case this is bbc news. the headlines at 2:00pm. 30 athletes and support staff at the world athletic championships — including 400 metre favourite isaac makwala — have been hit by gastroenteritis. you know, i feel heartbroken. yesterday, i was ready for this. i worked hard for this, you know. new figures reveal more than a0 maternity units in england closed their doors to new admissions at some point last year. the family of a seven—year—old boy with a rare condition wins a high court challenge over a nhs decision not to fund a life saving drug. norfolk police step up patrols after a pensioner is stabbed to death while out walking his dogs. also: the national games of the special olympics gets underway in sheffield. 2500 competitors, each with a learning disability taking part in

20 disciplines. coming to these games, actually gives them a chance to express themselves, and really showed not about what they can't do, but about what they can do. google sacks and employees are saying there we re sacks and employees are saying there were fewer women at the company due to biological differences. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the organisers of the athletics world championships in london are working with public health england to try to contain an outbreak of gastroenteritis, which has affected 30 athletes and support staff. botswa na's isaac makwala, who was one of the favourites for today's 400 metres final, was forced to withdraw from the 200 metres heat yesterday. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. it was supposed to be the start of

his bid for world domination. ranked numberi in the world for the 200 metres this year, he would aim being to double up in the 400 metre final tonight. but yesterday, in botswanan vomited before his 200 metre heat. a victim of the bug sweeping around the tower hotel. despite feeling okay, officials pulled him out as a caution. today, he feels fine but has not been told if he is allowed to run into night's 400 metre final. his dream hangs in the balance. sometimes, ifelt sometimes, i felt heartbroken yesterday, i was ready for this, i worked hard for this. i was on top of my game to come here. i was very ready to make it possible. i came

here for a medal, so if some people 42 withdrawal, i don't know, without. .. i feel okay to 42 withdrawal, i don't know, without... ifeel okay to run, but somebody says no, you cannot run, it's not nice, it isn't a bad thing. he's not the onlyi struck down at impossible time for other support sta rts impossible time for other support starts starts to build for the weekend. we understand the eye outbreak is isolated, and the tower hotel released a statement saying the hotel was not the source. they said that strict hygiene protocols have been put in place, and all public areas have been thoroughly sanitised. gastroenteritis causes vomiting and diarrhoea and is normally caused by norrie virus, believed to be the cause in these cases. it is unpleasant, and easily

spread. a toxic combination for a hotel full of athletes. the important thing is, if people have it, to stay away from other people. and to be very scrupulous about washing their hands after being to the toilet or if they have vomited. the london organising committee says they are doing everything they can to get the illness in hand. when you have got 20 thousand people minimum, there is a possibility that the bug will spread. we have taken all steps, we have an indication that a memberof the team steps, we have an indication that a member of the team has had some symptoms, as early as friday, we we re symptoms, as early as friday, we were straight in. we have been weak working with the team and the hotel to make sure we have got all the right processes in place... athletics's governing body has said that they have taken... more than 40% of maternity wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once last year — according to data

obtained by the labour party. 42 out of 96 trusts in england which responded to a freedom of information request said they'd shut maternity wards temporarily, on a total of 382 occasions. labour has blamed staffing shortages — but the government says closures are ‘well rehearsed' safety measures. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. midwives provide specialist care to some of the health services. but a shortage of staff, combined with a rising birth rate, means some units are struggling. andrew canter campaigns for improved maternity services. he and his wife lost a baby when their local centre was closed. the impact can be quite distressing. you're in a situation when you been looking forward to the birth of your child for nine or ten months, and that is really taken away from you. so it takes a long time to get back on track and the ramifications are that it goes right across the family, whether it's the parents or

grandparents, brothers or sisters, it can be awful. in england, 136 nhs trusts offer maternity services. last year, 42 of them closed their doors to new admissions at least once. there were 382 separate occasions where units were closed, up by 70% on 2014. the truth is, you cannot keep trying to run the nhs on a shoestring, putting them through the biggest financial squeeze in its history, and not expect standards of care to slip. the royal college of midwives said sometimes it is right to close a unit, but that doing so on a regular basis is the sign of a health service under pressure. it's very rare for maternity units to be closed, and the fact that we have seen a 70% increase in how often that is happening, i think should give us cause for serious concern. more midwives are being trained, and the

department of health says hospitals need to use temporary closures to manage peaks in admissions, but it is misleading to use these figures to indicate a shortage of staff, because of the difficulties around planning for births. dominic hughes, bbc news. joining me now is nigel edwards, chief executive of the independent health charity the nuffield trust. labour say i labour sayi thing, labour say i thing, government labour sayi thing, government says the other. good to have un to bring us more the other. good to have un to bring us more clarity. are we seeing doors being shut on mothers about to give birth? 2 things going on. 1 is, short—term pleasures to deal with, operational issues such as clusters of birth is all coming together, and people run out of space will stop but there is a longer term problem, the planning of workforce has not been very good, and we have properly

under produced midwives, there are not enough of them. there is also a shortage of nurses who look after premature babies, and paediatricians who run this sort of units. so a bit ofa who run this sort of units. so a bit of a staffing squeeze in this area generally. a 2nd issue going on here is that people are finding it increasingly difficult to staff some of these units. i did think staff shortages come as a surprise to anyone? i know the government highlight that... what does this mean for mother and baby, the government say that this is a state safe procedure that is well rehearsed, so mothers and child are not in any danger, is that true?” do not know how well rehearsed it is, certainly the idea that we occasionally shut units is not a new 1. occasionally shut units is not a new i. it has been going on for some time. there has been a significant increase, as we had from the royal couege increase, as we had from the royal college of midwives there, a bit of

an ongoing concern i think, but, just looking at the financial situation of the nhs and the problem of how well they have planned the training of staff, i think there is a bit ofa training of staff, i think there is a bit of a concern that there will be squeeze is on staffing in these units in future. we are looking at, on average, i units in future. we are looking at, on average, 1 day a yearfor a trust, it doesn't sounds terrible, can we take into account that it is inevitable that there will be peaks? you might get particularly complex cases, you might get an glasses, you can plan the fact that people are going to have babies, you get more advance notice them for other uses of health service. however, there is still a degree of unpredictability. and although it is a small number of occasions, you have to remember that it is the people at the receiving end of it, mums and their partners

having babies, being transferred while you are in labour is not necessarily very desirable, and i think it is a stressful enough time without the added stress of being told that you are going to have to go somewhere else that you are not full million with. you have been through all that operation, learning about the place you get to have the baby, but find yourself somewhere new, with stuff that you don't know and environment that you are not familiar with is not ideal. why is the nhs struggling through crete for the nhs struggling through crete for the maternity wards? partly, it is about the history here of when we've training here. the issue in maternity, is notjust recruitment, it is the fact that this work will force has been ageing. we have seen people retiring. although it is in many ways a not quite so stressful,

these are quite high stressful environments, and thankfully myths things go well. there is always a potential for things to go wrong, and things do go wrong. it is not without its's stresses and strains. we'd still do have is significant things that go well wrong. it is quite a high stress job. the pay, the training and is less of the job is putting people off? yes i think we are having more difficulty. i think the problem is we could fill those training position if there had been created. thanks for that insight. the lawyerfor a british model —— who was allegedly held captive by a gang in italy has been giving more details about the case. francesco pashley has said that chloe ayling, from south london was

under duress... he has been talking to our correspondence gavin lee. this story appears to be incredible. she was kidnapped and then taken to the consulate by the same kidnapper and she had to be sold online at an auction. this organisation which a p pa re ntly auction. this organisation which apparently is called the black death was about to send her to the middle east, and she had no idea what was happening. tell me about chloe and what she is going through? at 1st she was quite at upset, and i do understand that, and as long as we managed to speak with the da that promised her that she would be immediately let go. she was not held

here in italy, but they needed her presence. so, we can thence her to stay here for the greater good. a p pa re ntly stay here for the greater good. apparently she went shopping with the suspect before she was taken to the suspect before she was taken to the consulate and handed in? what is your sense of that? yellow mac she was told she was good to be sold to somebody in the middle east for sex. she was told that people were there watching her, and ready to kill her if she tried anything. she thought that the best idea was to go along with it and to be nice in a way to her capture, because he told her that he wanted to release her somehow and sometime, she thought that the best thing to do was not to go in conflict with him. so, she abided to his request, let's go for my groceries, let's go buy shoes. she did not try to flee. but, she

was terrified, and even if she could have asked for help, she didn't because she was subjugated to this person, or people as he was given to understand. that must have been, even worse than being held hostage physically. more on that story later. we are hearing that a man has died in plymouth. the man, in his 405, was taken to hospital but later died. 829 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. police in london are trying to identify a jogger who appeared to pu5h identify a jogger who appeared to push a pedestrian into a bus. the cctv footage showed him running on putney bridge and appearing to push

the woman into the road. the oncoming bus has to swerve into the next lane, to avoid hitting her. very narrow escape, the bus stop, the passengers went on to help the woman who suffered minor injuries. the family of a man nhs nhs england has said the effectiveness of the drug have which costs them a lot of money has been... my colleague, jane hill has spoken to our legal correspondence hoodoo that the latest. he cannot metabolise protein, in fa ct if he cannot metabolise protein, in fact if he has more than 12 g of protein a day, he could suffer severe brain damage. on top of that,

he is severely autistic and he doesn't have speech or language. so, managing his diet is especially difficult for his parents. his nhs co nsulta nt wa nted difficult for his parents. his nhs consultant wanted him to have a very expensive drug that costs £100 per day. nhs england turned that down, saying it was not clinically affected. now, today, mrsjustice andries haslett at that decision, she has dismissed the case on 2 of the grounds they were brought, but what she did find was that that decision was irrational, and she said that clinical efficacy was beyond question. so what that means, is that nhs england will have to go and look on at decision game, it does not guarantee that he will get thisjob. there is a good chance that he will. and it has england have said that they will now look at his funding decision on his case again. let's bring you up to date

with the latest headlines now. the headlines on bbc news: the family of a seven—year—old boy with a rare condition wins a high court challenge over a nhs decision not to fund a life saving drug. you will he cannot metabolise protein, in fact if he has more than 12 g of protein a day, he could suffer severe brain damage. on top of that, he is severely autistic and he doesn't have speech or language. hush so, managing his diet is especially difficult for his parents. his nhs consultant wanted him to have a very expensive drug that costs £100 per day. nhs england turned that down, saying it was not clinically affected. and in sport, the british target on the world athletics shall be typical of was big dreams 6 and 8, bought are the chances of getting that. is britain's haute hope on day 5, the 21 —year—old goes into the final of the men's 800 metres. and, england women's world cup star will miss the start of the super league, because she has a strain injury. i will be back with more of those stories just have to have passed.

norfolk police are running extra patrols in the village of east harling, after an 83—year—old man was murdered at the weekend. he was stabbed in the head and neck, while walking his dogs in woodland. 0ur correspondent adina campbell reports from east harling. well, 3 days on since this man's body was discovered about 50 meters away from here, police have now cordoned off this area of woodland here in east harling. they have described this as a brutal attack. it has left many of the community here in shock. remote an83—year—old man who had been walking his two dogs here was stabbed to death multiple times on saturday morning. people are shocked and hurting because of the place where people go to enjoy their own leisure time with their families. the pensioner‘s body

was discovered near the fiveways junction by a member of the public. the woodlands here in east harling is a popular part of norfolk, used by walkers, runners and bike trails. his body was found just over there where police have set up theirforensic tent. he had been repeatedly stabbed in the neck and head. the pensioner is described as a family man from the east harling area. three days on, police are continuing their murder investigation and say the motive is still unclear. people will be shocked in relation to this and anybody shocked of this brutal murder, we have got our major investigation team investigating this matter, we have visible police at the scene. police are now urging people who use these for paths to get in touch. particularly if they were in this area and saw some unusual activity on saturday morning. uniformed officers remain at the scene.

and local police patrols have also now increased. adina campbell, bbc news. well, the woodland here is popular with runners, cyclist, walkers and evenin with runners, cyclist, walkers and even in nearby carob caravan site. later this crime scene. the police have set up their parental activity tent if you metres away in that direction. so far, no arrests, but the investigation is ongoing. and even that update. a software engineer working for google says he's been sacked for questioning the company's diversity policy. james danmore says he'd suggested there might be "biological causes" for men and women having different interests and abilities. google itself says that it can't comment on individual cases, but in an email to employers it said that: and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in its workplace.

it went on to say that to suggest that a group of colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not ok. a lot of reaction on social media. a lot of opinions being expressed on social media, but it does raise the issue of freedom of speech in the workplace? it is important to stress how seriously google has taken this. the chief executive, broke off his holiday, wrote that memo which said it is fine for people to express themselves, but there are limits, and this particular software engineer had gone beyond those limits, by basically saying to women that you are not on the same level as men. you have got these biological unsuitable for work as an engineer.

there is the free speech question. i think a lot of people are pointing out that in america you got it perfect right to expose herself, but... the other big debate, is what it says about the nature of the work, of software engineering. i have been reading a fascinating thing from the former google manager, saying that he did not understand what it was to be a softwa re understand what it was to be a software engineer, he thought it was about sitting alone in a room, coding, not working with people, having this collaborative skills. there are a lot of technology companies, trying to encourage more women to take up these roles as well, because women often think that it is not the job done, there well, because women often think that it is not thejob done, there is

nothing in it for them. there is a lot of recruitment drive, this is coming ata lot of recruitment drive, this is coming at a very sensitive time in the industry? there have been all sorts of concerns, in silicon valley, and all sides of the lack atlantic, about the lack of diversity in the work. lots of people are out that the history of competing, that the early software programmers were largely women. it was seen as a kind of humdrum job, a secretarial job. all, was seen as a kind of humdrum job, a secretarialjob. all, the women can do that. and then, the men decided, this is grass, we are big takeover. google has made these quite bold attem pts google has made these quite bold atte m pts to google has made these quite bold attempts to promote diversity, the softwa re attempts to promote diversity, the software engineer said it was a left—wing company, there was bias in the company, it was politically correct, and he is getting some support in that view from certainly right wing media outlet in america. thank you very much. britain's most seniorjudge has told the government it must provide more

clarity about how uk law will be developed after britain leaves the eu. currently, uk legislation is subject to rulings made by the european court ofjustice. lord newberger, who steps down as president of the supreme court in october, said parliament must be "very clear" in telling judges how to interpret eu law after brexit. the justice secretary has approved the transfer of the murderer, kenneth lloyd, into 8 open prison. he is 70 now, and was given a life sentence in 2000 4 the murder of stephen cameron, in a road rage attack on the end 75. a former police officer who used the force helicopter to spy on nudists and a couple having sex has been jailed for a year. adrian pogmore, who's fifty—one and from rotherham, was sacked by south yorkshire police after he admitted misconduct in a public office. the judge at sheffield crown court told him he had quite literally considered himself above the law.

as the athletics world championships continue in london, another sporting events, bringing together 2500 investors. it is estimated that 1in 1 in sheffield this week there is sport everywhere the national games of the special olympics in sheffield this week there is sport everywhere. the national games of the special olympics, 20 disciplines, 2500 competitors and what links them all is that they love sport. what links them all if they have a learning disability, and that can make life a daily challenge. getting like around, travelling and stuff like that and everybody being nasty to me,

bullying me, stuff like that. that happen to you? yes, it does. doesn't happen here, doing the sport? no, everybody is the same. a lot of people with intellectual disabilities, they feel they're being left out from the community and from the exclusion. whereas coming to these games gives them a chance to express themselves and to really show not about what they can't do, but about what they can do and more. to stage all this sport takes money and for the first time this national games of the special olympics has received direct treasury funding, £2 million from the government. but when the event starts at the weekend, so does that cash. we're hoping that this event will just show what the benefit of supporting special olympics by the government is. the olympic movement was about friendship, was about camaraderie, was about achieving to one's best, so perhaps that has got lost. that's what you get

here in sheffield? yes, yeah, yeah. participation is everything. to date, competitors are classified so they can be matched against others of the similar standards later this week, but each local club has had to raise some £400 for each competitor just to enter. james thorpe and his dad simon exploring the athletes village, father tries to find the opportunities for his son to do gymnastics. how many different disciplines do you do? floor? floor, high bar pummel horse on the rings. p bars... what's the jump? the vault. there's one place that i know that james is accepted and that's where he's gone since he was five or six. even that is now struggling forfunding. while sheffield united hosts the opening ceremony this

evening with some special guests. 1.5 million people in this country have a learning disability, let's put the spotlight on them, give them their chance and everybody deserves a chance. that's just what this is about. that spirit defeats the weather in this city but it can't overcome a lack of funds and as this national games begins there is no certainty where or if there will be another. joe wilson, bbc news, in sheffield. 1st, let's just take a break, 1st, let'sjust take a break, to have a look at the weather.

rain is not the whole story, but certainly where we see the rain, we will know about it. for east anglia and the south east, some very thundery showers. rain will continue across parts of england, particularly heavy showers for wales and the south—west. if you showers for northern ireland, but that is where we will see the brightest weather today. temperatures, out in degrees. this evening, we will see particular heavy rain, continuing to hide ina particular heavy rain, continuing to hide in a crossed yorkshire, lincolnshire, and into east anglia. all the while, drying up for scotla nd all the while, drying up for scotland and northern ireland. tomorrow, a mainly dry day for northern ireland and scotland. further east, further wet weather, further heavy rain, again, the risk of sudden disruption, and temperatures, at best up to 20d. now, mo and friends are coming to

london to defend their titles. and is with you same boat's final appearance at the world athletics championships. join us for a daily roundup, interviews and personnel expert analysis. that is world athletics port state and night at 6:30 pm. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2:30pm. the organisers of the world athletics championships in london have revealed that a number of competitors have contracted gastroenteritis. 30 athletes and support staff have been affected, including 400 metre favourite isaac makwala. new figures suggest that more than 40% of maternity wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016. the data was collected by the labour party. the most common reasons given were too few staff and not enough beds.

the parents of a boy with a rare genetic condition have won their legal challenge against a decision by the health service to refuse funding for a potentially life changing drug. norfolk police have stepped up patrols after an 83—year—old man was stabbed to death while out walking his two dogs. the victim's body was found on saturday. let's have a look at the sport. as you may have seen, athletes and officials are among around 30 people who have been affected by gastroenteritis, believed to have started from one of the london hotels where some of the comeptitors at the world championship are staying. one of the athletes affected by the stomach bug is 200 and 400 metres runner isaac makwala. he missed the heats of the 200 last night when he became ill before the race. he claims that, despite feeling unwell, he was forced to miss the race

i feel heartbroken. yesterday i was ready to this, i worked hard for this. if it myself it would have been good for me. i was at the top of my game. i was ready to come here and make everything possible. i came here for a medal. so if some people force you to withdraw, i don't know, someone tells you you are ok to run, that i can't run, it is not nice. it isa that i can't run, it is not nice. it is a bad thing. manchester united manager jose mourinho says he will fight with other coaches to sign gareth bale if real madrid are willing to sell the wales forward.(tx mourinho is ready to make his move if bale is left out of real‘s line—up. to face in a clash between the

europa league and the champions league. the imac that is the difference between the champions league winner and the europa league winner. the champions is very difficult to win because it is hard. lots of matches, you travel. the motivation is not so high because the red lead is not the eldorado for football players. but the top quality is obviously in the champions league. when you get into a champions league semifinal you have four of the best of the five or six teams in europe. there is a difference of quality. but it is possible. england's world cup star anya shrubsole will miss the start

of the women's super league this week because of injury. she's suffering a side strain but it's thought she'll be back in action in around two weeks. the 25—year—old turned england's world cup fortunes around last month with a brilliant late spell and victory over india at lords. it's set to be the biggest women's rugby world cup and it starts tomorrow with defending champions england naming their squad ahead of their opening match against spain. captain sarah hunter is in the mix along with forwards abbie scott and heather kerr. while making herfourth world cup appearance full back danielle waterman has been called up too. wales have named their team ahead of their opening game against australia so along with captain carys phillips, there's call ups for scrum—half keira bevan and fly—half elinor snowsill. we are still eclectically from

ireland later today and we will update you then. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. some breaking news just some breaking newsjust reaching its here. we are hearing that the deen mohammed, 43 years old, has been found you'll see at manchester crown court has been found guilty of explosives with life or property. this was after a handgun was found in hand luggage at manchester airport. despite that one being found, the court did hear that mohammed was still able to board another flight. so he mohammed was still able to board anotherflight. so he got mohammed was still able to board another flight. so he got that flight another flight. so he got that flight from manchester to italy, then he was able to board another plane two days later. he was questioned by manchester police on two occasions before his arrest. on first inspection of his luggage

there was not believed to be an explosive bomb that could work. the 43—year—old was searched as he attempted to board a flight in italy in january. security attempted to board a flight in italy injanuary. security officers attempted to board a flight in italy in january. security officers found the device made from batteries take marker pen and pins, in the lining ofa marker pen and pins, in the lining of a small green suitcase that he was carrying. he was born in pakistan but had an italian passport. it was believed he intended to detonate the device on a ryanair flight. intended to detonate the device on a rya nair flight. we will intended to detonate the device on a ryanair flight. we will get reaction from manchester crown court later. the uk's top police officer has defended the police's use of stop and search. commissioner cressida dick — head of the metropolitan police — says the approach does work and that one in three stoppages does result in something being found. she rejects suggestions it unfairly targets ethnic minorities. she was speaking to the bbc asian network for a special show on the police force. presenter nomia iqbal is here— tell us what the commissioner has been telling you.

what did she say initially?m what did she say initially? it was a one—hour interview we did for a special programme. she was down to earth but quite no—nonsense about this specific issue, we talked about a wide range of things. terrorism, hate crime and violent crime generally. stop and search is something widely been used to tackle knife crime, sometimes used under the terrorism act. there has been controversy around it. home office statistics from last year say there isa statistics from last year say there is a desperate portion of amount of ethnic minorities being stopped. theresa may, when she was home secretary, wanted to stop it. but mystic is the opposite viewpoint. she says it does work. in london

common one in three stop and searches results in something being found. something you shouldn't have innocence. that is i high proportion quite frankly. it shows we're not doing random work you not people because of their colour of their skin which is the perception. we are absolutely not doing that, we need to change that perception, it has no place in modern policing whatsoever. however, i would place in modern policing whatsoever. however, iwould point place in modern policing whatsoever. however, i would point out, place in modern policing whatsoever. however, iwould point out, our outcome rate, one in three positive, is the same whether you are black or white or whoever you are. it is not that we are stopping the present shouldn't of young black men and we don't find anything, but we do. i'm so don't find anything, but we do. i'm so it is say that we do find the same rate in the people of colour and the people not of colour at the same rate, i don't think that is disproportionate, it shows in terms

of our activity, fairness. it is interesting, because what she is saying there is the fact is, that this works, it is summing want to stick with. you and i know as journalists reporting on stop and searches, the effect it has on communities and young people whatever the facts say, it creates a huge amount of toxic tension between community and police. it does. in the past i've spoken to young black men, i have been stopped 15 times and nothing has been found. it does create resentment. for our listeners certainly, they do worry about it and they do feel there is a racial element in terms of profiling. but she is very adamant that that does not go on. on the issue of racism, which people from these backgrounds feel, she is very hard line on it. there is no racism tolerated in the police force. she would beat them out if she saw any of that going on

all stock she said, i quote, i lead all stock she said, i quote, i lead a more professional, less arrogant and organisation. but the perception is there. we also talked about generally the consensus she has when it comes to london. she talked about how we not outraged enough, and that there is a alarming rate of deaths specifically around black men. if you look at the news and how it covers the death of a young black guy in london now, it is not always very big news. i am not suggesting, or trying to tell the media how to do theirjob at all... it has a huge impact. people have come to expect things like that... do you think it is not high profile enough? it is not terribly high profile, and it varies with the circumstances.

but what i want is people to think, in my local community we could work against this, we could do something about this. the community thing was another aspect she stretched. you can expect the police do everything, you can't rely on it relies on people and trainees working together. you can listen to the full interview with commissioner cressida dick, with the bbc asian network live at the met on the bbciplayer. south african mps will vote in secret later on a motion of no—confidence in presidentjacob zuma. the motion was tabled by the opposition in response to mr zuma's sacking of his highly respected finance minister earlier this year, a move which sparked nationwide protests.

mr zuma has survived several previous votes of no—confidence in the past. our correspondent milton nkosi is in cape town for us now. a lot of the anger and discontent with jacob zuma isn't about that sacking, this is the many has been a long time coming. very much so. the discontent, particularly within the african national congress is just beyond the sacking of the finance minister and his deputy. but what actually happened following that was that south africa was reduced by credit agencies into junk status, and now it is technically in a recession as a result. a lot of people think that was chewed to president zuma's hillfort decision of sacking a popular prime minister. but it is also very closely tied to

the idea that president zuma is presiding over a corrupt state. they are saying that the relationship that he has between himself and the family friends who are business partners to his son, is what is damaging south africa's reputation. that is why they are calling him in this debate, which is under way now, to step down. what way do you think it will go? what you hearing? that is hard to know, that is the million dollar question. the african national congress has image a turkey. out of the 400 mp5 they have 249. although the opposition parties put together have 151. to pass the motion you need a simple majority of 201. it means that opposition

parties need to get at least 50 members from the african national congress who have devoted against their own president. there are some anc mp5 their own president. there are some anc mps who have publicly called for president zuma to step down and they are in there as well today. they might vote with the opposition. but the question is whether the numbers will stack up. a lot of people think that the anc want but not at the behest of the opposition. they hope to do it in december when his term ends. when they are electing a new president after two terms that he has already served. thank you. if we hear more, we will be back with you. asa as a vote of no confidence gets under way against president zuma. the headlines on bbc news: 30 athletes and support staff at the world athletic championships — including 400 metre favourite isaac makwala —

have been hit by gastroenteritis. new figures reveal more than 40 maternity units in england closed their doors to new admissions at some point last year. the family of a seven—year—old boy with a rare condition wins a high court challenge over a nhs decision not to fund a life saving drug. let's catch up with business — and egon is at the great british beer festival which is marking its 40th anniversary this year. i thought long and hard believe me this is the 40th great british festival. it is an enormous event. 50,000 people coming through the doors this week. it is not all about

the big brewers, microbreweries have also been featured. i'm joined by someone who knows all about them. the head brewer from someone who knows all about them. the head brewerfrom wild car that bureaus. why did you get into drink? i got into it because i love to drink beer! wejust i got into it because i love to drink beer! we just started to do it ona drink beer! we just started to do it on a big scale really. how did you get into it? it started as a hobby? yet it started as a hobby that got out of control. when we first started we did not have a brewery. so what we did was what you call cooking breweries. we rented the space from a number brewers kit and got the beer and solve that. we did that a few times until we got some money together from a government scheme investing in young people, they can lead to some money. then we we re they can lead to some money. then we were built out at room and drury. how was it going now? business is going well. we're just about to expand, we have 12,000 litres a week

capacity. we're just about to start big crowdfunding campaign as well to be able to update the kit. speaking of updating, isn't one of the problem is that the faces is that it is considered an old—fashioned, use the kind of thing to do, to drink beer. how do you combat that? i'm not sure it is viewed that way any more. you just have to look at this festival and how diversities, and the people that it here, i really think that the right now is for everyone. i'm going to disagree with you. if i look out over the crowd, they are mainly slightly overweight perhaps. but they are middle—aged men. that is because of the time of day it is. it is up to two o'clock in the afternoon, lots of people are at work. this is an industry event

too. the industry could do with a little bit more diversification, but we are getting there. we are seeing a lot more women coming through, a lot of people of colour in the industry. wait until tonight, there will be a lot of different types of people. you perhaps don't conform to the stereotype of what people think when they think of april. how does that translate in your day—to—day working life? i like to say that i ama working life? i like to say that i am a brewer before a female brewer. i want my beers to be judged against the others the industry. u nfortu nately the others the industry. unfortunately it is part of sunni have to do deal with in your day—to—day life, but like a lot of industries we need more women. do you think that change in the beer industry is being driven by a change in the way people enjoy their beer and different type of beers? yes, i

think it has a lot to do with the sheer number of breweries available. in any part of london you can find a local brewery. there are a hundred breweries whereas ten years ago there were only ten. a lot of it is availability. people want to consume. what is the next step? the next step is to make lots more beer! good luck, thanks that. it is really kicking off now. the 40th great british beer festival. back you. let's bring a story that many of you are shocked by. a woman was shot by shot in the brazil. in an area controlled by drug gangs

in rio. an innocent family on their summer holidays, eloise dixon, together with her partner and three young children, made one mistake that nearly cost them their lives. it all happened in angra dos reis, about 90 miles south of rio dejaneiro — a part of brazil that's popular with tourists and has some of the country's most beautiful beaches. the family had rented a car and, according to local media, were looking for a place to buy water when they made a wrong turning into a favela controlled by drug traffickers. armed men fire at the car after the family failed to understand their orders. eloise dixon, sitting in the front passenger seat, was shot twice — the bullet marks clearly visible. taken to the local hospital, she underwent two hours of surgery. this could so easily have been fatal, but she survived. translation: the bullet passed through the abdomen and fortunately did not hit the big blood vessels or the important organs. brazil favelas are notorious. many are no—go areas of cities and can be so dangerous even

police aren't welcome. translation: we have a community that we cannot enter, the press cannot enter, the public service cannot enter... that is inadmissible, we have to take urgent measures. according to doctors, eloise dixon is recovering well from surgery. awake and talking, she is expected to be transferred to a hospital in the city of rio dejaneiro, where she'll continue her recovery. katy watson, bbc news. students in scotland have been receiving their long—awaited exam results this morning. there has been a slight fall in the number of passes in higher exams this year. 77 % achieved grades a—to—c, down very slightly on last year. more than a third of students signed up to an email or text alert to get their results, rather than waiting for the post. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. after all the hard work, the wait is over for these pupils at the eastbank academy in glasgow, as they find out how they have

done in their exams. i got the results i needed so that's really good. how are you feeling? really, really happy. i got one a, two bs and cs, i know i know i lost maths but that's what i'm expecting. i happy with that and i can come back and take maths next year if i want. i failed maths but i was expecting that so i'm 0k. i got an a in classics, how did that happen? across scotland, the pass rate this year in the higher exams sat by 16 and 17—year—olds, was broadly in line with last year. there was, though, is a significant drop in the number of candidates entered for national four exams, down from 123,000 last year to 116,000. it was all good news for these pupils but the scottish education system is facing wider issues. exam results don't themselves telephone much about the standards of scottish education of a whole. to do that, we need to look at international evidence, standards of literacy of declining

in scotland, and numeracy also. and in some respects, more worryingly, inequality of attainment is getting worse in scotland, especially compared with other countries. the scottish government has made closing the attainment gap between pupils from richer and poorer backgrounds a priority. and there is targeted extra funding. this school has spent the money they have received on trying to increase the proportion of pupils who passed their highers. and then go on to further or higher education. the scottish education secretary, today meeting other students getting their results, said the government had a relentless focus on improving education. to these results give us enormous confidence about the strengths that exists in scottish education. we are determined to build on that. the investment we are making in people equity funding, which is supporting the measures that are designed to close the attainment gap in scottish education, will be a fruit in the years to come. for now, the aim for many, to celebrate their results

and plan their future. after a four—year camp, footage of one of britain's's most rarest animals, the pine marten has been spotted in the north york moors. this is the first time in more than 30 years. a project managed to catch the footage after setting up camera traps around the moors. good to see. it is been a while since we have reported on one of these. but a large sinkhole has swallowed two homes in florida. it first opened in florida last month before growing

hundreds of feet in a matter of hours. officials say an additional five homes will need to be demolished in florida. let's have a look at the weather. rain is not whole of the story but it is part of it. it is been a soggy morning. you can see a slow moving band of rain and moving across parts of eastern england. some hefty showers breaking out in the south—west. across wales you can see the shower clouds are building up here from devon. across east anglia and the south east we will cease and vicious downpours which can cause some disruption. all the while the best of the tests will be in scotland and northern ireland.

we will see spells of sunshine. one of two showers that time but not too plentiful. across northern england we will see heavy bursts of rain. the east anglia and the south—east these thunderstorms could well cause issues with surface water and spray on the roads, perhaps localised flooding. the showers across the south—west won't be as heavy but still cause one or two issues. through the evening and overnight, you can see clumps of wet weather circulating across england and wales. some particularly heavy rain holds across lincolnshire. to the north west scotland and northern ireland are drying out as the night goes on. this is because we have a area of high pressure which will slowly but surely settle things down from the north—west. but not a settled start to wednesday across the south—east. we will have a band of every rain sinking its way slowly

southwards and eastwards. it could someone issues with flooding and travel conditions across east anglia we suspect. to the north—west, sunny skies with temperatures around 20. some rain still around the south east on thursday. as high pressure comes in it should be largely fine day with spells of sunshine. it does not last. friday brings rain pushing in from the west. strong winds, perhaps gales on the far north—west. but for the weekend it looks like things will turn drier and they should be some sunny spells. there are many movies out claiming to be comedies, but it is magic realist fable. it is baggy and overlong. you can see it as a popcorn adventure that is what a real movie looks like. i wanted it to be dark. the script was laughable

but not in a good way. it is desired by civil. i was reminded between elliott and et. is it as good as spinal tap? no. it elliott and et. is it as good as spinaltap? no. it does elliott and et. is it as good as spinal tap? no. it does what cinema is meant to do, to msu, transport you and transport you to another world. the film review, 5:45pm. that and this is bbc news. the headlines at 2:00pm. 30 athletes and support staff at the world athletic championships — including 400 metre favourite isaac makwala — have been hit by gastroenteritis. the fleet affected in total, and there have been no new athlete affected for the couple of the family of a seven—year—old boy with a rare condition wins

a high court challenge over a nhs decision not to fund a life saving drug. norfolk police step up patrols after a pensioner is stabbed to death while out walking his dogs. also: the national games of the special olympics gets underway in sheffield.