wind has picked up here, that will affect the later tee time, rory mcilroy setting out on his opening round while tiger woods tees off at 3.21, a late start on his first open back after two years away, but once again he is at carnoustie the box office star. time for a look at the weather... here's chris fawkes this very dry period we have had through may and june, i have finally found you some rain. it is mainly coming overnight and tomorrow. for the time being we have sunny spells for most of the country. you can see how the cloud has been developing, for southern scotland. parts of the midland and northern ireland too, but still, the weather will stay fair, really through the rest of this afternoon, with spells of sunshine coming, the best in southern counties and wales as well. and the temperatures, a bit higher than yesterday. i suspect we will

see highs of 29 in the warmest parts of the south—east. low 20s for scotla nd of the south—east. low 20s for scotland and northern ireland, with thickening cloud working in and indeed here, we will see rain overnight, both scotland and northern ireland will see decent falls of rain as this weather front works in, so turning wet, england and wales, we stay dry but a humid night for london. temperatures falling back to 17. so it will be on the warm side for sleeping. now for tomorrow, this weather front still with us for scotland and northern ireland, as we start the day the rain will ease, the skies brighten up rain will ease, the skies brighten up later on. in northern england and the knot of wales the rain is likely to be reasonably heavy as it works m, to be reasonably heavy as it works in, as we go on through the day, so turning wet, heavy bursts around, we could well see a spell of rain in southern parts of wales and south—west england, there is more uncertainty. of more concern are the potential for thunderstorms across maybe the london area, the home county, there is a potential

somewhere county, there is a potential somewhere across eastern county, there is a potential somewhere across eastern england for storms to become heavy, bringing 30 millimetres of rain in an hour, that could cause flooding where the storms form. as we look at the weather into the weekend, i think on saturday there will be a few showers left over but a bit of dry weather with sunny spells coming through for most. temperatures wise we are looking at highs of 20 degreeses or so looking at highs of 20 degreeses or so for scotland and northern ireland. and that trend of rising temperatures is set to continue through sunday, and into monday, look at that london is up at 30 degree, pretty hot, yes, but next week it is set to get hotter. i know not even likes the heat. the temperatures could reach 33 in eastern england. hot and humid weather is round the corner. nevertheless we have rain to foulkes forward to in text 2a hours. good forward to in text 2a hours. good for the garden. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime aa big

a a big rise in violent crime in england and wales with murder, manslaughter and knife crime all up. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it isjust after 1:30pm here is your latest sports news. we go straight to the open championship in scotland where rory michael roy teed off not that long ago. john watson is there for us. has anyone been making the most of these fairly benign conditions, john? yes, it is worth pointing out that we do have kevin kessler at the top of the leaderboard at the moment for america. as you say, all eyes on

those brits as things stand. rory michael roy in the early stages of his opening round head and ears showed just how aggressively will be as he took a driver out on the first tee. he managed to save par on that opening hole. he is leavening pas no full stop worth pointing outjordan speed, the defending champion, he is on three under par. searching out the leaderboard, yes made three birdies so far in his opening round at the 11th. it is kevin kessler of the united states who is leading on five under par. really impressive round. he made eagle at the sixth, he is produced for baddies as well and that opening round. he was tied slit h and that opening round. he was tied 54th last year, said after this row could well build on that this year. let's ta ke could well build on that this year. let's take a look at the leaderboard, as we can seek kessler out on front on five under. 0f leaderboard, as we can seek kessler out on front on five under. of the selected brits, worth pointing out that danny willett finished on... those brits hoping to move their way

up those brits hoping to move their way up the leaderboard in this comedy opening round of the championships, as we know. the brits and the europeans had to wrestle back control of those majors, all of them, the americans currently have in their possession. thanksjohn. thanks john. lewis hamilton thanksjohn. lewis hamilton has signed two new two—year contract to mercedes full stop you will add at least 30 million a year, but that could rise to a0 million. it meets your remains the best page driver in formula 1 history. we are on the same wavelength, he said. both on and off the track. we understand liverpool's new and very expensive goalkeeper alison will have a medical today. they are paying 67 million for the roma goalkeeper. a new world record for goalkeeper. the

brazilian, in green, had a great record in italy's top league and for brazil. england's showing mccallan says concussion could ruin her career. mccallan won't be playing at the hockey world cup that gets under way this week. the olympic gold medal winner is the number of players who have been affected by concussion. she took the bridge head while playing argentina this year. it feels a little bit like a hangover in handcuffs. i have had ankle and knee injuries, i can still go out for dinner. i could still going to coffey, could still go home, drive home the weekend. but this, you can't. and itjust takes over your whole life. there have been times when i've been looking down a dark tunnel and i feel there is no been no light at the end. there have been times when i think ami there have been times when i think am i going to be able to get back to having a normal life and then get back to playing hockey? it six

months down the line i'm still not clear with it, have to make a decision what i want to do, then i will have to make that decision. will enforce on cricket news. we now know the grounds that will host next yea r‘s know the grounds that will host next year's ashes series. edgbaston. 0n the 5th of august. then they are off to the home of cricket in london at lord's, before heading... australia are the current holders. they haven't won an away series since 2001 though. then it is off to old trafford and finally on the 12th of september back in london at the 0val. and stage 12 the tour de france is well under way. you can follow all the action on the bbc sport website. i will have more for you in the next hour. thank you with all the latest sport there. very

busy. let's turn our attention to some of today's main stories today. 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. ambassador alexander ya kovenko spoke to our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. 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 or from the foreign office. a lot of versions that we hear in the newspapers, they are not supported by the statements of the foreign office. 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. has the new british foreign secretary got in touch with you? not yet, but i got a letter from mralan duncan, 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 the russian foreign policy, and then i would like to discuss with him the russian—british relationship, and of course, the skripal case. russia's ambassador to the uk is speaking to our correspondent. 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 leaves 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. danny shaw, bbc news. 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. ian paisley, mp.

with the dry, warm weather it's not just moorland fires and hosepipe bans causing issues — but also toxic algae. 0ur correspondent alison freeman explains more from ullswater in the lake district. 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 cause problems for people and animals. here to tell me a little bit more about those problems and what it can do are cath tanner from the environment agency and

fiona, a local vet. we can't see it 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, or a 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 — it can be foamy or look like a kind of paint, the colour is not necessarily blue—green, it could be a variety of colours, right from brightest blue—green to brown—red even. 0k. thank you. fiona, we know it can cause problems for humans, making them unwell, but it can be much worse animals. it can be 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 it can be fatal also. why does it affect them more than us in some ways? we know a lot of dogs, since they see 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, 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 stomach, or your dog has it's best see a doctor as soon as possible. the huge wildfire near saddleworth moor is finally out, more than three weeks after the blaze started. greater manchester fire and rescue service says it has now withdrawn all firefighters from the blaze, which started on the 2ath ofjune. the fire service say "much—needed" showers in the last few days helped

to finally bring an end to the incident. meanwhile, sweden has called for international help to fight more than a0 wildfires that have broken out across the country. specialist planes and helicopters are trying to control the flames. weeks of high temperatures and minimal rain have seen huge fires whipped up in countries across the globe. andrew plant reports. wildfire, sweeping across this forest in sweden, one of dozens being fought here, firefighters soaking ground that has seen no significant rain in several weeks. translation: 0ver there we made a line of water and we stopped the fire so it didn't spread out. hopefully it won't spread this way now.

over the sunburnt forests, two italian planes have flown north to help. each one is capable of dumping 6000 litres each time. still, sweden's fires are spreading. translation: we've done ok the whole day until the wind started, then we lost some control. i think it mayjump across the road over there. the record heat is causing blazes across some of the coldest countries on earth. this is a snapshot of sweden on wednesday, aa separate fires. norway, finland and russia are facing similar problems, even the arctic circle ablaze in the summer heat. it's not just sweden, the uk has spent weeks battling a grassland fire. in the us, they raged across california earlier this year and los angeles earlier this month. australia also is seeing some of its worst fires in years. in sweden, volunteers are helping fight back the folic flames to stop the fire from spreading. translation: monday was very hard. it feels like we work in vain. all the time, fires, fires, fires. in the end, we had to

retreat three kilometres, because it became too dangerous. norwegian helicopters also are flying repeat missions here, scooping buckets of water, wildfire 25 kilometres square has caused the evacuation of two nearby towns. with weather warnings issued across almost the entire country, the wildfires are raging in the summer heat and thriving in a drought that shows no sign of ending. we will soon look at our weather and ina we will soon look at our weather and in a moment the business news with rachel. fast reminder of today's headlines. brexit secretary dominic raab will hold his first talks with eu chief negotiator michel barnier in brussels today — it's his first trip there since taking up the post earlier this month. 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. i'm rachel horne in the business news. no world cup boost for retail sales as they drop 0.5% injune compared to may. so — footfall isn't coming home either. the markets reacted with the pound falling to its lowest level against the dollar since september. a sharp drop in profits for sport 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 burberry turns up the heat — the fashion label burnt millions of pounds worth of products in the last financial year, to protect its brand. they destroyed unsold clothes, accessories and perfume worth £28.6 million to prevent them being stolen or sold cheaply — that was 6% higher than the value of products the company disposed of in the previous financial year. stab + cam we've had some page turning figures from the uk publishing industry, they‘ re reporting record sales of £5.7 billion in 2017, up 5% on the previous year. however they have also issued a bit of a spoiller — warning that brexit could damage its export business — which accounts for 60% of total income. we'rejoined by stephen lotinga, chief executive

of the publishers association. stephen — let's start with brexit — just explain how key is the eu market to the publishing industry and what are your concerns? if our single largest market, export market overseas. and obviously any barriers, but nontariff barriers can have a huge impact on our revenues. some people might say any sort of delay, it's not as crucial for your industry is for your fresh products. i wouldn't deny that. if you have a product that can deteriorate in dock, that will have more impact on you. but it matters to you as well. we area you. but it matters to you as well. we are a rarity in the fact that we export both a good and service. our service is to both... also our digital books and publishing. we are exporting the book as well. a good. the delays will impact us as well. let's talk about that. it isn'tjust physical books, is at? its audio

books, electronic publishers that you cover. where have we seen growth in the recent figures? last year, our biggest growth figures were in print. huge increases that. in terms of exports, the most successful part in the publishing industry continues to be our academic content and there is huge demand dramatically from europe, china, north america to understand the academic content we are producing. he also had some concerns about copyright issues, can you explain those bees? in the last few years, our copyright system has become very closely aligned to the eu, as you can imagine. the fundamental concern was the government's... planning fundamental concern was the government's. .. planning a fundamental concern was the government's... planning a trade agreement, that is the kind of thing that'll be on the table. what about concerns over amazon? james strong, the managing director of waterstones, he says the eu has been very supportive of book—sellers, active in preventing anti—competitive behaviour, he says, for instance by amazon. what sort of

protection would you want the industry to have after brexit? as we've seen in the last few days, one of the great strengths of the european union, commission particular, has been its capacity to look directly at what large tech companies are doing. i be prepared to respond to them. and we have been directly make our arguments to the uk government around what would hope the cma, the market authority would be prepared to do after brexit happens and, bluntly, we need to make sure that they are prepared to look at where market use the cards. 0k, thank you. more on the fallout from those june retailfigures now, which have helped push sterling to its lowest level against the dollar in ten months. if comes after the office for national statistics said retail sales fell 0.5% injune — many had expected a 0.2% rise. but if you look across the last quarter, sales are actually up 2.1% in the period between april tojune. the biggest quarterly

rise since 2015. let's hearfrom independent retail analyst clare bailey about why markets are focusing on the june figure. i think the focus onjune was becausejune was anticipated to be better than it was. 0bviously, for the food and drink sector, june was very buoyant, but because the weather has been continuously good, in a way, that does impact and has potentially pulled down the forecast. so the fact that there was optimism, that hasn't borne through is more likely to have caused 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, retail is struggling all because of the internet. but actually internet sales have remained constant at only 18% of all retail sales. which gives us some hope for the high streets and town centres. they still support 82% therefore of all retail sales. and it's really just the mix, the issue.

where just getting breaking wherejust getting breaking news that on cast has announced it doesn't intend to continue pursuing the assets of 20 century fox. that huge takeover bid, bidding war over the last couple of months. as soon as we get more detail, we will bring it to you. meanwhile, on the other headline business business headlines: the energy giant sse has blamed the hot weather for lower than expected profits. it says the warmth affected its wind turbines, which meant first quarter profits were £80 million less than originally forecast. sse's shares were 3% lower in trading. lidl has the least amount of easily recyalable packaging out of the uk's ten biggest supermarkets, according to the consumer group which? the survey showed that 29% of lidl‘s own brand products were diffcult to recycle, iceland was second from the bottom with 27%. and staying with supermarkets, 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 ta ke let's take a look at the markets: ssc having problems with the warm weather. and as we mentioned, con car saying they do not intend to pursue the acquisition of 20th century fox's assets. now it's time for a look at the weather. for those of you have been doing a rain dance, we have some rain forecast. many will be coming through overnight tonight and into

tomorrow as well. before we get there, we have things like this up and down the country, blue skies... might not all have these gorgeous la kes, might not all have these gorgeous lakes, they're might not all have these gorgeous lakes, they‘ re in might not all have these gorgeous lakes, they're in the lake district. but nevertheless lots of sunshine out and about. you can see that on the satellite picture. it apply bubbling up at the moment across the midlands, northern england, southern scotla nd midlands, northern england, southern scotland and eastern parts of northern ireland. 0therwise, plenty of sunshine to look forward to. through the rest of this afternoon. and it looks like cloud will tend to thin and break up further as we head into the evening. we should be fine into the evening. temperature wise, we expect to see highs in the south—east of england. clouds thickening over scotland. through the latter part of the afternoon into the evening we will start to see rain, could be quite heavy swinging into scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, for the time being it to my being, quite a for the time being it to my being, quitea dry for the time being it to my being, quite a dry night. tomorrow, we will pick up this band of rain to start

the day across scotland and northern ireland. that will tend to clear away, bit of cloud following but some spells of sunshine. further south, millions of people across north west england facing the prospect of a hosepipe ban, well here comes the rain. it could be quite heavy at times into north west of england and other parts of wales. uncertainty as to how heavy it will be across southern portions of wales in south—west england, but we still could get some reasonable rainfall. the potential for big thunderstorms around london and home counties and the west of england. about half a month's the west of england. about half a months worth of rain falling in the space of an hour, providing nasty conditions with the risk of flooding. saturday, there still will be the potential for showers dotted around the country, southern and eastern parts of england prone to seeing some of those, but that could be some pals were also. funny stuff otherwise, low 20s and scotland and northern ireland, still mid to high 20s and the warmest parts of england

and wales. temperatures will continue to build for the second half of the weekend and into monday. temperatures in london hitting the fatty degree mark on sunday and monday. but it will get even hotter next week. not just monday. but it will get even hotter next week. notjust hot, but also human. you may well see temperatures hitting 33 celsius somewhere probably across eastern england as we head into the week ahead. not eve ryo ne we head into the week ahead. not everyone likes hot and humid, but thatis everyone likes hot and humid, but that is what is coming our way. that's your latest weather. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 2pm. police! a big rise in violent crime in england and wales, according to new figures. everyone is deeply concerned about the rise in violent crime, the worst we have seen for a decade. and we will want to see an end to it. scotland yard won't discuss press association reports that police have identified several

russians they suspect of involvement in the nerve agent attack in salisbury in march. meanwhile, the inquest into the death of dawn sturgess, who was poisoned by novichok, opens. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, promises to increase the pace of negotiations with the eu. we will be starting to step up some of those preparations and some of it will become more publicly facing in the weeks and months ahead.