it's quite funny sure headlines. it's quite funny sure that our first reaction is to rush out to asda as the daily mail reporting and try to stockpile for the heatwave barbecue and being restricted to six multipacks but there's a slightly more, it's not just about our delivery is being late. there is a serious issue. you might say it's a good thing for people trying to sell beer... when it first happened i thought izzard brexit, the weather, itjust seems to be two factories being refurbished... it's one of those things coming together isn't it? it's hot weather, either not working are being on holiday. as far as i can make out. and world cup the man. we might not have known that the heatwave was coming but we did know

the world cup was coming, it seems a poor time to shut the factories for maintenance. there is talk that things might be back online and the c02 will flow again. it will remain a mystery to me even after it's all sorted. what it did inspire was a great debate on how crumpets are made and things like that. let's move on to the times and more serious matters, nhs chiefs to cut a host of added to thousands of nhs patients will be told they cannot have procedure is deemed useless in a drive to save hundreds of millions of pounds every year. it's quite a comprehensive list. all sorts of things that will not happen. comprehensive list. all sorts of things that will not happenlj thought we knew taking tonsils out was not medically necessary any more? children don't have tonsils taken more? children don't have tonsils ta ken out more? children don't have tonsils taken out any more. the idea the nhs

will save money by not taking the tonsils out doesn't work for me. other things like back pain and treatments for arthritis, it's all very well calling them useless but i should not think people who are in chronic pain find them useless. arthritis and snoring surgery, snoring surgery, grommets, removal of skin lesions, none of this is necessary. who, i'm sorry, is there some triage team, who decides whether it is necessary or not? ipod nice, whatever it's called, the independent body, they decided all of this anyway? it's quite separate from cost saving. unless the nhs is running different way. it's come from the top doctor who says we had to spend taxpayers money. i suppose

if you suffer from any of these u nfortu nate if you suffer from any of these unfortunate conditions and you wander in and say i am an extreme discomfort and would like something done, under the new regime we don't done, under the new regime we don't do that any more, you have to wait until you gets better. it says the responsibility will be put on patients do not demand surgery that does no good. if you are suffering as you say you won't be thinking about that. i don't think so. i cannot see, this is not going to go down well with people who perhaps are thinking of popping in to see the gp to see if something can be done. on the 70th anniversary of the nhs. i might draw the line at snoring surgery. talking is someone who allegedly snores, i don't know ifi who allegedly snores, i don't know if i would want to go and have surgery if i would want to go and have surgery for it but being serious, if you snore very badly you, it can be

very healthy. you might be right, it might be, i don't know if this is a rehash of something we either new but i can see why a pocket on the front page. let's move on again, another subject which is familiar. bottom right of the front page, only 200 pupils will get top gcse grades this is under the new grading system. which my kids are long out of so you can tell me, this is the 1-9 of so you can tell me, this is the 1—9 isn't of so you can tell me, this is the 1-9 isn't it? it is, we have been talking about grade inflation for as long as we can remember and to michael gove's credit he tried to do something about it. we have this new 1-9 something about it. we have this new 1—9 system, eight and nine are the new a star, a grades, everything below that gets a bit murky for me

and i'm sure universities and employers might feel the same way. 200 pupils will achieve a clean sweep of the top grade which is a dramatic drop. back when i was doing mine it seemed quite easy to get and pgy- mine it seemed quite easy to get and pay. we are turning over a bit of stone about whether top grades are easier than they used to be and they will get shouted down whatever we say. restricting the top grade to one tenth of the number at the moment is quite a dramatic change. what, what really irritates me about this change and has irritated me from the start is the way they've changed the numbers, change the letters for the numbers and turned the numbers upside down. you and i robert barr old enough to remember when all levels were numbers and thenit when all levels were numbers and then it became numbers and letters now they're going back to numbers but they're turning it upside down... how many people when you are

at school they are a member getting top end o—levels? at school they are a member getting top end o-levels? this coming year they will be nine's. it'sjust, pa rents, they will be nine's. it'sjust, parents, teachers too, watching these changes, every time this happens there is another great discussion about, you know, our top grades what they wear and it raises questions, it must raise questions and kids minds, am i achieving, am i not because they read this stuff? it's difficult for the pupils who have to take the first set of the new grades because they've got nothing to compare it with in the past and it must be, i must add to the pressure. it does, i was in the first year of as—level is, and no it doesn't exist so you think is it releva nt? doesn't exist so you think is it relevant? what was it all for?|j

doesn't exist so you think is it relevant? what was it all for? i was never quite sure what they were. i think when i was at school there was something called a ao level which was somewhere between the two.|j have got one of those! it was good where you are not good at the main subjects we could do whatever you wanted, i think i did geology or something like that. air pollution, againa of something like that. air pollution, again a of people get fired up about, quite understandably. this suggestion that it is responsible for 15,000 new diabetes cases every year. all full of stats, 3.2 million new cases caused by pollution globally in 2016 so it's a couple of yea rs globally in 2016 so it's a couple of years ago. the times is trying to get people out of the nhs to save money. and the i is trying to get

more people into the nhs to get the diabetes sorted out. this is something people are increasingly worried about but london air is cleaner than it's ever been i think. but obviously, i did not know about the link to diabetes. 14,000 new cases a year. the risk of diabetes increased even at relatively low levels of pollution. we've not seen the whole of the study. but it's worrying. but whether its historical or not, i don't know, this is a world study i believe. it's going to be significant in other places. but you know, ithink be significant in other places. but you know, i think we always still are discovering stuff, links, medical links between causal friends. to be fair to the government and sadiq khan, they are doing right a lot to improve. we

we nt doing right a lot to improve. we went down a dead—end for decades thinking diesel was greener than petrol or more green than petrol but it turns out it's bad for people. petrol or more green than petrol but it turns out it's bad for peoplelj was it turns out it's bad for people.” was convinced and went out and bought diesel cars because i was told this was the thing to do. london still has a fleet of black cabs all on diesel bringing in these new electric hybrid things which are lovely by the way, i have been in one. but it is worse than that, there is talk of diesel being virtually outlawed. that is where we are moving to, the government has targets by the middle of this century to phase out notjust diesel engines but petrol engines altogether. and seamlessly in the move from targets to a man football on the front of the guardian as we look ahead to england in the knockouts and the possibility of more of those agonising penalties.” will defer to our sports correspondent. i think we will be

competing to get our one fact out that 2006 was the last time we won knockout match, that's it. again, i hold my hands up and say i don't follow football but it agonising. those penalty shoot outs.” follow football but it agonising. those penalty shoot outs. i think they are crying. i don't even like foot ball very they are crying. i don't even like football very much but i do, i can understand the pleasures of the game. but penalties, its skittles, it's a different game. it's silly and the british are not very good. let's hope we repeat the 6—1 against panama and don't have to get to penalties. yes, come on england. thank you both very much indeed. that's it for this hour, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is the seven days a week. if you missed the programme any evening you can of course watch it later on on the bbc iplayer. thanks to my guests, they

will both be back with me at 11:30pm. the weather is next. good evening, for the fifth consecutive day we've had temperatures somewhere in the uk above 30 degrees and this continues into the weekend, hot and sunny weather, the small chance of a thunderstorm particularly in southern and western areas. you can see this area of low pressure, this swirl of cloud will drift north for the second half of the weekend but ahead of that we'll be trying some very warm and increasingly humid air in from the continent so no end in sight our heatwave. we start saturday morning on a relatively fresh note for many, 11—15, we also start off with a fair amount of cloud which drifted in from the north sea overnight. that could take a while to break out so if you're out and about early don't be

surprised if there is a fair amount of cloud overhead but it will break, long spells of sunshine, warm sunshine at that. you can see the extent of the orange shades on our temperature chart. a bit cooler close to some of these north sea coasts parts of the midlands, maybe east and south wales, temperatures up east and south wales, temperatures up to 28,29, possibly 30 east and south wales, temperatures up to 28, 29, possibly 30 degrees, going through saturday remember the night had been quite fresh but actually going to see a bit more warmth and unity holding on particularly down towards the south. temperatures may be no lower than 16 or 17 temperatures may be no lower than 16 or17 in cardiff temperatures may be no lower than 16 or 17 in cardiff and london, temperatures may be no lower than 16 or17 in cardiff and london, a temperatures may be no lower than 16 or 17 in cardiff and london, a bit cooler and fresher further north and that sets the scene for what will be a slightly more muggy day on sunday. and as this area of low pressure, remember the cloud i showed you sta rts remember the cloud i showed you starts to move its way in from the south west we have the increasing likelihood of showers and four storms, perhaps into wales. into the midlands and northern ireland as well, for the east lots of sunshine but that feed of continental air,

the temperatures if anything climbing higher down to the south—east. 30, perhaps 31 degrees on sunday afternoon. 25 in belfast, 27 in glasgow. as we look further ahead, low pressure still churning around down to the south—west but high pressure is going to hold on enough to give most of us are fine and settled week to come. still the potential for showers and the south—west, slightly muddy field, temperatures still close to 30 degrees. this is bbc news. i'm robert hall. the headlines at 11: the president of the european council, donald tusk, calls on britain to lay its "cards on the table" and resolve the outstanding issues on brexit before an eu summit in october. the most difficult tasks are still unresolved. we need great progress

to meet the deadline. david duckenfield, the police commander in charge on the day of the hillsborough disaster, is to stand trial for manslaughter by gross negligence. a firefighter breaks own in tears recalling a "personal rescue mission" to save a 12—year—old from the 20th floor of the grenfell tower. and after days of hot weather people across the uk are being asked to save water. for the first time in 25 years, a hose pipe ban is introduced in northern ireland.