hello it's monday, it's 9am, i'm chloe tilley, welcome to the programme. one in five houses are being down valued, one of the uk's biggest estate agents has told this programme. it's making the struggle for first time buyers to own a home, even harder. we got right through to the very end stages of buying a house that we really, really liked and had our hearts set on and then we came up against problems when the mortgage valuation came back and we had a down valuation of £10,000. we'll be talking to a mortgage adviser, estate agency and surveyor about what can be done. has it happened to you? let us know. and meanwhile more than 33,000 families are holding down a job despite having nowhere stable to live, according to new figures. we'll be talking to some of the working homeless just after 9:30am. also today — the latest battle within the labour movement — jewish labour mps want the party to adopt a tougher definition of anti—semitism, after one mp confronted her leaderjeremy corbyn and accused him of failing to tackle the problem.

it's by his actions that he has to bejudged. and by refusing to adopt the definition in full, of what anti—semitism is, he's put himself in the position that he is perceived by many to be anti—semitic. we'll be hearing from senior labour figures on both sides of the debate. hello, welcome to the programme. we're live until 11:00am this morning. have you been affected by a house down valuation? either forced to find more cash to fund a purchase, or have you had give up on buying a place after forking out for a survey? or are you one of the thousands of people holding down a job without somewhere permanent to live? do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about —

use #victorialive. if you're emailing and are happy for us to contact you and maybe want to take part in the programme, please include your phone number in your message. if you text, you ll be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today — three men have been arrested in london after a three—year—old boy was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in worcester on saturday. police say the child was "deliberately" targeted in a shop. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton, who was arrested yesterday, remains in custody. jon donnison reports. it was outside this stall where the attack took place. it was outside this store where the attack took place. in broad daylight on a busy saturday afternoon. police believe the toddler was deliberately targeted. a young boy appears to have had some form of substance, potentially acid or another corrosive substance, thrown at or sprayed towards him while he's been with his family. a really, really concerning incident and at the moment we're treating it as if it's a deliberate act towards the child. the boy was taken to hospital with serious burns to his face

and arms but has since been charged. a spokesperson for home bargains said, "our thoughts are with this young child and his family at this very difficult time." local people have been left asking just who could do such a thing. it's just really disgraceful if anything like that happens, especially — to anybody, including if it's happened to children, as well. four men have now been arrested in connection with the case. officers are appealing for anyone with any information to come forward. jon donnison, bbc news. rebecca jones is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news. good morning, rebecca. good morning, rebecca. good morning, rebecca. good morning everyone. 1a people have been shot and one person has died in toronto, according to canadian police. the shooting happened in the greek district of the city on sunday night and the shooter is also believed to be dead. a young girl is in a critical condition.

aaron safir reports. gunshots around 10pm in the evening in the greek town neighbourhood in the greektown neighbourhood of toronto, and gunshots ring out. witnesses described hearing around 20 shots and the sound of the weapon being reloaded several times. a mass shooting right beside where i live. i thought it was fireworks at first, because there was rapid—fire and then there would be a pause and then some more fire. we didn't know what it was, we saw people starting to run in our direction. i still didn't know what it was and then more people were running and so we started running and ran down a side street. it's thought the victims were spread over several blocks of the city. one person is confirmed dead and 13 have been injured, among them a young girl in a critical condition. local media report the suspect opened fire at police before taking his own life. so far, there's no indication of a motive. compared to the us, canada has low

levels of gun violence, but toronto is facing a sharp increase in incidents. canada's largest city has seen more than 200 shootings this year, more than 20 of them fatal. aaron safir, bbc news. labour mps will tonight debate whether the party's new code of conduct goes far enough to tackle anti—semitism. the new guidlines, which were adopted last week, have been criticised by somejewish organisations and labour members. the party says it has re—opened a consultation on the code which is robust and internationally recognised. let's get more from our assistant political editor, norman smith. norman, why is this a row which won't go away? bluntly because mr corbyn has yet to draw a line under it, today the signs are it could get even worse with labour mps poised to

reject their own party's recently drawn up code of conduct on anti—semitism because they think it isn't tough enough and instead argue that the party should just accept the widely acknowledged international code, they are probably going to prove that this evening. at the same time the vetera n evening. at the same time the veteran labour mp margaret hodge, who herself lost several members of herfamily in who herself lost several members of her family in the holocaust, just threatening to fight disciplinary action being threatened against her for accusing mr corbyn of being an ntc -- for accusing mr corbyn of being an ntc —— anti—semite and she is not backing away from those claims. ntc —— anti—semite and she is not backing away from those claimsm is by his actions that he must be judged and by refusing to adopt the definition in full of what anti—semitism is he has put himself in the position that he is perceived by many to be anti—semitic. in the position that he is perceived by many to be anti-semitic. any decision to take disciplinary

measures against margaret hodge would probably prompt even more uproar. but the signs are amongst those close to mr corbyn that the disciplinary action, if any is taken, may be no more than a verbal reprimand. thanks, norman. waste packaging that is being sent overseas to be recycled, could be ending up in landfill according to the national audit office. the national audit office says the uk has met eu targets, but is carrying out inadequate checks on whether recycling has actually taken place or whether waste has simply been landfilled or burned. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin reports. 11 million tonnes — that's the estimate of packaging waste created by uk homes and businesses last year. the uk has ambitious targets for increasing the amount it sends for recycling, but the national audit office says firms have chosen to export more than half of the material rather than to deal with it in britain. much of the material for recycling goes to developing countries less able to handle it than the uk,

the report says. it wants the exports much more tightly governed. the problem with recycling material abroad is that the uk just has less visibility as to what happens to it, it has less ability to get... the uk authorities aren't able to get the same assurances as they could if it was in the uk. the report talks about additional risks of contamination, so food residue, for example, in the packaging. so it's reallyjust increased risks. the nao says the recycling system needs an overhaul. to people up—and—down the country who are dutifully rinsing out their plastic pots for recycling, this sort of thing creates a real erosion of trust. the government says its new waste strategy, due in the autumn, will ensure that things prepared to be recycled really do get recycled. the government can't allow people to get cynical about recycling. without the public, recycling policy is nowhere. roger harrabin, bbc news.

this programme has learned there's been a sharp rise in the number of houses being valued more than what buyers have agreed to pay. one of the uk's biggest mortgage providers says down valuations by lenders can force people to pay thousands of pounds more for a home to stop the sale collapsing. uk finance, the body which represents lenders says they have a responsibility to ensure property values were realistic. and we'll have the full story after this bulletin. theresa may says it's time to get on with reaching a brexit deal with the eu. the prime minister is taking her cabinet to the north east today for their last meeting before the summer recess. ministers will then visit a series of european capitals to sell the government's vision of brexit. the eu and the uk want a deal in place by october. president trump has warned the iranian president,

hassan rouhani, to never threaten the united states again as tensions between the two countries escalate. mr trump tweeted that iran ‘will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before'. mr rouhani previously said a conflict between the two countries would be ‘the mother of all wars'. earlier this year the us dropped out of the iran nuclear deal and imposed fresh sanctions on tehran. it's nasa's 60th birthday. today nasa leaders, past and present will host a 0&a celebrating its history and outlining their vision for the decades ahead. the space administration is also preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of sucessfully putting man on the moon. anniversary of successfully putting man on the moon. later this year the us mint will unveil an apollo 11 commemorative coin. that's a summary of the latest bbc

news — more at 9:30am. thank you, rebecca, we will hear from you throughout the morning. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the #victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport. karthi is at the bbc sport centre. and there's a brand new, and very popular name on golf‘s claretjug. whether you like golf or not there was an exciting ending. the new name is francesco molinari, he has become the first italian to win a golf major but that's only a fraction of the story. molinari won by two shots and beat some of the biggest names in the sport, very excited to pick up in the sport, very excited to pick up his first major title, the first italian. he beat the likes ofjustin rose and rory mcllroy who both played extraordinary shots on the fifth hole. they were both in

contention, you could see the excitement from rory mcllroy. tiger woods as well for an hour yesterday was in the lead, the outright lead at the opening ten years after he had last won a major title and the cheers all about carnoustie were incredible, particularly for someone who has overcome such physical and personal problems to come from several back surgeries. woods talked about his children who are 11 and nine years old so they have never seen nine years old so they have never seen him in contention for a major competition before. there were so many stories around the course but francesco molinari as won the open championship. let's hear from francesco molinari as won the open championship. let's hearfrom him. to look at the names on the claret jug, obviously, what can you say? it's the best golfers in history and to be on their is incredible. from someone to be on their is incredible. from someone like me coming from italy, not really a major golfing country, it has been an incredible journey. not really a major golfing country, it has been an incredible journeylj know he's not smiling very much but

i think he's in a bit of shock that he might have won his first major title. fair enough, isaw he might have won his first major title. fair enough, i saw tiger woods interviewed afterwards and he looked frustrated and irritated with himself because he was so close for such a long time he has suffered. my heart went out to him. let's talk about the german grand prix, lewis hamilton doing incredibly well to beat sebastian vettel. such a dramatic day in all sorts of sports including the formula i. lewis hamilton won the german grand prix and called it one of his best victories because he came from 14th place on the grid to win in hockenheim. his big rival sebastian vettel was on pole position and had dominated the race. but he crashed. hamilton took advantage of that and he did get called to see the stewards later for a driving offence, another reason why he said it was an incredibly emotional day for him. it was really up—and—down. strange day for lewis hamilton but he eventually came out with the title and that means he is 17 points ahead of vettel in the standings. we

also have the anniversary games in london, back to the london stadium, a great event reminding people of london 2012 and there were two world records. the british teenagers set a new world record in the t 3a 100 new world record in the t 34100 metres at the anniversary games and the 17—year—old smashed hannah cockroft‘s record to win. she took up cockroft‘s record to win. she took up the sport only after watching hannah cockroft at the london stadium at the olympics in 2012. there was another world record in the t 38 200 metres. the world and paralympic champion beat her own world record. we also had greg rutherford saying goodbye to the london stadium. that's where he was on super saturday winning his gold medal in 2012. he's had a lot of injuries and his body won't hold up in competition. he has two more events in birmingham at newcastle but rutherford said he will not be able to defend his european title in berlin in august because he's had too many injuries and he doesn't

wa nt to too many injuries and he doesn't want to content for that because he won't be able to try and win a gold medal. greg rutherford and his son waving goodbye to the british crowds. british crowds can see him twice more before retiring from athletics. buying a home is getting trickier. one of the uk s largest mortgage a spike in the number of people getting down valuations on houses. that's when a lender thinks a property is worth less than someone has agreed to pay for it. london and country says it's dealing with more properties that have been downvalued than those which haven't. meanwhile one online estate agent estimates around one in five houses is being down valued. these down valuations can lead to housing chains breaking down, or people being forced to find extra cash to prevent a sale from collapsing. rick kelsey has this exclusive report. we had to cut our losses in the end because there was nothing we could do. £10,000 was just too much. it's what happens when a house you've agreed to buy is valued at less than the sale price.

the houses in the road were still significantly higher than what we had ours valued at. down valuations are now affecting up to one in five house sales. why would we want to take on lots of properties at the wrong price? we just can't do that. it could mean having to borrow thousands of pounds separately to your mortgage. getting your first house is never easy but for some it's getting even harder. how difficult did it prove? it was happening and again and again to you? yeah, well, it happened twice to us and that's quite rare. so it was the area really, yeah. ebony and jalisa have been told by their bank twice that the houses they'd agreed to buy are not worth the sale price. as first—time buyers it's always hard, isn't it, to get your head around the housing market and the buying process.

that was hard enough in itself. and then we got right through to the very end stages of buying a house that we really, really liked and had our heart set on. and then we came up against problems when the mortgage valuation came back and we had a down valuation of £10,000. a down valuation is when after agreeing a price for a house with a seller of, say, £200,000, your bank comes in and checks your house is worth what you say it is. they send a valuer and the valuer says it is worth less than that, say, £10,000 less. if the buyer can't renegotiate then they may have to find that extra £10,000 in cash because the bank will only lend on what they told the house is worth. we went back and we tried to renegotiate to see if the buyers would meet it,

or if they thought that that was reasonable or not and they literally turned round and was like, we cannot take the house down ten grand. there is no chance. so they were like, is there any money you can find... and we were like, we can't find ten grand. we didn't think it was likely to happen two times in a row to the same people. bad luck. 0ur broker even said, you're having a bad run. it does happen, houses get down valued but twice in a row is bad luck. the second time it happened for a similar amount. so again we were out £10,000 again, wasn't it? yeah. and fortunately the seller this time, unlike in ourfirst experience, they were happy to come and meet us halfway. so you've got this £5,000 that you've got to make up. how are you going to get around that? we had to find the money. we had to find £5,000 in a very limited amount of time. yeah.

so we had to speak to family and pull family together and after a while we are going to have to start paying it back. so on top of, once we are in the house, the mortgage and doing all your bills and everything for the first time and setting up and buying furniture and everything, and washing machines, we are going to have to be paying our family back. ebony and jealous's case is far from unique. this programme has learned that at the uk's largest mortgage broker group london & country more than half of its staff are now seeing down valuations on a daily basis. at the uk's second—biggest online estate agents emove, one in five of their houses are now being down valued. down valuations aren't anything new but many mortgage advisers we have been speaking to say that this is the most they've seen

them happening since the financial crash and those who are affected the most by them tend to be those who have really small deposits for their homes or those who are remortgaging after doing a bit of work. so let's go and meet someone who's in that very situation. phil broodbank from the wirral bought his house a couple of years ago and has spent thousands of pounds doing it up, adding value to his property without borrowing more. hi. hi, phil. are you 0k? yeah. so take us through what you did in your house? yeah, basically when we moved in it was pretty basic inside. beams down the walls, artexed on the ceiling, your standard staircase, so took it all out, had everywhere plastered, installed the glass on the stairs, took the carpet up, varnished the stairs, put the runner in, and then we moved into the next room. so then in the dining room, the kitchen, we took the floor and had tiles put down instead of the laminate and then we took that through to the kitchen.

we had the hearth taken out to carry the tiles into the fireplace and we had the new radiator fitted in this room. so basically we did a lot of work to the house prior to getting a remortgage done. i thought, to get a good idea of what the house was worth, to put a value in for the remortgage i'd get a valuation done. so i got one of the local estate agents out to do that who actually through conversation i had found out that he had originally valued the house prior to us buying it, and he valued the house at £220,000. after the work that we have completed after spending approximately £20,000-£25,000, went to the mortgage brokers and they obviously arranged everything for me. we had a valuation done from a surveyor but it was carried out by a drive—by and they down valued of the house by £20,000. a drive—by is when a surveyor values a house on behalf of the bank but doesn't actually

come in to take a look. there are no exact figures on the amount of house valuations done this way. but they're more common when people have large deposits. i had a look online, you can get a rough idea of what prices are in the area, and i had a look in the road and the houses in the road were still significantly higher than what we had ours valued at. so, just to be clear, phil bought his house three years ago for £180,000. he spends £25,000 doing it up. it was then valued at less than the two put together. so, who do you blame for your down valuation? the surveyors. and the reason for that would be purely because it was the surveyor was done by a drive—by and it wasn't actually to take a look at the property, so the inside for all they know, the inside could be immaculate but then they might not be in inside of the house, it could be a complete shell.

you may be wondering then who is the big winner when it comes to somebody getting a down valuation. well, often it's the banks. surveyors are employed by the banks to value houses for mortgages and remortgages. if you are caught in this situation you either have to pay more a month or find a new mortgage. so then in the front room we had... the result would have left phil having to pay an extra £50 a month over five years as his interest rates would have been higher. instead he lost hundreds of pounds in mortgage fees and went with another bank. the people who represent the banks told us: of course, the people who give us house selling prices are estate agents.

jonathan hudson runs a branch in central london. he thinks surveyors are being overly cautious when they don't know an area. surveyors are under obligation and they have insurance covers so they make the right decision, so when it is happening sometimes it can be somebody from out of the area who is maybe overcautious, or it can just be another surveyor knowing that the market is slightly softening and therefore they are being a bit overcautious to cover their back. is part of the problem that you the estate agents are simply overvaluing the properties when you go out to see them? we are trying to educate our sellers now about where the market is. there is no point in us... we are, apart from the online agents, we are one of the few service industries that only get paid on a result. why would we want to take

on lots of properties at the wrong price? down valuations are costing people money, at least in the short—term. but it's also adding to the slowdown in the housing market. for ebony and jalisa they hope buying their next house won't be as complicated as this one. and we'll be discussing this story morejust after 10am. if you want to read more about it — head to the website where it's one of the most read stories this morning. lots of you have been getting in touch with us on this story. on twitter says... "maybe it's over optimistic pricing by vendors or selling agents that's to blame here? lenders/valuers well within their rights to be more ‘realistic‘ in their valuations to deflate the ever increasing rise in house prices." stu on facebook: "do the valuation as soon as you can, use that as a tool

to negotiate the price if it's been over valued by the seller or threaten to walk, yes it costs you money if you do walk but it would cost the seller far more. until money has changed hands you aren t glued to the price." the problem with that is, if you are way off from putting in another, you could be paying surveys on lots of houses. it is a tricky one. jason on facebook: "get a valuation and a survey done first before agreeing a price and continuing with a sale. these services are available to stop things like this happening. love how people go for the short cut and then complain when it goes wrong." john on facebook: "harsh, but about time, if lenders had been doing this years back, the housing market wouldn't be in the mess it is now." scotty on facebook: "there is a big brexit recession coming. the housing market bubble is likely to crash. not the best time to buy right now." brian who is a surveyor says why did no one speak to a chartered surveyor on this subject? this is a non—article.

surveyors are not predicting a financial crash. we are charged with valuing properties by following the market, not setting it. we find at least three comparable properties within the vicinity and adjust the value depending on the variables. it might be that they have a larger plot, closer to transport link etc. there is also a protocol for challenging any valuation carried out! we will be talking to a surveyor after 10am. we will be speaking to a mortgage adviser and an estate agent. we will be talking about the issue raised in that film, the drive—by valuations and whether it is fair. still to come. the working homeless — tens of thousands of families are stuck in temporary accommodation like a hostel or b&b despite holding down a job according to new figures. we'll hear from one mum who's working as a waitress and has been homeless for over four years. over 400 members of a volunteer syrian organisation called the white helmets and their families have been rescued by israel

from southern syria. some are expected to be resettled in britain. we'll get the latest on their situation time for the latest news — here's rebecca jones. three men have been arrested in connection with a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester on saturday. police believe the boy was ‘deliberately attacked' at a retail park in the city. he suffered severe burns to his arms and face. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton was arrested yesterday in connection with the incident and is still in police custody. 1a people have been shot and one person has died in toronto, according to canadian police. the shooting happened in the greek district of the city on sunday night and the shooter is also believed to be dead. a young girl is in a critical condition.

the motive for the shooting remains unclear and police are asking witnesses who have any video or photos of what happened to contact them. waste packaging that is being sent overseas to be recycled, could be ending up in landfill according to the national audit office. a report by the public spending watchdog says the uk has met eu targets, but is carrying out inadequate checks on whether recycling has actually taken place or whether waste has simply been landfilled or burned. the government says it is committed to improving the recycling system and will outline reforms later this year. this programme has learned there's been a sharp rise in the number of houses being valued at less than what buyers have agreed to pay. one of the uk's biggest mortgage providers says it is seeing more houses down valued than those that aren't. down valuations can force people to pay thousands of pounds more for a home to stop the sale collapsing. uk finance, the body which represents lenders says

they have a responsibility to ensure property values are realistic. theresa may says it's time to "get on with" reaching a brexit deal with the eu. the prime minister is taking her cabinet to the north east today for their last meeting before the summer recess. ministers will then visit a series of european capitals to sell the government's vision of brexit. the eu and the uk want a deal in place by october. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. here's some sport now with karthi. the sports headlines, first major title for francesco molinari who has won the open championship at carnoustie becoming the first italian to win a major, munari beat the likes of justin italian to win a major, munari beat the likes ofjustin rose and rory mcllroy by two shots while tiger woods was three shots off the pace. lewis hamilton described it as the

most emotional, unbelievable day as he won the german grand prix after starting in 14th place in hockenheim. sebastian vettel started on pole position but he crashed. the british teenager set a new world record in the tiberti for 100 metres at the anniversary games. the 17—year—old smashed hannah cockroft‘s record to win in 16.80 seconds and there was another record in thet seconds and there was another record in the t 38 200 metres. england were beaten by new zealand in the rugby world cup sevens in the final 33—12. new zealand become the first men's side to win consecutive world cup sevens title is. that is all for now andi sevens title is. that is all for now and i have after 10am. thanks. hundreds of thousands of working families are struggling to keep a roof over their heads — that's according to research by the homelessness charity shelter. they noticed that official figures on homelessness weren't telling us enough about the types of families who find themselves homeless, particularly how many of them are actually working. they say it goes against what most people think of when they hear the word homeless. in 2017, 55% of families living in temporary accommodation, like b&bs, hostels and otherforms of temporary housing were working.

thats over 33,000 families who were holding down a job despite having nowhere stable to live. they call it "working homelessness" and say it's being driven by a combination of expensive private rents, the on—going freeze on housing benefit and a lack of social homes. let's talk now to hilary burkitt who is head of policy and research at shelter. kelly sheen has been homeless for four and a half years and has been moved seven times — she's just started a job as a waitress whilst living in temporary accommodation. tonyjoins us from south london where he's working as an electrician whilst living in a hostel after he crowdfunded for his training. thank you forjoining us. kelly, i wa nt to thank you forjoining us. kelly, i want to start with you, how did you

find yourself in this situation four and a half years ago of effectively being homeless? it first started for me when i was originally living in and out of london borough in a private rent with my family. i had quite a large family and we were evicted from the house because the landlord wanted his property back, he knew he could get more rent from it so we ended up going to the local council because we couldn't find anywhere else that we could afford with my partner at the time who was working full—time and i was looking after the children. we were put into emergency accommodation in an inner london borough so moved right out of our area. moving kids from school? harder to get to work?|j our area. moving kids from school? harder to get to work? i had two children in specialist schools in the borough we were living in and they couldn't get to school, none of them could get to school. we couldn't access our gp, friends, everything, we were so far out. couldn't access our gp, friends, everything, we were so far outm through everything up. but then it got even worse because this has had

a profound affect on your whole family. absolutely. about six weeks after we were putting this accommodation in seven—year—old son morgan passed away from an asthma attack because he'd ran out of his inhalers. 0bviously attack because he'd ran out of his inhalers. obviously i was too far to get him to his usual gp, the one he'd been under all his life so i had to take him to another one, a local one, and she prescribed the wrong inhalerfor him and a couple of days after that gp visit he stopped breathing and we could not resuscitate him. and all of this is essentially linked to homelessness? yeah, absolutely because we have to live with the fact knowing that if we had been in our home, as we called it, and we knew where... the gp wasjust called it, and we knew where... the gp was just across the road, the hospital was just gp was just across the road, the hospital wasjust up gp was just across the road, the hospital was just up the road, we knew where those things were. 0n that night we had to google where

the closest hospital was and we were about to take into the hospital when he stopped breathing. that wouldn't happened as it did if we hadn't been put where we were. so just explain, when you are grieving a loss of your seven—year—old you have got nowhere permanent to live, the children are struggling to get to school, your husband is trying to hold down his full—time job, husband is trying to hold down his full—timejob, it's more difficult to get there. yeah. what does that do to you as a family unit? it is unbelievable. every day you are waking up and it is bad enough thinking, my little boy has gone, i've lost my little boy. but then to think this is not our home, we have lost our home, it's just overnight our whole lives were taken away, everything was ripped apart and the effect it had on the other kids, and they are still struggling now, that isa they are still struggling now, that is a hell of a lot for a child to lose. of course. stay with us, i wa nt to lose. of course. stay with us, i want to bring tony in as well and he

can share his experience with us. tony, you've been homeless for a decade, haven't you? tell us how you found yourself in that situation. that would suggest tony's skype line has frozen... go ahead, tony, we we re has frozen... go ahead, tony, we were struggling to hear you but go ahead. 0k, were struggling to hear you but go ahead. ok, i was living in were struggling to hear you but go ahead. 0k, iwas living in a were struggling to hear you but go ahead. ok, i was living in a hostel at the time and there was this lady named sarah. she knew i was homeless and she introduced me and helped me get trained up and get into employment, basically. so it was crowd funded, wasn't it, effectively, wasn't it? people contributed so that you could train and go out and get a job. that's correct. that's right. i was absolutely shocked when money got

funded. i was so delighted. there was like when britain won the world cup... not the world cup, when britain beat panama 6—1, everyone was excited. that's the excitement i had when people raised the money for me. sol had when people raised the money for me. so i could do level three. people will be amazed watching you. they can see you are clearly at work, working as an electrician, you have worked hard, you are clearly determined to achieve things and they would be amazed to hear that people like you and people like kelly are effectively homeless, you are working homeless. yes, we are. yeah, we are, do you know, ijust put ina yeah, we are, do you know, ijust put in a bit of effort which i was unable to do and this week i have signed off benefits and i'm paying my own rent now and it's really satisfying to do that. it isjust

onwards upwards and now, you know? i am working towards my nvq.m onwards upwards and now, you know? i am working towards my nvq. it is good to hear a success story. i want to bring in hilary from shelter because people will be surprised at home to his many working people are homeless. it's not the image many people have. absolutely not and i think it's disgraceful we have tens of thousands of families in this situation now similar to the situation now similar to the situation that happened to kelly where they are just about managing but one thing is enough to tip them over the edge into homelessness. we are finding that particularly people living in the private rented sector, because the rents are so expected dai expensive and so unstable, simple things like the landlord putting of the rent, they find there are not affordable options out there and they find themselves homeless and they find themselves homeless and they find themselves homeless and they are tipped over the precipice and as kelly told the some of the situation where you find yourself in temporary accommodation, uprooted from your friends, networks, schools and the gps you

rely on can have devastating consequences. rely on can have devastating consequences. so rely on can have devastating consequences. so really really need to tackle this crisis, it is of the housing crisis that we face in this country, product of the expensive private rents and cuts to housing benefit and ultimately the effect dai fact we don't have the social housing we need in this country to give people like kelly a secure and affordable home —— the fact we don't have. that's why they social housing commission has been launched to come up commission has been launched to come up witha commission has been launched to come up with a plan for social housing. kelly, you have separated from your partner and you live in temporary accommodation with your 18—month—old baby and your son. paint what do matter picture of your accommodation. i'm lucky, if you can call it that, i'm still under an outer london borough but where i am living they have put me back out in kent but the accommodation i've got isa kent but the accommodation i've got is a self—contained house, which is

why i say i'm lucky because i've beenin why i say i'm lucky because i've been ina why i say i'm lucky because i've been in a lot lot worse. yes, we have our own privacy and it's not great, the condition of these properties, especially compared to the rent they are charging for them, because a lot of people have cottoned on, this is emergency accommodation, we can charge what we like and a lot of the time the tab is picked up by the housing benefit bill. is that what you think the government should do? from your perspective what needs to change to help families like you get stable permanent accommodation? social housing, definitely, that was set up for a purpose and it has served its purpose because we didn't have this housing crisis back however many yea rs housing crisis back however many years ago when it was effective and being used as it should have been. that's one of the biggest things that i think, the lack of social housing. affordable housing. not only that, the security you get with social housing as well which is not there in the private rented sector. that to me is the two biggest problems i think this country is

dealing with at the moment. what is it the government needs to do? what is the bold vision you have? as part of our social housing commission we have heard from tens of thousands of people who have told us the stories of how we need secure affordable housing and we do need a big plan. 0ur social housing commission will come up with recommendations later this year and it is absolutely clear that without a bold plan this kind of crisis and people like kelly will continue to be in temporary accommodation and find themselves homeless despite being in work. hilary and kelly thank you, we heard from tony earlier. a ministry of housing communities and local government spokesperson told us that they're providing more than £1.2 billion, so all those left homeless get the support they need and that they are investing £9 billion in affordable properties so families can get a permanent home. they say homelessness acceptances are down 6% on a year ago, according to the latest statistics and fewer vulnerable people, including children, are in b&bs. coming up,

as we've been hearing, so—called down valuations are costing buyers thousands of pounds of extra cash. a down valuation is where lenders value homes below the sale price. we'll be finding out why from surveyors themselves and hearing what can be done. now, here is an extraordinary story of a woman who helps domestic abuse survivors to come to terms with their situation, using social media. natasha toffa uses instagram to help women around the world who are stuck in abusive relationships. strangers in vulnerable situations contact the 27—year—old australian blogger around the clock. now natasha's gone on a self—funded trip to america to meet the women she's been helping, and the bbc has gone with her. and you can watch the rest natasha's journey through the us meeting more women. the full video is on the bbc news website — it's currently in the most watched video section.

you may have heard of the white helmets — they are a volunteer organisation operating in parts of rebel—controlled syria. officially known as syria civil defence they have been credited with saving thousands of lives in the bloody civil war. the syrian president assad claims they have links to al-qaeda. now over 400 white helmets and theirfamilies have been rescued from southern syria. they were brought out by israeli forces, after having become trapped in a war zone by syrian troops. they are currently being held injordan and the plan is for them to be resettled in new countries including britain. i'm joined by 0z katerji, a freelance journalist who has spoken to members of the white helmets since the evacuation, and from our salford studio by ibrahim 0labi who has advised the organisation 0z. why was the white helmets and their

families had to be rescued effectively, from syria ? families had to be rescued effectively, from syria? thank you for having me. the white helmets is a rescue organisation that saves lives. there had been air strikes conducted by the syrian regime and the russian governments, which the white helmets were witness to these crimes taking place. but the russian government and the syrian regime have taken a personal grudge with the white helmets because they have done an incredible job the white helmets because they have done an incrediblejob in the white helmets because they have done an incredible job in sharing the atrocities that have been committed in syria. in situations for example in aleppo, where members of the white helmets stayed in the city after the syrian government regained control, they disappeared on some of them later appeared in videos with torture marks on them,

having confessed to working with terrorism. we all know what prison cells look like from the syrian government. when the syrian regime advances to a certain area like they have done in the south of the country, the white helmets, not of choice of their own, they can no longer stay because it becomes incredibly dangerous. the south of syria was subject to a deal by the russians which allowed combatants to leave from the south to the north and the white helmets were not included on that list. both the syrian government and the russian forces made it clear they didn't wa nt forces made it clear they didn't want the white helmets to leave. they feared they were combatants because of the advocacy they were able to shed light on. as the syrian government advance to the south of syria, there was no other option to lead to is real. it was that all be faced with systematic torture,

enforced disappearance and a lot of other cases and crimes where we have precedence of that already happening to other members of the white helmets in syria. oz, iwant to other members of the white helmets in syria. oz, i want to bring you in because we know there are around 800 volunteers but we are hearing there are only 400 who have managed to get out. you have been speaking to the organisation since the evacuation so there must be concerns for the ones left behind? there are more than 3000 volunteers, men and women working across syria. but in southern syria, the numbers are not being fully discussed because the fact people still there are in imminent danger of torture, execution and forced disappearance. there is obviously a concern about their safety and as it has been mentioned, as soon as the regime advances, these men and women are tortured, captured. it is very concerning. the idea, it is

important to remember these volunteers, these medics are funded by the british government and the american government, so they are our responsibility. we cannot turn our backs on volunteer medics who are being consistently targeted. people watching this might not be familiar with the work the white helmets have done over recent years, you are giving me some incredible statistics? it is difficult to gauge the exact numbers because they are busy saving lives but they have said between 120, 150,000 lives. that is astonishing. the amount they are targeted, in world war i, one in 16 soldiers in the trenches was killed or seriously injured. the white helmets, there are only 3000 volunteers, 260 were killed in the line of duty and many will hundreds

injured. so if you compared the scale of atrocities from world war i and what these men and women are facing in syria, it shows they are deliberately being targeted for the crime, by the assad regime, for practising medicine, saving lives, pulling people out of the rubble and putting out fires in an area where the government withdrew its services. so it is die or do something about it and save lives. that is what they did and that is why they are facing extermination. how concerned are you for the white helmets left behind, is there likely to be another attempt at a rescue operation to get more people out of syria? i am very concerned for the reasons and the one that ozjust mentioned. it is a complex operation and we don't know when another one will be attempted. the areas they can operate in the south is shrinking. the regime is advancing

from the north of that area and isis from the north of that area and isis from the north of that area and isis from the south of it. we cannot predict whether such an operation can take place. but what we do know, as oz mentioned, the white helmets, regardless of whether they were rescued or not, they were systematically targeted through a format called double taps. so it is illegal and you wait and target one area, wait until the rescue get there and then bombed them again. that is how you lose 260 volunteers and how you get injured. it is what they have accepted. doing your duty is one thing, but being subjected to systematic torture and your family members as well, is something else. the irony is, we are rescuing the rescuer. the 260 people who were

killed, sometimes it comes across in syria, two parties are fighting each other and they die incidentally. they are not, the regime fears them because of the work they have been doing and exposing the chemical attacks and others. and oz, rescuing the rescuers, britain has agreed to ta ke the rescuers, britain has agreed to take in some of these 420 people. what do we know about where they will be resettled to start? the idea that israel saved these people, it is not true. it wasn't an israeli operation, it was an international operation. you mean the people who got them out? everybody co-ordinated to do that, the israeli soldiers didn't cross the border into syria, they were volunteers and they were taken they were volunteers and they were ta ken across the they were volunteers and they were taken across the border into israel and they were housed temporarily in

jordan. the united states isn't taking any of them and there will be no refugees resettled in america. it goes to show that despite the propaganda, the ceaseless propaganda, the ceaseless propaganda, the ceaseless propaganda, the campaign waged against the white helmets, who are medics, protected by the geneva convention, they are frequently labelled as al-qaeda, which they are not. they work in areas where there are groups of al-qaeda... not. they work in areas where there are groups of al-qaeda. .. they a lwa ys are groups of al-qaeda. .. they always work in rebel held areas? yes they do, because there are no ambulance or medical services for these people. if there is a child thatis these people. if there is a child that is injured by a russian bomb, you want but child removed from the building and it is the white helmets to have done that. thank you both for coming in. let's get the latest weather update — with matt. so matt in the last few minutes the met office has issued a health

alert urging people to stay out of the sun until the end of the week. tell us more about that. it isa it is a collaborative between the met office and public health england. it is worth health protection needs to be planned. temperatures could have an impact on health, particularly across the young, the elderly and those with chronic illness. it is a level three forecast weather health impact will occur. temperatures in southern and eastern england above 32 degrees by day and not dropping anything lower than 15 degrees by night. they are the conditions we will see over the next few days particularly across central parts of england. keep the curtains closed and the window shut by day and open the windows of the night. eastern england is where the hottest weather will be. cooler in

the north with showers around. the showers are linked into this zone of cloud developing across the north—west of the uk and to the north—west of the uk and to the north and west of that we have the atla ntic north and west of that we have the atlantic airbrushing in. it is the combination of heat and humidity by day and night which could cause health issues. temperatures already rocketing across parts of central and eastern england. another dry day and eastern england. another dry day and showers pushing across scotland and showers pushing across scotland and northern ireland at the moment. the few to come in northern england and wales. but the vast majority will be dry. temperatures across northern and western areas in the high teens and low 20s. for some colour into the low 30s, 32 celsius possible across parts of eastern england. temperatures will not fall away quickly at night, a few showers tonight in south east scotland, northern england and wales on temperatures down into the low

double figures further northwards and westwards. staying more co mforta ble and westwards. staying more comfortable here. we continued that split in conditions on tuesday. the dividing line is this for the front which this line of cloud bringing showers. temperatures into the high teens and low 20s but south and east we continue with the heat, 30 or 31 celsius possible across part of east anglia and the south—east. by wednesday, temperatures rise a little bit further. showers may cross northern and western scotland and northern ireland... back above 30 degrees across the south—east corner. if you look at the outlook towards the end of the week to take us into the weekend, across southern areas we stick with temperatures above 30 degrees all the way through into friday. peaking at 33 celsius

inafew into friday. peaking at 33 celsius in a few spots. showers to take us into the weekend dropping temperatures to the mid—20s. elsewhere, occasional rain at times and temperatures close to where they should be for this time of year into the low 20s for many. matt, thank you very much. hello, it's monday, it's 10:00am. i'm chloe tilley. if you're a first time buyer trying to get onto the housing ladder, you're facing an uphill struggle. one of the uk's largest mortgage advisers has told us they ve seen a spike in the number of people getting down valuations on houses. we got right through to the end stages of buying a house we really, really liked and had our hearts set on. then we came up against problems when the mortgage valuation came back and we had a down valuation of £10,000. we're talking to an estate agent, a surveyor and a mortage adviser in a moment. a highly critical report on the uk's recycling record warns that much of the packaging waste we ship overseas for recycling, could end up being burned

or in landfill. the problem with recycling material abroad is that the uk just has less visibility of what happens to it. it has less ability to get — the uk authorities can't get the same assurances as if it was in the uk. and the anti—semitism row within the labour party rumbles on. at a meeting today some labour mps will argue that the party needs to adopt a tougher definition of anti—semitism. it comes after one mp accused jeremy corbyn of failing to tackle the issue. it's by his actions that he has to bejudged. and by refusing to adopt the definition in full, of what anti—semitism is, he's put himself in the position that he is perceived by many to be anti—semitic. billy bragg, a left—wing campaigner and supporter ofjeremy corbyn, will be on the programme along with thejewish group considering taking legal action against labour.

it's just after 10am. here's rebecca jones is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the days news. good morning everyone. three men have been arrested in london after a three—year—old boy was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in worcester on saturday. police say the child was "deliberately" targeted in a shop. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton, who was arrested yesterday, remains in custody. jon donnison reports. it was outside this store where the attack took place. in broad daylight on a busy saturday afternoon. police believe the toddler was deliberately targeted. a young boy appears to have had some form of substance, potentially acid or another corrosive substance, thrown at or sprayed towards him while he's been with his family. a really, really concerning incident and at the moment we're treating it as if it's a deliberate act towards the child. the boy was taken to hospital

with serious burns to his face and arms but has since been charged. a spokesperson for home bargains said, "our thoughts are with this young child and his family at this very difficult time." local people have been left asking just who could do such a thing. it's just really disgraceful if anything like that happens, especially — to anybody, including if it's happened to children, as well. four men have now been arrested in connection with the case. officers are appealing for anyone with any information to come forward. jon donnison, bbc news. 14 people have been shot and one person has died in toronto, according to canadian police. the shooting happened in the greek district of the city last night and the shooter is also believed to be dead. a young girl is in a critical condition. the motive for the shooting remains unclear and police are asking witnesses who have any video or photos of what happened to contact them.

labour mps will tonight debate whether the party's new code of conduct goes far enough to tackle anti—semitism. the new guidelines, which were adopted last week, have been criticised by somejewish organisations and labour members. the party says it has re—opened a consultation on the code which is robust and internationally recognised. meanwhile, dame margaret hodge has told the bbc‘s today programme she stands by her crticism of the labour leader, jeremy corbyn after calling him rasict and an anti—semite. it's by his actions that he has to bejudged. and by refusing to adopt the definition, in full, of what anti—semitism is, he's put himself in the position that he is perceived by many to be anti—semitic. waste packaging that is being sent overseas to be recycled, could be ending up in landfill according to the national audit office.

a report by the public spending watchdog says the uk has met eu targets, but is carrying out inadequate checks on whether recycling has actually taken place or whether waste has simply been landfilled or burned. the government says it is committed to improving the recycling system and will outline reforms later this year. this programme has learned there's been a sharp rise in the number of houses being valued at less than what buyers have agreed to pay. one of the uk's biggest mortgage providers says ‘down valuations' by lenders can force people to pay thousands of pounds more for a home to stop the sale collapsing. uk finance, the body which represents lenders says they have a responsibility to ensure property values were realistic. theresa may says it's time to get on with reaching a brexit deal with the eu. the prime minister is taking her cabinet to the north east today for their last meeting before the summer recess.

ministers will then visit a series of european capitals to sell the government's vision of brexit. the eu and the uk want a deal in place by october. president trump has warned the iranian president, hassan rouhani, to never threaten the united states again as tensions between the two countries escalate. mr trump tweeted that iran ‘will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before'. mr rouhani previously said a conflict between the two countries would be ‘the mother of all wars'. earlier this year the us dropped out of the iran nuclear deal and imposed fresh sanctions on tehran. it's nasa's 60th birthday — today nasa leaders, past and present will host a 0&a celebrating its history and outlining their vision for the decades ahead. the space administration is also preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of sucessfully putting man on the moon.

later this year the us mint will unveil an apollo 11 commemorative coin. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10:30am. thanks, rebecca. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the #victorialive. lots getting in touch about the down valuations story and we will put that to our mortgage adviser, estate agent and surveyor. if you're emailing and are happy for us to contact you and maybe want to take part in the programme — please include your phone number in your message. if you text, you'll be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport now at the bbc sport centre. good morning. we have a new open champion and for the first time it is an italan. francesco molinari is the open champion after winning at carnoustie. he beat a group of four players which included, justin rose and rory mcilroy, by two shots. mcilroy had pulled himself back into

contention after a bad start to his final—round. both mcilroy and rose had amazing eagle shots on the fifth. tiger woods also had a great round in the end, taking the outright lead in the afternoon with some vintage strokes. the crowd at carnoustie got excited but a double bogey on the 11th effectively ended his round, he finished three shots off the pace of the winner who was molinari. to look at the names on that claret jug, obviously, what can you say? is the best golfers in history. to be on there it's incredible, for somebody like me coming from italy, not really a major golfing country, it's been an incrediblejourney. dramatic day in different sports. it was the most emotional day, that's

how lewis hamilton described his win at the german grand prix. hamilton had started in 14th place while sebastian vettel started on pole but crashed. hamilton's victory in hockeheim gives him a 17—point lead over vettel in the championship standings. i would never have thought you could do something like that today but i kept pushing and kept believing and it happened. i really manifested my dream today, so big thanks to god. there were two world records at the anniversary games at the london stadium. british teenager, kare adenegan, set a new world record in the t34100 metres. the 17—year—old smashed hannah cockcorft‘s record to win in 16.80 seconds. nd sophie hahn broke her own world record in the t38 200 metres. it meant so much to me, i was so hungry for it today. i wanted it to bea hungry for it today. i wanted it to be a good race, i knew that hannah was so amazing coming in and she had

the world record and i really had to work hard for it. i was so pleased with the result. greg rutherford has admitted that injuries mean he won't be defending his european title in berlin in august. the olympic and world champion said goodbye to the london stadium yesterday at the anniversary games. rutherford won his gold medal on super saturday during london 2012. and england were beatne by new zeland in the rugby world cup sevens final. new zealand who, became the first men's side to win consecutive world cup sevens titles won by 33—12. that's all the sport for now. buying a home is getting trickier. one of the uk's largest mortgage advisors has told us they've seen a spike in the number of people getting down valuations on houses. that's when a lender thinks a property is worth less than someone has agreed

to pay for it. and these down valuations are leading to housing chains breaking down. we'll be talking about what this all means in a moment, but first here's some of rick kelsey‘s report which we played you earlier. getting your first house is never easy. but for some it's getting even harder. well, it wasn't until quite faron in the process when we had the mortgage valuation come back that we faced all the issues. ebony and jalisa have been told by their bank twice that the houses they'd agreed to buy are not worth the sale price. we got right through to the very end stages of buying a house that we really, really liked and had our hearts set on. and then we came up against problems when the mortgage valuation came back and we had a down valuation of £10,000. a down valuation is when after agreeing a price for a house with a seller of, say, £200,000, your bank comes in and checks your house is worth what you say it is. they send a surveyor but they value it at less

than that, say, £10,000 less. if the buyer can't renegotiate, they may have to find that extra £10,000 in cash because the bank will only lend on what they are told the house is worth. we went back and we tried to renegotiate to see if the buyers would meet it, or if they thought that that was reasonable or not and they literally turned round and was like, "we cannot take the house down ten grand. "there is no chance." the second time it happened for a similar amount. so again we were out, i think it was £10,000 again, wasn't it? yeah. and fortunately the seller this time, unlike in ourfirst experience, they were happy to come and meet us halfway. so you've got this £5,000 that you've got to make up. how are you going to get around that? we had to find the money. yeah. we had to find £5,000 in a very limited amount of time, isn't it? yeah. so we had to speak to family and pull family together and after a while we are going to have to start paying it back. ebony and jalisa's case is far from unique.

this programme has learned that at the uk's largest mortgage broker group london & country more than half of its staff are now seeing down valuations on a daily basis. while at the uk's second—biggest online estate agents emove, one in five of their houses are now being down valued. surveyors are under obligation and they have insurance covers to make sure they make the right decisions, so when it is happening sometimes it can be somebody from out of the area who is maybe overcautious, or it can just be another surveyor knowing that the market is slightly softening and therefore they are being a bit overcautious to cover their back. so, down valuations aren't anything new but many mortgage advisers we have been speaking to say that this is the most they have seen them happening since the financial crash. and those who are affected the most by them tend to be those who have really small

deposits for their homes, or those who are remortgaging after doing a bit of work. the banks who employ the surveyors told us valuations help borrowers avoid paying over the odds. yet down valuations are costing people money, at least in the short—term. and it's also adding to the slowdown in the housing market. for ebony and jalisa they hope buying their next house won't be as complicated as this one. let's speak now to russel quirk from the online estate agent emoov, jane king — a mortgage advisor, and the surveyor nick hanson, who is from the royal institute of chartered surveyors. thank you forjoining us. russell, why do you think there is a down valuation? i think if the media are discussing the fact the market is

softening, surveyors become concerned about their in them to policies, which kicked in and are called upon by lenders if there is an issue with the property market. my an issue with the property market. my contention is, the market is very sound, property prices are higher than they were 12 months ago. he would say that because you are an estate agent? no, the facts say that, they affirm and there is no need for surveyors to be down valuing properties, except on the basis of their over caution. if there is a downturn in the property market they go back to the lenders and call on the indemnity policies which costs the surveyor money so they have a vested interest. would you agree with that? not at all. the institution is generally of the view that we come into the house selling and buying process at too late

stage. by the time we come to give our valuation, it is a question the agent has done their thing, the mortgage broker has done their thing and at the end of the day, we are trying to work out the market months after the estate agent has put his initial figure on the property, as such. there is a way in which we can come into the equation at an earlier stage and it would be better. matthew has got in touch with us and he says, we bought our house last yearin he says, we bought our house last year in cornwall and had a £57,500 down valuation due to the mortgage company conducting a drive—by valuation or online and they never entered the property to look around. that cannot be right? to a degree i can understand how your viewer feels. i do agree that sort of level of reduction in value would merit a proper inspection. shouldn't there

a lwa ys proper inspection. shouldn't there always be a proper inspection, should there ever be a drive—by inspection of a house? you are talking to a very old member of the profession, the only way is to go in and inspect. we have a lot of comments by people who are outraged. jane, what affect is this having on the housing market generally? people are either having to get the cash or the chain is breaking down? looking at it from the advisory point of view, we tend to be at the end of the process and we have everything set up for the borrower and then it all set up for the borrower and then it a ll falls set up for the borrower and then it all falls over. what amazes me is how emotionally attached people get to property. instead of saying, this is realistic and perhaps what the property is worth, and emotionally they have already moved in and all they have already moved in and all they want to do is buy this

property, can we find another lender? can we borrow the money? is there another way around it? they cannot step back and take an objective view. sometimes the surveyor may be right and sometimes they will not be right but they take too much of an emotional view rather thana too much of an emotional view rather than a financial view. but it is devastating for people who have set their hearts on the property, only to find they cannot have it any more. property purpose is cultural, we have been educated to become this aspirational homeowning nation. we have been educated to become this aspirational homeowning nationm you save up and set your heart on a particular property, you will be devastated if surveyor comes along and crashes your dream. if you are selling, you get devastated because you property isn't worth that you thought it was. do have a double edged sword. with my firm, we have been able to save a lot of clients money because we have come along at

a stage before the sale was about to happen and pointed out they are spending too much money. they have reduced the price? very much so. this is a flavour of some of the e—mails and brian has got in touch on another e—mail, he is a chartered surveyor. the estate agent stated he would not overvalued because he is paid on results. estate agents often over inflate the price to see off the competition and then they chip away at the value because of a lack of interest. that is nonsense. if you are selling your house and someone you are selling your house and someone values it at 89, 99 90 109,000. very few people will go for the 80 9000. but buyers have the

internet at their disposal and they have rates from the land registry and so on. it is very unusual for a house to sell for the asking price, there is always room for negotiation. regardless of what the estate agents puts the market on the market at, the market will decide. it is always at the door of the surveyor? estate agents don't set the market, they reflect it. in the same way, we do the same but we work from evidence which is proved by the land registry and sometimes there can be a time—lag between when you do your work and we do ours. what is noticeable and we are in a very poor property market, it is being affected by just property market, it is being affected byjust about every negativity we can have at the moment and this next year and a half? do

you believe that, house prices are up you believe that, house prices are up 2% yearon you believe that, house prices are up 2% year on year. i work in the thames valley, regularly seeing prices coming down. statistics don't say that, indexes don't say they are coming down. indexes are indexes. they are statistics. i work with real buyers and i see what is being done. there is a time—lag, maybe six to eight months in many cases. can you challenge this? if you are in a situation as a buyer and you get this down valuation, and then you potentially have defined tens of thousands of pounds, or renegotiate, can you appeal? yes, you can appeal and evaluation, you can speak to the lenderand and evaluation, you can speak to the lender and asked to appeal but it is a long process with lots of

documentation to be filled out. you have to fined three comparator lose yourself, three properties in the same area that have sold in the last 90 days. sometimes you cannot find that information so it is pointless. i have appealed once a year and it is difficult to get a surveyor to change his mind, even when the evidence is overwhelming. the other option is to look for another lender and try again and get a free valuation and get a second opinion. some people were suggesting you should get a survey done on a house before you agree the price. should get a survey done on a house before you agree the pricelj should get a survey done on a house before you agree the price. i agree with that. but i knew pain. it is the cost. what is the cheapest survey. an average survey is about £500. which is a lot of money and then you go in with a realistic price to the vendor and they might say absolutely no way and then you have to do that three or four times.

one comment here is from craig huby is an estate agent and he says, i have to put the blame at many of my colleagues' doors. if you produce the evidence to show how you value the evidence to show how you value the house, it is impossible to be down value. but the vendor ‘s don't see that when they are being offered £200,000 more from an agent with promises with things that can't really be promised. he is an estate agent. why is this happening in a more prevalent way now. two or three yea rs more prevalent way now. two or three years ago down valuation was almost unheard of. now we are seeing as many as one in five being down value. the huge increase. why is it happening? i go back to the point again, house prices are not, in most insta nces, again, house prices are not, in most instances, lower than they were a year or two years ago. norman has got in touch on e—mail and in scotla nd got in touch on e—mail and in scotland they don't look up properties before they value them. they didn't look in the loft space,

the cupboards or the sinks. they measured the size of the rooms, they talk recent sale prices which were depressed by one man who wanted to move back south because his wife died and he sold for 30% less. this is collapsing the market and surveyors a re partly is collapsing the market and surveyors are partly responsible. cana surveyors are partly responsible. can a house sale on one street by somebody who needs to take money out quick, ruin if everybody else?m can make a difference but every property has two b survey to buy a surveyor. my knowledge of the scottish market finished about 30 years ago. taking scotland aside, if one person on your street desperately needs to sell and they sell it a lot cheaper, i know people who have gone to a nasty divorce and just to irritate their partner they have taken just to irritate their partner they have ta ken less just to irritate their partner they have taken less on the house, cannot spoil a valuation for a street or an area? that is down to the view of

the surveyor or the value. we don't just depend on one piece of information, we look for the general tone in the area. we analyse it and look at the market sentiment to go with it. it is an outline process which is highly regulated. with it. it is an outline process which is highly regulatedlj with it. it is an outline process which is highly regulated. i will let you carry on talking in the green room. you let you carry on talking in the green room. you were let you carry on talking in the green room. you were very polite. it could have been worse. thank you for coming in. coming up, a labour mp has tackled jeremy corbyn and accused him of failing to tackle anti—semitism. time for the latest news — here's rebecca jones. the bbc news headlines this morning. three men have been arrested in connection with a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester on saturday. police believe the boy was deliberately attacked at a retail park in the city.

he suffered severe burns to his arms and face. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton was arrested yesterday in connection with the incident — and is still in police custody. 14 people have been shot and one person has died in toronto, according to canadian police. the shooting happened in the greek district of the city on sunday night and the shooter is also believed to be dead. a young girl is in a critical condition. the motive for the shooting remains unclear and police are asking witnesses who have any video or photos of what happened to contact them. waste packaging that is being sent overseas to be recycled, could be ending up in landfill according to the national audit office. a report by the public spending watchdog says the uk has met eu targets, but is carrying out inadequate checks on whether recycling has actually taken place or whether waste has simply been landfilled or burned. the government says it is committed to improving the recycling system and will outline reforms later this year.

this programme has learned there's been a sharp rise in the number of houses being valued at less than what buyers have agreed to pay. one of the uk's biggest mortgage providers says ‘down valuations' by lenders can force people to pay thousands of pounds more for a home to stop the sale collapsing. uk finance, the body which represents lenders says they have a responsibility to ensure property values were realistic. theresa may says it's time to "get on with" reaching a brexit deal with the eu. the prime minister is taking her cabinet to the north east today for their last meeting before the summer recess. ministers will then visit a series of european capitals to sell the government's vision of brexit. the eu and the uk want a deal in place by october. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. here's some sport now. it was a first major title for

francesco molinara it was a first major title for francesco molina ra you it was a first major title for francesco molinara you has won the open championship at carnoustie. he becomes the first italian to win a major, ebjustin becomes the first italian to win a major, eb justin rose becomes the first italian to win a major, ebjustin rose and rory mcilroy by two shots while tiger woods was just three shots behind the winner. lewis hamilton described his win at the german grand prix as an emotional day. he started in 14th place and sebastian vettel began on pole position be crushed. a british teenager has set a new world record in the t34100 metres at the anniversary games. the 17—year—old smashed hannah cockroft‘s record and there was another record for sophie hahnin there was another record for sophie hahn in the t381005. by new zealand have beaten great britain in the by have beaten great britain in the rugby sevens. they become the first men's side to bring consecutive

men's side to bring consecutive men's titles. british packaging waste shipped overseas for recycling could actually be ending up in landfill due to inadequate checks, the government's spending watchdog has warned. packaging recycling obligations require more than seven thousand firms responsible for generating waste to demonstrate that a certain amount has been recycled. but a report by the national audit office criticised the environment agency's oversight of the scheme in england. we can speak to professor margaret bates — she's a professor of sustainable wastes management?at the university of northampton and known as the queen of recycling. and with me is libby peake from the green alliance, which is a charity and a think—tank focused on the environment. and also with me is mary creagh, the labour mp and chair of the environmental audit select committee mary is the chair of the environmental audit select committee. are you surprised by these findings

because lots of people at home may because lots of people at home may be surprised? i'm not surprised. the industry, the sector, has been calling out for reform for some time and the trouble is when we haven't historically posted by uk—based recycling infrastructure we have been reliant on export. to a certain extent when you send stuff for recycling there is always going to be some residues and contamination, lids, labels and kalous etc that need to go to landfill or incineration and that is true whether you are talking about the uk or overseas. but it's important we build a pro uk recycling infrastructure —— glues. build a pro uk recycling infrastructure -- glues. why aren't we recycling in the uk and shipping it abroad? there is no market here, until the government forces supermarkets and producers to use re cycled supermarkets and producers to use recycled plastics they will send it abroad. the dairy industry did an investigation, a big investment in a closed loop recycling system and

soon as the oil price dropped the dairy companies chose virgin plastics over recycled plastic and the big recycling plant shut. so this is a global commodity market. it is very sensitive to global oil prices, global plastics prices. we in this country have to create a market so that we recycle in this country and keep those jobs, and growth, and industry in this country. libby, should we be doing that here, or should we just make sure that the stuff we send abroad is properly recycled ?|j sure that the stuff we send abroad is properly recycled? i think we need to do both things. first of all we need to make sure we have the infrastructure the uk to recycle it and second of all we need to make sure that what we are sending abroad is recyclable material and doesn't contain contaminants. the reason why some of the stuff we send abroad is not entirely recycled as they are not entirely recycled as they are not playing on a level playing field with the domestic recycle is. when you are recycling in the uk you have

to actually recycled material and then you can issue the evidence when you are exporting those are issued at the point of export so it will still contain contaminants, labels and things like that which are falsely counted as recycled rather than being recycled here. so it isn't a level playing field for the domestic recycle is. professor bates, whose responsibility is this? is at the government's responsibility, or is it the companies producing the plastics in the first place? it is really interesting. if you look, a lot of companies are already doing a lot of stuff about incorporating recycled content stuff about incorporating recycled co nte nt into stuff about incorporating recycled content into their materials and have set ambitious targets going forward into the future. this is companies in all sectors. we have had supermarkets say they're going plastic free, or increasing their plastics recycling. but what we need isa plastics recycling. but what we need is a standard. we need to make sure that say, for example, plastic bottles have 50% recycled plastic,

and as mary said that will create the demand for it. we will have the material that is quality, that we need, and we won't need to export it. the government needs to set that framework. at the moment i feel that what has been happening is the industry has been driving the change and the government has almost been playing catch—up. and the government has almost been playing catch-up. you are nodding. this is an opaque system and we asked the neo to do this report because we couldn't see where the money went. we heard evidence in our inquiry that the packaging producers here only pay 10% of the costs of recycling. across europe other countries are forcing them to pay 20,30, countries are forcing them to pay 20, 30, 50%. -- nao. they countries are forcing them to pay 20, 30, 50%. —— nao. they have no incentive to do simple to recycle packaging, that's why we have litter on the street, if it had value, 5p or10p on the street, if it had value, 5p or 10p for each count the streets would be spotless and there would not be any problem with pollution. there is no such place as a way. until we give these bottles their real value, their true value we are

going to allow it to pollute our streets and potentially end up in landfill in far—away countries. so we really need to force the producers to do more cut the principle of the polluter pays. we as taxpayers are footing the bill, council taxpayers through bins and litter collections, that's not fair. as consumers we will end up footing the bill if we make plastic producers pay towards it, when they put up the prices? they will not, they will absorb the prices. this is about treading more gently on the planet. we are using 2.7 times what our natural resource ability can absorb. we need to taper off what we are using and bring it down. in 1950 the world used 2 million tonnes of plastic. last year we used 300 million tonnes of plastic. when we throw it away there is no such place asa throw it away there is no such place as a way so we have to reduce the amount we use and then get into using more recycled products and more reusable products. libby, do you think the answer is, ireland as

a kid, ticking glass bottles back and getting money for it. should we do that with recycling to force people to recycle? —— i remember. first people have to be more responsible about what they put on the market, the system we had was designed 20 years ago between business and government, the aim was to make sure to meet recycling targets as cheaply as possible for businesses but that meant they had no incentive to design things in the right way to use the resources as efficiently as possible. as mary said that meant that the taxpayer has ultimately been paying for this waste that isn't necessary to create. is there a danger, professor bates, people will watch this and say i've been diligently separating my yoghurt pots and my bean cans and whatever for ages. why am my yoghurt pots and my bean cans and whateverfor ages. why am i bothering if this is going abroad and going in landfill? is there a danger we start giving the wrong message to people? yes, definitely. i don't think any of the three of us

would disagree that recycling, you really need to do it, it is really important, it is part of our waste management. but also, as you mentioned earlier, think about what you buy.. just recycle it, but sometimes don't buy it. our data may not be perfect. we may not have all the recycling infrastructure we need here but we're not doing badly at all. if you look at how much we are recycling compared with what we recycled in the past we are doing amazingly. now what we need to do is make sure that the system is better and as our knowledge increases that we make sure that the systems and processes respond to that, and that in legislation, that it's notjust in nice to do, not all about volu nta ry in nice to do, not all about voluntary agreements, that we can seek business is doing the right thing and citizens can follow by example. thank you all forjoining me this morning. i appreciate you taking the time out to speak to us. as we heard earlier, police have arrested three more

people after a three—year—old boy was targeted in a suspected acid attack in worcester this weekend. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton is already in custody. our correspondent phil mackie is in worcester for us now. bring us up—to—date on what has happened. the incident happened on saturday afternoon around 2:15pm at home bargains there. a woman was pushing her young child in a pushchair through the store when there was an attack on the littlechild who was hit with acid, or corrosive substance, either sprayed or spilled on the child's arm and face. we understand the three—year—old is doing ok, has been released from hospital and west mercia police have said they hope he will be able to make some kind of recovery but it is too early to say whether or not they will be permanent scarring and some kind of life changing injuries. earlier this morning three men were arrested in

london, they are all in their 20s, and as you said a 39—year—old from wolverhampton was arrested late on saturday afternoon. that person is still in police custody. we understand that the arrests of the three men in london took place very early hours of this morning and they have yet to be brought to worcester to be questioned. there is still a great deal of a sense of shock in the community the city of worcester. the incident happened just as there was an edl demonstration taking place half a mile away from here and a much larger counterdemonstration and lots of people initially thought that the two incidents at may have been related but it doesn't look like that's the case. there is still no idea why this attack happened but as you said, four people in custody in relation to that awful incident which took place on saturday afternoon. our correspondent phil mackie, thank you for bringing us up—to—date with that story. labour has been battling accusations of anti—semitism sincejeremy corbyn took over as leader, including from within the labour party itself. the party adopted a new code of conduct last week,

outlining various definitions of what constitutes anti—semitic behaviour. the party's ruling body says the definition of in the code goes further than other internationally recognised versions. but some of the party's mps are furious about the code, saying it is nowhere near tough enough. one mp, margaret hodge, is facing action from the party after reportedly swearing at mr corbyn and calling him an anti—semite. she spoke to the today programme earlier. there have been various reports of that encounter, did you really calljeremy corbyn a racist and anti—semite? i always, in the past, disagreed with the people who have called him and anti—semite, but at the end of the day, people are to be judged on what they do and not on what they say. they have to be judged on their actions and not their words. i think what's happened over the last months from failure to respond to anti—semitism against labour party members,

from failure to respond to the massive demonstration, unique demonstration by the jewish community, culminating in a failure to adopt, in full, the universally used definition of anti—semitism, was just a bridge too far. it's not what you say, it's what you do and he hasn't adopted the full definition of anti—semitism, which everybody else has, every other institution, the cps, the government, local authorities, the devolved administrations. they've all adopted this definition. it's one with which the jewish community feels comfortable, he's tried to impose another one on us and that actually leaves out, it omits a whole series of actions. since the incident in the house of commons last week, i have clearly had

a spate of anti—semitic e—mails and social media messages to me. although i have to say to you, martha, i've had more supportive messages than the negative ones. the sunday times yesterday published some of them that appear on facebook. i have been called a zionist bitch. i have been told i am under the orders of my paymaster in israel. i have been called a supporter of the racist state of israel. and i have been told they should dress me as a palestinian so my own paymaster will shoot the traitor. let me finish this point, the only connection between me and israel is that i'm a jew and jews live in israel. and i have seen my beliefs in israel through the prism of my jewish identity is at the heart of this argument. within 12 hours of my actually talking to jeremy corbyn face to face i received a disciplinary letter. 12 hours!

think how long it has taken for the labour party to respond at all to any of the allegations of anti—semitism. and ijust don't even know whether the labour party has responded to the terrible, terrible words that appeared in the sunday times yesterday, accusing me of absolutely horrific things. this is a fight about my identity, the values that brought me into the labour party. i am going to fight within the labour party and it's terrible that in 2018 i have to do that. tonight, a group of mps will push for the full internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism to be included in their own rule book. and in a separate move, the campaign group jewish labour movement is considering taking legal action against the party. let's get more from norman smith, our political guru. how likely is it thatjeremy corbyn will be able to draw a line under this? i would say pretty unlikely, frankie, given how this whole saga has unfolded over months and months

and again and again mr corbyn has tried to put it to bed by holding inquiries, by meeting with various jewish groups, and still it rumbles on. and were action to be taken against margaret hodge i suspect that would be an absolutely in century that would be an absolutely in ce ntu ry m ove that would be an absolutely in century move that would further sow division between the two camps. to be fair, talking to those around mr corbyn last night i get the sense they are looking to defuse the threat of disciplinary action against margaret hodge, suggesting it may just be against margaret hodge, suggesting it mayjust be a verbal reprimand now. although i think even a verbal reprimand will be seen by some as unacceptable. the bottom line is basically this. within mr corbyn's entourage, and fellow figures on the left, they want greater latitude to be able to criticise israel and israeli policies which they do not think is necessarily anti—semitic. manyjewish think is necessarily anti—semitic. many jewish organisations that think is necessarily anti—semitic. manyjewish organisations that far too often attacking israel is used asa too often attacking israel is used as a proxy for attacking jews and

therein lies the real heart of the division. i see no sign that mr corbyn is inclined to back off from his political stance supporting palestinians, being highly critical of many israeli policies and so on. so it is very hard to see how you get some sort of reconciliation. the longer this has gone on, we have had demonstrations in parliament, pretty much every differentjewish organisation protesting and complaining about labour's stance. it's hard to see how this can be resolved. now we have the parliamentary labour party in effect saying that the code of conduct drawn up by the labour party is not good enough because it doesn't include all the examples contained in the international code. you now have a situation where quite possibly you could end up with the parliamentary labour party by and large critical of mr corbyn at loggerheads with the national executive committee, by and large supportive of mr corbyn, over this issue of anti—semitism. supportive of mr corbyn, over this issue of anti-semitism. norman smith, assistant political editor, thank you.

in a moment we're going to speak to billy bragg, a supporter ofjeremy corbyn who's regularly waded into this row on twitter. but first let's speak to ivor caplin. he's a former labour minister and now heads up the jewish labour movement. this is the group considering taking legal action against labour. we are having a few problems connecting to ivor, so we will talk to billy bragg. as we heard from norman smith, labour has come in for a lot of criticism at this new code of conduct. it's not taking in all the widely accepted international holocaust alliance definition of anti—semitism. you get it amongst the cps and the police, so why is the cps and the police, so why is the labour party different? the abuse margaret hodge suffered is a borren. if any of those abusers are found to be part of the labour party, they should be expelled. i

think the code falls into two distinct parts. those aspects of anti—semitism directed atjewish people, individuals and judaism, but there were several of the examples addressed directly towards the behaviour of the state of israel. the home affairs select commission looked up the code last year and found one of them which says, to deny the self—determination of the jewish people is anti—semitic. but it was so wide, in needed tidying up by adding to it, it is not anti—semitic to criticise the state of israel unless it can be proved. dame margaret hodge today has been clear in saying the code allows legitimate criticism of the state of israel. she said herself i criticise israel. she said herself i criticise israel fairly frequently. we can

criticise israel and stick to this code? the code, which only came out in 2016 is only used by pro—israeli activists to close down protest against the state of israel by the boycott a nd against the state of israel by the boycott and sanctions group. they put together a petition which they took to number ten downing st, asking the government to stop the bds asking its apartheid week. they have a week where they try to show the palestine knee and citizens don't get the same rights as the israeli citizens. the israeli government passed a law which states that israel is a jewish state and has the implications in it to make the 20% of israeli citizens who speak arabic, into second—class citizens. but that would be a cce pta ble citizens. but that would be acceptable to criticise that move under this code. irrespective of whether all of this, you believe

whether all of this, you believe whether all of this, you believe whether all of this internationally recognised code should be brought in by the labour party, is there not a danger that the message you are sending, not only to thejewish community in the uk and the wider world, that the labour party has not got a handle on this and people will believe it is anti—semitic. for the sake of getting rid of this row, shouldn't they just adhere to this entire code? between the labour party and the jewish committee entire code? between the labour party and thejewish committee there is another party and that is the palestinian party. whilst i recognise the right ofjewish people to decide when they feel they are being abused and being attacked, their right to define that is absolute. it is also the right for the palestinian people to define when they are being attacked. but there are aspects, just a few small aspects of the code, which can be used and have already been used, to close down debate about the

treatment of the palestinian people by the israeli government. this is a ha rd by the israeli government. this is a hard balance to strike, it is not easy. but we cannot deal with one historic problem by creating the situation were another one can thrive. this has to be balanced. labour has extended some of the definitions of this code, calling jewish people capitalist or bankers or suggesting they are part of international finance. or suggesting they are part of internationalfinance. that or suggesting they are part of international finance. that is or suggesting they are part of internationalfinance. that is not in the international code, but it is pa rt in the international code, but it is part of the labour code. it needs to be balanced and stand up in court. because it is new it hasn't been used in court and this has to be solid. so we have an absolute idea of what constitutes anti—semitism so we can go after them and get them out of the labour party and the rest of the party. do you think margaret hodge should face disciplinary action for swearing atjeremy corbyn

and calling him anti—semitic. action for swearing atjeremy corbyn and calling him anti—semiticlj think by doing what she did, she has caused a lot of problems. i wouldn't wa nt to caused a lot of problems. i wouldn't want to add fuel to the fire by holding her up want to add fuel to the fire by holding herup and want to add fuel to the fire by holding her up and making heran example. everybody needs to calm down and we need to find a way to build trust between thejewish community and the labour party. one way to do that might be to take the two additions made by the select committee and at those. we cannot allow anti—semites to get away with attacking jewish people. the line has to be clear. so to be clear, you don't think dame margaret hodge should face any action from the labour party? i don't think it will help. do you thinkjeremy corbyn has a handle on this? i think he is trying to get a handle on it. he has accepted this needs further consultation. that is the problem,

this has been going on a long time and people are asking how it can go on for so long? it hasn't been settled because the ambivalence of the wording of some of the examples. people in thejewish community feel strongly about this. but as i said, we cannot deal with historic racism towards the jewish we cannot deal with historic racism towards thejewish people by creating a space for the continuation of historic discrimination against the palestinian people. people in the jewish community have the right to define what anti—semitism is but they don't have the right to define what amounts to abuse to the palestinian people by the israeli government. if you are talking about historic racism tojewish people, cani historic racism tojewish people, can i pick you up on a tweet you have deleted, saying is it wrong to accuse jewish citizens have deleted, saying is it wrong to accusejewish citizens are being more wrong of being loyal to israel or their own nations? that is what is in the code from the

international holocaust remembrance and alliance accusing people being more loyal to israel rather than their own country? it was a rhetorical question in conversation with a person from thejewish community he was tweeting to say it was a rhetorical question. as soon asi was a rhetorical question. as soon as i saw how it could be misconstrued, i deleted it. and obviously it has been misconstrued by you and your researchers. no, i did read the thread but you are picked up on twitter by the person who challenged you, it wasn't actually what you said and you made that question yourself. do you understand what a rhetorical question is? i do, billy. it was a rhetorical question and i did deleted because i thought it could be misconstrued. it was misconstrued. if you look at the

original thread you will see it was a mistake on my part and i accept that and apologise but it was a rhetorical question, it wasn't a question. billy bragg, thank you for speaking to us. i am pleased, week can now speak to ivor caplin, who are considering action against their own party. explain why you believe this new code of conduct by the labour party doesn't go far enough? over the weekend we saw reports about another facebook group of various facebook groups and many of them quoted terms that wouldn't fall foul of the new code of conduct. the simple thing for the labour party is to a cce pt simple thing for the labour party is to accept this definition and all the examples. if we have internal

discussions on how we build on that, it isa discussions on how we build on that, it is a separatist shoe. everybody would expect labour to show it is dealing with anti—semitism by accepting this code, definition and its examples. labour are saying anti—semitism is racism and it is unacceptable in our party and in wider society. while this isn't reproduced word for word in the international code, they are covered in labour's new code. on tuesday we had an unbelievable moment in their history when 68 rabbis had written to the nec. the chief rabbi who never intervenes in domestic policy is, intervened. all of that evidence was ignored in adopting this code of conduct, which i don't think is fit for purpose. it is not being ignored

because labour is saying it adopts the ihrh verbatim. the other exa m ples the ihrh verbatim. the other examples are expanded on and contextualise. it is not using the exact wording but it is absolutely adopting that code. 31 countries, including the united kingdom, the scottish parliament and the welsh assembly and other countries across europe have adapted these ihrh definitions. thejewish europe have adapted these ihrh definitions. the jewish community europe have adapted these ihrh definitions. thejewish community is united against the code of conduct that labour has adopted. we need very quickly, to adopt the ihrh definition and all ex—examples and we can move on and show to the wider public that we are dealing with anti—semitism. at the moment this is anti—semitism. at the moment this is a row that is not going away.“ anti—semitism. at the moment this is a row that is not going away. if the labour party doesn't listen to your calls to adopt everything from that

internationally recognised code, what happens next? we have a number of options, nothing has been ruled in and nothing has been ruled out. we have a meeting later today when we will consider those. once we have something to say we will be very happy to share them with bbc viewers. do you have any options you are going to pursue? all options are yet to be determined. thank you for speaking to us. that is ivor caplin, the national chairman of the jewish labour movement. nothing is in and nothing is out and they might be considering legal action and we have heard from billy bragg, left—wing campaigner who supports jeremy corbyn. bbc newsroom live is coming up next. thank you for your company today. have a good day. i will be back with you at the same

time tomorrow. good morning. more comfortable in the sunny spells per cloud at times and showers especially across eastern scotland. england and wales prone to one or two showers. temperatures in the low 20s. mid—teens across the north—west scotla nd mid—teens across the north—west scotland but to central and eastern pa rt scotland but to central and eastern part of high 20s if not low 30s, picky and maybe 33 degrees this afternoon. that will lead into a sultry night with temperatures failing to dip away. showers in

southern scotland, northern england and northern ireland will continue but more comfortable for a night's sleep with temperatures into lower double figures. but the nights remain hot and sticky and the day is hot and remain hot and sticky and the day is hotand humid remain hot and sticky and the day is hot and humid as well particularly across central and southern england. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. these are the top stories developing at 11am: three man have been arrested after a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. the met office issues an amber heatwave for parts of england —

warning people to stay out of the sun this week. britain abandons its objection to the us applying the death penalty for two members of is known as "the beatles". a showdown over anti—semitism — jewish labour mps will urge the party to accept a tougher code of conduct. also coming up: the plastic that's piling up. a government watchdog warns that british waste that's sent abroad to be recycled may end up in landfill sites instead.