appealjudges. in a moment: playing catch up all the way through school — a damning report on how the poorest children in england get on in class. sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello and good evening. that is

bring you up—to—date with the latest from the big game between england's women and the hosts, the netherlands at 2017, this kicked off at 7:45pm. the netherlands have taken the lead, 1-0, the netherlands have taken the lead, 1—0, halfan the netherlands have taken the lead, 1—0, half an hour played. we will keep you bang up to date. if england win tonight, they face denmark in sunday's final after a goalless 120 sunday's final after a goalless120 minutes, denmark beat austria and penalties to reach their first final. the biggest football transfer in the history of the game is really close to being completed. the brazil superstar neymar is set to move from barcelona to paris st—germain imminently. his lawyers paid barcelona just over 200 million pounds this evening, to buy him out of his contract at the nou camp. our sports news correspondent richard conway is in paris. is there are kerber have been some twists and turns today, that is no

official confirmation from psd that it must be a matter of hours before neymar is confirmed as a psg player. neymar‘s lawyers started by going to la liga, their offices in madrid, the officials turned them away and said we are not interested in taking the money for the release clause. the chief executive has called this dealfinancial the chief executive has called this deal financial dumping. he is the chief executive has called this dealfinancial dumping. he is not happy and believes it might be in breach of financial fair play regulations by uefa. say paris st germain had to go a different route to make this deal happen. they went to make this deal happen. they went to barcelona's lawyer to activate the buyout clause and turned up and paid the 222 million euros release clause, $263 million, an enormous sum of money that obliterates the previous world record for a player.

in effect, we have a situation where neymar is a free agent, and that will not last for long. it was a very disappointing night for aberdeen as they were knocked out of the europa league at the qualifying stage for the fourth successive season. derek mcinnes' side took a 2—1 lead into the second leg against cypriot side apollon limassol but were beaten 2—0 to end their hopes of progressing. injust over an in just over an hour's time, effort and takea in just over an hour's time, effort and take a 1—0 lead to slovakia to face their opponents, which is under way. it is still 0—0. everton lead on the aggregate score. wladimir klitschko has announced

he's retiring from boxing which means there'll be no rematch with anthonyjoshua. we had been waiting for an update on 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 including holding the world heavyweight championship crown for over ten. he says "i have achieved everything i dreamed of, and now i want to start my second career after sport" iam i am honestly doing this with the greatest respect for the new challenges. but also with tremendous excitement, passion, dedication, expectant and hold that my next career that i have already been working on for some years, will be at least as successful as my previous one. this just thisjust in in the this just in in the last half an hour, widnes vikings halfback chase has been suspended from all training and playing activity after testing

positive for cocaine. it's been revealed that chase failed a drugs test following their defeat against wakefield last month. the super league club say they've received notification from uk anti—doping and the rugby football league. a widnes statement reads: "the club fully respects this suspension and are currently reviewing this matter." manu tuilagi has been named in a 37—man england rugby union training squad for a three—day camp starting on saturday. the leicester centre hasn't played since january due to a knee injury and the last of his 26 caps came in the 2016 six nations. in other rugby union news... leigh halfpenny has signed a three—year deal with scarlets in a deal partly funded by the welsh rugby union. the wales and british and irish lions full—back was out of contract after spending three seasons with toulon. also some breaking news that andy murray has withdrawn from the rogers cup, needing more time to healfrom his hip injury. that is all the sport for now, more in the next hour. there is new evidence

about the challenges faced in school by england's poorest children. a study by the education policy institute has found pupils on free school meals can be up to two years behind their richer classmates by the time they finish secondary school. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys reports from darlington. nicole gibbon is not afraid of tough jobs. she took on a darlington school in crisis and worked to win trust from parents. some families, and darlington certainly isn't unique to this by a long stretch, social mobility is incredibly low and don't leave the area. schools here get less funding than london and nicole told me many families have never moved from darlington. you have to take mum, dad, nan, grandpa with me on thatjourney, so that we're all working together and there's nobody behind, we're all together. what are the kind of fears they might have? the unknown. the unknown, the lack of experience and lack of opportunities that they perhaps didn't have themselves, through no fault of their own. but it is the unknown and that fear

of, we're all right as we are. some parts of england have reduced the education gap. it's seven or eight months in tower hamlets, hackney and southwark, all of them london boroughs. but it's 25 to 27 months in darlington, derby and south gloucestershire. £72 million of extra money to improve social mobility is going to some parts of england. but that money won't reach these streets in darlington, or other areas highlighted in today's report. this isn'tjust about the cash that schools get, although that does make a difference. it's about communities, too. communities where the belief in education as a passport to a different, better life has simply been lost. these teenagers, learning life skills on a national scheme. but already, at 16, set on very different directions. i'm sinead, and i want to be an actress.

i'm jess and i want to be in the military police. i'm nicole and i want to be go the navy. i'm dave and i want to be a professional chef. the people who were doing better more likely had a better family situation. they've got more money than some of us. but it all depends on how much you want to learn as well. do you think it would have made a difference if, when you were little, you believed you were going to go to uni? probably, because then you're determined to carry on and go to uni. the gap matters for their future and our ours too, because failings in education hold back our economy. bra nwen jeffreys, bbc news and darlington. a surgeon who was jailed after carrying out unnecessary breast operations has had his sentence increased. the court of appeal ruled that ian paterson's initial fifteen—year jail term was unduly lenient and raised it to 20 years. our health editor hugh pym reports. that's now been increased to 20 years...

yes! tracy and deborah, two of ian paterson's victims. news of the higher sentence was just what they'd hoped for. i felt very emotional. we wanted the right decision. the increase has given the right message. we've all got life sentences. but 20 years, to me, at least he'll serve a significant sentence. court of appealjudges said no sentence could properly reflect the suffering of paterson's patients, and they ruled he should serve an extra five years. the government lawyer who challenged the original sentence said justice had been done. the substantial increase in the sentence, to 20 years, sends out a clear message to the wider community that our system will not tolerate such egregious breaches of trust. paterson, seen here before his sentencing, mutilated patients after deceiving

them into unnecessary surgery. he watched today's hearing by videolink from prison, at times shaking his head when details of his offences were described. that angered john, who was in court today. he was talked into a double mastectomy by paterson. still shaking his head in disbelief, still muttering to himself when he doesn't agree with what's being said about him. it makes me wonder if 30 years would be enough for him to find anything within himself that doesn't say, oh, i'm completely innocent of everything. tracy and deborah weren't part of the criminal case, but they aren't hundreds more of paterson's victims are seeking damages from the hospitals where the rogue surgeon worked. a court hearing is due in a few months‘ time. hugh pym, bbc news. now for a look at the weather.

good evening. sunshine and showers was the order of the day with the heaviest showers falling across northern and eastern parts of scotland, our weather watchers sent in pictures of impressive cloudscape and as we go on the internet, the wettest weather . there will be showers in northern ireland and southee should stay dry into friday. sunshine and showers on friday, not many on the south, and particularly across scotland and the north, were there will be blustery wind. lighter winds in the south—east, up to 2a degrees in london, cool and fresh air in the north and west. sadly bring showers, heavy showers likely in wales, the midlands, towards lincolnshire, a

cool day, 16—20d. sunday should be dry with some rain spreading in from the west later on. that's all from me for now. hello, this is bbc news with vicki young. the headlines at 8.30pm: the bank of england downgrades its growth forecasts for this year and next — warning that the uk economy will remain "sluggish" because of uncertainty surrounding brexit. a seniorjudge warns that society will have blood on its hands, if a suicidal teenage girl is released from custody without adequate supervision. it comes as figures show some mental health patients are waiting years to be discharged. a surgeon who was jailed after carrying out unnecessary breast operations has had his sentence increased. the court of appeal ruled that ian paterson's initial fifteen—year jail term was unduly lenient and raised it to twenty years. and robert hardy, star of all creatures great and small and the harry potter films, has died at the age of 91. his family described him as "gruff, elegant, twinkly

and always dignified". michelle carter, the young american woman who urged her boyfriend to commit suicide, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. she was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in massachusetts after he boyfriend, conrad roy, killed himself when he was 18 years old. we can speak now to daniel medwed, a law professor at northeastern we canjoin our we can join our correspondent in washington. can you remind us of the details of this highly unusual case? highly unusual and highly distressing as well. the sentencing hearing, , distressing as well. the sentencing hearing,, mooy‘s family gave testimony before the judge. the father described his son as his best friend. the lawyer said michelle ca rter‘s friend. the lawyer said michelle carter's actions killed conrad roy, she ended his life to better her

own. as you say, she was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after she sent hundreds of text messages to conrad roy, she was 17 at the time. he was 18, and in those text m essa 9 es time. he was 18, and in those text messages she encouraged him to take his own life. i will be due to those messages. 0ne his own life. i will be due to those messages. one said, hang yourself, jumped off the building, stab yourself, i don't know, there is a lot of ways. in another one she asked him how hard are you going to try? he later took his own life, and he poisoned himself with carbon monoxide in a car park. while he was attempting to take his own life he was on the phone to michelle carter, he was having second thoughts. she encouraged him to continue with that. she did later tell a friend that. she did later tell a friend that she felt bad for it, she said his death is my fault, i could have stopped him. but ultimately the judge, not a jury trial, did sent inside to involuntary manslaughter. she has been given two and a half

yea rs she has been given two and a half years but she only has deserved 15 months of those in prison. has there been any reaction from the family to the sentencing and the lens length of the sentence? there was no reaction badgering that hearing, many of the family members including one of conrad mooy‘s sisters also spoke very emotionally and powerfully, they called for a far stricter sentence. the maximum she could have got was 20 years. the family were asking sure everything from seven to 12 years. michelle carter ‘s lawyers called for probation and said this was all about rehabilitating her. thejudge did say that she was a bright lady, she was mindful of the actions which she was mindful of the actions which she now stands convicted for, and thatis she now stands convicted for, and that is why he decided to convicted to spend some time behind bars. thank you for that update. we can speak now to daniel medwed, a law professor at northeastern university in massachusetts who has been following this case.

thank you forjoining us this evening. reading some of the details, it was incredibly unusual. i suppose it came down to what crime she had committed? that's exactly right. many of us, and i'm in the scam, thought this was a reach. this was a stretch to charges manslaughter. after all she was not with him in the car, and he ultimately made the decision alone. evenif ultimately made the decision alone. even if she was a pivotal factor, he was the one who chose to kill himself. massachusetts however does not have a separate crime of encouraging or, since other side. a0 of our states do, but massachusetts does not. which is one of the reasons why i think prosecutors here charged as manslaughter. why do you think in the end she was convicted of this? as you say, it was open to dispute about whether he was going to do this anyway, he had talked

about doing it before, why in the end you think this conviction happened? i think ultimately the judge felt as though she were blameworthy. ultimately, it tied in to concerns in our country and quite possibly in yours about cyber bullying and online and telephonic harassment. as well as the long simmering and occasionally boiling debate over assisted suicide. it tapped into all these undercurrents and ultimately, as regine indicated, it was a bench trial, a judge trial, not a jury trial. the judge felt compelled to find her guilty. do you think this could lead to a change in the law? i do. ithink think this could lead to a change in the law? i do. i think the massachusetts legislator will probably convene and try to pass a specific law that would criminalise, first or encouraging —— that would criminalise coerced or encouraged suicide. that should be the first response. thank you forjoining us.

a british computer expert, credited with helping to shut down a world—wide cyber attack that crippled the nhs, has been arrested in the united states. marcus hutchins, who's 23, is said to have stopped the wannacry "ransomeware" virus from spreading further in may this year. well let's get more on this now from our technology correspondent, dave lee, who joins us live from san francisco. tell us a bit more about the background of this case. originally, marcus hutchins came to the media ‘s attention in may when he inadvertently stopped that wannacry attack, that crippled many parts of the nhs. by creating a domain name that had the unintended effect of stopping that malware in its tracks. mr hutchins was then at a security conference in las vegas, that finish last week, a conference called death gone. we undertook sand as he was leaving the conference, at the airport, he was arrested and the fbi

have taken him for questioning. related to an unrelated security attack, nothing to do with wannacry, we understand, but a separate incident which was a trojan. a type of virus said to be stealing banking details from its victims. so the effect this had was pretty far—reaching? effect this had was pretty far-reaching? yes. the interesting reaction from the security community was that this was disbelief, that mr hutchins had been arrested, because asi hutchins had been arrested, because as i say he was being considered a hero for stopping this original attack in its tracks. but the fbi now accuse them of being directly involved with something different that was having a malicious affect. we are yet to hear any more details about that. we do know that the consulate in los angeles has been in touch with mr hutchins and that they are assisting him that, in san francisco. we are likely to hear much more as more details of the fbi's case become clear. thank you for that update. so what's scottish whisky

got to do with brexit. well, for one thing during the eu referendum many of the country's producers were big supporters of the remain campaign. but now it seems many have had a change of heart — buoyed up by the prospect of one—off trade deals with countries like india where they currently face massive tariffs. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports. the barley, the water, the weather, make islay malts unique, and on this small island, whisky is very big business. almost 90% of scotland's amber liquor is exported overseas, so brexit will certainly be felt here. small distilleries like kilchoman don't want to lose the protected status for scotch whisky offered by eu law and they worry about the bureaucracy that leaving the single market might entail. whereas it was very easy to export into europe, it's now going to be a little bit more difficult. and certainly, for smaller companies, i think that will have an impact, because of the amount of people that we have to comply with all the new regulations. many of the island's distilleries

are owned by big firms that supported remaining inside the eu. but they're now eyeing up the opportunities brexit could bring. the whisky industry is hoping to expand sales in countries outside the eu, countries like india, for instance, which currently slaps a whopping great 150% tariff on scotch. if a new bilateral trade deal could eliminate or slash those tariffs, sales would increase enormously. the uk government can't guarantee tariff—free trade, but say there is now the opportunity to try. as part of this new arrangement, in a post—eu world, where we're negotiating the tariffs, we're not bound in by eu terms, we're able to negotiate our own terms, and getting the right deal for the whisky industry is one of our priorities. scotch whisky is a valuable product, contributing about £5 billion a year to the uk economy, supporting 30,000 jobs and making many drinkers happy.

it's an industry that first feared brexit, and now hopes to make it work for them. once we leave the eu, we would be the uk negotiating free trade deals, rather than a bloc. and so, that simplifies the negotiations, to a degree. and so, yes, we hope that it will be easierfor the uk to negotiate a free—trade deal with, for example, india. the economy of islay runs on whisky. much of scotland's economy relies on this water of life. and they're now looking beyond the shores of europe to try and make the best of brexit. sarah smith, bbc news, islay. the uk has become a nation of ‘binge watchers‘ according to research from the media regulator 0fcom. it suggests that eight in ten adults now view multiple episodes of their favourite shows in a single sitting. however, most of us still watch at least some live tv each week. 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, has more.

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 6a. 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 here to talk more about binge watching and other tv habits is entertainment writer emma bullimore. we saw you in that piece. so, things have changed. what is the biggest change, box sets watching different things? i think a lot of it is technology. people like to think the young generation are so impatient and that‘s true, because they have a lwa ys and that‘s true, because they have always had such instant access to

information. but i think of this technology had been around in the 60s people than would have been watching things as well, we are in a golden age of telly, they are so much good stuff to watch. you just can‘t wait for the next episode, and if the technology is available then why not go for it? that's the difficult thing, you see it with the children who want to see everything immediately. they don‘t have to wait for it to come on at the scheduled time, but adults are just as bad. if you are watching a good box set, you just want to watch the next one. tv is so good now, if you get into something like breaking bad, you are desperate for the next one. with something like line of duty, when you come into it in season four, when everyone is talking about it, you can go back to the beginning and catch up and be part of the conversation. before you might have felt left out. does it mean you are not in the right conversation at the right time? everyone was talking about line of duty, i‘ll go back and see that everyone has moved on now. those big movements like strip

become dancing, you want that shared experience, you want to make sure you are up—to—date. —— strictly come dancing. do you think it means it is the end of families sitting down on those big events? when i was younger, there was not much choice. there were only a few channels, not like it is today. there were moments where the whole family would sit down and across the uk people will be doing that. had those days gone, those huge audiences, part from world cup finals or something? adding a few moments like that. what we are seeing adding a few moments like that. what we are seeing now adding a few moments like that. what we are seeing now is family sitting watching various things on various different devices at the same time. there are still moments like bake—off, like there are still moments like ba ke—off, like strictly, there are still moments like bake—off, like strictly, where people like to come together and all generations watch it. maybe we need more programming that all generations can enjoy. that is a bit ofa generations can enjoy. that is a bit of a shame if that shared experience is gone. it‘s all very well sitting there, people watching different things, it‘s not the same atmosphere. it is a different kind of shared experience. people like to

tweet along, get involved on social media. they want to watch things like that reason but they are not engaging with people in their living room, they are engaging with people in the twitter sphere. with box sets you have so many episodes available to you almost immediately that it is never ending. there‘s something about people staying up too late, because they knew they were tired but they still wanted to watch the next one and became very tired. might have an impact in the workplace. yes. well, better doing that than going out drinking something. with things like netflix they automatically roll onto the next episodes with your laptop is over there, you think, oh, next episodes with your laptop is overthere, you think, oh, i‘ll stop it, oh, it started. might as well watch another 20 minutes, it‘s quite evil! thanks very much indeed for coming in. the headlines on bbc news: the bank of england cuts its growth forecasts and warns that uncertainty over brexit is weighing on businesses and households. a judge has condemned the state of mental health support for young people, saying the state could have blood