this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at 11:003m: at least 60 people have died in greece as wildfires ravage coastal towns and holiday resorts near athens. 26 bodies are discovered huddled together in one seaside village — people fled to beaches and boats to escape the flames. tha nkfully thankfully the sea was there and we went into the sea because the flames we re went into the sea because the flames were chasing us all the way to the water. were chasing us all the way to the water. injapan — more than 60 people have now died, and thousands are in hospital, as the heatwave there is declared a national disaster. hundreds of people are missing after a dam collapsed in laos, pouring billions of litres of water into neighbouring villages new pay awards for up to a million workers in the public sector will be announced by the government. the thai boys rescued from a cave after being trapped for a fortnight — today they enter a buddhist

monastery as novices — as a thank you to those who freed them. and raf scampton in lincolnshire — home to the red arrows and the wartime dambusters squadron — is to be sold off by the mod. good morning. it's tuesday the 24th ofjuly — i'm ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live. at least 50 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in the worst wildfires to hit greece in more than a decade. the fires stared around the capital athen and spreak through the attica region — fanned by high winds. most of the victims died in the coastal area of mati, near the capital athens, after getting trapped

in their homes, or as they tried to flee in their cars. emergency workers used boats and helicopters to evacuate beaches — after people ran into the sea to escape the flames. the greek authorities have asked for international assistance to cope with the fires as richard lister reports reports. nothing was left behind. for many of the victims, there was simply never escape. a local mayor said he saw at least 100 homes and 200 vehicles on fire. some lefties until the very last minute to leave hoping against hope that their homes would be spared. but, the overstretched fire

crews, this was an almost impossible battle. many people simply fled to the sea. the coast guard rescued almost 700 from nearby beaches. 0thers almost 700 from nearby beaches. others were rescued from small boats offshore. thankfully, the sea was there and we went into the sea because the flames we re went into the sea because the flames were chasing us all the way to the water put a bit burnt our backs and wejumped water put a bit burnt our backs and we jumped into the water. it was lightning fast. we didn't realise what had happened. you couldn't. it was the first time i had ever seen something like this. for others, trying to flee in a cart proved a fatal mistake. flames fanned across roads leaving them trapped and helpless. the prime minister cut short a foreign visit to do with the crisis. we must at this moment all be in a consta nt we must at this moment all be in a constant state of alert. you must be unified and make the effort to face an exceptionally difficult situation for the country.

daylight revealed the inferno still pushing through the landscape. fla mes pushing through the landscape. flames lapping the side of this coastal highway near athens. wildfires are not unusual in greece but these high winds after a dry winter have created a tinderbox and it's these resort areas which are taking the brunt of it. it isa taking the brunt of it. it is a very green area where many athenians have their summer homes. many people including families with children who are now in school holidays. they were at their summer homes at the time of this party dead and the number of injured. emergency crews are trying to keep the flames back while also making grim new discoveries including a group of 26 huddled together all ove rco m e by group of 26 huddled together all overcome by smoke. children among them. as this fire rages on, it promises to bring yet more of these

apocalyptic scenes with it. this summer apocalyptic scenes with it. this summer holiday season has become a national tragedy. georgia trismpioti — is a senior humanitarian affairs officer for the international federation of red cross what is the latest on the fires? we have seen the absolute death and devastation that they have caused but what is the situation with the virus today? well, some of the fires are continuing. so red cross‘s first priority right now is getting people to safety, treating the injured and also working with the emergency services of the country in order to help a search and rescue operation. and how hard is it for you and your

staff to get access to these areas? because obviously these claims are absolutely terrifying. —— flames. access is not possible to all of these places but people have been evacuated from the affected areas. still, for people who may be trapped in buildings. but the overwhelming majority of people have been evacuated. now the situation is... and what we're trying to do is to have people that have lost their loved one and perhaps in their homes com pletely loved one and perhaps in their homes completely destroyed, so we're trying to provide social support to these people. and you took there are about people who are you fear may still be trapped. i suppose that means which is currently around 60, could rise. definitely. the formal sources say

that people are 60. an informal sources say more than 60 but we cannot confirm it. i mean, the operation is going on and we hope that we're not going to finally discover any other dead people. and it seems these fires took the authorities by surprise. they spread so authorities by surprise. they spread so quickly, so rapidly. and with such terrifying force. in fact, we're working very closely with the greek authorities in order to support their efforts. to have any idea what does cause these fires? honestly, not. we have a

humanitarian role to play in greece and... but what i know is actually, and... but what i know is actually, an investigation is going to take place. in order to find out how those fires broke out. thank you very much for being with us. injapan, more than 65 people have now died in a record—breaking heatwave — and thousands more have been taken to hospital suffering from the effects of the heat. yesterday, temperatures in central tokyo soared above 41 degrees celsius for the first time ever, and japan's weather agency has declared the heatwave a natural disaster, warning that ‘unprecedented' levels of heat is a threat to human life. the latest now from our tokyo correspondent. 30,000 people

admitted to hospital in the last two weeks with heatstroke or heat exhaustion, the last week alone 65 people dying from heat exhaustion. the number overall figure for this month is somewhere between high 70s and low 90s, depending on which source you use. it is certainly a rather shocking figure for people dying from the heat. dolby sorts of records falling. yesterday we had the absolute highest temperature ever recorded in japan. the absolute highest temperature ever recorded injapan. 41.1 celsius ina ever recorded injapan. 41.1 celsius in a townjust ever recorded injapan. 41.1 celsius in a town just north of tokyo. and inner—city another record. seven days unbroken of temperatures above 38 degrees. and this is because a large area of high pressure isjust sitting over the top of japan large area of high pressure isjust sitting over the top ofjapan and has been since the beginning of the month and it is not moving. and so we have the sort of unrelenting heat going on and on and on. people here are being warned to stay out of the midday sun as many parts of the uk continue

to swelter in heatwave conditions. a level three heat alert is still in place for much of east and south east england, which saw the hottest day of the year yesterday in suffolk, at 33.3 degrees celcius. the met office says the first half of this summer is the driest since 1961. 0ur weather presenter matt taylorjoins me now — we don't know is that they will cause the situation in greece. they did spread with great rapidity, the fires. so many extremes across the fires. so many extremes across the northern hemisphere. actually, greece is one the northern hemisphere. actually, greece is one area the northern hemisphere. actually, greece is one area where we've not seen greece is one area where we've not seen extremes of temperature so far this summer. here actually we started on a fairly wet not in fact. but things have turned back to normal. dry, sunny, siblings drying out. the biggest problem faced by those in greece, the strength of the

winds. very strong north—easterly winds. very strong north—easterly winds. good news forfirefighters, they will easily doubled over the next few days before picking up the weekend but no significant rain insight helped dampen down things. injapan, we were insight helped dampen down things. in japan, we were just insight helped dampen down things. injapan, we were just talking about the temperatures there which are put up the temperatures there which are put up to 41 degrees in places. as rupert was saying, it is. it comes on the back of what was a historic rainfall, a spell of historic rainfall, a spell of historic rainfall, a spell of historic rain verbally saw widespread flooding, close to two metres of rain. as all that wet weather cleared with bolton is very humid airand then weather cleared with bolton is very humid air and then high pressure built, it sat there. the humidity has remained in place and the temperatures just built and built and built. there's nothing to clear things await the moment to 41.1. temperatures they've never seen before in japan. temperatures they've never seen before injapan. incredible for this time of year. incredible here at home as well. 33.3, ithink incredible here at home as well. 33.3, i think it was in suffolk. warmest day of the year so far and it has turned out to be quite a remarkable summer here in the uk. so

far it looks like the dry start to summer ever recorded since modern records began in 1969. drier than 76. not quite the intensity people is on 76 where we saw 15 consecutive days above 32 degrees but we are seeing temperature is remaining above 30 degrees across eastern parts of england through to friday before things cool off a little. not as hot in the north and west. at the present where we should be for the time of year. for the moment, thank you very much indeed. and later in the week, we'll have a special programme on this spell of hot weather. it's called ‘feeling the heat‘ — and will take a look at the impact and causes of the summer heatwave, affecting countries around the world. that's coming up on thursday evening, at 8.30, here on the bbc news channel. the government is set to announce a pay rise for around one million public sector workers today, with members of the armed forces, teachers and doctors among those expected to see an increase. the changes mark an end to the one percent pay cap, which has been at least partially in place since 2013. 0ur assistant political

editor norman smith is in westminster. a lot of people will be enjoying not only the sunshine but a pay rise, pretty soon, it looks like. a pay rise which really signals the curtain coming down on the public sector pay cap which has been in place since 2010. and marks a significant change, because many, many public sector workers have enjoyed two years of a pay freeze and then they pay cap of 1%. today, the government are saying there will be some who see rises of up to three and half percent. we're talking about workers like prison officers, police officers, teachers, those in the armed forces. we already know in the armed forces. we already know in the armed forces they are getting a 296 the armed forces they are getting a 2% rise plus another not point not to the back 9%. the biggest group

are teachers and the general secretary of the national union of teachersjoins me now. what are your members getting? and the general secretary of the national education union. but that is ok. 0ur national education union. but that is ok. our members are getting, if their teachers on the main scale they're getting three and a half percent. if they have been promoted onto the other paid their getting to and are present school leader, one and are present school leader, one and are present school leader, one and a half percent. and are you happy with that? we're very pleased with the rise for main scale teachers. the pay review body recommended that all teachers and school leaders got two and a half percent so we school leaders got two and a half percent so we are school leaders got two and a half percent so we are sorry that has not been implemented but certainly this is the beginning of a reversal of yea rs of is the beginning of a reversal of years of austerity pay rates for teachers, which has given them from the profession. a key question is where is the money going to come from and have you had any assurances over that? the money is not coming from the treasury. it is coming from the department for education was no

budget so they are going to have two... civil servants are going to have to look around all the budgets for education and see where they can make what will be about £500 million to fund this pay rise. they assure us to fund this pay rise. they assure us that they can do without cutting services, we will be monitoring that very carefully. and where the areas of concern has been teacher recruitment. how far do you think will this 3.5% ago to address that? we think it will help. there are two things the teacher recruitment. 0ne is the level of workload and the level of pain have become more and more of a problem. so a significant pay award like this will help of teacher recruitment and retention. that is needed because the teacher shortage is now affecting absolutely and directly standards of education in this country. and presumably they get the 3.5% increase now the main scale teachers. that does not catch up for the seven years we've had pay caps

and pay freezes? it is the beginning of redressing of the balance. since 2011 teachers have lost 15% and we —— in real terms of their pay. we're looking for the government to build on this pay award as department is going to the spending review, we want the education department for the right to argue for a sustained pay rise for teachers that gets into a salary which is relevant and appropriate for the essential work that they do. educating the nation was my children. we're hearing about the armed forces. is it your sense that the government is making a special case for teachers because of the recruitment issue? i think that must be the case. this taken a long time for the national education union to convince the government that there is a real problem with teachers, not only joining but staying in the profession. i mean, either half of the teachers in england leave the

profession within ten years. now, thatis profession within ten years. now, that is because of overwork but it is also increasingly because of very poor rates of pay. this is the beginning of doing something about that. but it is not the end. we're much more to do to teaching and attractive profession that people wa nt to attractive profession that people want to stay in. thank you very much indeed for your time. we have still to find out what some of the other occupations are going to get but looks as if they're going to get but looks as if they're going to get but looks as if they're going to be increases significantly above the current rate of inflation. it does seem to mark the end of the public sector pay cap. we're just getting some of those figures in, actually. as you were hearing. three and a half percent for teachers. the government has announced. also 2. 9% for teachers. the government has announced. also 2.9% for the armed forces. and 2.75% for prison officers. so who, 2.9% of the armed forces. 2. 75% officers. so who, 2.9% of the armed forces. 2.75% for prison officers. three and a half percent for teachers, all of thatjust three and a half percent for teachers, all of that just announced

by the government. more details to come and we will bring you those details as they come into ours. authorities in laos say hundreds of people are missing and after a dam collapsed in the south—east of the country. state media are reporting that the hydroelectric dam in attapu province collapsed late on monday, causing flash floods with an estimated 50 billion cubic metres of water charging through six villages. there are reports of several deaths, and more than six thousand people left homeless. the prime minister has postponed government meetings and gone to the affected area. local authorities are appealing for help with clothing, food, drinking water and medicine. let's speak to our correspondent nick bea ke who is in nearby myanmar. what more do we know about this flooding and what appears to be a terrible disaster? information still coming to us the details we have far, real cause for concern. 0ur cheap source here is the laos news agency so state media

in their country and they have confirmed that people have died. we don't know how many exactly. the real worry, though, actually, is that hundreds of people are said to be missing. more than 6000 people have been forced from their homes after the water flooded through this damp, late last night. six villages in particular are a real cause for concern and i can tell you just the last moments i've got some information here from one of the companies behind the project and they say that this particular dam was a third of a kilometre long. 16 metres high. there was a problem yesterday. they said was caused by continuous rain storm which fractured the dam. that caused all the water to cascades down towards those villages of people would have had very little time to escape. more information coming to us all the time but i can also say that some of the pictures we've seen show you the

scale of the operation people now face in laos as people now tackle this. there are going to be huge questions, maybe not right now is the rescue operation continues but in days to come as to why the standard collapse. you mentioned there the official statement saying that rain caused a fracture but people will want to know, well, why would a down like that fracture? why would a down like that fracture? why would it collapse. absolutely. they have been building this for five years. it was said to be 90% completed according to the statement and due to be generating electricity at the start of next year. so why this happened, clearly a huge question here. in the short term, as you mentioned, the prime minister in laos is gone to the region affected. they deliberately preferred, for whatever medicine. doctor gupta survivors. some of the images i'm seeing at the moment

which will come out of the next few moments sewed people stranded on roofs, clearly they swam to some kind of safety trying to save their lives. people been moved to safety in boats, taken whatever sessions they could scoop up and they would not have had much time to run for their lives. thank you very much indeed. figures released by the department for transport show there are significant levels of overcrowding on trains —— despite passenger numbers falling in some places. the statistics, which were gathered in autumn last year, showed that crowding at morning rush hour was highest in london, followed by cambridge and manchester. fiona trott is at leeds station for us. what is the latest that you have for us on what is the latest that you have for us on this? when you look at the figures that specifically measure the number of standard class passengers, who exceed the trains capacity already taking standing passengers into account, what you've seen passengers into account, what you've seen is that yes, the ones that

exceeds that our passengers who are on the london trains, the busiest of course those going in and out of london's king's cross, as you say, followed by cambridge four point 3%. manchester 3.2. cardiff and leicester 3.6% above manchester 3.2. cardiff and leicester 3. 6% above capacity manchester 3.2. cardiff and leicester 3.6% above capacity and trains here at leeds at 2.5. now, these figures out today by the department for transport also tell us department for transport also tell us how dissatisfied commuters are with overcrowding. and i can tell you that these figures from transport brokers tell us that the minister unhappiest passengers in the country are the ones here in leeds. i spoke to them this morning and asked them about their experiences on peak—time trains. it is not so good at the moment because of all the problems round manchester. which makes things worse. and dare i say it, coupled, because i'm going down to

birmingham, with the fact that they are digging up the train lines at derby whilst they've got the time tabling changes, it isjust altogether terribly badly. it can be quite hard to get power sometimes would've especially with a small present, you've got to really get out. otherwise... doesn't frustrate you? a little bit but you get used to it, especially in leeds which the busy city. it depends on rush hours. especially if there is an accident in doncaster and you get trains delayed but other than that it is fine. the station is crowded. the trains are worse than the station to be honest. the station is the least of my worries. we heard one person they're saying that crowding was the least of his concerns because, as we have all seen, there have been delays and cancellations are many trained as a result of the timetabling that came into effect across the country in

me. and on that point, let me tell you what else were hearing this morning. the transport salaried staffs association said government should hold an urgent cobra meeting. it says delays and cancellations to go via thameslink services in london and the biggest real break down history. it says workers have reported passengers being treated like animals and forced onto trains that clearly don't have the capacity to ta ke that clearly don't have the capacity to take them. thank you very much indeed. most members of the thai youth football team rescued from a flooded cave are taking part in a buddhist ceremony today. they are having their heads shaved and donning robes to be ordained as buddhist novices before spending nine days in a monastery to honour those who helped them survive. the boys were trapped for more than two weeks in the tham luang caves of northern thailand before a dramatic rescue. north korea appears to have begun dismantling

a key rocket launch site in the country's north west. satellite images seen by a us monitoring group suggest the pyongyang regime is complying with a denuclearisation promise made to president trump in talks injune. here's our seoul correspondent, laura bicker. well, it does seem in the face of it is certainly according to these images, that the pledge made by kim jong unto donald trump in singapore injune, that jong unto donald trump in singapore in june, that the jong unto donald trump in singapore injune, that the site would be destroyed, it would be dismantled, is the process of being fulfilled. this is a site based on the north—west of the country, right near the border with china. it is very rural so the only thing that we have a verification so far are these images. and it comes to if you want to look at the optimistic picture,

this shows in terms president trump's pledges that he received from kimjong trump's pledges that he received from kim jong un trump's pledges that he received from kimjong un that he trump's pledges that he received from kim jong un that he appears to be getting what he wants from kim jong un. to poura be getting what he wants from kim jong un. to pour a little bit of cold water on this, it does not mean that this site is being fully dismantled because we don't have any independent verification of it. also, when it comes to kind of what this site was used for we believe that it was used to test ballistic missile. it does not mean to say that the north can no longer test or fire ballistic missile is because it is thought they can fire them from moving trucks or there could be other sites that we don't know about. there is so much to go, so far to go. this is quite an important first step. the suspect in the toronto shooting, that left two dead and 12 others injured, has been named by police as faisal hussain. the 29—year—old gunman fired into restaurants and cafes in the canadian city's greektown district, killing student reece fallon and a 10—year—old girl, before allegedly turning the gun on himself. the ministry of defence

is to sell raf scampton in lincolnshire ? the base from where the dambuster raid was launched in the second world war. the lincolnshire airbase has long been at the heart of raf operations and is home of the famous red arrows, employing around 600 people. but it's now being sold as the mod tries to save billions of pounds. the mod is also closing raf linton on ouse in north yorkshire where 300 people work. do you think of motorway service stations as refreshing pit—stops? orjust, well, the pits? a new survey of england's best and worst service stations found that only sixty—six per cent of people surveyed thought that the food and drink available was good value. top of the list is norton canes on the m6 toll road, with a hundred per cent satisfaction rating.

bottom is thurrock on the m25, with just sixty—eight per cent satisfied. now it's time for a look at the weather. for some, the heats does continue. for some, the heats does continue. for others it is a cooler, fresher day, particularly across scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england and down into wales. that is because we have had this week from slipping its way southwards. behind it, some pressure conditions and spells and sunshine. one or two showers. showers in this loudly zone stretching it down into wells in south—west england but quite well scattered. we could just catch a shower. most base will be dry and here we will see temperatures again nudging 30. but much more pleasant 13's 60-31. nudging 30. but much more pleasant 13's 60—31. showers tend to fade away through this evening. lengthy clear spotthe sky. temperatures

between ten and 12 for scotland and northern ireland. still warm, muggy and humid further east. temperatures might not drop much below 15 or 16. temperatures from most will continue rising to wednesday and thursday with a good feel of sunshine around. brainerd western areas on friday and perhaps a few hundred storms further east. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: around 60 people are reported to have died and more than 150 others have been injured in wildfires near athens, making it the worse fire in greece in more than a decade. the authorities have appealed for help from other european union countries. 60 plays —— 65 people have died in a heat wave in japan. 60 plays —— 65 people have died in a heat wave injapan. it has been declared a natural disaster. and the warm weather is continuing in many parts of the uk today.

yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far yesterday was the hottest day of the yearso farand yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far and temperatures are expected to grow higher. the government has announced a pay rise for public sector workers. the boys rescued recently from a cave in thailand are becoming novice monks. sport now. here's hugh ferris. good morning. the tour de france has been dramatically stopped this morning. the palatine heading from carcassonne, 80 minutes ago the race was neutralised when pepper spray

that the police had aimed towards roadside protesters actually blew in the wind into the eyes of the riders instead. a large group were forced back to the medical card to rinse out their eyes with water. the tour, particularly in stages like this, is often beset by problems and protests from localfarmers. we have seen bales of hay fall onto the road that the riders had to avoid just prior to this happening. neither race has been stopped because of the pepper spray. the state has another 187 kilometres to go. the german football association has denied allegations of racism made by the arsenal forward mesut ozil but they admit they could have done more to protect him from abuse. this story goes back to may when ozil was pictured with the controversial turkish leader president erdogan. ozil is of turkish heritage and says that meeting wasn't about politics but about respecting the highest office of his family's country. there were calls at the time for him to be dropped from germany's world cup squad.

he wasn't. but ozil says he was the victim of unfair criticism from the german fa when they were knocked out of the world cup. he's retired from international football, citing "racism and disrespect". and he has had a lot of support since. not, though, from everyone. uli hoeness is the president of bayern munich. "i am glad that this scare is over. he had been playing dirt for years." we have used the word dirt because the word he used was a lot shrunk. —— a lot stronger. let's bring you up to date with a few other football stories. everton are expected to complete the signing of richarlison today. he's moving after just one season at watford, in a deal that could be worth up to £50 million. he worked with the new everton boss marco silva at vicarage road. in the women's game, a new british record transfer fee's been paid for the england

and manchester city midfielder izzy christiansen. she's joining the european champions lyon in france. it's rumoured that thierry henry has verbally agreed to take over from steve bruce as manager of aston villa. he's currently involved with the belgian national team and quit his media commitments to focus on coaching. and the former leeds united player paul madeley has died at the age of 73. he played in every outfield position for the club during an 18—year career. here he is scoring against wolves in 1970. don revie called him rolls royce, because he was a class act. we are exactly two years away from the start of the tokyo olympics but the construction of two key venues is still behind schedule. the aquatics centre is unlikely to be finished until february 2020, and the sea forest waterway, hosting the rowing and canoeing, is two months behind schedule at present. organisers remain confident

they will be completed on time but test events are likely to be rescheduled. well, climbing is one of the sports to make its debut in tokyo. double bouldering world cup winner shauna coxsey told us how it feels to finally be competiting for an olympic medal. asa as a kid growing up in climbing, i knew i wanted to push myself in this sport and win medals. that meant never going to the olympics because climbing wasn't part of the olympics. i never thoughti climbing wasn't part of the olympics. i never thought i would see it become part of the games in my professional career. it should be there and i am very happy that it is. to hear the announcement, initially i was just surprised and overwhelmed at this opportunity. and they are on their bikes again in the tour de france. we understand the tour de france. we understand the race is still neutralised after that incident. more in the next hour. the use of anti—depressants

for children is on the rise. in the past three years 950,000 prescriptions were handed out in england, scotland and northern ireland. children aged 12 and under, saw the largest increase of 24%. paul connelly has more. antidepressants can have a powerful and often positive impact for people suffering from mental health issues, and a bbc investigation conducted by radio 4's file on four has discovered that in britain, more children than ever before are being described the drugs. the figures were obtained by freedom of information requests and relate to a group of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or ssris. they show that in england, over the past three years, there was a 15% rise in the number of these antidepressants prescribed to under—18s. in scotland, there was a 10% rise, whilst in northern ireland, the number rose by 6%, and there were 950,000

prescription items between april, 2015 and march, 2018. this is a very stressful time for young people. with the pressures of social media and some of the very distressing news articles around at the moment, we need to remember that young people have a lot of pressures on their wellbeing and it's actually a very positive thing, if young people are stepping forward and asking for help with their mental health. the department of health in england says they've pledged £1.7 billion to transform child and adolescent mental health services, whilst both northern ireland and scotland say it is a priority issue and they're increasing funding. paul connelly, bbc news. more on that on file on 4, counting the cost of antidepressant use in children — on bbc radio 4 at 8pm tonight. the former archbishop

of canterbury, george carey, is being cross—examined for the first time about his role in the alleged cover up of sexual abuse by the disgraced church of england bishop peter ball. lord carey is giving evidence to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, which is examining how the former bishop of gloucester managed to evade justice for more than 20 years. we can cross to our reproter caroline davies who is at the hearing. yesterday we heard from this inquiry that many of peter ball's colleagues didn't think it was possible he could have done this. he was seen as a wholly visionary and when he was first accused in 1992 the church prayed for him rather than his victims. these sentiments were echoed by lord carey today.|j

couldn't believe that a bishop in the church of god could do such evil things. who else was complaining about him? i didn't know these people. most of us took a little time to catch on to what this man was doing to younger people. i wasn't aware of this but in the church there were rumours around no one did anything about it, with regard to the cac in norwich, for example, where people did do something about it. so after much questioning, lord carey did admit that perhaps child protection was not at the forefront of the church of england's agenda back in the early 1990s, and the inquiry will continue for the rest of this week. as we've been reporting, it's going to be another hot day for parts of the uk — and if you think the weather

is causing you problems with a parched garden or a wilting hanging basket, try being a farmer. ricky boleto has spent the morning in lancashire now, where they've had a little respite from the heat. we've just had a little bit of rain here, would you believe? but they haven't had much rain, not enough to make sure that the grass is nice and lush and green. if you can see behind me, some of the grass further up there is scorched. it is that brown, dingy colour and where it is green, it's incredibly short, so not enough food, really, for the 2500 sheep and lambs that are on this sight, site, which has been really difficult for this particularfarmer, but right across the uk, the national farmers' union have told us that especially in the south and in wales, some farmers are now having to tap into their extra resource, the extra resource of feed,

their reserve, which you can see behind me, those bales of hay. that's what they use in the winter to feed the animals. usually that is double the height, so at the moment, there's not enough of that winter feed, which could be catastrophic for some farmers later on in the year, when winter approaches. thomas, thank you so much forjoining us this morning. and beautiful polly as well. but this is a serious problem, isn't it, for many farmers? really serious. whilst this morning it perhaps looks a little bit greener here than it has done for many weeks, the shortage of fodder is difficult for the farming industry throughout the country. and what about in other parts? i know you said that some of your friends, other farmers, have found it really difficult, to the point where they actually can't feed their livestock. i think people will feed and maintain their livestock to the best of their abilities and of course, growing forage crops in dry conditions doesn't help because it doesn't grow, so they are now eating their winter reserves, which they wouldn't usually do over the summer, and they started eating winter food in summer. what about for you here? how bad has it got? we obviously have to manage

with the circumstances, and farmers are used to managing the weather and volatile situations, and so we weaned our early ewes. we have weaned those, so the ewes have gone up onto the hill, and the lambs have gone on to supplementary feed so that they continue to grow and put flesh on. a big relief for you today, then. you have had this drizzle. is this enough, or is it too little, too late? i suppose the saying a swallow doesn't make a summer, and a little bit of drizzle doesn't make a crop of grass. ricky boleto there. the world's first ivf baby is celebrating her 40th birthday this week. the arrival of louise brown at oldham general hospital stunned the world, but was a defining moment in fertility medicine and paved the way for around eight million ivf births across the world. the bbc‘s fiona lamdin has been to a new exhibition at the science museum in london

looking at the challenges faced by ivf pioneers. baby cries the most public of arrivals into this world. at 5lb 12oz, louisejoy brown proved for the very first time in—vitro fertilisation actually worked. i was actually down town christmas shopping, when the post came. four decades on, i met her in the science museum in london. an exhibition charting the journey of ivf, one that louise brown has been on all her life. it is all here, louise's hospital tags, the letter sent to her mother telling her she was in the early stages of pregnancy, and the veryjar that held the petri dish with the embryo that was to become louise. i mean, out of all those people that were in the room when i was born, there's only two of us still alive. so i feel it is sort of my duty to go around and prove to people i am normal,

proof that there is no problem with ivf children. the other person still alive is 82—year—old drjohn webster. he helped deliver louise. it was all done under a certain amount of secrecy. only the essential people involved had been told. oh, she cried straightaway. which is great when any baby is born. that is the first thing you are listening for, whether it is delivered vaginally or by caesarean section. but she cried lustily. and as the browns returned home as a family of three, a flood of congratulations after her birth. over 400 cards, letters and telegrams from all over the world. # happy birthday, dear louise # the bbc filmed with louise 30 years ago on her tenth birthday. even then, she could explain the science behind her life. well, an egg got took out.

the doctor put it in this funny dish. and he put it back in and then... told mummy to go home, and here i am. as she approaches her 40th, despite the attention at every milestone of her life, she is thankful for the team that brought her into the world. very special. without them, i would not be here. my sons would not be here. six million of us would not be here. i owe my life to those three people. they are just fantastic. for most people, it takes two to make a baby. in louise's case, countless other people and history went into making her. fiona lamdin, bbc news. in a moment we'll have all the business news,

but first the headlines. at least 60 people have died in greece as wildfires ravage coastal towns and holiday resorts near athens. injapan more than 60 people have now died, and thousands are in hospital, as the heatwave there is declared a national disaster. here, around 1 million public sector workers are to benefit from the biggest pay rise in almost 10 years, including 2.0% including 2.0% for the armed forces and 3.5% for teachers. the serious fraud office says it wants to reinstate fraud charges against barclays and barclays bank in connection with fund raising from qatar in 2008. in may, the crown court dismissed the charges against barclays bank but said that had the charges been upheld, it could

have led to the loss of its banking licence. the sfo says it wants to challenge that decision to drop the charges. norton canes motorway services, on the m6 toll road, has topped the list of england's best pit—stops, with a 100% satisfaction rating. bottom is thurrock on the m25, with just 68% satisfied. the survey, carried out by travel watchdog transport focus, also found that 92% of motorway service station customers were happy with their visits, although just 66% thought that the food and drink on sale was of ‘good value'. football and hot weather helped boost sales at supermarkets by 3.6% in the three months tojuly — with asda, which is in merger talks with sainsbury‘s, the best performing grocer. ka ntar world panel says that sales of beer and other drinks rose to £287 million — a record outside the christmas and easter periods. this won't come as much of a surprise to commuters in london — but train services in the capital had the highest levels of crowding in 2017. according to the latest data from the department for transport,

23% of passengers arriving into london during the morning peak time were standing. but the situation has improved in other cities of england and wales. for cambridge, 16% of passengers arriving in the morning peak had to stand, and in manchester the figure was 15%. the report also points out that since 2010 passenger demand has grown faster than capacity in every city of england and wales, except bristol, liverpool and newcastle. joining us now is robert nisbet, regional director of the rail delivery group. there is some improvement in this report but what i have found astonishing still is we are talking about a quarter of all passengers having to stand. that is not acceptable. we welcome the improvements but clearly there is much more to be done in london. everybody just wants a much more to be done in london. everybodyjust wants a reliable, co mforta ble everybodyjust wants a reliable, comfortable journey and that is what they pay their money for, and they

should get it. that is why the industry is now looking at expanding the number of services in and around london for that morning commute. not just the number of services but also lengthening the trains so there are more, choose —— more carriages. especially when it is as hard as it is at the moment, it is not pleasant. the industry knows this and they are looking to put in that capacity where it is required. we know that takes time. these are big investments and they will take time to deliver but people's pair dealt with patience is wearing thin, isn't it? the trains are expensive. when will they change? we are looking at investment already. the figure i can throw at you is 20, 21 thousand extra services every weekday and 7000 new carriages. some of those took to the wales yesterday. in scotland, with the elective negation between edinburgh and glasgow, we

have those trains being very warmly received between passengers. we look at what happened in the may timetable which is what you are referring to there and obviously we are looking at what went wrong with the delivery because clearly it was unacceptable, but the idea behind it, the ambition do behind it, was to put more of those services into this peak hours to reduce overcrowding. clearly there were problems. we arejust overcrowding. clearly there were problems. we are just now seeing the services being stabilised in the gdr region but clearly more needs to be done and that is why there is this investment planning the industry to plan and change for the benefit of the economist, communities and the passionjust as the economist, communities and the passion just as well. if you are watching this in london or the south—east, a lot of people will say, we can see where the money is being spent, some big infrastructure projects like crossrail, but if you are outside of london it is a pretty bleak picture. manchester, leeds or liverpool, services there are still

terrible and there is no indication any money is being spent. let's look at northern. there was a delay to the electrification of the bolton corridor, which has had a massive knock—on effect for that region and the rest of the country. that we hope will be back on track and network rail are working very hard on that but if you look at the performance measures this morning on northern, it is getting better. 84% of trains have arrived as planned but for the 16% that haven't, we apologise for that and we are working to get it better. but you are right, with crossrail, that increases capacity in london and greater london by 10%. so there are big projects under way but they do ta ke big projects under way but they do take time to deliver and i know it is stretching people as asthma patients by asking them to wait for these deliveries —— it is stretching people'spatients by asking them to wait. 84% now of trains are arriving

on time, 200 extra services every working day. so new services are going into the system but a little more slowly than was originally planned. i am sure people talk about this again. thank you. jeremy corbyn has been making a speech and is now taking questions. is that why. .. speech and is now taking questions. is that why... currently pushing for a hard brexit... secondly, have you personally made a complaint about margaret hodge's comment to you and do you understand why there is so much concern in the labour party about anti—semitism or do you agree withjohn about anti—semitism or do you agree with john prescott that it about anti—semitism or do you agree withjohn prescott that it is not really a n withjohn prescott that it is not really an issue? peter walker. thank

you. peter walker from the guardian. mr corbyn. .. you. peter walker from the guardian. mr corbyn... government you. peter walker from the guardian. mr corbyn. .. government procurement rules... it is quite difficult to preserve certain government procurement contracts to british companies. if it is easier to do that after brexit, is that a benefit of brexit and do you think brexit could bring other economic benefits? thank you for the questions. on the public sector pay cap, the government has said it will lift the pay cap. the reality is that by lifting the pay cap, there is going to be an increase that is below the rate of inflation and it will be about 0.8% below it and the unions are right that 5% is what is needed for it. we support at but it is also important to understand that there is no increase in funding to the public sector for this, so

is no increase in funding to the public sectorfor this, so by increasing the pay levels, albeit by less tha n increasing the pay levels, albeit by less than the rate of inflation, that can only be paid for by cuts within the public services, and so if it is local authorities or anybody else, they will have to pay for it by either removing their balances, which they should not be doing, or by cutting services further, so there has to be an increase in the amount of money paid into the public service in order to increase the pay. how would that be paid for? by the taxation process that we would have, by economic growth, and by an increase in corporate levels of taxation. if we don't do that, then we continue to defend our public services, we continue to underpay them, —— we continue to underpay them, —— we continue to underpay them, —— we continue to underfund our public services and underpay them. it is a virtuous circle and i think public

service workers have been very badly treated ever since austerity came in in 2010. on the question of state aid rules, the state aid rules are somewhat flexible by some countries. germany and france are better at directing industry ban other countries and if you look at the growth of manufacturing in france, germany and italy compared to this country, you will see they are better at it. i made the point throughout the referendum campaign that i thought the state aid rules could be interpreted in an over restricted way which could prevent the government intervening to support its own industries, which is exactly what i propose we do. so bbfc to negotiate with the eu on a trade and customs arrangement which would mean we could intervene in the way i have outlined. —— i propose to negotiate with the eu. i do believe

that state led intervention built to a great deal to regenerate the manufacturing industry. if you look at all be successful manufacturing around the world, all have grown on the basis particular injapan, for example, of a the basis particular injapan, for example, ofa huge the basis particular injapan, for example, of a huge level of state support or state investment in those industries. that is what i would see for the future. anti—semitism is simply wrong, in any circumstances whatsoever. it is not tolerated in any form whatsoever in my party and should not be tolerated in any form whatsoever within our society. we have adopted the definition and put forward a very comprehensive and formal code of conduct in the party which is being approved by a national executive. we are continually delivered continue to

discuss with the jewish continually delivered continue to discuss with thejewish community andi discuss with thejewish community and i believe that in the party and in public life people should always put it there with respect, listen to what others say and express their point of view in a calm way. i do not have any direct control over what happens with disciplinary processes within the party and the national executive and i think it is right at any complaints are dealt with independently of me and that the party process has to take price on that. i am determined that we will not tolerate anti—semitism in any form will not tolerate anti—semitism in anyform in will not tolerate anti—semitism in any form in our society or party. i have not spent my life as an anti—racist campaigner, starting here in the west midlands in 1970, to allow any form of racism to grow within our society and i am absolutely determined that we should live in a britain as free from racism as possible, and respectful of all religions and communities.

applause the question from patrick on the guardian. sorry, peter. on state aid, yes, there are many people in the labour party that are very concerned about the effects of brexit, as i am sure all of you are here. we have developed a policy in which we campaigned in the referendum for remain or reform. that was not accepted. we have to understand that the referendum results were a cry from people saying they were left behind in many of their communities. we are therefore determined to negotiate an agreement with the european union that protects and develops our trade relationships with europe, that we don't turn this country into some kind of optional —— offshore tax haven and a threat to europe. we see it as something that can work alongside europe... labour leader jeremy corbyn there in birmingham talking in particular about the

pa rty‘s stance talking in particular about the party's stance on anti—semitism. saying that its new code of conduct is very competitive and full. we will say goodbye now to viewers on bbc two. coming up next, the headlines on the bbc news channel. this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at midday: at least 60 people have died in greece as wildfires ravage coastal towns and holiday resorts near athens. 26 bodies are discovered huddled together in one seaside village — people fled to beaches and boats to escape the flames. two burned cars and i have also a semi—burnt house up there in this block of flats. injapan — more than 60

people have now died, and thousands are in hospital, as the heatwave there is declared a national disaster. a million public sector workers receive their biggest pay rise in a decade — including 2.0% for the armed forces and 3.5% for teachers. hundreds of people are missing after a dam collapsed in laos, pouring billions of litres of water into neighbouring villages. the thai boys rescued from a cave after being trapped for a fortnight — today they enter a buddhist monastery as novices — as a thank you to those who freed them the tour de france is temporarily halted after tear gas meant for protesters gets in the riders' eyes. good morning.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. at least 60 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in the worst wildfires to hit greece in more than a decade. the fires stared around the capital athens and spread through the attica region — fanned by high winds. most of the victims died in the coastal area of mati, after getting trapped in their homes, or as they tried to flee in their cars. emergency workers used boats and helicopters to evacuate beaches — after people ran into the sea to escape the flames. the greek authorities have asked for international assistance to cope with the fires as richard lister reports reports. an avalanche of flame driven by high

winds swept through these houses at terrifying speeds. nothing was left behind. for many of the victims there was simply no escape. a local mayor said he saw at least 100 homes and 200 vehicles on fire. some left it until the very last minute to leave, hoping against hope that their homes would be spared. but the overstretched fire crews, this was an almost impossible battle. many people simply fled to the sea. the coast guard rescued almost 700 from nearby beaches, others were rescued from small boats offshore. thankfully, the sea was there and we went into the sea because the flames we re went into the sea because the flames were chasing us all the way to the water. it burned our backs and we jumped into the water. it was lightning fast. we didn't realise what had happened. you couldn't. it was the first time ever seen couldn't. it was the first time ever seen something like this.

for others trying to flee in a car proved a fatal mistake. flames fanned across roads, leaving them trapped and helpless. the prime minister cut short a foreign visit to deal with the crisis, arriving ashen faced for a briefing. we must at this moment all be in a consta nt we must at this moment all be in a constant state of alert. we must be unified and make the effort to base an exceptionally difficult situation for the country. daylight revealed the inferno still pushing through the landscape. fla mes pushing through the landscape. flames lapping the sides of this coastal highway near athens. wildfires are not unusual in greece but these high winds, after a dry winter, have created a tinderbox. and it is these resort areas which are taking the brunt of it. it is a very are taking the brunt of it. it is a very green area where many are taking the brunt of it. it is a very green area where many athenians have their summer homes, many people including families with children who are now on school holidays were at their summer homes at the time. and

this partly explains the number of dead, the number of injured. emergency crews are trying to keep the flames back while also making grim new discoveries including a group of 26 huddled together all ove rco m e by group of 26 huddled together all overcome by smoke. children among them. as this fire rages on, it promises to bring yet more of these apocalyptic scenes with it. the summer holiday season has become a national tragedy. many victims of these wildfires are in the coastal village of mati, 25 miles north—east of athens. george vokas is a resident threre — who witnessed the fires. my my current situation is that i have one and another one, two burned ca rs. one and another one, two burned cars. and i have also a semi—burnt house up there in this block of

flats. what about your health and family? thank god my family were completely safe because we ran down to the scene. safe because we ran down to the scene. in the meanwhile a couple of people, two ladies have lost their lives. that is one resident talking about how he has been affected by those fires. affected by those fires. earlier i spoke to georgia trismpioti — a senior humanitarian affairs officer for the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies (ifrc) — about the work they're doing with the emergency services o help people, some of the fires are continuing to red cross's first priority right now is to get people to safety, treating the injured. and also working with the injured. and also working with the emergency services of the country in order to help in search

and rescue operations. how hard is it for you and your staff to get access to these areas? because obviously these frames look absolutely terrifying. in fact, access is not possible to all of these places. but people have been evacuated from the affected areas, still we are looking for people that maybe our traps. in buildings, but the overwhelming majority of people have been evacuated. the situation is moving and what we're trying to do is to have people that have lost their loved ones and seen their homes completely destroyed so we're trying to provide social support to these people.

you told there about people you fear may still be trapped. i suppose that means the death toll which is currently around 60 could rise. definitely. the formal sources are saying that the number is about 60. informal sources have allegations of more than 60 people but we cannot confirm it. the operation is going on and we hope that we're not going to find and discover any other dead people. it seems these fires took the authorities by surprise. they spread so authorities by surprise. they spread so quickly, so rapidly, and with such terrifying force. in fact, we're working very closely with the greek authorities in order to support their efforts. to address

this situation. you have any idea what is calls these fires? honestly, not. we have a humanitarian role to play in their sand what i know is that actually, an investigation is going to take place in order to find out how those fires broke out. place in order to find out how those fires broke out. injapan, more than 65 people have now died in a record—breaking heatwave — and thousands more have been taken to hospital suffering from the effects of the heat. yesterday, temperatures in central tokyo soared above 41 degrees celsius for the first time ever, and japan's weather agency has declared the heatwave a natural disaster, warning that ‘unprecedented' levels of heat is a threat to human life. the latest from our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes. for more than two is now the sun has

burned down on japan for more than two is now the sun has burned down onjapan with barely a waft of wind. outside the imperial palace in tokyo, the heat tells its own story. here the tourists are a sweltering in only 37 degrees today. china is hot now but compared with tokyo in china, tokyo is hotter. a little further north it is considerably hotter. the thermometer here hit 41.1 degrees on monday, the highest ever recorded anywhere in japan. the heat is notjust uncomfortable, it is now extremely dangerous. at tokyo's emergency dispatch centre the calls are coming thick and fast. the ambulance crews are struggling to keep up as a cross

japan more than 30,000 people have now been hospitalised with heatstro ke now been hospitalised with heatstroke or heat exhaustion. the elderly at ms driscoll. more than half of the deaths reported so far having people over 65. in the ancient capital kyoto the summer festivals are under way. here it has been 38 degrees or more for a solid week. another record. all of this is being caused by acute high—pressure dome that a sitting of the top of japan and korea. for the last two weeks it has refused to budge. the bad news as it could be here for another two. people here are being warned to stay out of the midday sun — as many parts of the uk continue to swelter in heatwave conditions. a level three heat alert is still in place for much of east and south east england, which saw the hottest day of the year yesterday in suffolk, at 33—point—3 degrees celcius. the met office says the first half of this summer is the driest since 1961. to make sense of this

extraordinary heatwave i spoke to our weather presenter matt taylor. i asked him if the heat was a factor in the greek wildfires (tx sot) i asked if the heat was a factor in those greek wildfires. actually, greece is one those greek wildfires. actually, greece is one area we those greek wildfires. actually, greece is one area we have not seen extremes greece is one area we have not seen extre m es of greece is one area we have not seen extremes of temperature so far this summer. here we started on a fairly wet note in fact but things have turned back to normal, dry, sunny so things drying out. but i think the biggest problem faced by those in greece, fighting the fires, had been the strength of the winds. very strong north—easterly winds. the good news for firefighters strong north—easterly winds. the good news forfirefighters is strong north—easterly winds. the good news for firefighters is that they will ease a little bit over the next few days before picking up. there is no real significant rain insight to help dampen down things. injapan we were insight to help dampen down things. in japan we were just insight to help dampen down things. injapan we were just talking about, that averages than have gone up to 41 degrees in places.

as rebecca saint adjust the length duration. this all comes on the back of what was a historic rainfall where we saw widespread flooding, close to two metres a rain of the space of ten days some. as all that wet weather cleared reporting humid airand high wet weather cleared reporting humid air and high pressure wet weather cleared reporting humid airand high pressure built. it wet weather cleared reporting humid air and high pressure built. it sat there. the humidity remained in place and the temperatures just built and built and built and there is nothing to clear things away at the moment. 41.1. temperature is never seen before in japan. quite 41.1. temperature is never seen before injapan. quite incredible. pretty incredible here at home as well. 33.3, ithink well. 33.3, i think it was, in suffolk. warmest day of the year so far. it has turned out to be a remarkable summer here in. separate looks like we are wrapped the dry start. drier than we were in 76, not quite the intensity of heat that we saw and 76 when we saw 15 days consecutive days above 32 degrees. and we're seeing temperatures remain above 32 in some eastern parts right through towards

friday before things cool off a little bit with some storms around. not quite as hot in the north and the west. closer to where we should be for the time of year. and later in the week, we'll have a special programme on this spell of hot weather. it‘s called ‘feeling the heat‘ — and will take a look at the impact and causes of the summer heatwave, affecting countries around the world. that‘s coming up on thursday evening, at 8.30, here on the bbc news channel. around a million public sector workers will benefit from the biggest pay rise in almost 10 years, including 2.9% for the armed forces, 2.75% for prison officers and 3.5% for teachers. the changes mark an end to the one percent pay cap, which has been at least partially in place since 2013. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. today, as you say, the curtain

finally comes down on the public sector pay cap across all parts of the public sector. nurses, it ended in march when they were offered a three—year deal. for the remaining 1 million public sector workers it is over. seven yea rs million public sector workers it is over. seven years of pay restraint. why? in part to say ministers because they believed the economy is in better shape. in part frankly because of austerity fatigue. a view that people were simply unwilling to continue with the pericarp and it was that proving increasingly politically difficult to stand by it. i think also the walls a desire to tackle some of the real problems in terms of retaining staff and recruiting staff, particularly in the teaching profession. and of course there was a desire to talk about something other than brexit. to have a good news story, if you like, on the final day of parliament before the summary says. the wrinkle in at all of course is where does

the cash come from? the answer, from savings. from savings within existing government budgets, which prompted the labour leaderjeremy corbyn this morning to warn that that could mean cuts to public services. the government said it is going to live the break—up of the reality is lifting the pericarp there is going to beam and increase that is below the rate of inflation and it is going to be about not .8% below it. and the unions are right that 5% is what is needed for it. we support that. but it is also important to understand that there is no increase infunding to understand that there is no increase in funding to the public sector for this. so by increasing the pay levels, albeit by less than the rate of inflation, that can only be paid for by cuts within public services. some are saying the union should have a 5% increase as a catch—up to

make upfor have a 5% increase as a catch—up to make up for all those years of pay restraint. but a much more welcoming response from the national education union. they‘ve got the biggest varieties of all, at scale teachers. less for those who have leadership roles in schools. she was broadly supportable today‘s announcement. we‘re very pleased with the rise for pay scale teachers. the review body recommended all teachers and school leaders got three and a half percent so leaders got three and a half percent so we‘re sorry that has not been implemented but certainly this is the beginning of a reversal of years of austerity pay rates for teachers, which is driven from the profession. the real question is an easing of one austerity in terms of pay for public sector workers, the question is whether the price for that is being paid for by public services we re being paid for by public services were having to ensure continued austerity to fund those pay rises. at least 60 people have died

in greece as wildfires ravage coastal towns and holiday resorts near athens injapan —— more than 60 people have now died, and thousands are in hospital, as the heatwave there is declared a national disaster around one million public sector workers are to benefit from the biggest pay rise in almost 10 years, including 2.0 % for the armed forces and 3.5% for teachers all the latest board. the tour de france was dramatically stopped in the first today‘s 16 stage. organisers neutralise the race because of a clash between police and protesters by the side of the route. pepper spray was used by police but that affected the riders

as they cycled past. it appeared as though protesters had also tried to block the road with bales of hay. the race resumed after about 15 minutes. several riders needed treatment, though. this is the first of three mountain stages this week which maize seed thomas‘s lead trimmed. a retirement from international football has sparked a german white debate. the german football association has denied allegations of racism made but said they could have done more to protect them from abuse. the german federation took exception. another german international, it looked like he was also pictured in some of those photographs. both have turkish heritage. some supporters groups called for the dropped from the national squad. he claims that he is being used as a scapegoat for

germany‘s poor showing in russia and says he has been the victim of racism and disrespect. some of football lines. everton are expected to co m plete football lines. everton are expected to complete the signing could today. the players moving after one season. he worked with the new everton boss at vicarage road. in british record tra nsfer at vicarage road. in british record transfer fee has been at vicarage road. in british record transferfee has been paid for the england and manchester city midfielder. she‘sjoining the european champions lyon in france. reports that he every henri has verbally agreed to take over from steve bruce is aston villa manager. he‘s on board the belgian national team. ourformer he‘s on board the belgian national team. our former leeds he‘s on board the belgian national team. ourformer leeds united player has died at the age of 73. a one clu b has died at the age of 73. a one club man, he played in every outfield position for leeds during his 70 a year playing career, one every domestic trophy, too. he was called the rolls—royce as he was such a class act. that is all the

sport for now. authorities in laos say hundreds of people are missing after a dam collapsed in the south—east of the country. state media is reporting that the hydroelectric dam in attapu province collapsed late on monday, causing flash floods with an estimated 50 billion cubic metres of water pouring through six villages. there are reports of several deaths, and more than six thousand people left homeless. i‘m joined now by nga pham from the bbc vietnamese service. you know this area quite well. just tell us about the impact of this dam collapse. well, as you said earlier, tonnes of waterjust pouring one to six villagers and lots of people lost their homes.

there was not time to evacuate. my contact in the region said that the company actually sent out a letter of warning to the population yesterday but the period of warning of us to short and many people could not escape the water. i have to say that this dam that broke, this is one of the five dams of the project and actually, not the primary down. so that ashley can show you the scale of the project and the people whose lives actually depend on the area and the project and the environment that. do we know why this dam suddenly collapse? is there any indication as to cause? the dam has been under construction and is not finished yet. the plan was to be operational next year so the immediate cause for the dam to break was the monsoon rains in the

last few days. but also this is not climate change. all those factors actually contributed to that disaster. several villagers lay on the part of the dam and the waters that then poured down. and hundreds of people we‘re hearing are still missing. yes. hundreds of people. a nearby province is a very roads area. it will lots of forest but the geographical conditions are actually got very, very tricky for the rescue teams to operate. so i am afraid it can lead to even higher death tolls. so it looks like the death toll will rise. thank you very much indeed for being with us to bring us the very latest on the dam disaster. members of the thai youth football team rescued from a flooded

cave are taking part in a buddhist ceremony today. they are having their heads shaved and donning robes to be ordained as buddhist novices before spending nine days in a monastery to honour those who helped them survive. the boys were trapped for more than two weeks in the tham luang caves of northern thailand before a dramatic rescue. as we‘ve been reporting, it‘s going to be another hot day for parts of the uk — and if you think the weather is causing you problems with a parched garden or a wilting hanging basket, try being a farmer. ricky boleto has spent the morning in lancashire now, where they‘ve had a little respite from the heat. we‘ve just had a little bit of rain here, would you believe? but they haven‘t had much rain, not enough to make sure that the grass is nice and lush and green. if you can see behind me, some of the grass further up there is scorched. it is that brown, dingy colour and where it is green, it‘s incredibly short,

so not enough food, really, for the 2500 sheep and lambs that are on this sight, site, which has been really difficult for this particularfarmer, but right across the uk, the national farmers‘ union have told us that especially in the south and in wales, some farmers are now having to tap into their extra resource, the extra resource of feed, their reserve, which you can see behind me, those bales of hay. that‘s what they use in the winter to feed the animals. usually that is double the height, so at the moment, there‘s not enough of that winter feed, which could be catastrophic for some farmers later on in the year, when winter approaches. thomas, thank you so much forjoining us this morning. and beautiful polly as well. but this is a serious problem, isn‘t it, for many farmers? really serious. whilst this morning it perhaps looks a little bit greener here than it has done for many weeks, the shortage of fodder is difficult for the farming industry throughout the country. and what about in other parts?

i know you said that some of your friends, other farmers, have found it really difficult, to the point where they actually can‘t feed their livestock. i think people will feed and maintain their livestock to the best of their abilities and of course, growing forage crops in dry conditions doesn‘t help because it doesn‘t grow, so they are now eating their winter reserves, which they wouldn‘t usually do over the summer, and they started eating winter food in summer. what about for you here? how bad has it got? we obviously have to manage with the circumstances, and farmers are used to managing the weather and volatile situations, and so we weaned our early ewes. we have weaned those, so the ewes have gone up onto the hill, and the lambs have gone on to supplementary feed so that they continue to grow and put flesh on. a big relief for you today, then. you have had this drizzle. is this enough, or is it too little, too late? i suppose the saying a swallow doesn‘t make a summer, and a little bit of drizzle doesn‘t make a crop of grass. lancashire sheep farmer,

thomas binns — and polly — with our correspondent, ricky boleto there. as we‘ve been hearing, people are being warned to stay out of the midday sun — as many parts of the uk continue to swelter in heatwave conditions. the tuc is calling on employers to keep workplaces cool and relax dress codes so staff can work as comfortably as possible. let‘s speak to paul nowak, the deputy general secretary of the tuc. a lot of people not enjoying this weather. budgeting employers need to do? there are practical things they can do working with her staff to make sure people stay comfortable and safe. we know what some of us are enjoying the sunshine and make people uncomfortable and impact on their work. in some cases it can impact on people‘s health as well. practical things like relaxing dress codes, as you see i have today.

making cool drinks available. , encouraging staff to take regular breaks, providing air conditioning. a whole range of things you can do those of the key thing is talking to staff and mapping out how we make work comfortable for everyone. the current conditions are unusual. installing air conditioning can be expensive. if you get portable air conditioners and take other practical measures so at the tuc we‘ve got one meeting room with air conditioning which we have set aside for staff to go and get a bit of respite, to take work there and make them more co mforta ble. there and make them more comfortable. this weather is not quite as unusual as. we have in calling for many years now the government to introduce statutory maximum temperature in britain‘s workplaces. we don‘t have that at the moment but we think there is a case now to act. actually, in some cases, this is a bit of a light story but in some cases it does impact on people‘s health. that is before you think about those who are

working outside, there‘s driving and using heavy machinery. this weather with the unpleasant and can threaten people‘s health. this weather with the unpleasant and can threaten people's health. what is the evidence of how responsible employers are being on this in this country? it is hard to stay. i think most will take a pragmatic approach and i hope that they would. that might include saying to staff, well, think about leaving the early so you avoid the rush hour traffic all work from home if that‘s appropriate. i think there is a real issue for those working outdoors. quite often it is seen as working outdoors. quite often it is seen as just working outdoors. quite often it is seen asjust get working outdoors. quite often it is seen as just get on with it. we would be encouraging employees to provide sunscreen. working outside, to think about working in hours for the sun isn‘t quite so hot. so avoiding those hours between 11 and three if at all possible. in some cases they will have to send people home i agreement. that is the key thing. agreeing with stuff about the sensible way to work because if you are digging up roads and the sort of temperature, that is hardware can potentially with the injuries to your health as well. and later in the week, we‘ll have a special programme on this spell of hot weather.

it‘s called ‘feeling the heat‘ — and will take a look at the impact and causes of the summer heatwave, affecting countries around the world. that‘s coming up on thursday evening, at 8.30, here on the bbc news channel. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to nick miller. not quite as often those heatwave affected areas but temperatures of around 30 celsius. scotland and northern ireland, not a heatwave here. really pleasant on the sunny spells. fresher feel to the weather can better the committee on the south and an area of cloud running from parts in south—west england, wales england reducing patchy rain showers through today. tonight that fades away. it is looking dry. across the border showers in the far north—west. a pleasant night sleeping in the north and west but

another humid one in central and eastern parts with temperatures up towards the high teens. and tomorrow a lot of dry weather to come. some cloud building. maybe to northern ireland and west of scotland you may see a fleeting shower. isolated and eastern england. temperatures almost everywhere will be at degree to hire. they go up even further on thursday where some in eastern england could get a 3435 but on fridays rates of rain in the west. the risk of torrential thunderstorms breaking out. in the east. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: around 60 people are reported to have died and more than 150 others have been injured in wildfires near athens, making it the worse fire in greece in more than a decade. making it the worst fire in greece in more than a decade. the authorities have appealed for help from other european union countries. 65 people have now died injapan due to a record—breaking heatwave, with more than 20,000 people taken to hospital. the japanese weather agency has declared it a natural disaster. and the warm weather here in the uk continues, as yesterday saw the hottest day

of the year so far, and temperatures are expected to rise higher still. the government has announced a pay rise for around one million public sector workers. it is the biggest in ten years. it sees an increase of 2% for the armed forces, 2% for prison officers and up to 3.5% for teachers. members of the thai football team trapped in a cave system for two weeks before being rescued have begun the process of becoming novice buddhist monks, aiming to pay tribute to those involved in the rescue operation. the tour de france has been stopped when police tear gas aimed at demonstration of farmers on the race route got in the eyes of some riders. more now on news that around a million public sector workers will benefit from the biggest pay rise in almost ten years, including 2% for the armed forces

and prison officers, and up to 3.5% for teachers. we can speak to che donald, the vice chair of the police federation, who is in westminster. thanks forjoining us. this is another attempt at smoke and mirrors. although the announcement says a 2% consolidated increase, it comes with a number of caveats. first, the government failed to recognise the award set out by the independent body, which was set up by the government themselves, and through our calculation is, what this really means is 80.85% increase for police officers, which is well below the 1% cap that everyone is talking about. —— 80.85% increase. public sector pay needs to be fair, both for public sector workers and

for the taxpayer, it is said. taxpayers watching this may say, these are tough times economic lee. i appreciate it is tough times for everyone. it is to transport our members utilising food banks, having to decide whether or not to contribute to a pension scheme or withdraw from it to look after their families. let‘s not beat around the bush. it is a 0.85% increase. inflation is running at over 3%. this is a real term loss for police officers for another year running and it is terrible the way that they are treated by this government. and other public sector workers, for example, teachers are getting quite a lot more, 3.5%. i don't want to turn this into a battle between which public sector service is worth more but let‘s say that a couple of

weeks ago we had a home secretary at our national bravery awards recognising the office is going to extreme situations putting their lives on the line every day and to reward us with this paltry increase is insulting. many people will say, we have also had police cuts in terms of staffing numbers. are you saying this government has not looked after the police force? the police has just been completely forgotten about. we see regularly reports of increasing crime numbers, robbery up 30%, murders up, gun crime up, yet we have a vastly reduced police force. so members are working to the bone trying to keep the public safe on a day today basis, because that is why they do thejob, and basis, because that is why they do the job, and to basis, because that is why they do thejob, and to think basis, because that is why they do the job, and to think they are treated in this wayjust shows an absolute disregard for what our members do day today basis. and is there anything you can do about it?

you are not going to go on shrike. we are limited on what we can do but ijust we are limited on what we can do but i just feel like a dog we are limited on what we can do but ijust feel like a dog that keeps being kicked and if you are that you will eventually break back. we now need to look at what our options are, most certainly. we should not forget as well but i have been contacted forget as well but i have been co nta cted by forget as well but i have been contacted by a number of our members who say they dealt with through theirjob they give a lot of discretionary effort to the job they do. they go above and beyond what is expected of them and now they are thinking, what is the point? thank you. vice—chair of the police federation. figures released by the department for transport show there are significant levels of overcrowding on trains, despite passenger numbers falling in some places. the statistics, which were gathered in autumn last year, showed that crowding at morning rush hour was highest in london, followed by cambridge and manchester. our north of england reporter, fiona trott, has more. look at the figures that

specifically measured the number of standard class passengers who exceed the train‘s capacity, already taking standing passengers into account. what you see is that, yes, the ones that exceed that our passengers who are on the london trains, the busiest, of course, going in and out of london king‘s cross, followed by cambridge, 4.3%, manchester 3.2, cardiff and leicester 2.6% above capacity, and then trained here at 2.5. these figures out today by the department for transport also tell us department for transport also tell us how dissatisfied commuters are with overcrowding on trains. these figures from transport and tell us that the most unhappy passengers in the country or those here in leeds. i spoke to them to ask them about their experiences on peak—time

trains. it is not so good at the moment because of all the problems around manchester. this makes things worse and there say it, because i'm going down to birmingham, coupled with the fact that they are digging up with the fact that they are digging up the train lines at derby. they also have the timetabling changes. it has come together terribly badly. it has come together terribly badly. it can be very crowded and had to get past. especially as a small person. does it frustrated? yes but you tend to get used to it. itjust depends on the shallow sometimes. —— on russia, sometimes. we have trains delayed if there is incident in doncaster but other than that it is fine. the station is a bit crowded but the trains are a lot worse than the stations. one person there was

saying crowding was the least of his concerns, because as we have all seen, there have been delays and cancellations are many trains as a result of the timetabling that came into effect across the country in may, and on that point, let me tell you what else we are hearing this morning. the transport salaried staffs association says the government should hold an urgent cobra meeting. this is about the thames link services in london, and it says workers have reported passengers being treated like animals and forced onto trains that clearly do not have the capacity to ta ke clearly do not have the capacity to take them. school children across the country are enjoying their summer holidays and, as of tomorrow, mps will be too. the house of commons is sitting today for the last time before breaking up for summer recess. one person in need of a break must be the prime minister, after a turbulent few weeks, but how much of a holiday will she and the rest of the cabinet get?

we can speak now to dan bloom, political reporter for the daily mirror, and katy balls, political correspondent for the spectator. a lot of people thought theresa may would not still be the prime minister. she has handled through everything. i think seven cabinet ministers have gone, for every reason under the sun, since this time last year. she has described leadership battles and all sorts of things and she is still here. and she has come up with her brexit plan. boris johnson and she has come up with her brexit plan. borisjohnson and david davies left the government. what do you think are her chances of getting that through and selling it not only to her party and the country but

also to the european union? the government at the moment is just trying to get through the day. there will be massive sighs of relief that they have got through to the end of they have got through to the end of the term but we may have to wait until we get to 6pm today because things have been that difficult. chances of a deal are still very slim, i think, and she chances of a deal are still very slim, ithink, and she may chances of a deal are still very slim, i think, and she may be able to change public opinion, which may help her win over her mps. how do you see her leadership now? a lot of people say borisjohnson is waiting in the wings and that this time next year she will not be prime minister. i think year she will not be prime minister. ithinka year she will not be prime minister. i think a lot of people said that this time last year and the problem that the conservative party has is, who is there that is better, as far as the people who would be voting for her in the party and out in the country concerned ? there for her in the party and out in the country concerned? there is always that fear that if you get rid of the prime minister who is sitting now, you bring in someone who sends

brexit talks of course...” you bring in someone who sends brexit talks of course... i think we have lost a microphone there. sorry about that. how do you see the politics of the next few weeks and months? it will be a difficult time. back inaudible i think we have just lost the microphone. we will hang on just while we try to get that microphone be installed. it isa get that microphone be installed. it is a lovely sunny day there but some slight technical problems. let‘s see if we can get that microphone back in action. i use hearing is now? no, i‘m afraid we cannot hear you. we believe it for the time being. i‘m afraid we cannot hear you. we believe it for the time beinglj will try again. baby go. so what do you see happening next with the whole brexit process? —— here we go. first we have the party conferences

at the end of september, and then the all important eu summit in the middle of october. that will be when it is make or break time as to whether theresa may get a deal or not. if she doesn‘t, then things could move very quickly against her but the history so far brexit has been just but the history so far brexit has beenjust fudging but the history so far brexit has been just fudging through with just enough to carry on. do you think she will get a dealfrom enough to carry on. do you think she will get a deal from the enough to carry on. do you think she will get a dealfrom the eu? is the eu sympathetic at all to this steel that she has come up with to sell to her cabinet? —— this deal? that she has come up with to sell to her cabinet? -- this deal? number ten's big plan is not to appeal to the european commission, who they believe to be too rigid, but to try to win over the member states. some ministers will have a short holiday because they are having to talk around europe on a charm offensive. if it works they have a chance. but there is a strong chance that it

will not work. the deal on the table may be something most mps cannot support. do you think, ultimately, the eu will buy this deal that theresa may is offering? we will stop taking bets in politics because we always seem to be wrong about everything. my instinct is that eve ryo ne everything. my instinct is that everyone wants an agreement and an agreement could get through, but at the same time, it only takes one very upset faction to upset the apple cart so we will have to wait and see. we have been doing that for and see. we have been doing that for a while. thank you for bearing with us, and all the microphone problems. let‘s go to the house of commons now because there is an urgent question on the pay awards in the public sector. will be cheap secretary make a statement on the public pay announcement? mr speaker, i'm

delighted to have this opportunity to discuss today's announcements of public sector pay rises. i informed the house last september but we would scrap the cap, and now we are delivering on that commitment. what we are announcing today amounts to the biggest pay rise in almost ten years for around 1 million public sector workers years for around 1 million public sector workers across years for around 1 million public sector workers across britain, including teachers, armed forces personnel, prison officers, police, doctors and dentists. this comes on top of the positive news we were able to announce in march that 1 million nurses, midwives, porters and other nhs staff would receive a 6.5% pay rise over three years. that deal was a benchmark example of where high pay awards are agreed in return for modernisation of terms and conditions. mr speaker, we were able to announce these pay rises only thanks to the hard work of the british people, which has brought

down the deficit by over three quarters and allowed us to reach the point where the debt will begin to fall this year. we didn't listen to the calls from the opposition for damaging splurges, and that is why today we are able to scrap the cap and increase public sector pay. these new pay deals represent what this government is about. they are affordable and responsible while making sure we continue to provide the public with world—class public services, and also they reward our hard—working services, and also they reward our ha rd—working public servants. services, and also they reward our hard—working public servants. mr speaker, it is great, and the final day of this session in parliament, that we are able to give every person that works in the public sector is positive news on which to enjoy theirsummer. sector is positive news on which to enjoy their summer. mr speaker, these uninhabited proposals will do nothing to repay the damage done to our public sector workers by this

government‘s slash and burn policy in relation to public sector pay. over the last seven years, our teachers have lost £2500, our firefighters £3000, and paramedics £4000 in real terms pay cuts. even the armed forces have been affected by this stingy government, yet the government thinks it is announced to amounts —— thinks it is enough to announce to the press and uncosted proposal which at best will leave work is just about breaking even on their austerity pay while civil serva nts their austerity pay while civil servants and others continue to see their pay cut. this is a mendacious exercise, a mendacious pr exercise. based on today‘s enactments delivered announcements, after years of pay cuts, public sector workers are all being offered a further real terms pay cut. perhaps the minister can now confirm what the additional

cost of each announcement is to departments today. will also confirm that this cost is being siphoned from existing departmental spend with no money being made available to replace it? this will have a disastrous effect on departments cut to ruin already by austerity. can she guarantee there will be no reductions in staffing levels across the public sector because of this unfunded increase in pay? can she guarantee that public services will not be adversely affected by her failure to provide properfunding? can she explain why civil servants continue to see real terms pay cuts? they are always in the back of the queue when it comes to pay. can the cheap secretary informed the house how much additional social security expenditure has resulted from seven yea rs of expenditure has resulted from seven years of cuts to public sector workers‘ pate? —— can the chief

secretary informed me house? the party opposite should be ashamed. this government‘s announcements today leave public sector workers treading water. these proposals will force threadbare departments to make further cuts to vital services to reduce vital staffing levels, and what for? also that the prime minister can get a cheap pr hit to try to kick delivered cling onto power. do not buy it —— a cheap pr hit to try to cling onto power. we do not buy it. yet again we have heard from the opposition front bench not positive welcome of the news today that is going to mean hundreds of pounds more in the pay packets of public sector workers,

instead, we have had yet more complaints and no solutions from the party opposite. we have scrapped the cap. we are making sure the public sector workers get a decent pay rise. let me tell you what that will mean for those workers in the public sector. for teachers earning under £35,000, it will mean a 3.5% pay rise, earning them an extra £800 a year. for police, they would be seeing a 2% rise, the average police constable and a £38,000 salary will see a £760 pay rise. prison officers will see a 2% rise and a 0.7% bonus with extra for those who are new recruits. junior doctors will get and at least 2% pay rise, and those ha rd and at least 2% pay rise, and those hard working people in our armed forces will be receiving a 2% pay rise as an distro bonus —— an

additional bonus to reflect the brilliant work they do for our country. studio: that is the chief secretary to the treasury answering an urgent question on the government‘s public sector pay award that we have been reporting on today, with new pay awards for teachers, the armed forces, police and prison officers and so on. chief secretary to the treasury. the use of anti—depressants for children is on the rise. in the past three years 950,000 prescriptions were handed out in england, scotland and northern ireland. children aged 12 and under saw the largest increase, of 24%. paul connelly has more. antidepressants can have a powerful and often positive impact for people suffering from mental health issues, and a bbc investigation conducted by radio 4‘s file on four has discovered that in britain, more children than ever before are being described the drugs.

—— being prescribed the drugs. the figures were obtained by freedom of information requests and relate to a group of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or ssris. they show that in england, over the past three years, there was a 15% rise in the number of these antidepressants prescribed to under—18s. in scotland, there was a 10% rise, whilst in northern ireland, the number rose by 6%, and there were 950,000 prescription items between april, 2015 and march, 2018. this is a very stressful time for young people. with the pressures of social media and some of the very distressing news articles around at the moment, we need to remember that young people have a lot of pressures on their wellbeing and it‘s actually a very positive thing, if young people are stepping forward and asking for help with their mental health. the department of health in england says they‘ve pledged £1.7 billion to transform child and adolescent

mental health services, whilst both northern ireland and scotland say it is a priority issue and they‘re increasing funding. paul connelly, bbc news. more on that on file on 4 — counting the cost of antidepressant use in children, on bbc radio 4 at 8pm tonight. the world‘s first ivf baby is celebrating her 40th birthday this week. the arrival of louise brown at oldham general hospital stunned the world, but was a defining moment in fertility medicine and paved the way for around eight million ivf births across the world. our reporter fiona lamdin has been to a new exhibition at the science museum in london looking at the challenges faced by ivf pioneers. baby cries the most public of arrivals into this world. at 5lb 12oz, louisejoy brown proved

for the very first time in—vitro fertilisation actually worked. i was actually down town christmas shopping, when the post came. four decades on, i met her in the science museum in london. an exhibition charting the journey of ivf, one that louise brown has been on all her life. it is all here, louise‘s hospital tags, the letter sent to her mother telling her she was in the early stages of pregnancy, and the veryjar that held the petri dish with the embryo that was to become louise. i mean, out of all those people that were in the room when i was born, there‘s only two of us still alive. so i feel it is sort of my duty to go around and prove to people i am normal, prove that there is no problem with ivf children. the other person still alive is 82—year—old drjohn webster. he helped deliver louise.

it was all done under a certain amount of secrecy. only the essential people involved had been told. oh, she cried straightaway. which is great when any baby is born. that is the first thing you are listening for, whether it is delivered vaginally or by caesarean section. but she cried lustily. and as the browns returned home as a family of three, a flood of congratulations after her birth. over 400 cards, letters and telegrams from all over the world. # happy birthday, dear louise # the bbc filmed with louise 30 years ago on her tenth birthday. even then, she could explain the science behind her life. well, an egg got took out. the doctor put it in this funny dish. and he put it back in and then...

told mummy to go home, and here i am. as she approaches her 40th, despite the attention at every milestone of her life, she is thankful for the team that brought her into the world. very special. without them, i would not be here. my sons would not be here. six million of us would not be here. i owe my life to those three people. they are just fantastic. for most people, it takes two to make a baby. in louise‘s case, countless other people and history went into making her. fiona lamdin, bbc news. in a moment it‘s time for the one o‘clock news, but first it‘s time for a look at the weather. not quite as hot in the heatwave

affected areas of england today. not quite as hot in scotland and ireland. but it is still warm. no heatwave in parts of wales and western england under this cloud. and some patchy rain in northern england. there may be a few showers across this thicker areas of cloud this attitude. this is the boundary between hot and humid air in the south—east and the cooler, fresher weather to the north of pete. where there is sunshine, northern ireland and scotland... into tonight, an area of cloud. he lose sight of it here because it disappears along with patchy rain. actually, it pretty good night forced leaping.

through much of scotland, north—west areas of england, and northern ireland. —— a pretty good night for sleeping. tomorrow, a sunny start. maybe a shower in the north of northern ireland or north—west scotland. it will stay dry elsewhere, with temperatures edging up elsewhere, with temperatures edging upafew elsewhere, with temperatures edging up a few degrees. on thursday, low— pressure up a few degrees. on thursday, low—pressure gathering to the west of us. not really pushing the weather fronts in just yet but the further west you are in northern ireland and north—west scotland, there will be showers around and a freshening breeze. elsewhere plenty of sunshine and the warmth will be felt more widely across the uk on thursday. scotland and northern ireland into the mid—20s but the higher temperatures will be in central and eastern areas of england where it could be at a maximum of

3435 celsius. whether friends to the west push in on friday. —— 35—34dc. the start of the weekend is clear. it will feel fresher right across the uk. most of the victims were trapped in their homes or their cars. more than 150 people have been injured, including many children. 26 victims were found lying close together. the death toll is expected to rise. thank god, my family was completely safe because we have

run down to the sea. in the meanwhile, a couple of people, two ladies, have lost their lives in my hands. record temperatures have hit japan where more than 30,000 people have been admitted to hospital suffering from heat stroke. and here, as our heatwave continues, many workers across part of the uk are finding the working day increasingly difficult.