son, knew the sen, knew the story and son, knew the story and when mary's son, knew the story and when he found it, knew exactly whose it was. my granddaughter first brought it this morning. they found it yesterday, when my daughter—in—law was digging carrots for supper and she said, "what's this?" she asked brian, my son, and he says, "oh, yeah." he knew, but he knew that i lost something. i don't know if he said something or if he did say the ring, so i don't know. from canada to sweden, this ring was lost 16 years, in germany, a wedding ring was pulled up three years after going missing, it may take some time, but clearly, the crop of choice for gardeners looking for heirlooms, is the humble carrot(!) as promised, let's catch up with the weather forecast. i can as promised, let's catch up with the weatherforecast. i can dangle as promised, let's catch up with the weather forecast. i can dangle the carrot of better weather this afternoon(!) the rain that has been affecting east england has been moving out of the way, following behind that, if they're bit of sunshine, further north in northumberland, the skies, just a few hours ago, looking like this, similar scenes at some point

in the day, across wide parts of the british isles. a closer look at the afternoons whether, if you thunderstorms working across lincolnshire, and a fair few downpours expected today across northern ireland, western scotland, away from these areas, showers relatively few and far between, sunshine compared with yesterday, 25 degrees in london, if we get that, we have equalled the highest temperature we have got since august, not that that is particularly high for august. overnight, heavy downpours, scale and under is a possibility, and it will be a cool night. —— hailstones and thunder is a possibility. with a difference tomorrow, cold blustery wind blowing showers through, more prolonged rain across north—east scotland, localised surface water flooding possible, wind becoming very gusty, across a swathe of northern ireland, gusts could reach

about 50 mph around the coastal districts, that could be enough to bring down one or two tree branches, some localised disruption, temperature wise, knock 4 degrees of what we have today, it will feel cooler. for the start of the weekend, cooler conditions still with us, showers around, not quite as many. in the sunshine, not feeling too bad towards the south—east, temperatures into the low 20s, little bit cool in the wind, further north and west. talking of wind, across the western side of the atlantic at the moment, talking about this yesterday, a hurricane, winds of 120 mph in gusts, this storm is going to combine with this area of low pressure a cross combine with this area of low pressure across eastern canada. this normal area is going to gobble up gert and what we will be left with is an area of rain right racing across the atlantic, tropical moisture, the rain will be heavy by the time it lands on our shores. we still have a bit of uncertainty as

to where the heaviest rain will be, it could bring localised flooding. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. hundreds of thousands of stu d e nts lunchtime. hundreds of thousands of students get their a level results in england, wales and northern ireland — there's a slight rise in the top grades for the first time in six years. —— six years. good afternoon. looking at the days of sport, we are just under half an hour away from a piece of cricket history as the first day— night test match to be played on these shores will take place at edgbaston in the first of a three match series.

england have elected to bat. england have described the use of the pink ball as they step into the unknown, west indies have already played with that pink ball, designed to show up in the dark. the changed timings are designed to attract a new audience. there are some unknown things but that's a good challenge for us as a team, seeing how the wall performs under the lights but ultimately, it's still the same game, you have to adapt to the conditions. it's still the same game, you have to adapt to the conditionslj it's still the same game, you have to adapt to the conditions. i think it's something that the game needs. te st it's something that the game needs. test cricket, not per se here in england but in many territories around the world, the fans are slowly but surely decreasing. this should add something to test cricket and some value to it. the football association paid and £80,000 settle m e nt association paid and £80,000

settlement to the england women's international despite an independent report clearing their head coach clearing him of a complaint. details alleged that he made a racial and prejudiced comments about another england player, however the fa say the settlement was made to allow other site to focus on preparing for euro 2017. as part of a statement yesterday, the fa said... former cycling world champion double and olympic silver medallist rebecca james has retired from international track and sprint racing aged 25. the welsh athlete plagued by injuries during her career, suffering a cancer scare in 2014, intends to set up cancer scare in 2014, intends to set upa baking cancer scare in 2014, intends to set up a baking business. she won the world sprint and clearing titles in 2014 and took silver in the same events at rio 2016. nastase has

appealed after being banned by the tennis generation until 2021 following his time laid at an official in april. he swore at an umpire, insulted johanna konta and made a rocketry comment about serena williams‘s unborn child. an independent tribunal will be arranged to hear his appeal. the final set of group matches at the rugby world cup today with plenty of teams still fighting for a place in the last four. defending champions england have made six changes for their debut match. both sides are unbeaten so far, the winners will seal automatic location or next week's semifinals —— automatic altercation. islanders know defeat eliminate them for the tournament. wales ta ke eliminate them for the tournament.

wales take on hong kong but neither they or their opponents can go through. canada currently playing new zealand, the winners will finish top of their pool with a place in the semis. three minutes remaining. that is all these off for now. you can find more in all of those stories on the bbc sport website. keep up—to—date with the cricket as well! back with more. thanks very much. a cyclist accused of killing a woman by crashing into her in a london street has told the old bailey he wasn't aware it was a legal requirement to have a brake on the bike he was riding. charlie alliston, who was 18 at the time, was allegedly going 18 miles per hour when he knocked down 44 year old kim briggs. she died a week later in hospital. mr alliston denies manslaughter. it's been an interesting morning because this is the first time we have heard from the defendant. he's

20 now, he describes the final moments before colliding on his bike with kim briggs, a 44—year—old mother of two on old street in east london, a easy london street. he claimed in court that on his fixed gear bike, essentially a bike away at the pedals go around with the back wheels simultaneously in tandem. of course, in a freewheel bike, most are familiar with them, you stop pedalling, the back wheel keeps going. crucially, he didn't have a front brake on the bike and he described the moments just before the crash and he said he called out to kim briggs on two occasions. he said after calling out for a second time, he claimed he swerved to go on the inside of kim briggs who had stepped out into the road and claimed she had the last moments stepped back into his path and that was a predominant cause in the accident. and he certainly will be

cross—examined today, tom? accident. and he certainly will be cross-examined today, tom? he's already been cross—examined, just now, and that is still continuing by the prosecution. duncan penney qc has suggested the lack of brake on the bike, it was a fixed gear bike, it was a track by predominantly. the prosecution says it was just built for speed. the qc cross—examining for speed. the qc cross—examining for the next prosecution essentially said charlie alliston wasn't able to brake ina said charlie alliston wasn't able to brake in a time and avoid the crash because he didn't have a front brake. he was doing 80 miles an hour shortly before the crash, both the defence and prosecution agree he did manage to brake two around about 10-14 manage to brake two around about 10—14 mph when he collided with kim briggs. but the prosecution has been painting a picture of a young man who thought it was stylish to remove the front brakes off another fix

gear bike he possessed. a man who did so because he wanted to travel faster through the streets of london. the defence earlier in the day painted a picture of a man takes variance in cycling, had months of experience to biking through london on these fixed gear bikes for three different career companies. charlie alliston denies both charges against him, the first in what we believe is a legal first, the him, the first in what we believe is a legalfirst, the first him, the first in what we believe is a legal first, the first time a cyclist has faced manslaughter charges in a case of this nature. and the second he faces and denies is intended to cause bodily harm by wa nton is intended to cause bodily harm by wanton orfurious is intended to cause bodily harm by wanton or furious driving. that charge dates back to a law from 1861. the case continues this afternoon. i know you will be covering that for us. following that case at the old bailey. as students across england, wales and northern ireland collect their a—level results today there are warnings that some of the poorest students are being left behind. new figures show that a child from poor household in london is twice as likely to go to university compared to a poor

child here in yorkshire. david rhodes reports from barnsley. it's the anticipation for some, the joy for others. a—level results day at barnsley sixth form college involves a lot of different emotions. i got a*, a, a. i'm really pleased with the grades i've got because i've got better than what i needed to get into university, anyway. because i got a‘, a, a. it's lovely seeing the students get their results, especially when they have done well. so, fantastic. best day of the year. there is, though, a north—south divide in university access as 41% of students from a poor background in london go to university, in yorkshire the figure is 19%. whilst in barnsley, the poorer students are the least likely to go to university in the whole of england. there is no doubt the fact that only 9% of kids on free school meals in barnsley are going to university is concerning and is clearly an example that we need to do more. so, the fear of student debt but also the loss

of educational maintenance allowance that helped kids stay on in education. i think there are a number of different barriers that we've got to tackle. more students from poorer backgrounds are going to university than ever before and £700 million on helping the most disadvantaged. for teachers in barnsley, today's results are proof that the north south divide can be bridged. there are key barriers. travel for example. it is expensive and not necessarily as good as it should be for our young people to get out and see the world. so, things like that will affect them but part of the journey for our students here is finding a way through those barriers. the government says it is committed to helping every student realise their potential. happy faces are a happy cohort of youngsters looking for a brighterfuture. bbc look north, barnsley. let's get more now on the government's decision to stop funding one of the largest private

training companies in the uk, after a damning report by the education regulator ofsted. learndirect ltd, which provides apprenticeships and adult training to more than 70 thousand people, has been rated inadequate in its latest inspection. with me is david hughes, chief executive of the association of colleges. good afternoon. first off, lots of people watching have not heard of this particular organisation, but it was a this particular organisation, but it wasa damning this particular organisation, but it was a damning report from ofsted. the worst possible result from an ofsted inspection, inadequate. the report said learners weren't getting the support they needed to succeed, not enough qualifications they were trained to get. not enough were getting jobs afterwards. across the piece, a pretty damning report. the government withdraws all funding from nextjuly, some might ask why

not instantly, i suppose there are contractual complications. first of all, what happens to the many people who presumably are still being taught? that's my fundamental problem and worry, there are 70,000 people getting what ofsted says is an adequate teaching, learning support. —— inadequate. usually the learning period is three months so it's unusual they are giving them 12 months. you have to ask what is going to happen to get those learners a better deal in 12 months. but will there be new learners coming in not having read the report and getting another bad deal will stop its an unusual state of affairs. it's a large company. # another bad deal. some might not be aware of the sort of companies in existence. how does this private industry grow up and what are the checks and balances? that's the big worry behind this, the government

wa nts to worry behind this, the government wants to open up the market in further and higher education to more private sector providers. some of them are great but they didn't do theirjob in monitoring what looks like a three or four year decline in achievement. that worries me because we've got more people coming in who are new to this market. the colleges i represent have been there for a long time, public service organisations where all the money stays in the community and supports learners. what looks as though it happened with learndirect, some of the private equity investment has seen some money go out. five years ago, they had a healthy bank balance, it doesn't look as healthy now. so, not only has quality suffered and learners have not got a good deal in that time potentially, there is a question about where the money has gone all stop and therefore, —— and money has gone all stop and therefore, -- and therefore, how do we stop this happening again? you talked about the gradual decline. do

you need a more frequent assessment? i think the government needs to look at itself and ask what monitoring it does for this type of provision. data shows it's getting worse and worse and there has to be an intervention, a point where they have to look whether they want to carry on contracting with this organisation. ofsted does a good job at only does it every four or five yea rs. at only does it every four or five years. in between, hundreds of thousands of learners could be suffering. david hughes, thanks for coming in. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: the number of people receiving a—level top grades has risen slightly, the first increase in six yea rs. slightly, the first increase in six years. the number of university places allocated so far has fallen. the bbc understands britain will look to keep these free travel to the uk for european visitors after brexit. they will need a permit to work or settle here.

and one of the longest serving nhs chief executives has been sacked following an independent enquiry. an update of the business news this hour, asda has booked positive like—for—like sales for the first time in three years. the supermarket group, a walmart subsidiaries or comparable sales climb in the three months to the end ofjuly excluding petrol. this was partly due to its this was partly due to its having one of its most successful easter trading period on record. retail sales growth slowed down injuly, as shoppers cut back on purchases of most things other than food. sales were up 1.3% compared to the same time last year, compared to a rise of 2.8% injune. clothing sales saw their biggest fall since december. thousands of low—paid workers are to receive more than two million pounds in back pay as a result

of tax investigations by the government. around 230 firms were found to have paid their workers less than the national minimum wage. retail, hairdressing and hospitality firms were among the worst offenders. but first, the nation's attitude towards inheritance is changing. a new report out from the group remember a charity says that 69% of working age brits are not banking on receiving a major sum of inheritance when they plan their financial future. it also says that only 1 in 3 people expect their parents to leave them their entire estate. the charity surveyed 1,000 uk adults aged between 30 and 45 and a further thousand over the age of 65. rob cope, director, remember a charity thanks forjoining me. in this

report, you explore different generational attitudes towards inheritance. what would you say is the guest group between the younger and older group, those under 45 and those over 65? what we are seeing is a real shift in attitude towards inheritance. perhaps in previous generations, people expected to receive the whole of their inheritance of the family estate. this study shows clearly over time, thatis this study shows clearly over time, that is changing and people aren't expecting and planning to receive their whole family's estate for the future. why is that? there are several reasons but one of the biggest drivers, in fact more of half of the working age adults, they said the biggest issue is their pa rents own ca re said the biggest issue is their parents own care costs. we are

living longer, there is great uncertainty when i think of my own pa rents. uncertainty when i think of my own parents. my dad often says to me he doesn't know how long he will want to live. hopefully it will be a long time but as a part of that, there is great uncertainty about how long they will lose for and how much it will cost. social care costs in particular are a great concern, not just those for pension age but working age adults, people like me who are thinking, we don't know, we can't bank on that. we have do think about our own financial future and security in other ways. social care costs, inflation, perhaps brexit all feeding into these issues? you're right, all those in terms of uncertainty around brexit, the government's discussions earlier this year around though shall care costs, that puts uncertainty in the mind of the general public about how much ami mind of the general public about how much am i going to have in the future and how much will i need to keep that. the reality is people are

questioning how much they can realistically pass on to their children and grandchildren. you are a charity, your report says less than half would become table with their parents leaving the entire is data and not doing some social good —— would be comfortable. data and not doing some social good -- would be comfortable. what is encouraging is working age adults, one in ten said they actively had a conversation with their parents around leaving some of there will to do social good. it's important because gifts in wales generates £2.5 billion a year so without the generosity of the british public —— gifts in wills. it can make a huge difference to all the good causes we rely on. many thanks for talking to us. two top executives at topshop and topman have lost theirjobs as parent company arcadia continues to refresh its business. topshop's creative director kate phelan, who has been

with the business since 2011, and gordon richardson, who was topman's head creative for the past 17 years, were given the push. arcadia, which also owns burton and miss selfridge, said ms phelan and mr richardson would be replaced by a "newly created position" of creative director across both brands. revenue at kingfisher fell 1.9% in the three months to 31 july as the firm's b&q division struggled in the uk. like for like sales in france also slipped, although sales at diy group screwfix jumped 11%, driven by "new and extended specialist ranges and new outlets". and korean carmaker hyundai is wading further into the electric vehicle market, promising a car that can go 500km on each charge. hyundai already has an electric model on the market, but its range lags behind its competitors' models. along with its affiliate kia, hyundai is planning 31 eco—friendly models by 2020.

the ftse 100 blue chip index has fallen today, heading for its first down day this week, following the lead of european indexes which have all edged back after a set of cautious minutes from the us federal reserve. for some people, living on a canal boat is an opportunity to live life ona boat is an opportunity to live life on a slower pace. for others, an opportunity to escape rising property prices. the canal and river trust is asking anyone thinking of swapping bricks for boating to think carefully before or in for life on the river. the trent and mersey canal in staffordshire, where kerry and pete have a lot of work.

when it comes to boats sinking, we're definitely getting busier. they run river canal rescue, helping boat owners in trouble, teaching canal users basic rules, which, to their exasperation, many are unaware of. you drive on the right—hand side when you're passing another boat. so, it's port—to—port, left—to—left. these are metal boats. they rust in the water. if you don't take it out of the water and treat it, it will rot away to nothing until the boat sinks. after years of neglect, many canals are busy once more, and those who look after them say that canal users, especially those new to all this, need to ensure they know what they're doing. well, one of the issues that we have is the sheer popularity of canals means they're used by more and more people. the canal and river trust manages 2,000 miles of waterways in england. from the dangerous misuse of locks to the dumping of human waste, the boom in canal use has many downsides. what you have here is two widebeam boats moored next to each other, which is effectively quadruple mooring, narrowing the channel and causing obstruction for other

craft trying to get through. the trust records incidents when it can. but in london, where the problems are the most severe, it's a huge task. boat numbers here have risen by 72% since 2012, to more than 4000. the majority of boat—owners in london have what are known as continuous cruiser licenses, and don't need to pay for a permanent mooring, but the boats can't stay in the same place for more than 14 days. just moved out of a flat in brixton because i can't afford to live there any more and here there's a boat. nick is typical of many that are new to the canals, attracted by a lower cost of living. it's not particularly comfortable. we don't have a toilet on—board. we don't have a shower. at the moment the motor‘s broken, so we don't have any electricity. there's no power. you prefer it to paying a lot of money on a flat? for the moment, yeah. nick and his friends stress they're responsible canal users, though they will have to soon move on from the spot and find another,

which won't be easy. sarah emmings manages a private mooring site and believes many canal newcomers haven't thought things through. it's not their fault. there's nothing in place to say, right, you need to know this before you put a boat on the water. you only learn it as you go along. it's baptism by fire. three quarters of the boats moored in the capital are now being lived in, according to the canal and river trust. a transport system built to carry goods buckling under pressure from people. let's end this hour by taking a look at the weather prospects. this area has been moving out of the

way quickly and we see some sunshine. some thunderstorms just working off the coast of lincolnshire and showers fairly widespread for northern ireland and west scotland but for the vast majority, there will be a lengthy spells of the blue sky and sunshine to look forward to. it will feel warmer than yesterday ta ken to look forward to. it will feel warmer than yesterday taken early across scotland, northern ireland and northern england as well. showers will develop across wales and south—west england. as i say, lots of dry weather to be found. temperatures higher than yesterday, ranging from 19 in glasgow to 25 in london. overnight, heavy downpours working across northern ireland, scotla nd working across northern ireland, scotland and northern england, hail and thunder a possibility from the rain and it will be a cold at night. looking at friday, another day of sunshine and showers but with a

difference, stronger winds and cooler weather following in. the rain clumping together in scotland, could see localised surface water flooding and the winds would be dusty in northern ireland, west wales as well, the gusts could get up wales as well, the gusts could get up to 50 miles an hour which could bring down some tree branches. localised disruption is possible. there will be some sunshine but you can knock four degrees off the temperatures. another day of sunshine and showers on saturday but with fewer showers and more sunshine, you have a better chance of staying dry. temperature wise, 16-21d, of staying dry. temperature wise, 16—21d, below parfor this of staying dry. temperature wise, 16—21d, below par for this time of year. the second half of the weekend, you have to look at the atlantic. here is hurricane gert, just at the north of it, a normal area of low pressure, the two

systems doing battle over the next few days and ultimately our normal area of low pressure will gobble up area of low pressure will gobble up a hurricane. it won't exist by the time it arrives but the moisture left over will be the focus for some heavy rain coming to the western side of the uk. still some uncertainty about how north this band of rain will get but worth keeping an eye on because the rain gets intense and we can see some localised surface water flooding as the ban of weather works its way on sunday. violence is at record levels, there are staff shortages and overcrowding. drug abuse is rife and somejails have been written by unrest. reformers would like to see fewer people sent to prison and two months into thejob, so fewer people sent to prison and two months into the job, so would the justice secretary. we do need to make sure that ourjudges and magistrates have confidence in the community centres as the alternatives to prison because i think everybody wants to make sure that people who go to prison really deserve to go there because of the seriousness of their crime or the threat they would pose to the public if released. would you like to see the population come—down?” if released. would you like to see the population come-down? i want to see the population come—down but we have to make sure that we do that in a way that protects public safety. 0k, a way that protects public safety. ok, so we are doing the search. obviously this is somebody‘s

house... meanwhile, ministers are on a mission to recruit two and a half thousand extra staff. these new officers are learning the ropes at coldingley