this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at 11: the new brexit secretary travels to brussels for the first time today with a message that more needs to be done to reach an agreement. in the starting to step up some of those preparations, and some will be more publicly facing in the weeks and months ahead. and i am live in brussels as the european commission publishes its advice to the 27 eu countries on how to deal with brexit in case of no deal. it's being reported that police have identified several people directly involved in the novichok poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal. knife crime increases by 16% in the last year — but the overall number of police recorded crimes stabilises. also coming up... teeing off at the open in glorious conditions. the 147th open championship gets under way in scotland. and, up, up and away!

we travel to las vegas where a new flying car has been developed. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. it is thursday, july 19. the time has come to intensify negotiations with the european union. that's according to the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, as he prepares to travel to brussels for his first round of talks since taking overfrom david davis. mr raab will meet his opposite number michel barnier for formal talks this afternoon,

ahead of a getting—to—know—you dinner this evening. the meeting comes as the european commission publishes a report outlining how eu member states can prepare for the possibility of the uk leaving the bloc without a deal. meanwhile, there'll also be a first for theresa may this afternoon, when she visits the irish border for the first time since the referendum more than two years ago. well, dominic raab has also been facing mps in the commons this morning — the first time he's done so as brexit secretary. here's some of his exchange with his opposite number in the labour party, keir starmer. yesterday, the former brexit minister, the honourable memberfor wycombe, made a direct threat to the secretary of state that conservative mps on his wing of the party and not prepared to vote for any brexit deal that does not meet their demands. tony bonser white paper, he said that 40 tony bonser white paper, he said that a0 plus members the conservative benches, and i quote,

do not like this deal and are willing to vote in line with dislike. begins that, and without saying it is a great white paper, what evidence can the cemetery of state .2 to suggest that the white paper could command a majority in this house? —— the secretary of state. he seems more interested in doing the job of white whipping this side then coming up with a substantial proposals from his side. i have a white paper, we're going to brussels, we ought to unite the united kingdom, we're getting the best deal for this country and our european friends. let me follow one. given the threat that has been issued by the honourable member for wycombe, a burning question that the secretary of state is going to be asked again and again in this house, across the country, and i have no doubt, by michel barnier later today, is whether he personally is prepared to face down that threat. what is the a nswer to face down that threat. what is the answer to macro i would say to the honourable gentlemen, i am not

interested in the media circus or any of the drama. we have proper scrutiny in this house. we relentlessly and unflinchingly focus, and ensure our european partners will be the same, and narrowing the differences, exaggerating the positive, getting a win— win deal, good for this country and our friends. he should get behind this effort. well, as we've mentioned, the eu commission are publishing a report this morning with advice for eu organisations to plan for no—deal. for more on that we can speak to our correspondent, gavin lee. he is in brussels for us. good morning, gavin. ithink he is in brussels for us. good morning, gavin. i think some details have been leaking out in advance. tell us what you know. yes, i am checking the mobile just in case it is published as we are speaking, because it is due in minutes. this is basically the european commission's version of an in—flight crash landing manual. you hope you never have to see it, but you have to look at it first in case it ever comes to that. with the turbulence

of the moment, given the check agreement, the vision for brexit which led to two resignations and amendments in the vision for brexit which led to two resignations and amendments and has a commons as well, today, we have dominic krabbe, the new brexit secretary, entering the new brexit secretary, entering the stage. the same time, we have this advice from 27 european governments. this document is 15 pages, basically list the main things government should consider. first of all, aircraft. suddenly having problems with runways and landings because of systems of passenger rights, landing rights and databases not passenger rights, landing rights and data bases not being passenger rights, landing rights and databases not being able to access the british ones, to do with customs and comes to lorries on the borders in kentand and comes to lorries on the borders in kent and calais, and calais, and in holland as well, queues of people and lorries, that being problematic, and lorries, that being problematic, and when it comes to medicines as well, and galileo, the science satellite navigation system which britain is heavily invested in, that being moved from the uk. so how to deal with this? in raises three good exa m ples of deal with this? in raises three good examples of best in show, if you will, the dutch, the irish, the austrians, who has set up their own website so businesses can put in

detail to say, how will i be exposed to brexit? the dutch and irish roles are talking about hiring 1000 extra customs officials in the case of a no deal brexit. this document also sets out what to do if there is an agreement and the transition period, but i think the headline really is, given its advice, the word is that during this document, it says that this is not because they expect and there is mistrust with the british negotiators that there will be no agreement, but right now, even the little time that there is an sense of the negotiations, there has to be clear writing for eu leaders to say, your game, clear writing for eu leaders to say, yourgame, it is clear writing for eu leaders to say, your game, it is down to your government to set in place some contingency in case it comes to this scenario. so as so as so as dominic raab head into these time critical talks today, what you think he has do to convince michel barnier and the others that a deal can be achieved to his satisfaction in remaining time? here's a breath of fresh air in terms of somebody

new to the debate, given that david davis and michel barnier have dealt with each other for many years, they we re with each other for many years, they were both europe ministers that the french and british governments, so they knew each other, but talks were not always easy, and privately, many officials here in brussels criticised david davis, such as for spending only four hours of negotiating time with michel barnier this year. from the —— from the eu point of view, they want to see more of dominic raab, and get more of a sense of what the british position is, and given what has been happening in westminster, they will wa nt to happening in westminster, they will want to know his sense of how committed he will be to this process going forward. is it a coincidence these two things are happening on these two things are happening on the same day, be advised leaders on one hand, while dominic raab arise one hand, while dominic raab arise on the other? hard to say. you may well think that. i'd looked from the eu side, though. and you have been reporting of the last couple of years of eu's response to the twists and turns of the brexit discussions. with the publication of this paper, do you

have a sense that this is really the eu saying to the uk, look, we're taking this next step. we are prepared for this no deal scenario. is itan prepared for this no deal scenario. is it an attempt to put pressure on 01’ is it an attempt to put pressure on or simply is it an attempt to put pressure on orsimplya is it an attempt to put pressure on or simply a fact of the rte that the other countries how to prepare for this? in covering this comment travelling from different countries, i have been to four in the last month, and so officials as well, it feels on the side as it sought have never been as fragile as they are now, given that in one way, there is a clear vision forward, but given the turmoil that is creating, it is a particular key moment for dominic raab. aside from that as well, i think for the use side, they have run out of superlatives. they keep saying the clock is ticking, they wa nt saying the clock is ticking, they want deal by october, because there has to be an agreement, certainly from the eu side, with the european parliament, but also with the uk side as well through westminster. so they are putting a lot on this 0ctober summit, and given that we have somewhere in between, and time

off, we are told that negotiators will study working with each other in the meantime. what seems if you months ago —— what seems a few months ago —— what seems a few months away is actually a very short period of time. thank you very much, gavin. more from brussels throughout the programme. police are believed to have identified several suspected perpetrators of the novichok attack on the russian former spy sergei skripal, according to reports from the press association. the 66—year—old and his 33—year—old daughter yulia were attacked with the deadly nerve agent at their home in salisbury — both survived. 0fficers believe several russians were involved in the attempted murder and are looking for more than one suspect. let's speak to policing expert peter williams, from liverpooljohn moores university, whojoins us from merseyside. thank you very much for your time today, professor. tell us more about how this investigation will have

been proceeding to get at this point, because clearly, it is painstaking work. exactly. the whole investigation, or the pivotal part of it, will be friends are glad. at this particular stage, we are a couple of months down the line, and there will have been and will still be on going a lots of background work, if you like, in relation to piecing together what has actually happened, andi together what has actually happened, and i think there are two reasons for that. one is the normal criminal investigation processes of securing and preserving forensic evidence, which could be presented in court in a matter of months, or even years. and i think in relation to the potential peculiar or specific circumstances of this case, is that to give the senior investigating officer is a full picture of the context that actually relates to

this specific, rather unique, case. and can you give us some examples of similar investigations in the past that police might be referring to to help them this time round? well, i think in relation to what we are thinking about, we are looking at the method of the spot to a particular operation, the ammo, if you like, in policing jargon. the one which readily springs to mind in the last two years is the case of alexander litvinenko in 2006, —— the last few years, when there were a certain number of processes and key stages, which involved criminal justice system, where detectives from the metropolitan police were actually engaged in enquiries in another country. and of course, ultimately, the public enquiry, led by thejudge, vista ultimately, the public enquiry, led by the judge, vista justice 0wen, and that did not conclude until 2016. so that gives us an idea of

the gravity of the case that the detectives working on this case are actually faced with at the moment. the other case, of course, which springs to mind, which older viewers may remember, of course, was the poisoning on one of the bridges on london of the bbc world service reporter, bulgarian secret service georgi markov. but i think the litvinenko case of a few years ago will be the model that is being worked to, and the lessons learned from that will be very much learned in this current investigation. thank you very much for your time today, peter williams, lecturer liverpooljohns university. 0ur correspondent sarah campbell joins me now. sarah, let's take a step back to these initial reports this morning, detectives had identified perpetrators in the skripal poisoning case. what can you tell is

about that. these reports from the press association news agency. the police have not confirmed until asked, but this is what they are saying. they're saying their sources have told them that they have pieced together cctv from the original poisoning back in march, when surrogate skripal and his daughter yulia were poisoned. they say they have cross checked with people coming in and out of the uk at that time, and investigators have identified several suspects, and they are sure that they are russian. so just to they are sure that they are russian. sojust to remind ourselves, there have been for people so far who have come into contact with novichok. sergei and yulia skripal last month, and then charlie rowley and dawn stu rg ess, and then charlie rowley and dawn stu rgess, a and then charlie rowley and dawn sturgess, a mother who tragically died asa sturgess, a mother who tragically died as a result of coming into contact with novichok, and since then, there has been a huge police operation in salisbury in nearby amesbury to determine how novichok came to be in the area, and of

course, to determine how the people came into contact with it. what we have been told by them which is from the police, is that they are looking at a00 individual items and samples, and they have said that they believed dawn sturgess and charlie rowley ca m e believed dawn sturgess and charlie rowley came across a small bottle and novichok was in that, and that is how they came to be contaminated. so all focus is on how that bottle came to them. and there hasjust been a russian response to this reporter development. can you tell us reporter development. can you tell us what that is? exactly, one of our reporter spoke to the russian ambassador to the uk, and his response essentially is that these are reports in the media, we don't have an official statement until we hear it from scotland yard or from the foreign office. as we know, this has been a huge diplomatic incident for months now. the russians are very clear that they do not believe they had anything to do with this poisoning. the british government has been equally clear that they do believe there has been russian involvement, so this would clearly bea

involvement, so this would clearly be a very significant development if the police were able to say that there is definite connection with russia. and with regards to the death of dawn sturgess, and with regards to the death of dawn stu rgess, an and with regards to the death of dawn sturgess, an inquest is due to open today? indeed, and reallyjust to highlight the magnitude of this situation, of course, we know that sergei and yulia spent months in hospital but have now recovered, charlie rowley is believed to be recovering. he is able to talk to the police now, so able to give them some indication of what happened, how they came into contact with it. but as you say, dawn sturgess sadly passed away. a postmortem will be opened today. and let's not forget the people of salisbury and amesbury, who are living through this again, who are worried about sending their children out into local parks for fear that they might find a bottle of some substance. so there is huge pressure on the police to find out who dropped off this sample and whether there is any more. thank you very much, sarah campbell.

the time is 11:16 a:m.. the headlines on bbc news... the new brexit secretary travels to brussels for the first time today with a message that more needs to be done to reach an agreement. it's being reported that police have identified several people directly involved in the novichok poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal. russian officials say the uk has no proof of its involvement. knife crime increases by 16% in the last year — but the overall number of police recorded crimes stabilises. and in sport, the open is under way, and it has been a good start from the former masters champion danny willett. we understand that brazil's allison will have a medical liverpool today. liverpool have paid about 67 million for the keeper. and england's all—time try scorer, ryan hall, will leave leeds rhinos after six grand finals in more than

after six grand finals in more than a decade at the end of the super league season. he is going tojoin the sydney roosters. i will be back with more of stories for you in about 15 minutes. lord patten has said the bbc would be "crazy" to appeal a high court ruling which found its coverage of a police raid on the home of sir cliff richard breached his privacy. fran unsworth, the bbc‘s director of news and current affairs, apologised to sir cliff but said the case marked a significant shift against press freedom and an important principle around the public‘s right to know was at stake. the former chair of the bbc trust questioned the decision in an interview with newsnight. i hope it's not too damaging, but i don't think this is bbcjournalism at its best. this is not what a public service broadcasting should be doing, and i think that the decisions made by some very good people whom i'm very much respect in the bbc were wrong. it would be

crazy for the bbc, arguing that there is some principle of freedom of speech involved, to appeal this decision. i think they should swallow ha rd, say decision. i think they should swallow hard, say they made a mistake, and apologise they have to cliff richard, move on and not do it again. lord patten talking to emily makers. donald trump has now said that he holds vladimir putin personally responsible for russian interference in the 2016 us election. at a press conference on monday president trump seemed to put russia's denials above the conclusions of us intelligence agencies. he's since said he mis—spoke — suggesting no other us president has ever been tougher on russia. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler reports. when president trump shared a stage with vladimir putin in helsinki, to some within his republican party it appeared all too cosy, particularly as he seemed to side with the russian president over america's own intelligence agencies. now, after days of criticism, in an interview with america's cbs news, he has taken a deliberately tougher line. you say you agree with us

intelligence that russia meddled in the election in 2016. yeah, and i've said that before, jeff. i have said that numerous times before, and i would say that that is true, yeah. but you haven't condemned putin specifically. do you hold him personally responsible? well, iwould, because he's in charge of the country, just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happen in this country. so certainly as the leader of a country, you would have to hold him responsible, yes. after he returned to washington, the president claimed he misspoke when he said at that now notorious news conference in helsinki that he didn't see why russia would have been involved in electoral interference. on twitter, donald trump said some people simply hated the fact that he got along well with president putin, something which he called trump derangement syndrome. and, in reaching out to russia, the president is continuing to defend his own unique

style of diplomacy. more now on the latest developments in salisbury on the novichok poisoning. the inquest of dawn sturgess, who died in that poisoning has opened and adjourned in salisbury. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy is there for us. what was said, duncan? well, a few more details have come out about all of this. we learned that dawn was aa years old, single, and a resident of salisbury, and a mother of three. the coroner david ridley then went on to talk about the events that happened following her poisoning and that of charlie rowley on june 30. her poisoning and that of charlie rowley onjune 30. initially, the authorities thought both of them had been poisoned or contaminated by

controlled drugs. it was only when samples were sent after reporting down research centre that it became clear this was novichok nerve agent. —— the porton down research centre. it is said dawn died without ever regaining consciousness. some of her family were at her bedside. the coroner said also that a small glass bottle of fluid was found in july that well. we have learned from the police they did recover a small bottle from the home of charlie rowley, and this contained the novichok, but i don't think we have actually had it confirmed it was fluid inside that bottle. that was the word used by the coroner today. the coroner also said a postmortem examination was carried out on dawn stu rg ess a examination was carried out on dawn sturgess a couple of days ago, but that the cause of death has not been given yet. no conclusion yet, because further tests are being carried out. the coroner said there was no family present at the

inquest, and he adjourned the hearing until january of inquest, and he adjourned the hearing untiljanuary of next year. and, if you would, just your thoughts on these reports from the press association that detectives have identified the suspect in the novichok poisoning case of sergei and yulia skripal. have you heard nothing further? well, let's recap a bit about this. it began on the ath of march in the home of sergei skripal. we now know there was novichok on his door handle. they went to town 3—a hours later, became violently ill, and were admitted to hospital. that led to a huge police investigation in the past four months or so, including the police asking people for cctv footage to help them with their enquiries. fast and the forward, press association are saying that their sources are telling them that the police have married up some of this cctv footage, we know not where from, with people entering this country to

identify some suspects, plural. the press association are saying the police have used this cctv footage to identify the suspects, and that the police think several russians we re the police think several russians were involved. this is what the sources are telling the press association. they are not saying any names or anything like that. we ourselves have checked with the metropolitan police this morning, and they are not commenting on these reports by the press association. all they are saying is, this investigation is ongoing. they are not commenting about whether there are any number of suspects lined up, any names or whether arrests are imminent. nothing like that from the met. the sources are coming from the press association. separately, the russian ambassador has responded to these claims this morning. he said ina very these claims this morning. he said in a very short statement, the british investigators have no evidence of russian involvement in the script skripal poisoning. this

is what the russians are saying in response to these pa allegations this morning. thank you very much, duncan kennedy. the police watchdog is warning that there could be a rise in hate crimes after brexit — and that forces in england and wales already have "significant problems" in the way they handle the offences. it looked at how forces responded to allegations and found that often police took up to five days before they visited hate crime victims and in some cases didn't respond at all. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, with a warning that his report does contain some flashing images. hate crime comes in different forms. anti—semitic graffiti, like this. an arson attack on a garden shed owned by polish people. and white powder sent to a mosque. police guidance says hate crime should be treated as a priority. officers are meant to attend victims within an hour of an allegation being reported. but the inspectorate of constabulary found the police response is patchy, and in many cases not good enough. the report found too many hate

crimes were wrongly recorded. it took police an average of five days to visit victims in a0% of cases it looked at. and there were no visits to hate crime victims in over a third of the 180 cases examined in detail. it's important for victims of hate crime to be asked why it is that they think they've been victimised, so that it's identified from the outset. because if it is identified, it can then and it should then be flagged, and that in turn determines what service they receive. two years ago, there was a spike in hate crimes reported to police after the eu referendum. the inspectorate warns forces to prepare for a similar increase when britain formally leave the eu next march. the college of policing says, in light of the report, it is reviewing the training and guidance for officers on hate crime. the latest crime figures have been

released this morning. for more on what they reveal, danny shawjoins me now. danny, just give us some details about this crime survey, what it tells us? these are two sets of data. one from the police, offences that are reported to them and recorded by forces in england and wales for the 12 months up to april. and then also, a separate survey of people's experiences of crime. what the survey is saying is that overall, crime is fairly flat, fairly stable, if you look at the total number of fences. but when you look at the police figures in detail, at particular types of offences, we can see that violent crime and the violent crime that causes the most harm, is going up, continuing to increase. we see knife crime up16%, continuing to increase. we see knife crime up 16%, the mandate is confirmed by separate figures for

hospital admissions in england as well. wounds. and if you think about headlines and stories we have reported in the last few months, my crime has featured prominently, hasn't it? absolutely, so the data is confirming that increase. homicide, cases of murder and manslaughter, excluding the terrorist attacks, this was up. 701 killings in the last 12 months, that is 70 for more than the previous year, and the highest figure for a decade, very worrying statistic. we are also seeing rises in burglary, carcrime, and are also seeing rises in burglary, car crime, and also sexual offences up car crime, and also sexual offences up 2a%, continuing a long—term increase we have seen over the past four or five years. robberies, increase we have seen over the past four orfive years. robberies, big increase, 30%. some of that is due to differences in the way police record robberies, but there is also a genuine rise there. service is putting extra strain on the voice, more demand police forces, and we see today also the figures and please offer to numbers, 122,a00

offices in england and, that is down by 738 on year, and is the lowest figure since 1981. so, more crime is being recorded, fewer officers to do the investigation. and what is the former of those surveys you mention tell us about the number of cases that are actually being solved ? the number of cases that are actually being solved? yes, again, some separate figures from the home 0ffice some separate figures from the home office on detections, and really worrying news. what it shows is that the number of crimes which result in someone the number of crimes which result in someone being charged or summonsed is 996, someone being charged or summonsed is 9%, and that is down from 11% on the previous year, and down from 15% in 2015, when that kind of data was first compiled in this way. so those are first compiled in this way. so those a re offences first compiled in this way. so those are offences which are sold to the point of charge. of course, other offences dealt with differently, perhaps people being cautioned, and so on, given warnings, etc. but also

what we are seeing there is also falls in the number of cases which at acted, and that's really a concern, i think, for police forces, because it shows that cases are becoming more complex, more challenging, more sexual offences and so on, harder cases to solve, and so on, harder cases to solve, and there are also fewer officers to do the work. we are seeing now in the falling detection rates. there are big variations. for example, possessions of weapon offences, around a0% of those cases resulted ina charge, around a0% of those cases resulted in a charge, but then you get a rape allegation, just 3% result in summer being charged or summonsed. thank you for taking us through that. and we will be talking to the policing minister just that. and we will be talking to the policing ministerjust after 11:30pm. now, time for a look at the weather forecast. here is simon. plenty of dry weather across the uk today with some sunny spells for many of us. we start the morning with high—level cloud, making it hazy in places, but

the sun is now coming out. more and more blue skies, and this in argyll and bute shows a typical picture for many of us. there is afternoon, cloud will thicken across the north and west of scotland. 0utbreaks cloud will thicken across the north and west of scotland. outbreaks of rain starting to move in here. later in the day as well. we could season showers in north—western scotland, north—eastern england, but a finger david england and compared to yesterday. temperatures up to 25—28 across the south—east. fresher further north and west. through thursday evening, we see some rain spreading south and east would, quite a bit of rain initially pushing into northern england. eventually into wales. a warm and sticky nights down to the south—east, temperatures no lower than 17, but the rain across northern and western parts gradually moves his way into the midlands. it will break up into the afternoon, but showery rain likely on and off. staying quite cloudy in northern and western areas. towards the south—east, quite warm and humid with a chance of some heavy, perhaps under a showers in the afternoon.

more details on 25 minutes. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: brexit secretary dominic raab will hold his first talks with eu chief negotiator michel barnier in brussels today since taking the post earlier this month. police are thought to have identified the suspected attackers of sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia. they were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok in salisbury earlier this year. violent offences, including knife crime and murder, continue to rise — but the total number of crimes recorded by the police remains stable. scientists have warned that this years' unusually hot summer could be causing the high levels of dangerous toxic algae in british rivers and lakes. forget self—driving cars — could the cars of the future be flying? we're in las vegas to find out. sport now.

good afternoon. let's go straight to the open championship at carnoustie, where we find john watson. has anyone been making the most of the conditions? here to say it is eric van riney has a share of the lead, using the clubhouse on four under and he has really blitzed the field in the early stages of this championship. he has been a really impressive. let's ta ke he has been a really impressive. let's take a look at him. this was him making a birdie on the 15th. he played really well at the irish openth open, he has brought that form within hay to carnoustie. two birdies in his first two holes. he is in the clubhouse on four under. danny willett was surging forward as well. a birdie at the 1ath. as well as back—to—back birdies on the fourth, fifth, and the sick. his

form has dropped of late, best finish here in the open was tied for sixth back in 2015. years dropped way down the rankings from world number 92 well outside the world's top 300. hi number 92 well outside the world's top 300. i'lljust show you matthew southgate as well. years on two under currently. played really well also. in his opening round he made an eagle at the 1ath and this was his eagle at the sixth as well. matthew southgate tied for sixth here at the open last year. let's ta ke here at the open last year. let's take a look at the leaderboard. a number of big names still out on the course. two with a share on the lead of four under. 0ne course. two with a share on the lead of four under. one of four on three under at the moment. danny willett having dropped down the leaderboard on two under currently. more golf to come. rory macquarrie and tiger woods due to go out a little bit later on. thanks, john.

some news just coming to us in the last half an hour regarding lewis hamilton. he's signed a new two—year contract to stay at mercedes, and will earn £30 million a year, but that could rise to a0 million depending on bonuses. we understand liverpool's new and very expensive goalkeeper will have a medical today. they're paying £67 million for the roma goalkeeper, a new world record for a keeper. the brazilian has a great record in italy's top league and liverpool were desperate to find a replacement for lorius karius — who had a calamitous champions league final. allison, the name of the new keeper. ryan hall — known as one of the hardest men in super league...will leave leeds rhinos after more than a decade at the end of the season. england's all time leading try—scorer will join the sydney roosters in 2019.

hall won six grand finals and touched down 231 times during his time with the rhinos. england's shona mccallin says concussion could ruin her career. mccallin won't be playing at the hockey world cup which gets under way this weekend. the olympic gold medal winner is one of a number of players who have been affected by concussion. after she took a blow to the head playing argentina earlier this year. it feels a little bit like a hangover in handcuffs. i have had ankle, knee injuries, i can still go out for dinner. i can still go get a coffee. i can still go home, drive home for the weekend. and itjust ta kes home for the weekend. and itjust takes over your whole life. there have been times around being looking down and thinking there is no light at the end. concussion is relentless. there are times i think i going to be able to get back to have normal life and not even

thinking about playing hockey. if six months down the line i'm still not clear about, will have to make a decision. and stage 12 of the tour de france is under way, geraint thomas of wales is in the leader's yellowjersey, you can follow all the action on the bbc sport website. i'll have more for you in the next hour. a new survey suggests that only 16% of adults in england over 50 check the colour of their urine every time they go to the toilet. to encourage more checking, public health england is launching a national be clear on cancer campaign which highlights blood in urine as a key symptom of bladder and kidney cancers. ican i can talk to alison who has had bladder cancer. she is speaking from carlisle. also i'm joined by professorjulia verne, clinical lead for

public health england. alison, you are still dealing dealing with bladder cancer, and blood was one of the first sentence. but you did put off going to your doctor? yes, it was six months before i did anything about it. purely because i wasn't concerned because i thought it was the natural things that ladies go through. i hadn't heard of bladder cancer.- what point did you think i better go to my gp and ask about this? what point did you think i better go to my gp and ask about this7m what point did you think i better go to my gp and ask about this? it was about six months down the line. my husband by this time i been saying to me you really need to go and get this seemed too, because it isn't just going to go away by itself. and it was actually with him making me go that i went and saw about it. did she have the back of your mind at that point that this could be a symptom of cancer? at that point i did, but didn't think it would be related to the bladder, i thought it

would have been something related gynaecology glee. listening to alison's story, how common is that for people not to pay any attention to their you're in once they have been for a wee or to notice something but not perhaps think it is anything to go to their gp about? as we have seen from the statistics, it is common for people not to look at their you're in, both women and men. we are encouraging everyone especially over 50 to look at their you're in every time and if they see blood in their you're injust you're in every time and if they see blood in their you're in just wants to report to their gp. bladder cancer is to report to their gp. bladder cancer is common, to report to their gp. bladder cancer is common, it is the eighth commonest cancer in the country and kidney cancer is the seventh commonest. we know if it's diagnosed early, eight out of ten people will do survive five years, then only one out of ten. it is very important to get this early diagnosis. and this applies to anyone, whatever their

age, but over 50, that age group is the group you are particularly targeting with this look before you flush campaign. 0ther certain people at greater risk? smokers. and obesity is a risk factor for both cancers, but smoking is a main risk factor. we are targeting people over 50, because 90% of both cancers occur in people over 50%. but it do for women, sometimes they are worried if they see blood whether it's related to a gynaecological problem. but as woman passed the age of 50 and passed the menopause, that is less likely, so blood in p is very important. we encourage eve ryo ne very important. we encourage everyone to look every time and consult with their gp if they do see it. and that if there isjust ball at one time? or a period of time? tea bag blood just one time?

public—health england has shown about half of the people we questioned would go straightaway and we are encouraging them just once is enough. because the cancers don't bleed all the time, they sometimes bleed all the time, they sometimes bleed intermittently. so that is very important for anyone listening to realise. alison, tell us about how you're doing ourjob treatment? i've just completed a of bcg, immune therapy treatment, over a three—year period. this is offered 27 doses, but i actually went up 21, because i didn't do so well with it. so now i'm currently on six—month... the camarillo where they look into your bladder to see if there is any regrowth or changes. and i understand you are now a big supporter of the fight bladder cancer campaign you are trying to raise awareness of self. absolutely. ididn't raise awareness of self. absolutely.

i didn't know. and fortunately somebody else had put me in touch with support group called bladder cancer. and i was able to go there, speak to other people and realise that i wasn't the only person that didn't go out fast. but you really must go, as soon didn't go out fast. but you really must go, as soon as you see didn't go out fast. but you really must go, as soon as you see anything u ntowa rd must go, as soon as you see anything untoward is like that. and that is the important message, isn't it? there may be lots of innocent, hopefully benign reasons why there may be blood and somebody‘s during, but the key thing is to go get it checked out? there are lots of benign reasons, particularly in women, but it is really important to get it checked out. thank you very much. we wish you all the very best with your treatment, alison. now, we are going to tell you about

books. it's been a record year for british book sales according to new figures. sales of printed books have risen for the third year in a row, while sales of digital e—books fell. lizo mzimba reports. jamie 0liver‘s bestseller — 2017's most popular book. it helped the british publishing industry to achieve a record—breaking year. sales of printed books were up, with hardback fiction in particular seeing a big rise of almost a third, thanks in part to new thrillers from authors like dan brown, lee child, and shari lapena. readers fundamentally still value the printed word. publishers have invested a huge amount of time, effort, and resource into making sure that books are still really attractive, that people want to buy them, and also, that obviously they lend themselves very much to giving as gifts, as well. it is the third year in a row that physical book sales have increased,

while over the same period digital book sales have decreased, demonstrating that for the time being, fears from some that ebooks might soon replace traditional books appear to be unfounded. the income from audiobooks rose by 25%. but the biggest contributor to the latest record—breaking figures is international trade. most of the british publishing industry's income, some 60%, comes from overseas. physical book sales to australasia are up by 1a%, while sales to the rest of europe, the industry's biggest market, have increased to a figure approaching half a billion pounds. lizo mzimba, bbc news. ina in a moment we will have the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. the new brexit secretary travels to brussels for the first time today with a message that more needs to be

done to reach an agreement. it's being reported that police have identified several people directly involved in the novichok poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal. russian officials say the uk has no proof of its involvement. knife crime increases by 16% in the last year — but the overall number of police recorded crimes stabilises. i'm ben in the business news. no world cup boost for retail sales as they drop 0.5% injune compared with may. so — footfall isn't coming home either. the markets react with the pound falling to its lowest level against the dollar since september after the figures are announced. more on that in a moment. businesses in the uk and europe are being advised to step up their contingency plans for britain potentially leaving the eu without a deal. the european commission and the uk government are warning of the need to minimise possible disruption.

this is as the new brexit secretary dominic raab meets the eu's chief negotiator in brussels. and a sharp drop in profits for sports direct. annual profits fell to just over £77 million compared to £281 million a year ago. the drop in value of its stake in debenhams was partly to blame. sports direct currently owns almost 30% of the struggling department store, and took an £85 million hit over the year. sterling has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar in ten months. this is after the office for national statistics announced that retail sales fell 0.5% injune. analysts were expecting a rise of 0.2%, but it appears the high street didn't receive a boost from either the world cup or the heatwave we have been experiencing. however, the retail spending picture is less gloomy if you look at the last quarter. sales are up 2.1% in the period between april to june. i'm nowjoined from nottingham

by clare bailey, who's an independent retail analyst. goody have you with us. which figures be put more store by? monthly or the quarterly figure?|j think monthly or the quarterly figure?” think if we look back to over three yea rs think if we look back to over three years ago, we have got very strong performance. the strongest performance. the strongest performance seen performance. the strongest performance seen since i think fabry 2015. if we look back over even a longer time. and long runner at looking at the entirety of the retail estate, where a number of the non—food environments have suffered, we need to look more closely at the positive figures seen in the food and drink sector which did have a great uplift as a result of increased tendency to barbecue products and celebratory drinks for example. so i think the supermarkets and the food retail sector are probably celebrating and they have had some footfall coming home. but

the rest of the market is still a little bit down. which is typical, when the weather is good. because actually people tend to prefer to go out and socialise to casual dining or spending time at home in the garden. so diy may well have seen him booze and perhaps fashion footwear and what you might not really go out shopping for when the sun is shining, may have seen a drop. so why has there been this real focus on this monthly figure? we have seen the effect on styling, the pound falling out a result. but in most part because people now think an august rate height by the bank of england is less likely as a result of these figures. june was anticipated to be better than it was. honestly the food and drink centre, june was very buoyant, but because the weather has been continuously good, in a way, that does impact and has potentially pull down the forecast. so the fact that there was optimism, that has borne

through, it is more likely to the disappointment in the figures. the figures aren't that bad, really. and what i find most encouraging is that we may hear people saying the internet is killing the high street, the retail is struggling because of the retail is struggling because of the internet. but actually internet stair sales have remained constant at only 80% of all retail sales. which gives us some hope for the high streets and town centres. they still the support 82% of all retail sales. what we have also seen if there is honestly an element to cost price inflation coming through now. because the total sales volumes are slightly down, whereas the sales values... there's little effect. thank you. the energy giant sse has blamed the hot weather for lower than expected profits.

it says the warm weather affected its wind turbines, which meant it first quarter profits were £80 million less than originally forecast. sse's shares were 3% lower in trading. the uk's publishing industry has warned that brexit could damage its record—breaking export business. the warning came as the industry body reported record sales of £5.7 billion in 2017, up 5% on the previous year. last year 36% of its exports were shipped to the european union, making it the largest market for uk books. the supermarket morrisons is planning to introduce a weekly "quieter hour" for autistic shoppers who struggle with music and noise. it will dim lights, turn music off, avoid using the tannoy and turn down check—out beeps on saturdays from 09:00 to 10:00. the national autistic society says it is a "step in the right direction". let's have a look at the markets: the ftse is up reversing earlier

slight losses after a retail sales growth injune rose less than expected, depressing the pound and supporting shares in export oriented companies. unilever lagged other internationally exposed stocks after the consumer goods maker reported lower—than—expected second quarter sales, hurt by a brazilian transport strike and weak pricing, although profits beat expectations on higher margins. that's all the business news. a new survey says up to a third of plastic packaging used in supermarkets is very difficult to recycle, or can't be recycled at all. the consumer watchdog which? found 29% of packaging is likely to go to landfill and wants simple recycling labels to be made compulsory. it found that lidl had the lowest proportion of easily recyclable packaging. nikki stopford is director of research and publishing at which? needy, thanks for coming along to

talk to us. tell us more about the details you found in the survey? we wa nted details you found in the survey? we wanted to find out how easy supermarkets are making it for consumers to recycle. we ordered 27 own brand products from ten of the biggest supermarkets and we unwrap those products, weighed them and analyse the packaging to see how easy it was to recycle. we found some really consistencies in that. some supermarkets are doing better than others. in times of kerb—side recycling which is the most easy way to recycle, at the top of the table was morrisons with 81% of its packaging that could be easily recycled. at the bottom of the table was little, the only 71% of the material used could easily be recycled. and there are two key things you want to happen. you want the material in the first instance to be more easily recyclable, but you also think the government needs to make this mandatory. what about volu nta ry to make this mandatory. what about voluntary schemes? aren't they doing

enough? orjust not quickly enough? 0ne enough? orjust not quickly enough? one of the things we found in the survey was not just one of the things we found in the survey was notjust inconsistency and amount of material that could be easily recycled, but we always so found huge inconsistencies in labelling. so labelling was inconsistent across products, sometimes it was missing altogether and sometimes it was wrong. when our expert panel looked at and analyse those products. we do want the government and many factories to act now to bring about more consistent labelling and to make the compulsory. what at the supermarket ‘s been saying in response to a survey at which? i should say that supermarkets have responded very well. all of them have introduced initiatives and most of them are signed up to the uk's plastic packed which claims it will reduce non—recyclable packaging by 100% by 2025. but some supermarkets are clearly doing more than other supermarkets. some initiatives are really great. for example, morrisons

and waitrose allow customers to go in with their own containers, so they can fill it up with meat or fish products. but not everybody is doing everything consistently. which? keeping up the pressure on plastic. thank you very much. now — if you are the co—founder of google and worth 50 billion dollars — what do you spend your money on? how about flying cars? kitty hawk is a start—up company backed by google's larry page — they invited our technology reporter dave lee to their test site outside las vegas. (tx next) (tx) here it is, the kitty hawk flyer. it is very, simple, just two controls, one for altitude and buffer direction. around me, you will see ten preparers and motors that keep this thing in the air. i guess you could say it is basically a big

drone that a human being can fit in. right now they limit the speed to around six miles an hour. the battery life will keep it going for around 20 minutes. all of that will improve in time, it won't go faster right now, but just improve in time, it won't go faster right now, butjust to be caught as they are keeping it at six miles an hour. in terms of when you can get one of these, the company is taking pre—orders right now. they went alice fabi how much it is going to cost, but they say it is going to be comparable to a high and electric car. so tens of thousands of dollars, i guess you could say. what we are sitting in, many people would think is a glimpse of the future. they say their goal is to eliminate traffic and that is the goal at the many can get behind, whether it will be in one of these, that remains to be in one of these, that remains to be seen, but it is certainly a very interesting, futuristic concept. tv reporting. from flying past to big planes.

what looks like a giant flying whale has made its first flight. airbus's beluga xl transporterjet took off from toulouse a little earlier and it's one of the biggest of its kind in the world. the maiden flight marks the start of months of testing. it's due into service next year. take a look at these pictures from st ives, in cornwall. a blue shark measuring almost three metres was filmed in a harbour there. two teenagers shot this video showing it close to shore. blue sharks rarely bite humans but swimmers have been told to stay out of the water. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we'll say goodbye to viewers on bbc2. first we leave you with a look at the weather. we started off this morning with a fairamount of we started off this morning with a fair amount of cloud, but it tended to break up and there are some sunny spells out there at the moment. this

is just spells out there at the moment. this isjust one of spells out there at the moment. this is just one of our weather watchers. from earlier on medium to high level cloud, but breaking out as you can see in shropshire here, some blue skies. let's let's look at the satellite images, the medium level cloud came up from the south west, turning and clearing away. this next area of cloud in the atlantic. this isa area of cloud in the atlantic. this is a weather front, bringing some rain from the far north into the west. it is going to remain largely dry. the heat builds up a degree for injured and wales. a much warmer day compared to yesterday. temperature into the mid to high 20s. a bit fresher further north. that is because you have that thick cloud and then rain moving in. tonight, the rain will continue to push its way further south and east words. but for much of england and wales, it will remain dry, quite muddy and

one, across the south—east. no lower than 16 celsius friday morning. let's concentrate on the rain. it pushes south—eastward, breaking up on this band of rain. giving some showers into the afternoon, pushing its way into midlands. behind that every of rain it stays cloudy, perhaps a bit drizzly. a bit fresher as well. but in the south east, still quite warm and humid and the chance of heavy, thundery showers. that weather front moves the way into the weekend, high pressure in that atlantic has the influence, but you can see a lot of cloud spilling in on top of that area of high pressure. you may see quite a bit of cloud on saturday, maybe even the odd shower. but the emphasis for the weekend is dry on saturday, some sunny spells, temperatures 23 to 26 celsius. a bit cooler and temperatures about 18 to 21 further north. sunday, some cloud spilling

in towards northern and western areas with outbreaks of rain. the driest and brightest weather down towards the south, where temperatures will start to pick up again. it is set to get even hotter as we go into next week. that's it for me stop you buy. this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at midday: the new brexit secretary is heading to brussels with a message that more needs to be done to reach an agreement. we will be starting to step up some of those preparations, and some of that will become more publicly facing in the weeks and months ahead. meanwhile, the european commission publishes a report on contingency plans for eu member states in case of a no—deal on brexit. an inquest into the death of dawn sturgess, who died

as a result of novichok poisoning in amesbury, hears she never regained conciousness after she fell ill. meanwhile, there are reports that police are "believed" to have identified those directly involved in the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal — russia denies any involvement. knife crime increases by 16% in the last year, and the overall number of police recorded crimes stabilises after falling for years. also coming up...teeing off at the open in glorious conditions. the 1a7th open championship gets under way in scotland, with britain'sjustin rose and defending champion jordan spieth in action. and, up, up and away! we travel to las vegas where a new flying car has been developed by google. good morning.

it's thursday, july 17. good afternoon. it's thursday, july 17. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the time has come to intensify negotiations with the european union. that's according to the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, as he prepares to travel to brussels for his first round of talks since taking overfrom david davis. mr raab will meet his opposite number michel barnier for formal talks this afternoon, ahead of a getting—to—know—you dinner this evening. the meeting comes as the european commission publishes a report, outlining how eu member states can prepare for the possibility of the uk leaving the bloc without a deal. meanwhile, there'll also be a first for theresa may this afternoon, when she visits the irish border for the first time

since the referendum more than two years ago. dominic raab has also been facing mps in the house of commons this morning, the first time he has done so as morning, the first time he has done so as brexit secretary. here is some of this exchange with his opposite number in the labour party, keir starmer. yesterday, the former brexit minister, the honourable member for wycombe, made a direct threat to the secretary of state that conservative mps on his wing of the party and not prepared of the party are not prepared to vote for any brexit deal that does not meet their demands. talking about the white paper, he said that a0 plus members on the conservative benches, and i quote, do not like this deal and are willing to vote in line with dislike. against that threat, and without just saying it is a great white paper, what evidence can the secretary of state point to to suggest

that the white paper could command a majority in this house? he seems more interested in doing the job of white whipping this side then coming up with a substantial proposals from his side. i have a white paper, we're going to brussels, we ought to unite the united kingdom, we're getting the best deal for this country and our european friends. let me follow on. given the threat that has been issued by the honourable member for wycombe, a burning question that the secretary of state is going to be asked again and again in this house, across the country, and i have no doubt, by michel barnier later today, is whether he personally is prepared to face down that threat. what is the answer? i would say to the honourable gentlemen, i am not interested in the media circus or any of the drama. we have proper scrutiny in this house. we are relentlessly and unflinchingly focused on, and i'm sure our european partners will be the same, is narrowing the differences, exaggerating the positive, getting a win—win deal,

good for this country and our friends. he should get behind this effort. well as we've mentioned the eu commission have just published a report with advice for eu organisations to plan for no—deal. for more on that we can speak to our correspondent, gavin lee. (05) obviously some of the details of that report had been leaking out, but now you have had a chance to have a look at the actual document, what can you tell us? welcome here it is, 16 page guide, basically a how—to guide to cope on what is, in the view of the, the worst case scenario, no agreement, no deal on brexit, so britain drops out of the eu under wto rules. and so out of the eu under wto rules. and so it is in two parts, and circulated to all 27 members who remain in the eu after brexit and to the eu institutions. they happen working on a months, we are told. the first part looks at if britain did geta the first part looks at if britain did get a deal on how to cope that two—year transition views, but then into detail about what f britton at dallas has this cliff edge brexit, and covers areas like customs,

aviation, pharmaceuticals, medicines, the problems for, for example, when britain spends millions on the galileo space project which is the rival for the sat nav system, saying that britain could not be trusted any more with this system, people and businesses would have to move away. they going toa would have to move away. they going to a little bit more detail when it comes to being prepared, not in an theory sounds at the moment, where people on the ground don't really get a sense of how crucial these talks are, but suddenly, if there are larry queues at the borders, if planes have disruption with aviation issues because a passenger records as well, and it is saying getting your act together now, because while it is not probable, it is certainly possible. it briefly highlight the dutch an irish, saying that they really are the best insured when it comes to preparing. both governments are talking about bringing in 1000 extra customs officials to deal with extra customs officials to deal with extra potential border issues. it says at the bottom of the statement, it this is not about mistrust and believing they will not be a deal. they are absolutely preparing for the possibility. thank you very much.

and later this afternoon, theresa may will make a first visit to the irish border since the referendum, as we mentioned. our ireland correspondent chris page joins us from belfast. what will she hope to achieve from this visit? who will she be meeting? well, she will be meeting the people who are in many ways on the brexit front line, local business people who trade, travel, work cross the border. most of them every single day. at the moment, there are no barriers at all for them, they just tried there are no barriers at all for them, theyjust tried across the border, there are no passport checks, immigration controls or customs checks, nothing like that. the conundrum at the centre of these brexit negotiations is that all sides, the eu and the uk do want very much the border to remain in that state, but they disagree as to how that can be achieved. so i think what theresa may will do, she will try to make a strong pitch that the government's white paper and brexit, the latest proposals on the water, will unlock the deadlock that there will unlock the deadlock that there will be enough confidence that the

border will remain frictionless as it is at the moment, but the major problem is this issue around the backstop, it is britain's preference that this border issue assault by sunday, overarching free—trade agreement, but according to the eu, there needs to be some safety net, some backstop arrangement that will ensure there are no border controls if all else fails. the eu one that happened by northern ireland remaining in the customs union and large part of the single market, but not the rest of the uk. to the uk government, that is not acceptable, because it would mean it would be some credit trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, thus endangering the union, and in particular, concerning the conservative party's allies in parliament, the democratic unionist party. so the negotiating focus at the moment is very much on that backstop issue, and that in the short—term will be what the government's priority is. two people in northern ireland, particularly along the border, what do they make

of the timing of this visit by theresa may, and would they have liked to have seen visit that such a senior level more talent, more of those and happening sooner? well, the last time theresa may came here, she came in march. she went to the north of county down, the town of bangor, where her parliamentary allies, the dup pretty popular. he was criticised then why some people for not going to the border. this is the first time she has been to the border region since the eu referendum, yes, there are people saying, she should have done this much earlier, given that massive issueit much earlier, given that massive issue it has become in negotiations. she and had some criticism of the former brexit secretary, david davis, who did visit the border number of weeks ago, but nobody, the press, certainly, were not going to find out in advance. so that passed under the radar until it had actually happened. so while people will criticise the premise ministers are not making this sort of visit sooner, there is, i think a degree of gladness that she is finally coming, but certainly, given that

the border is a very difficult political issue here as well as an economic one, i am not sure everybody will buy the vision that theresa may sets out for the future of northern ireland after brexit. thank you very much, chris page in belfast. the russian ambassador to the uk say police have no evidence of his country being involved in the poisoning of sergei skripal in salisbury. the press association says police are believed to have identified russian suspect. earlier, the inquest into the poisoning victim has been we learned that dawn was aa years old, she was single, residents of salisbury, the mother of three. the coroner then went on to talk about the events that happened following her poisoning and that rowley on june

following her poisoning and that rowley onjune 30 30. initially, authorities thought both of them had been poisoned or contaminated by controlled drugs. it was only when samples were sent to the porton down research centre that it became clear this was novichok nerve agent. the coroner today said that dawn died without ever regaining consciousness. herfamily without ever regaining consciousness. her family were at her bedside, some members of her family. the coroner also said that a small glass bottle of fluid was found on the 12th ofjuly. we have learned from the police that they did recover a small bottle from the home of charlie rowley, and that this did contain novichok, but i don't think we have actually had it confirmed it was fluid inside that bottle. that was the word used by the coroner today. the coroner also said a postmortem examination was carried out a couple of days ago, but the cause of that death, dawn stu rg ess, but the cause of that death, dawn stu rgess, has but the cause of that death, dawn sturgess, has not been given yet, because further tests are being carried out. the coroner said there

was no family present at the inquest. he adjourned the hearing until next january. and just your thoughts as well, if you would, on these reports from the press association the detectives have identified the suspects in the novichok poisoning case of sergei and yulia skripal? have you heard anything further? well, let's reca ptu re anything further? well, let's recapture little bit on this. it began on the ath of march at the home of sergei skripal. there was novichok on his door handle, we now know. they went into town, and three orfour hours later, know. they went into town, and three or four hours later, became violently ill and were admitted to hospital. that led to a huge police investigation of the last four months or so, including the police asking people for cctv footage to help them with their enquiries. fast forward now, and the press association are saying their sources are telling them to the police have married up some of this cctv footage. we know not where from, but

people entering this country to identify some suspects, suspects floral. the press association are saying the police have used cctv footage to identify the suspects, and that they think that several russians were involved. this is what the sources are telling the press association. they're not saying any names or anything about. we ourselves have checked with the metropolitan police this morning, and they are not commenting on these reports by the press association. all they are saying is, the investigation is ongoing. not commenting on the number of suspects lined up, if any arrests are imminent, nothing like that. these sources are coming through the press association. separately, the russian ambassador has responded to these claims this morning. he said in a very short statement, the british investigators have no evidence of russian involvement in the skripal poisoning. that is the latest from

here in salisbury and also, what the russians are saying in response to these pa allegations this morning. duncan kennedy talking to me earlier. let's now hearfrom duncan kennedy talking to me earlier. let's now hear from the russian ambassador to the uk, who spoke to our moscow correspondent about those reports that police believe they could have identified suspects related to the novichok poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal. what is your reaction to the news that the suspects have been identified and that reportedly they are russians? you want in english? well, these are the reports of the media. unfortunately, we do not have official statements of the british side. i want to hear that from scotland yard from the foreign office. a loss of versions that we here in the newspapers, they are not supported by the statements of the foreign office. —— a lot of versions. every time we read a new versions. every time we read a new version in the british newspapers, we are asking the foreign office to

confirm or not, to confirm whether it is true or not. on most of our notes, we did not receive any replies, so for me, the statement of scotland yard is an official statement. so we are looking forward to getting this information from the british authorities, not from the media, with all my respect to the media. as the new british foreign secretary got in touch with you? not yet, but i got a letter from mr alan duncan, and i was told by my people from the embassy, and i am planning to ask for a meeting with mr hunt. i will be happy to brief him on the major directions of russian foreign policy, and then i would like to discuss with him the russian— british relationship, and of course, the skripal case. and that was the russian ambassador to the uk. lord patten has said the bbc would be "crazy" to appeal a high court ruling which found its coverage of a police raid on the home of sir cliff richard breached his privacy. fran unsworth, the bbc‘s director of news and current affairs, apologised to sir cliff but said

the case marked a significant shift against press freedom and an important principle around the public‘s right to know was at stake. the former chair of the bbc trust questioned the decision in an interview with newsnight. i hope it's not too damaging, but i don't think this is bbc journalism at its best. this is not what a public service broadcaster should be doing, and i think that the decisions made by some very good people whom i'm very much respect in the bbc were wrong. it would be crazy for the bbc, arguing that there is some principle of freedom of speech involved, to appeal this decision. i think they should swallow hard, say they made a mistake, and apologise they have to cliff richard, move on and not do it again. lord patten talking to emily maitlis. the headlines on bbc news... the new brexit secretary travels to brussels for the first time today —

with a message that more needs to be done to reach an agreement. it's being reported that police believe they've identified several people directly involved in the novichok poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal. russian officials say the uk has no proof of its involvement. knife crime increases by 16% in the last year — but the overall number of police recorded crimes stabilises. the foursome sport. the late is now, with holly. hello there. we would go immediately to the open championship at carnoustie, where will find john watson. unusually weather up there. not usually known for its whether. who has been making the most of the conditions? yes, a beautiful day on the opening day of these championships, as you say, holly. eric van moyano has been setting the pace in the early stages. he is the clubhouse leader currently on four under par. he made

a superb birdies on the 15th, the 11th, and three more as well in that round. he is an four under par. u nfortu nately round. he is an four under par. unfortunately bogeyed the last. he is not leading at the moment. we will touch on the leaderboard, but worth pointing out, danny willett, former masters champion, is also in the clubhouse on two under par. he bogeyed the first and unfortunately the last as well, but five birdies in that round as well. matthew selt gate welcome also want to macro under par. a superb performance for him with two eagles on the sixth and 1ath. let's take a look at the leaderboard. kevin kisner of the united states at the moment on five under par. then we can see that eric van lien on four under, one of three currently four under, patrick kammy, danny willett, as we can see on two under, one of ten on two under par, justin rose, out of the field at the moment. he is level par. worth pointing out we will see tommy fleetwood as well, the world number

ten. you will go out in the next ten minutes or so, ten. you will go out in the next ten minutes orso, and ten. you will go out in the next ten minutes or so, and within the hour, rory mcilroy as well will get his open championship under way. how he would love to be a contender again for another open title come sunday. absolutely, and looking competent as well. thank you, john watson in carnoustie. the news just coming to listen the last hour regarding lewis hamilton. he has signed a new two—year contract he has signed a new two—year co ntra ct to he has signed a new two—year contract to stay at mercedes will earn £30 million a year, which could rise to a0 million, depending on bonuses. and we understand liverpool's new and expensive goalkeeper will have a medical today. they are paying £67 million for the roma goalkeeper allison, a new world record for a keeper. the brazilian has a great record in italy's topley, liverpool were desperate to find a replacement for their keeper, who had a calamitous champions league final. —— italy top league. now, ryan gauld, known as of the ha rd est now, ryan gauld, known as of the hardest men in super league to

start, will leave leeds rhinos after more than a decade at the end of the season. england's all—time leading try scorer willjoin the sydney roosters in the nrl in 2019. he won six grand finals in touch down 231 times during his time with the rhinos. and finally, staged well of the tour de france is under way. geraint thomas of wales is in the leader's yellow jersey. you can thomas of wales is in the leader's yellowjersey. you can of course follow what the bbc‘s sport website. chris mitchell will be back in the next hour. holly, thank you very much. official figures show that crimes recorded by police in england and wales have increased by 11% during the year to the end of march. knife crime has gone up by 16% and homicides by 12%, but offences involving guns are down. a separate crime survey for england and wales suggests overall crime levels have stabilised after falling for years. we can talk now to the policing minister, nick hurd, who is in westminster. very good afternoon to you, thanks

for joining very good afternoon to you, thanks forjoining us. so the knife crime figures we have quoted, up 16%. the murder rate, the highest in a decade. sexual offences, 2a%, and a big fall in the number of cases solved. this must all be of great concern to you? well, the national statistics show that your chance of being convicted in modern britain of crime remain low, but, and it is a big but, we are all deeply concerned about the rise in violent crime, the worst we have seen about the rise in violent crime, the worst we have seen in a decade, and i think the public want to know, what are you doing about it you matter what we're doing about it is getting under the we made in a strategy in april, combining more powers for the police, because you need robust law enforcement, including new powers making it harder to buy and possess the most dangerous weapons, new support to help them with the running of drugs outside major cities, but we need to balance robust law enforcement with

community—based interventions designed to protect people entering courage them, steer them, way from violence, our strategy combines both those almonds with public money behind it. —— both those elements. so new powers and new strategies, but with police officer numbers down 738 on the previous year, isn't very simple logic that if police opposite numbers are down, and the number of crimes solved all leading to charges or summonses is also down by 9%, then you need more officers to reverse that trend? well, last year, i spoke to every single police force in england and wales, and those conversations persuaded me very clearly that demand on our pulley system has risen and got a lot more complex, and they need support from us, the taxpayer. —— our police system. that is why we have taken steps to put additional investment into the british system, an additional £a60 million this year. it means of the

country where investing more than £1 billion more than three years ago. up—and—down police leaders are using that additional investment to recruit more officers. i am sitting here talking to you in london, where they are recruiting an additional 500 officers, and they are targeting their resources more directly at the hotspots where this violence is most concentrated, and as i heard yesterday, the number of arrests in those areas are rising, the number of homicides is falling. do you put that down to the downward trend in police numbers, and can that be reversed by the time we get the next survey? well, they have basically stabilised and study 16, and what i can see that up and down the country, kent is recruiting an additional 200 officers, essex another 150, here in london, another 500, up in nottingham, another 100 or so. 500, up in nottingham, another 100 or so. what i can see is police

leaders, and it is their decision how they use the additional resources we are taxpayers give them, but we see them using that additional money to recruit additional money to recruit additional officers, and i think that would be welcome in those communities. but police officer levels are at the lowest level since 1981. you think the sort of levels there would numbers we're talking about there, if those recruitment levels are in place and those officers are out on the streets trained, do you think that is adequate to cope with the threat that the public faces from various types of crime at the moment? if we focuses on the crime as people are concerned about, the serious violence which is so unsettling and devastating for communities affected, while i'm observing here in london as the police using their existing resources , police using their existing resources, never mind the ones they are recruiting more effectively, to target the hotspots, and what the police leadership reported to me yesterday was that arrests were going up, homicides going down. we're normally complacent about that, and may have a very difficult

summer, but as the policing minister, i am determined that the police have the support and resources they need, both through the additional investment i don't about, but also to the new powers they need to disrupt this violent crime and make it, as i said, even harderfor people to crime and make it, as i said, even harder for people to buy and possess the dangerous weapons that underpin this scourge of violence. the worst we have seen in a decade, which we all want to see the end. we have done it before ten years ago, and are determined to do it again. very briefly, if i may, this report talks about stabilising crime figures. if the figures were stabilising after yea rs of the figures were stabilising after years of rising crime, that would be a good thing, but it talked about stabilising after years of falling crime. so that must be a concern to you? well, we have seen, and i'm sure everyone will welcome the fact that we have seen, crime in terms of people's experience of crime for persistently for many years. as you said, it has stabilised now, and the

bottom line, as the statisticians made very clear in their report, is that your chances of being a victim of crime in modern britain remain very low. we are not remotely complacent about this, because public safety has got to be our number one priority, and that, as i said, is why we have taken the steps we have taken to give additional support to the police, plus the additional steps we are taking in the context of bearing down on the scourge of serious violence, to do more to invest in communities, to support community—based interventions that protect and support, and trying to diverging people from this devastating violence. nick hurd mp, policing minister, thank you very much for that. let's speak now to the criminologist dr marian fitzgerald. thank you for your time as well today. what you make of all these figures i have just today. what you make of all these figures i havejust discussed today. what you make of all these figures i have just discussed with the policing minister? well, i would like to discuss the figures, which is what only four, but something major is missing from

this discussion, and that is the understanding the demands from crime account for maybe less than 20% of all demands of the police, and one thing not being taken into account is, the demands on police officers on the front line with the absence other services. two years ago, i spent time on the front line on a busy friday night in the highest crime area of one of our major cities, and the first half of the shift of the officers i was with was taken up with a boy that had nobody in charge of him at home and they thought they might have to take him into protective custody, they could not get hold of social services, and then an old lady who neighbours were concerned about who was confused, who needed to go to hospital. it has had to be secured because we had to break in. an ambulance could not come because she was not suffering from anything life—threatening. that was for another four hours. police office rs was for another four hours. police officers were called coming in all time. they had to take her to hospital, and their side was

ordering them back on duty, but if they had left her, she wouldn't have known where she was, and nobody would have known why she was there. so these are the demands nobody is talking about which add to the demands which detract, whatever the numbers, from being able to deal with the demands of rising crime. social services, the police as paramedics rather than being front—line officers, doesn't surprise you them that we are seeing that the number of crimes salt and leaving two charges of summonses is down 9% on the previous year? that doesn't surprise me at all, but thatis that doesn't surprise me at all, but that is a long—term trend, and we need to talk about some of the police allied political clashes on the police. the reason recorded crime was going down was the only way the police had to meet theresa may is only expectation of reducing crime was to fill the figures. once they started fiddling the figures, we see crime going up and up and up, and ministers know that. i'm sure they would not say it is fiddling

they would not say it is fiddling the figures. different i'm sure they would say it is different ways of recording the crime. the public administration select committee, in 2014, hunger police out to dry further techniques they were using to damp down crime in orderto they were using to damp down crime in order to meet that political expectation. once prevented from using the techniques, crime has continue going up and up and up, which i think was happening or time, but did not meet the political message. the political message now, however, is that there is a shortage of resources at the court and, and everything is being done to stop people getting into the system, we can't afford to keep them. and so the police are under pressure to use in powers to resolve things, and to judge few people. that is a political pressure which is real. officers can't really talk about it, but that is what is happening. offences are not being brought to

justice in anyway that is meaningful. i think police officers feel the same. a brief answer, if you would, do they need more officers, bottom line they need more officers, bottom line they need more officers, bottom line they need a lot of pressure while taking off them, neck only be done by resorting the partner agencies to help. we need that first of all, then we need more officers, but you just can't recruit a load of new offices and expect them to skilled work that is required to deal with some of these crimes. it is not the police'sjob to some of these crimes. it is not the police's job to keep crime some of these crimes. it is not the police'sjob to keep crime down, it is to respond to it effectively when it happens. other factors drive crime up or down. it is not a police numbers. it —— it is notjust down to police numbers. the origins of crime have long—running trends, and particularly the most serious crimes, and you cannotjust hold the place to account for keeping crime

down, which they can only do by fiddung down, which they can only do by fiddling the figures, or when crime goes up. they have respond effectively when it happens, and they cannot do that if they are trammelled by all of the absences of other agencies, and political pressures not to rock the boat by sending too many people into courts. thank you, doctor marian fitzgerald. very adjusting to talk to you. —— very interesting. after two incredibly dry months of weather, i have family find you some rain. rain in the forecast for tomorrow. but before we get there, for most of us it is another fine and dry day. a little bit of cloud bubbling up, could see the odd isolated shower across... mostly sunny. debited climbing widely. we are going to see the cloud gathered to the north west of the uk. outbreaks of rain before the end of

the day into the western isles, pushing into scotland and northern ireland, the rain could be quite heavy and time. ahead of that, a lot of dry weather for england and wales. for some it will feel a little on the humid side, temperatures slowly falling down. a call night in the capital. friday, band of rain, still quite heavy by the time it reaches north west england and the north of wales, but it is uncertain how much rain. further south. big thunderstorms across eastern england, with a risk of localised flooding. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: brexit secretary dominic raab will hold his first talks with eu chief negotiator michel barnier in brussels today since taking up the post earlier this month. we'll be starting to step up some of

those preparations and some will become or publicly facing in the weeks and months ahead. the russian ambassador to the uk has said detectives have no evidence of his country being involved in the poisoning of sergei skripal in salisbury. the press association says officers are believed to have identified russian suspects. knife crime and homicide see a significant increase in new crime figures released today. and after falling for years, the overall number of police recorded crimes levels off. scientists blame unusually hot summer for unusually high levels of dangerous toxic algae in british lakes and rivers. forget self—driving cars — could the cars of the future be flying? we're in las vegas to find out.. a report from the national audit office is warning

the department for transport will need to "scramble to prepare" for a no deal brexit scenario. the report highlights how up to seven million international driving permits could be required in the first 12 months after brexit, to allow british motorists to drive in the eu. joining me now from central london is rebecca sheeran from the national audit office. (05) afternoon. thanks for joining afternoon. thanks forjoining us. you report says the government has no business plan if post offices have two issue those 7 million international driving permit? what we say in the report is that the department has asked the post offers which currently administer the existing scheme for issuing international driving permit is to develop a detailed business plan as to how it will scale up its operations, should it need to. in the event that we leave the eu without an agreement around usual recognition of driving licences as we have today. i think it's important to be clear that what

report in the report is the department's estimate as to what the scale of increase, scaling up is likely to look like that could be anywhere between the current number which are issued, 100000 and upper estimate 7 million. that would be... are you saying that the government has a business plan or not? the government has asked the post office to look at the government have a plan? there is not as yet a detailed business plan in place as to how you're going to do that. i should say the department transport should tell us told us that it is confident the plan would be put in place and it would be put in place march 2000 and 19. to think that time is left thatis and 19. to think that time is left that is achievable? what we say in the report is that there is an increasing risk that all of the departments contingency preparations will not be in place by march 19. we highlight there is a lot to do. and there is a tight time frame. we do,

however, recognise that have been determined efforts by the department for transport and it has already achieved a great deal in its preparations. and reflect the fact that this is not in normal time for either the department or the government as a whole. are you saying though, that on day one of no brexit scenario that we could see traffic tee traffic chaos in dover? we highlight the department with highways in bed has identified a solution for managing traffic flow along the 20. should be needed in the of cross—channel disruption. they have put in place some detailed engineering plans and the infrastructure they will need to delete deliver that solution. they led a contract earlier this year as yet they have not yet developed operational plans for how it will actually operate in practice should they use that solution. that is why we highlight there is still a lot to do in the time remaining. the department has told us that it believes that the solution will be

delivered by march 19. in a nutshell, what needs to be done to avoid that traffic chaos scenario, given the time available? they have a plan. they now need to work on their operational plans as they are planning to do. there is a lot to be done. and i think we say more widely that the department needs to look across all of its priorities have a good grip on all of those priorities. and be able to make some tough decisions if it needs to about what actions it needs to take, particularly around priorities. thank you. a bill to protect the environment has been announced by the prime minister. it will set out a legal framework for the government's promise to leave the environment in a better state over the next 25 years. to tell us more, i'm joined by our environment analyst, roger harrabin. we have had about the government of my plan and the time frame to which it wants to need the environment in

a better state than it is currently. this is the bill that enshrines the plans? this is significant. michael gove, the environment secretary and the government in general have been talking very big about what their ambitions are for the environment. and that 25 year plan to leave the environment in a better state if i think one of the most ambitious plans we have ever seen from a government on the environment. normally it is a question of they wa nted normally it is a question of they wanted turning back. but there is not a great deal of trust in michael gove. amongst the environmentalist. they are charmed by him, but they don't really trust. and they said without a bill, the would not trust his assurances. now theresa may has come up and said quite clearly, death, every is going to be a bill. she told the liaison committee yesterday there will be a bill. it looks as though the government will deliver on its promises and actually set out a framework of how these grand ambitions will be achieved.

and what detail is there on that framework? where these plans were first talked about, a lot of environmental groups said this is good, the ambition is good, but we need really fast action and you are talking about 25 years? yes. there is no fan plan at the moment for what the bill will look like. but michael gove has been talking very broadly about improving the environment. if you did want to have a ranching piece of environmental legislation, you would be looking at abolition, water pollution, climate change on a species, habitat, the countryside, all those things. that sort of a bill will be setting out targets and timetables are ministers deliver. instead of saying 25 years, thatis deliver. instead of saying 25 years, that is a long way off, we will leave it to the next government. each secretary of state will be forced to deliver that bit of the action. do you think this is a government that is willing to legislate to try to push through

reforms faster? i was talking to somebody from apple which? earlier about plastic used in packaging. one of the actions they would like to see is for government to specifically legislate that supermarkets have to do this rather than rely on voluntary efforts. there is going to be waste legislation coming through in autumn, but the time still question is really important. people outward pointing out, we have brexit next year, we have all these laws but currently us from brussels. all will just disappear after them. they are saying a lot of experts are saying it is simply not possible for asked to make our laws to substitute the eu laws in the same time if we crash out with a new deal scenario. the other thing is there is still a great deal of mistrust among environment lists for this government, the things they have done such as undercutting renewable energy, will last long in people's

minds. thank you. donald trump has now said that he holds vladimir putin personally responsible for russian interference in the 2016 us election. at a press conference on monday president trump seemed to put russia's denials above the conclusions of us intelligence agencies. he's since said he mis—spoke — suggesting no other us president has ever been tougher on russia. our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. when president trump shared a stage with vladimir putin in helsinki, to some within his republican party it appeared all too cosy, particularly as he seemed to side with the russian president over america's own intelligence agencies. now, after days of criticism, in an interview with america's cbs news, he has taken a deliberately tougher line. you say you agree with us intelligence that russia meddled in the election in 2016. yeah, and i've said that before, jeff. i have said that numerous times

before, and i would say that that is true, yeah. but you haven't condemned putin specifically. do you hold him personally responsible? well, iwould, because he's in charge of the country, just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happen in this country. so certainly as the leader of a country, you would have to hold him responsible, yes. after he returned to washington, the president claimed he misspoke when he said at that now notorious news conference in helsinki that he didn't see why russia would have been involved in electoral interference. on twitter, donald trump said some people simply hated the fact that he got along well with president putin, something which he called trump derangement syndrome. and, in reaching out to russia, the president is continuing to defend his own unique style of diplomacy. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. the dup mp, ian paisley,

has made an emotional apology in the house of commons for failing to delcare two luxury holidays that were paid for by the sri lankan government. the north antrim mp has been suspended from the commons for 30 days starting from september and is facing calls to stand down from westminster. he says it was genuine mistake. i have apologised to the house and to colleagues. and i understand that subject to the decision of this house, i may from september be subject to a suspension lasting 30 days. i take my duties, mr speaker, as a member of parliament seriously. i believe i conduct myself with colleagues with integrity, with openness and that is why i have such remorse about the matter, as i believe it goes against the grain of who i am. especially how it is portrayed. it is to my constituents, mr speaker, who have sent me here since 2010 that i make the profoundest of all apologies.

they have honoured me with unwavering support to be their voice and i hope they will continue to have that confidence in me in the future. the new brexit secretary travels to brussels for the first time today — with a message that more needs to be done to reach an agreement. the russian ambassador to the uk has said the country has no evidence linking it to the novichok poisoning. russian suspects are said to be identified by the police. knife crime increases by 16% in the last year —

but the overall number of police recorded crimes stabilises. a new survey suggests that only 16% of adults in england over 50 check the colour of their urine every time they go to the toilet. to encourage more checking, public health england is launching a national be clear on cancer campaign which highlights blood in urine is a key symptom of bladder and kidney cancers. a little ealier professorjulia verne, clinical lead for public health england joined me in the studio, but first i spoke to alison crellin who has had bladder cancer. she explained she noticed blood in her urine but had put off going to see her gp. (sot next) it was nearly six months before i did anything about it, purely because i wasn't concerned, because ijust because i wasn't concerned, because i just thought it was a natural thing that ladies go through.” i just thought it was a natural thing that ladies go through. i had not had of bladder cancer. at what point did you think, i'd better go to my gp and ask about this? point did you think, i'd better go to my gp and ask about this7m

point did you think, i'd better go to my gp and ask about this? it was actually almost six months down the line and my husband by this time i been saying to me, you really need to go and get this scene too, because it isn't just to go and get this scene too, because it isn'tjust going to go away by itself. and it was actually with him for making me go that i went and saw about it. and did you have on the back of your mind at that point that this could be a symptom of cancer? i that point i did, but didn't think it would be related to the bladder, ijust thought it would have been something related gynaecologist leave. comeback tuna moment, but professor julia verne listened to alison's story, how common is that? for people either not pay any attention to their year people either not pay any attention to theiryearand, people either not pay any attention to their year and, once they have been for a wee or to notice something but not perhaps think it is anything to go to their gp about? as we're seeing from the statistics today, it is very common for people not to look at their year in, both women and men, so not to look at their year in, both women and men, so we are encouraging

both women and men, particularly over 50 to look at their year and every time and if they see blood in their year and, just once, to report to the gp. bladder cancer is common. it is that it commonest cancer in the country and kidney cancer is the seventh commonest. we know if it is diagnosed early, eight out of ten people will survive five years, if it is diagnosed very late, then anyone out of town. it is very important to get this alley diagnosis. and this applies to anyone, whatever their rage, but over 50, but age group is the group you're particularly targeting with this, look before you flush campaign. are there certain people who are at greater risk? smokers are at greater risk of bladder cancer and obesity is a risk factor for both cancers, but smoking is the main risk factor. we are targeting people over 50, because 90% of the cancers occur in people over 50 yea rs cancers occur in people over 50 years old. but italy for women, sometimes they are worried if they

see blood to whether it is related toa see blood to whether it is related to a gynaecological problem, but obviously as people tee woman passed the age of 50 and enter the menopause, that is less likely, so blood in wii is very important. we encourage men and women to look every time and consult with their gp if they see it. and as that even if there is blood just one time or of blood is showing up over a period of time? it should certainly is go if they just time? it should certainly is go if theyjust did one time and not wait. in our savvy tea bag survey data, public health england has shown about half of people we questioned wouldn't go straightaway and we are encouraging them just once is enough, because the cancers don't need all the time, they sometimes bleed intermittently. becker, that's very important for anyone listening to realise. alison metellus at how you are doing behind your treatment. i had just completed a course of bcg, immune therapy treatment, which i've had over a theory year period.

this is offered 27 doses, but i actually went up to 21, because that do so well it. now i am currently on six monthly cystoscopy is, the camera where they look into your bladder, to see if there is any regrowth or changes.” bladder, to see if there is any regrowth or changes. i understand you are now big supporter of the fight bladder cancer campaign, you are trying to rein awareness of self? absolutely. i didn't know u nfortu nately self? absolutely. i didn't know unfortunately somebody else had put me in touch with a support group called fight bladder cancer. and i was able to go on there and speak to the people and realise that i wasn't the people and realise that i wasn't the only person that didn't go at first sight, but you really must go as soon as you see first sight, but you really must go as soon as you see anything untoward is like that. and that is the important message, isn't it? there may be lots of innocent, hopefully benign reasons why they may be blood and somebody‘s hearing, but the key

thing is tojust and somebody‘s hearing, but the key thing is to just go and get it checked out. absolutely. there are lots of benign reasons, particularly women, but it is really important to get it checked out. professorjulia verne and also alison cleland talking to be bit earlier. with the dry, warm weather it's not just moorland fires and hosepipe bans causing issues — but also toxic algae. our correspondent alison freeman explains more from ullswater in the lake district. it isa it is a glorious day here in the la ke it is a glorious day here in the lake district, but despite that beautiful view of ullswater, the warning signs are still up, telling people about blue green algae. it is toxic, it is in the water and it can pause problems for people and animals. here to tell me a little bit more about those problems and what it can do is cut and from the environment agency and cat, local

vet. we can't see in the water today, does that mean it is not there? it is there all the time, it occurs naturally in lakes like this one. but when you get the weather conditions right, the hot weather we have seen recently, the algae then forms a bloom story scum and that can be toxic to people and animals. what should people be looking out for? when it forms a blooming, it is very visible on the surface, foamy or looks like the kind of paint, that colour is unnecessarily blue green, it could be a variety of colours, right from brightest blue green territory even ready already brown colour. thank you. fiona, we know it can cause problems for you men's, making them unwell, but it can be much worse animals. it can be and can be very quick also. we know as soon as and can be very quick also. we know as soon as they ingested can be within hours they feel unwell because it can really damage the liver. so they can have vomiting, diarrhoea, seizures and unfortunately can be fatal also. why

does it affect them more than us in some ways? we know a lot of dogs, since they seem the water, especially in the sea, they are straight in there, they're swimming, drinking, it's getting a farm, they are looking at, so they are much more likely to ingest the toxins. and they can't tell us what's wrong either. no. and with it being so quick, we just advise as soon as you see any symptoms, as soon as you see in... contact your local vet as soon as possible. the message is quite clear, if you see the signs, try avoid going the water. if you suspect you have any symptoms, vomiting, upset senate stomach, or your dog has it's best see a doctor as soon as your dog has it's best see a doctor as soon as possible. a new survey says up to a third of plastic packaging used in supermarkets is very difficult to recycle, or can't be recycled at all. the consumer watchdog which? found 29% of packaging is likely to go to landfill and wants simple recycling labels to be made compulsory.

it found that lidl had the lowest proportion of easily recyclable packaging. nikki stopford from which gave us more detail on what their investigation found. we wanted to find out how easy supermarkets are making it for consumers to recycle their packaging. we ordered 27 own—brand products from ten of the biggest supermarkets and we unwrapped those products, weighed them and analysed the packaging to see how easy it was to recycle. we found some real inconsistencies in there. some supermarkets were doing better than others. in times of kerb—side recycling which is the most easy way to recycle, at the top of the table was morrisons with 81% of its packaging that could be easily recycled. at the bottom of the table was lidl, where only 71% of the material used could easily be recycled. 0k. and there are two key things you want to happen. two key actions. you want the material in the first instance to be more easily recyclable, but you also think the government needs to make this mandatory. what about voluntary schemes? aren't they doing enough? orjust not quickly enough? quite right.

one of the things we found in the survey was notjust inconsistency in the amount of material that could be easily recycled, but we always found huge inconsistencies in labelling. so labelling was inconsistent across products, sometimes it was missing altogether and sometimes it was wrong when our expert panel looked and analysed those products. we do want the government and manufacturers to act now to bring about more consistent labelling and to make that compulsory. what have the supermarkets been saying in response to your survey at which? i should probably say that supermarkets have responded very well. all of them have introduced initiatives and most of them have signed up to the uk's plastic pact which claims it will reduce non—recyclable packaging by 100% by 2025. but some supermarkets are clearly doing more than other supermarkets. some initiatives are really great. for example, morrisons and waitrose allow customers to go in with their own containers, so they can fill it up with meat orfish products. but not everybody is doing everything consistently. now — if you are the co—founder

of google and worth 50 billion dollars — what do you spend your money on? how about flying cars? kitty hawk is a company backed by larry page. it claims you can master the controls in an hour and a half — and won't need a pilots licence. dave lee went to their test site outside las vegas (tx next) here it is, the kitty hawk flyer. it is very, simple, just two controls, one for altitude and for direction. around me, you will see ten propellers and motors that keep this thing in the air. i guess you could say it is basically a big drone that a human being can fit in.

right now they limit the speed to around six miles an hour. the battery life will keep it going for around 20 minutes. all of that will improve in time. they can make it go faster right now, butjust to be cautious, they are keeping it at six miles an hour. in terms of when you can get one of these, the company is taking pre—orders right now. they went tell us exactly how much it is going to cost, but they say it is going to be comparable to a high end electric car. so tens of thousands of dollars, i guess you could say. what we are sitting in, many people would think is a glimpse of the future. they say their goal is to eliminate traffic and that is a goal many of us can get behind, whether it will be in one of these, that remains to be seen, but it is certainly a very interesting, futuristic concept. in a moment it's time

for the one o'clock news with jane hill but first it's time for a look at the weather at the weather with chris fawkes. the last two months have been incredibly dry weather wise, but we do have some welcome rain in the forecast just around the do have some welcome rain in the forecastjust around the corner. before we get there, today's the day for most of us dry weather and spells of sunshine as seen earlier in cumbria. looking at the satellite picture, we have seen some cloud bubble up over recent hours, indeed across. . . bubble up over recent hours, indeed across... that club might be thick enough to bring a few fleeting showers, but otherwise it's a largely dry picture for the rest of the afternoon. approaches a little bit higher,. but to the north and west of the uk, we're going to see cloud cover and the prospect of some decent rain at last. the wet weather moves into scotland, northern ireland overnight, head of that for england and wales, we will source keep some clear spells, but will be quite a warm and a little bit humid overnight. we look at the weather

band for friday, some wet weather across scotland and getting into northern ireland, clearing through the afternoon, following with brighter skies later in the day. and just as the hosepipe ban has been announced for northwest ingram, to give force in august, we had some rain coming in, looking to be quite heavy at times. into northern parts of wales as well. further south, the weather front will be weakening as weather front will be weakening as we go through friday, so we can't be sure how much rain will fall across these western areas. and further east after a dry start, with some heavy, thundery showers breaking out. that could be as much as 30 millimetres of rain in one hour. half a month's worth of rain, could bring some localised flooding. but still quite warm across south east england. temperatures into the high 20s. we could seek showers across england and wales, perhaps still some left over a cross and wales, perhaps still some left over across eastern and southern

areas to start saturday. otherwise, fair weather web spells of sunshine, temperatures in the low to mid 20s, but peaking around 2728 degrees in south—east england. sunday, and monday there will be a lot of dry weather and temperatures will generally be building. we are looking at highs pushing up to 30 degrees in london and monday as well. it gets even hotter next week. hot and well. it gets even hotter next week. hotand humid well. it gets even hotter next week. hot and humid weather is set to return, temperatures probably peaking around 33 degrees as we hadn't next week. a big rise in violent crime in england and wales, according to new figures. murder, manslaughter and knife crime are all up, according to the latest police data. we need real term solutions now and

that comes with proper investment in policing and getting our numbers up to where they need to be. we'll have full analysis of the latest crime figures. also on the programme: scotland yard won't discuss reports that police have identified several russians they suspect of involvement in the nerve agent attack in salisbury in march. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, promises to step up the pace of negotiations with the eu. the former chair of the bbc trust, lord patten, says the corporation would be crazy to appeal against the ruling in the sir cliff richard privacy case.