the rain came, but perhaps not when people wanted it? most came in the north and the west but most areas got to see a bit of rain over the weekend. a different weekend compared to what we have been used to. the very wettest places where in the west. parts of northern ireland actually had a month's northern ireland actually had a months worth of rain in just a few hours. only a temporary end to the heatwave for some. through this week there will still be some showers, but it will be less windy than it was over the weekend, and especially in the south those temperatures will eventually start to climb once again. this is the satellite picture. pretty unsettled, this curl of cloud up to the north—west, an area of low pressure, with areas of cloud being flung around and bringing outbreaks of showery rain at times. through the afternoon, not too many showers in eastern areas, increasing amounts of sunshine here. some rain moving across parts of wales and north—west england. sunshine and heavy showers for northern ireland and north—west scotland. 20 degrees in glasgow, 25 in london, temperatures already beginning to recover. into the

evening, rain will push out of more than england into eastern scotland, the odd heavy burst here. a lot of dry weather with clear spells. showers return across the south west, wales and the south—east by the end of the night. 16 degrees in london, still relatively warm. some spots further north in scotland will get down to single digits. south—eastern areas likely to see some rain, but that will clear, and eastern areas not doing too badly in terms of dry weather and brightness. a bit more cloud and showers further west, then thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing into northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland later in the day. more of a breeze here. 70 degrees in glasgow. the mid—20s across parts of the south—east. wednesday, you can mark that down as a mostly dry day in most places. still the odd shower around. late in the day it clouds over again around. late in the day it clouds overagain in around. late in the day it clouds over again in northern ireland. more rain on the way here. temperatures continuing, and outward journey, 27 degrees possible across the week,

remember that rain coming to northern ireland, it comes courtesy ofa northern ireland, it comes courtesy of a frontal system that will wriggle around across the north—western areas, has high pressure builds back in across the south. that will allow southern areas to tap in once again to some increasingly warm air. further north and west to keep a feed of fresh air from the atlantic. those temperatures, around 2122 degrees. there will be a little bit of rain around at times. look at what happens where south and east, those temperatures back up into the 30s, maybe 32 degrees in london by friday, with some spells of sunshine. it felt like a heatwave ended over the weekend, but that may be temporary. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime: after months of passenger misery northern trains reinstates most of its cancelled services — but passengers say there's still a way to go. it's been cancelled at very short notice. i was expecting a train at

6.07 and it has been cancelled because of a lack of drivers. that's all from the bbc news at one. so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. sir bradley wiggins believes geraint thomas may be wales‘ biggest sports star following his tour de france success yesterday and has tipped thomas to retain his title next year. wiggins has advised thomas that his life will now change forever. cardiff council has confirmed talks are planned between themselves, thomas and welsh cycling over a homecoming event to honour the cyclist‘s achievement. celebrations continued deep into sunday night after thomas crossed the finish line on the champs elysees as the 2018 champion after yesterday's procession into paris. thomas‘s team sky teammate and four—time tour winner chris froome finished in third.

thousands of welsh supporters had flocked to paris to see him seal the win. i never thought about the outcome. it was always about the process, it doing all the small things, thinking about the next time, the next day, planning, staying calm and collected. to suddenly then realise that i had won, it isjust insane, really. there is a theory doing the rounds that you are planning it all along. i wish i was. froomey rounds that you are planning it all along. iwish i was. froomey was rounds that you are planning it all along. i wish i was. froomey was the leader going into it but i saw i could take my chance and i relished the opportunity. so what next for thomas? other than doing hundreds of interviews, one of his next decisions may be whether to accept a new contract at team sky. it's reported that there's a huge offer on the table

but will success this year change where his future lies? he's ina he's in a team with a very strong leader in chris froome, and he won the giro d'italia and several others before that. he will remain the leader. there's geraint thomas want to be the leader of another team or go back into the service of chris froome? knowing him, it is not impossible he would want to do the latter. let's have a quick look back at the career of the welshman. he rode his first tour de france in 2007 for the barlow world team, as the youngest rider in the race and teammate to a certain chris froome. he finished 140 out of mi riders. in 2008, he didn't ride the tour, instead concentrating on the track, winning gold for great britian in the olympic team pursuit squad in beijing. the next year, he signed for the newly—formed british team team sky. in 2012 he was back on the track winning gold in the team pursuit

at the olympics in london, setting a world record and finishing nearly three seconds ahead of australia. in 2016 he won his first major racing event taking victory in paris—nice and then on sunday after domestique duties for bradley wiggins and chris froome, for 11 years, it was finally time for thomas to take the glory and finish in yellow on the champs d'elysees. andy murray says it will be like starting from scratch again when he faces mackenzie mcdonald in the washington open first round on monday. the tournament will be just his third since having surgery injanuary, and his first on a hard court. murray is now ranked 832 in the world and if he gets past mcdonald, he'll play fellow brit kyle edmund in the second round. you know, the good thing is that when you are at the top of the game, it isn't easyjust to move up one spot. now if i win a couple of matches here, i could move up 300 or 400 spots in a week, which is nice. hopefully i can get back up there quickly but it sort of feels like starting from scratch again. obviously i have not been in that

position since i was 18, so i'm looking forward to it. it's going to be hard but it should be fun. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you. let's go to harare and the historic elections taking place. robert mugabe, for the first time since independence from britain in 1980, his name is not on the ballot paper. but he came out to vote in the zimbabwean capital after eight months of obscurity, announcing he would be voting for the opposition, surprising his former ally hammerson mong—la —— emmerson mnangagwa. this is the first general election since

robert mugabe was ousted last year. more than 100 hikers who were trapped on a mountain on the indonesian island of lombok are now being brought down after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides which cut off escape routes. an evacuation effort to get the remaining hikers off the mountain is still under way. at least 16 people have died, and more than 160 were injured in the quake. our correspondent rebecca henschke explained how the rescue operation would be carried out. we are being told that it's at least another couple of hours. they've been met by rescue workers who say most are in good health, although amongst them is the body of a young indonesian climber who was hit by a rock when the earthquake struck. they are now leading them down the mountain. alternative paths to the ones people normally use, because the earthquake triggered some major landslides off the crater. where i am now, there are tents set up here treating the injured. in one of the tents over there, i've just seen one of the porters who helps people climb up this mountain, a very popular trip to do

with tourists around the world. he rushed off the mountain in terror after the earthquake and being treated by the doctors here for severe dehydration and also shock. quite terrifying images that guides were able to capture there when the earthquake happened, triggering these huge landslides, and scenes of panic up there on the mountain. the thought of moving to the countryside sounds idyllic. peace and quiet, long walks and a better quality of life. yet, for many, the reality can be quite different. people in rural areas feel they are more isolated than a decade ago, that's according to research they are more isolated than a decade ricky boleto has been to cumbria to meet one community pulling together to improve their quality of life. hi, my name's molly and i've lived here for most of my life. it's a lovely place to live. there's a great sense of community which i really love. my name's tori and i work

at hallbankgate hub. without the hub, the community would be very, very sad. it is, without a doubt, a complete focal point and we're all very proud of it. it's easy to see on a day like today why it would be so appealing to live somewhere like here. but increasingly those in rural communities say they're feeling left out and invisible. there's no bus. there's no bus at all to hallbankgate. there's no train. the nearest train is in brampton and even that doesn't go to brampton, it goes to brampton junction so you have a 20 minute walk. unless you are a big tourist spot like the lakes, for example, you get missed. travel isn't the only concern. weak mobile phone signal and broadband speeds just some of the challenges of rural living. but then the people of hallbankgate

are no strangers to a challenge. the closure of a co—op, the only shop in the village in 2015, was devastating. so the community pulled together and after a lot of hard work, the hub opened its doors last year. it's really important because we haven't got many facilities in this parish, really, in this area. we've got a small village school with just over 50 pupils, we've got a pub and other than that we've got the shop and that's it. the nearest shop if you go east is another 15 miles away. and for some of the older residents, that's just too far. earlier this year, hallbankgate was totally shut off from the rest of the world when the beast from the east submerged the village in snow. we were totally cut off from everywhere. and they opened. not all day but they opened for a few hours and they were helping delivering up to the old people. it was just handy to

get your necessities. without them being open? we would have been stuck, totally stuck. but what about the future? in many ruralareas, job prospects are limited and young people often have no choice but to leave. i have a daughter who's 15 and i think she's really keen to go to city. not that she doesn't love living here, she does. she loves walking and loves the countryside but i know that she definitely wants to experience living in the city. ricky boleto, bbc news. this is bbc news. events are being held to celebrate the 80th birthday of the beano. the comedian david walliams has edited a special issue of the comic, which was created in dundee, while the city's mcmanus museum has been temporarily renamed the mcmenace in honour of dennis the menace.

earlier emma scott, the chief executive of beano studios, told my colleaguejulian worricker more about the celebrations. here is the special edition, which i have brought in for you, julian, and we have relaunched the fan club. i have brought in yourfan club badge and i expect you to wear it later. beano is 80. we are going strong and we are very good at reinventing ourselves over and over. we are celebrating today and hopefully another 80 years to come. what has kept it so successful? we can see it now. what has kept it so successful over such a long time, given everybody‘s changing tastes in so many other ways? i think we take a four foot high view of the world. we are about children and we talk to kids every week. we know what they are interested in. the characters in the comic are children themselves, which is quite rare. we have kept the characters going. we've changed what they do and what they're interested in. and we have a big digital proposition with beano.com as well.

so we have got print and digital and tv. i think we can show you as a cartoon at this point in the conversation. very lucky to be drawn by nigel parkinson, who has been drawing dennis for over 35 years. i think the great legacy of what we have with beano is a great love from parents in this country that carries on, and great trust. we have double the trust score of youtube with parents in this country, for example. i think that allows us to carry on with more and more generations of kids. talk to me about the david walliams role and what he has done. we asked david if he would like to guest edit. he jumped at the chance. he proved to be a big fan from a young age and he knows the comic very well. he got very involved. he worked with the comic team on taking some of his characters and integrating them, and we brought him to life. he asked for a donation to young minds, a child mental health charity we work with, and we were delighted to do that. in the comic we created a comicstrip for young minds,

which is one of the great ways of staying relevant, so a comic story about a girl getting herfirst mobile phone, because we know that is a pinch point with children. as we are talking, we're showing the beanos through the ages, that is the best way to describe it. different images from different eras. some of them are very striking. a dennis the menace page in black and white. have you had a chance to look nostalgically back in recent days? yes, i'm lucky enough to have been to the archive in dundee, which has the very first copy through to today. the artists have changed over the years, although there are some consistent ones. dave sutherland who draws the bash street kids is in his 90s. he still hand draws and delivers it every week. it is a great privilege to be able to look back. 80 years of the beano. in a moment we'll have

all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: trying to get back on track. after months of passenger misery northern trains reinstates most of its cancelled trains. families and doctors are told they don't need to go to court any more if they agree on an end—of—life decision for patients in a persistent vegetiative state. millions of voters go to the polls in zimbabwe. for the first time in the country's history the name robert mugabe is not on the ballot paper. good afternoon. i'm jamie good afternoon. i'mjamie roberts and with the business use. mirror and express newspaper, reach, made a £113 million half—year loss after it slashed the value of its regional publishing operations by £150 million. the firm, which used to be called trinity mirror, says the loss reflects a more challenging outlook for its regional businesses. how's the uk property market doing? two different ways of looking at it. uk mortgage approvals hit a five—month high injune. that's encouraging. but in london the estate agent

foxtons said it lost £2.5 million in the first half of the year. it blamed a sustained period of very low activity levels. bt has lost the rights to broadcast nba basketball and ufc ultimate fighting a few weeks after also losing the rights to italian serie a football. the firm spends about £1 billion a year on sports rights but told the bbc it would not bid more than it thought the rights were worth. getting poor broadband or rubbish mobile signal is a thoroughly modern problem. 20 years ago people would have thought you a bit odd complaining about internet speed — if they even knew what the internet was. but today not having reliable mobile or broadband can leave you at a real disadvantage and that's what's happening in many rural areas. it means that young people leave, and it means talented people aren't interested in moving to the country. add in poor road and transport networks and some regions start to seriously fall behind. who wants to invest in property,

businesses or people where you can't have access to markets, services, or clients? joining us now is claire saunders, drector of the prince's countryside fund. you have done some research on this, haven't you? what did you find? what we re haven't you? what did you find? what were the main findings about how bad rural areas get in terms of falling behind on services? we did find that over the last ten years, people felt that infrastructure had been falling behind somewhat. particularly they feel that broadband is one of the essentials of rural living now, along with affordable housing and good transport. and all those have been challenged over the last few yea rs. been challenged over the last few years. are there any areas where there is regeneration? is it all negative? it is not all negative at all. when the other findings, negative? it is not all negative at all. when the otherfindings, 3000 people came back to us to tell us about the challenges and opportunities rural areas, and they

said there were lots of different projects and ways that communities are coming together to overcome these challenges, whether that was looking at pubs that could become rural hubs, and cafes and shops. whether that was finding ways to keep younger people in the villages by building houses that could keep families there and therefore keep schools running. there were lots of different ways that people were coming together to make a difference. what stops people from doing that? there are some good exa m ples doing that? there are some good examples but obviously barriers between people being able to do that. in some senses, there is a feeling of isolation for people who are getting older in these communities. they are seeing a centralisation of services. they are seeing problems with transport. when you have had one thing that isn't working so well, that can often lead into another, so the problems can be

interlinked as well as the solutions. what i am trying to get at here, is this a government problem or something that local authorities ought to be doing something about? something people themselves ought to be doing something about? i think we identified that it is a mix of all those things that need to come together. there is not one silver bullet that will provide the answer here. to have more funding for broadband is fantastic but then you have also got to have people on the ground who can help to bring it there and communities that want to make it happen as well. there are some enabling characteristics that are required wherever you are, whatever the project would be. thank you very much indeed. just a few other stories: deutsche bank has shifted more than half of its euro clearing activities from london to frankfurt ahead of brexit, according to reports from the financial times. the bank's clearing operation is where it acts as the middleman

for both buyer and seller of financial contracts. six months ago, deutsche bank's euro clearing operations was almost entirely done in london. more on the property market. the mortgage approvals, as i mentioned earlier, hit a five—month high injune. these are bank of england numbers. injune, uk lenders approved 65,619 mortgages, up from 64,684 in may and pretty much in line with what economists had been expecting. gradual increase. however, the numbers from the estate agent foxtons are less positive. it's a london—focused estate agent chain. this time last year it had a profit of £3.8 million. today it said losses were £2.5 million. sales, it said, were taking longer to complete. however, it did say the rental market was strong, and it had confidence in its long—term prospects. reach, the old trinity mirror, down because of regional operations doing badly. not so much the express and

the mirror. thomas cook looking good, up about 3%, and the pound against europe is pretty stable. thomas cook is because it has had... the spokesman said that the company was open to industry consolidation is that there are no current plans to sell the airline. that is the business use and we will be back in an hour. thank you. karl lagerfeld, giorgio armani and donna karan are among the most famous fashion designers in the world. but ian griffiths? the chances are you have never heard of him. yet the former punk rocker heads up max mara — one of the largest luxury fashion brands. the italian company also has one of the biggest fashion archives in europe. it's not open to the public, but our arts correspondent rebecca jones has been to italy to see it. chic, sleek and sophisticated, max mara is best known for its classic camel coats. from the runway to royalty, it's worn by some of the most

famous women in the world. max mara. the company was founded in 1951 in reggio emilia, a place better known for its parmesan cheese. its factories are still based in the town. they produce 450 coats a day here, contributing to an annual turnover of £1.3 billion. meet ian griffiths. he's the creative brains behind the brand. an influential designer, he prefers life behind the scenes, but he's been at the company for more than three decades. this coat is quite a special one for me because it was my first coat for max mara. and he's taking me on a tour of the company's own secret wardrobe. this was bought in new york. it's from 1910 or 1920. this is an original balenciaga coat and we've used it time and time again for inspiration

for different collections. the archive is crammed with fashion magazines, sketches and boxes of fabric samples. this archive plunges you into the heart of fashion history. there are 30,000 individual items of clothing here, rails upon rails of them, and notjust by max mara but by other famous fashion designers as well. have a look at this coat by yves saint laurent which belonged to the actress audrey hepburn. this coat belonged to coco chanel and was worn by coco chanel. and here's an evening dress byjeanne lanvin from the 1930s, found in a fleamarket. fashion is a bit of an underdog. it tends to disregard itself a little. so much of what we do gets thrown away but we believe in preserving that culture because in the future it becomes interesting or even valuable. ian griffiths first became

interested in fashion living in manchester in the 1980s. he was a punk, partying in nightclubs and designing his own clothes. you're talking to the guy who used to walk around manchester wearing a wedding veil for normal day wear. 35 years ago there i was making clothing for myself and my mates to go clubbing out of lining material, and now here i am at max mara with 31 years behind me. and he's already working with his design team on the next collection, inspired by the archive, proving how the past helps fashion face the future. rebecca jones, bbc news, reggio emilia. coming up: martine croxall has afternoon live. now it's time for a look at the weather — here's ben rich. you ruined a lot of people's weekends. it wasn't my fault! it was

different over the weekend. after the hot and sunny weather, the rain came down and parts of northern ireland saw just came down and parts of northern ireland sawjust over a month's rein inafew ireland sawjust over a month's rein in a few hours. a big storm for this weather watcher in scotland. but this week it changes again. showers fade away and it will be less windy thanit fade away and it will be less windy than it was and it will format again by the end of the week. this satellite picture is pretty u nsettled. satellite picture is pretty unsettled. swirling cloud and low pressure, clumps of cloud being flung around bringing showery rain. some showers and places this afternoon and more persistent rain drifting out of wales and north west england. further east, dry weather to be had with spells of sunshine. temperatures across the south—eastern corner already bouncing upwards again. the northern ireland and western scotland, a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. this evening and through the night, the rain drifts across northern england and into eastern scotland, with heavy bursts, followed by dry weather and sunny

spells and then showers into the south—west and wales and the south—east. still relatively warm overnight in south—eastern areas but parts of scotland will get down to single digits. tomorrow, showery rain across the south—east to start off that scoots into the north sea. eastern areas seeing decent amount of sunshine and some showers further west and then slightly more persistent rain into northern ireland and western scotland. a frontal system approaching here. more of a breeze. 7 degrees in glasgow but mid 20s across the south—east. on wednesday, you can mark this down as a largely dry day, with the odd shower but most places fine. spells of sunshine, but it sta rts fine. spells of sunshine, but it starts to change in northern ireland with thickening cloud, outbreaks of rain. temperatures beginning to climb. between 20 and 27. as we get deeper into the week, remember the rain in northern ireland? that is associated with the wriggling frontal system that will continue to

wriggle around across northern ireland and western scotland as we go into thursday. further south, high pressure builds and we start to draw up some increasingly warm air from the south once again. northernmost areas state exposed to fresh airfrom the northernmost areas state exposed to fresh air from the atlantic. temperatures in the north and west of the uk in the low to mid 20s. some rain at times with sunshine as well but further south, 32 degrees is possible with some spells of sunshine. after a pretty different weekend, the heatwave for some of us looks like it will return later this week. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 2pm. the supreme court rules legal permission will not be needed to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state. services scrapped in a timetable shake—up by northern rail begin running again but passengers face more cancellations. it has been cancelled at very short

notice. i was expecting a train at 6:07am and it has been cancelled because of lack of drivers. voting's under way in zimbabwe in the first general election since long—time president robert mugabe was ousted. more than 12,000 firefighters are tackling severe wild fires in california that have claimed the lives of eight people. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with reshmin — success in the tour de france still sinking in for geraint thomas.