this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: modern slavery in the uk: the national crime agency say they are shocked by the scale of problem — with tens of thousands of victims being exploited. what we have found over the last yearin what we have found over the last year in terms of the scale and scope of this problem has shocked us. the war of words escalates — trump tells north korea to get its act together or, he says, they'll be in trouble. it's the first time they have heard it like they herded. frankly, the people that were questioning that statement, was it too tough? maybe it was not tough enough. nhs figures show that waiting lists hit a ten—year high in england — other key targets including urgent referral for cancer care have also been missed. also in the next hour — the number of potentially contaminated eggs sent to britain from dutch farms is much higher than initial estimates. the food standards agency says

700,000 may have reached the uk — but stresses that any risk to public health is "very unlikely". robby and leonora — the couple still recovering from the manchester arena bombing — he tells the bbc he's lucky to be alive. the doctor called me a miracle lad. even after the operation, i think he thought it's still touch and go. and from despair to delight — three days after being barred from the heats of the world athletics championships, isaac makwala runs for gold tonight. we will bring you the dark history ofa we will bring you the dark history of a tiny scottish island which has now been put up for sale. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the national crime agency says modern slavery and people trafficking in the uk is a far

larger problem than previously thought. it says victims are likely to be found anywhere from the high street to a farm. there are likely to be tens of thousands of them working "in every large town and city". more than 300 police operations are currently targeting the criminals involved. in just two months this year the national crime agency says there have been 111 arrests. here's our social affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. another day, another anti—slavery operation. over the last six months, the national crime agency has coordinated operations to smash trafficking and slavery gangs. this suspected brothel, run in the north—east of england, just one of many that's been raided. today a new analysis from the agency suggests the true scale of modern slavery is far greater than previously suspected. this man from romania was coerced into hard labour. the gang controlled his life for four months until he got out.

it's just horrible, i tell you, it's just horrible. even now, ijust feel like my heart is start beating a little bit. i think we cannot call them people. modern—day slaves are tricked into uk by gangs promising a better life, and coerced into work they can't escape from. women forced into prostitution make up to £600 a day. men are trapped in gruelling work in food processing or agriculture, and victims are on high street in nail bars and car washes. you are more likely than ever before to unwittingly come into contact with a victim. a cannabis farm in a suburban home, run by workers under the control of a gang. it's impossible to count all the victims because like this enterprise, they are hidden from view. but investigators say the more they look, the more they find. we have also seen people as young as 13 and 1a being sexually exploited and forced to engage in prostitution.

that should worry us all. this is a growing problem for which we think there's a shared responsibility across society in the united kingdom to address. but critics say more could be to identify trafficking. the uk's anti—slavery commissioner has accused the nca of acting too slowly on its own intelligence. charities investigating abuses say there are obvious signs that someone is being held against their will. their passports are taken off them. they are forced to work against their will. they are held in squalid conditions. the trafficker controls their finances, controls their movement. in the small villages there are few jobs and no money... a new online campaign by the national crime agency. it's pledging to carry on raids month after month, but investigators say they will still need the public‘s help to find all the victims. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered

in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are martin bentham, home affairs editorfor the london evening standard and rowena mason, deputy political editor at the guardian. president trump says he stands by his tough stance on north korea, saying that pyongang had been getting away with a ‘tragedy‘ that must be stopped. he spoke in washington in the last few minutes. it's the first time they like they herded. frankly the people who are questioning that statement, was it too tough? maybe it was not tough enough. they have been threatening oui’ enough. they have been threatening our country for many years and is about time somebody stuck up for the people of this country and the people of this country and the people of this country and the people of other countries. if anything, maybe that's a man was not tough enough. we are back 100% by oui’ tough enough. we are back 100% by our military, by everybody. we are backed by many other leaders. i have

registered many senators and others today came out very much in favour of what i said. if anything, that statement may not be tough enough. you will see. isner of the options being considered a preventive strike? we don't talk about that. we never do. i'm not like the other in the illustration is as we are going into mosul on for months. i don't talk about it. we will see what happens. i can tell you what they have been doing and what they have been getting away with is a tragedy. it cannot be allowed. have you considered negotiation? sure. we a lwa ys considered negotiation? sure. we always considered negotiation, but we have been negotiating for 25 yea rs. we have been negotiating for 25 years. look at clinton, he was weak and ineffective. look at bush, look at 0bama. 0bama. he did not even wa nt to at 0bama. 0bama. he did not even want tojoke at 0bama. 0bama. he did not even want to joke about it. but i talk. it's about time somebody has today. —— he did not even want to talk

about it. north korea says its working on plans to fire four ballistic missiles towards the american territory of guam. pyongyang denounced donald trump's warnings of "fire and fury" and said the us president was "bereft of reason". north korean state media said its rockets would pass over japan and land in the sea around 17 miles from guam. rupert wingfield hayes reports from the island. it may not look like it but there is trouble in paradise. this little pacific holiday island is now the focus of unwanted worldwide attention. this is the reason. from north korea today, this strangely detailed threat. translation: the hwasong-12 rocket will be launched by the korean people's army and will cross the sky above japan, flying 3356 kilometres for 1065 seconds before hitting the waters 30 to a0 kilometres away from guam. this is the hwasong—i2 missile

on parade in pyongyang this spring. no one should doubt it can reach guam. in recent months, north korea has successfully tested a host of long—range missiles. the little holiday island is now within the reach of kim jong un. at the volleyball court, the locals seem strangely unperturbed. i think we're kind ofjust used to the whole ebb and flow of hearing we're going to be bombed and it not happening and hearing about it again. it is not anything that is new to us. it never follows through, so i was not really concerned. i think it is probably like a distraction maybe, a political kind of move on the side of us and korea, just to get attention maybe. if the aim of north korea is to scare people, have a look, it does not seem to be working. people are not fleeing the beaches for the airport. the threat against guam

is very specific. that has a few people worried that maybe, just maybe, kimjong unis planning some sort of action to fire one or more missiles overjapan in this direction. guam's two huge military bases are home to a fleet of b—i bombers. it makes the island a very attractive target. the tourists, on whom this island depends, are already much more jittery than the locals. translation: i saw the news and started to check where the us military bases on guam are located. i am worried. everyone here is hoping this latest threat is just more north korean bluff. but they are also starting to wonder, what they would do if it is not. let's cross to our north america correspondent anthony zurcher in washington. president trump saying that maybe

the statements so far have not been tough enough, but then later going on to say, well, we could always consider negotiations. which direction is the white house heading in? i think that is the big question. donald trump has talked about how his foreign policy, he wa nts to about how his foreign policy, he wants to always keep people guessing, well here is a classic example of that. in the seven plus minutes when he took to the press, he talked about getting china more engaged, using diplomacy, but then a warning that north korea could face consequences like few nations have ever seen. his strategy appears to be, keep north korea guessing. as a result, he is keeping all of us guessing about what he really means, just a couple of days ago he made the fire and fury threat. you saw his subordinates in the administration tried to explain what that meant and how that would be put into practice. what sort of a line in the sand would want that

response. here you go, donald trump out again two days later, effectively muddying the waters once again. we will see where the administration goes from here and how they try to explain what the us strategy is. he says he thinks china can do more and thinks china will do a lot more. what, though? well, he has been touting what was a significant achievement in the un security council, china's signing off on these new economic sanctions. i think he is in line with many experts in the region who say that china is the linchpin to any sort of strategic negotiation with north korea. they are the ones who have real influence on north korea. u nless real influence on north korea. unless the international community can get china on board with sanctions, on board with pressuring north korea to back away from its nuclear programme, that is just not going to happen. beyond that, the question is what can donald trump do to pressure china ?

question is what can donald trump do to pressure china? this sort of rhetoric perhaps could make china more willing to come to the table, because they do not know what donald trump will do. if people start to think, ignition start to think that donald trump is seriously considering military action, that could prompt a response from china to attempt to tamp down the conflict. it is one strategy, a little different from what we have seen little different from what we have seen past the ministry should pursue. then again, this is what donald trump talked about when he was campaigning, talked about being one and other countries, he talked about putting american priorities first. i do not think it should come asa first. i do not think it should come as a huge surprise that this is the way he is actually governing. for the moment, thank you. the number of people waiting for routine surgery in england injune was the highest since december 2007. nhs england admitted around four million patients were on lists for operations. other key targets were also missed — including urgent referrals for cancer care. our health editor hugh pym reports.

he has had his operation but he had to wait a long time for it. andy waited more than a0 weeks before going into surgery on his foot to relieve serious arthritis. the nhs target is 18 weeks. during that long delay, everyday life became increasingly difficult. i couldn't walk great distances and it was quite painful afterwards, taking an awful lot of painkillers to sort of try and keep the pain down. and although i do it work and sit at a desk all day, i was finding the middle of the afternoon i had to stop, lie down, put my feet up just because it was too painful to sit any longer. the total waiting list for a routine surgery in england fell back a decade ago after government investment. but in recent years, it has crept back up again and injune, its estimated to have gone above 4 million. most worryingly of all perhaps is this is the sign of a trend that is going in the wrong direction. progressively we are seeing more and more people on the waiting list and with continuing austerity there is no end

to it potentially. nhs england argues that more operations are carried out every year. a spokesperson said, more than nine out of ten patients were waiting less than 18 weeks. we're working hard to cut long waits and the number of patients waiting over a year the treatment has dropped. key waiting time performance targets have been missed again but nhs england's leaders are stressing today that in an important aspect of emergency care, progress has been made. that is the treatment of patients with heart failure after they arrive in hospital. a new report shows fewer lives were lost in england and wales after heart failure, partly because more specialists and new medicines were available in hospitals. scotland, wales and northern ireland have also seen rising waiting lists for surgery though with different target standards. andy's10—month wait was unusual but more patients around the uk are experiencing longer delays, more pain and frustration. hugh pym, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news:

the national crime agency say they are shocked by the scale of problem — with tens of thousands of victims being exploited. the war of words escalates — trump tells north korea to get its act together or, he says, they'll be in trouble. nhs waiting lists for routine surgery have hit a ten —year high in england — other key targets including urgent referral for cancer care have also been missed. sport now. for a full round up from the olympic stadium, here's 0lly foster. a former high jumper, a former highjumper, he a former high jumper, he tells us. yes, in my youth. good evening. lots of athletic chat going on here

tonight. my high jumping of athletic chat going on here tonight. my highjumping prowess not top the agenda. we will be talking about katarina johnson thomson was like highjumping and we will look ahead to the three gold medals that on offer injust ahead to the three gold medals that on offer in just the moment. plenty of british athletes have been out on the track, we have had some heats. particularly bust up in the 5000 metres, laura muir. we were wondering how she would react to her exertions in the 1500 metres, wonder if she had been picked to bronze by katarina syringe. in the top five, crossing the line there. not in the top five. looks to have taken it out of her. she had to wait to see if that would be good enough. look, she was exhausted. she collapsed to the ground there, spread—eagled. she waited to see what happened in the next tweet. here comes that next seat, it was a pretty slow heat.

mccolgan finished in that top five, so she qualified automatically. that's all laura muir also go through automatically, so great news for both of them. a lush mccolgan was absolutely delighted. she spoke to philjones afterwards. i'm so much more confident this year. training is gone so well, have not had major injuries like previous years. it has all come together at the right time. today was amazing, to have the crowd behind me about la st to have the crowd behind me about last 150. i thought i cannot let this go now. it was different, london 20121 was so scared, today i was pumped up. the crowd, and i'm older now, more mature. the experience of previous championships has come through today. she really does look like her mum, doesn't she? a fantastic run as well. running quicker than her mum now actually in her prime. at the other end of the

stadium here is the women's high jump stadium here is the women's high jump qualification under the way might remember, katarina johnson thompson so disappointed in the heptathlon. part of that because she failed in her best event, the high jump. 0nly cleared 180. let you show one of her highest clearings. since then, she has sold over 189 as well, as has morgan makes. the other british high jumper. fellow heptathlete as well. both of them going well. cleared 189. 194 they had to get over to automatically qualify for the final. we have also had some of the first rounds of the hundred metres, three british girls in that. all three have qualified for the semifinals. lindsay sharp probably the best chance to go further and deeper into the 800 metres, perhaps a chance of getting into the finals. lindsay sharp going through in second place, you can see

there. clark and adult tracy in the last couple of minutes also going the ruhr. what we're looking to next is the 200 metres women's semifinals. dean natasha smith as well. let's go back to that and read this first round. i think we can hear from lindsay sharp. this season has been a bit funny. it up and down. i have persevered and got back to almost my best. i am definitely in the best shape i have been n'zonzi isjust in the best shape i have been n'zonzi is just about executing the race. “— n'zonzi is just about executing the race. “ so n'zonzi is just about executing the race. —— so it isjust about executing the race. to those gold medals, the men's triplejump to those gold medals, the men's triple jump is just about getting underway. 0n the other side of the stadium from me. they will be introducing kristian taylor, double world champion, double 0lympic champion. he has in his sights jonathan edwards, 22—year—old world record that he set at the world

championships in gothenburg back in 1995. that was 1829, an incredible moment for british athletics history. kristian coleman a good friend of jonathan history. kristian coleman a good friend ofjonathan edwards says i am looking for the world title. we have ellie doyle in the 400 metre final later. then the blockbuster 200 metres men's final as well, with isaac makwala, and the british printer. we will see just how that ma kwa la printer. we will see just how that makwala story develops. plenty to look forward to hear. we will bring you all the updates. thank you. the united states has expelled two cu ban diplomats, amid suggestions that mysterious technology was used to damage the hearing of us embassy staff in havana. state department officials believe covert sonic devices may have caused the severe hearing loss. cuba says it's investigating the claims. will grant is in havana for us now. this is kind of classic spy craft

from yesteryear. what more do we know? it really is. it is such a strange story on every level, not least because it comes against the backdrop of over the past three yea rs, backdrop of over the past three years, rapidly improving ties between the old enemies. there they have taken a dip under the trump administration. 0ne have taken a dip under the trump administration. one would never expect it to get to the point of the old days, as you say, the cold war, with diplomats being sent home. with complaints being made, with us diplomats in cuba apparently being maimed and injured, with the loss of their hearing through some form of covert sonic device. but either inside or near their homes. exactly what has happened is not clear, because the state department are keeping their cards close to their chest while they conduct an investigation. cuba also is conducting its own investigation. it isa conducting its own investigation. it is a truly odd story. truly odd. you have to wonder why they would be

doing this, when supposedly there was meant to be an improvement and relationships between the two countries? right. there is a very serious side to this. it is that certain members of the us staff have a p pa re ntly certain members of the us staff have apparently lost severely some of them, some of them have severely had their hearing impaired. why would a foreign power want to do this against the us interests here in cuba? and which with those powers be? if cuba itself is involved in that, they are currently coming out very ha rd that, they are currently coming out very hard in defending their actions, saying they have a strong record of looking after diplomats while they are on the island. that they reject the decision to return their employees back to cuba, and all in all, defending their position very strongly as one might imagine. thank you very much. apologies that the picture froze if you times there. a man who used a "quick sale" firm to sell his home claims he received less than half of what the property was actually sold for. quick—sale companies offer

to buy your house quickly, usually paying below market value. but philip edwards says that when he sold his three bedroom house in haarden in flintshire, he received just £68,000 from the £165,000 sale. he's one of four alleged victims of what's believed to be a house sale scheme based in the midlands — and police are investigating, as geraint thomas reports. it's advertised as an easy, fast and hassle—free way to sell your property, but some claim that using a quick home sale company has ruined their lives. how or why should they be able to get away with it? it's just not right. phillip edwards sold his house through an organisation called speedy property, after seeing a notice in the newspaper. it had belonged to his late parents and was the family home overfour decades. even though he didn't want to leave, he was selling the house because he owed around £60,000 to his ex—wife. he wasn't clear how much he would get for the sale. mr edwards expected to receive

around £100,000 for the sale of his property, once payments had been deducted, but once the sale was complete he received just over £4000, while two named companies received £51,000 and £45,000 each. mortified, really. it's as if everything that my parents worked for, and what i've worked for, you know, and at the end of the day there's nothing. it appears to be a large scale operation and west midlands police have confirmed that they are investigating a number of complaints. two of my three clients are suffering from cancer. they've lost their life savings in these transactions. nigel cole is pursuing negligence claims against one of the solicitor firms which handled the sales on behalf of the victims. he says they're all elderly, vulnerable, or in ill health. all of them say exactly the same thing to me.

they don't know the name of these companies these large amounts were paid to. it's only when they received the balance of the proceeds of sale that they realised that they are missing in one case £99,000, another case, £96,000, and i think in one case, £121,000. whilst there are genuine companies which offer quick home sale deals, the warning is that if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. take a bit more time to read through all the paperwork, find out exactly what you're getting, get some expert advice if you can. go and see a solicitor you trust, not a solicitor that they recommend to you, because if there's a scam they may well be in on it as well. hey, come here. go on, lad. mr edwards is now hoping that the police and civil investigation will see justice done, but some of the other clients of the firm may never be found. there are estimates up to four people a month were attracted by the company's advertising and promises over a four year period, and reports that speedy property were active as recently as june this year.

so the number of people affected may be much higher. well, we can speak now to alison farrar from the national trading standards estate agency team who you saw there in geraint thomas's report. she joins us live via webcam from bangor in north wales. firstly, i know we have had a few technical issues trying to get in contact with you so thank you for persevering so we can talk to you. how widespread rvs apparent scams? the problem is, there is a market for this kind of business. whenever the genuine business exists, a scam goes alongside it. people need to sell their houses quickly, because they are in some kind of circumstance, perhaps they are getting divorced, all they need to move house because of a job. there isa move house because of a job. there is a scam that means they could lose

everything. so what should people watch out for, if they need a quick sale but they want to protect themselves and their money? they are going to have to take a step back. do their homework, try and find out what is going on with this company they to deal with. try and get independent opinions, try and deal with their own solicitors rather than the legal team of the company. 0bviously they could all be connected to the same scam. the best thing is to do the homework. really do their research and get some advice. most of the time you would be expected to appoint a solicitor to do the conveyancing. how likely is it that they would pick up on there being something wrong? that is there being something wrong? that is the whole point of having a solicitor, to do everything. the problem with these companies is, if you want to sell your house and get the cash the very next day, which some of them are offering, then the genuine ones might well do exactly what they say they can do. it is the

scanners that are going to just disappear with all the details and your most valuable assets, your home. how much involvement could there be for an estate agent, potentially, in a scheme like this? it could be that this company is just buying the properties so that they own it. then they can sell it on as they own it. then they can sell it onasa they own it. then they can sell it on as a prophet. also the estate agent could be involved if they are marketing selling the property to someone else. there is a good way of checking you're going to be able to get things sorted out, because all estate agents have to be registered with one of the three redress schemes. you could go and check before you started, dealing with the agents, just to be sure you would be able to then go and get some help if things went wrong. we should frighten people off too much, because there are reputable companies out there who are providing a legitimate service? —— we should not frighten people. there are more legitimate companies than there are scanners. it's just

that the one scam can be so devastating and can really take every penny from you. you have to be so extra careful. thank you. let's get the weather now. today was a vast improvement weather—wise and yesterday for most of the country. of course, that has been reflected in our weather watcher pictures. this was only in cornwall. the sunshine was pretty abundant, but... the cloud has started to gather towards the north and west. that is the next change heading our way, strengthening winds pulling in more cloud overnight. stopping little pitches from falling across northern ireland and scotland does that ring comes in. initially quite heavy but it will be doubt, under the clearing skies by the east it will be cool, cooler than last night. but we break the new date with a lot of cloud. across scotland and northern ireland, fairly stiff breeze pushing the rain, albeit patchy in nature as it moves. it

will move east. we will see the highest temperatures there, the skies brightening a little further west later but on the whole much cloudy day with some outbreaks rain. lots of dry weather in the weekend and some sunny spells most. this is bbc news. the headlines... the national crime agency has warned that slavery and human trafficking in the uk are "far more prevalent than previously thought". it said there are tens thousands of victims working in sectors such as agriculture, construction and domestic labour. president trump has warned north korea it should be "very, very nervous" if it does anything to america. it comes after pyongyang said it was working on plans to fire four ballistic missiles towards the us pacific island territory of guam. north korea that get their act together or they are going to be in

trouble like few nations ever have beenin trouble like few nations ever have been in trouble in this world. the food standards agency has said that 700,000 potentially contaminated eggs from dutch farms have been sent to the uk — up from an earlier estimate ofjust 21,000. the agency said it was very unlikely that there was a risk to public health. figures from nhs england show the number of people waiting for routine surgery in england is at its highest level for a decade. it's estimated that more than four million people were waiting for operations injune. the national crime agency has warned that many people are being used as slaves in every town and city. is stacked up investigations and now believes the scale of the problem is bigger than thought. in —— inspectors found slaves working in

sectors like agriculture and cleaning. they often receive little pay and live in squalor. aidan mcquade, who's director of anti—slavery international, told me a little earlier that the sheer number of modern day slavery cases in this country is slowly becoming clear. we are all beginning to see and the national crime agency is beginning to to get to grips with the scale of the problem. they are saying that it is several orders of magnitude larger than previously thought. how has it come to this state? what are the conditions in the uk to allow these gangs to flourish?” the conditions in the uk to allow these gangs to flourish? i suspect it has always been this sort of state but people haven't been paying attention. ijoined state but people haven't been paying attention. i joined anti—slavery international in 2006 and already we had identified this was a major issue within the uk. so it is something that has been gaining momentum. the system is still inadequate in terms of dealing with it. just recently, the gang masters

licensing authority has been the —— renamed the gang masters abuse authority. some of the sectors in which the abuses have been most rice are now being investigated but this is the beginning of concerted efforts. —— abuses have been most prevalent. there are insufficient properly trained police and the immigration system in place in the uk at the moment facilitates trafficking often. how variable are the police approaches to it, co nsta bula ry the police approaches to it, constabulary by constabulary? there are some specialist units up and down the country but most ordinary cops don't have much of a grasp of what is going on. i had a client about a year ago who had been the two different police stations and was presented himself as a possible victim of trafficking and in both occasions he was told it was an

immigration matter. he had evidence to verify his claim. so the police really don't know what their responsibilities are generally speaking in dealing with this issue. the food standards agency says that some 700,000 imported eggs that are potentially contaminated with a pesticide have entered the food chain here. that's a massive increase over the original estimate of 21,000. several supermarkets have withdrawn some egg based products but the fsa says they are unlikely to pose any risk to public health. emma simpson reports. dumped and discarded. this belgian farmer has had to destroy notjust his eggs but his hens as well. the produce contaminated with fipranol, an insecticide which is banned for use in the food chain. but that's where it has ended up on a potentially massive scale. translation: you cannot put your eggs on the market for three months. and so i took the decision to kill the animals because it is really too expensive.

the company which came to clean and treat the red lice with a so—called organic product really used fipranol. we have all been fooled by the seller. we are all a victim of him. he is not alone. more than 100 farms are affected in the netherlands too, although this one is in the clear. millions of eggs have now been pulled from supermarket shelves on the continent. the reason, fipranol may be popular for getting rid of fleas on pets but it can be dangerous to humans. here in the uk, we produce our own eggs but also import them. and some of the eggs from affected farms have ended up here as well. we're not talking about fresh eggs we buy off supermarket shelves. the affected eggs went into processed foods like sandwich fillings and salads. a few days ago the food standards agency said 21,000 eggs were affected. today that shot up to 700,000.

sounds a lot but that is just .007% of all the eggs we eat every year. there is no reason why people should avoid eating eggs. 0ur assessment is it is very unlikely it is a public health risk. people deserve food which does not contain a substance that should not be there. four supermarkets are withdrawing a limited number of products as a precaution. others will already have been consumed. yet another food scare, highlighting just how complex supply chains can be and how easily problems can spread. weeks on from the bomb attack on manchester arena, nine victims are still being treated in hospital. 22 people were killed and more than 100 people were hospitalised in the suicide bombing in may. they included robbie potter and his partner leonora 0gerio, who were waiting to collect

their daughters from the concert. the couple were in the lobby when the bomb exploded. judith moritz has been talking to them about their long and challenging road to recovery. you may find parts of her report distressing. i remember everything of that night we went through, everything. it's probably only a 20, 30—second thing, but it feels like an hour. from a concert to a coma. this was robbie potter with his girlfriend, leonora, after the manchester arena explosion. they stood next to the attacker and lived to tell the tale. i actually looked at the bomber. he was only ten metres away from me. i remember his face to this day. i will never ask his name, i don't want to know his name. there's no point hating a man that's already dead. but you know it was him? yes, i know it was him, yes. they had gone to collect their kids from a concert. the children were safe inside but their parents were in the lobby when the bomb went off.

the brightest flash i have ever seen in my life. it was like a cloud of mercury exploding. you see bits of silver flying everywhere, which was obviously the bolts and nuts he'd packed into his bag and his body. my girlfriend went flying, hit the floor. i felt something in my chest. there was a group of four or five kids, i think there were. i justjumped in front of them and told them to follow me, and i started running down. i felt a lot more shrapnel hit me. she dived, where she obviously collapsed and fell on the floor, but i found out i'd punctured my lung and had a couple of bolts stuck through my heart. you came very close to not surviving. it's a miracle you're here. yes, it is. the doctor called me a miracle lad. even after the operation, i don't think they thought. he said it's still touch and go. this bolt fired from the bomb straight into robbie's heart. he cheated death by a hair's breadth. you can see the two ribs here, that's the back of the ribs... the bolt was removed with incredible precision by this surgeon at wythenshawe hospital.

it was wedged between the back wall and the front wall of the two blood vessels, so a millimetre either way at any velocity and... thankfully it didn't, but we wouldn't be having this conversation in this setting. 0ne millimetre difference. literally. one, two, three, four, i declare a thumb war. robbie's daughter tegan was separated from her dad when the blast happened. next time she saw him, he was in a coma. she called him names to try and wake him up. it's just hard to see, with him just lying there, not talking. having machines all over him. so you spoke to him? yes. tegan said "come on fathead, it's peahead. " obviously that's our names we call each other. and as soon as that happened, the eyesjust lifted. from that day, with force every day. robbie's girlfriend leonora was also badly hurt and sedated in hospital.

waking up, she didn't know what had happened to him. the first question i asked was, where is he, and they said you are in the same hospital. and i was like... i started to cry. leonora has multiple fractures to both of her legs. she and robbie each face many months of rehabilitation. we want to look after each other but we can't do that. we can't do that because we are both on the mend. morning, ladies. before the blast, robbie played rugby. now every step is an effort but he says he's determined that one day he will play again. judith moritz, bbc news, wirral. the opposition in kenya has urged the election authorities to declare its leader, raila 0dinga, the winner of tuesday's presidential poll. the result released so far appear to put the incumbent, uhuru kenyatta, ahead by a clear margin.

but the opposition claims the electoral commissions computers were hacked to give uhuru kenyatta that lead. international observers say the polls were conducted in a transparent and credible manner. the bbc‘s tomi 0ladipo reports from nairobi. the official result of kenya's elections have not yet been announced, but the main opposition party says the tally is a fraud. we demand that the ibc chairperson announce the presidential election result a forthwith and declare the right honourable raila 0dinga and his excellency stephen kalonzo musyoka is the duly elected president and deputy president of the republic of kenya respectively. early results indicate its leader raila 0dinga is trailing his uhuru kenyatta rival by a clear margin. now, the opposition say a source within the electoral authority has provided numbers to prove they won the vote. the opposition had earlier claimed the electric database was hacked

and election results manipulated. the electoral authority admits there were unsuccessful and hacking attempts, but insists the results were not tampered with. foreign observers also described the process as credible. we believe this system is accountable so far and that if every step is followed, if somebody monkeyed with it, one would be able to tell. so, trust in the process going forward. that is the key. on tuesday, millions of kenyans displayed that faith and had been waiting on the outcome. the opposition claims are likely to add to the nerves here. life in kenya has been largely on hold since election day. a political stalemate will only bring more of the uncertainty that kenyans had been hoping to avoid. the electoral committee says it is still verifying the results as they come in. official figures are not expected for at least another day. the imminent sale of a tiny island

in the solway firth has revived memories of an infamous murder that took place there more than half a century ago. little ross earned unwanted notoriety when a lighthouse keeper was shot dead by a colleague. for one man, the island in general — and that day in particular — holds special significance. williejohnston reports. this man has been too little ross many times in his 76 years, but no visit stands out more than one with his late father on the 8th of august 19 60. after some time, the men became aware of an obvious lack of activity and then concerned by a telephone going unanswered. they went to investigate the creepers cottages. this particular house was the assistant keeper's house and this window was the window of the

bedroom in which we found the u nfortu nate bedroom in which we found the unfortunate gentleman, q bedroom in which we found the unfortunate gentleman, 0 clark, who had been murdered. senior on the left, the victim had been shot by his assistant robert dickson at point—blank range. the never crossed our mind that we had discovered a murder. you don't think of murder on a remote island. it's the last thing that enters your head. we thought the man had fallen, had been taken ill and been put to bed by his fellow keeper. but robert dickson had fled the island and was as rested in yorkshire. despite a defence plea of insanity, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to hang. this man gave evidence. i felt much more troubled by a man sentenced to murder —— death more

unsettling than the actual murder. the death sentence was later commuted to life in prison. but dixon criticised sir. the island is not what the sale. —— the island is up not what the sale. —— the island is upfor not what the sale. —— the island is up for sale. it is up to £305,000 and purchases are unperturbed by its history. the headlines on bbc news... the national crime agency says the scale of slavery in the uk is far bigger than previously thought — with victims in every large town and city in the country. the war of words escalates — donald trump says his "fire and fury" threat against north korea was possibly not tough enough. nhs waiting lists have hit a ten—year high in england. other key targets, including urgent referral for cancer care,