then the rest will be history. with renewed support and motivation, ellie's firstjob is to get back on the british team and qualify for the european championships in august, but it won't be easy, with plenty of new talent on her toes. the world is moving forward and that's so good for paralympic sport and paralympic swimming. so it's good that those youngsters are coming through, because i'm not going to be around all the time. i know that it's going to be really tough to get back on the team, but ijust want to enjoy it. i'd love to go out on a high in tokyo, that would be my main goal. from teenage superstar to paralympic legend — can ellie simmonds end her career at the top in tokyo? kate grey, bbc news, at the london aquatic centre. time for a look at the weather. here's phil avery. thanks very much. hello, we have had a mishmash of weather over the last few days, i hope trade has picked up in this market, we have the same, nation of warm sunshine for some but

at the same time some of those downpours and it may be that we don't continue with the glorious weather we have had over the northern parts of the british isles and it could be that you swap it in the next few days for something a bit more akinde to this. this is the way things are shaping up at the moment. much of the activity has been along the line of this particular feature through the cause of the day, again heavy downpours as we saw from the heavier picture. —— akin to this. that trend continues further north and west moving through wednesday and into the first pa rt through wednesday and into the first part of thursday. following behind i'm hopeful of a bit more in the way of brightness, head of it still enjoying across western scotland and parts of northern ireland and other pretty glorious sort of day and temperatures away from that bannaras cloud checking things back. the re m na nts of cloud checking things back. the remnants of those showers peel away through the solway over towards northern ireland as we finish off the night, a night that is going to be really close and humid weather you spend it. this is how we start thursday. the way thursday evalds has been handled very differently by different computer models. i give

you two examples, the uk met office has showers and thunderstorms flirting with the south—eastern corner but the european ensemble of models have got together and think the showers could be a good deal further north. i'm going to show you the way we think things will evolve through that same time period. we are going with that notion that showers and thunderstorms may come further north into the midlands towards east anglia. further north, provided you don't get a pocket of onshore breeze with that mist and fog again you are in for a glorious day at this stage in proceedings. but in the longer term things are changing all the while because the high—pressure ringing the glorious weather for scotland and northern ireland is giving ground. the low pressure looking across the south providing the thunderstorm activity becomes more of a dominant feature. that bit further north in the british isles. look at this, the top two thirds likely to see the bulk of those and thundery showers. further

south, at last it could be your turn to see something a little bit dry and brighter just in to see something a little bit dry and brighterjust in time for the weekend. so the showers for the weekend. so the showers for the weekend to be found across northern parts, the sunshine could well be there across the greater part of england and wales and it will be pleasa ntly warm england and wales and it will be pleasantly warm with just a bit of mist and fog. thank you, phil. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. the grenfell tower inquiry hears of a grandfather who sheltered six people in his top floor flat on the night of the fire. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me — good afternoon, i'm will perry with your latest sports news...

we'll start with the tennis, it's day four at the french open and world number one simona halep is through to to the second round after a first set scare against american alison riske. the two time roland garros finalist lost the first set 6—2, before recovering to win the next two pretty comfortably 6—1, 6—1. the headlines at roland garros though still belong to serena williams and her catsuit, as our tennis correspondent russell fuller explained to me a little earlier. the catsuit that has got everybody talking, as well as the fact this was serena williams‘s fish—mac since giving birth in september, and a very well what victory. against a

player who has been playing regularly on tour where there are dealt a few signs of rust but she won in straight sets and matches on andy capp set was worthy of comment from selena herself. she said she has lived in a fantasy world and wa nted has lived in a fantasy world and wanted to be a superhero but she points out that was a functional sides to the suit, she suffered from a blood clot when she gave birth to her daughter in september and has had problems in the past so there was a practical reason why she was wearing that as well to give extra compression. what about cameron today? what chance that you have? he has not even been a professionalfor a full year yet, this is his 52nd week as a professional and he has made a phenomenal start by breaking into the top 100 just last week. he made a real splash with his davis cup review in spain and family. he

has taken like a duck to water to the atp tour and grandsons and has w011 the atp tour and grandsons and has won a round and was ahead on points when his opponent pulled out. this isa when his opponent pulled out. this is a another challenge, a brand—new expedience, playing on one of the great courts here against one of the big fish stars the 15 seats. i think he will thrive on the occasion before have to play in the latter will feel is going to come through. in the last hour it's been announced that the huddersfield town manager, david wagner, has signed a new contract with the club until 2021. wagner guided huddersfield through last year's championship play—offs and to safety in their first season in the premier league, and has committed his future at thejohn smiths for the next three years. northern ireland were held overnight to a goalless draw in panama who are in england's world cup group. and an inexperienced scotland side lost 2—0 to peru in lima. alex mcleish‘s side conceeded the goals either side of half time, with goalkeeperjordan archer making a couple of mistakes on his debut.

and liverpool's mo salah had more than just an injured shoulder to worry about as he arrived in spain for treatment. he was greeted by a journalist in the arrivals hall at valencia airport, and he was pretty persistent...let‘s have a listen salah's strained ligaments in his shoulder, do you expect to play the first game? do you think that you were injured intentionally by ramos? he says he's hopeful that he'll be fit in time to play for egypt at the world cup. this goes on and on. the journalist employed position. moving freely, we

wait for news whether he will be fit to play in the world cup. that's all the sport for now. one after another — the 72 people killed by the grenfell towerfire have been publicly remembered at the official inquiry. the details shared have painted a fuller picture of the way they lived, but also the way they died. farah hamdan and her husband omar belkadi died in the fire — as well as their children, eight year old malak and leena, who was just 6 months old. their grandfather, el alami hamdan, has been paying tribute. his words are spoken through an interpreter. they used to call me grandpa. that was my name. do you like being a grandpa? they are my children. i will never forget them. what about leena ? leena...

it was once in ramadan i was going to pray and on my way to the mosque i met farah, she was going to pick the children from the school, it was 3.15 pm. she told me, dad, where are you going and i said i am going to the mosque to pray. leena was in the buggy.

i uncovered her face and she was smiling. she would pretend she was asleep. maybe i did that twice or three times. farah my daughter hugged me and i didn't know that night was the night when they would die. as speculation continues about the possibility of a summit between president trump

and kimjong—un, the debate about north korea's record on human rights has been largely sidelined. direct testimony from within north korea is exceptionally hard to record, but over many months the bbc victoria derbyshire programme has used a covert network of dissidents to put questions to a range of citizens. as michael cowan reports, they expressed strong views about the country's leadership — and relations with the rest of the world. chul—ho is a father and works in the military. sun—hui is a market trader who lives with her husband and two daughters. if the authorities found out they'd spoken to us, they would face imprisonment in one of the regime's notorious labour camps, or death. these aren't their real names. for that reason, we are concealing their identities and have taken steps to ensure their continued anonymity. we asked them about daily life. i wake up at dawn, around 5.30, because i need to cook rice. i eat breakfast with the family, then i organise the goods to sell at the market and head there.

when the business is good, we eat rice three times a day. when it isn't so good, we have to mix corn in with the rice. eating and living is difficult. there are no such things as weekends. there is not much to watch on tv, and no time to stay at home. if i have spare time, i go woodcutting. the state security department are known as the bowibu to north koreans. they serve as the iron fist of the regime. sometimes the state security department get people by calling them spies. they make up stories for their own performance. they make people say they were planning to go to china and then report them. here, there are a lot of government captures, people arrested and taken away.

people cannot survive in the prison camps. they unconditionally beat you. they starve you, while doing extreme labour. once you go there, you are no longer a citizen. i think this terror is what keeps society going. kim jong—un succeeded his father in 2011. many thought he would usher in modernity. he didn't. the cult of personality surrounding the kim dynasty continued, as did a total repression of freedom of speech. it is illegal to criticise the regime, and carries severe punishment. people say that kim jong—un acts the same as us, but takes away our money a lot. that the little man uses his head to suck out money like a vampire. the number of people who assess him positively is increasing. there are signs of change from the authorities, around

a distinctly capitalist activity. the country's numerous official and unofficial markets are a lifeline to the population and have been allowed to not just continue, but grow. he leaves the markets alone and doesn't crack down much, no matter what we do. many people want things to continue the way it is. and, internally, there appears to be a softening in rhetoric towards the west. i've heard at the market that the president of the us is coming. people don't know much about the meeting, but everyone dislikes america and says the reason for us living in poverty is because america split us and sealed us off. but things are changing a little recently. they say we should get along with the south. they say we should be living in peace with america for everyone to have a better life. i'm not sure what foreigners

think about north korea. there is only north koreans here. i myself hope to live well, without envy, until we die. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first — the headlines on bbc news: tributes are paid to ray bernard — who died at grenfell tower alongside six people who took refuge in his flat — as the inquiry holds its final day of commemorations. police confirm a 15—year—old boy has died after being stabbed in wolverhampton last night. a man who shot dead three people in liege yesterday had already killed another person shortly after his release from prison, according to belgian officials. in the business news... viagogo — the ticket resale site —

has been referred to trading standards who could prosecute or issue fines. the advertising standards authority said it decided to refer the firm — because it says viagogo has been breaking uk advertising rules by failing to make additionalfees clear — with additional booking fees and delivery charges being added at the end of the booking process. de la rue, which makes passports and banknotes has reported an 11% fall in operating profits largely due to its loss making paper business. however it sold that operation last year, so if you take that out of the equation its profits actually rose — even after taking into account the roughly four million pounds it spend trying , and failing, to win the contract to make british passports after brexit. you know those nuisance calls and messages you get? well the government is considering fines of up to half a million pounds for bosses of firms which bombard people with nuisance calls.

people received 3.9 billion nuisance phone calls and texts last year. a consultation paper is being launched about the plan which was first suggested two years ago. five minutes ago i got one of those texts on my phone saying your account has been locked, apply and we will sort it out to stop i'm sure you have had the same. supermarkets in the uk were boosted by the royal wedding and warm weather in the 12 weeks to mid—may. industry data shows that asda and morrisons outperformed their bigger rivals. ka ntar world panel says the country's second biggest grocer sainsbury‘s actually posted the lowest sales growth and continued to lose market share. joining us now is chris hayward, a consumer specialist at kantar world panel who did particularly well and why? the sun shone and those of

supermarkets want and when you look at how morrison's performed we can see one of the key reasons was they got over 300,000 new showers coming into the store. one of the key differentiator is they have as does particularly with brands, so brands are not caught growing much but in morrison's they are and also they have rebranded their savers range so shoppers have a lot of choice in the. asda have also done well and the. asda have also done well and the heartland of young families and when we have a record temperatures of bank holiday weather, a royal wedding, fa cup final, event television and people are happy to put spend on to higher ticket items like beer and burgers. put spend on to higher ticket items like beer and burgerslj put spend on to higher ticket items like beer and burgers. i was going to ask you about the type of products. we have pizzas displayed in the aisles here and i suppose those are the kind of products that people are posting they will be

stopping up on a spending moron. absolutely. classic party foods like pizzas and soft drinks and burgers and alcohol doing well but different retailers have different strengths so retailers have different strengths so when you look at waitrose, we can see sparkling wine and possess good as well with them whereas another retailers it is more beer and wine and soft drinks. best not to dwell on sparkling wine too much, we do wa nt to on sparkling wine too much, we do want to end up with a reputation. when you look at the overall trend, the growth in supermarket sales is slowing yet this is as inflation so average prices are starting to ease offa average prices are starting to ease off a bit. the growth in those, the rate at which they are going up is not as fast. why is that? what we see inflation coming down means the

prices and supermarkets are coming down and essentially volume is flat. we're not buying any more stuff. when there's uptick in whether that there are events to watch then the discretionary spend, people buy more things. we have seen an increase in volume coming through. you mention the weather and events and the feel—good factor. and we're really that fickle? i do not fit is about being fickle but i do know when the weather is good we are more than happy to spend more money on the food we enjoyed an morrison's and asda have benefited from the hot weather. even tesco has got 170,000 more shoppers coming through its doors so all retailers will be praying for peace weather over the summer praying for peace weather over the summerand praying for peace weather over the summer and hopefully a world cup with england can progress as far as possible. yes, we will help. perhaps in vain. we will hope for that. thank you. royal bank of scotland

chief financial officer ewen stevenson is stepping down after four years at the job to take an opportunity elsewhere. he was tipped as a future head of the bank, which was bailed out by the tax payer in 2008. his resignation comes amid speculation that the government may be about to sell its 70% stake. sir martin sorrell, who stepped down as boss of the advertising multi—national wpp last month, says he's taking charge of a shell company, derriston capital, to turn it into a new advertising venture, sa capital. he said sa capital aimed to build a "multi—national communication services business". companies house, the government agency which holds information on all british companies, is warning of a phishing attack —

that's when a fraudulent email tries to get confidential details or money by pretending to be from a trustworthy source. this scam uses an email very similar to companies house ones. firms are receiving emails claiming there has been a complaint about them. companies house is warning people not to reply. (london's ftse100 has steadied — it's up after the global sell—off we saw over the past couple of days. that was prompted by the political crisis in italy — and concerns about eurozone stability. the ftse100 is up this lunchtime. it's being helped by heavyweight oil companies — bp and royal dutch shell are both up. that's as the oil prices have steadied after falling steeply in recent days. that's all the business news. research seen by the bbc suggests that survivors of domestic violence are facing intimidation when their cases are heard in the family court. many have to come face—to—face with their abusive ex—partner. the charity women's aid says

the process can be a major source of fearfor some women. the government says it is consulting on a bill which will tackle the issue. graham satchell reports. isabelle's relationship with her husband started to go wrong after the birth of her daughter. she says he became jealous and angry and abusive. we have changed the names and voiced their words to protect their identities. he started getting angry, he would give me some money for everything so in the end i ended up selling my things and eating cereal so the children have something to eat. i realised he couldn't hurt me any more, i was a shell, there was nothing left so he started on the children. they were really terrified of him. he would start getting more angry and violent and i remember crying in the corner because i was so afraid. after him shouting at me for ten minutes.

you were afraid of him? terrified. after years of abuse isabel finally left her husband. the police investigated the said it was her word against his and there was no prosecution. the case ended up at family court where eventually a judge decided the ex—husband should have contact with the children. he came to pick her up and she refused to go. she said i don't want to see you today and he physically picked up from the front door kicking and screaming and put in the car and slammed the door shut and drove off with her. it was traumatic for me and her. i did not want to see my dad. i wanted to have a voice in this whole thing which did not happen. you don't feel as though you were listened to? no. her brother said i hate judges and the courts. why are they forcing us to see daddy when he is being so horrible to us?

why do they not believe us? new rules were introduced to ensure the safety of children involved in domestic abuse but in a study of 72 cases the charity women's aid found 24% of domestic abuse survivors said they had been cross—examined by the ex partner in court and 61% said there were no special measures in place like waiting rooms or screens to protect them. isabel says the family court is not doing enough and things need to change. i think it takes a lot for domestic abuse survivors to come forward and say this is what is happening to me. they need to be believed. you are hoping the court will protect you and your children and i don't think that is happening at all at the moment. olivia no longer sees herfather. the most recent court order said she was now old enough to make her own decisions.

the government said is forjudges to determine what is best for the child in each case and it is reforming the law to protect victims and bring more offenders to justice. but campaigners say too often children's safety is at risk because survivors of abuse are not believed. time for a look at the weather... it seems to have been a busy morning at the bbc weather centre but this is not where the main weather action has been. pretty gloomy, this is a scene, i have picked plymouth but we can replicate this on a diagonal running away from here towards the north—east. there will be warm sunshine and the forecast for the next few days and others at the moment but still the possibility of thunderstorms. i would advise you in scotla nd thunderstorms. i would advise you in scotland and northern ireland to make the most of the odious conditions for the last few days because some of you may get to see something a bit more attacking to

that which has been the experience for parts of england and wales over the past few days. things are set to change. when we have had much of the activity, not so much down the plymouth area, you have had fathered up plymouth area, you have had fathered up thunderstorms in the past few hours, and through the next couple of hours there are still the possibility in association with the cloud on the satellite picture for those heavy showers to move further north and west. it is improving for the southeast, the sunshine already out in kent. 23 or so they are and ahead of its another glorious day for parts of scotland and ireland. overnight tracking the remnants of the cloud and showers towards the solway and northern ireland. it will bea solway and northern ireland. it will be a classmate and this is how we start thursday with the close and humid feel. i want to show you something about models at the moment, we're having a time because

some models forecasts have the showers to the southeast while others have them further towards the north. nobody is right and the body is wrong at this stage but let me show you will be our with our story over the first part of thursday. pushing was thunderstorms after a dry start because eventually some of these showers, and to the south—eastern quarter. just how far north they get is open to some don't generally further north and west dry land final and pretty warm. changing towards the end of the week as the high—pressure slips away into the continent and allows low pressure to come up continent and allows low pressure to come up more from continent and allows low pressure to come up more from france and spread that uncertain look to the winner for the towards the north and west. that is fridays 23 weekend we see the pattern repeated with lot of uncertainty in the north and try and find conditions in the south.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2... a grandfather who died sheltering six people in his top floor flat, as they tried to escape the grenfell tower fire, has been hailed a hero by his sister. he should not have been killed in this way. he did not deserve to die by suffocation, cyanide poisoning, and ultimately burned until his remains were no more that 30% of what he was. the london borough responsible for grenfell says it will install more fire—resistant doors in thousands of its flats and houses. wholly unacceptable — the transport secretary's verdict on the disruption on the railways due to timetable changes. the "terrible loss" of a boy who had his life ahead of him — police in wolverhampton launch a murder inquiry after a 15—year—old boy is stabbed to death. coming up on afternoon live all the sport.