this is bbc news. the headlines at six: the metropolitan police pays compensation to retired field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late lord brittan over false child abuse accusations. more than m00 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across several south asian countries. president trump and the first lady touchdown in texas for the second time this week, to visit those affected by the us flooding. campaigners say hundreds of homes have been destroyed in a rohingya muslim village as thousands of the minority group continue to flee myanmar. investigators say the chemical cloud, which affected parts of east sussex last weekend may have been caused by emissions from shipwrecks. good evening and welcome to bbc news.

the metropolitan police has paid compensation to the former head of the army, lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary, lord brittan, who were both falsely accused of child sexual abuse. the value of the pay outs has not been confirmed. lord bramall and lord brittan were accused by the same man — who is now being investigated for perverting the course of justice. more than m00 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across several south asian countries. parts of india's financial centre, mumbai, are under several feet of water and in the eastern state of bihar, more than 500 people have been killed. president trump has arrived in texas for the second time, to see what more can be done for people driven out of their homes

by hurricane harvey. he'll make a point of meeting survivors and talking to volunteers, after facing criticism that last time he spoke only to officials leading the response to the storm. he'll also go to neighbouring louisiana which was badly hit by the storm. half a million households in the affected region have asked for help. nearly 60,000 rohingya, the muslim minority in myanmar, have now fled the country after violence erupted a week ago. the united nations says scores of people are reported to have died since rohingya militants attacked police positions. subsequent clashes have sent civilians from all communities fleeing. sanjoy majumder has been to a refugee camp on the bangladesh—myanmar border, from where he sent us this report. exhausted and traumatised after escaping death. many of these rohingyas have walked for hours across hills, and wading

through paddy fields to avoid border patrols before making it here. these are fresh arrivals, rohingyas who have just arrived after crossing the border, and with every passing hour, there are more and more of them coming. there is absolutely no space left any more, so they are just living on any piece of open ground they can find, and many of them have the most disturbing testimony to share. i meet a man who is nursing a bullet wound in his foot. he tells me that his village, just across the border, was attacked, allegedly by the myanmar military and armed mobs. translation: so many people were killed. theyjust set fire to everything. ijust ran. they were shooting at us and i got hit. there were people whose throats were slashed with knives. there had been reports of villages being torched and hundreds of rohingyas being killed in myanmar‘s rakhine state. the violence kicked off after a rohingya militant

group attacked dozens of police posts in the area last week. those who can have fled the fighting, building temporary shelters and trying to make a home for themselves. bangladesh, after initially trying to stop them coming, is now letting them in. so, for now, this represents freedom. but at what cost, and what lies ahead? a grammar school which forced people to leave halfway through the courts because of their results has reversed its decision. parents began legal action after shootings who did not get at least a b grade at as—level were told that they could not continue their course. the lawyer representing the family say the school has now changed its mind. 0ur correspondent has more.

it is almost like a policy of post selection, which, on the surface of it, is unlawful. st 0laves is an outstanding school, founded in the 16th century, a long history of academic achievement, this year it got 96% at a star to b at a—level and therein appears to lie the problem. it was an open secret at the school that if in your first year of a—level study you did not hit b grades in your subjects, you would be asked to leave. this year it appears that that happened to two pupils. very small numbers? very small numbers this year but clearly a policy of some years standing. what happened was that the parents of these children began to take legal action, they threatened to sue the school, claiming that the department for education's rules are clear, you cannot post—select at a—level, you can only be asked to leave a school for behaviour or other problems. 0n the face of this legal action, the school has backed down and said those pupils can come back and also that policy will be abandoned. in a few moments, clive myrie

will be here with a full round up of the day's news. but first — utility companies could be charged by—the—hour for digging up busy roads in england. the government believes it might encourage contractors to speed—up repairs and reduce traffic jams. the local government association has welcomed the proposals. simonjones reports. misery for motorists in leeds today, costing time and money. now the government is considering making companies pay to do work in peak time. i think that's a good idea, and it may cut the roadworks down and stagger them a bit more. you'll often come past and there'll be nobody here a lot of the time, and you think, why did you dig it up if you are now working over there, you know, how can you do it? so, yeah, that could make a big, big difference. 2.5 million roadworks are carried out each year. it is estimated to cost the economy £4 billion, as people are late for work or deliveries don't arrive on time. companies could be charged

up to £2500 per site, to work on roads during the day. the government says trials have already seen severe congestion fall by a half. we've been trialling it in london and kent and it's proved extremely successful, and we estimate that there's been about 600 less incursions into the highway surface than would have happened otherwise. motoring groups want some reassurances. it's absolutely right that roadworks should be more efficient and they should be done in as short time as possible. one thing that we would not like to see compromised, though, is quality. so it's important that whilst we improve the efficiency of roadworks quality is not compromised, because the last thing that motorists would want to see is a stretch of road being rushed and botched. the group that represents utility companies points out that they are carrying out big infrastructure projects designed to boost the economy, and if they have to pay to close roads, it offers less value for money for their customers. they also say that around half of all roadworks aren't carried out by utility companies,

but by highways authorities, designed to improve the layout and surface of the roads. firms are being told they could avoid the charges by carrying out work at night, or coordinating plans with other companies. the scheme could be introduced in 2019. simon jones, bbc news. good evening. the metropolitan police has confirmed it's paid compensation, to the former chief of the defence staff, field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary, lord brittan. and the family of the late both men had been falsely accused of child sexual abuse by an informant, who's now being investigated for allegedly perverting the course of justice. here's tom symonds. the course of justice. they were claims which seemed to go right to the heart of power in britain. to go right to the heart child sexual abuse and murder. to go right to the heart after a 14 month investigation which went nowhere, a review concluded the claims were false. which went nowhere, a review but not before police had raided the homes of lord bramall,

one of britain's most senior former military figures. lord brittan, the former home secretary, who had died. and harvey proctor, once a conservative mp. names among those offered by this man, known as nick, who still can't be named for legal reasons. a retired judge found police had failed to properly assess his credibility. had failed to properly applications for search warrants contained inaccuracies. and the investigation went on too long. it's thought lord bramall and lord brittan‘s family have received around £100,000 each in compensation from the police. i've never complained about being investigated. it was only the heavy—handed and very unintelligent way that they went about it. and very unintelligent way i mean, i think they could have said... if they'd taken any trouble to put their effort onto questioning the so—called victim, i think they would have found

it was very unlikely. i think they would have found but harvey proctor has not settled. i think they would have found he lost hisjob and his home when he became embroiled in operation midland. when he became embroiled negotiations between mr proctor‘s lawyers and the police continue. the man who made the original allegations is himself being investigated, to see whether he deliberately misled the police. whether he deliberately tom symonds, bbc news, scotland yard. the un now says as many as 41 million people have been affected by heavy monsoon rains across south asia, leading to the worst flooding in the region for several years. whole communities have been uprooted across india, bangladesh and nepal, and at least moo people have lost their lives. and at least moo people 0ur correspondent, justin rowlatt, has just sent us this report from the city of katihar, in one of the worst affected regions, bihar state, in north east india, where hundreds of people have died. in north east india, where we're going can

only be reached by boat. the only dry place for miles around is on top of this great embankment, but the embankment that now protects the villagers is the reason the floods had such a catastrophic impact. the torrential rains transformed the normally placid river, the pressure grew and grew. the normally placid river, so what happened, the embankment holding back the river breached and the water came crashing in here, sweeping away half the village, devastating their homes, devastating their lives. translation: it felt like we were hit by an ocean of water, ijust ran for my life, taking my children with me. i didn't have time to save anything. taking my children with me. everything i own has gone. taking my children with me. this man showed me what the floods had done to his home. 0h! had done to his home. look at this.

had done to his home. so, he said the whole place was flooded with water. the water was above his head and came rushing through here. you can see, it'sjust left absolutely terrible mud behind. so, he says for three days they had no food at all and then some people came, bringing food. some relief for them. came, bringing food. he said there wasn't enough room to stay on the embankment so he had to bring his family down here, including his three—year—old child. to live amongst this filth. including his three—year—old child. it is eid today, one of the great festivals of islam. like most of the village, this family is muslim. for the first time since the catastrophe they are having meat, but there was little appetite for celebration. tens of thousands of communities across south asia have similar stories of horror and destruction to tell. the only good news here, is that

everyone in this village survived. justin rowlatt, bbc news, bihar. everyone in this village survived. nearly 60,000 refugees from myanmar‘s rohinga muslim minority, have fled the country, to neighbouring bangladesh. the exodus follows weeks of violence, involving rohinga militants, and a counter—offensive launched by the myanmar military, in the largely buddhist state. launched by the myanmar military, hundreds of people have died. launched by the myanmar military, president trump has flown into texas today for his second visit this week to areas affected by hurricane harvey. he's meeting survivors of the storm, and those helping with the relief effort. of the storm, and those helping the president has asked congress for an initial payment of £6 billion in emergency funding. for an initial payment of £6 billion 0ur north america correspondent james cook is in houston. what james cook is in houston. help is the president off the what help is the president offering? the president is offering this initial package of £6 billion worth

of help and he is asking congress to approve that, that should be approved pretty speedily by congress. it is only the start of the funds the city will need, the mayor of houston said more than 15 times that amount will eventually be required to help this city recover and all eyes will be on president trump to see how he is coping with this disaster in presidential terms. he is credited with having done pretty well so far, along with his federal emergency management agency, the response is said to have been pretty quick, in contrast to the response to hurricane katrina in 2005 which was disastrous. he is visiting this place, texas and neighbouring louisiana, where the flooding is continued, chemical plant explosions to the north of the city and also 120,000 people without drinking water further east. james

cook, thanks for joining drinking water further east. james cook, thanks forjoining us. a man has been arrested after a crossbow bolt was fired into the oval cricket ground during a match. it happened on thursday when surrey were playing middlesex. armed police carried out an evacuation of the south london stadium and the game was abandoned. an evacuation of the south london the 35—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted gbh and released on bail. on suspicion of attempted gbh the first pedestrians have walked across the queensferry crossing, the new bridge over the firth of forth. by the end of the weekend 50,000 people are expected to have made thejourney, taking in magnificent views. the bridge, will officially open to traffic next week. 0ur correspondent catrina renton has more. this catrina renton has more. is something we won't si again, this is something we won't see again, for two days only, 50,000 people are getting the chance to walk over the new queensferry crossing, chosen in a ballot from almost a quarter of a million people who put their names forward for this

moment in history. this is something i sick until his family about. —— isaac. yes we have taken lots of photos, if he doesn't remember himself. the forth road bridge openedin himself. the forth road bridge opened “119611. himself. the forth road bridge opened in 1964. this is a new crossing for the 21st—century, a chance to sample this feat of engineering, 1.7 miles long and the tallest in the uk. these are the people who have been lucky enough to walk over the bridge, they are taking every opportunity to relish this, this road will soon become a motorway so this is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity for these people to experience the bridge up close and personal. nine—year—old woody's family watched the bridge being built as they drove over the old one. there was a massive gap in the middle. and soon

we will be seeing so many cars over it. i thought it was done, i was so excited, my heart was pounding. the first ministerjoined walkers, taking pictures and soaking up the atmosphere. such a feeling of pride on the part of everyone i have spoken to, this is a scottish icon and it will become one of the most recognisable bridges anywhere in the world. today's memories will be passed down the generations. catriona renton, bbc news. passed down the generations. 0n passed down the generations. the queensferry cro motor racing, and britain's lewis hamilton set a new record this afternoon italy — by securing his 69th pole position, surpassing that of michael schumacher. qualifying was hit by heavy rain at monza — but the mercedes driver snatched pole at the last minute. the teenage rookie lance stroll — driving for williams — will start tomorrow's race alongside hamilton. championship leader sebastian vettel starts sixth for ferrari, in their home race. starts sixth for ferrari, that's it for now. starts sixth for ferrari, we are back with the late news at 1025pm. now on bbc1 it's time

for the news where you are. hello, this is bbc news. three more us diplomatic staff in cuba have reported health problems, following what american officials suspect was a covert sonic attack. 19 people have now reported symptoms, including damaged hearing. the us believes a sonic device was placed in or near diplomats‘ homes. some of the victims suffered mild brain injuries and permanent hearing loss, according to the union representing us diplomatic staff. cuba has denied any involvement. william marquez, a reporter with bbc mundo, has the background to the story. this started really late last year when some diplomatic us personnel, and at least one canadian, started saying that they had some sort of symptoms.

then it all came out in may when the us threw out two cuban diplomats in washington in retaliation for what they said cuba failing to protect their personnel in havana. and then in august we knew that there were 16 people who had been affected with some hearing loss, some mild brain injury, headaches, loss of balance. and now yesterday the state department came saying it was 19 and that the latest attack had occurred as recently as this august. but they don't rule out more attacks, is what they said. that was william marquez of bbc mundo. some social housing residents in west london are to be the first in england to have free solar panels fitted on their homes under a new government scheme. 1000 jobs are being created by the project. the aim is to reach 800,000 homes over the next five years. here's our business correspondent vishala sri—pathma. the sun is out in acton,

in west london, and residents here are hoping that it's going to help bring down their energy bills. these houses are some of the first beneficiaries of a new scheme that will see 100,000 social housing properties have solar panels installed in the next 18 months. solar's become one of the cheapest sources of energy, and that's why the government thinks that panels like these are the solution to our rising energy bills. solarplicity is the company that's installing the panels. they say that they've found their tenants save an average of £240 a year on their energy bills. these residents are hoping they‘ re right. i think it's a good idea, and especially going to save on bills. in the long term, we're going to save a bit, i should think. so i think it's a very good idea. ealing borough council say

that they had planned on covering more homes, but cuts to tariffs and subsidies has meant they simply cannot afford to do so. but the government insists that the falling price of solar now means that the industry does not require help. what we want to see is, and this is actually a good scheme, showing how you don't need to subsidise solar power as much, but still make it highly effective. we're talking here about the potential of 800,000 homes across the country in the next five years, with a combination of a fantastic uk companies and investment coming in from abroad, and cheaper bills. cheaper and greener energy — that's our objective. the expansion of solar is now largely reliant on the business case for it, with councils and households increasingly look to private investors for encouragement, rather than the government. vishala sri—pathma, bbc news. in what's described as a world first, a restaurant in china is allowing customers to pay

using facial recognition technology. the fast food outlet, in the eastern city of hangzhou, is run by the technology and retail giant, alibaba. robin brant reports. you do not need cash. nora pin. you do not need to sign anything. you just need your face. they say it is a world first. the chinese retail and technology giant alibaba has been fine—tuning this forfour years. now it is available at this high end fast food restaurant. you choose what you want, it scans your face, it crosschecks with your mobile number and the chinese government's vast id card data base and off you go. you like this? yes. i like. it works even if you pile on make—up or weight.

but how about your privacy? alibaba insists that all the data it gathers is encrypted and says it does not retain any of it anyway. neither does the company behind the restaurant. but it admits that if the government changed the law and forced it to do so, it would have to co—operate. the chinese authorities are using facial recognition as part of a major security clampdown in the west of the country where they claim there is a terrorism threat. that is not unique.

the police and the uk have used it at football games and carnivals. the big concern here is that the government may one day come calling and try to use this data to target those that often wants to silence. like human rights lawyers or campaigners. all of that in the name of changing the face of the world's number two economy. robin brant, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with darren bett. i hope you're making the most of the weather. things are going to change as we head to the second half of the uk. patchy cloud developing but the beaches are generally sunny to the rest of the day. we have seen some thickening of the cloud in suffolk in norfolk, one to light showers around here as well. they be moving away at out to the north sea. this is the big change that comes in overnight and for tomorrow. the

cloud slowly moving into the uk will bring some outbreaks of rain and drizzle. a fine and to the day the many scenarios that the cloud is moving in further west. rain fairly quickly into northern ireland as the wind picks up. the rain running into the western bridges of scotland, western wales. there is a shield of high cloud coming in ahead of the rain, the temperatures will not be as low as they were last night. sunday morning, a different look to the weather across northern ireland where we have got locale, rain and drizzle. the western side of scotland, eastern scotland, brighter, some hazy sunshine here. asa brighter, some hazy sunshine here. as a mixture across northern england, better to the east of the pennines. not much rain at this time, probably wet across wales and the south—west of england. a lot of low cloud with those cooler southerly winds. much of the midlands, eastern england, dry and a bright start. hazy sunshine. it might stay dry for most of the day. this rain is moving very slowly

eastwards into north—west england, further into the midlands and toward central and southern england as well. at the same time, the rain becomes like patchy, dab and drizzly, a lot of low cloud pegging back the temperatures. maybe 19, 20 celsius. that is where we will have the best of the weather. the tour of britain starts tomorrow and we will start with dry weather, we may end in kelso with the a few spots of drizzle. no great amount of rain. this weather front is stalling across the uk. it is weakening at the same time. but if that happens, a more active weather system coming in from the atlantic that will bring some wetter weather into northern ireland, into scotland, south of that. a lot of power, big dam, quite warm and muggy as across england and wales. the temperatures in the afternoon could be as high as 22 or 23 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at 6:30pm. the metropolitan police

has paid compensation to the former head of the army, lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary lord brittan, who were falsely accused of child sexual abuse. more than 1400 people have died and 40 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across several south asian countries. police arrest a man after a crossbow bolt was fired into the oval cricket ground during a match on thursday. a campaign group says more than 700 homes have been burned down