tonight at five — firefighters request the help of the army to tackle a huge fire on moorland in greater manchester the blaze is continuing to rage — and new measures nearly four miles across. more than 50 homes have been evacuated. i heard crackling and a thick black smoke came tumbling down and we couldn't breathe. the smoke was really dense and you could hardly breathe plus your eyes were burning as well. we'll have the latest from the scene. the other main stories on bbc news at five. the doctor at the centre of the gosport hospital scandal appears in public — speaking through her husband, she said she was doing the best for the patients. she was a hard—working and dedicated doctor doing the best for her patients. ina very in a very inadequately resourced out of the health service. the prime minister defends

her brexit strategy — following warnings from businesses that a failure to reach a deal with the eu could threaten investment in the uk. prince william is cheered as he visits a palestinian refugee camp — earlier he met president mahmoud abbas in ramallah. and the holders germany are out of the world cup — the first time they've been eliminated in the first stage of the competition since 1938. these are live images may have been watching and the last few minutes after germany weather—beaten by south korea. fans looking inconsolable, we will have more coming up in sport. our main story at 5 —

the army has been called in to help firefighters battling a huge moorland fire which is continuing to spread. more than 50 homes have been evacuated. the blaze near manchester has been raging since sunday night — and now measures nearly four miles across. the police have declared it a major incident. it's feared more than 2,000 acres of moor have been destroyed. smoke from the fire can be seen from space, and the authorities have warned people who live nearby to stay indoors and keep their windows closed. speaking in the last hour, greater manchester fire & rescue brigade gave us an update on the situation this evening. fire crews continue to work extremely hard in hot conditions. we

have seven ongoing incidents across the mornings which we are resorting as well as we can. we have response from neighbouring fire and rescue services and resource we goes from different services and the country. we touched on the request for military aid, that has gone in and thatis military aid, that has gone in and that is a request to assist us move high volume pumps by air to locations we could not get them to be vehicles to assist us with water supplies and the ability to transport personnel to lose more remote areas and so we transport personnel to lose more remote areas and so we can get there quicker with more people with the water supplies that we hope to put in place to try and resolve the incident quickly. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz has spent the day assessing the scale of the blaze — and has sent this report. it looks like a wildfire in the californian bush or the australian outback. but this is six miles from 0ldham.

last night as the moon rose over saddleworth, fire raged on the moor. drone footage in daylight shows the extent of the blaze. and meters away, homes bought for their tranquil views, suddenly threatened. residents were told to spend last night elsewhere. i kept looking out the window and we went about our usual business, having something to eat, etc. and there was just a knock at the door after eight o'clock and it was one of the special police officers and they said, you know, you're going to have to get out. you're going to have to evacuate. as they were telling you to get out, did you think, my house is at risk? absolutely, yes. the last thing i said to him was, don't let my house burn down! some local schools have closed, unable to keep their classrooms ventilated. i have been here about 20 years and we have never been in a position where we've had to close the school premises because of fire and there has certainly not been any evacuations in the past. so this is unprecedented, without a doubt. the fire service declared

a major incident. 50 firefighters said to be putting a heavy attack on the blaze. it is not unusual for the moorland to catch fire, particularly in the summer months. but the residents here say what is unusual is that their houses are so close to pockets of flame like this which keep flaring up. it is unforgiving, inaccessible land. the hoses only reach so far. firefighters have to stamp out some elevated hotspots and keep coming back to re—extinguish fires. the heat was that intense it was turning the spray to steam, if you like. but it did stop it. it stopped it right on the peak. but as you can see this morning, it is flaming up again. it was just the smoke. the stinging smoke in your eyes. the army has been asked to be ready to respond. as the country basks in a heat wave, imagine the temperatures these firefighters are coping with.

it is exhausting and it is continuing. with talk of this fire taking many days to beat. 0ur correspondent danny savage went up onto the moorland to assess the scale of the damage. you can see where the fire has swept through, smouldering ready heather has burnt at the peak is burning and this is the sort of smoke that is rising up into one huge plume blowing on this easterly wind west across manchester. you can see one of the fire wagons behind us, we will let through but it is like this for many square miles across the

pennines at the moment. what firefighters say they are trying to do is contain it. i appear this is trying to be like a natural firebreak we hope you can stop the firebreak we hope you can stop the fire at this track at and started going across and onto the vast moorland across the. whether that will hold an coming days beamer have to wait and see. it is burning for miles around and you can see the view is blotted out by smoke from the over there over there. there have been firefighters are pure for hours beating down the flames to stop it, they are changing shift at the moment, more coming up here and talking to those leading the operation we are trying to come up with a way to stop the fire from spreading but they concede this is about containing the fire, not putting it out and tell that as a vein ora putting it out and tell that as a vein or a change in the whether this will smoulder and it could smoulder for days or weeks with the smoke coming off the helms. it will go on for some time but it is an

interesting close—up snapshot of how smoky and byrne wrote much of the moors is. —— how burnt out much of the moors has. if we have any other reports that situation we will keep you up—to—date. an update from the world cup. 0ur sports news correspondent 0lly foster joins us from moscow. germany are out. they are. a major nation in the world cup, brazil, argentina and germany have been wobbling but these are the reigning champions and we expected them to get things right in the final group game in group f. against south

korea. but their world cup has unravelled and they will be going home for the first time before the knockout stage of the world cup since 1938. they are absolutely humiliated, beaten 2—0 by south korea which combined with the result in the other match between sweden and mexico, sweden winning and sweden and mexico go through at germany's expense. it is the third time any and all the reigning champions have gone out in the group stage at the world cup but germany have not looked right throughout the judgment. they started with defeat by mexico, got a late winner against sweden and just needed a win today against south korea had a very fine talk of going through but they could not find a way through. there will be all sorts of soul—searching and

postmortems. players on the pitch we re postmortems. players on the pitch were in tears. the manager wasjust given a contract extension before the world cup, he has not been able to get his players playing and any fluid way at all. he has made so many changes, five more again for this match and they could not find a way past south korea. a couple of good saves from the south korea keeper and germany should have scored a couple but it is mexico and sweden who go through from the script to the last 16. germany, the four—time champions and runners—up, the team with our english hats and we know so much about at how they dominate the global game for decades, they are going home and a massive shock, the biggest shock so far at this tournament. i have been watching the crowd, the cameras zooming over them any last few minutes. the top about players being

in tears, men and women in tears and the crowd, looking absolutely inconsolable. to bring it back to a home situation, what could it mean for england? england obviously have a much against belgium in group g then we will find out which path goes to go on and it is a path towards the final that will not have germany in it. later we will see brazil play then we will know which side of the draw they are on. certainly any next 2a hours we will really know which are the tough teams on either side of the draw and which ones england could possibly face. it is going to be senegal, poland orjapan or colombia. for england from group h. but certainly a world cup with its germany is going to be an easier world cup for somebody to when i am sure but

germany going home really has said shock waves across russia. thank you. 0llie with the news that's germany are out of the world cup. the regular sports bulletin after 5:30pm. the doctor who oversaw the practice of prescribing powerful painkillers at gosport war memorial hospital has claimed she was ‘doing the best for her patients'. drjane barton stood next to her husband while he read a statement on her behalf — saying she was working in an inadequately resourced part of the health service. a damning report last week concluded that hundreds of patients had their lives shortened at the hospital in hampshire from 1989 until 2000 — as the result of the overprescription of diamorphine and other opiates. duncan kennedy reports from gosport. jane barton is the doctor at the centre of the gosport hospital deaths inquiry.

speaking through her husband, tim barton, she spoke for the first time today since the report was published, and said she had always been a professional medical practitioner. she has always maintained that she was a hard—working, dedicated doctor, doing the best for her patients in a very inadequately resourced part of the health service. we ask that our privacy is respected at this difficult time and she will be making no further comments. i did ask one question. do you have any message for the families? last week's report concluded a56 people died at the gosport war memorial hospital after being given inappropriate amounts of painkillers. a further 200 patients probably died in the same way. robert wilson was admitted to recover from a shoulder injury and other conditions, but his family said he was dead within four days. his daughter tracie said

she was disappointed by today's statement from dr barton. she had an opportunity today to come out and take responsibility for her actions. but she has chosen once again not to do that. she has portrayed herself as a victim, which i find quite distasteful. she is not a victim. drjane barton, seen here at an earlier inquest, wasn't the only individual or agency criticised in the inquiry. it said there was a disregard for human life at the hospital over a period of around 12 years, and the families say it is now time for the police to take action. let's speak to bridget reeves — whose grandmother elsie devine died in gosport war memorial hospital, in 1999. she joins me from west london. thank you for speaking to us. what

went through your mind when you so drjane barton and heard the statement? i was not surprised at all. the last statement i heard from jane barton was in 2009 at my grandmother's inquest and have, it was she was delighted that the jury had found that the drug she had administered without logic or justification that shortened my grandmother's life was given for therapeutic purposes. the difference here is the report that has been published and summarised has said that there was complete disregard for human life by doctor barton and those in hospital and whilst she saysin those in hospital and whilst she says in her statement that she was

in an under resourced section of the nhs one has to remember that that institutionalised prescribing opiates and sedatives that shortened these elderly vulnerable people's lines was a regime she brought to the hospital and 1989 and that the nurses complained about in 1991. the nurses complained about in 1991. the nurses did not complain about resources , nurses did not complain about resources, it was around the fact they were being asked to prescribe these heavy opiates to patients they felt were not in pain and do not need them. to remind viewers what the report said, more than a50 people died after being given drugs inappropriately. when you heard that reference today to a resourcing issue, what went through your mind? well resources in any way shape or form involved as far as you are

concerned? i think at the very start of the story as i mentioned when dr jane barton started at redcliffe and nurses made their first complaints that it was not a resource issue but regardless of that, if you are a doctor and you are willing to stand up doctor and you are willing to stand up in public and say that your patient‘s interest was always at the heart of your work and you felt you we re heart of your work and you felt you were dedicated and hard—working, you certainly don't go about knowingly and none of us... we have to get to the point where we have a proper police investigation because we are not able to speak about what is actually in that report, we do not know the motive is etc. but those lines were shortened. 0f know the motive is etc. but those lines were shortened. of those families could see it when they were reporting it to the police and making 88 —— in 1988 and we can see

it in early 2000 then surelyjane barton must have known that that was an outcome of this oversubscription. we cannot do anything right now. it has been a week since the report was in front of us and we have had twos digests the brutality on which our loved ones died and jeremy hunt and cheese are made, it has been a week now since this book to the families added to stand up and ensure that we have a criminal investigation started as soon as possible. let's not have any further delays, for the sake of these families who have dedicated 20 years to getjustice and lay their loved ones to rest at last. and so many of the patient's written to that hospital for respite and recovery. was that your grandmother's situation? exactly. she was discharged from another hospital after getting over an infection, she was a nurse for a few

weeks because she could not come home. a family were in hammersmith, my father was undergoing a transplant and she did not come out. my transplant and she did not come out. my grandmother was one of the lucky ones in some respects because she lasted for weeks. some people went in there having been discharged from hospital and lasted only a few days. they were hooked up to these strong opiates on day one and the next day or day after they were dead. i am absolutely devastated, relatives well and their 80s and have to hear that for the first time last wednesday. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... firefighters request the help of the army to tackle a huge fire on moorland in greater manchester. more than 50 homes have been evacuated. the doctor at the centre of the gosport hospital

scandal appears in public. speaking through her husband, she said she was doing the best for the patients. the prime minister defends her brexit strategy following warnings from businesses that a failure to reach a deal with the eu could threaten investment in the uk. and in sports defending champions germany are out of the world cup. an unbeaten 2—0 by south korea and a must win match in group f. sweden snatched a place in the knockout stages with a comfortable 3—0 win over mexico who also make it through from the group into the last 16. england are already through but they are preparing for the match with belgium tomorrow. delhi alley is expected to miss a second straight game due to a thigh injury. more after 5:30pm. prince william has met

the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, during a visit to the west bank. the duke of cambridge said he wanted to see lasting peace in the middle east. he's the first royal family member to make an official visit to the palestinian 0ccupied territories. israel's prime minister, benjamin neta nyahu, yesterday urged him to take a ‘message of peace' to mr abbas. 0ur correspondent yolande knell is in ramallah. we have used the word historical, give us the significance of the meeting today. this was a very important part of the prince's visit and it is supposed to be a nonpolitical visit as a royal visits a lwa ys nonpolitical visit as a royal visits always are, they come at the request of the uk government. this was a day trip inevitably it was very hard for the prince to avoid politics. he had been given that request by the israeli president to come here and

deliver a message of peace to the palestinian leader, to president abbas to urge them to stick steps to build confidence after a0 years of no “— build confidence after a0 years of no —— afoa years —— four heels of no direct peace talks. we were told that the message was the palestinians were very serious about peace and they are committed to the idea of a two state solution, of creating an independent palestinian state on lines that existed before the 1977 middle east war to live peacefully alongside israel. that is very much the standard palestinian position and that is where the prince made his own comments would he said my sentiments are the same as yours and hoping that as a lasting peace in the region. the pencil on to another place which also had a lot of political significance, the refugee camp to

the north of the city where it is very clear can see an israeli settle m e nt very clear can see an israeli settlement in the west bank. these are considered illegal under international law although israel disagrees with that. the palestinians say it undermines the viability of future palestinian state because of the land they take up state because of the land they take up and they are the prince also went toa up and they are the prince also went to a health clinic and a school run by the un agency for pastor nina refugees currently facing a funding crisis. the refugee camp has more than 9000 people, overcrowded with lots of breeze block buildings and those refugees actually were forced from their homes and 19a8 when the state of israel was created for the fighting that followed that but there was many of their descendants still living there. they consider the palestinian refugee issue to be a key su in the long—running israel palestine conflict. the prince came

to very understanding and downtown mall ali and a crowd turned out to cheer them watching the football. then he went off to some kiosks behind me he localfood and then he went off to some kiosks behind me he local food and soul additional dancing and things like that. thank you. the prime minister has defended her brexit strategy following warnings from business last week that a failure to reach a deal with the eu could threaten investment in the uk. at a stormy session of prime minister's questions, theresa may insisted she was ‘listening to business‘ and placing jobs at the ‘heart‘ of the government‘s plans. butjeremy corbyn warned her threat to walk away from brexit negotiations was a risk to britishjobs. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, reports. are you in charge of your cabinet, prime minister? theresa may‘s ministers seem to be going rogue, speaking out about their colleagues

and policy in a way that suggests a splintering cabinet and a breakdown in discipline. for instance, here is the number two at the treasury, liz truss, mocking the environment is secretary, michael gove, last night. too often we are told we are thinking too much. maybe that‘s just me. eating too many doughnuts or enjoying the warm glow of our wood—burning goves. i mean stoves. at that point there is a lot of hot air that emerges. then there is borisjohnson, who arrived back at heathrow yesterday after ducking a vote on the airport‘s expansion. he has not denied using very blunt language to criticise concerns from businesses about brexit. colleagues have not been impressed. business is important to us and i don‘t think anybody should be dismissive but this was, as i understand it, a throwaway remark at a drinks reception

and probably not wise but i wouldn‘t read any more into it than that. and of course brexit divides the cabinet. theresa may will try to hammer out its differences at a meeting next week. differences jeremy corbyn tried to export at prime minister‘s questions. isn't the truth that the real risk to jobs in our country is a prime minister who is having to negotiate around the clock with her own cabinet to stop it falling apart, rather than negotiating jobs of workers in this country? we triggered article 50, agreed and implementation period, past the eu withdrawal bill. britain fit for the future and leaving the eu on the 29th of march 2019. but how and on what terms? in the coming weeks, theresa may has some big choices to make. plans to build community prisons for women in england and wales have been scrapped. instead, the government will open five residential centres where female offenders will be

helped with drug and mental health problems, and finding work. ministers say custodial sentences haven‘t stopped reoffending — and should only be used for more serious crimes, asjune kelly reports. inmates at work in the grounds of styal women‘s prison in cheshire. for years, reformers have been saying that prison doesn‘t work for many female offenders. the majority of women behind bars are assessed as low or medium risk and commit nonviolent and low—level crimes. paula harriet served four years for drugs offences. she knows what life is like on the inside for women. the lack of support that there is in the prison environment to really tackle things like serious mental health, serious addiction, childhood abuse, domestic abuse. you know, all of these issues require therapy, they require support. women make up about 5% of the prison population in england and wales. nearly 60% have suffered domestic

abuse, and many have mental health problems. 70% of those on short sentences will go on to reoffend. now, the ministry ofjustice says rather than women going to prison, there will be a network of residential centres. women can get the support that they need to turn their lives around, to stop them reoffending. that helps us bring down crime and it helps ensure that we get people on the right track. campaigners say the new alternatives to prison must be properly funded to be effective. june kelly, bbc news. with me is frances crook, the chief executive of the howard league for penal reform. this is quite a development, what is your take on it? i think this is a great change and i welcome it.

women‘s prisons are dreadful, they area women‘s prisons are dreadful, they are a bloodbath, self injury rate is terrible, they are expensive to learn and woman come out and commit more crimes because the lives have been interrupted, the problems have not been solved. keeping women in the community as a great step forward. there‘s a little bit of money behind it to support women‘s centres which we now work. that is robust research and evidence which surely than women‘s lives around so let‘s do what works. surely than women‘s lives around so let's do what works. you say women's prisons are currently dreadful. people watching with no experience of the system will save prison is not meant to be nice, they should be different for women?” not meant to be nice, they should be different for women? i actually think we should have a strategy like this for men as well but today the government is doing something about women and that is to be welcomed. there are just under a000 women and present and 80,000 men so we can sort women out and use that

experience for men as well. and around 300 women were only sentenced to less than two weeks in prison so just as destructive. that doesn‘t do any good to anybody, it is just expensive. the government is suggesting and it is rare for me to say it has got it right so this is good to say this, women‘s centres about 50 of them across the country deal with individual woman, they wrap around the woman and say what can we do to help you? they turn up lives around and deal with housing and getting kids back, literacy and mental health problems, drug addiction and alcoholism. homelessness, they can deal with the problems and they stop crime. they are cheap so they are good for the taxpayer, they help the women, the good for children and they stop crime survey are good for victims what‘s not to like? crime survey are good for victims what's not to like? what your saying is that women are often giving

feedback given a prison sentence for something quite minor. we‘re not talking about serious crimes here? ifa talking about serious crimes here? if a woman commits a murder, she will go in the same with the man would go to prison. and i can count those on my hand. most times they go to jail for shoplifting which is annoying but it can be dealt with in the community. shops want that, they don‘t want it to happen again. women get locked up for not sending their children to school, they get when analysed for that. let us sort out the family problems. these are not dangerous people. the only danger they are it to themselves and not do anybody else. very interesting to talk to you. thank you very much. a heterosexual couple who want to enter a civil partnership rather than a marriage have won the backing of the supreme court. rebecca steinfeld and charles keidan argued that marriage had, for centuries, treated women as property and wanted a civil

partnership instead. currently that is only available to same—sex couples. afterjudges ruled that the current law was incompatible with human rights legislation. that was a unanimous ruling today from the supreme court. much more coming up in the next half an hour. time for a look at the weather. more of the same the much coveted. more of the same the much coveted. more blue skies, sunshine and dry weather and more hot weather. temperatures today were close to 32 degrees on the coast of west wales. we have seen temperatures up into the 30s across parts of scotland as well. a lovely evening if you like sunshine and warmth. as we go through the night, temperatures will dip away as the sun goes down. we will see clouds rolling its way into eastern scotland and eastern england. confirmation of those temperatures. a cool night given how hot it has been today. tomorrow, a

bit of a great start for eastern areas. that cloud, mist and murk should clear away out to sea but could hang on in eastern scotland and england at times. it should be another day of strong sunshine and heat. look at the extent of the orange colours on our temperature chart. the centre of glasgow could get up to 31 degrees. looking towards the weekend, a lot of dry weather still. it will turn a bit cooler across scotland and northern ireland. further south, little cooler across scotland and northern ireland. furthersouth, little rain in prospect for the coming days. this is bbc news, these are the headlines. firefighters request the help of the army to tackle the blaze on saddleworth moor in manchester. army to tackle the blaze on saddleworth moor in manchesterlj saddleworth moor in manchester.” heard crackling and the fire and there was a lot of ash. we couldn't

breathe. the smoke was really dense and you could hardly breathe. your eyes we re and you could hardly breathe. your eyes were burning as well. the doctor at the centre of the gosport hospital scandal breaks her silence. a statement read out on behalf of drjane barton said she was "doing the best for her patients". the prime minister defends her brexit strategy following warnings from businesses that a failure to reach a deal could threaten investment in the uk. prince william has been cheered as he visits a palestinian refugee camp. earlier, he met president mahmoud abbas. time for a look at the sport now. here is cute with extraordinary news from the world cup. the defending champions germany are out of this year‘s world cup after a dramatic conclusion to group f that saw them beaten by south korea 2—0. 0llie

foster is in moscow for us. the tournament sees its first big team eliminated. absolutely. the big things here — brazil, argentina and germany had their opening wobbles but out of all of those teams we expected germany to get things right. especially against south korea. they needed just a win to go through to the last 16. it is the first time they have failed to get out of a world cup group. the reigning champions, four times winners and four times runners—up, the team that has dominated global football for so many years, their world cup is over. let us show you what happened there against south korea. they were chasing the game knowing that one goal would put them through. first kim young—gwon scored to make it1— through. first kim young—gwon scored to make it 1— zero two the south koreans. after the german goalkeeper went up to the other end tottenham

hotspur‘s ei group raced up to the other end and scored. germany were chasing that game and a goal would have put them throughout mexico‘s expense. this is a great game for sweden. they turn things around after losing to the germans in the last game. they beat the mexicans 3-0. last game. they beat the mexicans 3—0. their second goal was a penalty and there was an own goal for the swedes. that result in sweden top of group f. mexico going through with them on six points as well. germany and south korea going home. absolute fumigation for the germans. the manager made five changes for that match. he has been fingering his way all the way up to this world cup and threw it. and they are out. they never managed to find a settled team that actually worked. we have got

some early reaction to this. the england team have arrived in kaliningrad ahead of their match against belgium tomorrow evening. both of those teams are already through to the last 16. they will not be playing germany no matter how far they go. here are gareth southgate‘s thoughts about germany going out. he has been on the end of the loss to germany in the past.” thought they would go through. they we re very thought they would go through. they were very close to the wire against sweden the other night and ijust watched some of the game there were they just were watched some of the game there were theyjust were not watched some of the game there were they just were not able to watched some of the game there were theyjust were not able to break career down. they have not been ahead for long in any of their matches. it has been unusual to see them struggle as much as they have but the level of all of the teams is strong. we will be back with a lot more reaction to germany‘s defeat and then heading home in sports day at 630 pm. remarkable news from the world cup.

firefighters in greater manchester questing the help of the army to contain a vast moorland fire. they say they are tackling seven separate fires in the same side area. a little earlier on, we heard from our correspondence. he gave us an update from the moors. danny has now returned to this reservoir and jointly from there. give us a sense of everything you have been experiencing today, danny. what is a situation now? this is where all the smoke is coming from. surrounding the hills of this reservoir for several square miles. it isjust

emitting smoke. just over my shoulder here come away towards the and towards blackhill and way. there‘s smoke coming up from over there. it has just dampened down a little bit in the last hour or so. you can see behind here as well, this hillside has several small fires burning which have been brought along by the fairly healthy easterly breeze which is blowing here at the moment. that is taking all the smoke into manchester. it looks like there‘s a fork or something over those hills at the moment. that is all smoke. firefighters are still here trying to deal with this. they are here during daylight hours. their routine is to be here on site from around 3am until last night. they try and preserve property and life throughout the night. there were a few places just down the road from here where it was getting close to

residential area last night. 3a homes were evacuated and those people have now been allowed back into their homes. this will go on for days so that is why they have asked the military for help. there will be helicopters around tomorrow anything high volume pumps which can pump water out of the reservoirs and onto the hill to try to dump the fires down. this is a job of containment and trying to stop the fire from spreading. there is absolutely no hope of the fire service putting out these fires. nature will have to do that and with no rain in the forecast looking forward to the next few days at least, it seems that these fires will keep on burning for some time yet leaving that horrible smoke and smoke hanging over large parts of greater manchester. danny savage with the very latest there. more about the fire in the six o‘clock news. people want more help from the

government to live healthier lives according to a new study. the analysis, one of five independent report reduced for the bbc to mark the 70th anniversary of the nhs next month. the success of the smoking ban and sugary drinks tax should encourage mr ‘s. it also suggested that the fear of the nanny state is unfounded with opinion polling indicating that the public in fact has an appetite for tough action. in a moment, iwill has an appetite for tough action. in a moment, i will be discussing much of this. first, this report from dominic hughes. the introduction of compulsory seat belts in cars was one of the most important public health measures introduced by the government. at the time, critics said this was at the action of a nanny state but it led to a drastic reduction in road traffic deaths and injuries. since then, we‘ve seen similar measures, like the smoking ban and a sugar tax, and now a new report says the public

supports government action. the majority of the public are in favour of governments taking some of these interventions, such as limiting fast—food outlets near schools, limiting advertising of junk food before 9pm on television and also things like the smoking ban. these are things the government does have control over. but the report also says that individuals have a responsibility to look after their own health. men in sheds is a scheme in leeds, where these middle—aged men this project in lees was setup help people get over... the report says that this is what the public wants more of. ‘cause you have someone to talk to, you know? you are notjust sat on your own being bored. talk to, you know? you are notjust sat on your own being boredm talk to, you know? you are notjust

sat on your own being bored. it is one of the best things i have discovered since retirement.” one of the best things i have discovered since retirement. i think the main thing is camaraderie. when you live by yourself, it can be quite lonely. it is the social, physical and economic environment in which we live that is the biggest influence on our health. today‘s report says that there is public support for government measures that help people break down those environmental barriers to good health. let‘s discuss much of this, many of the findings and your questions as well. thank you very much for being here. there is a huge amount of interesting information in this analysis. let‘s start with a broad thought about expectations. perhaps we all expect an awful lot of our national health service. what does this does this report tell us about

those expectations and whether they are met? it shows that the public strongly identifies with the values and the founding principles of the nhs. public satisfaction is high. but there is concern about pressure on the front line that we have been hearing a lot about over the past year or two. the rising waiting times and the funding situation. of course, the government recently increased, announced an increase to the budget of the nhs so that goes some way to answering some of those concerns. in terms of pessimism for the future, it is at an all—time high. 0ne the future, it is at an all—time high. one thing that is important to point out is that we have expectations but partly because of our huge affection for the institution, there is a separate question about if we demand enough from the nhs. a report this week says that maybe we don't. as you are alluding to, it is a balance, isn‘t it? tween what we want or expect and

funding constraints. we talk about finding all the time, don‘t we? funding constraints. we talk about finding all the time, don't we? we do. it has been a big topic in recent months. one of the things that the report today has shown is that the report today has shown is that the report today has shown is that the public agree. they also have the response ability to the health service. 86% believe they should be keeping healthy to relieve the pressure on the health service. the problem is, they find it difficult. seven in ten people struggle to meet two of the recommended guidelines on diet, physical activity and an alcohol consumption and smoking. and so, the polling that has been done suggests that they want the government to ta ke that they want the government to take tough action to regulate and tax to make it easier to be healthy. that is so interesting, the idea that people want health. what is interesting is that while the nhs is in the back incredibly important in

maintaining our health, a lot of our health is determined by other factors. social, environmental, things in our communities. a lot of that sits in local government and not in the nhs. while money has been going into the nhs, actually local government budgets have been going down. there is a real tension here between treating people when they are illand between treating people when they are ill and actually preventing ill— health so that people are ill and actually preventing ill—health so that people don't have to use the nhs as much as they do. to the nhs picks up the in needs to come from a range of organisations and bodies? to come from a range of organisations and bodies7m to come from a range of organisations and bodies? it is everybody's was once ability, not just individuals. watch this report has shown is that actually an appetite for stronger regulation, increasing taxes like junk food taxes. the government is often nervous about these kinds of taxes. that is interesting because we hear

the phrase nanny state and it gets used in a derogatory way, "don‘t tell us what to do don‘t tell us how much to exercise and how much to drink or not drink." again, people seem drink or not drink." again, people seem to be saying, actually, that is quite useful that information. the smoking ban is an interesting one because that was brought in ten yea rs because that was brought in ten years ago, just over ten years ago now and there was a real battle. i remember reporting on it. there was a battle between the government trying to convince the public and the industry that it was needed. public satisfaction and public a cce pta nce public satisfaction and public acceptance group, pubs and accepted it and gradually now it would seem ha rd to it and gradually now it would seem hard to go back to an era where smoking was allowed in public places. that is a really good example of how these interventions do become embedded. absolutely, that is really interesting. but as they do look at some of the viewers questions on this. we have had a query here. "why are we taxing sugar

and not video games?" we talk about the sedentary lifestyle and perhaps we should be punishing the video game makers. i don‘t know how you would do that. with video games, there was a recent warning by the world health organisation that actually they were addicted and we should, in terms of a health sense, ta ke should, in terms of a health sense, take more note of how often people are playing the games. the thing with the tax on sugary drinks, there isa with the tax on sugary drinks, there is a levy on manufacturing. 0ne with the tax on sugary drinks, there is a levy on manufacturing. one can of fizzy drink can have enough sugar to ta ke of fizzy drink can have enough sugar to take the app average teenager over the daily sugar level. one single can? yes, one single can can ta ke single can? yes, one single can can take them over the level. that is why the government targeted sugary drinks. there is overwhelming evidence about this. we have got a

real problem between children aged 2-15. a lot real problem between children aged 2—15. a lot are overweight or obese so we 2—15. a lot are overweight or obese so we know there is a problem. 0n the video games, i think the sugar tax there was an overwhelming body of evidence. but the public health community is always looking at what we need to be doing to tackle these problems. there is resolution on the games with age for example. yes, thatis games with age for example. yes, that is very tricky. it is worth asking as well, how does the nhs in england differfrom asking as well, how does the nhs in england differ from the asking as well, how does the nhs in england differfrom the nhs in scotland. that is one certificate query from one of our viewers. some of these initiatives are actually brought in nationwide. the sugary drinks tax was a uk— wide move. 0n others, scotland have been more progressive and they have introduced a minimum unit price for alcohol in

wales, there are steps to do that. in england, it is not on the cards yet. there are some differences but some of these uk — wide issues. yet. there are some differences but some of these uk - wide issues. so much more i could ask you. the whole area of preventative medicine is fascinating. thank every much indeed. thank you for coming in. the john lewis partnership has issued a profits warning. the chain says it expects its profits to be close to zero in the first half of this year. they say the annual figure will be substantially they say the annual figure will be su bsta ntially lower they say the annual figure will be substantially lower than last year. the group is going to close five of its waitrose supermarkets. when faced with this level of uncertainty and with the significant risks that they can see and with the apparent misunderstanding, or lack of appreciation of the scale of that. i would say that it would seem irresponsible for people who know that some of those things could happen not to flight those. the

chair of thejohn happen not to flight those. the chair of the john lewis happen not to flight those. the chair of thejohn lewis partnership there talking specifically about comments that the partnership has made about brexit and risks again echoing some concerns that we have already discussed here on the programme today. the partnership issuing a profits warning today. people over the age of a0 in england should pay another tax to help fund elderly care, according to mps. that comes as ministers are looking at how to reform adult social care. currently, only the poorest get help with later life costs. some have to rely on friends and family or simply go without. now, a group of mps are

trying to find ways to reform the system and raise extra cash. they are calling for new social care premium paid for by employers, people over a0 and those retirement. it will be based on income. people who could not afford to pay would not be expected to. looking at the principles of fairness and raising extra resources. without it, i'm afraid social care is in a very precarious state and a lot of people are just not getting the support they need. accommodation of an ageing population and a squeeze on council budget has left the social ca re council budget has left the social care at breaking point. with the over 65s being the fastest—growing age group in england, predicted to make up more than half of the population in 25 year a pot of the time, it is clear that reform is needed. when i'm over 40 i would not mind paying it but... why over the age of 40? why not everybody?

instead ofjust half the population? added care how much they get in their pensions and private pensions and whatever, they have worked for that. i think they should be entitled to have it. theyjust need to find another way of doing it. the matter how they do it, with current spending, more funding is needed.” think there is agreement across the nhs, across gps, across the care providers that the care system is not working for people and we need to do something radically different to do something radically different to make sure people get the care that they need. the government says it plans to publish a green paper on social care reform in the autumn. some breaking news coming through from the united states in the last few minutes. we are hearing thatjoe jackson has died. he was 89 and was suffering from cancer. the father of the jackson dynasty. he was the

father of michaeljackson and janet jackson. he was the man who encouraged their musical talents but was often mired in controversy as well. some of his children talked about what an incredibly difficult father he was. he was estranged from some of his children. the father of michaeljackson, janet jackson, some of his children. the father of michael jackson, janet jackson, he has died at the age of 89. he has been living in las vegas. he tweeted just a few days ago and he was being treated for cancer as that tweet suggests. it suggests that he knew that the cancer treatment could not help him for much longer. joe jackson has died at the age of 89. now let‘s turn our attention to the

last few days and it looks like there is more to come. porthmadog in north wales has recorded the highest temperature of the year so far— 31.9 celsius. the sweltering conditions are going to continue. forecasters say a high of 33 degrees is possible in the next few days. our correspondence has been enjoying the weather in banger in north wales. testing the water. 15-16d. we have had warmer days over the last few weeks in the water but this is nice, perfect. nice and a chance to take a breakfrom perfect. nice and a chance to take a break from the day job. a chance to get out today and then back to work. northern ireland has been enjoying its share of the uk‘s heatwave. today could be the hottest temperature recorded here for any yea rs. temperature recorded here for any years. i am taking the kayak out for

a lovely day. it is amazing. it is not often that it is like this so you need to make the most of it and enjoy it while it is here. weather warnings continue to be issued through the uk as the heatwave intensified. temperatures are above 35 degrees in wales, the hottest place in the uk. cooler in aberdeen, 22 degrees. the hot weather also means difficult conditions for some. here in staffordshire, it has been a struggle to keep livestock cool. while the seaside resort of weston—super—mare have been welcoming many visitors. northern ireland‘s top temperatures expected to come mid afternoon. forecasters will find out whether the record has been broken. 0n will find out whether the record has been broken. on this beach for now there is plenty of space on the sand. don‘t be full, there are many other children waiting to descend as soon as other children waiting to descend as soon as lessons other children waiting to descend as soon as lessons are over. other children waiting to descend as soon as lessons are over. we are going to pick up her brother and sister from school and come down to the beach for a big swim in the sea.

if you don‘t fancy a swim, there is a lwa ys if you don‘t fancy a swim, there is always pedal power as northern ireland favours the moment. let‘s get the latest weather prospects. it looks like northern ireland got very close to 30 degrees. we are still waiting for all of the final figures to be confirmed. this weather watcher picture came from llandudno in north wales. in porthmadog the temperature was close to 32 trees. the warmest day of the year so far it wasn‘t quite so plain sailing everywhere. a misty, murky start in scarborough. eastern areas we re start in scarborough. eastern areas were plagued by this cloud which then retreated out into the north sea. as we go through this evening and night, we are respecting some of that cloud to return. temperatures along the eastern coast will be a bit lower but pretty high values out west. the heat will not drain away very quickly through the evening. at

7pm it will be 27 degrees in cardiff and perhaps 28 in glasgow and edinburgh. asi and perhaps 28 in glasgow and edinburgh. as i mentioned, through the evening and tonight some of the cloud in the north sea may roll its way back into eastern scotland and england and maybe as far inland as the east midlands. clear, starry skies and temperatures will give away. not a particularly warm night. temperatures will dip away towards it 11-1adc. a temperatures will dip away towards it 11—1adc. a bright start for many tomorrow and a lot of cloud in eastern areas which will retreat out into the north sea again. look at all the orange on this chart. the heat tomorrow will be widespread. temperatures easily up into the high 20s. cardiff up to 28 or 29 degrees. asimilar 20s. cardiff up to 28 or 29 degrees. a similar temperature in belfast. glasgow could get up to 31 degrees tomorrow afternoon. high—pressure drift a little bit further north and that will allow us to tap into some

slightly cooler air. we are bringing a flow of wind from the north or north east into scotland and northern ireland. the temperatures willdip northern ireland. the temperatures will dip awayjust a little bit. this stripe of cloud likely to work its way into scotland through the day. it won‘t spoil things too much as you can barely see it on the weather map. it will bring in cooler air. 0n weather map. it will bring in cooler air. on thursday afternoon we had 31 in glasgow but on friday it should be 26 degrees. if you were watching this yesterday, we were talking about this area of low pressure drifting up from the south. there is still a small chance that it could bring some showers to southern areas later in the weekend. it looks most likely now that high—pressure will hold firm. it will stay dry with some sunshine. cooler in the north but plenty of heat further south. the army is called in to help tackle a huge fire across saddleworth moor.

as temperatures soar, it now spreads across four miles — people have been told to leave their homes. conditions can change within five or ten seconds if that wind direction changes. the crews are doing an admirable job and working really hard in extreme temperatures. police have declared the fire a major incident. we‘ll have the latest fom saddleworth. also tonight... the first comment from the doctor implicated in the scandal at a gosport hospital where over a00 people had their lives cut short. she has always maintained that she was a hard—working, dedicated doctor, doing the best for her patients in a very inadequately resourced part of the health service. commentator: and here's son to wrap it up, all alone... son heung—min! straight into an open goal — a stunning victory for south korea as they knock germany out of the world cup.