this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 3pm. south korea's president calls on the us to help prevent a war, amid worsening tension over the north's nuclear threat. the red cross say more than 300 people have died after a mudslide on the outskirts sierra leone's capital, freetown. the us vice president condemns right—wing extermists following the violence in charlottesville. we have no tolerance for hate and violence. for white supremacists, neo—nazis or the kkk. the number of passengers arrested under suspicion of being drunk at uk airports or on flights sees a 50% rise in the past year. also in the next hour — 70 years since the partition. india and pakistan mark 70 years of independence from britain — a moment of freedom that sparked one of the largest mass migrations the world has ever seen.

and a bridge too far. plans to build a garden bridge spanning the length of the river thames are scrapped as it is branded a vanity project. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. south korea's president says he's confident donald trump will act calmly and responsibly over north korea. moonjae—in has been holding talks in seoul with america's top military official, generaljoseph dunford, who has said that military options are only for if sanctions fail. his comments follow an exchange of threats between the us and north korean leaders last week. today, north korea has said that any war could "only be turned

into a nuclear war". yogita limaye has this report from seoul. america's highest ranking general, meeting south korea's president. a visit that comes at a critical time, general dunford has said that the us is ramping up diplomatic and military pressure to stop its missile tests, and military options would only be used if all else fails. words that could reassure south korean leader. earlier in the day, at a meeting with his advisers, the president urged a peaceful solution. translation: there must be no more war on the korean peninsula, whatever ups and downs we face, the north korean nuclear situation must be resolved peacefully. i am certain the united states will respond to the current situation calmly, and responsibly, in a stance that is equal to ours.

general dunford goes to china next, which has said that from tuesday it. coal, iron and seafood imports from john gang. coal, iron and seafood imports from john gang. in order for us to demilitarise north korea, it will require china not only to vote for sanctions, but to enforce those sanctions. but will be one of the messages i deliver when i go to china. but even as diplomatic routes are explored, military preparations continue. by all of those who could be affected if pyongyang decides to act on its threats. these are exercises being conducted byjoint forces from japan and the us. while they are not in response to the current situation, they are even more important in light of it. especially as the tone from pyongyang remains aggressive. today, the state's news agency says the country is watching each and everything in the us.

we are approaching the mid—august deadline set by north korea for it to present its plan to attack guam, to its leader, kimjong—un. here in south korea, they will be starting joint military exercises along with the us next week. despite those efforts, it is unlikely we will see the tension in the region released soon. the us vice president, mike pence, has specifically condemned far—right groups when asked to respond to the violence over the weekend in virginia. a woman was killed and 19 people were injured when a car was driven into a crowd protesting against a far—right rally in the city of charlottesville. president trump has been criticised for not identifying any specific group when he condemned the trouble — as our correspondent richard lister reports. after the violence, the vigils. across america people showed their support for the young anti—fascism protester killed in charlottesville and they condemned what they saw as the newly

confident white supremacy movement. it has not melted away. in seattle, a group calling itself patriot prayer was quickly surrounded. the violence on saturday in cha rlottesville has become a defining moment in the trump presidency. the gathering of hundreds of white supremacists was, for many, shocking enough. but then this. a car driven into a group of counter protesters. these new pictures show the terror and chaos that followed. oh, my god, people are badly hurt. oh, my god, badly hurt! we need paramedics right now! 19 people were injured. 32—year—old heather heyer was killed. donald trump condemned what he called the violence on many sides, but did not mention the far right hate groups involved. that was left to the vice president last night. we have no tolerance

for hate and violence. from white supremacists, neo—nazis, or the kkk. these dangerous fringe groups have no place in american public life and in the american debate, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms. but many in the president's own party are angry at his reluctance to specifically condemn the far right. their cause is hate, it is un—american, they are domestic terrorists and we need more from our president on this issue. the media attacking our president... but president trump is trying to switch the focus of the nation, his team releasing this ad portraying him as the victim. but in charlottesville they're not ready to change the conversation. we need to spread love all day, every day and notjust when something like this happens, when a tragedy happens. everyone wants to come

together, and rally, and we will be there for heather. but heather would want us to be there all the time. that is what we're going to do. richard lister, bbc news. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in washington. gary there has been much condemnation of donald trump over this — will this increase the pressure on him to also condemn specific groups for the violence? there is no mention of cha rlottesville in his there is no mention of charlottesville in his tweets. mike pence and jeff sessions have been speaking about it, they are specific in their condemnation of the far right, but that's not going to distract from the pressure on trump to say those words himself. know, and there's been another blow to the president this morning with a chief executive of a big pharmaceutical company ken frazier deciding to resign from a manufacturing advisory board which he was on as part of the

president's push to get more american stuff made in america. he has resigned, quoting the president's lack of words on saturday. the president has hit back on ken frazier talking about his drug company and their pricing structure. he's picking a fight in the business community as well over this business in charlottesville. we are expecting the president in about half an hour. shortly after that he will meet with the attorney general jeff sessions and the new head of the fbi to discuss what happened in cha rlottesville the fbi to discuss what happened in charlottesville and what to do now. we are hoping there will be some words for him. there is an awful lot of pressure on him to simply named those names, use those words. something he criticised barack 0bama for not doing over islamic extremism. of course, a lot of people looking at this are saying to

what extent is donald trump calculating that people on the extreme right in america are people who voted for him potentially? the new york times editorial this morning says let's be clear, donald trump knew exactly what he was doing. that's the criticism. not that the 30% of his core vote believe the kinds of things that perhaps neo—nazis and white supremacists believe, but a certain portion on the right, a small portion on the right, a small portion on the right, a small portion on the right, this echoes with them. we saw some reaction from some of those far right website is applauding donald trump for not attacking them over what had happened on saturday. there is a concern that this isn'tjust casual problem with words and a half of the president but a calculation. people are accusing him of a dog whistle, dog whistle politics, where you kind

of slate and don't say it and it sends a message to a certain group. that's what he's being accused of.|j think we've got a shot of the helicopter waiting to take donald trump back to washington... i think the camera has moved away from that now but donald trump is expected back there soon. thank you very much. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has denounced president trump's comments in the wake of the charlottesville violence as "not enough". he was campaigning in reading when he was asked about president trump's response. no, it's not enough. what happened in charlottesville was that the kkk and its supporters, white supremacists, arrived in charlottesville to cause trouble. one person died. many more have been injured. surely every president of every country in the world, when we represent everybody, should be able to condemn that. but people will say you condemned both sides in venezuela when there

was a clear disparity there. there is no equivalence between white supremacists tried to kill somebody in charlottesville. and yes, there are problems in venezuela. i have called for the same as president macron. i have called for calm, peace and negotiations. and a constitutional way forward. the number of arrests of passengers suspected of being drunk at uk airports and on flights has risen by 50% in the past year, that's according to an investigation carried out by the bbc‘s panorama programme. critics of the airline industry say a voluntary code on alcohol sales isn't working, and want the government to amend licensing laws. tina daheeley reports. it's available 2a hours a day in every airport across the uk. and it seems to be leaving passengers and

crew with a hangover. an investigation by panorama has revealed that arrests of those suspected of being drunk at uk airports and on flights have risen by 50% in the past year. half of the 4,000 cabin crew who took part in a survey carried out by panorama and unite, the union, said they had either experienced or witnessed verbal, physical, or sexual abuse by drunk passengers onboard a uk flight. people just see us as barmaids in the sky. they would touch your breasts, or they'd touch your bum or your legs. i mean, i've had hands going up my skirt before. phil ward, the managing director of low—cost airline, jet2, has already banned alcohol sales on flights before 8am, and wants the industry to take tougher measures. do you think airports are doing enough? i think they could do more. i think the retailers could do more as well. two litres of beer in bars, mixers and miniatures in duty—free shops, which can only be there for one reason. but the airport 0perators

association insists that their code of practice does works. i don't accept that the airports don't sell alcohol responsibly. the sale of alcohol per se is not a problem. it's the misuse of it and drinking to excess and then behaving badly. earlier this year, a house of lords committee called for airport licensing to be brought into line with pubs and bars. a government decision on whether to call time on early—morning drinking at airports is now expected in the autumn. tina daheley, bbc news. you can see the full panorama investigation this evening on bbc 0ne investigation this evening on bbc one at 8:30pm. more than 300 people are feared dead after flooding and a mudslide in sierra leone — according to the red cross. dozens of houses in the capital, freetown, were submerged early

in the morning after heavy rains triggered the collapse of a waterlogged hillside. a red cross spokesperson said 312 were thought to be dead — with that number expected to rise. emergency services are struggling to rescue people still trapped inside their homes. 60 children are said to be among the dead. armed officers in the uk's largest police force are to be issued with head—mounted cameras in an attempt to address concerns over the transparency of operations around armed officers. they'll be attached to the caps and protective helmets of members of the metropolitan police's firearms units, as our home affairs correspondentjune kelly reports. more than 17,500 body worn cameras have now been rolled out by the met police, and now it's the turn of the firearms teams. and it's been decided that the best place for them to have their cameras is on their headgear.

with me is chief superintendent martin hendy and one of his firearms officers. chief superintendent hendy, can you just talk us through how these cameras are going to work? ok, so the officer you can see wearing a camera here has effectively got a device on his body armour there, that is effectively a battery pack and a means of switching it on very quickly. but the key bit for us is the actual camera mounted on the peak of his cap. because we think it is critical that it captures the eye line of the officer, so it can capture what they are actually seeing as a scenario unfolds. so as you see, the officer dressed there, he will be wearing it on top of his cap. if he was to put a ballistic helmet on, it would attach to the side. very quickly attach to the side of the helmet. and as i said, we believe that gives the best chance of capturing exactly what it is the officers are seeing as the scenario unfolds. you've tested them in trials, both out in operations and also on the firing range? yes, we have, we've been trialling it for, broadly speaking, 18 months on operations. and we've also trialled it within the range. and we think it's particularly effective.

it has taken us a while to get to this position because of course we wanted to make sure they were mounted in the right place and make sure we have the right kit, and the right ability to download it and therefore capture the best evidence. but yes, we think the trials have proved this is the way forward for us. it's hugely popular amongst the officers and my great hope is it will increase public confidence in armed policing, accountability, transparency, but also support those people that volunteer to perform a firearms role and potentially make some very difficult decisions. chief superintendent hendy, thank you very much indeed. now, back to you. let's return to the situation in sierra leone. there has been a rising death toll now standing at 312, as a result of flooding and a mudslide in the capital freetown. i'm joined by our africa editor. james, that total rising in the last

couple of hours and is likely to grow u nfortu nately. couple of hours and is likely to grow unfortunately. looking at those images, the torrential rain and flooding, it's a really dire situation and it sounds like authorities are struggling to cope. absolutely. the main area that seems to have been affected is a place called regent on the outskirts of freetown. the mudslide submerged dozens and dozens of houses. there are other areas around freetown where there are reports of many deaths. 0ur correspondent in freetown says the death toll could rise to as much as 1000, that's the fear. the vice president has talked about hundreds of deaths. those figures changing hour by hour but the fears are of a high total. people are thought to be trapped in their homes in this mudslide, the rescue was able to try to get at them? i think it's been difficult

because of heavy rains. there are accou nts because of heavy rains. there are a ccou nts of because of heavy rains. there are accounts of people calling for help early in the morning. the mudslide in regent occurred at about 6am but it took awhile for emergency services get there, rain was cutting off roads and falling rocks and so one blocking of areas as well. one phrase i heard is that it's more about recovery now, that many of the people under the mudslide won't be alive any more. but still has to be confirmed by emergency services. what sort of state where these homes in? my guess is a lot will have been an informal settlement, not constructed in a way that would withstand something like this. for a few years in freetown and other places there has been a debate about how can you protect people in vulnerable areas. flooding is an new in freetown. what is new and shocking is the scale of this, just

how many homes and people seem to have been affected. questions about whether authorities need to do more to stop people settling in these locations which are vulnerable to flooding and mudslides and landslides. i don't know about the specifics of this area that has been directly affected by this mudslide, but that is a question that is going to be raised with a lot of insistence in sierra leone, given the magnitude of the tragedy. thank you. i think we can talk to our correspondent in sierra leone. it's a recording from a little earlier giving us his viewpoint as he sees the situation in freetown. i'm right on the ground, the road itself is

almost impossible. massive rocks. this area called mount sugarloaf caved and is covered literally in dozens caved and is covered literally in d oze ns of caved and is covered literally in dozens of houses and hundreds of people are feared dead under the rubble. there are some ambulances parked here but it is a recovery mission instead of a rescue mission now. there is a thick fog that has covered the entire area. i can't see anything beyond ten beaters and i'm standing just next door to where this accident happened this morning. 0ur correspondent in sierra leone describing how difficult conditions for rescuers trying to find people. the headlines on bbc news. south korean president moonjae—in has called on his us allies to help prevent a war, amid worsening tension over the north's nuclear threat. the red cross says more than 300

people have died after a mudslide on the outskirts of sierra leone's capital, freetown. us vice president condemns right—wing extremists following the violence in charlottesville. following the violence in cha rlottesville. in following the violence in charlottesville. in sport cristiano ronaldo is banned forfive games by the spanish football federation after shoving a referee. philippe coutinho is left out of liverpool's squad. he submitted a transfer request last week with barcelona hoping to sign him. rory mcilroy says he might not play again this year because of a rib injury. he finished tied for 22nd at the us pga championship. more on those stories just after 3:30pm. a man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a grandfather who was attacked as he walked his dogs in norfolk. 0ur correspondent, kim riley, was outside norwich magistrates‘ court with this update. 23—year—old alexander palmer

appeared via video link from police custody suite at wyndham, some miles away from here, his first court appearance, after being charged in the early hours of this morning with the murder of peter righton, 83—year—old, out walking his dog, on saturday, 5th of august, when he was attacked, a retired bt engineer, from a local village and his body was found in heathland, very close to a path. in a very brief hearing, no more than two minutes, alexander palmer, wearing what appeared to be a blue sweatshirt and grey trousers, he seems to have some stubble, unshaven, he spoke quite clearly to confirm his name, his age, and his address, he gave his address as being in the village of cringleford, near norwich. there was no application for bail, he did not enter a plea, and the districtjudge remanded him in custody to appear tomorrow morning at 9am at norwich crown court,

just a few yards away from the magistrates‘ court. there will be a hearing then. today's hearing followed quite a lot of police activity over the weekend. on saturday, a week on from the body being discovered, more than 700 people were questioned by police, roadblocks set up close to the scene and 700 people, also 170 calls from the public. they have said all this help them find possibly key witnesses to mike have happened on saturday. alexander palmer is expected to appear next in the crown court, if you yards away from me here. this week, india and pakistan mark 70 years of independence from britain — a moment of freedom that sparked one of the largest mass migrations the world has ever seen. the muslim—majority state of pakistan was created to both the west and the east of india, with muslims travelling in one direction, hindus and sikhs in the other.

around 12 million people are thought to have fled the violence that erupted, with communities targeting each other. a million people are thought to have died. reeta chakrabarti is in the pakistani city of lahore which is celebrating its birthday. it certainly is celebrating, i can hear the people behind me, they have been celebrating since last night with fireworks, parades, and now it is a public holiday and people are simply out enjoying themselves. this is the day when pakistan ended the colonial rule that it had been under under the british, and it also marks the day when the state was created, when it split from india, to form the new state of pakistan. india celebrates its independence from britain tomorrow. partition in 19117 brought mass migration and widespread bloodshed, as correspondent james robbins now reports. 70 years ago, britain pulled out

of india, seen as the jewel in its imperial crown. british rule, the british raj, had been unravelling in the 1940s amid increasing sectarian clashes. lord louis mountbatten, india's last viceroy, worked to transfer power as quickly as possible. the british even brought forward the deadline for withdrawal by almost a year. india then was home to almost 400 million people. hindus were in the majority, muslims made up about a quarter of the population. but no way could be agreed to keep them in a single, undivided nation. so independence also meant partition. creating not one but two self—governing countries. at the stroke of the midnight hour when the world sleeps, india will awake to life and freedom. the new borders were drawn up in just five weeks. 0n the 14th of august 1947, british india was heading to its end.

over the course of two days, partition was also launched. a new largely muslim state of pakistan was born while the new india was celebrating its independence. but millions of people, muslims, hindus and sikhs, found themselves on what they regarded as the wrong side of the new borders. 12 million or more refugees fled from one newly created country to the other. fleeing from their looted, bloodstained towns comes a new exodus. a million displaced persons. independence has not yet brought peace. rejoicing turned quickly into horror and mourning. the new governments were ill—equipped to deal with such a panicked mass migration, one of the largest in history. there was a wave of massacres, each one sparking a revenge attack. whole villages divided on sectarian lines, tens of thousands of women were abducted, many raped. between half a million and a million people of all communities were killed. bbc correspondent winford vaughan thomas witnessed

some of the slaughter. what we saw was a town soaked with the stench of death. we came to a row of one—storey houses. i simply shut my eyes. lying on the pathway and over the furniture and in the rooms, there were the dead. cut up, carved up, sprawling. after the optimism of independence, the upheaval and violence that followed cast a long shadow over the next 70 years. borders drawn in haste by the british government have repeatedly been a source of tension between neighbours. relations between india and pakistan have never recovered from the trauma of partition 70 years ago. james robbins, bbc news. as james said, there was much optimism in the years that followed

independence, but the years after that were once of turbulence. i've been to the city of karachi which was originally the capital of the newly independent pakistan. it was also the birthplace of the country's founding father. it is pakistan's birthday, and at every street corner there are flags and celebration. but its 70 years have been very mixed. it was founded as a democracy but has had military rule and people argue whether its founder mohammed jinnah wanted a secular state or an islamic one. i went to one of karachi's universities to ask students what they think of mohammed jinnah and pakistan today. mohammedjinnah, it is the biggest name for pakistan and even every nation of the world, he is like a father, father of the nation. and he created pakistan. and do you think mohammed jinnah would be happy with pakistan as it is today? he would be happy, he would be really happy seeing pakistan today progressing every day, every second. on this 70th anniversary of independence, the country is doing very well and it is flourishing

day by day. and i hope it will get more prosperous day by day. and mansour, do you think that mohammed jinnah would be happy with pakistan as it is today? basically he had seen the basic needs of the people, and they are not being fulfilled right now. much of the problem lies in religion. because people nowadays, they're not tolerant. they are too emotional. crowds come tojinnah‘s mausoleum to pay their respects. the country he founded was rocked again last month when the prime minister was forced to resign over corruption charges. finding political stability remains one of pakistan's many challenges. this country feels it gets a bad press internationally and it does face many challenges of security,

poverty, political instability, and also the role of religion in the state. but there is optimism, particularly amongst younger people andi particularly amongst younger people and i think it's also very much on display on the streets of lahore today. a £200 million plan to build a bridge covered with trees across the river thames in central london has officially been abandoned. the garden bridge trust has announced that it is winding up the project due to a lack of support from the london mayor sadiq khan. more than £37 million has been spent so far on the project. time for a look at the weather. it was sunny when i was coming in. not sure how it is now. it is certainly not sunny everywhere today. that is the story of this week. some sunshine if you know where to look. there will be spells of sunshine in places over the next few days, but there will generally be a cool feel

to the weather and at times, we will see outbreaks of rain. quite a lot of rain in western areas at the moment and heavy burst of rain beginning to push towards the south—west of england and wales. tonight, these pulses of heavy rain will track northwards and eastwards. northern ireland has a mostly dry night. by the early hours of tomorrow, we will see a fresh clutch of showers pushing into the far south—east. the wettest weather should clear away quickly tomorrow morning, and then a decent day in prospect. some showers around, yes, but many places will avoid them. divided fortunes for wednesday. eastern areas are largely dry, with some eastern areas are largely dry, with so m e styles eastern areas are largely dry, with some styles of sunshine. further west, we will see outbreaks of rain spreading in. then it is a mixed picture of sunshine and showers to ta ke picture of sunshine and showers to take us to the end of the week. hello.

this is bbc news. the headlines: south korea's president has said he's confident president donald trump will act "calmly and responsibly" over north korea's nuclear threats. moonjae—in has been holding talks in seoul with america's top military official, generaljoseph dunford. the red cross say more than 300 people have died after a mudslide on the outskirts sierra leone's capital, freetown. a hillside collapsed after heavy rain. there's been strong condemnation of white supremacists from both the us vice president and the attorney general following the fatal violence in virginia. it comes as calls grow louder for president donald trump to directly denounce violent far right activists. 70 years on, pakistan celebrates its birthday, as many remember the violence and mass migration sparked by the country's partition from india at the end of british colonial rule. time for a check on the sport.

cristiano ronaldo has been banned for five games after shoving a referee in the spanish super cup first leg. he'd already scored in the 3—1win for real madrid over barcelona... and was reacting to being sent off. that was worth a one match suspension. and the spanish football federation have added an extra four after what they describe as his "sign of disapproval". cristiano ronaldo has had a taxing summer. given extended time off by real madrid due to footballing and then legal commitments, this is the moment that might give him even more of a break. any el clasico has its fair share of drama, especially when there's a trophy at stake, but this one had an inauspicious start, thanks to gerard pique. having only returned to training recently, ronaldo was just a substitute, but half an hour is more than enough for a cristiano cameo.

five minutes would have done. first, luis suarez tumbled over after the slightest of touches. penalty given, and converted by lionel messi. and there's nothing like a goal from his rival to inspire ronaldo. this sublime effort gave real the lead again and prompted a typically understated, but illegal celebration. a yellow card for that, and for this, just two minutes later. diving was the referee's decision, and ronaldo was sent off. translation: as usual, iam not going to criticise the referee. we played a great game, but i am a bit annoyed by the sending—off of cristiano. i am not sure it was a penalty, but i think the red card was a bit too much. but we can't change it. bernabo's suspension starts with the super cup's second leg on wednesday.

—— ronaldo's suspension. liverpool midfielder phillipe countinho is not in the squad for tomorrow's champions league qualifier against hoffenheim in germany. he has been struggling with a back injury that kept him out of saturday's opening premier league fixture at watford. but his absence will do little to dampen speculation that he's set tojoin barcelona. the brazilian handed in a transfer request last week, following a £90 million bid from the spanish side. that was rejected by liverpool, as was the transfer request. another brazilian does appear to be on his way to barcelona. after cashing in on neymar‘s £200 million transfer to paris saint germain, barcelona have spent some of it on paulinho. the former tottenham midfielder is set to join them from chinese club guangzhou evergrande in a deal worth £36 million. it will be their first signing since neymar‘s departure. paulinho played a significant role in evergrande winning last season's chinese super league, and has established himself as a regular in the brazil side. he'll have a medical in spain on thursday. police have received complaints over neil lennon's conduct during hibernian‘s victory over rangers at the weekend. the complaints relate to his goal celebrations. lennon cupped his ears

and appeared to raise a fist towards the rangers supporters. police are also investigating "offensive and threatening comments" made to lennon on social media. rory mcilroy says he might not play again this year because of a rib injury that's been plaguing him all season. he'll go for a third year without a major after trailing in tied for 22nd at the us pga behind justin thomas, who won by two shots. at one point in the final round, five players had a share of the lead but thomas just might have felt it was his moment when this happened at the tenth hole. a decent putt failed to drop and thomas actually walked away. wait for it, though...in it went... eventually. he's the eighth first time winner in the last nine majors. for the for. the e definitely has place 2 heart. like i special place in my heart. like i said, iwant

special place in my heart. like i said, i want to win every tournament i play in and i want to win every major, but at the end of the day, this was really cool. for this to be my first one and have my dad here, andi my first one and have my dad here, and i know grandpa was watching at home. i was able to talk to him and that was pretty cool. that's all the sport for now. reshmin chowdhury will be with you in the next hour. around 140,000 vulnerable children in england have potentially dangerous home lives, but are not receiving the help they need because they're not deemed to be at "crisis point". that's the warning from the charity action for children, which says the youngsters are stuck in what it calls a "revolving door" of children's services. marc ashdown reports. debbie has been working in children's services for 16 years and helps families with anything from behavioural problems to domestic and substance abuse. but she says it's become harder to provide the support they need. across the sites i run, i've got just under 2,500 under fives and three members of staff.

so, as much as we do, there's a lot that we cannot possibly do because we can't be everywhere at once. so you know, we're already aware of families that we are not picking up in the same way. and it is only going to get worse. a freedom of information request to local authorities found that last year 184,500 assessments of children's needs were closed because they fell short of the criteria for support. the charity action for children says only around one in four families were referred for early help services such as children's centres or domestic violence programmes. we know from too many cases that if we're not able to help children early, that there are strong likelihoods that things will get worse for them. for example, in serious case reviews, 70% of the time we know there had been early warning signs of the likely outcomes. but we also know that if we give children and families the tools to help themselves much earlier, they're much more likely to not need help later on in any case.

another issue highlighted is the differing thresholds from council to council. depending on a child's situation, help might be provided in one area but in a neighbouring borough, might be deemed unnecessary. we've been hit by a double whammy of major government cuts to funding at the same time as we are seeing a big increase in demand for these services. what reports show like this is the real human cost of the massive funding pressures facing local government at the moment. the department for education says it's taking action to support vulnerable children by reforming social care services and better protecting victims of domestic violence and abuse. it says councils spent almost £8 billion last year on children's social care, but it wants to help them do more. marc ashdown, bbc news. the chief executive of action for children, sir tony hawkhead is with me now. isaid to i said to you during that report that this seems to be a classic case ofa that this seems to be a classic case of a stitch in time, and use it to me, that was the name of our report

three years ago, which i hadn't realised. and in those three years, how has the situation changed? well, it's got worse, and that is the tragedy. we have been closing children's centres at the rate of six a month, which is hundreds. local authorities have been hit by budgetary pressures and are having to increase the thresholds at which they can treat children urgently, meaning more and more children are being referred to local authorities for very grave reasons and are not getting the support they need. logic says that you don't wait for a crisis, you try to head it off. so why isn't that happening? the bottom line is the budgetary and resource pressures that local authorities are facing, which are huge. they are having to make tough choices. they are saying that to us. our staff say that as well. if we don't address the budgetary problems facing children's services, we will see that carrying on. give us an example of where this has had a direct

impact. we know that 180,000 children went to local authorities on referral but were deemed not to need enough help. 140,000 of those didn't get any help at all, so the numbers are rising all the time. and you were telling me that you have been supported by the local government association, but use a local authorities are raising the threshold where they take action. and you believe that is simply down to budgetary pressure? it is mainly down to budgetary pressure. we also feel the central government needs to doa feel the central government needs to do a betterjob at setting out how local authorities can intervene early. the government is saying that social care reforms will improve support. what is your reaction to that? we welcome the government's commitment to improving social care, but the amount of money being spent by this government on early action

is reducing by more than 70% over ten years. and the amount of funding going to local government is reducing by 30% over the same period. so there was lots of money still going to local authorities, but the pressure is building and children are suffering. so you are saying the words are fine, but you need money to back up the good intentions. and we also be invested in early action. we have to stop investing money in crisis management. and presumably that costs longer in the month if you wait for a child hit it into a crisis situation. that will cost more to sort out than if you avert the crisis in the first place. and it is worse than that, because if you wait until they get older, the problems linger into their adult lives, so the costs go on longer. so if you try to sort out the problems earlier, presumably their life chances are greatly improved. all the evidence points that. we need to ta ke the evidence points that. we need to take action early now, otherwise we

will see a tide of children not getting help rising all the time. do you feel like you are repeating your head against a brick wall when you repeat the message that you need more money? i think we have reached a moment in time when we are all getting the message that early action really matters and we can't keep putting sticking plasters on to crises. but people got that message yea rs crises. but people got that message years ago. you must feel incredibly frustrated that the money is not being found from somewhere to take action. it's frustrating, buti being found from somewhere to take action. it's frustrating, but i also have to stay positive. i run a charity that does fantastic work for children, and we will continue to push for early action. there is beginning to be a sign that we are all working together to the same end. good to talk to you and good luck. let's get more now on the events taking place this week in india and pakistan marking 70 years of independence from britain. the division, known as partition, saw millions of muslims moving to live in pakistan and millions of hindus and sikhs

travelling to india. but in the rush to shift across new borders, the mass migration descended into violence on both sides. bbc look north has brought together two men who were boys at the time but survived the bloodshed and now live in sheffield. they set out on a differentjourney to mark this anniversary. sabbiyah pervez reports. 1947. millions of muslims flee for their lives on trains from india to pakistan, at the same time as many hindus and sikhs are going the other way. today, two children who were on those trains are meeting for the first time in yorkshire. hello. my name is malkit. my name is assad. assad and malkit are now in their 80s. assad is a muslim, malkit is a sikh.

we are taking them both on a different train journey to the peace museum in bradford. this is a map of india, and these scrolls have been written by people who survived the partition. when the new border was drawn, malkit had already made the journey to india with thousands of other sikhs, but his father was stuck on the wrong side of pakistan. 0ur homeland, punjab, was split into two. meanwhile, assad and his family were trying to flee in the opposite direction. special trains were the only way out for both, but each family faced a perilous journey. people were running like mad, as if it was doomsday. people had no idea what they were doing. they had children, they had luggage. they were running towards that special train. the mob of muslims gathered there, and they tried to loot us and murderthem. but my brother said, "i have a bomb in my hand. if you want to loot the things, you can do it, but don't come near me".

it was jam—packed, and it was nearly sunset when we reached the border of india and pakistan. so the people who were sitting on the top of the roof of the train, they thought they are in pakistan. and they started shouting slogans. "long live pakistan". and the indian army got really annoyed and they started firing. one of the bullets just whizzed past my ear. seven decades later, both men have had ample time to reflect on whether their sacrifices were worthwhile. and like the border itself, partition still divides. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: south korean president moonjae—in has called on his us allies to help prevent a war, amid worsening tension over

the north's nuclear threat. the red cross say more than 300 people have died after a mudslide on the outskirts sierra leone's capital, freetown. and the us vice president condemns right—wing extremists following the violence in cha rlottesville in the business news... there seems to be little hope that pay is going to rise anywhere near the rate of inflation. the latest forecast is for an average 1% rise over the next year. it's from the chartered institute of personnel and development. even though unemployment is still falling, there seems, it says, to be a constant supply of labour — particularly for low to medium skilled jobs. this afternoon, uber announced a series of new ideas which, it says, will help drivers "make the most out of the app". these include changes to tipping, waiting times, and its ratings system. the announcement follows a government review of the gig economy published last month,

which called for digital platforms to empower "gig workers" — such as uber drivers. more on this in a moment. and the cost of rural crime in the uk has hit £39 million according to the latest figures from nfu mutual. it says some farmers are "turning their backs on farming altogether" due to crime. more on that in a moment. uber has introduced seven major changes intended to enable drivers to "make the most out of the app". customers will now be able to tip drivers, and drivers will be able to charge passengers 20 pence for every minute after the first two minutes that they keep their driver waiting. joining us now is andy chamberlain, deputy director at ipse, the association of independent professionals and the self employed. is this going to make life better

for uber drivers? yes, we welcomed today's announcement. the changes will place a bit more control back into the hands of drivers who use the uber app. at the same time, they don't damage the flexibility, which is what drivers tell us that they'd most like about the way that it works. let me look at the motive behind this. there is this ruling by an employment tribunal from last year saying that drivers ought to be workers. that wouldn't have for them to holiday pay, sick pay, minimum wage. surely this is simply uber trying to get together a case so it can appeal against that? that is a slightly sceptical way of looking at it. but is not unreasonable, is it? well, my understanding is that uber have done a lengthy consultation with their drivers before they came to put forward the changes they have

announced. so this is an organic thing. they have spoken to drivers who told them what they like and don't like about the app. whether or not this will make a difference to their employment status, i am not sure, but i do think it places more control in their hands. and that is one factor when considering someone's employment status. but what about minimum wage? would it not be possible to do it? i know they work irregular hours and different times, but would it not be possible to put something like that in place? you would probably be able to do it, but you would have to introduce shiftwork. so people would have to say, i will work a set number of hours. that damages the flexibility which most drivers say they like. i also understand that they like. i also understand that the majority of uber drivers do get minimum wage even after the expenses are taken out of it. one other thing about minimum wage is that in the

taylor review, matthew taylor's recently published review, he suggested that it would be non—beneficial to rigid use a minimum wage because it might prevent people from getting work in the first place. what about holiday pay? currently, self-employed people do not get holiday pay or sickness pgy- do not get holiday pay or sickness pay. but if they workers, they might. if they were workers, they would. workers are entitled to holiday pay after they have done 13 weeks of work. but it all depends on what their status is. i am going say what their status is. i am going say what it should be. there was a tribunal ruling about it, but that only affected a couple of drivers. for the moment, most people who drive using the uber app are considered to be self—employed. we are concerned that they get the best deal possible and we welcomed today's announcement because it puts more control in their hands. thank

you. a quick look at the markets. the reason we have this rise in all the markets, quite a considerable one, is the feeling in the markets of tension over north korea is beginning to subside a little. we have also had figures coming out of japan which suggest that there was more impetus behind their recovery. japan has been ineffective stagnation for almost 20 years apart from one or two blips on so that is encouraging. that's all the business news the chimes of big ben will be heard for a final time next week, before major conservation work begins on the westminster tower which houses the bell. the clock won't resume its regular time—keeping duties until 2021, although specialist clock makers will ensure that big ben can still bong for important national events such as new year's eve and remembrance sunday. 0ur political correspondent leila natthoo has the story.

we are right at the top of the elizabeth tower, above the clock face. and here it is, big ben, all 14 tonnes of the great bell that rings out every hour. and here are the four smaller quarter bells too. it's absolutely deafening at this close range. they've given us protective headphones to be this close to it, but from next monday the bells will fall silent to allow for renovations to take place. it's not actually the bells themselves that need repairing, it's the mechanism that causes the clocks to tick and the hammers to hit the bells that need the work. and there's also a wider programme of renovation under way already on the tower itself, dealing with issues like damp and condensation, putting a lift in, so the silence is really for the workmen too. so, in the coming weeks and months, scaffolding will be going up right to the top of the tower. but it's hoped that at least one clock face will be visible and working at all times,

and the bells will still ring out on special occasions like new year's eve and remembrance sunday. but next monday afternoon at noon will be the last time for some time to gather to hear those regular sounds. and for us here in westminster, a strange silence will descend in the absence of such familiar and reassuring sounds. it's 50 years ago today since britain's pirate radio stations were outlawed. in the 60s they had changed the face of broadcasting — offshore stations that played continuous music and launched the careers of tony blackburn, john peel and kenny everett. but harold wilson's government introduced the marine 0ffences act which forced most to close down. tim muffett looks back to a pivotal era in radio. in the early 1960s, the bbc played hardly any pop. commercial radio was banned. by broadcasting from international waters, pirate stations like caroline, radio london, and swinging radio england exploited a loophole.

this was radio caroline's london hq, where tony blackburn had his first audition. did you have any sense of what a big deal this was going to be for you and for pop culture? yes, i did, yeah. i really thought this was going to be the start of something very big. # keep on running... broadcasting pop music from ships like this out at sea, the pirate stations were very popular. but on land, they weren'tjust winning over millions of fans, they also faced a powerful enemy — the government. the pirates are a menace and i don't believe at all that the public wouldn't support action to enforce the law. at midnight on the 14th of august 1967, the marine 0ffences act became law. it was now illegal for british citizens to work on the ships or to supply them. many pirate stations packed up, but caroline continued broadcasting from the sea until 1990. it anchored further

into international waters to avoid uk regulations. this ship, the ross revenge, was its studio throughout the 1980s. this is caroline in the afternoon... it's recently returned to the water. what we wanted to do is return the ship to a useful broadcasting purpose. because while we dine out on our nostalgia, which is our selling point, we also want to now look to the future. this is radio caroline. the sound of the who. # people try to put us down... having been streamed online since the late ‘90s, the station has just been granted a new am broadcast licence. 50 years after the law that tried to ban them, britain's pop pirates are back on the water. # my generation, baby...# tim muffett, bbc news. time for the weather. there is some

sunshine to be found in this forecast, you just need to know where to look. 0ne forecast, you just need to know where to look. one good place to look for sunshine today was the south—east of england, kent doing very well. this week will be cool and there will be spells of rain at times. the cloud has been producing outbreaks of rain in places. a rope of cloud has been bringing various pulses of wet weather. some further wet weather is now beginning to ease in across the south—west of england and wales. some of this rain could be heavy, with thunder. turning slowly soggy across parts of the south—west and wales as we go through the rush—hour into the first pa rt through the rush—hour into the first part of the evening. there could be poor travelling conditions with heavy bursts of rain. but all the

while, the south—east is staying largely dry, with some late brightness. not so for the midlands. here, afairamount brightness. not so for the midlands. here, a fair amount of cloud and some splashes of rain. a mixed of sunny spells and showers continues for northern ireland, with some outbreaks across scotland. tonight, areas of heavy rain continued to drift northwards and eastwards. late in the night, we see further stunned storms turning up across east anglia and the south—east. further west and north—west, we will see clear spells developing. it could be chilly in the north—west of scotland, whereas it will be a warm night towards the south—west of england. some early rain in the morning, but the worst of that should clear away quickly to leave a day of sunshine and showers. we are used to that by now. some places will see heavy showers, but some will not see any showers at all. but as this area of high

pressure builds its way in during tuesday night and wednesday morning, it could be a cool start on wednesday, particularly for central and eastern areas. these areas should stay dry, with spells of sunshine. rain will be splashing through northern ireland into wales and the south—west later in the day. is that wet weather cleared through, it leaves us with a mixture of sunshine and showers thursday. for some of us, friday could bring heavy downpours and potentially strong winds as well. so a lot of whether going on during the week ahead. this is bbc news.

i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 4:00. the red cross say more than 300 people have died after a mudslide on the outskirts sierra leone's capital, freetown. president trump returns to washington amid criticism of his comments on the violence in charlottesville. comments on the violence in cha rlottesville. h is comments on the violence in charlottesville. his vice president has condemned extremists. we have no tolerance for hate and violence, for white supremacists, neo—nazis or the kkk. south korea's president calls on the us to help prevent a war, amid worsening tension over the north's nuclear threat. the number of passengers arrested under suspicion of being drunk at uk airports or on flights sees a 50% rise in the past year. also in the next hour — 70 years since the partition. india and pakistan mark 70 years of independence from britain —