this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11.00: the police watchdog says paedophile ian watkins, could have been arrested nearly four years earlier, if south wales police had investigated tip—offs about him. when someone comes forward with such a serious allegation, or indeed any allegation or report, it really shouldn't matter what they look like, who they are, what their lifestyle is, what they do. what's really important is, what are they saying? the boss of samsung is found guilty of bribery and embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison. wifi controlled convoys of trucks could be on major british roads by the the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions and reduce congestion. also, major travel disruption expected over the weekend as millions prepare for the bank holiday getaway. rail operators have warned passengers to expect delays because of engineering works, road users have also been advised to expect longerjourneys over

the course of the weekend. and why 500 trees in one the most famous gardens in britain could be under threat by major road widening plans. good morning. it's friday 25th august. i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. a police force has been severely criticised for its failure over a four—year period to investigate allegations about ian watkins, the former lead singer of the band lost prophets, who was convicted in 2013 of 13 child sex offences. an investigation by the independent police complaints commission has found that south wales police failed to act on eight reports and three

intelligence logs from six different people about watkins. the ipcc said the force had dismissed allegations made by watkins' ex—girlfriend and had failed to look at incriminating texts from watkins on her phone, because officers believed she lacked credibility. the commission says the investigation raised "the most disturbing concerns" about the way the case was handled. our reporter mark hutchings has the details. the public face of ian watkins was that of a global star. privately, he was a child abuser whose behaviour, in the words of the judge who sentenced him, "plumbed the depths of the depravity." his eventual arrest in 2012, initially for drug offences, came after years of missed opportunities. the police watchdog and the ipcc found disturbing failures in the way south wales police responded to tip offs. the main complainant was his former partner, joanne mjadzelics. the ipcc says a lack of open—mindedness meant she wasn't taken seriously. she was not a lone voice.

between december 2008 and june 2012, six people raised concerns. it led to eight reports and three intelligence logs, but during that time, watkins was not arrested, questioned, or required to respond to allegations. south wales police admit they failed to listen or investigate properly and say they are "truly sorry." the disciplinary hearing has cleared a detective sergeant with the force, of grossness conduct. last week, the ipcc also accused the south yorkshire force of inaction in investigating watkins. he is now four years into a 29—yearjail sentence. today's report highlights major shortcomings that allowed him to lead a sickening double life for so long. let's talk to mark hutchins now in cardiff. it is almost beyond belief

are force would miss so many opportunities to investigate accusations of this nature. what has the ipcc had to say in this report? south wales police can't say they weren't warned, they were on numerous occasions. this report highlights repeated failings by the force. looking at the summary of the report. it says the consequences was arguably that a predatory paedophile offended over an extended period of time. there were a litany of reports and in some instances, the force didn't carry out rudimentary investigations. the main complainant asi investigations. the main complainant as i mentioned in my report was joanne mjadzelics, former partner of ian watkins. it was a case, according to the ipcc, but she wasn't believed. she had messages on her phone from ian watkins saying how he wanted to abuse children. yet south wales police didn't look at

the phone and they wrote her off as a credible witness, as if they were waiting for the perfect witness to come along. six people came along to raise concerns, but it took nearly four years for south wales police to do anything about it. let's hear now from the commissioner who compiled this report. bias, whether unconscious or conscious, has no place in modern policing. when someone comes forward with such a serious allegation or indeed any allegation or report, it really shouldn't matter what they look like, who they are, what their lifestyle is, what they do. what's really important is what they are saying and it's really important that is taken seriously and that some investigative work is done to see if there is any independent evidence to corroborate what they are saying. this morning, we had a statement from joanne mjadzelics who say she finally feels vindicated by this

ipcc report. she says it has been a long and difficult road. she was taken to court herself and was cleared of possession of indecent images and she explained what she was doing was compiling a case against ian watkins, which was more than what south wales police were doing. she says she is considering legal action against the force. south wales police say they are truly sorry. thank you very much for taking us through that. a court in south korea has found the heir to the samsung empire guilty of bribery, embezzlement and perjury. lee jae—yong, the de facto head of the $300 billion business empire and grandson of the founder, has been sentenced to five years in jail. his lawyers say he will appeal. so what exactly did he do? it started with this, donations worth 36 million us dollars, that's £29 million, by samsung to organisations linked to the former president. she was removed from office and is also facing corruption charges. back in 2015 samsung was trying

to merge two of its businesses. prosecutors say the aim was to boost mr lee's personal power over the company, which he's been running since his father became ill in 2014. prosecutors argued that the donations were bribes to win support from the government for the compa ny‘s restructuring. the affair has once again raised concerns about south korea's business culture and the huge family—owned conglomerates known as "chaebols". they've long been seen as too cosily linked to government and not sufficiently transparent in their dealings. they are also very powerful. to give you an idea, sales by samsung companies account for around a fifth of south korea's entire economy. 0ur correspondent in the south korean capital seoul, yogita limaye, has more. many people were anticipating he

would be found guilty on some of those charges. he has been found guilty on all of those charges against him, which includes bribery. perjury, embezzlement and hiding assets overseas. but the five—year jail sentence has been seen as a significant one. that is because it is not the first time in south korea the top executive of big conglomerate has been convicted for corruption. many have been in the past, but their sentences have either been suspended, they have been lesser sentences of about three yea rs or less, been lesser sentences of about three years or less, or they have been given a presidential pardon because the government said it would economically heard the country if these people were sent to jail. now there is a new government in power which promised they would clean up in the country, they would take on the big conglomerates. the new president has already said there will be no more presidential pardons. so, ifjoanne mjadzelics's

appeal is not granted by the higher court —— lee jae—yong. if he ends up spending a significant amount of time in the present, it would be a significant departure from what we have seen in south korea. so far what's samsung has put forward is the statement from lee jae—yong's lawyers and they cannot access the sentence and they will appeal in the higher courts. i have been speaking to many people who track the company, they say it is a big conglomerate and lee jae—yong wasn't involved in the running of the day—to—day business. an indicator of thatis day—to—day business. an indicator of that is the company profits haven't suffered since he has been detained, it has seen record profits. but this isafamily it has seen record profits. but this is a family run enterprise, it has been founded by lee jae—yong's grandfather and then run by his father until he suffered a heart attack in 2014. if he goes to jail for a long time, who will be the boss of this company? that is the

question shareholders and people employed by samsung and here in south korea, they are asking the question. he does have two sisters in management roles in different parts of the company, but it is unclear about what the path ahead will be for the top leadership of this company now. there is delays expected between delays, london and north west as rail delays are cancelled. travelling by train this bank holiday weekend will be difficult for many, and somejourneys will be impossible. engineering work is taking place at five of london's main stations. waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street and paddington will have greatly reduced services. euston will be closed completely on saturday and sunday. work on hs2 means there will be no trains from scotland and the north of england to london

on the west coast main line on saturday and sunday. services from the midlands will only run as far south as northampton. great western services out of paddington to wales will be disrupted until next month with no services between newport and cardiff this weekend. king's cross station in london is expected to be very busy. and it won'tjust be the stations. road traffic is expected to be 20% greater compared to last year's summer bank holiday. 5 million people are predicted to take to the roads on monday alone. travel trade organisation abta says nearly a quarter of a million passengers will use heathrow today, and over 300,000 will use gatwick over the weekend. so whether it's planes, trains or automobiles, it's going to be a busy few days. 0ur reporter adina campbell is at euston station in central london. clearly there is never a perfect

time to do this sort of work, but what can you tell us about the disruption that is expected and what the advice is for travellers?” disruption that is expected and what the advice is for travellers? i am here in houston, which is one of the capital's busiest train stations. —— euston. it has got busier here because from tomorrow, this engineering project will be taking place. it is huge, costing £130 million, £133 million. 17,000 engineers will be taking part in the work. they will be extending platforms and preparing hs2 and preparing tracks and signalling as well. but this will have a huge impact on passengers, particularly on the west coast main line. there will be no trains into london from those areas. but the work is just

going on in london, other engineering work is happening across parts of the uk including wales, the midlands and in northern england as well. i am joined midlands and in northern england as well. iam joined by midlands and in northern england as well. i am joined by stephenjoseph from the campaign for better transport. a massive investment but a long time coming, you believe? this is about putting right under investment in the rail network. that is welcome, it is notjust about investment in the rail network. that is welcome, it is not just about the railway, it is about making the railway, it is about making the railway fit to take more passenger and freight traffic off the roads, giving people a choice in how they get about. we welcome that and we just want to see the work done. it's never the right time to do it, we wa nt never the right time to do it, we want to see it done on time and in ways that the passengers informed and up to speed about what is happening. the work isn'tjust happening. the work isn'tjust happening in london, there are improvements in other parts of the country as well. what impact will they see, what benefits will they

bring? we hope it will bring real upgrades in amount of services, and the quality of services. however, we still want to see the government reinstate some of the work they have talked about dropping, particularly outside london, in the midlands and the north of england, which have had historically very little investment in their railways. we need to see that investment put back on, we are hearing different messages from the government, theresa may saying she wants the upgrades in the north to happen. we really need to see more of this work happening to give people a real choice in how they get about and passengers a better service. thank you very much. network rail has said there is never a good time to do this work, but august is quieter, 50% fewer passengers use the services. so this short—term pain will be worth the long term gain. airports and the

roads will also be very busy. the advice, check before you travel. back to you, and neater. thank you very much. good luck if you are travelling this weekend. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the police watchdog says paedophile ian watkins could have been arrested four years earlier if south wales police had not ignored the past. the boss of samsung has been sentenced to five years in prison for embezzlement and bribery. and wi—fi controlled convoys of lorries could be on motorways next year to cut congestion and reduce emissions. in the sport, joe root won the toss and chose to bat first in the second test against west indies at headingley. mark stone and is opening for england. they lead the series 1—0. mo farah won his final race on the track at the diamond league in zurich. he was chased down the final

100 and the. and good news for great britain's cj uj who won the 100 and the getting a season's best at 9.9 seconds. justin gatlin came fourth. more on those stories just after 11:30 a:m.. wifi—controlled convoys of trucks could be on major british roads by the the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions and reduce congestion. the department for transport says up to three wirelessly connected hgvs will travel together, with drivers in each to steer but the speed controlled by the lead vehicle. the aa, says it has major safety concerns about the idea as our correspondent andy gill reports. they call it platooning, trucks travelling in wi—fi connected convoy with much less space between them than normal. this dutch project is with two vehicles. a trial just announced

here will be with three. it would be more efficient, take up less space on the network, improve fuel efficiency and hopefully help improve costs and savings to the consumer. each lorry has a driver, but the lead cab has control. to think about how three trucks can travel down a road in a platoon, imagine that the lead truck is a giant wi—fi hub, sending out signals on the precise distances and speeds the two need to travel at. and the wi—fi on the trailing two trucks can react much more quickly to signals than a human being can. the funding announcement was made at a lancashire truck factory. researchers say because vehicles in platoon are in each other‘s slipstream, fuel consumption and pollution fall. but one road user's body is sceptical. uk motorways are the most congested in europe.

we have more entrances and exits. and if you have a platoon of driverless lorries, it's very difficult to see road signs. it will be difficult to exit the motorway. there will be rigorous safety checks before any platoons are allowed on the road. they will compare real delivery journeys made by platoon trucks with ones made in the traditional way. andy gill, bbc news, lancashire. with me now is rod mckenzie, director of policy at the road haulage association. thank you forjoining us. what is the association's take on this? very cautious about this. motorways are britain's safest roads and we want to keep them that way. the danger with this, it could be the opposite. they are setting out to say it will reduce congestion and it will make the air cleaner. but actually, it

could create worse trafficjams, more congestion and therefore create more congestion and therefore create more pollutants. so that is one of many reservations we have. from what you have read into this, what do you think the evidence is for the claim it will reduce congestion and make the air cleaner? they have looked at what happens in scandinavia and america and thought it is a great idea. but the big difference between motorways there and here, motorways there are more or less empty and you can put together huge convoys of lorries and move them very efficiently with no disruption to traffic. 0ur motorways are very, very busy and what effectively we could have as a convoy going past a motorwayjunction, blocking could have as a convoy going past a motorway junction, blocking the traffic from getting onto and off the motorway and creating a traffic jam. also, how other road users interact is problematic because they will try and get in between the convoy to exit the motorway or

change lanes. you can educate the extent, lorry drivers about this and the haulage industry, but can you educate all the other road users who will interact with this system? are your concerns based mainly around the fact you don't believe it will be as environmentally friendly as some of the claims suggest, but are your concerns around safety issues ora your concerns around safety issues or a combination? a bit of both, safety always comes first. we wouldn't want to see britain's roads turned into something different. because you think the technology and the roads are unsuitable? both, the roads are too congested to work where we are now. also, what about the danger of hacking and hijack. if these vehicles are controlled by wi—fi signals, they could be hacked. you could even map out a situation where terrorists could disrupt this

with great concern to us the safety. what have lorry drivers said to you? it is brand—new news to laurie lorry drivers. they will say it is people who don't know much about the haulage industry, the government, having too much say about the haulage industry. i am sure we will be following this one closely. thank you very much, roddy mckenzie. let's look at some of today's other developing stories: the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has said a us presidential visit to britain is ‘more likely‘ in 2018 than this year. previously he has said he sees ‘no reason' to rescind the invitation to donald trump for a state visit although no date had been fixed and all mention of the trip was left out of the queen's speech. mrjohnson has been speaking bbc radio four this morning. when is president trump breaking his

state visit to the uk? i can't tell you that, but the invitation has been issued by the queen. we know, 2018? i can't tell you, more likely 2018? i can't tell you, more likely 2018 than this year. yes, because he would be planning for it. what did you think when he said about the violence in charlottesville? you think when he said about the violence in charlottesville ?|j thought he got it totally wrong and i thought it was a shame he didn't make a distinction we can make between anti—fascists and nazis and anti—nazis. four out of five businesses have seen the cost of employing staff rise over the last year according to the british chambers of commerce. the companies say the increases are because of changes to employment legislation which is aimed at boosting prospects for workers, things like the apprenticeship levy, pensions auto—enrolment and the new higher minimum wage.

the united states is bracing itself for what could be the worst hurricane to hit the country's mainland for 12 years. hurricane harvey, a category—three storm, is expected to reach the texas coast tonight and there are concerns that torrential rain could bring life—threatening flooding to some parts of the state. bill hayton reports. us officials say that the number of american embassy staff, affected by hearing loss while working in cuba, has risen to at least 16, after what they believe was a series of deliberate covert attacks. the state department is probing several incidents dating back to september last year in which diplomats are thought to have been hit with a mystery sonic weapon. cuba has denied any involvement. the woman who's won the biggest single lotteryjackpot in american history has already told her bosses she wont be returning to work. mavis wunzick, a 53—year old mum of two from massachusetts, scooped the $758] million prize in the powerball lottery. the chances of any single ticket winning werejust

one in 292 million. the first thing i want to do is i just want sit back and relax. i had a pipe dream, and my pipe dream has finally come true. i wanted to retire in 12, and it came early. what do you do for work? i work currently at mercy medical center, and i was there for 32 years. are you still there or are you...? i've called them and told them i will not be coming back! for more on all of those stories, and many more, you can go to our website. radical action is needed to help integrate immigrants into society, according to a group of mps. in a new report, the all—party—parliamentary group on social integration warns that the immigration debate has become polarised. it's renewing calls for the government to make english lessons compulsory.

the home office says it already funds community cohesion projects, including some focused on language. the chair of the group, labourmp chuka umunna, spoke to the bbc this morning. the overall argument we are making is integration is absolutely key. the poisonous nature of on the debate around immigration is hindering integration, it is putting off newcomers to our communities to getting involved in the life of communities and that requires better leadership. first of all, government has to provide more funding. there is no two weighs about that. but you can do that in no way perhaps that doesn't break the bank and isn't as costly as it could be by introducing an income contingent loan, a bit like the student loan system to help

newcomers to our communities to help them fund their own english language learning. this is a real issue. the latest figures which are a tiny bit dated, but they are the most recent one, show that over 800,000 immigrants in this country can't speak english properly and that's a huge impediment to them being able to access all the opportunities and everything that britain can offer. we have to be clear, the overwhelming majority of newcomers to our community want to learn english, but often there are those obstacles, not just cost, english, but often there are those obstacles, notjust cost, but in some communities, people in certain communities, and this was identified ina communities, and this was identified in a report, there are some obstacles and impediments that people are discouraged from learning english. this proposal arises, looking at the things they do in canada and australia, where they

have devolved immigration policy to the provinces and regions in those countries. what they do there is they have employers help with the issue of a region specific visas, which require a person to work for two or three years in particular region before they are allowed to move region before they are allowed to m ove a cross region before they are allowed to move across the rest of the country. what we are trying to do is give localities and regions much more power over the way our immigration system works to increase the confidence in it so people feel they have got more control over what is happening in their communities. we know that different parts of the country feel different about this. in london, the london chambers of commerce has been arguing for this, they want a london geezer. the scottish government has been arguing for more control over the way immigration policy works. —— visa. devolved power, give it to the

regions and they can look at the needs for their specific economies and businesses and determine how many people are coming to their region. joining me now from nottingham is professor ted ca ntle, a race expert who wrote a report into community cohesion after race riots in the north of england in 2001. professor, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. there is a political discussion about what chuka umunna has had to say about one member of the all—party parliamentary group saying she had no involvement in this report and disagreeing with chuka umunna brexit caused a rise in racial abuse or hate crime or the tone of the immigration debate is poisonous. but let's look at the facts as you see them about the level of integration in the uk in 2017, giving you have looked closely at this subject over a number of years? integration is not proceeding in the way in which

everybody had envisaged. segregation has increased in schools and residential areas in particular. we need an integration plan and i welcome the proposal for an integration plan. the real issue is, we are waiting for the government to respond to the casey review and then the government will set out, whether or not it will take the appropriate integration measures. there are some good things in this report. there are some things which are not really practical. and there are some glaring omissions. but it does put integration back on the agenda, which we do need. just to explain, one of the things as you cite as evidence of greater segregation rather than integration is the increase of electoral wards with non—white community suggesting communities have become more concentrated by race, what other

evidence do you have of this? there is clear evidence from the census and other sources of information, not just residential segregation, area is becoming more polarised towards white, british communities and migrant communities. we have seen that in our cities in particular. london lost 600,000 white british population between the last two censuses, at the same time it grew by1.2 last two censuses, at the same time it grew by 1.2 million in minority populations. so there is clear evidence and it is much more pronounced at ward level and particularly in schools. we are seeing schools becoming much more polarised. this is a major issue because the one thing we want is for young people to grow up with experience of people who are different from themselves. then the do you think you may take a

shame is not working and what should the government be doing to promote integration? the government isn't doing enough, that is pretty clear. many of the committee confusion programmes that were started in the early pa rt programmes that were started in the early part of the 2000 is have just not been carried on for example the community cohesion programme for schools was abandoned by the government which is likewise very u nfortu nate. we government which is likewise very unfortunate. we need to get that back, tackle segregation and workplaces, and unity is, in schools and we do need to devolve responsibility down to local authorities to control what is happening in their own areas. that isa happening in their own areas. that is a major part of the dissatisfaction at the moment but i think people feel that there is no control over what is happening in their own amenities. thank you. now, let's get the weather.

the bank date forecast is looking promising, a lot of dry weather. not the case today, rain across northern ireland which has been tracking its way into scotland but potential for localised flooding across northern ireland. the further south and east europe it is drier and greater with the best in the sunshine across the south—east. temperatures up to about 24 celsius and the sunshine and 16 and 18. tomorrow a much better default. a few showers, clearing with the a lot of dry and wet weather to look forward to, feeling human across the south—east, temperatures up to about 25. on sunday and friday, perhaps the odd shower likely across western parts

of scotland, otherwise dry with good sunny spells and temperatures around 24. a north—south split on monday, is based in the south. this is bbc newsroom live, the headlines. the police watchdog has said that ian watkins could have been arrested nearly four years earlier if south wales police had investigated complaints. the chairman of samsung has been jailed for five years for corruption. convoys of up to three lorries controlled by wifi could be on british roads by the end of next year. passengers have been warned by rail operators to expect delays over the bank holiday weekend due to engineering works —— with roadworks also affecting some journeys. it's time for sport.

hello, i'm leah boleto and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme. england won the toss and decided to back against west indies at headingley. alastair cook is at the crease, playing in the second test. cook scored 243 last week as england won by an innings and 200 telly—mac 209 runs. england can run 19—0 in short time ago. alastair cook 11 not out. bowing out with a victory — four—time olympic champion mo farah with victory in the five thousand metres at the diamond league finale in zurich. 34—year—old farah is switching to road running.

it feels amazing to win. i have enjoyed mcaleer, a long journey but i have enjoyed, i have mist the track and the people but notice a new chapter in my life to go onto the roads and see what i can do. this was the opening goal, made the fa ns this was the opening goal, made the fans pretty happy but this is everton who reached the group stages of the europa league. everton are among those

to confirm their place in europa league group stage draw, which takes place on friday. west from our saint 0liver buck from leipzig. he became the most successive scottish player ever and gimmick isa successive scottish player ever and gimmick is a west brom debut on sunday. whether you love it or hate it, the floyd mayweather and conor mcgregorfight in it, the floyd mayweather and conor mcgregor fight in las vegas this weekend is completely splitting opinion. the former boxer ricky hatton as they would pure showbiz. mcgregor himself challenges anyone who doubts it is a genuine contest. it is two men swinging blows to the temple. people can say what they want, we are in gloves and we will fight. it is disrespectful in my

opinion and i have witnessed from a nalysts opinion and i have witnessed from analysts and media, they will see two men go at it and risk it all on saturday. i don't worry, nobody can beat me. i'm floyd mayweather. i have the best iq in the sport of boxing i'm one of the strongest athletes to ever live. after the defeat to the netherlands and the hockey champion jackson defeat to the netherlands and the hockey championjackson after than the men today face the dutch trying to make it through to the final. 10,000 in amsterdam. we want to get to the final. we said before the trip started we got to the semifinal and have to really go for it and get to the final and will be a big step forward. 0nly gets to the final at

his next annual try to win it but as you see a huge opportunity this team together sells a european medal. chris froome has extended his lead at the by one second. use open to become the first man to win this and the same year. that the spot for no. alastair cook has just been caught in the second test at headingley, out for 11. the police watchdog has said that ian watkins could have been arrested nearly four years earlier if south wales police had michael wolkind qc defended the girlfriend of watkins'

ex—girlfriend, joanne mjadzelics, who had to clear her name when she was accused of sharing watkins' indecent images. mark lobel has been speaking to him. south wales police haven't apologised to heart and she demeans apologised to heart and she demeans a marginalised figures. throughout this investigation the police didn't believe joanne, that she was this investigation the police didn't believejoanne, that she was a credible witness. they didn't. they have some false information that he had she had once been sectioned. they had such information device used to be a sex worker. so what? they had to do was check claims about ian watkins and they never did and that is the demarco thing any so—called investigation. she went to her local police station time after time offering them the chance to look at her computer, laptop where she had an e—mailfrom him attaching photographs of underage child and they didn't want to look at it and they didn't want to look at it and they never did. she provided the police with evidence on four different occasions, what difference would it have made of the police had listened? it would have stopped the

danger to young children. i haven't got the timeline but somewhere in the report that says it may have made a difference for some months to one child. it is much wider than that. we could have stopped this much earlier. she started complaining in 2008, year after year of her complaining and doing the right thing. the police did nothing. then doing the wrong thing. the damaging was being ignored tojoin? she was trolled online as she is a bad person. here is someone who was once infatuated with them, discovered what he really did and immediately reported even warrant if anything else happens then it will be on your head and not mine. because she give him every opportunity to do theirjob to investigate. they were interested. clearly a mistake wasn't clearly a mistake was made by the south wales police said sorry. is that enough? not quite. they said sorry because they were forced to face up to their

own ineptitude. they haven't had the grace of integrity to apologise to, i wonder. she was prosecuted because she became noisy and public. she was interviewed on television still talking about the lost opportunity in the police had and that an action and that made her feel bad that she had been listened to position was asking herself could i have done more. she couldn't have done more. they did nothing. a popular indian godman and self—styled spiritual guru who claims to have millions of followers has been found guilty of raping two women fifteen years ago. gurmeet ram rahim singh will be sentenced on monday. a massive security blanket was in place in the northern city of panchkula where the court delivered its verdict. army helicopters have been flying overhead and troops lined the streets, as the authorities feared a reaction from the guru's followers. schools, government offices, roads and railways have been closed in parts of haryana state, and internet and mobile phone services suspended 72 hours. 0ur reporterjustin rowlatt joins us now from delhi. he's been described as the goodwill

and bling. tell us about the background to this case. he is an extraordinary character. first of all i should say unrest has already broken out around the courtroom, police are using water cannon to control violence from some of the many thousands of his supporters who have gathered to hear the verdict in this controversial trial. the rest, as many as 200,000 of his followers have gathered hence the huge security reaction that you described. the guru is an extraordinary figure. a huge beard, often pictured on a motorcycle, he has been in movies, he creates his own rock videos. regarded as a saint by his many followers. years whatever you call in india a good man, a spiritual guru who claims to

have 50 million followers in india and around the world. a hugely followed figure and influential person among his followers regard him asa person among his followers regard him as a saint. hence he worry about this conflict between the supporters and police. it is a very tense situation. already there have been sporadic outbreaks of violence and attempt to control it by the authorities. i'm looking at you is coming into us with more details of these disturbances, following the verdict, tell us more about the case. the case involves two followers, who accused him of rape, and one of them wrote anonymously to the indian prime minister saying he was a dangerous individual who needed to be investigated. an investigation was begun, 18 of his female followers were interviewed was generated in these two charges

of rape as well as other allegations of rape as well as other allegations of threatening behaviour and he has subsequently been convicted of these charges. there are other outstanding allegations against him, one of milder and a rather extraordinary claim that he persuaded 400 of his followers to undergo castration in order to bring them closer to god. he isa order to bring them closer to god. he is a strange and frankly rather extraordinary figure here in india but commands this huge following hence the fears of the authorities and the lockdown that the state has brought around the courthouse and the area around it. thank you. a lot more detail coming in saying violence has broken out in the northern city of chandigarh after

the rape verdict against ram rahim singh. supporters have been smashing cars, setting vehicles belonging to the media on fire and police forces are responding with tear gas and water cannons which justin mentioned into the code in an effort to control them. around 200,000 of his followers have flocked to the city ahead of the verdict. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the police watchdog says paedophile ian watkins, could have been arrested nearly four years earlier, if south wales police hadn't ignored numerous tip—offs about him. the boss of samsung is found guilty of bribery and embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison. wifi—controlled convoys of lorries could be on motorways by the the end of next year — as part of a plan to cut emissions and reduce congestion. i'm jamie robertson —

in the business news: the boss of mobile phone giant samsung has beenjailed forfive years for corruption. lee jae—yong was found found guilty of giving donations worth 29 million pounds to nonprofit foundations linked to south korea's former president park geun—hye, in return for political favours. shares in british supermarkets have fallen on the prospect of a price war with amazon. it has announced that it is going to slash prices at its whole foods grocery chain in everything from bananas to salmon. it will complete its take—over of whole foods on monday next which it has bought for almost £11bn reddish airways has cold on the borderforce to reddish airways has cold on the border force to tackle cds and efficiencies at uk airports. they say only one third of the gates are

open and usually closed early closing mass of dues and delays. with brexit ‘s round the corner the uk needs to show it is an easy place to travel to. the billionaire head of south korea's samsung, jay y. lee, has been sentenced to five years in jail for bribery. it's a watershed moment for the company, one of the huge conglomerate, known as chaebols, that have dominated the country's economy for over 60 years. but has the case made any difference to the company or its products? a surprising assessment. this time like genuine importing the galaxy exploding, a terrible product recall and disaster for the company then we had news that the boss being arrested, so you would have thought arrested, so you would have thought a terrible year. no such story

because it has gone from strength to strength, record profits, more profits in the quarter than apple recently. which is quite some achievement and its share price hits record highs. some four out of five uk companies are complaining that the cost of employing staff are making it harder to invest in their businesses. the british chambers of commerce have been surveying members and they found that there are three things making life harder — pensions auto—enrolment, the national living wage and the apprenticeship levy, and they told the government they must not have any more costs thrust on them during this parliament. joining me is jane gratton, head of business environment and skills, at the chambers of commerce. which is the biggest problem out of these? 7596 of businesses told us that they faced increased costs as a result of auto and roman. it is the cumulative burden when you add these costs to other upfront costs such as

rates and insurance premium tax. the cumulative burden and the pace at which the increases are coming is causing real problems. all of them are causing real problems. all of them a re necessary causing real problems. all of them are necessary though. everyone is extremely concerned about the problems are people not having enough pensions. business does have to play its part. we agree. you want to play its part. we agree. you want to pay people a good wage and to be able to absorb the costs of inflation. but businesses have to be able to manage their workforce, to invest in them and skills. we are facing huge skills shortages and businesses have to be able to do it any way that suits the business. you say you don't want the government to increase costs taxes, what are the things you worried about? what we

are found in a survey in conjunction with middlesex university was that result of businesses save your have to make a change in the workplace as a result of any future increases. we're going to potential increase prices which could impact on competitiveness, also reduce the rate of staff pay growth and benefits for staff so these changes are made to a massive impact on the bottom line, it changes the behaviour of businesses and the could have quit cds impact. one thing which you don't mention is a good also force companies to be more productive and productivity is the one big problem facing uk business at the moment. could that squeeze pushed them to invest and get more out of their staff? businesses need the money available to them to invest. so far many businesses have absorbed these increased costs through reduced profits but they can longer do that, they have reached the limit. several firms and survey

said they were looking at automation as alternative to these climate costs —— employment costs which could increase productivity but impact on opportunities for costs the government is to reveal whether companies should publish the salary gap between their executives and wider workforce. it follows a three—month consultation period which also looked at whether shareholders should be given a binding vote over executive pay, and on how to put worker voices in the boardroom. spotify has signed a new licensing deal with warner music group. it's the last of the three big record labels to agree to make its catalogue available to spotify‘s 140 million users. with the deal makes it increasingly likely the company will float on the stockmarket. qantas airline says it will offer the first ever direct flights from sydney to london by 2022 — if airbus or boeing can deliver planes capable of travelling the distance without refuelling.

next year it aims to fly direct from perth to london. looking at the markets... whereas a profit warning earlier this week. bouncing around providence. that's the business news. it's one of the busiest motorway junctions in the country with more accidents than any other in england. but plans to improve the m25 atjunction ten at wisley could threaten a number of rare trees and plants. highways england says the upgrade will make the road safer but campaigners including

alan titchmarsh are calling for british gardeners to take a stand against the plans. tim muffett is in wisley for us this morning. it's a fantastic spot here, the royal horticultural society's garden at wisley, in surrey. it's been here for more than 100 years. it is, though, situated, as you might be able to hear from the traffic, right next to the a3. and it is traffic and cars and vehicles which are at the heart of a row which is taking root in these historic gardens. close to here, works are being considered to improve a junction, which could potentially have an effect on many of the trees you see behind me. it could theoretically see them cut down. anyway, here's a little explanation as to the geography of this area and what impact these improvements could have. it's been considered a centre of horticultural excellence for more than a century, but wisley lies close to where the m25 meets the a3.

the junction's often congested. at peak times it's use by 7,000 vehicles an hour. according to highways england it has one of the highest collision rates in the country and needs improving. the royal horticultural society fears one plan being considered would see the a3 widened with the loss of 2.5 acres of woodland from the 240—acre site. 500 trees would be cut down, a prospect that has angered some. this is a giant redwood. you've heard of these, massive. 0ver100 years old. one of several down this great strip. this, along with rhododendrons, magnolias, camellias, would all go. the rhs wants highways england to choose another option, one that would have less impact on these historic gardens. let us have a quick chat to matthew ,

who is the curator here at wisley. how worried are you that this will actually happen? this is a real concern for us. these trees have been here over 100 years. they will live for hundreds of years more. it is a significant part of our collection and our heritage. protection of these is the major to us. we can hear the traffic. talk us through the trees at risk. they go all the way down there and all the way along here — how many trees in total? about 500 significant trees. we are talking probably about 1000 trees in this area. it is a woodland garden called battleston h ill. 0ur trails garden and our arboretum. and the strip that runs alongside the a3 road. thanks very much. highways england have given us a statement. they say they care about the environment, protecting the special habitats. wisley is a priority for them as it develops proposals for the junction. that is proud of the improvements they previously used to protect and often enhance the environment.

the decision is expected in the next few weeks. this proposal is one of several under consideration but there is clearly concern about potential impact on trees. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather.l lot of dry and fine weather over the weekend but don't expect wall—to—wall sunshine. sunshine this morning, this was the scene earlier in sheffield, cloud increasing. alas try and break story the further south and east you are. some brightness across east of scotland but clouding over there as well. a weather front has brought rain and potential for localised flooding and northern ireland. that has moved into scotland and northern parts of

england and not very nice there this afternoon, a bit breezy and some thundery downpours. potential for some rain into northern parts of england, anywhere south of york should be largely dry although a bit more cloudy for the west and sunny spells coming through at times but the best of the sunshine and blue skies, the father so that i up ,upto , up to 23 in norwich was up. enter tonight, rain continues north and dryer in northern ireland but perhaps a future shivers into the midlands and wales, otherwise try further south with clear skies likely as well. temperatures not dropping too much, between 11 and 15. starting the bank or the weekend, rather promising thanks to high pressure from the south. 0nce the fund clears, some are more

settled weather fax to high pressure. few showers tomorrow morning, gradually clearing and a day of sunny spells and adjusted risk of isolated showers but certainly a better day tomorrow across northern ireland and scotland compete with today. temperatures improving between 17 to about 25. into sunday, a quiet day thank to high pressure, a few showers into western parts otherwise dry with sunny spells but don't expect blue skies at all times. the warmer and more humid weather across the south—east, tipsters to about 24. the start of next week, rather u nsettled the start of next week, rather unsettled but farther north and west with temperatures struggling under the cloud and rain but father south humid, and 227 celsius and plenty of sunshine on offer. this is bbc news and these are the top stories

developing at midday: the police watchdog says paedophile ian watkins, could have been arrested nearly four years earlier, if south wales police hadn't ignored numerous tip—offs about him. the main complainant was his former partnerjoanne mjadzelics. her solicitor says she has been vindicated. time at the time, she went to the local police station offering them the chance to look at her computer, where she had an e—mail to her computer, where she had an e—mailto him her computer, where she had an e—mail to him which had photographs ofan e—mail to him which had photographs of an underage child and they didn't wa nt to of an underage child and they didn't want to know. the boss of samsung is found guilty of bribery and embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison. wifi controlled convoys of trucks could be on major british roads by the the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions and reduce congestion. also, major travel disruption expected over the weekend as millions prepare

for the bank holiday getaway. rail operators have warned passengers to expect delays because of engineering works, road users have also been advised to expect longerjourneys over the course of the weekend. and why 500 trees in one of britain's most famous gardens could be under threat by major road widening plans. good afternoon. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a police force has been severely criticised for its failure over a four—year period to investigate allegations about ian watkins, the former lead singer of the band lost prophets, who was convicted in 2013 of 13 child sex offences. an investigation by the independent police complaints commission has

found that south wales police failed to act on eight reports and three intelligence logs from six different people about watkins. the ipcc said the force had dismissed allegations made by watkins' ex—girlfriend and had failed to look at incriminating texts from watkins on her phone, because officers believed she lacked credibility. the commission says the investigation raised "the most disturbing concerns" about the way the case was handled. 0ur reporter mark hutchings has the details. the public face of ian watkins was that of a global star. privately, he was a child abuser whose behaviour, in the words of the judge who sentenced him, "plumbed the depths of the depravity." his eventual arrest in 2012, initially for drug offences, came after years of missed opportunities. the police watchdog and the ipcc found disturbing failures in the way south wales police responded to tip offs. the main complainant was his former partner, joanne mjadzelics.

the ipcc says a lack of open—mindedness meant she wasn't taken seriously. she was not a lone voice. between december 2008 and june 2012, six people raised concerns. it led to eight reports and three intelligence logs, but during that time, watkins was not arrested, questioned, or required to respond to allegations. south wales police admit they failed to listen or investigate properly and say they are "truly sorry." the disciplinary hearing has cleared a detective sergeant with the force, of grossness conduct. last week, the ipcc also accused the south yorkshire force of inaction in investigating watkins. he is now four years into a 29—yearjail sentence. today's report highlights major shortcomings that allowed him to lead a sickening double life for so long. mark hutchings, bbc news, cardiff. the ipcc commissioner for wales said

the report raises disturbing concerns. bias, whether unconscious or conscious, has no place in modern policing. when someone comes forward with such a serious allegation or indeed any allegation or report, it really shouldn't matter what they look like, who they are, what their lifestyle is, what they do. what's really important is what they are saying and it's really important that is taken seriously and that some investigative work is done to see if there is any independent evidence to corroborate what they are saying. meanwhile, the qc defended ian watkins' ex—girlfriend, joanne mjadzelics, . south wales police hasn't had the

grace to apologise to her. they have had to admit their failings yet they have —— she remains a marginal figure. the police didn't believe she was a credible witness? they had some false information that she had once been sectioned, they had some true information she had once been a sex worker. so what, all they have to do was check claims about ian watkins and they never did. and that is the remarkable thing in their so—called investigation. she, time of the time went to her local police station, offering them to look at her laptop computer, where she had an e—mail from her laptop computer, where she had an e—mailfrom him attaching pictures of an underage child, and they refuse to look at it. she provided police with evidence on four different occasions, what difference would it have made if the police had listened tojoanne?m would have stopped the danger to

young children. it may have made a difference for some months to one child, it's much wider than that. they could have stopped this much earlier. she started complaining in 2008, year, after year, after year of her complaining and doing the right thing, police doing nothing and doing the wrong thing. how damaging was ignoring her tojoanne? she was trawled online. she was once infatuated with him, discovered what he did and persistently reported and even warning them that if anything else happens, it would be on their head and not hers, because she gave them every opportunity to investigate. they weren't interested. the south wales police have said sorry, is that enough? they have been forced to face up to their own ineptitude, they haven't had the grace or integrity to

apologise to her. i wonder why? she was prosecuted because she became noisy in public, she was interviewed on television still talking about a lost opportunity the police had and there in action. and that made her feel bad that she hadn't been listened to, as if she was asking yourself, could i have done more? actually, she couldn't have done more, but they did nothing. a court in south korea has found the heir to the samsung empire guilty of bribery, embezzlement and perjury. lee jae—yong, the de facto head of the $300 billion business empire and grandson of the founder, has been sentenced to five years in jail. his lawyers say he will appeal. so what exactly did he do? it started with this, donations worth 36 million us dollars, that's £29 million, by samsung to organisations linked to the former president. she was removed from office and is also facing corruption charges. back in 2015 samsung was trying to merge two of its businesses. prosecutors say the aim

was to boost mr lee's personal power over the company, which he's been running since his father became ill in 2014. prosecutors argued that the donations were bribes to win support from the government for the compa ny‘s restructuring. the affair has once again raised concerns about south korea's business culture and the huge family—owned conglomerates known as "chaebols". they've long been seen as too cosily linked to government and not sufficiently transparent in their dealings. they are also very powerful. to give you an idea, sales by samsung companies account for around a fifth of south korea's entire economy. 0ur correspondent in the south korean capital seoul, yogita limaye, has more. what has the reaction been and what

will be the implications of this conviction? it is hugely important here. people have been reacting, it isa here. people have been reacting, it is a mixed reaction. some people think lee jae—yong deserved this sentence and they are anti corruption. there have been anti—corruption corruption. there have been anti—corru ption protesters gathering outside the court as well. we have seen people protesting the verdict, they were unhappy with the verdict. 0ne they were unhappy with the verdict. one woman said, why should samsung be given this verdict now? this has been happening for a long time in this country and she didn't agree with the decision. as far as the company goes, nothing seems to suggest there was a financial impact. since this trial started earlier this year until now, samsung electronics, one of the biggest arms of the country hasn't been affected. it has turned record profits in the last quarter. but this does raise

the question of a succession plan and whether samsung has won in place because it is a family run enterprise. mr li's father is incapacitated since his heart attack in 2014. if he goes to jail, who will run the business? he does have sisters in management roles in different parts of samsun, but it is unclear who will be the boss of the company if lee jae—yong is sent away for a long time. we mentioned in the introduction of these family owned conglomerates are seen as not being transparent enough, have been too closely linked to government. is this case going to change any of that? that is what the government here wants. it is a government that came to power after the former president was impeached earlier this year. it was part of the same corruption scandal. the new government says it wants to clean up the system and hopes this verdict

will send a strong message to these large conglomerates. what has happened in the past, several times, top executives of these large companies have been convicted of corruption. but the sentences have been suspended or they have been given presidential pardons. celebrity has served a significant time injail. the new president insists those things will change and there will be no more presidential pardons. thank you very much. some news just some newsjust in, the olympic cycling champions, laura and jason kenny have announced the birth of their first kenny have announced the birth of theirfirst child. kenny have announced the birth of their first child. albert louis kenny has arrived. they announce the arrival aren't. saying he was born late on wednesday, week over his due date. welcome to the world, you kept

us waiting a week, but it was all worth it. laura kenny has declared her intention to compete at a third 0lympic her intention to compete at a third olympic games in 2020, but says she won't rush back to the sport. they are probably already measure him up for his first bicycle. wifi—controlled convoys of trucks could be on major british roads by the the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions and reduce congestion. the department for transport says up to three wirelessly connected hgvs will travel together, with drivers in each to steer but the speed controlled by the lead vehicle. the aa, says it has major safety concerns about the idea as our correspondent andy gill reports. they call it platooning, trucks travelling in wi—fi connected convoy with much less space between them than normal. this dutch project is with two vehicles. a trial just announced here will be with three. it would be more efficient, take up less space on the network, improve fuel efficiency

and hopefully help improve costs and savings to the consumer. each lorry has a driver, but the lead cab has control. to think about how three trucks can travel down a road in a platoon, imagine that the lead truck is a giant wi—fi hub, sending out signals on the precise distances and speeds the two need to travel at. and the wi—fi on the trailing two trucks can react much more quickly to signals than a human being can. the funding announcement was made at a lancashire truck factory. researchers say because vehicles in platoon are in each other‘s slipstream, fuel consumption and pollution fall. but one road user's body is sceptical. uk motorways are the most congested in europe. we have more entrances and exits. and if you have a platoon

of driverless lorries, it's very difficult to see road signs. it will be difficult to exit the motorway. there will be rigorous safety checks before any platoons are allowed on the road. they will compare real delivery journeys made by platoon trucks with ones made in the traditional way. andy gill, bbc news, lancashire. richard cuerden is from the transport research authority and in charge of the uk trials for ‘self—drive' lorries and hejoins me from our studio in reading. thank you for talking to us. to all of those people who have safety concerns, what do you say to them? first of all, we understand. the technology has never been trialled in the real world, it has only been demonstrated. we want to be confident enough to trial the technology. before we are able to do

that, we need to be able to make sure that the department for transport and independent advisers are convinced we have thought this through. there has been talk on motorways a re through. there has been talk on motorways are different, so we want to see if this does work on our roads. you say it hasn't been trialled in the real world, what tests have been done? we have seen demonstration eaters, so showcasing the technology. we are moving towards automated vehicles and connected vehicles. there has been a lot of theoretical tests and demonstrations done showing how it works. that is in the perfect conditions. we will do that as part of this trial, but hopefully as we build confidence, we will get to the situation later next year we will put them on the roads and see how they work. that would be another phase of testing rather than a proper introduction of this

technology to the roads, is that right? yes, what we will get to at the end of this project, we will have gone to all the safety cases, then run the trials with real operators, carrying real goods. then at the end of the trial, comparing the operator with a platoon version of delivering goods and anon platoon so it will be a like—for—like comparison and we can look at some of the safety concerns people have, the fuel efficiencies and the lowering of c02 gases. a lot of people, if you connect the vehicles in the way we are suggesting, what that should mean is a smoother flow of traffic and it stops the stop starting traffic and allows traffic to flow and reduces congestion. starting traffic and allows traffic to flow and reduces congestionm you leave to one side the not insignificant concerns about safety for the lorries, for other road users and the concerns about technology and whether it can be

hacked, let's look at the claims this technology can reduce congestion and reduce emissions. what evidence is there for that?“ i start on the congestion, there is a lot of good modelling data. we know a lot about how traffic flows around the uk, certainly on the networks on the motorways. as we all drive around, we can see when one truck goes to overtake another truck and we have this slowdown. but has a ripple effect that goes right through the traffic on the route. we are talking about a system connecting vehicles together to avoid those sorts of things so we can see much smoother traffic on the main routes and there is good evidence that shows if it is said, this technology will work. and as far as emissions go, we have seen trucks working off—road, platoon in and non—platoon inc. in a

platoon, . .. the and non—platoon inc. in a platoon,... the road haulage association, i asked what lorry drivers think and they say, this is people who think what they know road haulage is about trying to tell lorry drivers what to do. if you're not satisfied about the safety concerns, are you saying you will abandon this project? we are doing the evaluation but the road haulage industry, drivers will be part of this trial. they are part of the advisory group and they will be giving us their feedback so it is pa rt giving us their feedback so it is part of the evidence we use in our recommendations. thank you very much. news coming from the courts, we are here rhodri phillips, the fourth viscount st davids has abandoned his appeal against his sentence after being convicted of two counts of

sending menacing messages on social media to the anti—brexit campaigner, jean miller. you may remember rhodri phillips, the fourth viscount st davids was given a sentence of 12 weeks imprisonment for sending those managing messages to gina miller. it followed a warning his sentence could be increased if he went ahead with the appeal, so thatjust in. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the police watchdog says paedophile ian watkins, could have been arrested nearly four years earlier, if south wales police hadn't ignored numerous tip—offs about him. the boss of samsung is found guilty of bribery and embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison. wifi—controlled convoys of trucks could be on major british roads by the the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions and reduce congestion. let's get the sport now.

so, let's start at headingley for the cricket, where england won the toss and decided to bat first on day one of the second test against west indies. and the man who did so much damage in the first test, alastair cook, scoring 243 as england won by an innings and 209 runs, was the early casualty. he was caught out by hope for 11. a short time ago, england were 37—3 with mark stoneman were 38—3 with mark stoneman caught out by roach. mo farah finally signed off his track career with victory. the olympic champ came first in the 5,000 meters at the diamond league in zurich. but it was so tight at the end he was chased down in the final 100 metres by muktar edris, who beat farah at the world championships in london last month. narrowly winning in 13 minutes and six seconds but farah will now concentrate on road races. it is amazing to win.

i have enjoyed my career. it has been a long journey. i will miss the track and the people. it is time to start a new chapter in my life, going on to the road to see what i can do. there was also victory for britain's cj ujah in the 100 metres. he ran a season's best of nine point 97 seconds, beating american world champion justin gatlin who finished fourth. the draw for the europa league group stages is currently under way in monaco everton earned their spot at the expense of hajduk split last night thanks to this stunning 50—yard strike from new signing gylfi sigurdsson. arsenal are in the mix, too, and we'll bring you the results of that draw when we get it. on to hockey now and after disappointment for england's women lost to the netherlands last night at the euro championships in amsterdam — it's the turn of the men today. they face the dutch home side trying to make it through to the final in front of another sell—out crowd of 10,000. we really wanted to get to the

final. we said before the tournament started, we didn't put our game out there. on friday, we have to make sure we get to the final and that will be a big step forward. 0nce sure we get to the final and that will be a big step forward. once we get to the final, we will try to win it. a huge opportunity now to try and geta it. a huge opportunity now to try and get a european medal. west brom have signed scotland winger 0liver burke from german club rb liepzig on a five—year contract. burke became the most expensive scottish player ever when he joined the bundesliga side for a fee of about £13 million last year. burke could make his west brom debut on sunday at home to stoke in the premier league. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. major travel disruption is expected over the weekend as millions prepare for the bank holiday getaway amid engineering works on some of the country's busiest rail routes. 0perators have warned passengers to expect delays, as services between london, the north west and scotland are cancelled and five of london's biggest stations face disruption. keith doyle reports. travelling by train this

bank holiday weekend will be difficult for many, and somejourneys will be impossible. engineering work is taking place at five of london's main stations. waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street and paddington will have greatly reduced services. euston will be closed completely on saturday and sunday. work on hs2 means there will be no trains from scotland and the north of england to london on the west coast main line on saturday and sunday. services from the midlands will only run as far south as northampton. great western services out of paddington to wales will be disrupted until next month with no services between newport and cardiff this weekend. king's cross station in london is expected to be very busy. and it won'tjust be the stations. road traffic is expected to be 20%

greater compared to last year's summer bank holiday. 5 million people are predicted to take to the roads on monday alone. travel trade organisation abta says nearly a quarter of a million passengers will use heathrow today, and over 300,000 will use gatwick over the weekend. so whether it's planes, trains or automobiles, it's going to be a busy few days. 0ur correspondent adina campbell was at euston station a short while ago. she told us what the official advice is for travellers. iam here i am here in euston, which is one of the capital's busiest stations. it has got a lot busier in the last hour. that is because from tomorrow, as we have heard, this engineering project will be taking place. it is huge, it is costing £133 million. 17,000 engineers will be taking part

in the work. they will be extending platforms preparing for hay chest to and preparing tracks and signalling as well. this will have a huge impact on passengers, particularly on the west coast main line, there will be no trains into london from those areas. the work isn'tjust going on in london, other engineering work is happening in wales, the midlands and in northern england as well. i am joined by stephenjoseph from england as well. i am joined by stephen joseph from the england as well. i am joined by stephenjoseph from the campaign for better transport. a massive investment, but a long time coming you believe? this is about putting right historic underinvestment and catering for the huge growth we have seen both in passengers and freight traffic over the last 20 years. that is all welcome, it is notjust about the railway, it is about making the railway fit to take more passenger and freight traffic off the roads, giving people a choice in getting about. we welcome that. we just want to see the work done, it is never

the right time to do it, we want to see it done on time and keep passengers informed and up to speed about what is happening. the work isn't just about what is happening. the work isn'tjust happening about what is happening. the work isn't just happening in about what is happening. the work isn'tjust happening in london, there are improvements in many other parts of the country as well, what kind of impact, what kind of benefits will it bring? we hope it will bring real upgrades in the amount, the frequency of services and also in the quality of services. however, we still want to see the government reinstate some of the work they have talked about dropping. particularly outside london, in the midlands and the north of england, which have had historically very little investment in their railways. we need to see that investment put back on. we are hearing different messages from the government. theresa may saying she wants the upgrades in the north to happen. we really need to see more of this work happening to give people a real choice in how they get

about an passengers a better service. thank you very much. network rail has said there is never a good time to do this work of course, but august is quieter, 50% fewer passengers use the services. so the short term pain will be worth the long term gain. airports and the roads will also be very busy and the advice, check before you travel. let's return to the news we brought you a few moments ago that rhodri phillips has decided to abandon his appeal against his conviction for sending menacing messages to the anti—brexit campaigner gina millar. 0ur correspondent is at southwark crown court. it was a fairly dramatic turnaround. rhodri phillips arrived at court, accompanied by a number of supporters. he was due to

make this appeal against his sentence, but before it started, judge deborah taylor, the senior judge sitting at this court, and advise rhodri phillips' barrister that the court, having read the papers in the case, had to advise rhodri phillips that there was a risk that if the appeal proceeded, the original 12 week sentence that was imposed by westminster magistrates' court injuly, that sentence could be increased. that led the barrister to ask for time to advise his client. he had 15 minutes to do so and when he returned to court, he advised the court, that having considering the indication judge taylor had given, the appeal would be abandoned. the effect of thatis would be abandoned. the effect of that is that the 12 week sentence that is that the 12 week sentence that was originally imposed, lord st davids had served five days of that when he put in his appeal. he was then given bail pending the appeal.

he will serve the remainder of that sentence, so that is 11 weeks and two days. it will be subject to early release provisions. but it was a dramatic turnaround because the qc indicated the advice had already been given to viscount st davids, but there was a possibility, there a lwa ys but there was a possibility, there always is a possibility when you appeal against sentence, that the sentence could be increased. that advice had been given before the hearing. but the barrister said, having heard it from thejudge personally, and vice was taken and that issue was reconsidered and the appeal was abandoned. so he will now serve the remainder of the sentence. just to remind people of the facts in this case. in november of last year, gina millar, the businesswoman won a victory at the high court

which forced the government to have a vote in parliament before article 50 of the lisbon treaty, the mechanism by which the uk leaves the eu, before that was triggered. it was four days after that victory that rhodri phillips posted on facebook, effectively offering a bounty of £5,000 to the first person who accidentally ran gina millar over. he referred to her also as an immigrant, about jumper. he over. he referred to her also as an immigrant, aboutjumper. he was also found guilty of a similar offence in relation to another man, who was an immigrantand it relation to another man, who was an immigrant and it was said he relation to another man, who was an immigrantand it was said he had turned down a five bedroom council house for his family of eight children. in that instance, rhodri phillips offered a bounty of £2000 for the first person who cut this man into pieces. he will, rhodri phillips, serve his full sentence for those offences. thank you very

much, clive coleman at southwark crown court. the not looking too bad at this weekend, plenty of sunshine around as we move through the weekend. today some sunshine across england and part of wales, farther north sherry outbreaks across northern ireland and scotland. some of those outbreaks could be fairly heavy with localised flooding and the odd rumble of slander possible for scotland. creeping into northern england through the day but for much of england and wales lied largely dry plate and feeling warm with highs of 24. through this evening, the rain eases eastwards, fizzling out from the west becoming drier. for much of england and wales plenty of dry weather and plain and

overnight lows of between 11 and 15. tomorrow a vast improvement from rather violent and scotland, good spells of sunshine but it looks like it'll be mostly dry for much of central and england and wales with highs of around 25 degrees. the police watchdog has said that the paedophile ian watkins could have been arrested nearly four years earlier if south wales police had investigated numerous tip—offs. the billionaire chairman and heir of samsung has been jailed for five years for corruption. convoys of up to three lorries controlled by wifi and a single driver could be on british roads by the end of next year. passengers have been warned by rail operators to expect delays over

the bank holiday weekend due to engineering works — with roadworks also affecting some journeys. lawyers acting for the the vice chairman of samsung have said they will appeal against his five year prison sentence for corruption. jay yong lee was found guilty of bribing a close friend of the former president, park geun hye — in the hope of gaining government favours. with mejames cook the technology editor of business insider uk... how bad is this for some some? to them that looks quite bad, the stock dipped but for the samsung families is not too bad. five years jail sentence was the best case scenario they were hoping for. it is not

about the quality of the technology behind their products, it is about something personal sorrow hope that most consumers will still have faith in their products? absolutely. the airto the in their products? absolutely. the air to the samsung empire isn't huge run out of south korea, he is not the public face of the company so that hoping to isolate this from the new phones are bringing out and deal with it. and perhaps the further away you get from south korea, and even lesser impact. that's what they're hoping. also he can continue making decisions from insidejail. how will the company operates a going forward and who will be in charge? at the moment is the gentleman who has gone to jail wasn't running on day—to—day operations, he was the decision makers signing off on big products which they hope you can continue today in jail. the day—to—day

running of executives and the business mint control of the company but for big decisions going on like ford launches apple likely go to jay yong lee. he will be the de facto head and was in that position? that has been the plan really was in detention, as further the chairman of samsung has been in hospital so he has been the key decision—makers. thank you. a popular indian godman and self—styled spiritual guru who claims to have millions of followers has been found guilty of raping two women fifteen years ago. gurmeet ram rahim singh will be sentenced on monday. picture shown a leading television

appear to show police firing tear gas. there are also reports of vandalism on a large—scale across the town of panchkula with the cops its verdict. 0ur south asia correspondentjustin rowlattjoins us now from delhi. 0nly last spoke these reports were just coming in about the violence and reaction, tell us more about the travel. -- trouble. trouble was widely expected. tens of thousands of the foremost timed out to offer support during this trial. thousands of people there are, we could see some had sticks and threatened dire consequences if he was convicted and that has certainly come to pass. the images you showed earlier showed there had been a series of charges, there had been a series of charges,

the protesters threw stones at police responded with tear gas, they have water cannons and the understanding was also live firing. as far as we understand three people have been killed and we understand that figure is very likely to rise. unconfirmed reports of up to ten people having been killed so far and this really serious public order situation developing in the north indian town of panchkula. tell us about the background to the case and to this self—styled guru as it has inspired so many followers. ram rahim singh is a truly extraordinary figure. he claims to have 50 million followers mostly in india but around the world. he has a huge beard, often pictured riding a big motorcycle, he has made a rock videos and starred in movies, a hugely charismatic figure who claims to bea hugely charismatic figure who claims

to be a spiritual guru promoting peace and well—being around the world. there are a number of serious allegations against him in addition to these two rapes of richie was convicted. claims he was involved in the milder of a journalist who widely reported the sexual abuse allegations and it strongly claims he persuaded 400 of his followers to be castrated in order that they would bring him closer to god. quite an extraordinary and they're very charismatic figures. regarded as a kind of saint almost a god figure by his followers and therefore inspires this devotion and that is why ucd really violent confrontations in the north indian state. between security forces and the police. the chief minister appealed for calm, saying he 35 the wherewithal in place to

stop outbreaks of violence but that certainly hasn't been true and that has been quite serious violence in north india as a result of the conviction of this self—styled god man guru. thank you. radical action is needed to help integrate some immigrants into society, according to a group of mps. in a new report, the all—party—parliamentary group on ‘social integration' warns that the immigration debate has become polarised. it's renewing calls for the government to make english lessons compulsory. the home office says it already funds community cohesion projects, including some focused on language. the chair of the group, labourmp chuka umunna, spoke to the bbc this morning. the overall argument that we are making here is that integration is absolutely key. and the poisonous nature of the debate about immigration is actually hindering integration, it is putting off newcomers to our communities who actually get involved in the life of the communities.

that requires better leadership frankly amongst a whole host of other things. there are two things here. first of all, government has to provide more funding. there's no two ways about that. secondly you can do that in a way perhaps that doesn't break the bank and is perhaps not as costly as it could be by introducing an income contingent loan like the student loan system to help newcomers to actually fund their own english—language learning. this proposal arises looking at the things that they do in canada and australia, where they have devolved immigration policy to the provinces and regions in those countries. what they do there is they have employers help with the issue of region specific visas which require a person to work for two or three years in a particular region before they are allowed to move across the rest of the country. what we're trying to do here is to actually give localities and regions much more power over the way our immigration system works

to increase the confidence in it so that people feel they have more control over what is happening in their communities. the us states is facing what could be the worst hurricane to hit the country and 12 years. colour can hardly is expected to reach texas to date and concerns torrential rain to bring life—threatening flooding. as the storm approaches, final preparations. workers on the texas coastline are filling sandbags to face hurricane harvey. the storm is bringing dangerous tidal surges and potentially life—threatening rainfall. even if we don't see flooding friday night or we don't see flooding saturday, this threat is still there saturday night, sunday and possibly even into monday, so we need people to be aware. residents are stocking up on food and water,

supermarket shelves are emptying. some bread, water and eggs. some of the essentials. i've got kids, so i want to make sure we have stuff in the cupboards and the fridge. one of the places watching the weather most carefully is new orleans. some of the city's pumping stations aren't working and there are problems with electricity. the mayor is concerned. we are working hard to make sure that we have secure power and redundant power, but it's not where i want it to be and it's not where it should be a right now, so yes, this is an unfortunate set of circumstances where we are having a threat at a time when we're not in our strongest position. 12 years ago, hurricane katrina flooded new orleans, killing more than 700 people. that failure was blamed on the federal government, gravely damaging president bush's reputation. this time washington says it's prepared but coastal regions aren't taking any chances. bill hayton, bbc news. more now on major travel disruption

that's expected over the weekend. millions are preparing for the bank holiday getaway amid engineering works on some of the country's busiest rail routes. 0perators have warned passengers to expect delays, as services between london, the north west and scotland are cancelled and five of london's biggest stations face disruption. we can go live now to our reporter sam read in northampton where some services will change. tell us exactly what is expected in the area and her passengers can cope with that. passengers are betting the brunt of peer of a work in london. there are no direct services from here on milton keynes to the capital because london euston is closed for preparatory work ahead of hs two. you can get as far as hemel

hempstead on sunday as far as milton keynes. it is those dreaded real replacement buses and then in the tube to carry on yourjourney. the advice from operators is simple, but travel if you can avoid it. that applies to other lines nearby lake boundary and vista would you might go on states, they say they are running but they will be so busy suburbs travel frozen some passengers say this is because of preparatory work for hs two at euston and we are getting the pain of hs two and not the game because would be a station anywhere near here. the government say the torque increase capacity on the whole network so it will benefit everyone but if you have preplanned hotel night in london this weekend or a theatre trip that is not much consolation when the advice is simply don't travel by train at all possible. thank you. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the police watchdog says

paedophile ian watkins, could have been arrested nearly four years earlier, if south wales police hadn't ignored numerous tip—offs about him. the boss of samsung is found guilty of bribery and embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison. wifi controlled convoys of lorries could be on motorways by the the end of next year — as part of a plan to cut emissions and reduce congestion. it is one of the most anticipated boxing matches in history — former world champion boxer floyd mayweather is coming out of retirement to fight mixed martial arts champion conor mcgregor. mayweather is undefeated in his professional career. mcgregor is a boxing novice who will be stepping into the ring for his first ever professional boxing match. four and a half years earlier my colleague chloe tilley spoke to former martial arts fighter brad picket and enzo maccarnelli a former world champion boxer. do you think, unlike steve, that mayweather is going to be

absolutely fine in this fight? he might be 40 but he is a boxer and he is undefeated. i think he will be fine. i think conor mcgregor is an amazing athlete. i'm sure some of the skillset that he has in mma will go with him to boxing. but, unfortunately, the skillset he has by making people miss and making people think a lot, mayweather does that much better in boxing terms. does mcgregor have a chance? of course he has a chance. if he catches mayweather flush, clean on a button, we could see mayweather get hurt. he has been hurt before. but he also recovered well. 49 fighters before all had that same chance as well. what do you think, brad? it is a very interesting fight. for me, obviously, mayweather has beaten 49 boxers before. he is not fighting a boxer this time. he is fighting someone who comes

with a different kind of skillset. 0bviously, he is restricted with the skills that you can use within the fight. with boxing, it has been around for many years. the same techniques have always been the same. 0bviously, with the freedom of mma, you are allowed to express yourself a lot more as a fighter. for people who don't understand what mixed martial arts is, just explain it to us. for me, i explain this like, if you look at olympic sports, it is like the triathlon of martial arts. you have got to be good at boxing, wrestling and judo. you cannot be... you are better being a jack of all trades than a master of one. you have to learn a lot more. that is the misconception with conor mcgregor — a lot of his training is boxing. me, as an mma fighter as well, a lot of my training is boxing. i have boxed a lot. do you think mcgregor has got a chance? well, in fighting terms, anyone who throws punches has a chance. but he is fighting, for me, the pound for pound best defensive boxer out there.

to knock someone out, you have to hit them. he is going to find that hard and very frustrating. it all depends, for me, how mayweather wants to fight this fight. if he wants to make it exciting and come after mcgregor, it will be interesting and quite funny. but you think he might just sit back? i've got a feeling he mightjust sit back for a few rounds, try and suss out mcgregor, see what she is doing and stuff and come on... i think round six or something like that, you will see mayweather really putting it on a mcgregor. lots of people have been critical, particularly online, saying this is absolutely obscene, a farce, a fiasco. it is not a fight, it is not the sporting spectacle, just obscene — two people grabbing as much money as they can. to a certain extent, yes. if you look at conor mcgregor, for example, the money he was on in ufc, he is going to quadruple his net worth in one fight.

on saturday night. how can he turn that fight down? he suggested it, didn't he? he was the one who put it out there in the first place. 100%. conor mcgregor is a marketing machine, how could he really turn that down? i think this was his ploy. he is set for life after this fight, i think. a lot of credit to him. what do you think? do you think it is a farce or great for the future mma fighters to make the crossover and make lots more cash? i feel that a lot of people don't understand. even though boxing is a sport, mma is a sport, but it is an entertainment business, you know? people want to see fights. if people are going to pay to watch it, the promoter is going to put these shows on. that fate is taking place on saturday in las vegas. it's one of the busiest motorway

junctions in the country with more accidents than any other in england — but plans to improve the m25 atjunction ten at wisley could threaten a number of rare trees and plants. highways england says the upgrade will make the road safer but campaigners including alan titchmarsh are calling for british gardeners to take a stand against the plans. tim muffett was in wisley for us earlier. it's a fantastic spot here, the royal horticultural society's garden at wisley, in surrey. it's been here for more than 100 years. it is, though, situated, as you might be able to hear from the traffic, right next to the a3. and it is traffic and cars and vehicles which are at the heart of a row which is taking root in these historic gardens. close to here, works are being considered to improve a junction, which could potentially have an effect on many of the trees you see behind me. it could theoretically see them cut down. anyway, here's a little explanation

as to the geography of this area and what impact these improvements could have. it's been considered a centre of horticultural excellence for more than a century, but wisley lies close to where the m25 meets the a3. the junction's often congested. at peak times it's use by 7,000 vehicles an hour. according to highways england it has one of the highest collision rates in the country and needs improving. the royal horticultural society fears one plan being considered would see the a3 widened with the loss of 2.5 acres of woodland from the 240—acre site. 500 trees would be cut down, a prospect that has angered some. this is a giant redwood. you've heard of these, massive. 0ver100 years old. one of several down this great strip. this, along with rhododendrons, magnolias, camellias, would all go. the rhs wants highways england to choose another option,

one that would have less impact on these historic gardens. let us have a quick chat to matthew, who is the curator here at wisley. how worried are you that this will actually happen? this is a real concern for us. these trees have been here over 100 years. they will live for hundreds of years more. it is a significant part of our collection and our heritage. and protection of these is really major to us. we can hear the traffic. talk us through the trees at risk. they go all the way down there and all the way along here — how many trees in total? about 500 significant trees. we are talking probably about 1,000 trees along this full area. it is a woodland garden called battleston h ill, our trails garden and our arboretum. and the strip that runs alongside the a3 road. thanks very much. highways england have given us a statement. they say they care about the environment,

protecting the special habitats. wisley is a priority for them as it develops proposals for the junction. that it's proud of the improvements they previously used to protect and often enhance the environment. the decision is expected in the next few weeks. this proposal is one of several under consideration but there is clearly concern about the potential impact on trees at wisley. the weather and a few minutes. hundreds of animals at london zoo — from the tree frogs to lions — are being measured as parts of the annual weigh—in. the sizes and weights of the creatures are recorded by the keepers so they can monitor the creatures' health and well—being. tim allman reports. when you are weighing someone, this is not the sort of thing that usually happens.

the squirrel monkeys of london zoo, a little reluctant to co—operate. every year, around 200 animals get put on the scales. these baby penguins, a little more docile, but not all the zoo's inhabitants are as willing to play ball. some are definitely less cooperative, and it's not even about being less cooperative sometimes — some of them think it's a game. primates in particular and young animals are very inquisitive when you go in. and they think it's a game and they are more interested at pecking at the scales, looking at the gloves the keepers are wearing, or running off with some of the food and not getting on the scales at all. so it can be a real challenge. it's notjust weight — other vital statistics are of interest, too. a giant ruler being used to measure the height of these lions. a sack of meat encouraging them to stand on their hind legs to get the most accurate figures. all this information helps the zoo monitor the animals'

health and well—being. information that is then shared with other zoos around the world. from the smallest to the largest, every animal takes part, weather they want to or not. tim allman, bbc news. the woman who's won the biggest single lotteryjackpot in american history has already told her bosses she wont be returning to work. mavis wun—zick — a 53—year old mum of two from massachusetts — scooped the 758—point—7 million dollar prize in the powerball lottery. the chances of any single ticket winning werejust one in 292 million. the first thing i want to do is i just want sit back and relax. i had a pipe dream, and my pipe dream has finally come true. i wanted to retire in 12, and it came early. what do you do for work? i work currently at

mercy medical center, and i was there for 32 years. are you still there or are you...? i've called them and told them i will not be coming back! in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two — first we leave you with for a look at the weather. a north—south split to the weather today, the best of the brightness the further south you are and whether watchers have been sending in their photos. this blue sky in suffolk. enter the weekend, a lot of warm sunshine and the rest of the odd isolated shower. particularly on saturday the further north you have the could be fairly heavy and outbreaks of light drizzle and the

far north—west on sunday. today a bit of a north—south split, outbreaks of show a leading across northern ireland and scotland but the best of the brightness the further south and east you are. through the rest of the day today, good spells of sunshine across the far south and south—east tabs of teaching maximum of 24 or 25. a little workload across the midlands and wales, losing the odd spot of rain and substrate with sunny spells and this if you feel they have showers across northern ireland and scotland. the chance of localised flooding in northern ireland. through this evening and overnight, continuing to see the rain edging eastwards, improving from the west so northern ireland and western scotla nd so northern ireland and western scotland seeing a drier weather pushing in and much of england and wales and dry with just the odd isolated shower. 0vernight lows between 11 and 15. tomorrow fairly

warm and the south with good spells of sunshine and the risk of the odd isolated shower across central and southern england and wales. further north that improves, better for northern ireland and scotland, good spells of sunshine and the risk of the odd isolated shower of which could be fairly heavy. temperatures are today, maximum of 25. into sunday, looking like another decent day with plenty of dry and bright weather, the best in the sunshine for the southeast, cloud into the far north—west. drizzle as well. temperatures a maximum of 27. enter monday, the weather flood temperatures a maximum of 27. enter monday, the weatherflood plains outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and scotland than increasingly breezy but staying largely dry receptors at a maximum of 27. a rock star, jailed for depraved child abuse could have been caught years earlier if south wales police hadnt missed a series of opportunities to stop him.

lostprophets singer ian watkins was jailed for 29 years after a campaign of abuse — a damning report's says a key witness had been believed. the singer's former girlfriend reported him to the police many times, but she was never taken seriously. time after time, she went to her local police station, offering them the chance to look at her computer, laptop, where she had an e—mail from her computer, laptop, where she had an e—mailfrom him attaching photographs of an underage child and they did not want to look at it. south wales police has accepted the criticism and assurances have been given to the public that if they come forward with credible concerns about abuse, they will be taken seriously. also this lunchtime: a warning of