hockey but g ice hockey but world rugby has issued a robust response saying the claims from professor pollock are not based on like—for—like injury statistics and her extreme and alarmist conclusions are simply not supported by the data. the risk for preteens is not an acceptably high compared to other sports. opinion on this issue is clearly divided. last year chief medical officer is rejected a call for a ban on tackling in youth rugby seen the benefits of playing the sport outweighed the risks of injury. there's nothing really scary about it if you do it well. i like tackling and getting in all the rocks and scrums. but concerns about player welfare are being raised at all levels of the game in the following another injury set back at the weekend, and england international said he would take a pay cut to play bath rugby. the impact on all players is an issue for all players. time for a look at the weather... here's sarah keith lucas.

it's been a case of two seasons in one day. the saddening things have brightened up, held a lot more like summer brightened up, held a lot more like summer out there, blue sky and sunshine breaking through, for many places, this is gloucestershire, and is feeling pleasantly warm with light winds. not try across the board, summer showers out there, eastern england in particular, the likes of lincolnshire, down two words kent, away from this, you are looking at a dry afternoon with southerly winds bringing up temperatures. let's look, 4pm this afternoon across scotland, looking dry, warmest across the north of scotland, misty and murky in the east. northern ireland, northern england looking dry and fine, the chance of the shower around northumberland. across wales and the south—west of england, a decent afternoon in store. it's a patchy

cloud, not wall—to—wall sunshine, light winds and temperatures up to 20 degrees feeling pleasant album. this evening, the showers in the east fading away pretty quickly, in for a try and largely clear night, like last night low cloud and mist forming. could be some dense patches forming. could be some dense patches for particularly for central and south—eastern parts, mild—mannered, some fog causing disruption first thing. it should clear way relatively quickly, tomorrow it's a case of two zones, scotland, northern england, central and south—eastern england, warm and bright, in the west low—pressure bringing rain across northern ireland initially and then later on for wales and the south—west of england, turning breezy with the arrival of the rain and the rain could be heavy for northern ireland at times. two sons of weather, west to east, in the sunshine amateurs reaching 21 degrees. one day international at the oval, i think we are looking at a pretty dry,

bright sword of day, the chance of rain arriving in the evening hours. that area of rain working its way eastwards, moving through tomorrow evening, for the far east, staying dry or much of the game but we will see a bit of rain as the weather front works its way from west to east, mostly hearing through the course of bursting morning. we are likely to see the rain lingering in north—east scotland, elsewhere, dry and bright and once again, the temperatures doing pretty well for the time of year. sophie. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me — good afternoon, time poor luck other day's sports news live from the bbc

sports centre that attract roller—coaster day paul sykes falsities. ben stokes has been arrested after an incident in bristol in the early hours of yesterday morning and won't be available for the fourth one—day match against west indies. he missed training today along with team—mate alex hales, who is also thought to be helping police with their enquiries. patrick gearey is with me. this is farfrom ideal in the middle of a one—day series, what details do we have? in the hours following a number's last one—day international against west indies in bristol, alex hales and ben stokes we re bristol, alex hales and ben stokes were called out to an incident in which a man received facial injuries and they arrested ben stokes on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm. stokes was kept in a cell overnight and released the next day without charge but under investigation. alex hales, who was also there, is currently helping police with their enquiries. neither player train today was involved in

the preparations for england's next one—day international. because it is a police investigation, there is only so much we know or can say but stokes is absolutely key to england in all three formats of the game and he will be central to their ashes plans. england are due to name their squad tomorrow so this is nightmare timing. yes, bad timing indeed. patrick gearey, our sports reporter, updating us on the latest on ben stokes. we will stay with cricket. the lancashire spinner sophie ecclestone has been named in the england squad for the ashes, starting next month. she replaces beth langston in the only change to the 15 that won the world cup. it'll be the first time that captain heather knight has led her side into an ashes series. they leave for brisbane on october the 7th, for a multi—format series and another of the cup winners is looking forward to getting going. few days off and then straight into the games, so it has kind of been an

extended season for us but we go into the australian summer, which is nice. a different challenge and hopefully one we can manage. west bromwich albion manager tony pulis has had some strong words to say after they were beaten 2—0 by arsenal in the premier league last night. he was incensed whenjay rodriguez was denied a penalty and accused arsenal striker alexis sanchez of cheating, after he won a free kick early in the game. if the viewers are going to have a look at two incidents, have a look at sanchez. i think it is the first free kick gave against us on the edge of our box. have a look at sanchez, he actually dives. there is 110 sanchez, he actually dives. there is no touch. and then our one first of box was, the great thing is, everybody has seen it, so i don't have the comment. we tell our players not to roll around. i think the thing that jay wanted to do was still try and score and once he has missed, you pull it back and that is a penalty and the player can be sent

off. so not only could we score but they could be down to ten players. another british bobsledder has taken to crowd—funding in a bid to reach the winter olympics, after financial support for the women's programme was withdrawn. donna creighton was a skeleton slider until moving over to bobsleigh this year, with the promise of being fast—tracked into the gb women's team. but after british bobsleigh pulled theirfunding, and misha mcneill reached her £30,000 target, creighton launched her own crowd—funding campaign. that is all the sports an hour but as always, you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will have more feel in the the actress liz dawn, who played vera duckworth in coronation street for more than 30 years, has died. she was 77. her family says she died peacefully at home in her sleep and they are heartbroken. itv have paid tribute — in a statement, the executive producer of coronation street said: mervyn watson is a former coronation

street producer. you worked with her for seven years, also, and even people who don't watch coronation street, everybody knows vera duckworth. what was it about liz dawn that inspired such affection? in both cases, the character and the real person, liz, they were big. they were theatrical, they were big. they were theatrical, they were big. they were theatrical, they were full of heart, full of life and energy and the character that she created on screen was unsurpassed, i think, that she created on screen was unsurpassed, ithink, in that she created on screen was unsurpassed, i think, in coronation street terms. she was funny, she was

emotional, she was abrasive, she was stroppy, all sorts of things that kept her on the move on the screen all the time and also, she was blessed with an amazing relationship with her husband jack bill tarny, and the chemistry between them, you simply cannot make that chemistry easily by deliberate casting or by good writing. i think you have to have something extra that they did, which was a wonderful affection for each other in real life off—screen, and this amazing, barazite, stroppy, argumentative, pugnacious relationship on screen, which was hugely entertaining. a lot of people say jack and vera, they were coronation street, that relationship they had. yes, they sort of summed up they had. yes, they sort of summed up everything about coronation street. the attitude of not very

well off, working class people in the north. they wouldn't accept their fate, they were defiant always, they wanted to raise themselves out of where they were and vera exemplified that. there was one storyline where she suddenly had the idea that she was related to royalty a nd the idea that she was related to royalty and this was hugely significant to her. she put stone cladding on her house, to make it that bit better than all the others. she was wonderful. and you did two stints there, in the early 1980s and the late 1980s. it was such a big family with people who had worked there for a very long time. what was it like going in and working with huge stars like her? i remember my first day, i was terrified and i don't think even then i appreciated how big coronation street was, because it was massive. so i was a bit intimidated and the first stint, idid 0k

bit intimidated and the first stint, i did ok and enjoyed it and the second time i went back, i was much more confident and i was just able to enjoy the show and people like liz and bill tarmey and jean made it a sheer pleasure to work on the show. and she joined in 1974, she had to be written out of the soap in 2008 because she was ill, she had beeniu 2008 because she was ill, she had been ill for a long time. she had emphysema prolonged time. i think that eventually made it impossible for her to work on the show. i wasn't there at the time, but she came back later, spiritually, when jack died. she came back as vera's coast, as her spirit, to say goodbye andi coast, as her spirit, to say goodbye and i think they had a last dance together and again, that, at the very end of her and his story, just summed everything up about them. there was love in that relationship

but there was this wonderful abrasive, combated stuff as well. it was a wonderful relationship. and it was a wonderful relationship. and it was a wonderful relationship. and it was a very big family, the cast. you read some of the tributes today, a lot of people talking about how she looked after the younger members of the cast. she was at the heart of the cast. she was at the heart of the show and she cared about it and they cared about her and she was one of the real sort of centrepieces about it. a very sad day. mervyn watson, thank you very much for coming to talk to us. a snapshot of the challenges faced by families who adopt children has revealed that the majority of those questioned had faced violence or aggression from the youngsters they'd taken in, that's according to research by bbc radio four‘s file on four programme and the charity adoption uk. graham satchell has been speaking to one couple who experienced problems after bringing up a little girl as their own almost eight years ago. you may find some of the details upsetting. jane and keith met late in life and wanted their own family. they tried ivf, which failed,

and then they decided to adopt. she was very cute, very bright. she had a strong mind. and then things after that started getting more and more challenging. we have a lot of empathy, a lot of love to give, but nowhere did we imagine that to adopt would be as awful as it was. by the time their daughter louise was six, jane and keith were struggling to cope. we've changed the names of everyone involved to protect their identity. it just became a fight every day. she would punch you, she would hit you, she would run away, she would spit at you and it wasn't just one incident a day, it was about 30. around 5,500 children are adopted in the uk every year. radio 4's file on four programme conducted a survey with the charity adoption uk. almost 3,000 adoptors responded. it's not a representative sample and the results are just a snapshot, but they show that almost two—thirds

of families said their child had displayed aggressive behaviour. a third believed they didn't receive full and correct information about their children before the adoption and a quarter said their adoption is at risk of breakdown. all had already been disrupted. after years of struggle, jane and keith reached breaking point. their relationship was at risk. they decided to hand louise back to the care of the local authority. it was heartbreaking because you feel like you're a failure, you feel like you're to blame, but the trauma hasn't come from you, you just try to fix it, to mend it. we received a report fairly recently. there were allegations that louise witnessed her birth father raping and beating her birth mother and allegations that her birth father beat and burnt louise with cigarette stubs. and if we'd been given that information before we'd even said yes, we're willing to consider louise, we would have said no. we weren't equipped to deal

with sexual assault of any sort. they have to give you all the facts before you decide and this was obviously a glaring gap. since she's been back in care, she's had a team of about eight people, various foster carers, therapeutic teams, psychologists, psychiatrists. had we had all the support she has now... we'd have had a fighting chance. ..we would have had a chance. jane and keith's local authority told the bbc they provide an extensive range of support and training and that they share all the information they have about a child prior to placing them with a family. the department for education in england told us help is available for families through the adoption support fund and they are spending £28 million on it this year. many adoptions do work, but campaigners say families like keith and jane simply aren't getting the help they need. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour but,

first, the headlines on bbc news. the us defence secretary is seeking a diplomatic solution to rising tensions with north korea — who are accusing washington of declaring war. liz dawn, the actress best known for her role as vera duckworth in the soap coronation street has died. her family say she died peacefully in her sleep yesterday. the european council president, donald tusk, arrives for talks with theresa may, ahead of a decision next month on whether to begin post—brexit trade talks. in the business news: we are waiting on a court decision in america that could have a major impact on northern ireland's biggest industrial employer. the canadian plane maker bombardier employs 4,500 people in the province. but several american rivals have taken it to court — claming it gets illegal state aid.

ag barr — the company behind drinks like irn bru and tizer — has reported strong sales — but weaker profits. that's partly because the firm is in the middle of trying to make their drinks less sugary. we'll have more on that in a moment. thomas cook says it expects the price of holidays in spain to rise by as much as to 10% next year because of the weak pound. but its notjust sterling that's to blame. the company boss told the bbc that spain is becoming an increasingly popular destination because of safety fears elsewhere and that's also driving up prices. more now on that story about the maker of irn bru and tizer cutting the sugar in its drinks. ag barr says it will be phasing in its new products over the next six months. this comes as a tax on sugary drinks comes into force next april. it's aimed at tackling our obesity problem. alex beckett is a drinks analyst from mintel and hejoins me now.

i don't think he does... he is though, right. alex, fancyjoining us. though, right. alex, fancyjoining us. tell us, why are the company is now starting to take the question of sugarin now starting to take the question of sugar in drinks more seriously? well, this war on sugar has been happening for a long time now and the big beverage makers have been adapting their portfolios to meet this sugar levy, which is coming in next spring. george osborne of course first announced it back in 2016, in the budget in spring, so they have had some time to prepare but to be fair to the big drinks players, they have been adapting because they know consumers are cutting back on sugary drinks, so they are investing in betterfor you alternatives than full fat coca—cola, for example. alternatives than full fat coca-cola, for example. how disruptive visit for them to shift their production to this mess sugary concoction? it's huge. this is mass

scale we are talking about. from research, we know consumers want these lower sugar alternatives. they are also switching to what they see as better for you are also switching to what they see as betterfor you drinks, likejuice waters and bottled water in particular, it is proving to be a bit of a winner out of all of this. tell us quickly how the tax will work when it comes into force. well, the finer details are yet to be ironed out by the government but we are expecting about 8p per can of coke, so not a massive amount, but it should be good for the government's offers. alex, thank you very much indeed. in other business news... the national grid are calling it the greenest summer on record . that's because more than half our electricity came from low carbon sources. the grid has launched software that aims to tell us the cheapest time to turn on appliances up to two days in advance. the competition and markets authority is investigating a price comparison site over allegations it helped push up prices of home insurance. the investigation comes at the end of a year—long examination into the sector.

the number of dads with young kids who opt to work part time is on the rise. it's not a massive number — fewer than 7% of all fathers with young children are working part time — but that's still double what it was number 20 years ago. and wetherspoons has announced that it will stop using plastic straws in its 900 pubs by the end of this year, replacing them with biodegradable paper straws instead. let's have a quick look at what the markets are doing. the ftse 100 let's have a quick look at what the markets are doing. the ftse100 has reversed the losses from yesterday and from earlier today. big companies selling consumer goods abroad, though, had been suffering because the pound, although it is still quite weak, is actually getting slightly stronger, making it harderfor getting slightly stronger, making it harder for them getting slightly stronger, making it harderfor them to sell getting slightly stronger, making it harder for them to sell abroad, but oil companies are gaining because the price of crude is close to a two—year high. that is it from me. experts are calling for greater recognition of depersonalisation disorder —

a condition as widespread as schizophrenia, but often not picked up by doctors. depersonalisation disorder is characterised by a sense of disconnection from the world. sufferers say the world appears unreal, as if they're experiencing life through a haze or fog. one in 100 people is thought to have the condition. the victoria derbyshire programme reporter adam eley has more. i've described it since as a feeling of having emotionally flatlined. so everything suddenly became very two—dimensional. things felt really alien and threatening. suddenly yourflat, or somewhere that is very, very familiar to you will suddenly feel like a film set. and my possessions feel like props. sarah is an actress. since university, she's had several chronic episodes of depersonalisation disorder, a mental health condition that makes her world seem unfamiliar and unreal. it's often triggered by moments of acute stress or trauma and is estimated to affect one in 100 people —

more than 600,000 in the uk. one of its symptoms is a numbing of emotions. you know that you love your family, but you sort of know it academically, rather than feeling it in the normal way. despite it being as common as conditions such as ocd and schizophrenia, medical professionals are failing to diagnose it. i've seen... possibly up to 20 people over the years who haven't known what i was talking about. simon, whose name we've changed, also lives with the disorder. he is a newly qualified gp, and says very few of his colleagues will have heard of the condition. i think of my gp colleagues, i would be very surprised if any of them had heard of depersonalisation disorder. i imagine there's going to be many, many people suffering from the condition who will have had a late diagnosis and worsening of symptoms because of the fact that

they're not diagnosed or treated at an early stage. consultant consultant clinical psychologist dr elaine hunter runs the only specialist clinic in the uk. it has limited resources and sees fewer than 80 patients a year. she wants care to be made available to patients locally. one of the things that could be really helpful is to have each of the mental health trusts around the country to have one or two members of staff that are dedicated depersonalisation, derealisation leads. for sarah, improved awareness and access to treatment couldn't come soon enough. it's so different to how you would be treated if you were presenting with a physical condition that caused you to suffer profoundly. adam eley reporting and you can watch the full bill on the bbc website. prince harry and his girlfriend meghan markle have made their first official public appearance together at the invictus games in toronto. they walked hand—in—hand before

sitting together to watch wheelchair tennis at the sports event for injured service personnel, which was founded by the prince. sarah campbell reports. finally, pictures to accompany a royal love story. the couple have been togetherfor over a year, but until this week, have gone to great lengths to keep their relationship out of sight. no more — their affection for each other obvious. prince harry is in toronto as the founder of the invictus games, and this is home for meghan markle. she stars in a television show which is filmed in the city centre. here they are on on their way to watch some wheelchair tennis, looking casual and comfortable in each other‘s presence. she did attend the opening ceremony on saturday, but was seated some distance from the prince. harry told the bbc he was loving the games. toronto as a city has embraced the games. they have come here to support all the nations. and there's these interactions happening, as well, where young kids and their parents are asking questions and learning stories.

the pictures will feature on front pages around the world. in a recent magazine article, meghan markle said they were a couple, and in love — and it shows. time for a look at the latest weather with sarah. good afternoon. for many of us, the weather is shaping up to be fine and dry through the remainder of today. it was a murky start but we have high pressure sitting out towards the near continent and towards scandinavia, dominating our weather. low pressure just sitting there in the atlantic and capped a murky start to the morning, things have been brightening up nicely. here is seen been brightening up nicely. here is seen recently in hampton court. as we head to the rest of today, it won't be dry across the board, some shows popping up in the east of england and kent and up towards lincolnshire and east yorkshire but away from here, elsewhere looking largely fine and dry and reasonably warm with a southerly breeze,

particularly parts of the northern scotland, a decent afternoon. also the northern ireland, plenty of sunshine in the mid to high teens, just one or two showers across parts of northumberland and down towards lincolnshire, making our way further south across wales and cornwall and devon, fine afternoon in store. after the mist this morning, it is brightening up. a bit of fair weather cloud and isolated showers but most places dry and temperatures in the london region of 20 or 21 degrees. the southerly breeze continues into this evening and any others isolated showers in the east fade away so overnight, most of us clear and dry but once again, we see some mist and fog patches forming widely across central and south—eastern areas. it will be a mild night but you may wake up to a murky start for wednesday morning. through wednesday, we soon see the rain arriving across parts of northern ireland, pushing into western parts of wales and the south—west of england. this rain will be heavy at times the northern ireland, there could be some

standing water around as we head into the afternoon as low pressure moves in from the atlantic. for central and eastern parts of the country, you're likely to stay dry for a good part of the day and reasonably warm in the sunshine again with temperatures around 21 in the south—east. cooler in the west with the arrival of the heavy rain later on. as we move through wednesday evening and overnight into thursday, that frontal system heads west to east across all of the country so i think we will all see a speu country so i think we will all see a spell of rain as we head into thursday morning, but during thursday, as a ridge of high pressure built in, and improving picture. some rain lingering in the far north—east but elsewhere, clear and dry and reasonably warm, 15—20d. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2.00: tensions between north korea and the us have worsened after pyongyang accused president trump of declaring war. we've not declared war on north korea and, frankly, the suggestion of that is absurd. theresa may says the uk and eu can find a way to brexit "by being creative" as she holds talks with the european council

president, donald tusk. preparing for government, labour says its plans include a strategy to deal with a dramatic fall in the pound if it came to power. also this hour... the dangers of school rugby? researchers call for an end to scrums and tackling to reduce head injuries. say you've never loved anybody else? i've