this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at 11:00pm. theresa may faces another difficult day in parliament. she's denied her plan for brexit is "dead in the water" after narrowly avoiding defeat last night. brexit campaign group vote leave is referred to the police and fined £61,000 for exceeding spending limits in the run—up to the referendum. millions of people in the north of england will be affected by a hosepipe ban starting in august. it's one of those things. you can't have a good summer and have all the water as well. president trump faces a barrage of criticism at home, after defending russia over claims of interference in the 2016 elections. also coming up, more explosive activity from hawaii's kilauea volcano. screams. a "lava bomb" strikes a tour boat, raining rocks and debris on the passengers and injuring 23 people.

and it's been found that some children's slime toys contain potentially unsafe levels of a chemical which can cause vomiting and cramps. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the government is facing another day of tense votes in the commons over its brexit legislation, after theresa may narrowly avoided an embarrassing defeat last night. conservative divisions were sharply exposed when the prime minister was accused of "caving in" to eurosceptic tory mps, only then to face a rebellion from those in favour of a soft brexit. she's denied claims that her strategy for leaving the eu — agreed eleven days ago at chequers —

is now "dead in the water". 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. how alive is it really, though? good morning. what's fascinating here is that for months, perhaps even two yea rs, that for months, perhaps even two years, the criticism thrown in the direction of the government was that they didn't have much of a brexit plan, show us more detail. a couple of weeks ago the prime minister fleshed out that detail, a compromise, as it was described. but ever since there has been anger on both sides, all sides, every side, really, of some feeling that it doesn't accurately represent their vision of brexit, orfrom doesn't accurately represent their vision of brexit, or from the former remain side an argument that the uk should have a closer relationship with the eu after brexit. it's being bruised on both sides and the government is saying it is absolutely sticking to it while listening to critics and accepting some of the amendments put down

yesterday. let's chew over where we are after last night and with more votes to come today. we have conservative mp, brexiteer and former minister for the conservative party david jones. a viewer who might have listened to the conversation and dipped into the here and there for house of commons and thinks, a complete mess. it's quite comforted, but yesterday the issue was that the government accepted four amendments that had been put down by conservative mps, including in particular the amendment that would require the eu to collect customs duty on behalf of the uk, just as the uk its proposed should collect customs duty on behalf of the eu. the difficulty is that the white paper ruled out the eu requiring to cover those duties. the point you have just made is absolutely right, what we need to be doing is discussing this with the government. i'm sure there is a way forward. it's quite clear from the

fa ct forward. it's quite clear from the fact that the government accepted the amendments yesterday that it is prepared to listen to critics. looking at the specifics, and there isa looking at the specifics, and there is a lot of detail in some of this, but the specifics around the amendment of customs tariff collection. some have suggested the motivation among brexiteers to get that amendment accepted was that the eu will not wear it, and said the whole thing will unravel. is that accurate? i think what the members did was entirely along the lines of government policy. you just said they weren't. the government had said in its white paper they wouldn't expect that, but when the government considered it they realised it would be quite inequitable for duty to be recovered in one direction but not the other. i think most people would agree that is right. we have a very complicated trading pattern right across europe. there will be good is that aren't delivered to ports like antwerp and rotterdam that end up in the uk. —— there will be good that are

delivered. it'll be difficult for the eu not to collect duties for goods intended for those countries your right. i have said for some time that what is required is for the government to talk to colleagues in the houses of parliament. i think yesterday they did listen. but i think there is a lot more listening that needs to be done. i think it's good that process is beginning. quick last question about vote leave. you are not responsible for that as an organisation, but you will be aware that today the electoral commission had strong words about how they conducted themselves in their accounting practices during the referendum. what would you say to review this morning who says that the result of the referendum was illegitimate?” don't think that is the case. as i speak to you now, i have not yet seen the detail from the electoral commission. vote leave deny what has been set. i think in terms of

expenditure it is clear that the remain side spent more than the league side in any event. i don't doubt the outcome of the referendum. —— the remain side spent more than the leave side. david jones, conservative mp, thank you. as if last night wasn't drama enough, there's more to come today with further votes to come and further potential drama around the whole business of brexit legislation. potential drama around the whole business of brexit legislationm doesn't stop, thank you, chris. the official pro—brexit campaign group, vote leave, has been fined £61,000 by the electoral commission for exceeding spending limits in the run—up to the referendum. the commission said... "we found substantial evidence that the two groups worked to a common plan, did not declare theirjoint working and did not adhere to the legal spending limits." a vote leave spokesman said... "the commission had been motivated by a political agenda rather than uncovering the facts." speaking to my colleague chris mason, the electoral commission chief executive claire bassett insisted its report

was an independent finding of fact. parliament is a remit for the electoral commission, which is about making sure that this is transparent and accurate recording of where money is spent and where it comes from. that's what we're looking at today. it's is to make sure where we find people in a broken those rules, we make that clear, we pointed out, and we can see what's happened, and by looking at the 38 page report on the website. it's a matter for parliament what happens with the referendum. vote leave have said this morning that the electoral commission report contains another of false accusations and incorrect assertions that are wholly inaccurate. they say it's astonishing nobody from vote leave has been interviewed by the alecto commission. it says you are supposedly impartial but perhaps motivated by a political agenda. i'm disappointed nobody from vote leave was interviewed as well. we asked

five times over a period of months to provide somebody to be interviewed and they didn't do so. we are immensely frustrated. that's why we issued a significant fine and we we re why we issued a significant fine and we were forced to issue the statutory notice because we repeatedly sought cooperation from vote leave which we didn't get. but we we re vote leave which we didn't get. but we were able to get a whole range of evidence from different sources which we have closely inspected and looked at during the course of the investigation and i think we have produced a detailed, robust and impartial report. so i strongly refute a ny impartial report. so i strongly refute any allegation that the electoral commission isn't independent and impartial, because thatis independent and impartial, because that is fundamental to what we do. as pa rt of that is fundamental to what we do. as part of these investigations, we have conducted 38 investigations in relation to the eu referendum, right across the spectrum of both leave and remain. joining me now from our studio in westminster is the labour peer lord adonis. you are a prominent remainer as well. what do you think of the

findings of investigation and the £61,000 fine. what's interesting about the interview you have done with the electoral commission is that have exposed a further lie on the part of vote leave, who were saying this morning the findings we re saying this morning the findings were not there because they hadn't been interviewed, and it turns out they were asked five times to send somebody to be interviewed and they refused to do so. so you have one tissue of lies and deceit all the through the vote leave campaign. my own view is that you can't rerun a referendum from two years ago and i wouldn't go down that particular rabbit hole. but the law is the law, the electoral commission is sitting there with legal powers and duties and appearto there with legal powers and duties and appear to have done a thorough piece of work. all of those responsible for this breach of the law, if that is what is ultimately found to be the case, should be barred from playing any further part in any future referendum campaign. i think it is going to be quite important that we clear the field of the people who have broken the law and lied to the british people. because that's not how british

democracy works. what impact, if any, do you think this could have had in the referendum?” any, do you think this could have had in the referendum? i think it could have been decisive. it was a very narrow result, only four percentage points in it. the scale of the leave campaign and the capacity to get out the lies, particularly on social media, was in my view decisive. we will not rerun the campaign, but we have to look to the campaign, but we have to look to the next people's vote we are moving onto, which is when the british people will, i believe, because that's where we are heading, decide whether they like mrs may's deal or no deal or they prefer to stay in the eu when they see they will be poorer by leaving with no deal or a useless deal that she is currently trying negotiate. what's important when we have that people's vote, is that the people who lied, cheated, and it is clear broke the law in a referendum two years ago, can't play any part. and i will be calling for

any part. and i will be calling for a complete banning of engagement in referendums and elections from those people held to be responsible from what is clearly serious breaches of electoral law and serious cheating of the british public stop what you are using the phrase people's vote instead of referendum. there was one, and the people who did vote to leave and want to see that delivered might say, that doesn't need to be another one, it's just that the politicians need to listen to the majority and deliver what the country said. people do understand the difference between these two. two years ago there was no leave proposition. they couldn't be because there was no agreement on what leaving would mean and there would be no negotiation with the european union. it's like buying a house, you get the survey conducted,

and you negotiate the final price and you negotiate the final price and so on. what's been happening as and so on. what's been happening as a country over the last year is that theresa may, on our behalf, has been negotiating with brussels. we have been conducting the survey on what it will actually mean to leave and what is becoming clearer and clearer is that we will be a lot poorer as a country if we do believe. we can't have our cake and eat it, we can't have our cake and eat it, we can't have existing customs arrangements and existing levels of investment in this country, on which huge levels ofjobs depend, this country, on which huge levels of jobs depend, unless this country, on which huge levels ofjobs depend, unless we stay in the eu customs union and singles market. before the leave vote two yea rs market. before the leave vote two years ago, loads of people, including borisjohnson, years ago, loads of people, including boris johnson, told years ago, loads of people, including borisjohnson, told us we would be staying in all those economic arrangements and as it becomes clear it is not the case, the british people should decide whether they like the terms on offer, all leave with no deal, as against, what i think is the best thing for the country, putting the terrible nightmare behind this, based on lies, deceit and breaches

of the law, and vote to continue as a member of the eu, fighting hard for britain's interest in europe, which is where we belong. lord adonis, thank you. millions of customers in the north west of england will be subject to hosepipe ban from early next month. united utilities said despite recent rainfall, hot weather is set to continue and water levels remain low. people who flout the ban could be fined up to £1000. jayne mccubbin has been to the wayoh reservoir near edgworth in lancashire. good morning to you. yes, you can have a look and see for yourselves the problem that united utilities is facing. water levels are too low. supply is down, demand is up, and they are struggling to meet that demand at peak times. and the weather forecast until the end of the month is going to be hot and dry. so nothing in the way of anything that could fix the problem behind us. steve and i have just watched with great excitement a fish getting stuck in the channel behind us, as it flipped and flopped and tried

to get into the main reservoir while the birds circled. it made it. anyway, 7 million customers will face this ban from august 5th. united utilities say it isn't a decision they have taken lightly, but it is necessary. no other water company in the uk outside of northern ireland has said that it will follow suit. of course, northern ireland has had a ban sincejune. but for the customers right here, this is what they face. nobody else is following suit yet. for most, the weather is a joy. but many reservoirs are under pressure. this is howden in derbyshire. water levels at haweswater in the lake district are so low that the long ago flooded village of meldon is once again visible. in response to these pressures, many have already been doing their bit. what are we doing to save water?

well, we are not watering the plants, that's for sure. we shower together now... laughter. we water the plants using waste water out of the bathroom. we got an e—mail off united utilities saying to stop having baths and stuff. so, yeah, ijust thought i would do my bit by not pampering myself on a sunday. now united utilities is going further. they will bring in a hosepipe ban that will affect around 7 million customers in the north—west, and it comes into place on august 5th. all because we are enjoying the longest heatwave since 1976. back then it was so bad tarmac melted on the roads. water was rationed. drought enquiry office. and the government created a minister for drought. here in the crisis centre, manning the phones, taking complaints. it's a sprinkler system

operating where? at a riding school? i see, and you feel something should be done about that, of course. and hundreds of complaints about water wasteful neighbours have been made in northern ireland too, where a ban is already in place. people will inevitably be vigilant, and beware, united utilities has warned that if you flout the ban after august 5th you could face a fine of up to £1000. research has shown that a ban like this can save between five and 10% of water supply. and while most people have welcomed this ban, saying, we have to do something, we understand this has been really, really hot, there are those who are angry, because united utilities, a very profitable company, has some of the worst water leakage rates of any water company in the uk. at times they have lost almost 25% of their supply in recent years. those leakage rates are coming down, but this water plan will be but this water ban will be

particularly unpleasant for people who are aware of that and feel very angry, especially in the context of significantly high water bills. helen apps from united utilities explained how the ban would operate. the hosepipe ban applies in the main to domestic householders. the idea is that they won't be able to use their hosepipes for things like watering the garden or washing the cars and suchlike. we're not saying people can't do those activities, but we're saying, please use a watering can instead, or use a bucket and sponge. there is an enforcement process. potentially there could be a fine of up to £1000. but we don't really want to get to that point. we would hope that most customers will listen to the advice and understand things are becoming more serious now, and that's why we are looking to conserve more water. let's get more on this from our weather presenter, chris fawkes. give us the big picture, chris. we are seeing almost completely dry reservoirs there, and it doesn't

look good. how long has that situation been developing? one of the interesting things to note is that the hosepipe ban is and nationwide. and actually, when we look at rainfall statistics from the met office from the first half of the year, it shows is that we had a pretty wet spring, and that saved us, if you like, because we have seen more us, if you like, because we have seen more rainfall than normal, and that's true as well across north—west england. but what we have seen north—west england. but what we have seenin north—west england. but what we have seen in the last two months, may and june, continuing intojuly, the weather has been very dry in deed. this map shows you how dry it has been across june this map shows you how dry it has been acrossjune with dark brown indicating the driest weather. across central and southern england we only had 5% of normal rainfall. but that follows on the back of what was a very wet spring, so we're not seeing bans up and down the length of the british isles. in north—west england, the first four months of the year, they had more rainfall than normal but in may and june they have seen half the normal rainfall

level. if we look at the data from united utilities on the amount of rain in the reservoirs, the capacity there, up to the 8th ofjuly, they would normally have 81% capacity at this time of year, and it's lower than that at 67% up to the 8th of july. so water levels are a little bit lower. it doesn't sound terrible though. maybe not. united utilities have been struggling with shoving enough water down the pipes. that could be another issue. the big reason we have had this dry spell in the last couple of months is we had a big block in thejet the last couple of months is we had a big block in the jet stream keeping rain bearing weather systems out in the alan tate and over iceland. so they have been stealing some of our reign! —— out in the atlantic. but we have seen a change in the weather pattern in the last few days. the block in the jet strea m few days. the block in the jet stream shifted further east, and i

think for the rest of this month we will see episodes of rain, more showers across the north—west of the uk. so there will be some rain in a forecast for north—west areas, but fronts will be very weak and might not get down to the south—east at all, so there will be a lot of dry weather across the south and east of the uk with a continuation of warm and hot conditions. what might that mean? if the north—west, which needs the rain more because of this hosepipe ban gets rain, could it alleviate the hosepipe ban there in time because this will not come into effect until next month. and if there isn't enough rain down south, will there be a hosepipe ban everywhere? it depends how long the dry weather lasts. in 2009, somebody uttered the words barbecue summer. as soon as that happened, the heavens opened and we had the wettest july on heavens opened and we had the wettestjuly on record for england and wales. maybe the same will happen. but i do foresee some rain in the forecast across the north and west of the uk. how much that will

be, it's an open question, really. we don't think you have a crystal ball country get up. thank you, chris. —— a crystal ball and conjuring it up. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may faces another difficult day in parliament — she's denied her plan for brexit is ‘dead in the water‘ after narrowly avoiding defeat last night brexit campaign group vote leave is referred £61,000 for exceeding spending limits in the run—up brexit campaign group vote leave is referred to the police and fined £61,000 for exceeding spending limits in the run—up to the referendum millions of people in the north of england will be affected by a hosepipe ban starting in august and in sport... cristiano ronaldo has been officially announced as a juventus player, having left real madrid in a £99 million move. at 33 he says he wants to show he still has lots to offer at the top level. england are likely to be without one of their key batsmen, jason roy, when they face india in the deciding one day international

at headingley later. roy suffered a finger injury in saturday's win at lords. and after a rest day at the tour de france, britain's geraint thomas will resume just 23 seconds behind leader greg van avermaet as the riders head for the mountains for the 158 kilometre 10th stage. i'll be back with more on those stories. just after half—past. donald trump is planning to meet members of congress amid a backlash over comments made during his summit with russian president vladimir putin. mr trump contradicted us intelligence agencies by saying that russia did not tamper in the 2016 presidential election campaign. our correspondent david willis has more. president trump's refusal to condemn russia's attempts to sway the outcome of the 2016 election, and his characterisation of vladimir putin as both strong and powerful, have incensed many here. among them, the former cia director, john brennan, who branded the move nothing short of treasonous on twitter, and accused president trump of being in president putin's pocket.

whilst the republican senatorjohn mccain called it one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. president trump's reluctance to criticise russia has prompted speculation that the kremlin may have something on him, incriminating information obtained during a business trip to moscow, perhaps. i guess he said it as strongly as you can say it. "they have no information on trump." it was an interesting statement, too. you know, many years ago when i was there, what was it, 13, 1a, a long time ago, he said there were many, many business people there. in all fairness, i was a very successful businessman, but i was one of a lot of people. one thing you know — if they had it, it would have been out. invited by an american tv reporter to inspect a copy of the indictments involving 12 russian military officers accused of hacking the computers of the hillary clinton campaign, the russian president demured. translation: first of all, russia as a state has never interfered with the internal affairs

of the united states, let alone its elections. president trump is to meet with members of congress, and there are those ready to challenge him with failing to stand up against an old adversary on behalf of the country that he was elected to protect. david willis, bbc news, washington. a russian woman living in the us has been charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of the russian government. maria butina is alleged to have worked at the direction of a high—level kremlin official. she's denied the allegations, saying there was no indication that she tried to influence any specific policy or law. the government's promise of a £20.5 billion boost for the nhs will put debt on an "unsustainable upward trajectory" if there are no tax rises or spending cuts to pay for it, the office for budget responsibility has warned. with me now is our business correspondentjonty bloom. tell us more about what the 0br have

said. basically the government made that promise to increase spending on the nhs by £20 billion or so. they said it would be funded by the brexit dividend and maybe a few more taxes and spending cuts. but the 0ffice taxes and spending cuts. but the office for budget responsibility, which has thejob office for budget responsibility, which has the job of inspecting the government ‘s finances and seeing whether the sums add up, say it will just not happen. the net effect of brexit will probably be negative on government finances and they will have to find a lot more money to pay foran have to find a lot more money to pay for an ageing population for that increased spending in the nhs over coming years. they calculate either taxes will have to go up or spending will have to come down by £111 billion in 2023—24, in five or six yea rs' billion in 2023—24, in five or six years' time. they really think the government, by then, will have to increase taxes or cut back on spending massively to stay on

target. it puts the government in a difficult position. has there been any response? not yet. the treasury will make an announcement in the autumn statement, so it will not say what it will do about this now. but it just shows the what it will do about this now. but itjust shows the pressures on government spending. mainly demographic, the ageing population and cost of social care and health ca re and cost of social care and health care in the next couple of decades will ramp up and governments will have to find that money from somewhere. it's either cutting spending in other areas or increasing taxation. there's no real other way of doing it. there has been so much pressure on the government to increase spending for the nhs, not least because of the issues surrounding health care and social care as well. that's why the government is responding. during the election they reversed a policy that would bring down the cost of social care. that has been added to the long—term increase in spending and

borrowing. the 0br is really quite firm about this. if the government doesn't get a hand on this, government debt, which could rise from around 80% of gdp to 283% of gdp. they say you will have to do something really early to stop the debt getting out of control. we have a statement from the founder of be leave, darren grimes. the electoral commission investigation has found that vote leave broke electoral law and has been fined £61,000 and been referred to the police. the watchdog found it got around spending limits by getting cash through the pro—brexit youth group be leave. its founder darren grimes has been fined £20,000 and also been reported to the police. to

read you a statement darren grimes has put out on his twitter account... that is a statementjust in from darren grimes, the founder of be leave. we can now talk to chris mason whojoins us leave. we can now talk to chris mason who joins us from westminster. chris conley spoke to the head of the electoral commission earlier for more on the findings of that investigation. —— chris, you spoke to. we have just investigation. —— chris, you spoke to. we havejust heard investigation. —— chris, you spoke to. we have just heard that strong statement from darren grimes and both he and be leave feel wronged by what has happened. it's a reminder of how brexit has come to dominate every aspect of westminster politics. 0n the one hand, and we will discuss this with labour mp kate hoey in a moment. the tumult in the commons chamber, last night and the commons chamber, last night and the potential for more tonight, the commons chamber, last night and the potentialfor more tonight, and also this ongoing rumbling around the conduct of campaigning two years

ago during the referendum campaign. so we had the electoral commission on bbc news earlier who have issued stinging criticism of vote leave, and in particular this association they had with a group called be leave. there is nothing wrong with the association but the electoral commission say the money be leave spent, £675,000 should have been added to the vote leave total in terms of expenditure, meaning they would have exceeded their spending limit of £7 million, spending around £7.5 million instead. what is striking is the stinging nature of the response from vote leave and be leave, in particular darren grimes, who has said, although has been found fined £20,000, he thinks it has been justified and wrong, and questioning the impartiality of the electoral commission. the argument is still running two years on about the conduct of one particular

campaign group during the election, while westminster on picks and works out a vision for brexit and struggles collectively to, to a vision for brexit they can agree on. kate hoey, labour mp, is with me. a leave supporter. 0n those scenes we saw in the house of commons last night, what do you say to a viewer, regardless of their view on brexit, who looks in on the mother of all parliaments and says, what a com plete parliaments and says, what a complete mess? the iraq war was another example of when people looked at different ways against the run party. last night there were four amendments put down by various members, i signed one of them on northern ireland. the government accepted them. up until it's lunchtime we expected them to go through without a vote and then some of the more let's say zeal at

remainers thought this was an opportunity to get about the other way and so they called a vote on it and two votes, one in particular i felt very particular about, i was going to support an amendment that was saying that when we leave we should be able to control our own vat. it is outrageous that we would expect to allow the eu to continue selling is what we put vat on. let's look at some specifics. how is brexit looking to you to years on? is this how you imagined it would be? i am disappointed that the government went up front more quickly in terms of the negotiations. i do not think they should have agreed the timetable that the eu put forward. i do think that the eu put forward. i do think that it comes across all the time that it comes across all the time that we are always on the back foot, we are always waiting for the eu.

waiting forthe eu. we waiting for the eu. we are confident, strong country. we should be saying, look, our country has voted to leave now let's get on with it. if you do not like it and you do not want a proper trade deal which is what we should be having then i'm afraid we will have to go that what the rest of the world is on wto rules. if we made it clearer earlier on to the eu that we were going to be tough because we were carrying out a mandate, we would not be in this position now. last question on vote leave and this fine levied by the electoral commission. what you say to those who might look at this report from the electoral commission and say the result of the referendum is invalid? i was not on the board andl is invalid? i was not on the board and i have not read the report but i do think that the electoral commission has spent much more time at effort looking into the leave finances than they have two that remains side. let's remember the government put £9 million into putting a leaflet into everybody's house and i do not think i or anybody would believe that because there may have been some extra money spent, a small amount that they are saying, that that changed how people voted. it is very interesting that we look all over

the country today, which is why it would be ridiculous to have another referendum. most people have not changed their mind. in a word then you are saying that the electoral commission was not impartial?m you are saying that the electoral commission was not impartial? if you look at the electoral commission board most of them were active and strong remainers in their own background in what they were doing. i think they have spent an inordinate amount of time in act ually looking at the vote leave figures. i hope they remainer camp because they have got looking at the remainercamp because they have got looking at the remainer camp because they have got a lot of all the pro eu groups a non—british citizen. a lot of all the pro eu groups a non-british citizen. kate hoey paid bya non-british citizen. kate hoey paid by a non—british citizen. kate a british more to campaigner. more to come in the commons later this afternoon topic of brexit never goes i give much, with the weather with let's catch up with the weather with

simon there at the moment. the cumulus clouds with we have got some amazing cloud skate out there at the moment. the cumulus clouds with some of at this weather watchers look at this weather decent scenes out there. for many of us it is dry at there. for many of us it is dry at the moment, the chance of some showers across northern ireland, across scotland on the far north of england. elsewhere, maybe a shower but really the most the emphasis is ona dry but really the most the emphasis is on a dry afternoon with sunny spells. fresher than yesterday in the south—east, temperatures 25 or 26 degrees. elsewhere temperatures similarto 26 degrees. elsewhere temperatures similar to yesterday afternoon. 0vernight tonight showers may continue across the far north of scotland. 0therwise continue across the far north of scotland. otherwise it is looking like a scotland. otherwise it is looking likea dry scotland. otherwise it is looking like a dry night with clear in greater london. decent scenes out there. for many of us it is dry at there. for many of us it is dry at the moment, the chance of some showers across northern ireland, across scotland and the far north of england. elsewhere, maybe a shower but really the most the emphasis is ona dry but really the most the emphasis is on a dry afternoon with sunny spells. fresher than yesterday in the south—east, temperatures 25 or 26 degrees. elsewhere temperatures similarto 26 degrees. elsewhere temperatures similar to yesterday afternoon. 0vernight tonight showers may

continue across the far north of scotland. 0therwise continue across the far north of scotland. otherwise it is looking like a scotland. otherwise it is looking likea dry scotland. otherwise it is looking like a dry night with clear spells and temperatures ranging to 12 degrees in the north, 16 further south. the chance of the odd shower across it is a dry day with sunny spells. the chants of the odd shower across northern this is bbc news. our latest headlines... theresa may has denied her plan for brexit is ‘dead in the water‘ after she narrowly avoided a defeat in the commons last night. temperatures rising towards the end of the week, thursday highs in the south—east approaching 30 celsius. goodbye. labour say they will summer holiday break by 5 brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined £61,000 by the electoral commission for exceeding spending limits in the run—up to the referendum. the official pro—brexit group has also been referred to the police. millions of people in north west england will be affected by a hosepipe ban this summer as the country sizzles in a heatwave. donald trump has defended russia over claims of interference in the 2016 elections after meeting with vladimir putin in helsinki — back at home he faces anger from both republicans and democrats. more than 20 people have been

injured in hawaii after a boat they were in was hit by debris from the erupting mount kilauea volcano. the group had been taking part in what's been described as a ‘lava tour‘ to view the continuing eruption. peter bowes has this report. lava has been spewing from mount kilauea on hawaii's big island for more than two months. the tour boat was passing nearby when molten rock running into the ocean exploded. screaming. it threw chunks of lava onto the vessel. the so—called lava bombs smashed through the boat's roof and rained smaller rocks onto the deck. something actually exploded around 300 in the air. particles of the lava actually landed on the vessel, damaged most parts of the vessel. 23 passengers and crew members

were injured, and 13 had to be treated in hospital. officials have warned of the dangers of getting too close to the hot lava as it enters the ocean, where it can explode when it meets the cold sea water. peter bowes, bbc news. concerns over the safety of some children s slime products have been raised after several were found to contain excessive levels of the harmful element boron which can cause vomiting and cramps. the gooey substance has become a social media craze, but eight out of 11 slime products tested by consumer group which, failed eu safety standards. the government says it's reviewing the results. joining me now is nikki stopford, director of research and publishing at the consumer magazine which? to bring forward the summer holiday break by five—year—old who is co nsta ntly break by five—year—old who is constantly making and playing with slime! i have an eight-year-old who

is the same i have to declare a special interest, i have a ten—year—old who is constantly making and playing with slime! i have an eight—year—old who is making and playing with slime! i have an eight-year-old who is so how worried are we and other parents should this is very worrying that there are products being sold on the uk markets that have levels of a chemical that is known to have health risks. we are worried about? kids love it as we have said so this is very worrying that there are products being sold on the uk markets that have levels of a chemical that is known to have health risks. we are worried, but these unsafe products are not sold on the uk market. how much does that have to be in a product and how much does a have to be in a product and how much doesa uk have to be in a product and how much does a uk have... is it like coming into co nta ct does a uk have... is it like coming into contact on their hands do they have to eat it for a problem? the eu regulations are very clear about the levels of boron that can safely be in products i can leave a residue on your skin. 300 grams per kilogram is the safe level and in our tests we found one product that was four times in excess of that limit. many more that were three times up in

excess of limit. there are studies that have shown that there are really clear health risks in the short term there are things like vomiting and cramping and diarrhoea but longer term the eu have stated that it can impair fertility, but longer term the eu have stated that it can impairfertility, in studies of animals it has been shown to cause birth defects and low birth rates and slow development in unborn animals. does it have to be actually ingested? i guess if you have children who has it on their finger orthumb and children who has it on their finger or thumb and they have been playing with it and then making but in amount they can get it that way. can it be absorbed through the skin? most of the studies are based on boron been ingested. as you know, if you have children playing with slime it leaves a sticky residue, they can put fingers in their mouth or eat food with it on there so, yeah. and what about when they're making slime because what if you buy borax?

presumably kids should not be making slime that way? we have not tested any home—made signs, there are different recipes out there. it is perfectly possible to make slime products that have safe limits of bullocks and 23 in our products. we that testing —— bore rocks. parents do need to be cautious about what is on the market. it is difficult as pa rents to on the market. it is difficult as parents to understand whether a product is safe or not. there is minimal information on the ingredients and the safety of those ingredients. even where we found some products that were listing as ce marking that denotes its safety, we still found boron levels in excess of the eu limit. what is the limit then? alan mak it is difficult. we have found —— we have shared ourfindings. we have asked them to take a closer look at how this market is monitored and to take

a much more active role in market surveillance. ultimately, we want retailers, manufacturers and the government to really step up their responsibility for ensuring safe products. just to be clear again on the actual risk of —— level of risk toa the actual risk of —— level of risk to a child, would you not want your child to be playing with time now because of this? i have certainly taken all slime products that were bought out of our house and we have been experimenting a little bit with making some sign products but it was enough for me to really take a look at this and be cautious about what my daughter is playing with. ok, we can give you some tips on making slime! a teaching union has called for all private home tutors to face criminal record checks before being allowed to work with children. new research from education charity, the sutton trust, suggests the number of children in england and wales receiving tuition has doubled in a decade. 0ur reporter dave edwards has more... so we are dividing fractions... this

isa so we are dividing fractions... this is a private tuition centre in wetherby in west yorkshire, one small part of a growing industry. wetherby in west yorkshire, one small part of a growing industrym helped me a lot in school, i like coming here. the staff here have all passed a dps checker, which looks for criminal records and make sure they have not been band from working with children. but those checks are not compulsory for private tutors. in may, birmingham —based private tutor was jailed for five years for abusing two girls during lessons. police said he may have tutored hundreds of children. we asked the government for an interview, they declined but they did send as a statement. it says if children —— pa rents statement. it says if children —— parents decide to employ a private tutor for their children they should assure themselves of a tutor‘s suitability beforehand. but the labourmp is campaigning suitability beforehand. but the labour mp is campaigning for background checks to be made

mandatory. anybody could turn up as a tutor and perpetrators of abuse could well use it as a mechanism. but with no government plans to change the law, it is down to pa rents to change the law, it is down to parents to decide who comes into contact with their children. thinking of their safety as well as their education. dave edwards, bbc news. let mejust to let me just to that we are going to... we are at getting some word in about what is happening on the vote foran about what is happening on the vote for an early recess of parliament. the government has been talking about wanting to be a recess five days early. it has caused, as you would expect, a lot of reaction. the shadow cabinet have said that labour will oppose voting for a early recess. they arejoining will oppose voting for a early recess. they are joining the snp will oppose voting for a early recess. they arejoining the snp in their opposition to voting for the

government, for the parliament to break up early. a labour source has said that with the nhs in crisis the tory‘s brexit negotiations descended into crisis, the last thing theresa may should do is send her mps on holiday. we will be voting against this latest desperate move and the snp are saying that people will be looking rightly shocked. it is for one reason alone, to protect the prime ministerfrom a collapsing authority and inability govern. that is live pictures of the house of commons. it is really not clear on whether the government is going to decide to pursue this or maybe just abandon it but we will keep on bringing you reaction from westminster on that idea. anxiety and depression amongst pregnant women under the age of 2a, has increased by more than half in the last 20 years, according to research by the university of bristol. pressure from social media and a decline in community support are thought

to be contributing factors. it's the first time scientists have been able to compare mental health symptoms in pregnancy across generations. john maguire reports. georgia is enjoying playing happy families with her mum and gran who, when she was pregnant with georgia's mum, jasmine, signed up as one of 111,000 pregnant women in a major research project. and now, the children of the ‘90s, as they're known, are becoming parents themselves. allowing researchers a unique insight into changes from one generation to the next. the scientists have compared how the expectant women felt they coped with being pregnant and have noticed some significant changes. i don't recall any anxiety ijust recall more and more concerns about whether the pregnancy was progressing well. we literally went to see a midwife every two weeks. i think if i can remember that correctly. we certainly didn't have online tools or social media to try and interact with, to get information or even frighten ourselves with. i got quite anxious throughout both

of my pregnancies that something was going to go wrong. and i can't explain why i felt like that and both my children were healthy. but there is so much more thrown at you, i think that creates anxiety in itself. i think access to social media and the internet, you go googling things, you get your results back, you then type that into a computer. you don't get what, you know, the actual results really mean. the university of bristol found a 51% increase in women reporting symptoms of depression. and in the case of mothers from the early ‘90s who were depressed, their daughters were found to be three times more likely to experience similar symptoms. researchers are now looking at why an increase in problems is being reported. we think it is much more likely to be more subtle things, differences in social support these days, financial pressures on families for both parents to work. i mean, obviously, this particular generation of children of the ‘90s are the generation that really did

get hit by social media, so it could be something particularly about that. i mean, having that wealth of information and also that social comparison, everybody knows everyone's lives and that perhaps judgment and all of those things. and this is the next step — tiny, wearable cameras that help scientists understand daily family behaviours when it feels as if no one is watching. on this footage we see the mum's relief, she laughed then, oh, not quite working and then a little soothing response there from mum. you can see these lovely moments where they are now getting this ice lolly or little toy that is really helping sooth them and you can see the relief. because the children of the ‘90s study is so big and has now been running for 27 years, it provides a wealth of information and is unique in the world. and armed with that knowledge, scientists hope decisions made about health, social and community support will improve the lives of children in the decades to come. john maguire, bbc news, bristol.

in a moment, we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... theresa may denies her brexit plan are ‘dead in the water‘ — as labour and the snp attack plans for mps to take their summer break early. brexit campaign group vote leave is referred to the police and fined £61,000, for exceeding spending limits in the run—up to the referendum in 2016. millions of people in the north of england will be affected by a hosepipe ban starting in august. hello and good morning. these are your business headlines. uk unemployment remains at 4.2% in the three months to may — which is its joint lowest since 1975.

however, wages slipped slightly to 2.7%, which means the bank of england may decide against raising interest rates in august. the uk government narrowly avoids defeat on its customs bill — after agreeing to brexiteers' demands to change its wording. the bill survived byjust three votes following a backlash from pro—eu politicians — who accuse the prime minister of caving into demands by eurosceptic mps. and netflix shares tumble after it fails to hit its target. the streaming service added 5.2 million subscribers last quarter — a million less than forecast — which left wall street unimpressed and its shares 14% lower. the uk's largest bi—annual airshow is currently taking place in farnborough. the five—day event usually attracts the international heavyweights from the avaiation industry, and this year is no different. during the event, orders worth billions of pounds are expected.

so to find out what's going on we've sent aaron hestlehurst to farnborough... so aaron what's going on at the event. what are people being to about the state of the aerospace industry in the uk? it is worth £60 billion every year. 30 billion of that is exported. this is big business, you cannot deny it. you have got to think of this. every single day 100,000 flights around the world carrying 10 million passengers and in the belly of those planes more than 18 in the belly of those planes more than18 and a in the belly of those planes more than 18 and a half billion dollars in all the goods that we need, smartphones, tablets, pharmaceuticals, produce. it is huge business and you said it, how pivotal it is really for the uk economy. caroline runs the cbi

pivotal it is really for the uk economy. caroline runs the cb! and you are the voice of british industry. yesterday, the prime minister was here, today the governor of the bank of england. they are here to highlightjust how important this industry is. absolutely. farnborough is a great show, it is its 70th anniversary this year but it is also a great british success story. as you say, 1 million jobs, british success story. as you say, 1 millionjobs, a british success story. as you say, 1 million jobs, a fantastic exporter or not we are the second—biggest exporter in the world, by far the biggest exporter in europe. i think it is rooted in some profound strengths are here in the uk, our skills, universities, science, rule of law. it is really summing to shout about. unfortunately, we have also got brexit hanging over our head and like any industry, they are worried about it and they? they need to see more clarity. this is a sector that really needs the long term, it is pink in 13 years not 30 months. there has not been enough

certainty around people, trade, borders. we need that to come through. we are seeing some white smoke, the government's white paper last week moved things on for the sector but we need the heat and fury and sound to come out of the politics so we can get on with the pragmatic brexit. it is reassuring to hear, i spoke with the boss of boeing today, he said regardless of the deal we have had a relationship with uk for 80 years, we will continue investing. airbus on the other hand is still a bit wishy—washy. na i have been with the ceo of airbus this morning talking again about why they like doing business here. they make the wings here and without the wings are playing isjust a bus! they like it here and there committed here. do they want to see certainty, absolutely. we are arguing for that everyday. we do need the europeans to come to the table as well, this has to work. it takes two to tango but i think everybody needs to be

now working towards this pragmatic brexit to bring certainty to this fantastic sector. that's it. i will leave you with one number, 200 horses a day fly in those things. there you go. very interesting bit of it formation, aaron. shares in the electric car company tesla have fallen after its chief executive directed abuse on twitter at one of the british cave divers who helped to rescue 12 thai children last week. shares fell 2.75% after elon musk referred to the british diver as a pedophile. the diver is considering legal action. talktalk shares surged almost 8% after its first quarter results showed it added 80,000 new customers and increased revenue in its core business by 4%. it marks a sharp turnaround for the broadband company, which issued a profit warning in febuary. it's been a tough 2a hours for amazon, first its website crashed affecting

millions of shoppers worldwide on the comapany‘s popular prime day. and to make matters worse for the internet retail giant — thousands of its workers in a number of european countries have decided to take industrial action. staff at warehouses in germany will walk out later today to demand better conditions, joining those taking action in spain and poland. the european union and japan have signed one of the world's biggest free trade deals. the deal will create an open trade zone covering nearly a third of the world's gdp and 600 million people. european firms currently export more than a £100 billion in goods and services to japan every year. a quick look at the markets. britain's top share index inched up on tuesday as uncertainty over brexit capped gains from encouraging results flowing in from companies including royal mail and talktalk. bank of england governor mark carney

said on tuesday it would be a "material event" for interest rates if britain leaves the european union next year without a deal to smooth its departure. that's all the business news. the headlines are coming up on bbc newschannel. in a moment we'll say goodbye to viewers on bbc2 — first we leave you with a look at the weather. fantastic cloudscape is sent in by our weather watchers. check out this one here, some cumulus cloud here in the sky, some beneath it. this is in worcestershire. dramatic skies on the south coast, this is in west sussex at the moment. thick clouds threatening showers along the english channel. we have got a fair amount of cloud across northern and

western parts of the uk as you can see from the satellite. clear skies and sunshine towards the east, the cloud will build up a bit in the afternoon. from most of it is dried with the chance of some showers across scotland, northern parts of england, maybe the isolated shower in the midlands. most others it is dry. feeling pressure compared to yesterday, especially across the south and the east where temperatures approached 32 celsius yesterday. today is more like 25 or 26 degrees. through this evening and night showers may continue across the far north of scotland. elsewhere though there will be clear spells and temperatures overnight getting down to nine or 12 degrees in the north, 16 degrees further south. wednesday, it will start off fine and dry with plenty of sunshine initially. the cloud will build up into the afternoon and again the chance of some showers developing, particularly across scotland and

northern ireland. the odd isolated shower in the south—west. temperatures though creeping up a touch in england and wales. through wednesday into thursday, high pressure is dominating things but this area of low pressure towards iceland is going to throw in these weather fronts towards northern and western parts of the uk. increasing amounts of cloud for scotland, outbreaks of rain arriving here later in the afternoon. elsewhere though on thursday barely a cloud in the sky. lots of sunshine expected and the heat building. you can see by the reds and oranges, building for england and wales. this bit fresh as were but for england and wales temperatures into the mid—20s, approaching 30 degrees once again. for the rest of the week quite cloudy, rain expected on friday in scotla nd cloudy, rain expected on friday in scotland and northern ireland. the heat continues across southern areas into the start of the weekend where for many others it will remain dry.

that is it to me. have a good afternoon, goodbye. this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. these are the top stories developing at midday. theresa may denies her brexit plan is "dead in the water", as labour and the snp attack plans for mps to take their summer break early. brexit campaign group vote leave is referred to the police and fined £61,000, for exceeding spending limits in the run—up to the referendum. millions of people in the north of england will be affected by a hosepipe ban starting in august. water levels are too low, supply is down. demand is up. and they are struggling to meet that demand at peak times. president trump faces a barrage of criticism at home after defending russia over claims of interference in the 2016 elections. also coming up, more

explosive activity from hawaii's kilauea volcano. screams. a "lava bomb" strikes a tour boat, raining rocks and debris on the passengers and injuring 23 people. and it's been found that some children's slime toys contain potentially unsafe levels of a chemical which can cause vomiting and cramps. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the government is facing another day of tense votes in the commons over its brexit legislation after theresa may narrowly avoided an embarrassing

defeat last night. conservative divisions were sharply exposed when the prime minister was accused of "caving in" to eurosceptic tory mps, only to then face a rebellion from those in favour of a soft brexit. she's denied claims that her strategy for leaving the eu — agreed eleven days ago at chequers — is now "dead in the water". now labour and the snp have attacked government plans to bring forward the parliamentary recess, to allow mps to leave the commons early for the summer. the conservative mp david jones spoke to us a little earlier. i don't necessarily think so, no. i think, and i've said for some time, that what is required is for the government to talk to colleagues in the houses of parliament. i think that yesterday

they did listen. but i think there's a lot more listening that needs to be done. and i think it's good that process is beginning. it has been reaction from former tory defence secretary michael fallon and theresa may defender on that early summer recess. he says he will vote against an early motion for mps to break up for an early summer. for mps to break up for an early summer. he said, longer holidays are an idiotic idea when the country expects us to sort stuff. we can get the latest from westminster with our political correspondent chris mason. you can see why they might want to go away. it's getting pretty febrile there. and as if to illustrate that, they can't even agree when to go away. so much agreement about everything else. febrile with a capital f does describe everything. a huge amount of attention last night, across parties and within

parties, and there is a keen awareness among mps, speaking to them this morning, as to how this works out in the country. people and their view of brexit, looking in on a parliament that at the moment can't seem to decide what vision of brexit it wants to see. and we are not done yet, because after discussions last night about the customs bill, tonight ‘s discussions around the trade bill. and the potential for those who would like to see a much closer relationship between the uk and eu, with the uk staying in a customs union after brexit, potentially pushing some amendments that would allow that to happen if they can defeat the government. yet morejeopardy happen if they can defeat the government. yet more jeopardy for the government and their whips, to make sure people vote with the government and do not rebel. little wonder some of them attempt to get in early summer getaway even if there is quite a lot of opposition to that, and i wonder if it will happen in the end. meanwhile, more

calls for another referendum in the light of criticism of vote leave by the electoral commission that has been looking into what happened in the referendum campaign. strong criticism of vote leave from the electoral commission sane at it and another campaign group called be leave were working together. nothing wrong with them working together, but the issue is the expenditure of around £675,000 by be leave, which the electoral commission have concluded should have counted as vote leave expenditure because in the view of the electoral commission the view of the electoral commission the two campaigns amounted to the same operation. they say as a result of vote leave broke the rules because it spent more than the £7 million that was the limit. as a result of that, a vote leave official has been referred to the metropolitan police, as has an official from be leave, metropolitan police, as has an officialfrom be leave, and this £61,000 fine has been levied against

vote leave. i spoke to the chief executive of the electoral commission. parliament set a remit for the electoral commission, which is about making sure that there's transparency and accurately of how monies spent is reported and where money comes from. that's what we're looking at today. it's for us to make sure that where we do find people who have broken those rules, we make that clear, we point that out so people can see what's happened, and indeed they can by looking at our 38—page report that's on our website. but it's a matter for parliament what happens with the referendum. vote leave have said this morning that the electoral commission report contains a number of false accusations and incorrect assertions that are wholly inaccurate. they say it's astonished nobody from vote leave has been interviewed by the commission. it concludes that you are supposedly impartial but perhaps motivated by a political agenda. your reaction to that? i'm disappointed nobody from vote leave was interviewed as well. we asked them five times over a period of three months to provide somebody to be interviewed and they didn't do so. we are immensely frustrated. that's why we issued a significant fine and we were forced to issue the statutory notice

because we repeatedly sought cooperation from vote leave which we didn't get. but we were able to get a whole range of evidence from different sources which we have closely inspected and looked at during the course of the investigation and i think we have produced a detailed, robust and impartial report. so i strongly refute any allegation that the electoral commission isn't independent and impartial, because that is fundamental to what we do. indeed, as part of these investigations, we have now conducted 38 investigations in relation to the eu referendum, right across the spectrum of both leave and remain. you detect from that conversation the heat that has been exchanged between the electoral commission and vote leave. vote leave, very strong and pugnacious in terms of the nature of their response, suggesting the electoral commission report was

"riddled with errors". darren grimes, the young man who was the main voice in be leave, who was fined £20,000, also saying that he is shocked at what has happened, and thinks the finding and finds and criticism was entirely unjustified. thank you, chris. millions of customers in the north west of england will be subject to a hosepipe ban from early next month. united utilities said despite recent rainfall, hot weather is set to continue and water levels remain low. people who flout the ban could be fined up to £1000. jayne mccubbin has been to the way—oh reservoir near edgworth in lancashire. good morning to you. yes, you can have a look and see for yourselves the problem that united utilities is facing. water levels are too low. supply is down, demand is up, and they are struggling to meet that demand at peak times. and the weather forecast until the end of the month is going to be hot and dry. so nothing in the way of anything that could fix the problem behind us.

steve and i have just watched with great excitement a fish getting stuck in the channel behind us, as it flipped and flopped and tried to get into the main reservoir while the birds circled. it made it. anyway, 7 million customers will face this ban from august 5th. united utilities say it isn't a decision they have taken lightly, but it is necessary. no other water company in the uk outside of northern ireland has said that it will follow suit. of course, northern ireland has had a ban sincejune. but for the customers right here, this is what they face. nobody else is following suit yet. for most, the weather is a joy. but many reservoirs are under pressure. this is howden in derbyshire. water levels at haweswater in the lake district are so low that the long ago flooded village of meldon is once again visible. in response to these pressures, many have already been doing their bit. what are we doing to save water?

well, we are not watering the plants, that's for sure. we shower together now... laughter. we water the plants using waste water out of the bathroom. we got an e—mail off united utilities saying to stop having baths and stuff. so, yeah, ijust thought i would do my bit by not pampering myself on a sunday. now united utilities is going further. they will bring in a hosepipe ban that will affect around 7 million customers in the north—west, and it comes into place on august 5th. all because we are enjoying the longest heatwave since 1976. back then it was so bad tarmac melted on the roads. water was rationed. drought enquiry office. and the government created a minister for drought. here in the crisis centre, manning the phones, taking complaints. it's a sprinkler system operating where?

at a riding school? i see, and you feel something should be done about that, of course. and hundreds of complaints about water wasteful neighbours have been made in northern ireland too, where a ban is already in place. people will inevitably be vigilant, and beware, united utilities has warned that if you flout the ban after august 5th you could face a fine of up to £1000. research has shown that a ban like this can save between five and 10% of water supply. and while most people have welcomed this ban, saying, we have to do something, we understand this has been really, really hot, there are those who are angry, because united utilities, a very profitable company, has some of the worst water leakage rates of any water company in the uk. at times they have lost almost 25% of their supply in recent years. those leakage rates are coming down,

but this water ban will be particularly unpleasant for people who are aware of that and feel very angry, especially in the context of significantly high water bills. well, a ban has been in place in northern ireland since the end ofjune — let's speak to chris page who is in belfast. lots of water behind you but this hosepipe ban is impacting on people considerably, we assume. tell us what impact it is having and how people are reacting. as you say, the lovely weather over the summer has made places like this, the water works park in north belfast, particularly nice places to be. but the downside is we have had a hosepipe ban for two and a half weeks. came in at the end ofjune.

northern ireland water, the company that runs the water infrastructure here, said it was more to do with dramatic increase in demand for water rather than low levels in reservoir. when the ban came in at the end of last month they said the demand for water was 30% higher than it usually would be at this time of year. it has dropped since then. i understand the demand is now at around 10% higher than it usually is, but that still means there is a problem and the hosepipe ban is going to continue. we have heard a few people grumbling that they can't water their lawn or phil paddling pools, but it's something people have accepted as a necessary step. is the first time a hosepipe ban has come into force in northern ireland since 1995. as far as enforcement goes, northern ireland water says around 140 people have been reported to them as breaking a hosepipe ban and officials from the company have gone to speak to them but they haven't taken further action, they haven't taken further action, they haven't needed to do and there has been no talk of fines being imposed.

it isa been no talk of fines being imposed. it is a softly, softly approach, but the fact you have had more than 100 people breaching the hosepipe ban is assigned some people don't think it is fairand assigned some people don't think it is fair and they are ignoring it. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may denies her brexit plan is "dead in the water", as labour and the snp attack plans for mps to take their summer break early. brexit campaign group vote leave is referred to the police and fined £61,000, for exceeding spending limits in the run—up to the referendum in 2016. millions of people in the north of england will be affected by a hosepipe ban starting in august. sport now, here's azi farni. good afternoon. cristiano ronaldo says he is "grateful for the opportunity" given to him byjuventus and aims to bring the champions league to turin. he was shown off by his new club yesterday

after his transfer from real madrid — worth nearly £100 million. the 33—year—old says players of his age would normally go to play in qatar or china but he's still got big ambitions in italy. translation: i will be ready. juventus is ready. i will be ready. i will be there. as i said before, the age is not important. ifeel good. i feel motivated, the age is not important. ifeel good. ifeel motivated, exciting. so i will try to do my best, like always. and i am looking forward to starting the league well and is trying to win every title. england's cricketers are staying relaxed as they build up to the one—day series decider against india at headingley later today. but they're likely to be without one of their key batsman jason roy, who has a finger injury. james vince could well replace him.. whoever plays though, there's a confident mood in the camp...

i think after the first game, as long as the lows were not too low, and the highs were not too high, staying relaxed and even, something like that. the first game wasn't good enough, but we know what we need to do better. it wasn't doom and gloom, it was, this is what we need to do the next game. that is what we did, and now we have momentum going to the third one. england have won the toss and chose to bat. play getting under way in around 15 minutes. after a rest day, the riders head to the mountains for the 10th stage of the tour de france in around an hour's time. team sky's geraint thomas is in good form ahead of the 158 kilometre climb. he trails leader greg van arvermat by just 43 seconds. thomas's team mate chris froome is back in 8th position. that's a minute and 42 secounds off the lead. meanwhile, the netherland's annemiek van vleuten has stolen victory in la course — the one day event that runs beside the tour de france. she was a long way behind

going into the last kilometre, but produced an amazing finish to pip her compatriot anna van der breggen. van vleuten who won the most prestigious women's stage race, italy's giro rosa, on sunday, retained the la course title. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the government's promise of a £20.5 billion boost for the nhs will put debt on an "unsustainable upward trajectory" if there are no tax rises or spending cuts to pay for it, the office for budget responsibility has warned. earlier, i spoke to our business correspondentjonty bloom. he said the 0br has dismissed suggestions that the increased nhs spending could be paid for with a "brexit dividend". the office for budget responsibility, which has thejob of inspecting the governmen's finances and seeing whether the sums add up, say it willjust not happen. the net effect of brexit

will probably be negative on government finances and they will have to find a lot more money to pay for an ageing population for that increased spending in the nhs over coming years. they calculate either taxes will have to go up or spending will have to come down by £111 billion in 2023—24, in five or six years' time. they really think the government, by then, will have to increase taxes or cut back on spending massively to stay on target. it puts the government in a difficult position. has there been any response? not yet. the treasury will make an announcement in the autumn statement, so it will not say what it will do about this now. but itjust shows the pressures on government spending. mainly demographic, the ageing population and cost of social care and health care in the next couple of decades will ramp up and governments will have to find that money from somewhere. it's either cutting spending in other areas

or increasing taxation. there's no real other way of doing it. there has been so much pressure on the government to increase spending for the nhs, not least because of the issues surrounding health care and social care as well. that's why the government is responding. during the election they reversed a policy that would bring down the cost of social care. that has been added to the long—term increase in spending and borrowing. the 0br is really quite firm about this. if the government doesn't get a hand on this, government debt, which could rise from around 80% of gdp to 283% of gdp. they say you will have to do something really early to stop the debt getting out of control. donald trump is planning to meet members of congress amid a backlash over comments made during his summit with russian president vladimir putin. mr trump contradicted us intelligence agencies by saying that russia did not tamper in the 2016 presidential election campaign. our correspondent david

willis has more.. president trump's refusal to condemn russia's attempts to sway the outcome of the 2016 election, and his characterisation of vladimir putin as both strong and powerful, have incensed many here. among them, the former cia director, john brennan, who branded the move nothing short of treasonous on twitter, and accused president trump of being in president putin's pocket. whilst the republican senatorjohn mccain called it one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. president trump's reluctance to criticise russia has prompted speculation that the kremlin may have something on him, incriminating information obtained during a business trip to moscow, perhaps. i guess he said it as strongly as you can say it. "they have no information on trump."

it was an interesting statement, too. you know, many years ago when i was there, what was it, 13, 14, a long time ago, he said there were many, many business people there. in all fairness, i was a very successful businessman, but i was one of a lot of people. one thing you know — if they had it, it would have been out. invited by an american tv reporter to inspect a copy of the indictments involving 12 russian military officers accused of hacking the computers of the hillary clinton campaign, the russian president demured. translation: first of all, russia as a state has never interfered with the internal affairs of the united states, let alone its elections. president trump is to meet with members of congress, and there are those ready to challenge him with failing to stand up against an old adversary on behalf of the country that he was elected to protect. david willis, bbc news, washington. it is 7:20am in washington. there is

a live shot of the white house. a lot of pressure on president trump after those comments he made. jane 0'brien is in washington. as we were hearing, some striking criticism of the president over that news conference. there certainly has been. and it's important to remember the criticism is coming from those you would expect to criticise donald trump. even the director, the former director of the cia john trump. even the director, the former director of the ciajohn brennan has been an avowed opponent of donald trump since his campaign. so when he calls donald trump's actions treasonous, you have to do also look at who is supporting the president, and at the moment those ten to be the rank and file republican party. people in the states, people who

will vote in the mid—term elections, and his approval ratings are phenomenally high, almost 90%, within his own party. the big question will be, whether or not his performance in helsinki will dent that approval, will bent that support. at the moment, the indications are that it's not. so when you hear senior republicans criticising donald trump, you also have to remember that many of them are retiring, not standing for re—election. so how much influence do their words actually carry with the president? i think we are going to see far more of that impact later today when we actually get the president's reaction to that very same criticism. and going on previous responses, and the way he handles situations, presumably it will not be conciliatory.” handles situations, presumably it will not be conciliatory. i very much doubt it. is i think he will

say, as he has said already in various interviews, that he has done a greatjob, and he will also try to deflect criticism, by levelling his own criticism into the enquiry on russian meddling, which he has again and again described as a politically motivated witchhunt. that'll be the ingesting thing, will we see resignations from within his own cabinet? dan coats, hisjudgment was publicly questioned by the president when he was standing next to vladimir putin. dan coats is the director of national intelligence and felt compelled within hours of the press conference to issue his own statement saying he fully supported his intelligence community and that he reiterated their assessment that russia did a medal in the election. a lot of the senior officials have been with mr trump for some time and have been through this before where theirjudgment has been publicly questioned and they have been undermined and they haven't resigned yet. how serious

this is remains to be seen. jane, thank you. a russian woman living in the us has been charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of the russian government. maria butina is alleged to have worked at the direction of a high—level kremlin official. she's denied the allegations, saying there was no indication that she tried to influence any specific policy or law. the european union and japan have signed one of the world's biggest free trade deals. the new agreement will remove tariffs on most goods. japan has welcomed the completion of negotiations with the eu after the us withdrew from the trans—pacific trade agreement 18 months ago. donald tusk, the european council president, gave more details about the new partnership. i am proud that today we are taking our strategic partnership to a new level with two landmark agreements between the european union and japan. the strategic partnership agreement and the economic partnership agreement. we are putting in place the largest bilateral trade deal ever. this is an act of enormous strategic

importance for the rules—based international order at a time when some are questioning this order. we are sending a clear message that we stand together against protectionism. concerns over the safety of some children s slime products have been raised after several were found to contain excessive levels of the harmful element boron which can cause vomiting and cramps. the gooey substance has become a social media craze, but eight out of 11 slime products tested by consumer group which, failed eu safety standards. the government says it's reviewing the results. earlier i spoke to nikki stopford, director of research and publishing at which? magazine about the potential dangers of slime. this is very worrying, that their products being sold on the uk market

that have levels of a chemical that is known to have health risks. we are worried about it, that clearly manufacturers, retailers and government are not doing enough to make sure safe products... these u nsafe make sure safe products... these unsafe products are not sold on the uk market. how much does there have to be ina uk market. how much does there have to be in a product and how much does a child have to... is it like coming into co nta ct a child have to... is it like coming into contact with it on their hands or would they have to eat it for it to cause a problem with a kid? eu regulations are really clear on the levels of boron that can be in a product that leaves residue on your skin. 300 mg per kilogram is the safer. 0ne product had four times that level, and many more were three times and upwards in excess of that limit. studies have shown there are clear health risks. in the short term there are things like vomiting and cramp and diarrhoea. in the long term, the eu has stated it can

impair fertility. term, the eu has stated it can impairfertility. in term, the eu has stated it can impair fertility. in studies of animals it has been shown to cause low birth rates and birth defects and slow development in unborn animals. does it have to do actually be ingested? animals. does it have to do actually be ingested ? if animals. does it have to do actually be ingested? if you have a child that sucks their fingers after they have been playing with it, and they put it in their mouth, they can get it that way, or can it be absorbed through the skin? most of the studies are based on boron being ingested. but if you have a child playing with slime it leaves a sticky residue, they could put things in their mouth or eat food with it on there. what about when they are making slime, because that's another way to make it. presumably they shouldn't make it that way. we haven't tested any home—made slimes. there are recipes out there. it is perfectly possible to make slime products that have

safe levels of boron and borox in there. we tested that and they were perfectly within the safety limits. it is possible, but parents need to be cautious about what is on the market. it's difficult as parents to understand whether a product is safe or not. there is minimal information on the ingredients and the safety of them, and even when we found some products that were listing a safety marking, we still found boron levels in excess of the eu limit. so what is the answer, it makes it very difficult. it's extremely difficult. we shared ourfindings difficult. it's extremely difficult. we shared our findings with the office of product safety and standards and ask them to take a closer look at how this market is monitored. and to take a much acting for —— take a much more active role in surveillance. we want the government to step up their responsibility in ensuring safe

products. for a ciabatta plays with a child a lot, would you not want your child playing with them because of this? —— for a child that place. i have certainly taken a lot of the products out of our house and we have been experimented with making our own. it's been enough to be cautious about what my daughter is playing with. now it's time for a look at the weather, here's darren. there is a very different feel to the weather today. it's cool and feels pressure. we have a westerly breeze that bringing sunshine. it's also bringing a scattering of showers and some heavy ones possible across northern england and into scotland. many places are going to be dry with temperatures lower than yesterday. 25 in the south—east, feeling quite pleasant. 19 across scotla nd feeling quite pleasant. 19 across scotland and northern ireland. heavy showers across scotland and north east england fade away through the evening and showers elsewhere decay

so evening and showers elsewhere decay so it will become dry with clear skies and a light wind, and cooler nights, down to eight or nine in rural areas but still 15 or 16 in the centre of london. chances are we will start dry tomorrow, but cloud will start dry tomorrow, but cloud will increase and some scattered showers here and there. if anything, over the next few days, it will get a bit warmer. temperatures in the central belt of scotland are into the low 20s and 26 or 27 in the south—east of england. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... theresa may faces a fresh parliamentary battle over brexit this afternoon, after narrowly avoiding a defeat in the commons last night. meanwhile labour and the snp have said they will oppose plans for the government to bring forward mp's summer break by 5 days. brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined £61,000 — the electoral commission said it broke the law by funnelling cash

through another group. two people have been referred to the police. a hosepipe ban starting next month is set to affect millions of people in north west england. a ban has been in place in northern ireland since the end ofjune. donald trump has defended russia over claims of interference in the 2016 presidential elections after meeting with vladimir putin in helsinki — back at home he faces anger from both republicans and democrats. some breaking news from westminster, and a number of measures to tackle bullying is being introduced by the government. a code of conduct comes after a number of allegations of inappropriate behaviour were made last year which resulted in

ministerial resignations and suspensions from across different political parties. the proposals will be voted on by mps on thursday. it has not until now been a formal disciplinary procedure for mps when it comes to alleged cases of sexual harassment and bullying. there are no independent channels for staff to raise complaints about behaviour so now a cross—party group has drawn up new rules that would cover everyone working in parliament from staff and clerks in the house of commons and the lords to researchers and others working for mps. there will be a new behaviour code if it is supported by mps and an independent complaints scheme with an independent investigator to look into alleged cases. in terms of sanctions, they would include written apologies, mandatory training and also the possibility of mps being kicked out of parliament and staff being dismissed. so that is going to be

voted on by mps on thursday. millions of people are going to be affected by the first hosepipe ban in england. 7 million people in the north—west england will be affected from the 5th of august. we can go to our central london studio. and speak to ray stewart. he's drector of corporate affairs for water uk — which represents water providers. isa is a hosepipe ban really unavoidable in this situation? generally throughout the uk our water sources are throughout the uk our water sources a re pretty throughout the uk our water sources are pretty healthy. we had a lot of rain in the spring and that is when you gather all the water that we use in the summer. there are some particular circumstances in northern ireland that already has a ban and in the north—west of england because of the sources they get their water from. so that is why united utilities have said that unless

there is quite significant rainfall between now and early august they will need to have a ban. but certainly the rest of the uk is looking relatively healthy in terms of the availability of water at the moment so none of the other companies are looking at a ban at the moment. we're being told it is not because there is not enough water to meet the normal demand it is just that demand has gone up so much. that is right. you normally have a big increase in demand in the summer have a big increase in demand in the summer anyway. that is what companies apply for —— plan for. but with this really hot spell we have had, six weeks of blazing sunshine, the hottest june had, six weeks of blazing sunshine, the hottestjune in many years in some places. the demand for water has spiked by 30% above the increased demand that you would usually see in the summertime. and so usually see in the summertime. and so there is enough water to go around generally but it is about the pressure in the heights because there is only so much water you can push in at any one time and as soon as it is going in, the extra

billions of litres of water that are going to the system to meet demand are going straightaway out of the system. it affects the pressure the pressure coming out of the taps which is why all the companies have been centre number of weeks now, please think about how you are using water, use it wisely and do not things like working sprinklers for hours on end. it can use about 1000 litres of drinking water in an hour and it won't be that effective so there are lots of things we can all do to make sure that we reduce our water demand and make sure we have got the right level of pressure that people want. when the same weather is affecting the whole country why is it not likely that there will be more hosepipe bans elsewhere? likely that there will be more hosepipe bans elsewhere ?m likely that there will be more hosepipe bans elsewhere? it is about where they get the water from. in the north—west of england their water sources are what we cool surface water, things like reservoirs and the like. in other parts of the country it is ground water, natural reservoirs underground, those are the ones that refill over the spring with the

rainy weather that we have had. that is why most of the country is generally in quite a healthy state, even though we are seeing these incredibly high levels of demand, it would be good for everybody's sake though if we could just bring that demand is down a bit, not waste water if we can avoid it, not use a hose when we can use a bucket and to wash your car rather than spray hose on it. if we all do these voluntary things and start saving water then it reduces the possibility of any restrictions later. thank you very much. ray stewart from water uk. more than 20 people have been injured in hawaii after a boat they were in was hit by debris from the erupting mount kilauea volcano. the group had been taking part in what's been described as a ‘lava tour‘ to view the continuing eruption. richard lister reports. it's one of the most thrilling sites in the natural world — an erupting volcano is a display of immense power and great danger. from a distance, explosions like this can be viewed relatively safely. but when nature puts

on a show, there are people who want front row tickets. 0n hawaii's big island, tour boats leave every day to watch the almost constant eruptions on the volcanic coastline. most are allowed no closer than a few hundred metres but more experienced crews can get closer. 0n the tour boat hotspot it was deceptively calm. people filmed lava boiling in the ocean, sending up clouds of steam. no—one was prepared for this. screaming. the debris punched a hole through the boat roof, let's go straight to the commons, merge in question hasjust been asked on the criticism and fine for

the vote leave campaign in the referendum. the commission reports regularly on the running of elections and referendums, conducts the investigations into allegations of rules been breached. electoral law exist to ensure fair campaigning and the electoral mission has determined those rules have been broken. both vote leave and be leave have been referred to the police. it would not be appropriate to comment on ongoing police investigations. that electoral rules have been breached is a cause for concern but it does not mean that the rules themselves were flawed. the government will continue to work closely with the electoral commission along with many other stakeholders in the electoral system to protect the integrity, security and effectiveness of referendums and elections. let me make it all so clear for the record that we will continue to implement the referendum's results and to make a success of it. the findings of the

electoral commission are shocking and vote leave's action is an affront to our democracy. that fundamental british value of fair play. the commission's legal counsel described vote leave's behaviour as follows, they resisted our investigation from the start including contesting our right as a statutory investigator to open investigation. they refused to cooperate, refused our request to put forward a representative for interview and forced us to use our legal powers to compel it to provide evidence. who do these people think they are? they think they are above they are? they think they are above the law. with new facts arising every week, it is well— known the law. with new facts arising every week, it is well—known there will be no £350 million extra for the nhs and so on. we know their claims turned out to be a

fa nta sy know their claims turned out to be a fantasy but we now know they cheated too and it is official. given there was a 4% gap between leave and remain and vote leave overspent by just under 8%, does the minister agree with me that we cannot say with confidence that this foul play did not impact on the result? does the minister believe the vote leave acted in contravention of natural justice and our democracy in acting in the obstructive way they acted? what urgent legislation will the government bring forward to address the electoral commission's serious concerns about the enforcement regime for a electoral law that they have raised today. and who was at the scene of these crimes? the organisation was co—led by the current environment secretary, who co—convened its campaign commission. where is it? why not hear? that commission was charged with overseeing the implementation of the framework that included the way in which fund raising was conducted and donations collected. he along with the former foreign secretary was pa rt of the former foreign secretary was part of a core group of that committee that met on a daily basis to ensure the campaign was on track. as such, either the to ensure the campaign was on track. as such, eitherthe environment secretary knew what was going on,

which is a very serious matter, or if he didn't, how can we have any confidence that he is capable of overseeing his department? what did he know? the international trade secretary, the transport secretary and the bracks secretary also sat on the committee. what did they know about what was going on? in short, mr speaker, members of the cabinet sat in an organisation which has been found to have flouted our democracy. does this not all demonstrate that we need a full urgent public enquiry into the leave campaign? given that it calls into question the legitimacy of the entire brexit process, which is preoccupying this house. thank you, mr speaker. what this report demonstrates is that we have an electoral regulator that operates to rules that parliament has set and which has found people in contravention of those rules. he

asked a number of questions which go severely away from the report. and just to be clear, the report, and i'm reading it here from its front page, is in respect of vote leave limited, be leave and... i am page, is in respect of vote leave limited, be leave and... iam not going to end two into those questions, mr speaker. mr speaker, i am not going to enter into discussions of other named individuals, i'm simply not going to. and nor am individuals, i'm simply not going to. and noram i going individuals, i'm simply not going to. and nor am i going to enter into discussion of ongoing investigations, whether those they in terms of police or whether those be in terms of courts. i hear honourable members asking me why not, do we really need to begin by asking ourselves why the government should not interfere with independent investigations and police investigations? i cannot believe that the labour party needs the answer to that this early in the morning. what i would say is as i

said earlier in my remarks to start with, we are getting on and delivering the result of the referendum, mr speaker. we have set that out very clearly as to why we think that is the right thing to do and it is fundamentally this that we believe in the people's ability to have made a choice. it is why we respect the referendum results. it is u nfortu nately clear that referendum results. it is unfortunately clear that the right honourable gentleman does not believe in the people's ability to choose. and i think he argues instead that they should be asked again and again. i do not agree with those arguments, mr s peaker. what i am here to do today is to answer

questions on this report of an independent regulator. i can do so within my powers and i'm happy to do so. within my powers and i'm happy to do so. on aon a general point to my honourable friend, will she agree with me that one of the great glories of this sadly now diminished country was our electoral and democratic system? and this example todayis democratic system? and this example today is gross. and i say to her that if we are to retain the integrity and trust of the voting public, the whole darn thing needs to be blown up and started over again. mr speaker, i understand the seriousness of that point and the points made earlier by the right honourable gentleman which was similar. but what i would just a note is that the rules we are looking at in this report in front of us today are rules that comprise our democracy. our of us today are rules that comprise our democracy. 0ur democracy comprises of having such rules amongst some other very important principles but essentially our democracy is underpinned by the having of such rules. that the rules we re having of such rules. that the rules were broken means that the system is in fact working, that we have a

regulator that is able to... that we have a regulator that is able to conduct an investigation is one of the things that marks out the quality of our democracy. but that the rules were broken does not actually mean that the rules in themselves were flawed and what i would just say inconclusive in answer to my right honourable friend's question, parliament over the course of many years has put in place those rules for referendum and elections. what my right honourable friend asked for was a wholesale reform of all of those rules. that isa very reform of all of those rules. that is a very large undertaking indeed and it is something that goes wider than the reports we have in front of us here today. i would note there are other in ongoing investigations as well, for example as by the information commissioner and that ought to be looked at in the round by parliament. can i congratulate my honourable friend from streatham for

securing this urgent question and for his introductory remarks? today's remark by the electoral commission is a devastating indictment of the leave campaign conduct during the referendum, which is found to be based on cheating and law breaking. financial expenditure was now deliberately organised by different organisations and vote leave failed to cooperate with the electoral commission enquiry. it is a contempt of the more set by this house which makes a mockery of claims to take back control and displays a breathtaking arrogance of people that clearly believe that the law of the land did not apply to them. we only got to hear about these activities because of the bravery of whistle—blowers. what was the response of those involved, they outed one of those whistle—blowers who was gay without his permission and therefore but he and his family at risk. 0ne and therefore but he and his family at risk. one of the people responsible was working as a senior adviser in downing street. the prime minister refused to sack him so presumably he supports at least

excuses those actions. will she now on the back of this report dismissed him as an adviser? and as my honourable friend has mentioned, senior members of the government we re senior members of the government were involved in the vote leave campaign. these involve the recently departed foreign secretary who is uncharacteristically silent today. will they now come to the house and explain their role in the initial scandal and the cover—up? if the leaders of the vote leave campaign cannot be trusted to abide by the rules of the referendum, how can we trust them to abide by the rules of any future election or indeed how can we trust them to conduct their ministerial duties with honour and integrity and honesty? can those of the vote leave campaign who are now ministers of former ministers will be referred to the cabinet secretary for investigation as to whether they have broken the ministerial code. yet again, we have been confronted this week by the chaos of this government has got itself and the

country into, dumping its own euro sought single war on every one else. it is brexit extremist at war with its prominence than a that has at every stage has put party before country. honourable members in this house on the public are entitled to ask how on earth we got here. yet british politics on the british people deserve better than this. we cannot allow cheating and dishonesty to become the accepted norms in our political system, so let me ask the minister, what is her proposal to bring decent, honest politics back to the floor? because of this government has not got any, perhaps it is time they moved aside for a government that has. mr speaker, given that the labour front bench is so given that the labour front bench is so committed to propriety, perhaps it should be reporting itself to the police for its national spending in the 2015 general election whereupon the 2015 general election whereupon the labour party was fined by the electoral commission in october 20

16. they are on thin ice if they think that they are able to say that this cuts only one way, it does not. but what we have in front of here todayis but what we have in front of here today is a report of an investigation in respect of named individuals. i have already said that i am not going to comment on investigations that are ongoing and that cove rs investigations that are ongoing and that covers a number of the point that covers a number of the point that the honourable gentleman has just raised. but i will say again the electoral commission is an independent organisation, it can undertake an investigation it feels necessary. and indeed it can report back to this house, mr speaker, as you know of course very own committee on the commission. that is its governance. but the point is this, we need to be able to say to the public that i watching this debate that we are getting on with delivering the result of the referendum in which they voted. i can hear some of the honourable

members opposite shouting about this come perhaps that is the fraction of the labour party that believes in having a second referendum, or it perhaps it is the fraction of the labour party that believes in not having that or perhaps it's the fraction that doesn't know what it believes in. what we believe in is that our independent... order. i understand there is considerable axed about this matter and i do want to accommodate do want to accommodate the minister but that she must be heard. we have an independent electoral commission, i plaudit for doing its work. i'm pleased that we have a regulator to be able to make such investigations into our democracy and that is what comprises our democracy. that we have rules that can be investigated is what makes this a democracy. that is what makes this a democracy. that isa is what makes this a democracy. that is a good thing but as i said before, mr speaker, there are

questions that arise here from this investigation and others, which are still ongoing, and those ought to be looked at in due course and the government where appropriate will come out of this house of course to do so. this matters. could i respectfully say to the minister that she should not let the government's commitment to delivering on the referendum result to obfuscate from the real questions that are being raised. there have been a series, this has not come out of the blue, there have been a series of accusations and suggestions, notjust in this campaign but in others, but protected the valid confidence that the public needs to have in our elections of every type is absolutely vital. my right honourable friend is right and we should all be in agreement here today that what we should be seeking today that what we should be seeking to do is protect confidence in our democracy, that is precisely the point here. and the point here is

that the regulator has made this investigation and we should be able to look at its report and understand what it is insane. that is today's job in hand. after that, there may be things that we need to return to asa be things that we need to return to as a house, including various aspects of regulation which would of course be a matter for parliament. i made the point earlier that the extent of regulation that we do apply to our democracy is quite great, it has been put together by parliament over many decades, as my right honourable friend says, this matters. it does all matter absolutely and that is why we should all be prepared to look at this report and the other out ongoing investigations and look at such things in the round. thank you, mr speaker. this government is deciding over crisis and chaos as it drags the government ali country in an act of collective self harm. it is doing it on the back of a campaign which

was morally questionable based as it was morally questionable based as it was on mobilising fear and prejudice. politically questionable based as it was on half truths and lies. and now we know a campaign that was organised illegally. mr speaker, the minister's responses are woefully inadequate. we need to know if the government will draw a line between itself and the people implicated in this illegality. if it does not do so then it will lose any respect and integrity it has left. soi respect and integrity it has left. so i would like an insurance from the minister now that anyone who was involved in working for vote leave or on its board will cease to hold office in government or cease to be on the government payroll. mr speaker, that the avoidance of doubt i'm not going to make the commitment here today because there are a numberof here today because there are a number of questions that are raised in this report which are still

subject to ongoing investigations and as! subject to ongoing investigations and as i have already pointed out thatis and as i have already pointed out that is in itself one of the important principles of our democracy and of the way that regulation works independently of government. so the short answer is, no, i'm not going to give such commitments here today. there is extensive interests in this subject now granted the urgent question for the very simple question that i have judged it to the urgent i'm keen to accommodate colleagues but i'm keen to remind house that there is a statement to follow and that the debate on the first group of amendments to the trade bill has two conclude by 3:30pm and there must be some time for debate on this. we have been watching coverage of the government's response on an urgent question to the vote leave campaign been criticised by the electoral commission. some news from westminster from the prime minister's official spokesman who has been refusing to say whether the government will withdraw the motion

thatis government will withdraw the motion that is calling for parliament's summer recess to that is calling for parliament's summer recess to start early. a vote is due to take place tomorrow with the idea that parliament ends sitting is this thursday, the 19th ofjuly rather sitting is this thursday, the 19th of july rather than sitting is this thursday, the 19th ofjuly rather than next week as planned. labour, the snp and some conservative mps have said that they would vote against that idea if it we re would vote against that idea if it were to go ahead. downing street has said this morning that it has suggested an early recess following discussion with other parties and is considering all representations on the matter. one theresa may loyalist michael fallon has said that he would vote against if the voters go ahead because he said it is an idiotic idea. we will bring you more reaction to that when we get it. in a moment it is time for the one o'clock news. right now though let's catch up with the weather with darren back. hello there, we have all got a cooler, fresherfeel to the weather today, a westerly breeze coming in from the atlantic is bringing notjust more cloud as we can see here in north yorkshire but

the chance of one or two showers as well. more sunshine as you head towards the south and east of the uk where temperatures are significantly lower than yesterday where we had 31 celsius in some places. the next few days will see some sunshine, the chance of a few showers. if anything it will turn warmer although we will not have the humility of the past few days. 25 degrees in the south, cooler than yesterday. 19 across scotla nd cooler than yesterday. 19 across scotland and northern ireland. a few showers in england and wales perhaps committed to south wales and south—west england and one or two in the midlands, but they are very light and few and far between. more showers more widely further north as we head into the evening, heavier showers towards the south—east of scotland, north—east england and the north—east of scotla nd

scotland as well. those showers though will last for a little while into the evening and then they will fade away and any light showers will tend to decay so it will become dry overnight. clear skies, gentle westerly breeze, a cooler night, temperatures in the countryside down to eight or 9 degrees, 15 or 16 in the centre of london. tomorrow start drying fine, sunny, the cloud increasing and will spread out a little. a few showers here or there, a heavy one for parts of wales or southern parts of scotland. a lot of places still dry and temperatures rising. low 20s in the central belt of scotland, a high of 27 in the south of england. again on thursday, very little rain around, fewer showers to come on thursday. plenty of showers too. temperatures creeping up a touch and some rain in the far north—west of scotland coming from this weather system here. that is going to weaken as it goes south across the uk. the rain will peter out as it arrives. a little rain across the north of england on friday and running

through scotland and northern ireland but that tends to fade away and further south it is dried and still very warm. goodbye. more pressure on the prime minister over her brexit strategy, with threats this time from remain supporters to oppose her trade bill. her battle to get her plans through continues in the commons this afternoon, with senior colleagues warning potential rebels. were we not to get these pieces of legislation through today then we would leave british business dangerously exposed. we'll be asking just how much trouble the government is in. also this lunchtime: a £61,000 fine for the brexit campaign group vote leave, for breaking electoral law. millions in north—west england face the first hosepipe ban of the summer in england. one of them things. you can't have a good summer and, you know, have all the water as well, so...

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