this is bbc news. i'm carol walker. the headlines at 8pm. a female health care worker is arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital in chester. officials in thailand say there will be a zero risk policy as they decide how to get out 12 boys and their football coach, still trapped deep inside a cave. drug related deaths reach their highest level in 20 years in scotland where the problem is said to be the worst of any european country. anybody can die from drugs. even myself i try to stay away from them but it is hard. also this hour, ministers take action to improve the lives of lesbian gay bisexual and trans people the government's produced a 75—point plan to tackle discrimination and identify hate crime. it's been a tense first half

in moscow, england and colombia were locked at 0—0 at half—time, where the winner will meet sweden in the quarter finals at the world cup a health care professional has been arrested in cheshire, on the suspicion of murdering eight babies and trying to murder six others. the woman's arrest is part of an investigation into the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital, between march 2015 and july 2016. judith moritz reports. managers at the countess of chester hospital called the police, because they could not explain the unusual number of baby deaths

and near death emergencies on the neonatal unit. detectives initially focused on what had happened to 21 babies. now, the investigation has widened to examine the cases of 32 babies, of whom 17 died. this morning, a woman who was described as a health care professional, was arrested on suspicion of murder. this morning, forensics searches began at her house in chester, which police have confirmed is related to the murder inquiry. a car was also being searched and items taken away for examination. neighbours on the same street woke up to the scene. i got out to go to work about eight, and the police were all there and i did not see many people that were there, and came back about half 11 and it was a lot more activity going on. we did not know until we drove that this morning, and saw all the police cars. saw the police cordoned,

more than the usual number of police cars, the forensic van, so obviously something very serious. at the hospital, the medical director said that asking the police to look into this was not something we did lightly, but we needed to do everything we can to understand what has happened here and get the answers we and the families so desperately want. the neonatal unit stopped providing care for very premature infants in july 2016, and now only looks after babies born after 32 weeks pregnancy, and managers say they are confident the unit is safe to continue. 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in thailand have received their first food and medical treatment for ten days. rescuers are trying to come up with a plan to free them. british divers located the group yesterday, but to get out, they may have to be taught to dive or wait for the floodwaters to recede, which could take months. our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head,

reports from the scene. there is a renewed sense of mission here now. ror the first time in ten days, they know where the boys are, and they know they are alive. the constant flow of divers moves in and out of the case. they are stocking equipment and food supplies underground, preparing for what could be a long and difficult rescue. tonight, they are trying to connect the children to their families. we are bringing in phone lines, said the navy commander in charge of the divers, so they can speak to their parents. there is no rush, he said, all the kids will eventually come back. seven divers, including two medics, are now staying with the boys. they are said to be a surprisingly good health, after ten days with almost no food. the boys' football coach.

it was his assistant who went with them that day. he said he had no idea they were planning to go into games. but he is not surprised that they have survived so well. they're strong, these boys, he told me. i was building this team up to play professionally. their almost miraculous discovery is still being celebrated all over thailand. it is as if a cloud has been lifted from this country. translation: it's unimaginable. i have been waiting for ten days. i never imagined this day would come. i would like to thank the military, police and all the officials who came to help to find my son. this is still a huge operation with large numbers of people coming in to help the operation

which test achieved a remarkable success, but still does not have an answer as to how they are going to get those boys out of the case. that is why the pumps are still working overtime here. no one thinks the boys can be extracted $0011. and more monsoon rain is on the way. jonathan head, bbc news, northern thailand. as we've seen, the cave network that the boys are trapped in makes the rescue mission particularly complicated. our science correspondent, victoria gill, has been considering the options for getting them out safely. how many of you? 13? brilliant. what was meant to be an adventure has become an international rescue mission. and what is not yet clear is just how that mission to bring the 12 boys and their football coach safely to the surface will be carried out. when the team walked into the entrance of the cave system on the 23rd ofjune, it was dry, but sudden heavy rainfall flooded

and blocked narrow passageways. as their route to higher ground narrowed, they abandoned bikes and rucksacks. this is where british cave divers first reached them. two and a half miles from the entrance to the cave network. two options are being considered for their rescue. pumping water out of flooded passageways and teaching the boys to scuba dive their way out, and extremely risky slam through tight spaces and low visibility. a third option is waiting for water levels to society, which at the start of the rainy season, could take months. british cave divers richard staunton and john valenthen, the first to reach the boys are now supporting this confiscated but hopeful rescue effort. they were called in by thai authorities for their expertise in high risk cave diving. something on display during their 2004 attempt to reach chamber 26 of wookie hole in somerset. those boys have had a hard nine, ten days underground. and now they got

the best guys there. sojohn and rick, they are called. they are very collective, they are very organised, extremely disciplined and consummate professionals. so i feel confident from this point on that things are going to work. with even more heavy rain expected in the coming days, rescuers will have to decide on the best way out. victoria gill, bbc news. we are nowjoined by lt colonel steve whitlock, who was part of the 2004 expedition which resulted in six men being trapped in one of the world's biggest cave systems in mexico city although he was not of those trapped. steve then coordinated the rescue with british diver rick stanton, the same diver who has just found the children in the flooded cave in northern thailand. thank you very much indeed for

joining us. we were hearing in that recent report, various options but all of them pretty challenging. yes, we face some of the similar challenges back in 2004, but one of the slight advantages we had was we had planned ahead and one of the options that we have considered is exactly options that we have considered is exa ctly o ne options that we have considered is exactly one of the things they are looking at to dive people out. but the difference is we actually prepare the cave in order to do that, so we laid lines, so that people could get out more easily, should the situation occur. going back to that operation in 2004, what did you do in the end to get the people out? we did exactly what is being proposed, or one of the options that is being proposed which is we trained people to dive them

out, and we dived, we used scuba equipment and we got them out. given we are talking about 12 young lads here, do you think that looks like the most feasible option for this case in thailand? i am not 100% certain case in thailand? i am not 10096 certain of the conditions in thailand. we were aware of the conditions in mexico, it was about 150 metres underwater although it was highly complex and the way you're describing, the situation is going to be in thailand, but not knowing how far they would have to dive means we would have to think carefully about that option, particularly for young people who may not cope with being able to dive quite so easily, with a group of trained divers who were prepared and have been trained. in this instance, do you think that is still the most

likely option, despite all those concerns, despite the use of the boys, who are caught up in this? is that really going to have to be, are they actually going to be trained to dive their way out? i think they do have to consider the situation and decide whether they are prepared to wait, and there will be a hold deal of factors associated with that. not the least the fact that the water could be high for a number of weeks, if not months before they can get them out. it would certainly be a viable option and it made dell we of course that some of the party could dived out and could be trained to dived out and could be trained to dived out and could be trained to dived out but others may not find it possible because it is a very alien environment. how important is the psychological aspect of this? keeping these young boys,, obviously they must know they are in huge

danger, and also getting them to come to terms that it will take a while to get them out. yes, that should not be underestimated. when rick was supporting us in mexico, we actually, when he was through the other side with the 60 dived out, he made an assessment because he got those people to put on that scuba equipment before taking them through the flooded passage, but certainly in the water on the other side up, he actually dived them for a little bit to see how they would cope and having made that assessment, we then decided to dive the entire party out, but it really would be down to rick and john to make that assessment, individually if necessary , assessment, individually if necessary, and then take it from there. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages.

at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are katy balls, political correspondent for the spectator and pippa crerar, the guardian's deputy political editor. england are currently playing colombia for a place in the world cup quarter finals — the score was 0—0 at half time, with the winner playing sweden. now let's go to chi chi izundu, who's with england fans in brighton. thank you forjoining us. it all looks pretty tense there behind you. i cannot tell you how tense it is and actually bent. this is the most animated this crowd has been. what you cannot see is the beautiful sunsetin you cannot see is the beautiful sunset in which they are getting to watch this amazing match. there is a lot of people lining the beaches who did not buy one of the special tickets to come watch in this specific area, there is about 3500 that are packed the beach, but if you look across, if you can see the people that have lined the promenade

who are trying to get a glimpse of the match. as you say, it is england against colombia, and we are still waiting for a goal. the tension here, i have to say is palpable. the expectation is incredibly high. as you can imagine, just this fan zone, but fans those up and around the uk are waiting for a goal. what a beautiful setting it would be if england do go through to the next stage the world cup. many thanks and iam sure stage the world cup. many thanks and i am sure the tension being felt right across the country. thank you for joining right across the country. thank you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news. drug—related deaths reach their highest level in 20 years in

scotland. where the problem is said to be the worst of any european country. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah. i think there is a football match going on. football fans around england, it is most certainly on the lax 16 tie against columbia. it is underweight at the world cup. we're not long into the second half in moscow, it is goalless as it stands, england had the best of the early chances, harry came going closer, could not quite get that end, fingers crossed, columbia looking to have this man on the pitch. and then just before the break, nearly got it in. just could not keep this effort

down. live on bbc five live and of course text updates on the bbc sport website. we will keep you updated if anything happens during this bulletin and england or columbia will face switzerland in the quarterfinals. because after missing a host of good chances, it was who finally found the net for the swedes. i help from deflection there. that is the world cup, but at wimbledon, both their safety into the second round after a straight set wins today. she reached the semifinals last year, while edmund reached the same stage at this years australian open and with all the news on the britons today, here's trey savage. against the world number 103. it was never easy,

against the thalia, the crucial serve at the serpent of the first set. 7— fight on her way to a straight set win which would not be quite straightforward. the 21—year—old russian head back to force a tie break and came through ina force a tie break and came through in a match that lasted an hour and 47 minutes. there it is! a raised fist. she is through. i stayed very tough out there. it was not easy. there were parts where i made the wrong decision but i think ijust really need to make sure i keep telling myself good thoughts. only be in the first round once. this year, she had the bad luck to beat up year, she had the bad luck to beat up against the defending champion, taking her place in the second round, 6—2, 7—5. 19—year—oldj clark is making his wimbledon debut. he

took ernest scores do five sets. but former world number ten came back to win 6—4, surely not the last we will feel clark. in the british men's number one, in his stride against qualifier alex boat, kyle edmund is another who has never been beyond round two but that may change. another error of the game and he has been working so hard. his all round game helped him into the to love lead and a trouble—free passage into the second round for the second year ina the second round for the second year in a row. drew savage, bbc news. young the world number 122, veronica, in three sets. 0ne

young the world number 122, veronica, in three sets. one of the biggest shocks, she is out. the number eight seed was beaten. novak djokovic was troubled as he moved past the tennis in straight sets. the three—time champion seeded 12th this year, lastjust six games and 93 minutes to seal victory. he has had a difficult 12 months since, pulling out of last month tournament with an elbow injury that there are signs he is coming back to form. world number one rafael nadal was on court the first time since last month french open win but there was no rustiness from the second seed. he swept past israel in straight sets to reach the second round.

england cricket collapsed dramatically, 150 948, in their match against india, none of batsmen come to terms, who finished with five wickets including whoever adopts. any are looking good as they chase 160 to win. a few minutes ago there were 103 41. it is at best of three series. that is all the sport for now but i have to update you because england had taken the lead against columbia. harry kane was pulled down in the air, he was given a penalty, harry kane who stood up, so england in the second half, leading 1—0 against columbia. 31 minutes to go in the normal time there in moscow. we will keep you updated. many thanks.

the number of people dying as a result of drug taking in scotland is at its highest since records began more than 20 years ago and the problem is thought to be the worst of any european country. new officialfigures show there were 934 drug related deaths in 2017, that's an increase of 8% on the previous year. since 2007 the number of deaths caused by drugs has more than doubled. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith has this report. used needles and fixing gear, the sharp and of a drug epidemic. scots are now five times more likely to die from drugs than in a road traffic accident. and glasgow's the worst. if you want to understand the scale of the drug problem, in glasgow, then come down here. we're right in the middle of the city centre, and yet you can see all the paraphernalia, it shows just how many are down here shooting up every day. heroin is cheap, plentiful

and often contaminated. you worry about overdosing? no. you don't want to kill yourself, do you? no, i don't want to... so when you're taking heroin do you sometimes not care whether or not it kills you? no. i don't care. that's desperate. i know it's desperate. 18 people a week are dying in scotland. so most drug users know people who died. derrick‘s flatmate overdosed four months ago. i found in him in his bed in that same position i'd left him in the morning. he was completely blue.

you actually found him dead? from a drug overdose? yeah. i've seen people die before, but never seen like this. this lethal. it's very worrying to see a friend like that. anybody can die from drugs. even myself when i did take them. but i try to stay away from them, that's all. the scottish government promised a new drugs strategy months ago. they admit the current services are not meeting the extensive need. that's why we're determined to look at how our strategy currently is working and why it's failing to deliver for individuals and make changes. a father of three is one of the 934 people who died last year. he overdosed on heroin. his aunt tries to help bereaved families overcome the stigma that other people attach to drug deaths. he's an addict, they're worthless anyway. so they don't matter. but they do matter. because he's a dad. and he's a son, he's the nephew.

so he does matter. without a new radical strategy, the fear is that drug deaths in scotland continue to increase. a terrible problem getting even worse. let's speak now to marlene taylor who has lost two siblings to drug overdoses. her 23—year—old brother robert died in 1995, followed by anotherjoseph just three years ago. marlene now works as a manager for the charity family addiction support service in glasgow. she hasjoined us now. thank you for talking to us. there are some pretty stark figures in this status report but you have been touched by these problems personally. just tell us what happened with your two brothers. robert was only 23 when he

died, that was 1995 and that was his first heroine overdose, his first injection and we were absolutely devastated and in 1995 we were ourselves as a family were very ignorant about drugs. my brother joseph who you alluded to, he was barely 16, joseph passed, and he was only ten years old at the time, so asafamily only ten years old at the time, so as a family we were struggling very much about losing robert and it was very ha rd much about losing robert and it was very hard and for us and this ten—year—old boy, and unfortunately the service that they are now, i wish we were able to get that ten—year—old boy more help and i thinkjoseph carried that through his life. joe was a late baby, i was 17 whenjoe was born and joe really

struggled with robert's death and his mental health as he got older grew increasingly worse. so for many people i know that is injoe's position, it is mental health is the underlying problem, is addiction? it does not matter. we lost our boy and it has been devastating. it has devastated my family and i am heartbroken. my parents have only got me laugh. the figures are being released today is devastating. those people that lost their lives, things need to change. there needs to be radical changes and harm reduction. these are preventable. they are not inevitable. this is a health issue. this is a shame of the nation and these figures need to be reduced drastically. you say it was

difficult to know what led for example to joseph turning difficult to know what led for example tojoseph turning to drugs, but do you feel in the case of both your brothers, if they had more help, if they had more support, they might have been, at their deaths might have been, at their deaths might have been avoided? of course. his support is in place, early intervention can make such a difference. there definitely needs to be more investment overall. it is not tackling the drug addiction on its own. i knowjoe had started with anxiety. acute anxiety. and he eventually started to self medicate, and unfortunately it is far too easy, did click a button to purchase straight valiant. that is a huge problem in scotland. quite often you read the statistics of these drug—related deaths. there has to be more resources put in harm

production and is working together as well. it is notjust tackling one end on its own, but it is mental health. the welfare reforms are absolutely vital and the impact is having on the most people in our society, it is a whole quart of radical thinking that needs to be introduced to prevent this poll, 934 souls, you think if that one person had at least two or three people that they meant the world too, look at the ripple effect. look at the children again that is going to be affected by this. i knowjoseph, when we lost robert was ten years old and my brother robert was over six foot five, and i know he really struggled going on without loss. we appreciate you talking about your personal circumstances and of course each one of these tests, is an

individual, a personal tragedy, there will be lives around the loved one who will be mourning those losses. why do you think it is that there are so many of these cases in scotland? it is very difficult to pinpoint one particular reason. very difficult. i do think scottish government were looking forward to the new strategy coming out and i do think we need to be brave, we need to be, i know the scotch government is looking at heroine assisted treatment and we are obviously hoping that eventually scotland will be able to have a decision overtime to where we can have safer public injection facilities because what we have now is not working. what we have now is not working. what we have just now is failing society, and is failing families, it is failing generation after generation. the charity i work in, day in day

out, we support family members affected in this way, whether they currently have a son or daughter sibling, we are dealing with, grandmothers are bringing up grandchildren. this ripple effect is devastating on communities and families. we really do need to look at better harm reduction strategies, more investment in recovery communities, more investment in mental health and look at welfare reform as well. i think it is a shame as a nation, notjust in scotland. thank you very much indeed for joining scotland. thank you very much indeed forjoining us and we are talking to us forjoining us and we are talking to us about your life and the work you are doing to help others. thank you very much. thank you. now let'sjust catch up on the weather. young we have had one or two showers

around, i'm going to keep a few of those to the evening ended the night as well. in seven england, cloud increasing across northeastern areas as well, coming in from the north sea. sunspots dipping down into single figures, but a warmer more humid night to southwest underneath the clouds. into tomorrow, it is looking like a cloudier day for many others. more clout in scotland, across northeast england, it is quite stubborn. seven england and to south wales where an isolated shower is possible, some patchy cloud, into northern ireland. as a result, you'll see more clout around very light winds, temperatures are going to bea light winds, temperatures are going to be a little bit down compared today. it has been so very warm, that upper 20s showing on the chart here. still, it does not feel very warm. hello, this is bbc news.

the headlines. a female health care worker is arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital in chester. authorities in thailand say they will take "a zero—risk approach" to bringing a group of boys still trapped in a flooded cave to safety. a man known only as nick, who sparked a 2.5 million pound police investigation into a claimed westminster paedophile ring, has been charged with perverting the course of justice. harry kane scores from a penalty to put england 0ne—nil up against columbia at the world cup in moscow. the winner will meet sweden in the quarterfinals improving the lives of lgbt people — ministers unveal an action plan to tackle discrimination and identify hate crime celebrating 100 years

of the royal air force — events planned across the country to mark the occasion controversial "gay conversion therapies" are to be banned, as part of a government plan to improve the lives of gay and transgender people in the uk. a national survey released today, found that 2% of britain's lgbt community, have undergone the practice, with another 5% having been offered it. adina campbell has this report... what's it like to be young and gay in the uk? george, rory, billy and louis all live in london. i got a friend to post on their facebook that i was gay and tell the whole school. it was a really weird way of doing it, just because i didn't want my family to find out. similarly, there were quite a lot of people in the school who were not receptive to it.

how comfortable are you maybe holding hands with your boyfriend, girlfriend in public? i would not hold hands in somewhere like stratford in east london. i would if you were somewhere central, like soho. we do hold hands in public, and we were sitting next to each other and we were eating, and then we kissed, and this man ran up to us and he was talking about how we are going to hell, and he threw, like, a bible at us. i get it all the time, you're not really gay, but you're too feminine to be gay. why do you have long hair if you're gay? 0h, can two girls with long hair date? it's ridiculous. the government has now announced a new action plan, including a ban on controversial gay conversion therapies and improvements to gender laws to make it easierfor trans people to change their identity. asad dunham is gay and muslim. he says that the government needs to do more to help people from all backgrounds.

we still don't have marriage equality in northern ireland, for example, and also there isn't an understanding of certain minorities, for example, black, asian, minority ethnicities and then when you add on layers, i think the government really needs to understand what's going on. it's 2018... £4.5 million will be made available in england for the government's new action plan, but labour and other campaigners say it does not go far enough. imagine living your life, every single day, calculating how, calculating the disconnect between how you actually feel and how you need to present yourself to be safe. all of these positive changes have come in, but then it's much harder to change people's minds and people's hearts. i'm joined now by matt mahmood—0gston, whose fiance naz took his own life in 2014just two days after telling his religious parents about his 13—year relationship with matt. naz had been told by his family to

go to a physciatrist to find a cure. matt then set up the charity naz and matt foundation to raise awarness of homophobia. what thank you very much forjoining us what thank you very much forjoining us will what do you make of this new strategy, which includes an end to those attempts to convert people? strategy, which includes an end to those attempts to convert people ?|j think it's a very good first step, but this is really a declaration and that a change has been made. and when those changes are made, i think that's what it's going to be heading right direction. that the government makes the statement and continues to criminalise any form of conversion therapy or treatment where someone's sexual orientation is being forcibly changed because of somebody else's idea what is correct. and the other

thing is, this type of treatment, you can call it, is abuse. it cannot work. individuals who experience it are nine times more likely to have suicidal thoughts, and in extreme cases, individuals with the parents are beating them, burning them, or forcibly trying to exercise the devil —— exorcise. and that part of them, the sexual identity, they believe that it is a disease that needs to be cured and so while there is still a legal cure available, why can't the parent think that it can be cured? can't the parent think that it can be cured ? it can't the parent think that it can be cured? it cannot be cured. your partner came under pressure when he talked about his sexuality to his pa rents. talked about his sexuality to his

parents. you aiken 2014, we have been together for 13 years and for the first time, his family found out about his sexuality that he was in a relationship with me. we were engaged to be married and his pa rents engaged to be married and his parents reaction was to tell him to go to parents reaction was to tell him to gotoa parents reaction was to tell him to go to a psychiatrist to get cured. because he heard radio programmes during people like him. in his response was why but i want to be cured? does response was why but i want to be cured ? does nothing response was why but i want to be cured? does nothing wrong with me. why not accept me for i am? and that conversation was left unfinished. and then two days later, he wouldn't, i saw the road was closed off and police were everywhere in the crowds gathered and it put me in the crowds gathered and it put me in the police car and not telling you what happened, that's when i saw the blanket on the floor and that's what

i found that i donate my soulmate had taken their own life. because he be accepted for who he was. seco that that pressure on him, so you feel that that pressure... dahl that report, the same findings and really that foundation that we have set up, we've heard hundreds of stories from people of different religious backgrounds where their parents believed that somehow, that's some reason being gay is wrong and can be cured. and this, and the stores that we're being told about has led to beatings, torture and burnings and exorcisms of some places. so there is a, unfortunately there was a pattern and a frequency which needs to change, and really to do that is to change, and really to do that is to start changing the narrative in

making parents realise that it cannot be cured and nothing wrong with that. banning these conversion therapies isjust with that. banning these conversion therapies is just one with that. banning these conversion therapies isjust one part with that. banning these conversion therapies is just one part of the strategy, there's going to be new attem pts strategy, there's going to be new atte m pts to strategy, there's going to be new attempts to educate people to make sure police are better informed about it. you'd think the government is on the right track here? you are at the starting point, i will say. because we have been campaigning for this for the past two years. —— three years. anticipating, the government's response was lackluster and not enough. now this is a great step in the right direction, but until we actually see the changes being made, and actually the supporting organisations like ours and in the community, and trust work with parents to educate them and really give them a really nice positive future that actually, the child they're giving birth to his beautiful and wonderful and they

should be celebrating it. attitudes towards lg bt changed quite a bit, but do you think that is still a bit, but do you think that is to a key here that is about changing public social attitudes? yes. i think that while the community has evolved and developed an improved greatly, but there is still the community so after work with more actually educate, not tell them, but actually educate, not tell them, but actually work with them to take them ona actually work with them to take them on a journey of understanding, to allow them to realise that there is bright future where they can love thejob bright future where they can love the job they've given birth to and actually feel great about an actually feel great about an actually accept them unconditionally for they are. thank you very much for they are. thank you very much for joining for they are. thank you very much forjoining us and sharing your story with us. a man known only as nick, who sparked a 2.5 million pound police investigation into a claimed westminster paedophile ring, has been charged with lying. the accuser whose name has been withheld for legal reasons,

made a series of serious allegations including killings, rape and torture by seniorfigures in politics, the army and security services. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw explained the case. so this inquiry was known as operation mid—land and it was sparked in 2014 by nick, it's one of the most controversial inquiries in the recently history of scotland yard. it took 80 months to investigate. and initially, detective described nick's account as credible and true. but, during the investigation, what happened was that an number of senior figures were investigated, including the retired lord bramhall, and also lord britton, the late lord britton, the former conservative mp. they were investigated, no charges were brought against any of them in the inquiry was close. scotland yard was heavily criticised by a judge in a report, and in the case was then sent off to was then

sent off to northumbria police, a separate force, to investigate make himself. and whether he actually was telling the truth. so the repercussions from this case have already been pretty significant. what, do you think, is likely to be the further fallout now that he's actually been charged with allegedly lying about some of these very powerful allegations which he made? well this is going to a case that will go to trial. we expect him to appear in court in september. and the allegations that he faces a very serious. it's 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and they include claims that he falsely claimed to have witnessed three boys being murdered, that he provided sketches of places but the abuse took place, falsely claiming that he memorised those locations and to also allege, that he falsified a in e—mail account providing false information from a man he named witnesses the abuse. in addition to that, he faces an allegation of fraud that he received £22,000 criminal injuries,

compensation providing false information. so very serious allegations that will come to court later this year. lawyers for the family of a schoolgirl who died after an asthma attack have applied to have the inquest into her death reopened — because of new evidence they say links her illness with illegally high air pollution. ella kissi—debrah was 9 years old when she died in 2013 — she d grown up 25 metres from a main road. air pollution is believed to contribute to 40,000 deaths in the uk every year but no direct link has ever been made with an individual case. our environment correspondent claire marshall reports. this is ella playing with her mum's phone. this little cough, an early sign. a few months later she was rushed to hospital unable to breathe. i'm going home today.

she had developed acute asthma. she suffered three years of repeated attacks before dying at the age of nine. ella lived just 25 metres from the south circular, one of the most polluted roads in london. her brother also has asthma. the family now walks to school along quieter roads. at the time, rosamond wasn't told about the dangers of air pollution. before she passed away, i probably resuscitated her between 20 and 30 times. yes, you know they are breathing it in, but you really do not know what damage it is doing. you don't know until it has happened. she wasn't born with asthma. revealed exclusively to the bbc today is medical evidence that could result in air pollution going on a death certificate for the first time. exhaust fumes contain harmful particles and chemicals, such as nitrogen dioxide. according to professor stephen holgate's expert report, there was a striking association

between ella's emergency admissions and recorded spikes in air pollution. he said there was the real prospect that without unlawful levels of air pollution, ella would not have died. the air that everyone is breathing here whether they are walking around or in their cars, is so polluted that it breaks european union laws and it was this bad for the whole period that ella was ill. human rights lawyerjocelyn coburn is appealing to the attorney general to reopen the inquest into ella's death. the uk needs to start complying with the law. this case, i hope is another piece, a piece of the puzzle which will push the government to decisive action. inspired by ella, community volunteers close to where she died in south—east london are now gathering as much data as they can. just leave that there fro two to four weeks and then we'll send it off.

it's shocking, you know. i walk my kids along here every day to school and i'm just conscious all the time that they are breathing this in. my son has got asthma, i've got asthma. something needs to be done about it. during ella's lifetime, no—one made the link between her asthma and air pollution. the attorney general is now reviewing the new evidence. the headlines on bbc news... a female healthcare worker is arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital in chester. authorities in thailand say they will take "a zero—risk approach" to bringing a group of boys still trapped in a flooded cave to safety. drug related deaths reach their highest level in 20—years in scotland where the problem is said to be

the worst of any european country an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. this year marks the hundredth anniversary of the royal air force, and events are happening around the country to mark the occasion. today there was a rehearsal with some of the aircraft that will take part in a major flypast over london next week, featuring the largest concentration of military aircraft in recent memory — from spitfires to the most modern aircraft. many of the planes taking part will be from one of the raf‘s most iconic moments ? the battle of britain ? described by winston churchill as their finest hour. only a handful of pilots are still with us, and over the next three days we ll be hearing from three of them. today, robert hall speaks

to squadron leader geoffrey wellum, now 96, who joined the raf atjust 18 years old, in 1939. i can remember walking out with a parachute over my shoulder, helmet on, and looking at this elegant, relaxed fighter, obviously a thoroughbred, and thinking, i've got to fly this. the chap said to me, go and fly it, he said, but don't you dare break it. it was a magnificent machine. and it seemed to flow around the sky. and i thought, there is a very important part of this trip coming off, we've got to land it. eventually i managed to land it — well, it landed me, really. i'd like to spend a little time, if i may, just talking about life on dispersal, waiting for that phone to ring. the moment that phone rang, you went... absolutely...

that was a difficult time. once you were strapped in your aeroplane and airborne, then it was up to you. and that was, for me, that was the relief of this waiting. tell me about your first combat mission. i can remember the controller coming on and saying, vector 140, 150 plus coming in over dungeness. 150 plus. and my goodness, it looked it, too. and we went into it head—on. and i was lucky enough to get a hind call that day. but i can see it now. 150 plus. with the 109s escorting them above, like a lot of gnats on a summer evening. they were doing 300 miles an hour.

we were. that's 600 miles an hour closing. so it's a very quick initial burst. everything happened very quickly. and you are also watching your tail, or somebody is having to watch your tail, even if you aren't, because of these fighters. the whole secret of survival was never to stay still, straight and level, for more than 20 seconds. i was shot out three times, and one of the blokes shot me out quite badly but i didn't even see him. the other thing i wanted to ask you about was the way in which all of you coped with the losses. you dismissed it. you just accepted it. it was a dangerous game. it was a dangerous war. if you lost a particularly close friend, yes, there was a little bit of... but let's go out to the local pub. you accepted it.

you had to. what sense of pride did you have at that time? you didn't have any pride at all. i wouldn't have said pride. we were young fighter pilots doing a job, which was defending our country against the king's enemies. let's speak to our sports correspondent 0lly foster who's in moscow. that will let's speak to our . tense moments, they're still playing and still on the page. five minutes of injury times, it is a

very, very ill tempered match. the goalkeeper has just pulled out a wondrous save, a rocket of a shot as they try and get an equaliser here against england, but as it stands, if that penalty. he was the box, his sixth goal at the cup, england looking like they're going to win their first knockout match since 2006. there are all sorts of wars going around from the various television boots, columbia hasjust equalised against england, and the third minute of injury time. the colombians have gone absolutely wild. it has been such an ill tempered game, because the referee has struggled to keep control of this. five bookings are the colombians, but you just felt that they're coming back into this and looking at my monitor, one of their

star players who failed to even get onto the thing because of injury, he is leading the celebrations, he is out of his dugout now, trying to lift his players but absolute deflation. downward header, and even though it seems to be there in england had an man as well, it looked like he couldn't stop it from getting to the roof of the net. he got a little and off the bar. absolute ecstasy for the colombians, was say they've pushed this one into extra time and who knows? possible penalties there. but england have drawn this one away, really. they had their chances in the first half, a free kick thatjust had their chances in the first half, a free kick that just went wide, we seen headers headers and the captain, but it is now won all with very little time left here at the smallest stadium, the and red square

colombia. columbia one, england and sweden is waiting for the quarterfinal next saturday but england unsure as to whether they're going to be able to continue their journey here and this russian world cup. they've made a lot of changes, went back to a full strength team, by its heading into extra time. nail—biting stuff! thank you very much indeed forjoining us from moscow! another day with plenty, very warm sunshine out there and won't be as much though, tomorrow i will show you highland scotland to wells in southern england, temperatures topped out to the upper 20s again today. there will be a bit more cloud around tomorrow, even a chance

at picking up a shower, now across southwest england, and the channel islands or the risk continues, thundering as we go night, but very few and far between. some cloud increasing to north eastern parts of the uk and temperatures appearing in the uk and temperatures appearing in the single figures, and to tomorrow, and more cloud around scotland, northeast england, southern england, south as an cloud into the northern ireland. but in the midlands, north west england it should be a fair amount of sunshine to be enjoyed once again. as we look at things we have the cloud across southern parthia, there's a chance of picking up parthia, there's a chance of picking upa parthia, there's a chance of picking up a shower, very few and far between, but won't help too much evenif between, but won't help too much even if you do get one on the garden, but as they hit somewhere, someone mightjust get some relief with a sherrick mcmanis, between northern scotland, but with a bit more cloud around, not so many of those upper 20s temperatures showing

up those upper 20s temperatures showing up on the chart that. the skies are going to look like this for a time at wimbledon tomorrow, definitely some cloud, temperatures low but lower but the wind will be lighter tomorrow compared what we've seen over the past couple of days. and even a weather front is on the chart to show you as a thursday. this is it moving at a scotland and northern ireland. this really is nothing more than just an area of cloud, maybe a spotter to two of light rain but it will bring temperatures down because this having something blue on the map, that means a change in the field the weather, is based in northwest scotland, the want this certainly still there across much of england and wales, but definitely higher towards the southeast, parts of cloud so the chance of showers in england and wales. northwest scotla nd england and wales. northwest scotland could see a bit of rain, scotla nd scotland could see a bit of rain, scotland high—pressure building and very warm and hot sunshine out

there. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. this was draining. there are wendell, the colombians equalised in the 92nd minute. we are headed into extra time. we will keep posted. in thailand, the boys stuck in the cave have received food, and have been checked by a doctor. but it's still far from clear how they're going to get out. the former malaysian prime minister has been arrested. he's accused of pocketing millions of dollars from a governnment fund.

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