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. no laughing matter? never is. it has changed a little and i am sure many

will be relieved the humidity has dropped. there is some sunshine around, a scattering of showers but over the next few days, large parts of the uk will be dry. particularly across england and wales, it will turn warmer again. more details later. thank you, darren. also coming up... after their historic summit in finland yesterday, president trump is accused of treason and treachery after he backed president vladimir putin over his own intelligence agencies amidst claims of russian meddling in the us presidential election. hello everyone, this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. it's no wonder she wants the summer recess to start earlier. theresa may must be feeling that she lurches from one brexit crisis to another. after avoiding two parliamentary defeats on her brexit plans by the narrowest of margins — and accused of caving in to eurosceptic mps —

now she faces a fresh battle in the commons this afternoon, this time with remainer mps over trade. mps are also being asked by the government to vote on that proposal to start their summer recess several days early. it's prompted accusations that the prime minister is running scared of her own party. from westminster, our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. all smiles run the cabinet table this morning, theresa may and her mps putting a brave face the morning after another bad night for the prime minister and ter braak is a plan. the ayes to the right 305, the noes to the left 302. the government won twice byjust three votes as mps had their say on changes to new laws which will shape the uk's exit from the eu.

what happens in parliament last night shows how high feelings are running is on all sides. the government agreed to demands of some people who wanted to cut ties with the eu, but then others voted against them in. protest for many, these changes leave the government's plan dead in the water. ministers say it is fine. it is extremely important, we have an important bill coming today, the trade bill, which allows us to do a number of things related to our agreement with the eu but also to protect the uk as we leave. but with another bill comes another battle, more chances for mps to make changes, put on a show of strength and fire warning shots in frustration at the government and its increasingly unpopular plan. what is right is for the government to talk to colleagues in the houses of parliament. i think that...

(inaudible) some colleagues decided they wanted to amend this particular bill and make like difficult for the government at this time. it is wholly unnecessary, we just want to give the government space, and the mood of the country is can people get on with it? mps are split on whether exit will pay or leave the uk worse. it is making it easierfor critics to say that we are leaving the uk with a weakened hands. this is the scene in the commons, where the trade bill is about to have its third reading. the speaker is making some point and we will return to them later. let's go about 20 yards away. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in central lobby for us. if things go wrong in the office, wouldn't it be lovely to say i will go on summer wouldn't it be lovely to say i will go on summer holiday now?! wouldn't

it?! it is a great idea. i have suggested to my newsroom, you suggested to my newsroom, you suggested and yours, we will be laughing. you get some sense... i know the word the trial is overused but i think it was designed for weeks like this at westminster. they can't even agree on when to go one summer recess and can't even agree on when to go one summer recess and it is beginning to look like the government might be getting cold feet, they recognise it does not look great. i spoke to one mp privately who said i would love to finish a few days early but there is no way i could vote for it because it would look absolutely absurd. regardless of what happens, we know there is the possibility of a votes tomorrow on whether or not the summer a votes tomorrow on whether or not the summer recess a votes tomorrow on whether or not the summer recess might be brought forward to thursday rather than next tuesday, this afternoon we will have yet another day where brexit legislation dominates proceedings and all the chat around here. crucially, the trade bill this

afternoon includes an amendment supported by labour conservative remain supporters ensuring the uk stays in a customs union is a free—trade deal was not secured with the eu by the middle read ofjanuary next year. i would say it needed listed of conservatives to back it, which would mean it could be very close. —— needed a dozen conservatives. you would forgive theresa may for thinking it would not go on for longer. it is grim for her. it would be difficult for any government delivering brexit legislation, we have to big parties are westminster each getting 40% plus of the bowled at the last general election, bound to have divisions on a binary issue. —— 40% plus of the vote. but it is worse than the prime minister not having a

majority. it supercharges anyone threatening to go against the government, we saw that demonstrated last night and we could see that again. the tricky thing in terms of the matters which mps are around, some last night did not anticipate it being as close as it was, vince cable and tim farron of the lib dems among them, they were not around because they were doing other stuff. it happens all the time, mps do not turn upfor it happens all the time, mps do not turn up for every vote.|j it happens all the time, mps do not turn up for every vote. i bet they are kicking themselves. quite. on days like today and nights like last nightand, days like today and nights like last night and, broadly, days like today and nights like last nightand, broadly, parliaments days like today and nights like last night and, broadly, parliaments like this, which is home and every vote counts, is can really make a difference. many are asking why theresa may would be interested in an early summer theresa may would be interested in an early summer recess, theresa may would be interested in an early summer recess, and the gossip is it is because ijust mean she does not have to face a leadership challenge before the summer leadership challenge before the summer recess? bluntly, geography matters and plotting is much easier

face—to—face than other text message, whatsapp and twitter direct m essa g es message, whatsapp and twitter direct messages etc. if people are taking out of the hothouse plotting atmosphere of westminster, sidney allured in the direction of a spanish beach, plotting the innermost workings of the conservatives' leadership rules may not seem the pressing priority that it does on a tuesday afternoon in late july when they are imprisoned within this parliamentary building. i suspect it is that simple. and all of the makkah nations around making a leadership vote potentially come along is much harder once people fan out around the country and around the world. —— and all of the machinations around making a leadership vote. you would be hard to do, i would suspect, to offer lifts to any ports, airports or constituency going as long as the

postcode does not begin fw one, i would imagine. i don't want to give the game away, is your guest anywhere? we were doing a spot of what is technically known as waffling! i am looking for conservative mp richard bunyan, he rebelled against the government last night, i would rebelled against the government last night, iwould be rebelled against the government last night, i would be intrigued and what he's doing this afternoon. central lobby has got remarkably busy but not him, unfortunately. lobby has got remarkably busy but not him, unfortunatelylj lobby has got remarkably busy but not him, unfortunately. ithink lobby has got remarkably busy but not him, unfortunately. i think you covered it well enough! thank you, chris. and at 2:30pm... well, are you confused about what's going on in parliament? do you know what the chequers agreement is? or the customs bill? we'll be putting your brexit questions to our reality check correspondent chris morris. you can them in using the hashtag #bbcaskthis, text 61124 or send them via email — askthis@bbc.co.uk you may have a view about how

brussels is reacting. i tell you what, i am seeing chris mason waving madly adds meat from a screen, i will call his bluff, his guest is there. chris, in that seamless way, it is as though we have waited patiently for this to happen! god this is what we were meant to be deal a couple of minutes ago, and we can do it now as if nothing had changed. let's introduce you to conservative mp richard banyan, thank you for talking to us. we will talk about this afternoon in a moment, talkers to your decision to vote as you did last night? —— conservative mp richard benyon. vote as you did last night? —— conservative mp richard benyonlj voted consistently with the chequers agreement and the white paper. i was infuriated by the quality of the amendment that the er ge, the uber

brexiteers put in, and the fact that the government acquiesced, so i wa nted the government acquiesced, so i wanted to make a clear marker in the sand that i think the chequers agreement is leaving the eu, getting us out of the institutions that people who voted leave wanted, but sensibly. i want the government to stick to that and not be pushed around by people who want a much harder brexit. i know the word drabble is slightly confusing in the turbulent westminster atmosphere, in a very noisy central lobby will club —— very noisy central lobby, bigi rebelled last night?|j —— very noisy central lobby, bigi rebelled last night? i supported what the prime minister said to us, her clear commitment that was agreed at chequers, in the white paper, it gets us out of the single market and the claimants union —— customs

union, out of the common agricultural and fisheries policies and out of a single chord. let's cut her slack. she should not be pushed around by a small group of conservative mps who seem to want to dictate. is asymmetric politics a polite way of saying a complete chuffing mess? it will always be messy. negotiations on this scale, untried in our history, it will a lwa ys untried in our history, it will always be messy. i completely understand my constituents and your viewers who think what the hell is going on? but it is important we get this right. i am a remainer macro totally committed to honouring the referendum, i think the government has come up with a solution which everybody should get behind. —— i think the prime minister has come up with a solution. i do not want her pushed one way or the other by people on either end, i was making a statement by voting how i did last night. given you are saying you are

loyal to the government, would you vote with the government this afternoon, not with some of your conservative and labour colleagues in suggesting a customs union? iam i am voting with the government because it is consistent with the white paper and the chequers agreement and with leaving the eu, as most of my constituents who voted leave would expect. richard benyon, conservative mp, with a new addition to the political lexicon, asymmetric politics, simon! studio: we are still getting over the mild expletive you used! i do apologise, you should have ably per machine, a button on your desk from when i am on. it is nice to talk to you every now and then! -- you should have a beeper machine. the european union and japan have signed a free trade deal that will almost completely remove

tariffs on goods between the two sides. donald tusk, the european council president, said the world's biggest—ever trade agreement sent a clear message against protectionism. the official pro—brexit campaign group, vote leave, has been fined 61 thousand pounds for breaking electoral law in the run—up to the eu referendum. —— has been fined £61,000. the electoral commission said the group got round spending limits by funnelling money through another campaign group, be leave. two people have been referred to the police. vote leave said the commission's report was "wholly inaccurate" and that it had a political agenda. here's our correspondent tom burridge. vote leave had big names campaigning for brexit, and that bus. but now the electoral commission says vote leave overspent and broke electoral law. like any other group campaigning in the referendum, vote leave was entitled to spend up to £7 million. but the electoral commission said it overspent by half a million, and it has fined vote leave £61,000. the electoral commission

says vote leave worked with another campaign, beleave, to pay a data analytics firm £675,000 for adverts targeting voters. now, the money was sent to the company by beleave, but it came from vote leave. and the commission says vote leave should have declared it. vote leave claims the commission's report is politically motivated. we repeatedly sought co—operation 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 in the course of our investigation. and i think we have produced a detailed, robust and impartial report. so i would strongly refute any allegation that the electoral commission isn't independent and impartial, because that is fundamental to what we did. the founder of beleave was fined. it was to a value of £20,000.

he said he was shocked and disappointed. vote leave said the electoral commission's report contained a number of false accusations and incorrect assertions, and it said it provided evidence to the electoral commission proving that there was no wrongdoing. vote leave actually deny what has been said. but in terms of expenditure, it's clear that the remain side spent more than the leave side in any event. i don't doubt the outcome of the referendum. but people who have been investigating vote leave's spending say the implications are very serious. you cannot underestimate the scale of this. and also, what the electoral commission has come out and said. this was a premeditated scheme. it was a premeditated scheme and they have refused to help with the electoral commission's inquiries. this absolutely goes to the very heart of government. because people like michael gove were central to the vote leave campaign. as if brexit wasn't already

controversial enough. tom burridge, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... 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. and in sport... england have managed to keep india's batsmen fairly quiet so far in the third and deciding one—day a few moments ago india were 131 for three. dinesh kartik was the last man out. the netherlands‘ annemiek van vleuten steals victory in la course — the one—day event that runs beside the tour de france,

pipping her compatriot anna van der breggen at the finish. and tiger woods says he never thought he'd play at the open again after multiple back surgeries. the three—time winner is back this week for the first time since 2015. i will be back with more of those stories at just after i will be back with more of those stories atjust after half past. seven million people in north west england are facing a hosepipe ban from early next month. united utilities is due to introduce the measure after weeks of hot and dry weather. the company says the temporary ban will ‘safeguard essential supplies‘ in the region, where reservoir levels are already low. danny savage is at a reservoir near bolton. in cumbria, falling water levels here at united utilities‘ biggest reservoir have triggered the hosepipe ban. the lack of water has even exposed the remains of the village flooded to create this vast storage facility. the company says it has no choice but to impose a ban. we have had a little rainfall,

but sadly it is not enough to refill the reservoir to the point where they should be for this time of year, so that is why we have had to take this decision. we haven‘t taken it lightly, but we will need to impose a hosepipe ban. the ban affects nearly the whole north—west england were united utilities has nearly seven million customers. it will come into effect in the 5th of august unless there is prolonged rainfall between now and then, which looks unlikely. is hot, dry sunny weather will stick around for most areas of the uk, particularly the south and east, so in the north and west of the country i think there is a greater chance of more changeable conditions. yes, some dry days, but also fronts bringing showers are rain at times the western areas. as reservoirs in the region dry out, people here seem to accept a formal restriction is needed. we are on an island surrounded by it, but, yes, we will take whatever instructions we are given. even using the waste water out of the bathrooms...

you can water the plants with that. you can‘t have a good summer and, you know, have all the water as well, so... there is already a hosepipe ban enforced in northern ireland and the republic, where blisteringly hot weather has melted roads and seen bozos in use. —— seen —— seen by losers in use. —— seeing bowsers. it all has echoes of the famous summer of 1976, when the taps were turned off at times and people called the government, complaining about what they saw an unnecessary water use by others. there is a sprinkler system operating there? at a riding school? i see, and you feel something should be done about that. of course. the bottom line is that in part of england where rainfall is usually abundant there just has not been enough of it. even the reserves in the lake district are not adequate to keep the conurbations of north—west england supplied with enough water. united utilities‘ other big site in the lakes is an 82 mile long

aqueduct from here which feeds supplies direct to manchester, but as you can see levels are low, and there is little sign of replenishment. president trump is planning to meet members of congress this evening amid strong criticism from senior republicans following his summit with vladimir putin yesterday. speaking alongside the russian leader, mr trump contradicted the findings of his own intelligence services, which said moscow interfered in the 2016 presidential election. the top republican in congress, house speaker paul ryan said president trump must see that russia is not an ally of the us. david willis reports from washington. arriving home to a blizzard of condemnation, the president who pledged to put america first is facing accusations of weakness from members of his own party. 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 directorjohn brennan, who branded the move "nothing short of treasonous" on twitter, and accused president trump of being in president putin‘s pocket, whilst republican senator john 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, a suggestion mr trump was forced to confront before leaving helsinki. i guess he said as strongly as you can say it, they have no information on trump. it was an interesting statement. many years ago when i was there, a long time ago, he said there were many business people there. in all fairness, i was a very successful businessman, but i was one of a lot of people.

and if they had it, it would have been out. as to the denial of russian meddling in the election which swept him to power, the president‘s very own head of national intelligence, dan coats, said in a statement, "we have been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy, and we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security". invited by an american tv reporter to inspect a copy of the indictment involving 12 russian military officers accused of hacking the computers of the hillary clinton campaign, the russian president demurred, only to repeat his insistence that russia wasn‘t involved. 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 on tuesday, 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. jane 0‘brien is in washington. quite a return home, words like treachery and treason? certainly, and what is most interesting is we are hearing criticism from soni usually friendly figures such as the former house speaker newt gingrich, who said the president‘s comments we re who said the president‘s comments were the worst mistake of his presidency and he has to clarify his statements. —— criticism from some usually friendly figures. you might run by anthony scaramucci, the white house, who says the president has to change course. republicans are saying he has to clarify this, he

can‘t, to quote another pundit, twea ked can‘t, to quote another pundit, tweaked his way out of this one. but we are still also seeing a lot of, albeit muted, support for him from his supporters. 0ne republican in congress said it was a bad day for the president but not the end of the world. there are other more traditional critics of donald trump who have been on twitter, arnold schwarzenegger among them. remember, he says, america first?! president trump, i just saw your press conference with president putin, and it was embarrassing. i mean, you stood there like a little wet noodle, like a little fanboy. i mean, iwas asking myself when are you going to ask him for an autograph or for a selfie or something like that. i mean, you literally sold out at this press conference our intelligence community, ourjustice system and, worst of all, our country. you're the president of the united states, you shouldn't do that. what's the matter with you? i mean, what ever happened to the strong words, or to the strength of ronald reagan? i mean, he stood there at the berlin wall and he said, "mr gorbachev, tear down this wall."

what happened to all that? he sighs. huh. treachery, treason and a wet noodle?! indeed, the point is i am not sure the president is really listening to ani. who is he listening to ani. who is he listening to? the answer is in his approval ratings, he has one of the highest approval ratings of any republican president in history, hovering around 90%. those are the people he is listening to and i think until that changes you probably will not see the president change much either. congressional republicans are saying he has to explain himself but the issue remains what can they do? we have been here before, we have seen the president gets himself into situations as a campaign am president, thinking that is it, something will change, and it does

not. is this that moment? we don‘t know? but we have not been here before when we have had the american president backing the president of russia against his own intelligence community?! it is extraordinary, thatis community?! it is extraordinary, that is why there has been so much outrage, condemnation and words like treason is being used. that came from the former cia directorjohn brennan saying his actions were nothing short of treasonous. dan codes that —— the director of national intelligence was publicly questioned by the president during the helsinki press conference when he decided to apparently take the denials of president vladimir putin over thejudgment of denials of president vladimir putin over the judgment of his own intelligence community. he felt compelled to issue his own statement afterwards saying he stood by that assessment and that russia will continue its pervasive efforts to undermine american democracy. will

he resign, dan coats? what will he do next? that will dictate what the president does, because when his backis president does, because when his back is against the wall he doubles down. will he fight back or will he down. will he fight back or will he do what his republican colleagues are asking him to and change course, clarify the statements and clear things up? thank you very much, jane 0‘brien in washington. in the house of commons, mps have begun debating the trade bill. in the last few minutes there has been criticism by the father of the house, ken clarke, who has raised his opposition to a business motion which he says will see mps are limited to only speaking for a few minutes, he says the design so nobody can be late for dinner. it is not the first time we have heard criticism from him. any stories come from that, we will bring them to you. in this time of hot weather and

possible drought, there is one man whose top always overflows! i love it when you bring your map, darren! i would be lost without a map, simon! in the first four months of the year, the rainfall was average or above. we started with a plentiful supply of rainwater, then we got to make, and this is the rainfall anomaly map for may, the browns are where it has been much drier than average. crucially, the north—west of england has been much drier than average in may. drier than the south—east?! drier than average in may. drier than the south-east?! yes, compared to average. you would expect the northwest... here is like a teacher, sitting at the back of the room, going, did you get bad?! when i stand here, i often work with children!

off children! off you go! this is may. there will be questions later! this is june, this is may. there will be questions later! this isjune, the dry weather continued and crucially all that dryness drifted towards the south—east, but still you can see large parts of north—west england significantly drier than average. but we had to look at a number of factors, not just how but we had to look at a number of factors, notjust how much rain is falling but what happens to it once it does. crucially, you had to look at the temperature. you lose a lot of moisture when it is hot. and june has been hotter than average. again, the red colours show where it has been particularly hot, even hotter than particularly hot in the dark red. and the other factor is the amount of sunshine, you lose lots of that area from the surface, reservoirs, for example, when the sun is shining. but only has been hotter than average, it has been drier than average and significantly sunnier, which might explain why we

are getting this situation. can we have the forecast? yes, we can becoming have been good today. this is cheshire we have had a change in the weather today. there was some rain yesterday, it was hit and miss but we have seen very little rain today despite the change in the air. it is fresher air and this cloud has been threatening some showers as it will do over the next few days, but the next few days will see some sunshine and if anything it will be turning warmer again although we won‘t have the humidity that gave rise to some storms across northern england. the showers are ha rd to northern england. the showers are hard to find for england and wales, mostly north of the border. this is where we will see most of the

showers through the rest of the day, a few of them will be heavy. it is fresher air, so 25 degrees in london compared with 31 yesterday, about 19 in scotland and northern ireland. but very few showers coming into in —— england and northern ireland. north—east england, some heavy showers not far away, all the way up the eastern side of scotland, especially around aberdeenshire and some scattered showers for northern ireland. these are the heavy ones in the north—east, they will fade away in the evening, and the lighter ones will also dedicate so essentially we will also dedicate so essentially we will become dry overnight. a coolish night, but no lower than 16 in the centre of london. tomorrow there is a good chance you will start dry and sunny again at a bit like today the cloud will be increasing and bringing showers, maybe in different

places. some heavier ones for wales and the south—west of england. we are giving more heat into the atmosphere, temperatures are rising bya atmosphere, temperatures are rising by a few degrees. up to 26 in the south—east of england and the heat continues to build during thursday. some fairweather cloud bubbling up but temperatures not far off 30 degrees. not quite so hot for scotla nd degrees. not quite so hot for scotland and northern ireland, and a weather front that may trickle southwards. it could bring rain overnight into scotland and northern ireland, perhaps some patchy rain in northern england and on friday, and into the weekend we are pretty much all in the same boat. not quite as warm perhaps but again little or no rain. this is bbc news —

our latest headlines. theresa may is facing pressure from all sides over her brexit strategy as the house of commons prepares to vote on her trade bill later. after narrowly avoiding defeat last night, now remain supporters are threatening to oppose the plans. 0fficial brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined £61,000 with two people referred to the police, after the electoral commission found it broke the law by funnelling cash through another group. england faces its first hosepipe ban of the summer, as millions of people in the north west have been told they‘ll have to restrict their water use. donald trump has been accused of treason and treachery

after he backed russian president vladimir putin over his own intelligence agencies amidst claims of russian meddling in the us presidential election. sport now on afternoon live with hugh. england‘s cricketers in action. it is heading for a big world cup, isn‘t it? yes, a real test of nerve. they are currently top of the men‘s rankings. we‘ve already seen this year they are capable of. a record score of 481 against australia a month ago shows their potential, but india represent a totally different prospect. they are number two in the rankings and showed their quality, thrashing england by eight wickets

in the first match of this series... although england responded, a series win over india is likely to send a direct message, a year out from a world cup here on home soil. the lastest from the the third and deciding international in leeds... so far evenly poised. 71 from virat kohli. india 156—4 so plenty to way for in that match. talk golf, the open returns and also tiger woods returning. well it‘s been a long road to recovery for tiger woods — the last of his 1a major titles came, rather incredibly, a full decade ago, and when you think about how much more he could have won — the injuries and personal issues that he‘s faced — he could and maybe should have gone done as the greatest golfer ever.

i know that to some of the people watching he probably is. but he‘s not down just yet — he‘s revitalised after a few years with back and knee problems. and he will return to the open this year, which starts on thursday at carnoustie. it's it‘s the first time he has played in the tournament since 2015. having won the prized claretjug 3 times. let‘s hear his thoughts ahead of it. there have been times i never thought i would play in this championship again. it‘s great seeing it on television but it‘s even better in person and i remember how it feels to come down the last hole with a chance to win it and knowing i may never have that opportunity again, there were times when i didn‘t feel very good. but now to have the opportunity to come back to carnoustie and play in scotla nd back to carnoustie and play in

scotland again, i have said this before throughout this year, it has been a blessing. 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. as a teenager, beth dobbin suffered an epileptic seizure, so severe it left her unable to walk, talk or even recognise her own father. 11 years on, the 200m sprinter has broken a 34—year scottish record and been crowned british champion. she has been speaking to bbc sport about how she deals with epilepsy as an elite athlete. slowly the light started to go out

and everything started to get dark and everything started to get dark andi and everything started to get dark and i remember thinking and everything started to get dark and i rememberthinking i‘m going and everything started to get dark and i remember thinking i‘m going to die. almost let it happen, i couldn‘t stop it from happening and to this day i can picture my friend‘s face and she looked terrified. athletics is the only timei terrified. athletics is the only time i feel i don‘t worry. i‘m not saying there‘s never been a time when i have been training and sports don‘t pop into my head but i can count it on two hands, and today for two years count it on two hands, and today for two yea rs it count it on two hands, and today for two years it was constant when i was in training, training was my release and there were no worrying thoughts so and there were no worrying thoughts soi and there were no worrying thoughts so i think athletics has only helped make. you don‘t get to hide in athletics, you have no choice but to be brave and go out there. if you mess up, everyone can see so be brave and go out there. if you mess up, everyone can see so it puts you ina mess up, everyone can see so it puts you in a position where you can‘t mess up. england have ta ken mess up. england have taken another wicket at headingley, india now 158—5. you can follow that one on radio five live

sports extra. 0r sports extra. or you sports extra. 0ryou can sports extra. or you can stay watching us. thank you! an inquest into the deaths of two soldiers, who died when their tank exploded during a training exercise in pembrokeshire, has blamed a lack of testing of the vehicle during manufacturing. matthew hatfield and darren neilson died of their injuries after the incident at the castlemartin range in pembrokeshire lastjune. jemma neilson, the widow of darren neilson, said that the ministry of defence must accept its failings and implement jemma neilson, the widow of darren neilson, said that the ministry of defence must accept its failings and implement 0n the 14th ofjune 2017, our lives were changed forever as we learned of the catastrophic events which unfolded that day in castlemartin, wales. how could it be that two exceptional soldiers would pay the ultimate sacrifice and lose their lives whilst training? as a family, we need answers as to how this was allowed to happen in the modern day, where health and safety should be world class. i‘m grateful for the thorough investigation by the coroner. no soldier should ever

be killed in training. lessons must be learned, cultures must change and the ministry of defence must accept failings and implement change immediately. an incident of this nature must never happen again. no eight—year—old child should have to be told that daddy is never coming home. well in a statement, coloneljim taylor, assistant head of training and plans for the british army, apologised for what happened and said the force would do "everything it can" to ensure it never happens again. we can go now to our correspondent tomos morgan, who is in solihull and has been following the inquest for us. the very difficult case and lessons must be learned is what the family are saying. i think that is what the senior coroner said in her conclusions here. let me take you

back to the events of the 14th of june 2017 when colonel darren neilson and matthew hadfield were training in the challenger two tank in pembrokeshire when a catastrophic event occurred, a malfunction in the chamber which was due to an airtight seal with gases coming out. when that happened, the pressure on the seal exploded inside and he was fired into the air and his injuries from the burning that happened within the chamber but also from landing from being expelled from the tank. matthew hadfield suffered some severe burns and the severity of those burns lead to his death at a later time. in her conclusion, the senior coronerfound the later time. in her conclusion, the senior coroner found the reason the seal wasn‘t there was because there

wasn‘t a handover note and the information hadn‘t been handed over to the two corporals in the tank at the time and there was a lack of communication. she did say one of the main causes for this incident was the fact bea systems, the people who made the tank, didn‘t know the tank could fire without this crucial seal being involved. had they known that, different protocols may have beenin that, different protocols may have been in place to prevent what happened. we have heard from the wife of darren neilson, unhappy with the mod for what has happened, and the mod for what has happened, and the mod for what has happened, and the mod have apologised and said they have made changes to prevent anything like this happening again. tank you. more now on news that seven million people in north west england face a hosepipe ban from early next month. united utilities is due to introduce the measure after weeks of hot and dry weather. joining me now from our liverpool studio is dr neil macdonald, reader in geography at the university of liverpool.

was this inevitable? we have seen two months of very dry, warm weather. may and june have seen half the normal precipitation levels we would normally expect to see so it was inevitable in the sense that people have been using water, we have seen lots of people with sprinklers on so water consumption has been high. there is an element of that is hardly surprising. people value their gardens, they don‘t want to see everything dying around them. is there an argument we don‘t have enough reservoirs in parts of the country? the northwest is particularly reliant compared to other parts of the country on reservoirs so other parts of the country on reservoirs so as you other parts of the country on reservoirs so 3s you move other parts of the country on reservoirs so as you move further south the proportion of water week a bstra ct south the proportion of water week abstract from ground water sources and other sources increases. so the

northwest is more reliant on precipitation feeding into our reservoirs and that water being stored in reservoirs. the hosepipe ban, what sort of impact do you expect that to have when it kicks in? united utilities are expecting to save up to 100 million litres of water per day through the implementation of the hosepipe ban though that over several weeks, if it was to last that long, could provide a substantial saving. so it is other measures like taking shorter showers, what else are people expected to do? there's a degree of responsibility at a local level that can really help so if you reduce the amount of water consumption you are taking, that will help in the long—term. in the uk we have generally higher water consumption than many other european countries, we almost have an a cce pta nce countries, we almost have an acceptance that water is freely available or at least more available than elsewhere in the world so we do

use more water than countries like spain per household. what are the long—term lessons? do we need to have a think about how we use water? certainly it would be advantageous to start to reduce our water consumption rates. there are different practices and you see different practices and you see different practices and you see different practices when you are on holiday. you tend to see less watering, sprinkler systems covering large garden areas but personal use of water can also help to improve and reduce consumption rates. thank you forjoining us. more than 20 tourists have been injured by what‘s been described as a ‘lava bomb‘ which hit a tour boat off the coast of hawaii. the group had been watching molten rock from a volcano pour into the ocean when their vessel was struck. it‘s understood the boat operators had received special permission to get close to the volcano, as richard lister reports. it‘s one of the most thrilling sights 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. wow. 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 hot spot, it was deceptively calm. people filmed the lava boiling the ocean, sending up clouds of steam. no one was prepared for this. people scream. the debris punched a hole through the boat roof, breaking a woman‘s leg and showering the passengers with sizzling rocks. altogether, 23 were injured.

as soon as you saw it coming, there was no time to move. the worst part was that you were in a small boat, so as you were getting pelted with this lava, there was nowhere to go. there are 20 feet and everyone is trying to hide in the same spot. it was actually really terrifying. screaming. another tour boat came to help. we saw lava on the vessel when we pulled up to it. there were a few big chunks that were on the roof. 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 off—loaded 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. ina

in a moment all of the business news but first our headlines. 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. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. 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 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. and 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. let‘s talk amazon because we have just had amazon prime day, haven‘t we? yes, it is a day of special discounts they launched a few years ago but it faced a glitch in the form of a website crashing in the us. its website crashed? yes, so

slightly more dramatic for customers. for an internet company that not great. yes, and they were expected to make £2.5 million in terms of sales and also today there are strikes planned in europe, germany and poland and spain — workers in their warehouses are planning an industrial strike action. what is that about? over their worker pay so they are striking over how much they are paid per hour, £10 81 per hour and they feel amazon are not putting the welfare of their workers in high enough priority so that is what they are striking over. joining us now is our north american business correspondent paul blake. amazon, not a great start of the week. do we know anything more about this glitch on their website? not a

great start as you say. 0n the one hand which is largely based in north america but on the other hand labour action in northern europe. we know it‘s darted around 3pm eastern time in the us coinciding with their so—called prime day and everything points to the fact it was overwhelming traffic on the site. amazon has acknowledged there are glitches on the website and the apps but haven‘t said exactly what caused it. various groups who monitor the health of connections on the internet say the problems seem to be centred in the us but people around the world were also experiencing them. the labour action is also affecting amazon on this banner day for the company. we have seen labour action in spain, poland and germany. just a word on netflix, we had high

expectations for them yesterday. a p pa re ntly expectations for them yesterday. apparently they didn‘t quite meet them and we have seen their share price take a bit of a knocking. how is it doing today? that's right, this morning opening down about 12%, i checked before we came on air. they added just over 4 million new subscribers around the world outside of the us, adding around 5 million, which netflix is still growing but it added around 1 million left then what wall street investors were inspecting and because of that it has taken a hit in the markets. investors on wall street had priced in addition of around 6 million new subscribers and that figure is key because they are concerned about how netflix will face off competition from various other entertainment streaming companies in decades to come. it's an important point because it does face competition and

we hold netflix in quite high esteem because it is a market leader but there are other people doing what they do in their space. that's right, they started as a mail order rental dvd company, you picked which dvds you wanted and they mailed them to your house, but they shifted their business model and became a streaming internet company and have become somewhat synonymous with streaming entertainment. but they face competition with amazon, you tube and various other services and we know some companies are interested in entering that sector. disney is considering a streaming service, apple is interested in producing its own original content to compete with the likes of house of to compete with the likes of house of cards, 0range is the new black, so of cards, 0range is the new black, so investors a re of cards, 0range is the new black, so investors are concerned about how netflix will face—off that

competition. it sounds like you are ona gaming competition. it sounds like you are on a gaming floor rather than a trading floor, lots of beeping in the background! it is making it difficult to hear you, thank you. we were talking about netflix yesterday saying it‘s a roll but it has slowed down a bit, hasn‘t it? not as fast as we thought it would be. a 9% increase on the markets today in talk talk‘s shares. they are competing with the likes of sky and virgin but have managed to position themselves as a budget offering in terms of broad —— broadband and 9% rise is very good and one of the leading share price rises today on the ftse100. and one of the leading share price rises today on the ftse 100. ok, and one of the leading share price rises today on the ftse100. ok, i will see later, thank you. let‘s

show you what‘s happening in the house of commons because the trade bill, one of a series of bills intending to adjust legislation in preparation for britain‘s departure from the eu. theresa may will be gently waiting for news from that following her very close wins in parliament last night on other brexit votes. so it is a difficult, tends time for her as the government tries to avoid amendments for bringing further defeat in the house of commons. we will keep an eye on that and we will be talking about that and we will be talking about that later and if you have any questions on brexit, ask this at 3:30pm with chris morris. you can tweet me. now let‘s catch up with the weather with darren. we all have a fresher feel 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 some showers as well. more sunshine as you head to the south and east of the uk where temperatures are significantly lower than yesterday when we had 31 degrees in some places. the next few days we will continue to see some sunshine and the chance of showers, and if anything it will turn warmer again although we won‘t have the humidity of the last few days. 25 degrees in the south—east of england, 19 across scotland and northern ireland. a few showers into england and wales perhaps coming into the south—west of england but these showers are very light and few and far between. more showers widely for a while further north as we head into the evening. the heaviest showers towards the south—east of scotland, and up towards the

north—east of scotland as well. those showers were last a little while into the evening and tends to fade away and any light showers elsewhere will also decay though it is essentially becoming dry overnight. clear skies, and cooler night, temperatures still sitting at 16 in the centre of london. tomorrow sta rts 16 in the centre of london. tomorrow starts mostly fine, sunny and we will see the cloud increasing and spreading out a little. there could be some showers here and there, the heavy one for wales and the south—west and southern parts of scotland, but a lot of places are still dry and temperatures rising so we are looking at the low 20s in the central of scotland. again on thursday, very little if any rain around at all, fewer showers to come on thursday, plenty of sunshine too. the temperatures still creeping up the torch, noticed some rain in the far north—west of scotland. that‘s

coming from this weather system which is actually going to weaken as it runs southwards across the uk, the rain petering out before it arrives across most of england and wales. we will see rain coming into the north of england on friday, running through scotland and northern ireland but that will fade away and further south it is dry and still very warm. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live, i‘m simon mccoy. today at 3: more pressure on the prime minister over her brexit strategy — with threats this time from remain supporters to oppose her trade bill. were we not to get these pieces of legislation through today, then we would leave british business dangerously exposed. 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. one of them things. you can‘t have a good summer and, you know, have all the water as well, so... coming up on afternoon live —

all the sport with hugh and it‘s all to play for in leeds for england‘s cricketers... england take on india in the deciding 0di at headingley. they have been helped by some quick wickets in the last half an hour. india are 182 — five. 182 overs left for them. more this afternoon. thanks hugh, and we‘ll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. darren bett has all the weather. the weather feels a bit different, cooler, fresher, temperature is no better than 25 degrees complete with a31 better than 25 degrees complete with a 31 yesterday. it will get warmer over the next few days, but we would have the humidity, there will be some sunshine and perhaps some showers. what more do you need to know? thanks darren. also coming up — after their historic summit in finland yesterday, president trump is accused of treason and treachery after he backed president vladimir putin over his own intelligence agencies amidst claims of russian meddling in the us presidential election.

hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. i‘m simon mccoy. it‘s no wonder she wants the summer recess to start earlier. theresa may must be feeling that she lurches from one brexit crisis to another. after avoiding two parliamentary defeats on her brexit plans by the narrowest of margins and accused of caving in to eurosceptic mps, now she faces a fresh battle in the commons this afternoon — this time with remainer mps over trade. mps are also being asked by the government to vote on that proposal to start their summer recess several days early. it‘s prompted accusations that the prime minister is running scared of her own party. from westminster, our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. all smiles when the cabinet table this morning. theresa may and her top team putting on a brave face inside number ten.

the morning after another difficult night in parliament for the prime minister and her brexit plan. it doesn‘t get much closer than this... the ayes to the right, 305, the noes to the left, 302. the government won twice by just three votes, as mps had their say on changes to new laws which will shape the uk‘s exit from the eu. what happened in parliament last night shows how high feelings are running on all sides. the government agreed to the demands of mps who wanted to cut ties with the eu, but that made other pro—european tories so angry that they voted against the government in protest. for many, these changes leave the government‘s plan dead in the water. ministers say everything is fine... the fact that the government got one of its key pieces of legislation through last night is extremely important. we have a very important bill coming today, the trade bill allowing us to do a number of things related to our agreement with the eu,

but also to protect the uk as we do leave. but with another bill comes another battle — more chances for mps to make changes, put on a show of strength, and fire warning shots and frustration at the government and its increasingly unpopular plan. 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, but i think it's good that that process is beginning. i very much regret that some colleagues decided they wanted to amend this particular bill and to make life difficult for the government at this time. it‘s wholly unnecessary. we just want to give the government space and i think the mood of the country is for people to get on with it. mps are split on whether brexit is a gamble that will pay or leave the uk worse off. with the government looking to be pushed this way and that, it makes it easy for critics to say it is leaving the uk with a weaker hand.

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. this is the scene in the commons where the trade bill is about to have its third reading. the leader of the house, that is richard green speaking just now, but earlier ken clarke was suggesting mps should be given more time to make their points and the speaker has allowed that. debate could go on for quite a long time. we will let you know how it‘s going. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is in central lobby for us. a feeling of dj villa about this. theresa may‘s nails must be suffering. i think so. if scrappy few days here in westminsterjust before everyone goes on holiday. she has been getting it from all sides. last night trying to quell a rebellion from her brexiteer backbenchers, she caved in and

accepted their amendments only to get a rebellion from her remain backing mps. it seems like the clews deal, agreed not even two weeks ago at the prime minister‘s country residence, supposed to be the compromise plan today to brussels, is now in serious jeopardy. there compromise plan today to brussels, is now in seriousjeopardy. there is a bill going through the commons, another piece of bread that legislation. these pieces of legislation. these pieces of legislation have been used by rival camps within the tory party and by opposition mps to try and tinker with the government‘s brexit strategy and today is no different. the trade bill, we expect that to be another parliamentary running over brexit and the strategy ahead. the remainders had tabled amendments to this, they looked like they were prepared to abandon those amendments once the chequers deal has come out, but not so now after the brexiteers got their own amendments than yesterday. we are potentially looking at some serious rebellion

tonight. i am joined looking at some serious rebellion tonight. iamjoined by looking at some serious rebellion tonight. i am joined by the snp foreign affairs spokesperson stephen geffen ‘s. thanks forjoining us. let‘s just go back to last night and the customs bill. you had to argue mps absent from the chamber. they could have made all the difference. the snp have the highest proportion of opposition members going through the lobby. let‘s not forget, the labour party changed their minds and angry beforehand. we had chaos during the day of the tories excepting those hard to brexiteer amendments. what the conservative party should be doing is not focusing on their own civil war but reaching out to other parties, having a government with no majority is not something that‘s unusual, it happens in other devolved administrations within the uk, they need to start talking to others and not just trying to need to start talking to others and notjust trying to negotiate amongst themselves. you have a responsibility do you not if you are so responsibility do you not if you are so opposed to the brexit plan, these key parliamentary occasions, you as a party have a responsibility to

ensure everyone turns up here at westminster? yes we do. the snp had the highest proportion of our mps voting last night. there were two who couldn‘t make it for very understandable reasons. other parties had similar problems, some of them for less understandable reasons as well. it doesn‘t help when you have the chaos and confusion that sits at the very heart of this. let‘s not forget, this confusion is notjust about the parliamentary circus at westminster. this impactsjobs, parliamentary circus at westminster. this impacts jobs, on parliamentary circus at westminster. this impactsjobs, on the economy, future opportunities for young people. even the chequers plan is disastrous for the economy. the hard about tory brexit being pursued at the moment is even more disastrous. we need to find a way to get us out of this mess. that‘s why the snp have come up with a compromise deal. 0n the vote to bring forward parliament‘s recess, will you be opposing that? yes. we think that parliament should be setting. we

don‘t think the prime minister should be pulling things earlier because she is in a tight situation with her own party. this is a mess of the tories‘s own making. we need to dig out ourselves of this state. we do have an afternoon of potential fireworks to look forward to, potential rebellion is coming down the track on bloody recess about potentially tomorrow and this afternoon on the trade bill. thank you. well, are you confused about what‘s going on in parliament? do you know what the chequers agreement is? or the customs bill? we‘ll be putting your brexit questions to our reality check correspondent chris morris. that‘s at 3:30. the european union and japan have signed a free trade deal that will almost completely remove

tariffs on goods between the two sides. donald tusk, the european council president, said the world‘s biggest—ever trade agreement sent a clear message against protectionism. the new accord comes as the us has put tariffs on some imported goods sparking fears of a trade war. the official pro—brexit campaign group, vote leave, has been fined £61,000 for breaking electoral law in the run—up to the eu referendum. the electoral commission said the group got round spending limits by funnelling money through another campaign group, be leave. two people have been referred to the police. vote leave said the commission‘s report was "wholly inaccurate" and that it had a political agenda. here‘s our correspondent tom burridge. vote leave had big names campaigning for brexit, and that bus. but now the electoral commission says vote leave overspent and broke electoral law. like any other group campaigning in the referendum, vote leave was entitled to

spend up to £7 million. but the electoral commission said it overspent by half a million, and it has fined vote leave £61,000. the electoral commission says vote leave worked with another campaign, beleave, to pay a data analytics firm £675,000 for adverts targeting voters. now, the money was sent to the company by beleave, but it came from vote leave. and the commission says vote leave should have declared it. vote leave claims the commission‘s report is politically motivated. we repeatedly sought co—operation 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 in the course of our investigation. and i think we have produced a detailed, robust and impartial report. so i would strongly refute any allegation that the electoral commission isn‘t independent and

impartial, because that is fundamental to what we did. the founder of beleave was fined. he was fined £20,000. he said he was shocked and disappointed. vote leave said the electoral commission‘s report contained a number of false accusations and incorrect assertions, and it said it provided evidence to the electoral commission proving that there was no wrongdoing. vote leave actually deny what has been said. but in terms of expenditure, it's clear that the remain side spent more than the leave side in any event. i don't doubt the outcome of the referendum. but people who have been investigating vote leave‘s spending say the implications are very serious. you cannot underestimate the scale of this. and also, what the electoral commission has come outand said. this was a premeditated scheme. it was a premeditated scheme and they have refused to help with the electoral commission‘s inquiries. this absolutely goes to the very heart of government.

because people like michael gove were central to the vote leave campaign. as if brexit wasn‘t already controversial enough. tom burridge, bbc news. seven million people in northwest england are facing a hosepipe ban from early next month. united utilities is due to introduce the measure after weeks of hot and dry weather. the company says the temporary ban will ‘safeguard essential supplies‘ in the region, where reservoir levels are already low. danny savage reports. in cumbria, falling water levels here at united utilities‘ biggest reservoir have triggered the hosepipe ban. the lack of water has even expose the remains of the village flooded to create this vast storage facility. the company says it has no choice but to impose a ban. we have had a little rainfall, but sadly it is not enough to refill the reservoir to the point where they should be for this time of year, so that is why we have had

to take this decision. we haven‘t taken it lightly, but we will need to impose a hosepipe ban. the ban affects nearly the whole north—west england were united utilities has nearly seven million customers. it will come into effect in the 5th of august unless there is prolonged rainfall between now and then, which looks unlikely. this hot, dry sunny weather will stick around for most areas of the uk, particularly the south and east, so in the north and west of the country i think there is a greater chance of more changeable conditions. yes, some dry days, but also whether fors bringing showers or rain at times to western areas. as reservoirs in the region dry out, people here seem to accept a formal restriction is needed. we are on an island surrounded by it, but, yes, we will take whatever instructions we are given. even using the waste water out of the bathrooms... you can't have a good summerand, you

know, have all the water as well, so... there is already a hosepipe ban enforced in northern ireland and the republic, where blisteringly hot weather has melted roads and seen bozos in use. it all has echoes of the famous summer of 1976, when the taps were turned off at times and people called the government, complaining about what they saw an unnecessary water use by others. there is a sprinkler system operating there? at a riding school? i see, and you feel something should be done about that. of course. the bottom line is that in part of england where rainfall is usually abundant there just has not been enough of it. even the reserves in the lake district are not adequate to keep the conurbations of north—west england supplied with enough water. united utilities‘s other big site in the lakes is an 82 —— 92 mile long aqueduct from here which feeds supplies

direct to manchester, but as you can see levels are low, and there is little sign of replenishment. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: 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. and in sport... now you see it — now you don‘t... england bowler adil rashid leaves india captain virat kohli in a spin as he takes the key wicket in the third and deciding one day international in leeds. india are 195 for six with ten overs remaining. tiger woods says he never thought he‘d play at the open again after multiple back surgeries.

the three time winner is back this week for the first time since 2015. the netherland‘s annemiek van vleuten steals victory in la course — the one—day event that runs beside the tour de france — pipping her compatriot anna van der breggen at the finish. i‘ll be back with more on those stores later. the government has been warned it must raise taxes or cut spending to fund the planned increase in nhs funding in england or risk putting the country‘s finances under pressure. the uk‘s economic watchdog — the office for budget responsibility — also says the long—term outlook for public finances is now "less favourable". 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed has been speaking to the chairman of the 0br, robert chote. if the government didn‘t announce any tax increases or cuts in other spending to help pay for this health announcement, you would see the pressure on the public finances mounting over the years to come. you‘ll be starting off with a more expensive health service to have to pay for,

and then in future years, the cost of that would rise as the population gets older and as cost pressures from things like new technology mount as well. you can only go on so far with public expenditure, the budget defecit, debt, rising year in year out before something has to be done. president trump is planning to meet members of congress this evening amid strong criticism from senior republicans following his summit with vladimir putin yesterday. speaking alongside the russian leader, mr trump contradicted the findings of his own intelligence services, which said moscow interfered in the 2016 presidential election. the top republican in congress, house speaker paul ryan said president trump must see that russia is not an ally of the us. david willis reports from washington. arriving home to a blizzard of condemnation, the president who pledged to put america first is facing accusations of weakness from members of his own party. 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 directorjohn brennan, who branded the move "nothing short of treasonous" on twitter, and accused president trump of being in president putin‘s pocket, whilst republican senator john 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, a suggestion mr trump was forced to confront before leaving helsinki. i guess he said as strongly as you can say it, they have no information on trump. it was an interesting statement. many years ago when i was there, a long time ago, he said there were many business people there.

in all fairness, i was a very successful businessman, but i was one of a lot of people. and if they had it, it would have been out. as to the denial of russian meddling in the election which swept him to power, the president‘s very own head of national intelligence, dan coats, said in a statement, "we have been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy, and we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security". 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 demurred, only to repeat his insistence that russia wasn‘t involved. 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 on tuesday, 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. our correspondent jane 0‘brien is in washington — and she told me why the latest storm around president trump is so significant. i think what‘s most interesting is we are fuelling criticism from some usually friendly figures, such as the former house speaker. he said the former house speaker. he said the president‘s comments were the worst mistake of his presidency and she has to clarify his statements. just in the last hour, we heard from anthony ‘s gary michie, the former to an occasional director of the white house, he said the president has to change course. i think we‘re going to hear more and more of that

type of sentiment as the day wears on. republicans are saying he‘s got to clarify this. he cannot, to quote, to beat his way out of this one. but we are also still seeing a lot of albeit muted support from him from his supporters, one republican congress saying, it was a bad day for the president but not the end of the world. there are those more traditional critics of donald trump who have been on twitter. arnold schwarzenegger amongst many. he tweeted, rememberamerica schwarzenegger amongst many. he tweeted, remember america first. let‘s look at his message to be president. president trump, ijust saw your press conference with britain. it was embarrassing. you stood there like a little wet noodle. like a little fan boy. when are you going to ask him for an autograph? you have literally sold out, the intelligence community, the justice system and our country. you are the president of the united

states, you shouldn‘t do that. what‘s the matter with you? whatever happened to be strong words are to be strength of ronald reagan when he stood there at the berlin wall and he said, tear down this wall. what happened to all that? treachery, treason and a wet noodle. indeed! the point is, i‘m not sure the president is really listening to arnold schwarzenegger. too busy listening to? the answer is in his approval ratings. he‘s got one of the highest approval rating of any republican president in history. it is hovering around 90%. those are the people he is listening to. i think until that changes, you probably want to see the president change much either. congressional republicans are saying he has to explain himself, but the issue remains, what can they do? we‘ve been here before, we seen the president get himself into

situations as a campaigner and as president thinking, that‘s it, something is going to change, and it doesn‘t. is this that moment? we don‘t know. but we haven‘t been here before we have the american president backing the president of russia against his own intelligence community. it‘s extraordinary, that‘s why he seems so much outrage and condemnation and words like trees being used. that came from the former cia agent —— director. he said his actions were nothing short of treasonous. possibly the person to what is the director of national intelligence, dan coats, who was publicly questioned by the president in that helsinki press conference when he decided to apparently take the word or the denials of president vladimir putin over the judgment of his own intelligence committee. dan coats felt compelled to issue his own statement afterwards saying that he stood by that assessment and that

russia will continue its pervasive effo rts russia will continue its pervasive efforts to undermine american democracy. that is extraordinary. we‘ll dan cole to resign? what will he do next? these are questions that will dictate what the president does? we know when his back is up against the wall, he doesn‘t step back, he tends to double down committee fights back. will he fight back at a stone or is he going to do what his republican colleagues asking him to do, change course, clarify his statements, clear this 7 clarify his statements, clear this up? this is donald trump, this is what he has been tweeting in the last half an hour. thenin then in the last few seconds, he has mentioned that meeting in helsinki with president vladimir putin. the jet

thejet lag the jet lag has not affected president trump in any way. those are tweets from the last, within the last minute that one. we will look on twitter for last minute that one. we will look on twitterfor any last minute that one. we will look on twitter for any more response from the united states. more than 20 tourists have been injured by what‘s been described as a ‘lava bomb‘ which hit a tour boat off the coast of hawaii. the group had been watching molten rock from a volcano pour into the ocean when their vessel was struck. it‘s understood the boat operators had received special permission to get close to the volcano, as richard lister reports. it‘s one of the most thrilling sights 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. wow.

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 hot spot, it was deceptively calm. people filmed the lava boiling the ocean, sending up clouds of steam. no—one was prepared for this. people scream. the debris punched a hole through the boat roof, breaking a woman‘s leg and showering the passengers with sizzling rocks. altogether, 23 were injured. as soon as you saw it coming, there was no time to move. the worst part was that you were in a small boat, so as you were getting pelted with this lava, there was nowhere to go. there are 20 feet and everyone is trying to hide in the same spot. it was actually really terrifying.

screaming. another tour boat came to help. we saw lava on the vessel when we pulled up to it. there were a few big chunks that were on the roof. 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 off—loaded 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. bbc asks if coming up after we‘ve had a look at the weather. hello there. we‘ve got a cooler, fresher feel to the weather today. there‘s still going to be some sunshine around. we‘ve got a scattering of showers here and there. and these are the temperatures — 25 or so in the south—east, compared with 31 yesterday.

19 across scotland and northern ireland. still a lot of places will be dry, but there will be some heavier showers this evening, perhaps across eastern scotland and north—east england. those should eventually fade away and any lighter showers elsewhere will decay. so essentially it‘s becoming dry overnight with some clearer skies. just a gentle westerly breeze, it‘s bringing in this cooler, fresher feel. so temperatures, a comfortable eight or nine in rural areas. still sitting at 15 or 16 in the centre of london. but it‘s not as humid as it has been certainly. for most places, tomorrow will start dry and sunny. again, we‘ll see the cloud tending to increse, spread out a little bit. a few showers here and there, some heavier ones for wales, the south—west, especially across southern parts of scotland. but many places still dry and, if anything, temperatures rising. 22 in the central belt of scotland, 26 in the south—east. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. theresa may is facing pressure

from all sides over her brexit strategy as the house of commons prepares to vote on her trade bill later. after narrowly avoiding defeat last night, now remain supporters are threatening to oppose the plans. two people have been referred to the police and official brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined £61,000 after the electoral commission found it broke the law by funnelling cash through another group. england faces its first hosepipe ban of the summer, as millions of people in the north west have been told they‘ll have to restrict their water use. donald trump has been accused of treason and treachery after he backed russian president vladimir putin over his own intelligence agencies amidst claims of russian meddling in the us presidential election. sport now on afternoon live with hugh. there‘s an important match for england.

yes, england, the highest ranked one day cricket side in the world are looking to put down a marker against the team ranked at number 2, india... eoin morgan won the toss and chose to put india into bat. it was a slow start for the england bowlers, india were 125 for two at one stage but england managed to stop the tourists getting on a roll with a couple of quick wickets before adil rashid delivered a beautiful spin delivery to remove india captain virat kohli for 71. kohli looked completely bamboozled. ms dhoni managed to survive a dismissal on review so the momentum slightly swinging england‘s way. india now 208 for six with six of their 50 overs to go. elsewhere today, alastair cook has been bowled out for 180 as he warms up for the test series

against the indians. he‘s playing for england‘s lions against india a. let‘s talk about the open and the woods of carnoustie looking for a tiger? yes, the open starts on thursday at carnoustie. tiger woods returns to the tournament for the first time since 2015. he‘s won the prized claretjug three times — the last of which was in 2006. here is what he has had to say going into it. there‘s definitely point in time i thought i would never play in this

championship again. watching it on tv, it's championship again. watching it on tv, it‘s great seeing it on tv but it‘s even better in person and i remember how it feels to come down the last hole with a chance to win it, and knowing i may never have that opportunity again... there were times when i didn‘t feel very good but now to have the opportunity to come back to carnoustie and play here in scotland again, i have said this before throughout this year, it‘s been a blessing. 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. last year was super nice but also it

was a race, it was unbelievable. i thought i‘ve got second, then i saw her dying. to win like this, i didn‘t know that i‘m in good shape but she is also a very good cyclist so but she is also a very good cyclist so it was a really tough ride. liverpool have made an offer for roma and brazil goalkeeper allison with the italian side currently considering the offer — reportedly in excess of 60 million pounds manchester city have named goalkeeperjoe hart in their squad for their pre—season tour of the united states. hart has spent the last two seasons out on loan but with first choice ederson on holiday after the world cup, hart has been included along with new record signing rhiyad mahrez. winger ryan hall is to leave leeds rhinos at the end of the year, paving the way for him to move to the australian nrl. it ends a 12—year spell

at headingley with director of rugby kevin sinfield saying he was disappointed to lose a player of hall‘s quality. that‘s all the sport for now. simon, it‘s back to you. i was just about to say thank you! let‘s talk a bit more now about the pressure the government‘s under in getting its brexit legislation through the house of commons. the government scraped home by three votes last night after agreeing to brexiteers‘ demands to change the wording of the customs bill. today it faces a rebellion from remainer mps over the the trade bill. here to help us make sense of it all and answer your questions is our reality check correspondent chris morris. welcome. chris via email: which parts of the chequers agreement will be unacceptable to the eu negotiators? we are all concentrating on what is

going on in westminster, there is a small matter of the eu agreeing to this. yes, and it's a long document of about 100 pages, and if you go through it there‘s all sorts of part they will want to talk about and essentially negotiate further on. taking a step back, there are two big things both referring to the economy. number one, the proposed customs arrangements, the facilitated customs arrangement. i don‘t think many people in the eu think it will work and they will wa nt to think it will work and they will want to renegotiate parts of that. secondly, probably more important, the british idea really that they can pick and choose between the four freedoms of the single market, the freedoms of the single market, the freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and people. no cherry picking. we have heard that a lot, and people ask why they can‘t be more flexible. the problem is you

have two fundamental things running into each other, the uk saying we cannot have a border up the irish sea because it breaks up the uk which is pretty fundamental but for the european union and the integrity of the single market as they put it is pretty much what the european union is. if you start on picking that, most of them will say that picks the fabric of the eu. ken via email: please can you explain the remainers amendments to the white paper? i thought they would be in favour of the original white paper? if today the government is defeated, does that kill white paper as is? there‘s a lot of legislation around at the moment. these amendments are not the white paper. yesterday there was a customs bill going through parliament, there‘s also a trade bill going through parliament. we cannot negotiate future trade until

we have left. yes, so the future trade bill is how we deal with current trade agreements we have and how we translate them into british law after brexit. the amendments are for bits of legislation going through parliament. the white paper isa through parliament. the white paper is a suggestion for how the uk thinks its relationship with the eu could work in the future. what what‘s happening today kill the white paper? there‘s one amendment in particular that says if i the end of january we haven‘t reached an agreement on a free—trade area which we won‘t have done, then the government must agree to staying in the customs union. that would certainly changed bits of the white paperso certainly changed bits of the white paper so these aren‘t amendments to the white paper but they have a material effect upon it. right. eugene via email: if the uk leaves the eu with no trade agreement, what happens on day one after brexit to production lines in the car industry which rely on just in time supply lines?

imean i mean there is a much wider issue, i have been getting tweet on this, what happens if we crash out on day one? as well as lots of legislation, there‘s lots of deals. i think the question was if we have no trade deal when we leave, we probably won‘t and it will have to be negotiated after we have left. but i think he means is if there is no agreement on withdrawal, which sorts out the past and ties up the loose ends. we keep hearing about wto rules, is that the default? yes, if we have no agreement at all and nothing to replace what we have at the moment, certainly wto rules for trade would be one of them but would also introduce checks of all sorts at borders so the question was what would it mean forjust—in—time manufacturing, well we have heard from multiple industries, businesses like ayr —— airbus and they say it

would be a disasterfor them because it is every hour you have to time arrivals so they are very worried that if there was no agreement that they are not quite sure how some of those arrangements and supply lines wouldn‘t grind to a halt. there are those who say it will be fine but they haven‘t sketched out how that will happen. most of these big businesses are saying it would be a catastrophe for us. mike via email: what was the trading, tariffs, customs, etc. status of uk when we entered the eu? and would that still be a relevant position to aim to return to when we leave? this is at the heart of many people‘s about how the eu was developed. initially it was just a trade body. that sort of answers the question, when we entered it it was the economic community so would it

be relevant to go back to where we work? not really because the eu is a com pletely work? not really because the eu is a completely different thing than when we arrived, which is what many brexiteers say, this isn‘t what we signed up for. the single market didn‘t exist, there wasn‘t complete free movement of people so going back to 1973 when there wasn‘t checks at orders doesn‘t really apply for a relationship with what has become this vast integrated market of the other 27 countries. i don‘t think you could go back to where we were in 1973 and use that asa where we were in 1973 and use that as a model because the rules have changed completely by 2018. we are talking about a completely different beast. doreen via email: please tell me how it is possible for the eu and japan, to have a free trade deal, which has been agreed and is being signed today, which i think allows them not to sign up to the single market and customs union? if the eu allows this, why can‘t we have the same deal? of course we have at the moment

because we are part of the eu. and we could have in the future. yes, she‘s absolutely right, nearly a third of the world gdp is this free trade agreement between the eu and japan andjapan trade agreement between the eu and japan and japan isn‘t in the single market or customs union. we have sort of been offered that already, people talk about the canada model. this one with japan is similar, maybe more on services, but way short of the close integration of the economy you have when you are in the economy you have when you are in the single market and customs union. that is one of the problems of dissent angling from these eu structures, there‘s nothing quite as close as that anywhere in the world. we could have a free—trade agreement pretty much like japan, in a sense thatis pretty much like japan, in a sense that is one of the offers the eu has made but it wouldn‘t mean there was no border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. it

wouldn‘t necessarily mean all the companies that trade with europe now would be able to trade in exactly the same way so it is on offer but it is not as closely integrated as the single market and customs union and the prime minister herself, not talking about japan but talking about canada which is a similar deal, has said this is simply inefficient for an economy that is so inefficient for an economy that is so closely tied into europe as the uk, we need a lot more than that. i know she would say the same about the deal with japan. we either get something better or we leave. well spotted. steve via twitter: why didn‘t the inhabitants of the crown dependencies get a vote on brexit when it impacts on them so much? jersey and guernsey are not part of

the uk or the eu, therefore they didn‘t get a vote in the referendum. you may say that is right or wrong because the question is right, it affects them massively and especially if they look at gibraltar which did get a vote. you could say yes at gibraltar is any eu territory and has representation in the european parliament, there is this slightly weird european parliament constituency of south—west england plus gibraltar and gibraltar is massively in favour of remain. that is the technical reason, because technically they are not part of the eu or even part of the uk, they are crown dependencies. lewis via email: what element of the brexit process will have the biggest impact on young people aged between 18 and 25? that is a big question. kind of all of it simply because they are the people who will have to live with it for the next 50, 60, 70 years. it depends who you are, if you are

somebody who wants to travel abroad to europe, who perhaps wants to study abroad, then i suppose what‘s going to replace the movement? what will happen is a university study abroad? if you are not someone who wa nts to abroad? if you are not someone who wants to do that, what will it mean for the economy? people don‘t understand the parliamentary manoeuvring but if you take a big step back, what we are doing is totally reshaping the constitutional make—up of our country so it will affect everybody. you still go down the pub and buy a affect everybody. you still go down the pub and buya pint affect everybody. you still go down the pub and buy a pint but pretty much every rule and regulation, the way the country operates, will change in some way as a result of brexit. just an observation but these were the same questions we we re these were the same questions we were being asked during the referendum campaign and here we are two years on and people still don‘t know. people are still asking the questions, we have finally got a

vision from the government about what it thinks the future relationship should look like and that survived about 48 hours before two major resignations from cabinets, and we haven‘t even had yet the response from the eu because at the moment i think they are sitting there thinking, oh my goodness, what is happening on the other side of the channel. i don‘t think anyone really understood this during the referendum campaign on either side, politicians, journalists or anybody, how intensely complicated this process has become. for those who say why don‘t wejust has become. for those who say why don‘t we just leave, one of the metaphors is a bit like oiling and eight, we spent a0 years with this incredible intertwining of regulations and laws, and to pick it apart is very difficult. —— a bit like boiling an egg. thank you. agreement has been reached on plans to create an independent complaints and grievance scheme at westminster.

the plan, which will be voted on by mps and peers later this week, comes after recent allegations of harrasment and bullying. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier gave us this update. back last winter there were a whole series of allegations that led to ministerial resignations and mps being suspended from different political parties. until now there hasn‘t been a formal disciplinary procedure for mp5, no independent way for staff to make complaints about their bosses. these new rules, if they get voted through, will cover a ll if they get voted through, will cover all people working in westminster, staff and clerks but also researchers and others working for mp5. there will be a new behaviour code, an independent complaints scheme, plus an independent investigator but not everybody is happy when it comes to the range of sanctions for example which at the bottom end will include apologies and at the top end could include mps being kicked out of

parliament and staff been dismissed. people aren‘t happy, parliament and staff been dismissed. people aren‘t happy. for parliament and staff been dismissed. people aren‘t happy, for example one union says it is worried mps will continue to make judgments on other mps, in effect marking their own homework. they are also worried that historic allegations, those that predate 2017, will not be able to be looked at under this new process. the whole system has been led by the leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, and she admits it‘s not a perfect system, there is still some way to go, but they believe it isa some way to go, but they believe it is a positive step to creating a long—term cultural change in parliament. coming up, the business news but first a look at the headlines... 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. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. uk unemployment remains at a.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 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. more on that in a moment. 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. so the eu has signed the biggest

single deal with japan? yes, it's quite a winnerfor them. single deal with japan? yes, it's quite a winner for them. the single deal with japan? yes, it's quite a winnerfor them. the idea is the eu will export dairy products mostly to japan, japan‘s biggest exporter the eu is cars which will be tariff—free now and clearly it is a winfor be tariff—free now and clearly it is a win for them, particularly poignant right now with the likes of donald trump slapping tariffs on and not being a huge advocate for free trade. john claude juncker said it was a victory and clearly is. it is the second deal the europeans have managed to strike since the brexit vote with canada a year and a half ago so it clearly is an interesting position that it puts written in when it comes to negotiating trade deals, and what kind of situation it

puts it in. we can hear now from the chairman of the european commission. iam chairman of the european commission. i am proud we are taking our strategic partnership to a new level with two landmark agreements between the eu 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. that was actually donald tusk. yes, take aways, a recent event on the telly has boosted sales. yes, we

have had the likes of deliveroo and a surge in the number of take aways because it is easy to scroll on your phone and get deliveries but events like the world cup and the royal wedding, these delivery companies including pizza delivery services have anticipated this is a big payday for them. joing me now from our newsroom is food futurologist, doctor morgaine gaye. is this largely down to technology or do you think these special events are driving the force in terms of insta nt are driving the force in terms of instant deliveries and food access? it gives us a reason to come together and we always love to eat together. we have always socialised around food and celebrations and we wa nt around food and celebrations and we wantan around food and celebrations and we want an excuse to do that because we have definitely lost that in this

country where we used to sit down and have almost every single meal together and now we are more likely together and now we are more likely to be eating on the go, eating more frequently and sitting down as a family much less so we love a reason to come together and of course the world cup was that reason. it's not just peters, you can order anything with the likes of deliveroo. you pretty much get the same meal delivered from your local restaurant on your doorstep. figures out today showed trade is slipping slightly, it -- is showed trade is slipping slightly, it —— is the instantaneous technology convincing people it is so technology convincing people it is so easy they don‘t look at their bank accounts as much? we are in a time when people are watching more tv about cooking, but we are cooking much less and that‘s why there has been a rise in delivery boxes, the way you can pretend you have made it yourself but compiled it at home.

there is much more choice and in a society where we want everything now and we want to be able to choose everything and have it we spoke, that‘s why i think delivery is on the rise. it‘s notjust a chinese ta ke the rise. it‘s notjust a chinese take away any more. what do you predict will be the biggest food trends for the rest of the year and going into next year? we are looking at lots of things like different vegan options which will get very clever so the use of different types of proteins coming to the market, different meat substitutes which are not the typical things we have been having. the rise of veganism is unprecedented. ok, unprecedented. 0k, thank you. how are the markets? we talked about talk talk today,

they have reported strong results which has lifted the share price and lifted the ftse100. royal mail‘s shares are stronger. it always posts strong results. here all week! let‘s go to the house of commons because they have started voting on the amendments to the trade bill. right now they are voting on an snp veto on uk government trade negotiations. this is the new clause 20 which would require any mandate to be approved. there has already been invoked and the commons has voted to reject new clause three to the trade bill which would increase parliamentary scrutiny of new trade deals. that was defeated by 31a votes to 28a. this is now the new clause 20,

tabled by the snp, which would enhance consent for the devolved administration so we are awaiting that vote and we might be about to get that. that could be wishful thinking. we will let you know when the boat comes through. it‘s not far off. we have had one and there are two more to go in the next half—hour. in the meantime let‘s get the weather with darren. we all have a fresh fields of the weather today, westerly breeze coming in from the atlantic bringing not just coming in from the atlantic bringing notjust more coming in from the atlantic bringing not just more cloud coming in from the atlantic bringing notjust more cloud as we can see here in north yorkshire but the chance of some showers as well. more sunshine as you head to the south and east of the uk where temperatures are significantly lower

than yesterday when we had 31 degrees in some places. the next few days we will continue to see some sunshine and the chance of showers, and if anything it will turn warmer again although we won‘t have the humidity of the last few days. 25 degrees in the south—east of england, 19 across scotland and northern ireland. a few showers around into england and wales perhaps coming into the south—west of england but these showers are very light and few and far between. more showers more widely for a while further north as we head into the evening. the heaviest showers towards the south—east of scotland, and up towards the north—east of scotland as well. those showers will last a little while into the evening and tends to fade away and any light showers elsewhere will also decay so it is essentially becoming dry overnight. clear skies, a cooler night, temperatures still sitting at 16 in the centre of london. tomorrow starts mostly fine, sunny and we will see the cloud increasing and spreading out a little. there could be some showers here and there, the odd heavy one for wales and the south—west and southern parts of

scotland, but a lot of places are still dry and temperatures rising so we are looking at the low 20s in the central of scotland. in the central belt of scotland. again on thursday, very little if any rain around at all, fewer showers to come on thursday, plenty of sunshine too. the temperatures still creeping up a touch, notice some rain in the far north—west of scotland. that‘s coming from this weather system which is actually going to weaken as it runs southwards across the uk, the rain petering out before it arrives across most of england and wales. we will see rain coming into the north of england on friday, running through scotland and northern ireland but that will fade away and further south it is dry and still very warm. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. today at four. more pressure on the prime minister over her brexit strategy — with threats this time from remain supporters to oppose her trade bill. and you can see, the scene live in the commons where mps

are debateing the bill as we speak. 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. 0ne one of them thing, you can‘t have a good summer and you know, have all the water as coming up on afternoon live all the sport. england‘s one day side will be chasing down a figure of the 260 mark if they are to win the third and deciding international against india at headingley. we will are is the latest op their reply round half past. darren has the weather. not hey on wii, just hey. we will have a look at the wronger —— longer range forecast but in the shorter term you will notice a fresher feel today that there will be some sunny

spells an showers but if anything the temperatures are set to rise later in the week. thanks darren. also coming up. after their historic summit in finland yesterday, president trump is accused of treason and treachery, after he backed president vladimir putin over his own intelligence agencies amidst claims of russian meddling in the us presidential election. he‘s left one action man distinctly unimpressed. ijust i just saw your press conference with president putin and tths it was embarrassing, you stood there like a little wet noodle, like a little fan boy. hello everyone, this is afternoon live. i‘m simon mccoy. it‘s no wonder she wants the summer recess to start earlier. theresa may must be feeling that she lurches from one brexit crisis to another. after avoiding two parliamentary defeats on her brexit plans by the narrowest of margins —

and accused of "caving in" to eurosceptic mps — now she faces a fresh battle in the commons this afternoon — this time with remainer mps over trade. mps are also being asked by the government to vote on that proposal to start their summer recess several days early. it‘s prompted accusations that the prime minister is running scared of her own party. from westminster, our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. all smiles when the cabinet table this morning. theresa may and her top team putting on a brave face inside number ten. after a difficult night in parliament for the prime minister and her brexit plan. it doesn‘t get much closer than this... the ayes to the right, 305, the noes to the left, 302. the government won by just three votes. what happened in parliament last night shows how high feelings are running on all sides.

the government agreed to the demands of mps who wanted to cut ties with the eu, but that made other pro—european tories so angry that they voted against the government in protest. for many, these changes leave the government‘s plan dead in the water. ministers say everything is fine... the fact that the government got one of its key pieces of legislation through last night is extremely important. we have a very important bill coming today, the trade bill allowing us to do a number of things related to our agreement with the eu, but also to protect the uk as we do leave. but with another bill comes another battle, more chances for mps to make changes, put on a show of strength and fire warning shots in frustration at the government and its increasingly unpopular plan. 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, but i think it is good that that process is beginning. i very much regret some colleagues decided they wanted to amend this particular bill and to make life difficult for the government at this time. it is wholly unnecessary. we just want to give the government space and i think the mood of the country is for people to get on with it. mps are split on whether brexit is a gamble that will pay or leave the uk worse. with the government looking to be pushed this week and that, it makes it easy for critics to say it is the uk with a weaker hand. bbc news, westminster. this is the scene in the commons — where the trade bill there is nothing happening there because they have completed the second of 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is in central lobby for us. so far so good for theresa may but the big one is later. yes the votes are not the contentious one, the danger zone will come later in the evening, these are the amendments

where there is significant backing of conservative mps, remember, this is really a numbers game for theresa may, it is all about whether there isa may, it is all about whether there is a critical mass of rebels on her own backbenches, who can ally with labour, ally with the snp, other opposition parties, to inflict a defeat. last fight they came pretty close, closer i think that many expected, certainly the snp, the lib dems had lost a couple of mps who didn‘t vote, so closer than than they were expecting last night. there were just throw votes in it on the two critical votes, the government did end up winning, but today, it is the remainor rebellion we are are looking out for, yesterday theresa may tried to quell her brexiteer discontent, by accepting their amounts to another bill. she precipitated a rebellion in the remainor, it depends how many poem they can get on the side, they are about the customs union, a customs union, trying to tack on

those to this trade bill today, but we have to see whether they have the numbers and if even turns up to vote. what is happening with this summer recess issue? is that going away? no, this has been a curve ball i think, it is quite a scrappy end to this parliamentary session any way, and then late last night we hear the government has tabled a motion to try to bring forward recess by five days to thursday, it was supposed to be breaking up for summer next tuesday, clearly at the moment days in parliament are critical, both debate business and to keep mps together in the same place, it allows conversations to be had, potentially conversations the prime minister did want to be happening but as soon as this motion was take tabled there was various mps saying no way, not going to rote for that, we have way too much to do. the snp and labour will vote against it. we will see whether the government is going to go ahead with trying to do this, but it has not been a popular

suggestion from mps who are themselves voting not, well, intending to vote not to give themselves an extra few days of holiday. thank you very much. the times‘ politcal sketchwriter patrick kidd, has just popped out of the commons‘ press gallery to speak to us from westminster. you have been alluding to shake people themes in the last few days is that so big? we expect the big stuff round 5. 00, is that so big? we expect the big stuff round 5.00, yesterday, absolutely, i made the allose in my piece this morning to the storming king lear because anna soubry let rip. she took on everyone. she took onjacob rees—mogg rip. she took on everyone. she took on jacob rees—mogg one rip. she took on everyone. she took onjacob rees—mogg one of the gold plated pension inheritance, massive inheritance mps who are playing games with people‘s live. she took aim at the front benchches, she took

on other mps in her party, she wasn‘t holding back at all. this is a woman has received multiple death threats, and it really felt she had had enough. that was dramatic. i made the allusion to king lear on the blasted heath, we had the scene from the fool where sir edward leigh had a bit of a pop at anna soubry and said she wasn‘t like margaret thatcher. it was dramatic, but so far it has been a bit dull. we are waiting for it to kick off again. in the old days when a government was under this sort of pressure you assumed, it was the fact that the opposition tended to enjoy it and sit back an watch. that is not happening. the opposition weren't really there yesterday. the labour benches were quite empty for most of the debate and one of the reasons is they were off having their own little therapy session, where they we re little therapy session, where they were debating about how much anti—semitism is too much in the labour party today. and so, the opposition was all coming from the

tory benches. but, you know, this was bad day for opposition parties of all colour, the lib dems as you mention earlier, two of them vince cable didn‘t vote yesterday, they weren‘t in westminster. two of the snp didn‘t vote and the government only won the vote by three. is there going to be a moment where even a sketch writer cannot keep up with the reality of a what is going op? it is beyond parody at times this? it is beyond parody at times this? it is. we are all waiting to see what is going to happen tomorrow, actually. the speculation is that borisjohnson, after actually. the speculation is that boris johnson, after prime minister‘s questions is going to seek leave to make a personal statement. that is not confirmed. i think he is wondering whether he wa nts to think he is wondering whether he wants to two through with it. this could be a geoffrey howe moment, where he got up, having resigned and really kebabed margaret thatcher. people are wondering if that is going to happen. may has a terrible day. she has mmq, possibly boris, a

meeting in front testify liaison committee, then she has the 1922 committee, then she has the 1922 committee and to wrap it up she has a drinks reception with the press at downing street. if they don‘t have an early holiday she will be looking forward to it. wouldn't it be lovely if you had a bad day at the office you could say i am going on holiday. the boris issue, does that mean boris could say he is launching a leadership campaign? the way it works in the tory party, a8 mps have to put letter into the chairman of the 1922 committee saying they have no confidence. the rumour is there is a0ish. i don‘t think boris, from what i sense has much of a support among the backbencher, there is a fuel that are loyal. he has burned a lot of his brim, this is his one attempt to try and set himself up as leader of the opposition if you like, he may duck it again. people feel that boris never expected to win the referendum. his hope he would be leader of the eurosceptic

camp. cameron would win and boris would be the voice tonnes who could coalesce the backbenchers round him. there is a few figures who are setting themselves up at opposition to mayment it is going to be entertaining, tune in. well, do you, when theresa may got the leadership, there were plenty of people saying be careful what you wish for, is there sympathy for theresa may on there sympathy for theresa may on the basis the country is divided, it is very difficult, even in the commons to get some sort of unity? yes, i think if people looked their own hearts and put aside party politics and rivalry, she is in an unwinnablejob. politics and rivalry, she is in an unwinnable job. i don‘t politics and rivalry, she is in an unwinnablejob. i don‘t know how politics and rivalry, she is in an unwinnable job. i don‘t know how she sleeps at night. well, since her chequers deal, the thing that was supposed to unite the party only just over a week ago, we have had resignations from the eurosceptic side and last fight we had a resignation from one of the remainors because he felt she was going back to the eurosceptic side.

she is in the middle of this seesaw, balancing both wings of the party and that is before she gets on to negotiating with the european union. the chequers deal is just, the starting point. this is a woman who didn‘t want us to leave the european union in the first place. the eurosceptics say that is the problem. she is trying to do what she can. i think it is unwinnable. we muddle on, we have 250 days until brexit happens and who knows what might happen. you can almost hear the country grown from here! it is great to talk to you. thank you very much. the official pro—brexit campaign group, vote leave, has been fined 61 thousand pounds for breaking electoral law in the run—up to the eu referendum. the electoral commission said the group got round spending limits by funnelling money through another campaign group, be leave. two people have been referred to the police. vote leave said the commission‘s report was "wholly inaccurate" and that it had a political agenda. here‘s our correspondent tom burridge. vote leave had big names campaigning

for brexit, and that bus. but now the electoral commission says vote leave overspent and broke electoral law. like any other group campaigning in the referendum, vote leave was entitled to spend up to £7 million. but the electoral commission said it overspent by half a million, and it has fined vote leave £61,000. the electoral commission says vote leave worked with another campaign, beleave, to pay a data analytics firm £675,000 for adverts targeting voters. now, the money was sent to the company by beleave, but it came from vote leave. and the commission says vote leave should have declared it. vote leave claims the commission‘s report is politically motivated. we repeatedly sought

co—operation 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 in the course of our investigation. and i think we have produced a detailed, robust and impartial report. so i would strongly refute any allegation that the electoral commission isn‘t independent and impartial, because that is fundamental to what we did. the founder of beleave was fined. he said he was shocked and disappointed. vote leave said the electoral commission‘s report contained a number of false accusations and incorrect assertions, and it said it provided evidence to the electoral commission proving that there was no wrongdoing. vote leave actually deny what has been said. but in terms of expenditure, it‘s clear that the remain side spent more than the leave side in any event. i don‘t doubt the outcome of the referendum. but people who have been investigating vote leave‘s spending

say the implications are very serious. you cannot underestimate the scale of this. and also, what the electoral commission has come outand said. this was a premeditated scheme. it was a premeditated scheme and they have refused to help with the electoral commission‘s inquiries. this absolutely goes to the very heart of government. because people like michael gove were central to the vote leave campaign. as if brexit wasn‘t already controversial enough. tom burridge, bbc news. seven million people in north west england are facing a hosepipe ban from early next month. united utilities is due to introduce the measure after weeks of hot and dry weather. the company says the temporary ban will ‘safeguard essential supplies‘ in the region, where reservoir levels are already low. danny savage reports. in cumbria, falling water levels here at united utilities‘ biggest

reservoir have triggered the hosepipe ban. the lack of water has even exposed the remains of the village flooded to create this vast storage facility. the company says it has no choice but to impose a ban. we have had a little rainfall, but sadly it is not enough to refill the reservoir to the point where they should be for this time of year, so that is why we have had to take this decision. we haven‘t taken it lightly, but we will need to impose a hosepipe ban. the ban affects nearly the whole north—west england where united utilities has nearly 7 million customers. it will come into effect in the 5th of august unless there is prolonged rainfall between now and then, which looks unlikely. so the hot, dry sunny weather will stick around for most areas of the uk, particularly the south and east, so in the north and west of the country i think there is a greater chance of more changeable conditions. yes, some dry days, but also whether fors bringing showers weather

fronts bringing showers and rain at times the western areas. as reservoirs in the region dry out, people here seem to accept a formal restriction is needed. we are on an island surrounded by it, but, yes, we will take whatever instructions we are given. even using the waste water out of the bathrooms... you can‘t have a good summer and, you know, have all the water as well, so... there is already a hosepipe ban enforced in northern ireland and the republic, where blisteringly hot weather has melted roads and seen bowsers in use. it all has echoes of the famous summer of 1976, when the taps were turned off at times and people called the government, complaining about what they saw as unnecessary water use by others. there is a sprinkler system operating where? at a riding school? i see, and you feel something should be done about that. of course. the bottom line is that in part of england where rainfall is usually

abundant there just has not been enough of it. even the reserves in the lake district are not adequate to keep the conurbations of north—west england supplied with enough water. united utilities‘s other big site in the lakes is an 82 mile long in the lakes is an 92 mile long aqueduct from here which feeds supplies direct to manchester, but as you can see levels are low, and there is little sign of replenishment. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. 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. in sport eping listen‘s craig terses

need 2 a 7 runs for vic troifr india in the international at headingley. liverpool have made what would be a record bid for a goalkeeper, roma are said to be considering a 62 million offerfor the are said to be considering a 62 million offer for the brazil international alisson. and the netherlands steals vic friday in the one day events that ru ns friday in the one day events that runs beside the tour de france. we will be back with more just after half the government has been warned it must raise taxes or cut spending to fund the planned increase in nhs funding in england — or risk putting the country‘s finances under pressure. the uk‘s economic watchdog — the office for budget responsibility — also says the long—term outlook for public finances is now "less favourable". 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed has been speaking to the chairman of the 0br, robert chote. if the government didn‘t announce

any tax increase or cuts in other spending to help pay for this health announcement, you would see the pressure on the public finances mounting over the years to come. you would be starting off with a more ex p9p would be starting off with a more ex pep sieve health service to pay for and in future years the cost of that would rise as the population gets older and as cost pressures from things like new tech yes mount as well. you can only go on so far with public expenditure, the budget deficit, debt, riding in year in, year out before something has to be uk wages rose more slowly in the three months to may, despite a furtherfall in unemployment, official figures show. wage growth slipped to 2.7% from 2.8% in the three months to may, while unemployment fell by 12,000 to 1.a1 million, according to the office for national statistics. the unemployment rate remained at itsjoint lowest since 1975 at a.2%. president trump is planning to meet members of congress this evening

amid strong criticism from senior republicans following his summit with vladimir putin yesterday. speaking alongside the russian leader, mr trump contradicted the findings of his own intelligence services, which said moscow interfered in the 2016 presidential election. the top republican in congress, house speaker paul ryan said president trump must see that russia is not an ally of the us. nology mount how many times have i stood up here and told you what i think about vladimir putin? vladimir putin does not share our interest, vladimir putin does not share our values. we just conducted a year long investigation into russia‘s interference in our election, they did interfere in the electionser it is really clear, there should be no doubt about that. it is also clear it didn‘t have a material effect on the election but as a result of that we passed tough sanctions on russia. so that we can hold them

accountable. i understand that the desire and need to have good relation, that is perfectly reasonable but russia is a menacing government that does not share our i nte reste rs government that does not share our interesters an it does not share our values. earlier, president trump said in a tweet that his summit with president putin went even better than that with nato allies last week. former us president barack 0bama has paid tribute to nelson mandela during an annual lecture to honour the former south african president. 0bama‘s speech was part of a range of celebrations taking place in johannesburg to celebrate 100 years since mandela‘s birth. he used his eulogy to mandela to criticise what he referred to as the "racial nationalism" of far right parties in the west, and to warn against the politics of fear. you have to believe in facts. without fact, there is no basis for

cooperation. if i say this is a podium and you say this is an elephant, it is going to be hard for us to co—operate. i can find common ground for those who oppose the paris reports because for example they might say it is not going to work, you can‘t get everybody to co—operate or they might say it is more important for us to provide cheap energy for the poor even if it means in the horticulture term there is no pollution, at least i can have a debate with them about that and i show them why i think clean energy is the better path, especially for poor country, you can leapfrog all technology, i can‘t find common ground if someone says climb change is just not happening. when almost all the world‘s scientists tell us

it is. i don‘t know when to start talking to you about this, if you start saying it is an elaborate hoax, where do we start? u nfortu nately too unfortunately too much of politics today seems to reject the very concept of objective truth. people just make stuff up. theyjust make stuff up. the duke and duchess of sussex have visited an exhibition celebrating the life and work of the late former south african president, nelson mandela. the exhibition, which opens to the public this afternoon, marks 100 years since the birth of mr mandela, who fought to end south africa‘s apartheid regime, before becoming president. prince harry and meghan met mr mandela‘s friends and family, including his grand—daughter and a 92—year—old man who spent nearly three decades in prison with him. time for a look at the weather.

darren has brought a map. darren has brought a maplj darren has brought a map. i don't again. rein fall. yes, this hosepipe ban that coming into place, and we have one already in northern ireland, so this is rainfall a map forjune showing how dry it has been in much of england and wales. specially through the midlands, but very dry again after a dry may. if we look at some figures actually, i will show you figures for the north—west of england. so, here in cheshire, this is june north—west of england. so, here in cheshire, this isjune and july rainfall compared with avram, you can see significantly below average. most of that rain came injuly came yesterday evening, where we got some heavy showers and there was thunderstorms across northern england. the ground is dry so that

doesn‘t help you? it doesn‘t really soak into the ground easily, it runs off. we have seen there is hardly any grass round the uk as a whole. it has been burned off. so it all ru ns it has been burned off. so it all runs off quickly. so there has been some rain. it hasn‘t been completely dry and there has been also some showers at other time, so i think last thursday there was thunderstorms in the north—west but they didn‘t fall at this particular rain gauge. i want to show you how you compare that to somewhere in essex, so this is writtle. throughout june essex, so this is writtle. throughoutjune and july, 0.6 millimetres. so barely measurable. and you should have had about 9a. so, you know, this dry weather has been far and wide. it follows on from the first few moneys of year being wetter than avram but we have gone into something much drier. united utilities say they are worried about the long—term forecast

and that is something everybody is worried about. yes, of course, so the rest of this month, there is no major change in the weather pattern. there are two ways we get rainfall in the summer, one is through thundery air, hot and humid air and you get that common coming in from the continent, mainly from spain. we haven‘t had that so far, really, this last two months or, so and it doesn‘t look like we will get it in the rest of this month. another mechanism is to get fronts coming down will from the north—west. we will see a bit of that, whether some of that gets into the north—west or just across the north—west of scotla nd just across the north—west of scotland remains to be seen, but there are signs that some north—west areas of the uk will get some rain at times but we need a lot of rain to make a difference. i had a word with one of my colleagues and the forecast for the hot look, for next —— outlook shows no change, no significant change in the weather pattern so still drier than average, there will be rain at times but

still drier than avram, you won‘t turn the taps on and boost the rainfall number, probably have to wait until september, or we should learn from 1976, and appoint a minister for learn from 1976, and appoint a ministerfor drought. because on the day he started work it started raining and it didn‘t stop. it isa stop. it is a shock your colleagues talks to you. i am reeling from that one. better tell us what is in store. good job you are sitting on your chair. in the shorterly term we have a few changes, this was the picture in cheshire today, we have had one or two showers not far away, but they haven‘t been very much at all so they haven‘t been very much at all so it has been generally dry. ale cooler and fresher feel. 0ver so it has been generally dry. ale cooler and fresher feel. over the next few day there‘s is still some sunny spell, the chance of catching the odd shower but we are likely to find having seen the temperatures drop today, they will start to pick up drop today, they will start to pick up again over the next couple of days or so this is what we are seeing over the past few hours in terms of cloud and rainfall. showers, mainly

northern ireland and scot. we have heavier ones in the north east of scotla nd heavier ones in the north east of scotland and around the borders there, towards the north east of england but temperatures have been lower today, 2a, 25 in the south—east, 19 or so for scotland and northern ireland. as we head into this evening you can see there is the odd shower, light shower creeping into wales and the south—west, but head further east and north it is probably going to be dry, maybe a few sharp showers towards the north east of england, eastern of scotland, the showers in northern ireland becoming fewer, these showers in the north east of scotla nd these showers in the north east of scotland are going to be heavy, they have been that way over the past couple of hours or so and are slow—moving too. so they will linger into the evening and what we will find is they fade away and any light shower, they do decay too, so it is becoming dry overnight, we will have a westerly breeze, it is fresher air so a westerly breeze, it is fresher air soa a westerly breeze, it is fresher air so a more a westerly breeze, it is fresher air so a more comfortable night for sleeping, could be down to eight or nguyenin sleeping, could be down to eight or nguyen in rural areas, as we head into tomorrow, probably starting off dry and sunny for most, a bit like

today, we will see the cloud building and spreading out a bit. a few shower, maybe not in the same place, a few more showers, more in southern scotland. temperatures probably up on today, so starting to rise, at add a degree on to today‘s values. as we move into thursday, if you catch a shower you are unlucky, or lucky, which ever way you want the look at it. the heat is growing, so 29 grows in london perhaps, this rain in the north—west, threatening to bring rain across the whole of country. that weather front is taking the rain southwards on a thursday nights into friday. as me moves southwards the rain for out so we could see a little rain on friday for northern england, the rain in scotla nd for northern england, the rain in scotland and northern ireland will fade away, that will be dry on saturday, southern half of the uk still dry, and quite warm i think on friday, those temperatures beginning to drop awayjust a bit on saturday, but, really across the southern half of the young, there is no sign of any significant rain. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. theresa may‘s brexit plans

face scrutiny as voting on her trade bill is under way in the house of commons. 0fficial brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined £61,000 after the electoral commission found it broke the law by funnelling cash through another group. the government said the fine shows that britain‘s electoral rules are working. england faces its first hosepipe ban of the summer, as millions of people in the north west have been told they‘ll have to restrict their water use. donald trump has been accused of treason and treachery after he backed russian president vladimir putin over his own intelligence agencies amidst claims of russian meddling in the us presidential election. sport now on afternoon live with hugh. and it‘s now up to england‘s batsmen to show their pedigree and seal an od! series win... they will be relying on the batsmen, they have been set a target of 257

to seal this 0di series against india. the playing at headingley, the top of the rankings, playing the second best team, but the batsmen are capable, a record score of a81 in 50 overs against australia just over a month ago shows the potential of the batsmen. india are a different prospect. india when they batted with 125 for two at one stage, but england managed to stop them some quick wickets. the wicket of the match to remove the india captain virat kohli for 71. so far, the momentum has swung slightly in england‘s fever. they will be hoping their batsmen can do the job, they are yet to bat but they will be out injusta are yet to bat but they will be out injust a moment. alastair cook bowled out for 180 as he warms up in the test series. he was playing for england‘s alliance. england will be hoping for a little bit of that in the one—day today. looking ahead to

the one—day today. looking ahead to the world cup as well. let‘s talk about golf. all eyes on tiger woods. yes, they will. tiger woods returning. it‘s been a three—year absence for him. hoping he can turn his fortunes around, imagine if you could secure a major title at the open and win his fourth title. what aboutjustin open and win his fourth title. what about justin rose? here‘s open and win his fourth title. what aboutjustin rose? here‘s hoping for the same, he fish and forth as a teenager, 20 years ago if you remember. that is still his best finish at an open championship. we should expect more, ranked the top five players in the world. he has won a major title but hasn‘t had the home success he would have dreamt of. he admits he is the one in control of his game, there are outside forces. -- no outside forces. i don‘t believe in superstition or anything, but i feel like i am playing well, i have great chances to win regularly. it is up

to me, not stats or records, it‘s just about me and playing this golf course and greeting my chance to win. i try not to look any deeper than that. the one-day event that ru ns than that. the one-day event that runs beside the tour to france, she was a long way behind going into last kilometre but produced an amazing finish on the finish line. she won the most prestigious women‘s road race on sunday and no ads this title for a second straight year. last year it was super nice. i think that this was a race. it is unbelievable. i still thought i was second. to win like this, i know that i am in good shape, but... she is also very good cyclist. it was a

really tough ride. rugby league news, winger ryan hall is to leave leeds rhinos at the end of the year leading the way for him to move to the australian team. it ends a 12 year spell at headingley, the director of rugby says he is disappointed to lose a player of that quality. the leicester tigers and england prop looks like he will be sidelined until the new year. she has undergone surgery on a knee problem picked up in the summer tour of south africa. that is all the sport for note. more freely the next hour. now on afternoon live: let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. peter levy is in hull where wine producers say 2018 could become the most productive year they‘ve ever had — thanks to the long dry spell.

we will hear about that in just a minute. and anna davis is in nottingham to tell us more about a 12—year—old boy who is aiming to be the youngest ever to cycle from john 0‘groats to lands end was given a send off by his fellow pupils today. first, wine from yorkshire, really? don‘t be so sudden, a typical southern remark. this is from near beverley. the art winemaker and graw of the year. ten acres of good yorkshire vineyards. the signs are it‘s going to be a bumper crop. they are growing as if it was in california. this is a growing industry. there are 750 commercial vineyards in the whole of the uk producing around 5 million bottles of wine a year. i know after the world cup that your fridge has taken

a hammering, much like your body. you can get a medium dry white 2016 from yorkshire for £9.|j you can get a medium dry white 2016 from yorkshire for £9. i don't know why and davis is laughing so much. i am watching her! i have answered the question already, it is the long, hot dry spell which is helping. they monitor the colour of the plants, the direct from above by a drone to assess how the grapes are doing ahead of the harvest. the hardest doesn‘t come until the autumn. already the signs are that things are very already the signs are that things are very good because yorkshire, like everyone else in the uk, has been basking in a heatwave for the last month. this is unit sergeant. the heat hasjust been fantastic for both the new plantings and the existing ones. we got off to a very slow start with a miserable winter. but this has made up for it and long may it continue. they had a bad winter, but things

have made up with the heatwave over the last few months. an interesting point as well, winemakers say that global warming is actually helping them, not just here global warming is actually helping them, notjust here in yorkshire but across the uk, to thrive. you‘re much threatened royal visit to the east yorkshire in the autumn and we can try some. it improves with age, the older we get the more we enjoy it. so i've heard. thank you. quit while you‘re behind. let‘s go over to add. whose idea was those that a young boy would say, an hundred miles? 988, lands end to john 0‘groats. even more than 900. it was all his idea. it is a lovely reason, his grandad, he died, and he went to

his grandad, he died, and he went to his father and we‘ve got some pictures of him cycling in front of his school friends, they are applauding him because he‘s going to start this on sunday. he went to his dad and said he‘s got a great idea, let‘s cycle 988 miles. i know his dad would make me saying this, i don‘t think cycling is in hisjeans, really. they‘ve embarked upon this massive training programme. they have gone every day to this boot camp kind ofjim and he and his dad are going to do it. and hopefully in less tha n are going to do it. and hopefully in less than 20 days. if they do it in less than 20 days. if they do it in less tha n less than 20 days. if they do it in less than 20 days. if they do it in less than 20 days, he will be the youngest person to ever have achieved that. if he isn't, we'll also hear about it. he is hoping to raise lots of money in the process. his aim is £10,000 for dementia uk. he‘s already raise six. we spoke to his headteacher and the school said he‘s done an assembly for all her

school friends, he‘s done some cake sales, he‘s done lots of sponsored events. £6,000 already, he hopes to get a £10,000 on his trip. he has had a practice. him and his dad went to skegness, i think that is 17a miles round trip. it‘s not quite up new 988, but i‘m sure do it. i want to tell you this because his school‘s model is a spire, endeavour and success, and his headteacher said he has certainly achieved nearly all of that. we wish him all the best. it happens on sunday. you will want to know next week what happens. we might be speaking again. thank you very much. peter leavey, talking about wine. we lost you there, what did you say? the a nswered there, what did you say? the answered your question is, no, i am cycling with you. i‘m never going to

ask you anything again. thank you both very much. we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at half past four hear an afternoon at half past four hear an afternoon live. let‘s get more on the situtation in the us, where president trump is planning to meet members of congress this following his summit with vladimir putin yesterday. speaking alongside the russian leader, mr trump contradicted the findings of his own intelligence services, which said moscow interfered in the 2016 presidential election. with me now are two journalists from across the pond who have been following trump‘s tour closely, krishnadev calamur, senior editor with the conservative magazine, the atlantic. and nick wadhams, foreign policy reporterfor bloomberg. nick, perhaps i could start with

you. he has faced very strong criticism, calls of treachery and treason but he has been tweeting today as though he‘s just been misreported. i think what you're seeing if the white house which is eager to move on from this episode as quickly as possible. he said he had a good meeting with nato despite the evidence with comments from essentially every needle country expressing shock and dismay at what the president said. it was an extraordinary press conference, one of the most extraordinary i‘ve ever seen of the most extraordinary i‘ve ever seenin of the most extraordinary i‘ve ever seen in 25 years ofjournalism, with the president was discounting the evidence of his own intelligence committee. you have seen republican leaders it almost unanimously condemning their own leader for his comments. what you‘re seeing is a

white house that would rather move on. the republicans may not let them. they are calling for a meeting next thursday with the secretary of state mike pompeo to ask what happened here, what is the us policy on russia and would we go from here. everyone is asking, we do we go from zero? it is a great question. you have a president who believes essentially validating the idea that russia meddled in this election it would undermine his own legitimacy. this is not something he wants to push hard on. ijust want to talk about what has been taken against donald trump, some of those we would not have previously expected to criticise so openly. we have heard from paul ryan, very strong comments on twitter last night from others. pa rt of

on twitter last night from others. part of the problem is that any traditional administration, part of the problem is that any traditionaladministration, if part of the problem is that any traditional administration, if the present media comment like this, you would have political fallout of the kind you are seeing them carry on for quite some time. we are now in a new cycle one controversy surrounds the other. we may have something in the other. we may have something in the next couple of days which makes us forget this happened. he may be relying on that, but that only works if things calmed down. every time he says something, it seems get worse. this is true. this is part of the reason you i this is true. this is part of the reason you | seen this is true. this is part of the reason you i seen the pushback. people like fox news are pushing back against the president's remarks about russia. i think the trouble is assessing how much trouble he is actually in. his support base amongst voters seems to be holding, we don't know if that's going to

change after this. because of america first? presumably. the president has made economic goals, his economic programme, i think a lot of his supporters believe he is doing the best thing for them. lot of his supporters believe he is doing the best thing for themm lot of his supporters believe he is doing the best thing for them. it is quite something, what a week. he‘s come over to europe, he‘s upset nato, he‘s interviewed on brexit as far as theresa may is concerned, he has made friends with vladimir putin ata time has made friends with vladimir putin at a time when everyone says he is the global enemy. that is not a bad few days work, is it? the thing which is most interesting is when you look at the actual policy what‘s been done by this government towards russia and nato, you can‘t really say it‘s not working. the statement from the nato summit was quite strong, it was quite a robust

statement and went in contradiction to everything president trump said. when you look at russia and the response from congress and the state department, russia is essentially sanctioned to be helped. there is nobody left to sanction russia. the movement is severely constrained. you have this incredibly bizarre situation where you have the president saying one thing that the policies are turning underneath the surface and outside his twitter feed is actually pretty robust towards russia. he has taken on his own intelligence agency, siding with the russian president, weirdos the investigation go now? what does robert mueller do? he's going to continue doing what he's doing, but ifi continue doing what he's doing, but if i may come back to something that just said. the thing with the trump administration is, what the president said yesterday standing next to president putin is no

different from things he has been saying on twitter for months now. the difference was that he was standing next to him and saying he has always said he doesn't believe them and rejects the idea russia interfered in the election because it questions the legitimacy of his election and he says the investigation has been a witchhunt. he reiterated that yesterday. there was really no change in what he said that he was standing next to putin saying it which made it more of a shock. the other thing i would say, him wanting that kind of tie with russia is one thing, as nick next point about the administration's own policies toward russia in terms of its hard of sanctions as well as congressional action on russia makes what he wants specifically on russia lyttle obligated to achieve. what he wants specifically on russia lyttle obligated to achievem what he wants specifically on russia lyttle obligated to achieve. it is difficult to know what to ask. he

has turned everything around to such a degree. you work in following foreign events. there isn‘t much he can do to surprise us any more, is there a? this one was pretty surprising. it was an extraordinary moment review had president putin articulating the us policy on ukraine and the illegality of russia‘s invasion of ukraine in a more robust way than president trump ha rd more robust way than president trump hard and then you had the president taking this soccer ball and throwing it to his own wife. viewing that from the side of the pond was pretty shattering. the final image of his senior advisers sitting in the front row, mike pompeo, john bolton, general kelly, all looking in different directions, i‘m willing to a p pa re ntly different directions, i‘m willing to apparently make eye contact or even look at their own president. a lot of people are asking, what happens

to them? particularly the ambassador to them? particularly the ambassador to russia, does he resign? his own daughter went to twitter yesterday and said that what she saw at that press co nfe re nce was and said that what she saw at that press conference was totally unacceptable. the speculation now is whether president trump went far enough to actually lead some of his most senior officials to leave their jobs. great to talk to you. thank you both very much. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. 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. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live.

uk unemployment remains at a.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. poundworld announces another a0 store closures, which will lead to 531 job losses. the discount retailer says the stores will close in a week‘s time. 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—claude juncker said the deal was a victory for free trade. more on that in a moment. unemployment figures. fewer people unemployed that the rate stays the same. the number of people

unemployed is less but the rate in terms of the overall percentage is the same. it is an impressive figure, a.2%, thejoint lowest since 1975. wage growth slipped slightly, it went from 2.8% to 2.7%, still higher than inflation but when you have got the bank of england decided on interest rates, they will look to wage growth as a key piece of economic data. it is always worth pointing out, we get criticised when we do this because it‘s the type of work people are taking. lots of people are on zero—hour contracts. it doesn‘t always reflect. the number of people in employment and the unemployment rate can be a bit different. we can talk more about this. joining me now from edinburgh is richard dunbar from aberdeen standard investments. that piece of data on wage growth is

quite key. do you think it‘s going to swing the bank of england next month or is it strong enough?” suspect it will not swing the decision that the investors are expecting a rise in interest rates. it has shown some persistence that slow rate of wage growth for various reasons, more people in the working population, the rise of part—time working and zero—hour contracts. those various factors have been persistent for the last few years, the last ten years. therefore wage growth is at a much lower level than what one might expect. let's move on to the trade deal between the european union and japan. it‘s incredibly significant. where does this leave britain when it comes to negotiating trade deals? japan clearly one of those countries it probably would have liked to have

constructed a trade deal with in the future. it is quite a contrast to what we've seen and discussed about trade over the past few weeks. it's encouraging that we are seeing two parties to a trade deal believing that free trade and an increase in trade is beneficial to all. those arguments about free trade being a good thing have been rather lost over the past few weeks and months. that is encouraging that are willing to negotiate on that basis. that should be encouraging from a uk basis. part of this transaction at the moment, ithink basis. part of this transaction at the moment, i think we should be happy there are those around the world to believe in free trade and believe it is beneficial to both parties. let's move on to a company story, talktalk, one of the biggest rises, quite a strong rise in its customer base. it it has also managed to reposition itself as a

budget broadband supplier. it‘s done very well. it has done well of late, it has been through the mill over the past few years, the shearers have gone up to £114 the past few years, the shearers have gone up to £1 1a today. the repositioning themselves, a much more focused company, a much narrower focus. we have added lots of customers, that adds to the a.2 million they've already got. it is a very competitive industry, there are some big players like bt and virgin media. it is encouraging talktalk have managed to navigate through the problems they've had in the past couple of years and are starting to see some light on the horizon and bring new customers and and hopefully make some profits. we will leave it there. thank you very much. talktalk the highest riser, it has dropped a little since this morning. those two companies at the bottom

countering brexit uncertainties we have seen reflected in the ftse100. we have seen it in positive territory. the uncertainty we have seen territory. the uncertainty we have seen to brexit negotiations haven‘t affected this. ok, thank you very much. carwynjones has been giving details of the welsh government‘s priorities for his last few months as first minister. he‘s been speaking during the annual statement in the senedd. it‘s the nearest thing the welsh assembly has to a queen‘s speech. mrjones is stepping down as of welsh labour leader in december, after eight years in office. let‘s cross over to cardiff and get more on this from bbc wales‘s political correspondent, dan davies. is he feeling that he‘s leaving the job with much still to do? he is setting the agenda, an assignment for his successor, whoever that will be, when he hands over the reins in december. carwyn be, when he hands over the reins in december. ca rwyn jones be, when he hands over the reins in december. carwynjones talked about

competing priorities today because the assembly, as with parliament, will see its workload increase possibly quite substantially as a result of brexit, no end of the european union laws and regulations to be right here. carwynjones says that must not interfere with the welsh government getting its programme through, that includes a ban on parents smacking their children, something they have talked about for years. there will be a new body to represent patients in the nhs and a new duty for health and social care services to front up and be transparent when things go wrong. possibly a big shake—up in local government. lots of that we‘ll have to wait for carwyn jones‘s successor, the new leader of welsh labour, whenever they are elected. we expect the reins to be handed overin we expect the reins to be handed over in december. as this was his last legislative statement, it was an opportunity for him to cast his eye back over the last eight years,

try and define his legacy. there has been a shadow over the worst government in recent months following the death of a cabinet minister. carwynjones wants to step out of that and talk about what he would say are his greatest hits, presumed consent in organ at donation for example and more protection for female victims of violence. inevitably, that invites complaints from the opposition that we‘d heard it all before. daniel, thank you very much. daniel davies they arejoining us thank you very much. daniel davies they are joining us from cardiff bay. that‘s it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at five with clive myrie. time for a look at the weather. here‘s darren bett. hello there. we‘ve all got a cooler, fresher feel to the weather today. westerly breeze coming in from the atlantic is bringing 19 across scotland and northern

ireland. lots of places will be dry but there will be some heavy showers across eastern scotland and north—east england, those that should fade away. any later showers decaying. becoming dry overnight with a clearer skies, a gentle westerly breeze bringing in a cooler fresher feel. temperature is westerly breeze bringing in a cooler fresherfeel. temperature is a co mforta ble fresherfeel. temperature is a comfortable eight or nine in rural areas, sitting at 1516 central london. most places tomorrow will start dry and sunny. the cloud tending to increase, spreading out, some showers, heavier ones for wales. many places still dry and temperatures rising, 22 in the central belt of scotland, 26 in the south—east. today at five, it‘s another gruelling day for theresa may

and her brexit plans. conservative remain mps are threatening to support legislation that could wreck her proposals. could a commons defat this evening mean the end of the chequers deal on brexit? we‘ll have the latest. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... the pro—brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined and referred to the police for breaking electoral rules during the referendum two years ago. after siding with valdimir putin over america‘s intelligence agencies, donald trump faces a tidal wave of criticism, including from the most senior republican in congress. not only did russia meddle with our elections, they‘re doing it around the world. they did it to france, they did it to moldova, they‘re doing it to the baltics. russia is trying to undermine democracy itself to delegitimise democracy.