we could see chunks lying all over the side of the boat and on the floor of the boat. back at hilo harbour, the hot spot had offloaded its passengers and some were taken to hospital. an inquiry is now under way into whether the rules on lava tours should be tightened, but the tour companies say the incident hasn't affected the demand for tickets. richard lister, bbc news. time for a look at the weather... here's darren bett. the weather has changed a bit today. it feels different across the uk. there is a fresher feel and it is cooler. we have this westerly breeze, bringing the chance of a few showers and certainly more cloud. it is still dry towards the south—east and east anglia. we are about 6 degrees lower than yesterday here. over the next few days, there will still be some sunshine and maybe a few showers. but if anything, temperatures are going to rise again, although we will not have the

humidity or the storms we had yesterday. there is a scattering of showers around today. the cloud has increased. the bulk of showers is gci’oss increased. the bulk of showers is across the northern half of the uk. across the south—east, it may well stayed dry, with few if any showers. maybe a scattering of showers for northern england and a few heavier ones close to the borders towards the north—east of scotland. and a few scattered showers across northern ireland. but large parts of the uk are still dry and still seeing sunshine. this evening, the heavier showers towards the north—east of the uk will fade away and the lighter showers elsewhere should decay, so it is becoming dry with clear skies and light winds. a co mforta ble with clear skies and light winds. a comfortable night for sleeping. for

most of us, tomorrow will start dry and quite sunny, but we will again see the cloud amount increasing, giving a few showers, one or two heavy ones for wales and the south—west as well as southern parts of scotland. temperatures will start to rise tomorrow. most places will have a dry day on thursday. few if any showers around. the heat is building across england and wales. a bit of rain in the north—west corner of scotla nd bit of rain in the north—west corner of scotland on this weather system. that will push southwards overnight to bring a bit of rain into scotland and northern ireland, maybe getting as far south as north wales and the north of england. but as that rain moves southwards, the weather fronts we can and the rain tends to peter out, so still a lot of dry weather. it will stay dry and warm. any rain we do see will have gone by the weekend. a reminder of our main

story this lunchtime. more pressure on the prime minister over her brexit strategy — with threats from remain supporters to oppose her trade bill later today. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. a look at the latest board here on bbc news and we continue to reflect on one of the most surprising transfers of recent history, the world's best player cristiano ronaldo sealing a move to juventus almost by cover of night. however, it has not taken long for ronaldo to get back in the spotlight. he says he's grateful for the opportunity that has been given to him byjuventus and is aiming to champions league... sorry, bring the

champions league... sorry, bring the champions league... sorry, bring the champions league trophy back to to ring. he was shown off after the tra nsfer ring. he was shown off after the transfer nearly 100 million euros. he says players his age could have gone for bigger contracts in qatar of china but he still has lofty ambitions in italy. that is where oui’ ambitions in italy. that is where our reporter is. some people have questioned juventus paying £100 million for a 33—year—old but juventus has an obsession here to win the champions league. they now have not been european champions in 23 years. they say ronaldo can do the business on the pitch and bring that title back to juventus. they have gone close in a couple of —— they have come close in the last couple of years with a couple of finals but i also think ronaldo can do good business off the pitch. they have already sold half a million ronaldo shirts which depends on what people paid for them, they have already recouped some of between 85... million already recouped some of between 85. .. million pounds. already recouped some of between 85... million pounds. he said

yesterday i'm not 203i'm 33 but most players my age go off to qatar or china, iam players my age go off to qatar or china, i am is good enough to play in europe. i think i can help juventus win trophies. cricket news and england's one—day side are taking on india in the third and deciding international and leads. owen morgan won the toss, he but india into bass and so farfor owen morgan won the toss, he but india into bass and so far for the indian sitters been a steady if uninspiring start. one wicket to fall so far. india are 67—1 of uninspiring start. one wicket to fall so far. india are 67—1 01:14 of their 50 overs. after a rest day, tea m their 50 overs. after a rest day, team sky's lead riders will be tested at the tour de france today. they are already back on the road and into the mountains on stage ten. but with geraint thomas trailing the leader byjust 42 seconds, his position as a support rider will come into sharp focus later on.

thomas is fancied into dave's climb. defending champion chris room is one minutes and 52 seconds of the lead. meanwhile, the netherlands rider has... the one—day event that runs alongside the tour de france. she was a long way back going into the last, to book produced an amazing finish to pip her compatriot at the line. she won the women's most prestigious women's race on sunday and has now retained this title. the open starts on thursday at carnoustie, tiger woods is returning to tournament that he has won on three separate occasions for the first time since 2015. after having major surgery for his back, he's back —— is that to be back. major surgery for his back, he's back -- is that to be back. there we re back -- is that to be back. there were definitely pointing time that i thought i would never play list trip again. even watching it on tv it is

great seeing it on tv but it is even better in person and i remember how it feels to come into the last hole with a chance to win it and knowing that i may never have that opportunity again. there were sometimes there where it did not feel very good. but now to have that opportunity to come back and to play here in scotland again, i've said this before throughout this year, it has been a blessing. victory for tiger woods would be an amazing comeback. that is all the sport now, we will have more for you in the next hour. more now on the official pro—brexit campaign group, vote leave, which has been fined £61,000 by the electoral commission, for exceeding spending limits in the run—up to the referendum in 2016. the commission found that vote leave had worked with another group to pay a data analytics firm for adverts targeting voters. it has also referred two seniorfigures to the metropolitan police. the cabinet office minister chloe smith told the commons that she couldn't comment on the case. the electoral law exists to ensure

their campaigning the electoral law exists to ensure theircampaigning and the electoral law exists to ensure their campaigning and the electoral commission has determined that those rules have been broken. both the vote to leave and be leave have been referred to the police. it would not be appropriate for the government to comment on ongoing police investigations. that electoral rules have been breached is rightly 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 also make it clear for the record that we will continue to implement the referendum results and to make a success of it. labour's chuka umunna, accused vote leave of being an affront to democracy sot) theirfindings of their findings of the electoral commission are shocking and vote to

leave's action is an affront to our democracy. that fundamental british value of fair play. the commission's legal counsel described vote to leave's behaviour as follows, they resisted our investigation from the start including contesting our right asa start including contesting our right as a statutory regulator doping investigation. they refuse 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 and there will be no £350 million extra perweek there will be no £350 million extra per week 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. 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. i'm vishala sri—pathma, in the business news... the uk government has warned it must raise taxes or cut spending to fund extra spending on the nhs. the warning came from the financial watchdog — the office for budget responsibility — which said that the country's finances would suffer unless action was taken. the european union and japan sign one of the biggest free trade deals in history, which will cover almost a third of the world's gdp. the head of the european commision, jean—claudejuncker, said the deal was a victory for free trade. 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 expected — which left investors on wall street unimpressed and its shares 14% lower.

hello — good afternoong, welcome to the business news. we've had some numbers on uk unemployment today. the umemployment rate for the three months to may remained at 4.2% — the joint lowest since 1975. the actual number of people unemployed fell by 12,000. uk wages, however, rose more slowly — it slipped to 2.7% from 2.8% for the same period. joining me now from our milbank studio is lee hopley, who's the chief economist at the manufacturing organisation eef. first of all, officially we look at these statistics they look quite positive but some economists are describing as tepid growth.|j positive but some economists are describing as tepid growth. i think the labour market statistics are a dose of generally positive data that we have in the monthly calendar. i think from an unemployment point of

view we again saw a fall in the number of people out of work, which i think has to be good news. we have the unemployment rate at historically low levels at 4.2%. so i think that point of view it is relatively positive. i think more frustratingly, we're not really seeing much momentum in terms of earnings that was a bit weaker than a lot of economists were expecting today. total pay was up 2.5% in the three months to may in compared with a year ago, which i think is a little bit like where the bank of england was hoping it might be at this point. where do you think that lack of momentum stems from an wage growth? i think there is still a little bit of slack in the labour market, not a lot but there is a million or so people working part—time for million or so people working pa rt—time for example who million or so people working part—time for example who would like longer hours or a full—time job. i think there has got to be some caution on the employer side at the moment given the amount of uncertainty that

we are seeing in the political landscape. so i think that is going to just hold back the willingness of employers to offer up higher pay at the moment. i think on the other side there could be potential pressures coming for example. we are seeing a decline in eu migrants for example coming to the uk, so that limit on supply could drive up a bit more pressure on wages in the latter pa rt more pressure on wages in the latter part of this year. do you think this data is strong enough for an monetary policy committee next month to decide on interest rates? you knew that question was coming!|j did!| knew that question was coming!|j did! ithink knew that question was coming!|j did! i think we are all hoping for the killer statistic that it can to make the decision a no—brainer in august i do not think we have it today. i think the judgment is still quite finely balanced. the markets are expecting a rate rise to go ahead in august and i think that does feel like a sensible cool at the moment. but i think again given

some of the uncertainty, the fact that we are not seeing a huge amount of pressure at the moment in inflation, it may not be in a unanimous decision in august. we do not have too long to wait so we will find out. let's have a look at some other business news making headlines. goldman sachs has a new boss. the bank has named david solomon as its next chief executive and chairman in a widely anticipated move. elsewhere the investment bank also announced a 44% rise in second—quarter profits, boosted by performance in its investment banking and fixed income trading businesses. 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. and another energy company has decided to raise prices — this time its co—operative energy which will raise prices by 5.2% from the 20th of august. according to comparison site uswitch, the move on average will cost co—op energy's 128,000 customers £61. let's have a look at the markets

before we go. shares in broadband supplier talktalk have climbed 4% to this morning after it posted an upbeat trading update. it added 80,000 customers to bring the total to 11.2 million. sorry you don't have the foot so there but it was fairly flat there. we will have that later for you this afternoon. that's it for the business. the summer holidays are almost upon us and in an effort to reduce knife crime, schools in england are giving end—of—term lessons on the dangers of carrying weapons. it's part of a wider government strategy but campaigners say it still isn't enough to tackle the problem. tim muffett has more. my best friend did die from being stabbed. the brutal reality of knife crime. in schools across england, before the summer break, new lessons are being taught. we are going to look at how young people can take steps to achieve their goals and live knife free. willingdon community school in east sussex and year 9 students are having their one—hour

lesson on knife crime. a lot of people might be influenced by their friends. across england and wales last year, knife crime rose by 22%. if you are walking the street and you can't tell if that person has some weapons or something. looking at why students need to carry enough, it is important to understand having a knife is not the best way of defence and there are other means of coping if they feel frightened. how important is it that these are just before the summer break? we want our students to be safe to six weeks, which family members they are going to visit, the friends they are hanging out with that make be different from their school social circles. across england, almost 50,000 teachers have received lesson plans. the hope is they make a full consequences of carrying a knife crystal clear. but the sum, targeting 11 to 16—year—olds in secondary schools is not the best approach.

it needs to be tackled from a much earlier age, seven, eight, nine, ten but we also need to invest much more in general support services and it should be much more targeted at those young people are most at risk of knife violence in urban areas in england. convincing a young person not to carry a knife. one of society's biggest challenges with no easy answers. tim moffat, bbc news. voice recordings have been given to the bbc that appear to show qatari officials negotiating to give a billion dollars in ransom to an iraqi militia designated as terrorist

by the us and britain. how much was finally paid to the militia remains a mystery. but qatar s is under economic blockade by its neighbours —— saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, bahrain and egypt —— who accuse it of funding terrorism. qatar denies this. from doha, paul wood after 16 months held in a windowless basement, freedom for a group of qatari royals and their friends. this was the end of an ordeal that began when they were kidnapped while hunting with falcons in iraq. could getting them back have cost $1 billion? the largest runs in history. the qatari ambassador in baghdad conducted negotiations with his brother, listed by the us as terrorist. they all want money says the text apparently sent by the ambassador. this is their chance, they are exploiting the situation.

his brother iraq were holding the qataris. one of the group's leaders demanded payment friend selfish negotiations were to go forward. that's the claim in a voice mail attributed to the ambassador. in another voice mail he goes on... iran, which arms and trains his

brother got involved through a man who is himself under sanction. at one stage it seems, the astonishing sum of $1 billion was on the table. he met with the kidnappers yesterday, the ambassador text the foreign minister and pressure them to ta ke foreign minister and pressure them to take the $1 billion. how much cash was finally flown to baghdad on a qatar airways plane. critics say the evidence on his phone points to 1 billion, possibly more. qatarsays it was well short of that. the evidence we have seen is inconclusive but it seems it was at least hundreds of millions of dollars. officials here in qatar insist that no money was actually handed to so—called terrorist groups, only to the iraqi government. that explanation was not accepted government. that explanation was not a cce pted by government. that explanation was not accepted by the four countries that have put qatar under economic blockade. cloudy arabia, the united

arab emirates, bahrain and egypt. so the mystery is whether qatar made the mystery is whether qatar made the biggest ransom payment in history remains unsolved. the phone records show the qataris being extorted. their critics say they have long been billing financiers of terrorist groups. that is the issue underlying the economic blockade of this place and the two sides are as farapart as this place and the two sides are as far apart as ever. paul wood, bbc news, though half. 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. our reporter dave edwards has more... the staff here have all passed the

dps check which looks for criminal records and make sure they have not been band by working with children. but those checks are not compulsory for private tutors. in may, birmingham—based private tutor sanjeev mittal 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 us a statement. it says if parents decide to employ a private tutor for their children, they should assure themselves of a tutor‘s suitability beforehand. but a 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 to reaching their victims. but with no government plans to change the law, it's down to parents to decide who comes into contact with their children. think of their safety as well as their education. dave edwards, bbc news.

by tradition — every unmarked swan here in the uk is the property of the crown. but how does the queen keep track of all the birds she owns? well — every year she sends out her official ‘swan marker‘ — who will count them — in a ceremony known as swan upping. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. for something like 900 years they had been doing this. her majesty's marker of the swans with white feather in his cap and his team of swan uppers looking for, well, swans. the queen has the royal prerogative which states that the queen can own any swan swimming in open waters if she so wishes, but she mainly exercises that right on the river thames. over the course of five days,

they travel a stretch of the riverfrom just outside london all the way to a town near oxford. on their travels, they take stock of the number of swans and cygnets, weigh them, tag them and monitor their health. all a far cry from when the ceremony began in the 12th century. in those days, swans were very important food and they were served up at banquets and feasts for the very, very wealthy people. today, swan upping is all about conservation and education. the number of adult swans counted each year usually averages around 1,000, these are big powerful birds, but these swan uppers know how to handle them. after all, they have had plenty of practice. scientists have revealed the recipe for the world's oldest

bread and it dates back more than 1a thousand years. our ancient ancestors used flour made from wild wheat and barley, mixed with the pulverised roots of plants. the bake would have looked like a flatbread with a nutty flavour. i'm not sure about that! now it's time for a look at the weather we can cross the newsroom to darren bett. we're seeing a change in the weather today, it feels fresh, cooler, temperatures lower and cloud around threatening showers. much towards northamptonshire but it is a good deal walk cooler here are less humid in sa. tomorrow seeing sunny, warmer again although we will not have the humidity that we had yesterday. this

is today though and earlier on today we have all the cloud tending to build across the uk. the bulk of the showers across eastern scotland and the north—east of england, some heavy once here continuing through the afternoon. those of the temperatures, 19 in scotland and northern ireland, 25 in the south—east of england. 31 yesterday. very few if any showers reached south—east and east anglia. not many on the radar at the moment. most of the showers will be further north, one or two in northern ireland, some heavy ones in the north—east of england and up into the north—east of scotla nd england and up into the north—east of scotland around aberdeenshire. those will fade away late at today, light showers elsewhere decaying too. dry overnight, clearskies, light winds. a cool night for sleeping, temperatures down to eight or9 sleeping, temperatures down to eight or 9 degrees in rural areas, 15 or

16 in the centre of london. dry and sunny tomorrow, cloud amounts will increase the bringing showers here and there. this time we may see heavy ones in wales and the south west of england as well as southern parts of scotland but large parts of uk are still dry. a bit warmer, adding a degree or two on to the temperatures. 26 in the south east. thursday, little or no showers. most places having a dry day, heat building again. more cloud in the south west of scotland bringing rain. that is on the weather front that trickles down across scotland and northern ireland overnight and on friday into parts of northern england and parts of wales. the rain peters out as it moves southwards. a lot of dry weather around. the southern part of the uk stays dry on friday and into the weekend as well. temperatures peaking on friday about

29 degrees or so. further north any rain will not amount to much. dry in time for the weekend. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm... more pressure on the prime minister over her brexit strategy — with threats this time from remain supporters to oppose her trade bill. busted — 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. coming up on afternoon live, still a busy day of sport with hugh... good afternoon, simon. england's cricketers are going head—to—head with india in a finely poised match

thus far in the deciding one—day international. we will be talking cycling, the latest from the tour de france, of course. and darren has all the weather.