hello. it's friday, it's nine o'clock. i'm reeta chakrabarti, welcome to the programme. we'll have reaction to the election results in zimbabwe. the man who replaced robert mugabe after he ruled for almost a0 years has been declared the winner. but that's being disputed by the opposition. we reject the results. the results have not been verified. we'll speak to zimbabweans both here and in zimbabwe to find out their hopes and fears for the country's future. sepsis deaths in hospitals in england have risen by more than a third over two years, according to new nhs data. the severity can't be understated. we hear about other conditions such as cancer and what to do in a situation where someone has a stroke, but with sepsis, far more education is required in this area. we'll talk to doctors, and hear from a mother whose baby died after contracting the infection.

and with forecasters predicting that the highest temperature ever recorded in europe could be beaten this weekend, we'll talk to holidaymakers in spain and portugal and find out how to stay safe in the heat. hello, welcome to the programme. we're live until 11 this morning. new research suggests people exposed to pollution levels within uk guidelines show changes in the structure of their hearts similar to those seen in the early stages of heart failure. do you have a health condition, and find symptoms worsen when pollution levels are high? and what should the government be doing to tackle the problem? do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you're e—mailing and are happy for us to contact you, and maybe want to take part in the programme, please include your phone number in your message. if you text, you ll be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today: zimbabwe has

declared that emmerson mnangagwa, from the governing zanu—pf party, is the winner of the country's presidential election. mr mnangagwa won just under 51% of the vote, against 44% for nelson chamisa of the opposition movement for democratic change alliance, the mdc. mr chamisa rejected the results, and said his party would be challenging them in court. andrew plant reports. cheering. celebrations on the streets of zimbabwe after the country's controversial presidential election. zimbabwe's president, emmerson mnangagwa, a 75—year—old politician nicknamed the crocodile due to his shrewd, some say ruthless, political manoeuvring, winning zimbabwe's first election since the end of robert mugabe's rule in november last year. in the days before the announcement, delays and confusion boiled over into protests, with security forces using tear gas and water

cannon and then opening fire with live rounds. six people died in wednesday's violence, with dozens more injured. opposition supporters immediately said they suspected a rigged election, claiming they hadn't been allowed to verify the votes. we reject the results because the results have not been verified by the chief election agents of the candidates. zimbabwe saw decades of rule by robert mugabe, under whom the country's economy imploded and poverty became everyday life for many. mnangagwa was a close ally of mugabe and is now his official successor. today we are witnessing... international observers and voters alike will hope he can now begin to fix a country with deep political divisions and widespread social and economic problems. andrew plant, bbc news. our correspondent nomsa maseko is in harare with the latest on this.

nomsa, a result at last, but a disputed one? indeed, the results we re disputed one? indeed, the results were announced in the early hours of this morning amid heavy military and police presence here on the streets of harare. the opposition believe the election has been stolen, and they are saying that because they say that they were not allowed to verify those results that were announced by the electoral commission of zimbabwe, and the electoral commission has denied allegations of vote rigging, saying that they would never subvert the will of the people. so, nomsa, what is likely to happen next? will be opposition accept this result?m

doesn't look like the opposition is going to accept the result, particularly yesterday there were some clashes between the opposition mdc supporters and zanu—pf after the ndc announced that they were disputing the result and rejecting it, and they were going to court. we are expecting to be hearing more from the leader of the movement for democratic change, nelson chamisa, who will tell us more about what his next step will be. he is saying that he is going to challenge this in court. 0k, nomsa, many thanks. nomsa maseko there. now, julian is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. reeta, thank you. good morning. deaths caused by sepsis have risen by more than a third over two years at england's hospitals. that's according to figures given to the bbc s today programme by a leading health expert.

campaigners have described the rare but serious complication as a silent killer. our health editor hugh pym reports. sepsis is a serious complication which can develop after infections. without antibiotics it can result in organ failure and death. melissa mead's i2—month—old son, william, died after developing sepsis which was not detected by doctors. along with other campaigners, she's tried to raise awareness among staff and patients. screening of vulnerable patients has improved, but figures given to the bbc suggest sepsis is an increasingly serious problem. using official nhs data, experts at imperial college london say there were just over 15,700 deaths recorded at english hospitals in the 2016/17 year where sepsis was the main diagnosis. two years previously, there were just over 11,300 such deaths. that was a 38% increase over the course of two years. nhs england says its efforts to to increase recognition mean that cases previously recorded

as simple infections are now classified as sepsis. experts say that may account for some of the increase, but there are other factors that need explaining. we've got the increasing pressure on the nhs. we've got fewer health care professionals delivering more care to ever—increasing numbers of patients, and that's got to play a part in these figures. campaigners believe that the struggle to contain sepsis is from over, and it'll need a much bigger effort to bring it under control. hugh pym, bbc news. amazon's tax bill in the uk fell last year, even though its profits nearly tripled. the full tax bill for the company's uk branch was £4.6 million, but it has deferred paying the remaining £2.9 million. the online firm has faced criticism over the amount of tax it pays, but amazon says it pays all the taxes required by the government, and has invested more than £9 billion in britain since 2010. regular exposure to even low levels

of air pollution may affect the heart to such an extent that it would be similar to the early stages of heart failure. according to a study for the british heart foundation, the changes were comparable to being consistently inactive or having raised blood pressure. 0ur correspondent jon donnison reports. it's estimated air pollution is a contributing factor in the deaths of around 40,000 people in the uk each year. this study looks at how the quality of the air we breathe affects the heart. queen mary university looked at data from 4,000 people. most of those lived outside big cities and in areas where air pollution was below uk government guidelines. still it found those who live near busy roads tended to have slightly bigger hearts, often an early sign of heart disease. the heart tends to get larger when it undergoes a stressful situation, and we often see that in people who are developing heart failure, when the heart is not pumping efficiently.

in this individual in the study, they are healthy people, so the heart function is so normal, but we start seeing these early signs of enlargement of the heart. the research comes with the government's consultation period on its draft clean air strategy due to end later this month. the strategy aims to reduce pollution in order to halve the number of people living in areas which exceed world health organization guidelines by 2025. jon donnison, bbc news. the new head of the armed forces has said he will not allow a witch hunt of veterans over their roles during the troubles in northern ireland. in his first interview since becoming chief of the defence staff, general sir nicholas carter said that it was right that serving and former personnel were held to account for wrong—doing, but he would fight moves to prosecute soldiers. it is right and proper that if our soldiers have done something wrong then they should clearly be

investigated and held to account for it, but only if they've generally done something wrong because we need to have some standards, we need to have values that people are held against, otherwise we would lose the moral high ground. what is fundamentally wrong, though, is if they're chased by people who are making vexatious claims, and that will not happen on my watch, absolutely not. two men are being treated in hospital after they were stabbed outside glasgow rangers' ibrox stadium last night. fans clashed ahead of the europa league match with croatian side 0sijek. the two men, aged 24 and 40, are in a stable condition. police scotland have appealed for witnesses. reports from sweden say that a man who was shot dead by police in stockholm yesterday had down‘s syndrome and a form of autism. 20—year—old eric torell was carrying a plastic toy gun, described by his mother as looking like a submachine gun. his family say he had been reported missing after leaving home hours earlier. police said they'd opened fire in response to a threatening situation. an investigation is under way.

britain's biggest foodbank charity has called for extra donations to ensure that children who get free school meals during term—time don't go hungry during the school holidays. the trussell trust says that last year thousands more emergency food packs were provided during the summer months. last week, the government announced a £2 million fund in england to provide some poorer children with healthy meals during the holidays. a three—metre long whale shark that lost its way and found itself in a creek in central dubai has been transported back to the ocean by a team of divers. the operation took five hours and involved towing the young shark 13 kilometres under water back to the arabian gulf. experts say whale sharks tend to be more coastal but are attracted to the marina because of the bright lights at night. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 9.30.

julian, many thanks. do get in touch with us throughout the morning. use the hashtag #victorialive. and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport. john is at the bbc sport centre. many thanks indeed. we start with andy murray. he broke down in tears after reaching the quarter finals of the washington 0pen. perhaps a surprise to see him quite so emotional after beating marius copil. the win came over three sets agaisnt in what was a late match, finishing just after 3am local time. because of rain delays. it was the latest finish in murray's carer. he had his head in his towel afterwards. this followed his victory over kyle edmund in the last round. he looked clearly exhausted, you can see how tired he was. the tears were

perhaps surprising, because he beat kyle edmund in the previous round. but he is an emotional chap. he cried when losing to roger federer in the wimbledon final several years ago. here he is perhaps recognising all the hard work that goes into competing at the top and let's not forget this has been and especially tough year for him as he continues to struggle from that hip surgery. his mum judy murray sums it up in one word here — brutal. and i think from those tears it probably was. whyte just talk us through why he has had a tough year. he has had a long battle after that hip injury. at wimbledon last year he lost in the quarterfinals. he was struggling at that time with that problem, and lost to sam querrey. he tried to rest up, but had to have surgery tried to rest up, but had to have surgery injanuary, tried to rest up, but had to have surgery in january, which tried to rest up, but had to have surgery injanuary, which he did out in melbourne. he subsequently lost his british number one ranking to

kyle edmund back in march, and then it was injune this year that he finally made his long—awaited competitive return to tennis after 11 months out. he lost to nick kyrgios at queens, that looked as though he was coming back, but he withdrew from wimbledon in july, something of a surprise because we thought he was showing signs of being able to compete at the top level once again in those grand slams, but he missed wimbledon, and then made his return at the washington open, this isjust his sixth match back since that long lay—off. and what is the general feeling? are we likely to see him back to his best soon? the great british public would hope so, wouldn't we? we would love to see him winning another wimbledon title. it has been a tough year, he is well outside the world 800 now, i think he is around 820, and he is no longer the british and bought one, thatis longer the british and bought one, that is kyle edmund. so he will want to climb back up the rankings, claim the british number one spot once again, those are the steps he has to take. but others have done it, roger

federer famously didn't win a grand slam title for four years, and then he had a battle with an injury himself, but he came back won three more grand slams, and we saw novak djokovic win at wimbledon this year, he has had battles with form and fitness. so it is possible, players at the top level have done it, and andy murray is certainly one of those so fingers crossed we will see him win another wimbledon title at some stage, and we can see just how much it means to him looking at those pictures this morning. john watson, many thanks. new research suggests even exposure to low levels of air pollution is linked to changes to the heart similar to the sort seen in the early stages of heart failure. a study of 4,000 people in the uk found those who lived by loud, busy roads had larger hearts on average than those living in less polluted areas. the study was part—funded by the british heart foundation and carried out by queen mary university in london. so how much of a threat is air pollution to our hearts and overall health, and how can we solve it? lets talk now to chloe watson

from the british heart foundation, faiza yasin who was born with congenital heart disease and is affected by pollution, who speciliases in pediatric and environmental medicine at queen mary university. chloe, this research was part funded by the bhf, in simple terms, what did it find? this research project was funded by the british heart foundation. they looked at 4000 people, and they found that those people living close to the busy roads had changes in the structure of their hearts, and whilst these people are healthy individuals with no symptoms, the concerning thing is that those changes in the structure of the heart is similar to what you see in people with early stages of heart failure. so that is worrying. how widespread is this? we know there is

a lot of evidence around air pollution and its connection with poor heart and circulatory health. it is limit ever banega cross the whole of the uk be concerned about, and we need concerted action to try to bring levels of pollution across the whole of the country down to safe levels. but if you are living bya safe levels. but if you are living by a busy road now and you hear this report, you will be very worried? absolutely. i think it is really concerning. what we would say is there are a few things you can do as an individual, so if you are out and about, rather than walking down a main road, if you can change your route and walked down some of the side roads, walk and cycle and leave your car at home if that is possible, obviously that is not a lwa ys possible, obviously that is not always the case. but ultimately we do need awareness to get action at a national level so that people don't have to be living by those busy, polluted roads. so in terms of that action at a national level, you want the uk to adopt the world health

organisation guidelines. why is that? that's right. at the moment the uk follows guidelines set at eu level, which are much less stringent than those recommended by the world health organisation. we would think those would better protect our heart and circulatory health. faiza, you we re and circulatory health. faiza, you were born with heart condition, tell us were born with heart condition, tell us about that. my condition was present from birth and there were four things wrong with my heart. what it means is that all those different aspects of the four abnormalities all taking place all at once, i have had to have numerous surgeries to be able to be here, to be alive, and i am. and he was,

fantastic. how does air—pollution affect you? it has affected me from affect you? it has affected me from a young age. i didn't think about it andl a young age. i didn't think about it and i saw the research that was happening, andl and i saw the research that was happening, and i thought, yes, i do that. i travel into the city to work, and i instantly feel that there is this big cloud of smoke as sooi'i there is this big cloud of smoke as 50011 as there is this big cloud of smoke as soon as i walked in, because i live more ina soon as i walked in, because i live more in a town, rather than a city, so more in a town, rather than a city, so coming into london, notjust london but any high polluted area, i can instantly feel that i'm placing my hand over my nose just to protect myself. especially walking down really busy roads or any sort of air polluted areas, so that i didn't catch any of that. and i think it is more the fact that i'm protecting myself and my heart, and i never knew i was doing that until the re ce nt knew i was doing that until the recent research came out. so you do it automatically? i always have done, and one i was younger i often couldn't go out, i had to come into

london for all my specialist care, all my appointments, but going outside, i would often see my brother is going outside and riding their bikes and things, and i would have to stay inside because i was protecting my heart. you said that you don't live in london, you live elsewhere. and that is a deliberate choice, isn't it? i guess, i've always lived outside of london, sol was born and grown—up in maidenhead, so was born and grown—up in maidenhead, soa was born and grown—up in maidenhead, so a bit more of a town, but a commuter town, so it is easy to get into london, and i guess a lot of people have asked me, friends have asked me to move into london, but this is where all my work is, but i just can't. i just this is where all my work is, but i just can't. ijust can't do it for my heart. ijust know that it's going to be more at risk and i'm going to be more at risk and i'm going to be more at risk and i'm going to budget through so much more if i'm in the city. and that is hard, because it having to make a life choice in your early 205 when everyone is meant to be free and

enjoying life, but you put all this protection against yourself because, you know, it's not easy and i guess thi5 you know, it's not easy and i guess this has always been my normal. people often say living with a heart condition mu5t people often say living with a heart condition must be so tough, and i 5ay, condition must be so tough, and i say, i've not known anything else, and ifi say, i've not known anything else, and if i have to protect myself, i've got to take what i need to do. jonathan grigg, you are an expert at queen mary university in environmental pollution. we have found out about the impact that air pollution has on the heart. what about other organs in the body?m ha5 effects on many organ5 acr055 the whole life course, so the developing baby, the organ growth is reduced. once babie5 developing baby, the organ growth is reduced. once babies are born, it affects their lung growth throughout the hold of their childhood, new on5et a5thma the hold of their childhood, new on5et asthma is associated with it. we have heard convincing and strong evidence that heart failure is

associated with exposure to city particle5 associated with exposure to city particles and nitrogen dioxide, and those effects of ugly 5tart earlier oi'i those effects of ugly 5tart earlier on in life and result of cumulative exposures over long periods of time, so exposures over long periods of time, so the more we are looking, more we find. and really thi5 so the more we are looking, more we find. and really this goes into the mix that should hopefully convince the government to do something urgently to reduce our own exposure, especially exposure of vulnerable populations, children with respiratory and cardiovascular di5ea5e respiratory and cardiovascular disease especially. all the people in the british heart foundation's report were not necessarily vulnerable people. they we re necessarily vulnerable people. they were members of the general population. that is very worrying in a sense that somebody has heart condition, they will generally be more vulnerable, but other people are vulnerable, too. yes, even if so—called healthy people can have

their health reduced. and this is 5etting their health reduced. and this is setting the scene for the development of significant and important chronic diseases, and we need to reduce our exposure as soon as possible. i must say, at the moment i haven't seen the urgency from government to do that, and hopefully we will see this in the environmental legislation coming on stream soon. what do? a focus on individual exposure, so it is not very helpful to talk about emissions. it is where people are exposed to it in the cities and along main roads. we want to see emissions from road is dramatically reduced. i launched an organisation called doctors against dieseljust make a point, because the current toxic diesel fleet is a major contributor to city particles, and if the government can't sort that out, it is unlikely they will be able to reduce exposure significantly, so yes, focus on vehicles, and there are other sources which are coming on stream,

such as wood burning stoves and emissions from agriculture, but in the end, this study shows that the neo— road effect is very important, and that is traffic emissions. are there any other innovations that might help? when we are moving around in cities with high pollution, it would be helpful to have real—time feedback about pollution you are exposed to, we have pollution maps and maybe the technology is linked to watches or smart glasses, we can imagine we would be informed where we are going to be exposed and take mitigating action. but in the long run, that's not the answer. the answer is all of us, no matter where we walk and exercise, should be exposed so significantly less pollutants. and fa iza significantly less pollutants. and faiza, that is a good point, because at the moment you have to protect yourself, and what you want is for there to be national action so you don't have to. exactly that. so more

needs to be done to enable notjust those living with heart conditions, but as you've said, so many general public have said that they are worried about it as well, so i think they should really be following the upper guidelines that have come out. we have had a couple of comments coming from viewers. somebody texting in, there should be on the spot fines for engine idling. too many black cabs and bosses doing this, putting unnecessary carcinogenic fumes into the air. bus fa res carcinogenic fumes into the air. bus fares are too expensive, too. not enough done by local authorities who are slow to implement strategies. and apparently there are some areas that are handing out finds her engine idling. and another text, if you cycle and are stuck behind a bus or lorry, how will it help prevent heart disease chris mccann suppose thatis heart disease chris mccann suppose that is the thing, it won't? there

is evidence that shows that firstly exercising is still really good for your heart for almost everybody it outweighs the risks of air pollution. even if you are doing it ina pollution. even if you are doing it in a polluted area? even in a polluted area, although we would say that if you have a pre—existing heart or lung condition that when air pollution is high, you might wa nt to air pollution is high, you might want to move your exercise indoors and away from polluted areas, and august exercising in areas that aren't so polluted is always going to be better. the other thing to say is that air pollution inside a car can be higher than on the pavement next to it, so if you are stuck in traffic in your car, then you can be exposed to higher levels of air pollution than if you were walking or cycling. jonathan grigg, you mentioned the government's environmental strategy coming out soon. we asked the government about the present situation, and a spokesperson said that air pollution is the top environmental risk to human health in the uk, there is in

place a £3 billion plan to reduce harmful emissions, and a clean air strategy coming out to make the uk the first major economy to work towards world health organisation recommendations on particular matter. and what its key is to work towards it. that is right. my argument is that even though it costs a lot of money, we should be prepared to pay it as the public, because we all benefit from it. but yes, working towards it isa start, from it. but yes, working towards it is a start, certainly, but i'm interested in protecting this generation, clearly the generations to come will be protected, but this generation deserves protection, so we need is instituted as soon as possible, and that is within the

next 2—3 years, not by 2030. possible, and that is within the next 2-3 years, not by 2030. we're going to have to leave it there, jonathan grigg, faiza yasin, chloe watson, thank you very much indeed. what's being described as a spy porn epidemic has emerged in south korea. hidden cameras and phones capture people with no clothes on — mostly women — in changing rooms and bathrooms and the videos are posted online. thousands of women will protest in the streets of seoul this weekend calling for more to be done to stop it. nearly 6,500 victims went to the police last year and activists warn that as technology develops, this type of crime could spread to other countries. laura bicker went to seoul to find out more. the cameras are almost impossible to detect. and the criminal is difficult to catch. south korea is battling with what has been described as a spy cam epidemic. hidden cameras in changing rooms and public bathrooms. the videos are being posted online. when i first saw the video of me

i was so shocked my mind went blank and i started crying. kim was secretly filmed in a restaurant with men she thought where her friends. they even took footage of her skirt under the table. she reported it to the police. but that just left her feeling even more vulnerable. i feel lonely as if the men were looking at me like i was a piece of meat, an object. i was frightened. i was afraid of being blamed. i was afraid of my family, friends and people around me would look at me as these men had looked at me. thousands of south korean women feel that not enough is being done. they are demanding better treatment for victims and tougher penalties for criminals. but catching them is part of the problem. police teams have examined thousands of bathrooms but failed to find a single camera. the problem is they can install

and uninstall the cameras quicker than we can find them. south korea has the fastest internet speed in the world. that means within seconds, criminals can upload these videos undetected. prosecutors have also told the bbc that when caught, they are not always severely punished. only 2% go to prison. in this basement, a small group of women use their skills to find and take down the videos. they say south korea may need help to stop this problem becoming a global problem. there have been cases in sweden and the usa. but south korea is so advanced technologically. that means these online crimes have become a big issue here first. it won't be long before this becomes a problem in other countries. so we need to work together to solve the issue internationally. women here are determined

to continue the fight to prevent the spread of spy cam pornography in the hope that one day they won't have to worry about being watched. still to come... could europe be about to experience its hottest weather of all time? with temperatures possibly hitting 48 degrees, we find out how people can cope in the extreme heat. also, nicaragua — despite its beautiful pacific coast beaches — it's been blighted by a turbulent past and now its been plunged into crisis. we'll have more shortly. time for the latest news. zimbabwe has declared that emmerson mnangagwa,

from the governing zanu—pf party, is the winner of the country's presidential election. it follows days of violence and vote —— accusations of vote rigging. deaths caused by sepsis have risen by more than a third over two years at england's hospitals. that's according to figures given to the bbc‘s today programme by a leading health expert. official nhs data was examined. campaigners say there needs to be more effort to bring a silent killer under control. amazon's tax bill in the uk fell last year, even though its profits nearly tripled. the full tax bill for the company's uk branch was £4.6 million, but it has deferred paying the remaining £2.9 million. the online firm has faced criticism over the amount of tax it pays, but amazon says it pays all the taxes required by the government, and has invested more than £9 billion in britain since 2010. regular exposure to even low levels

of air pollution may affect the heart to such an extent that it would be similar to the early stages of heart failure. according to a study for the british heart foundation, the changes were comparable to being consistently inactive or having raised blood pressure. two men are being treated in hospital after they were stabbed outside glasgow rangers' ibrox stadium last night. fans clashed ahead of the europa league match with croatian side 0sijek. the two men, aged 24 and 40, are in a stable condition. police scotland have appealed for witnesses. reports from sweden say that a man who was shot dead by police in stockholm yesterday had down‘s syndrome and a form of autism. 20—year—old eric torell was carrying a plastic toy gun, described by his mother as looking like a submachine gun. his family say he had been reported missing after leaving home hours earlier. police said they'd opened fire in response to a threatening situation. an investigation is under way.

that is the latest news. julian, many thanks. let's get some sport. good morning. we start with andy murray. he broke down in tears after reaching the quarter finals of the washington open. it was a really late finish, just after 3a m it was a really late finish, just after 3am local time. he beat marius copil. spieth river otter kohli was dropped more than once before he got his side back into the game. england resuming 22 runs ahead. ireland reached the semifinals of the hockey world cup for the first time in a shoot out victory over india. but england are out, beaten by defending

champions the netherlands. laura kenny continues her bid for three golds at the eruopean games on day two of the new look multi format games. after she and the rest of great britian‘s team pursuit quartet set the fastest time in qualifying, they'll face france this afternoon for a place in tonight's final. that's all the sport for now. thanks very much, john. weather forecasters say europe could be on course to break its highest temperatures on record within days. the current record is 48 degrees celsius in greece in 1977. but hot air from africa is making temperatures soar in spain and portugal and, according to meteogroup, there's a good chance that that figure will be surpassed today and over the weekend. warnings have been sent out to tourists in the past few days telling them to be careful in the extreme heat. in a moment we'll speak to anna cuthbert and her daughter eleanor. they are from wiltshire and on holiday in almer a, spain with their family sophie madsen and her husband tom madsen, who have been living in the algarve for the last two and a half years.

amy rowland who is on holiday in the in the algarve in portugal. aaminah zannar lives in dubai, where temperatures can reach up to 50 degrees celsius. she is currently on holiday in leicester. and here in the studio, dr sarahjarvis, who is a gp. lets talk to matt taylor from the bbc weather centre. talk us through what we can expect. quite remarkable, the latest twist in what has otherwise been an incredibly dry and hot summer. the peak is likely to be true today and tomorrow, southern parts of portugal, inland in particular, the south—west spain, we could see temperatures almost on par with a very hot day in dubai, 47 degrees. putting that into perspective in history terms, it is quite likely that we will break the national records of spain and portugal, standing at just national records of spain and portugal, standing atjust over 47. there is that a european record as

well in athens. 48 degrees. a small chance that even that could tumble in what has been a remarkable summer. phenomenally hot. all because of african heat, sunshine overhead and it has been keeping temperatures rising and rising over the next few days. whether we break those records or not, we have to remember that back in 2003 western europe saw a massive heatwave and we saw in excess of tens of thousands of deaths just because of the sheer heat. whether we break records or not, this could be a deadly spell of hot weather. that is a sobering thought. many thanks. let's find out how people are coping in the heat. anna and elenor, you are in spain, how you finding it? it's always great to be sweating buckets! we are trying to find some shade. it is really sunny and hot this morning. how hot is it? it is about 38

degrees. already? already. and it is set to get hotter. obviously next week we were told that it could reach 40 degrees, so we're bracing ourselves for that. eleanor, how are you coping? it is really hot, and we have to drink a lot of extra water. you look like you are smiling, which is good. sophie and tom, you are in the algarve, you have lived there for two and a half years, you are more used to these temperatures than others. how is the summer shaping 7 others. how is the summer shaping t others. how is the summer shaping up? it started quite cool, these hotter temperatures are quite a surprise. behind us, people are already on the beach, ready for the day. it is really hot. temperatures about to hit the 40s or so, we are told. how is that going to you?” think tom will be very busy as a result. i work on air-conditioners,

so i'm fighting the temperatures. i'm trying to keep everybody cool this summer. we are getting by. you are much in demand? yes, the phone doesn't stop ringing, but that is good. good. any role and, you are on holiday in the algarve, you are less used to this sort of thing and sophie and tom. how have you found it? oh, difficult. really, really difficult. i thought coming from the uk where temperatures have been unusually high, i would be able to cope with it. but it is just unbelievable. you can only stay outside for 20 minutes before having to come back in. it isjust so hot, i've never experienced anything like it. it's unbelievable. ithink i've never experienced anything like it. it's unbelievable. i think you have had messages from the government telling you how to stay safe. what have they said?” government telling you how to stay safe. what have they said? i woke up yesterday morning to a text message saying to stay aware, stay inside where possible, and also be careful

because of wildfires which have been predicted because of the weather, there is wind as well. basically staying inside and not going out. definitely not going to the beach. taking it very seriously. aaminah, you are in leicester, but you live in dubai, where temperatures reach 50 celsius. you know what our holiday—makers are in for. how do people cope when the results of temperatures? yes, so, the weather in dubai is crazy. the temperatures reach high levels, but at the same time it is also very humid as well. the thing with dubai is that they are prepared for it, they know that the temperatures are going to reach that high. all of the activities are indoors. they have huge areas with activities, ski slopes, one of the world's largest aquariums. they are

really equipped for the weather for the people that are already there, and for the tourists that are coming. instead of going out to seek the sun, you hide from it? exactly. this is the reason why. a lot of people in dubai sufferfrom vitamin d deficiency, because it is too hot to stay outside. usually people are indoors, or at home, to stay outside. usually people are indoors, orat home, and to stay outside. usually people are indoors, or at home, and during the evening they start to venture out. what you will notice is that during the summer the malls are open until 2am, 3am, there have been times when they are open 24 hours, because this is where people go. that's what people want, absolutely. dr sarah jarvis, what sort of advice can you give to people to prepare for these high temperatures? well, depends if you are staying in the uk or going abroad. if you go abroad you can start now, stocking up on loose, floaty clothes, none of that

skintight stuff. that will prevent you sweating. children come the other side, sunsets, please be aware that children's skin is incredibly sensitive to sun. it is very worrying to see people on the algarve worrying to see people on the alga rve clearly worrying to see people on the algarve clearly setting up for the day. that is not a good idea at all, at any time. we do need to take sensible precautions. there are some things which are different in the uk than they are out there. for instance, fans can be useful in the uk where it is unlikely to get above 35 degrees. above 35 degrees you mightjust be swishing hot air around and making things worse. drinking hot drinks might cool you down more than drinking cold drinks, u nless down more than drinking cold drinks, unless it is very, very humid, in which case you are not sweating so much, because the hot drink makes you sweat more and that cools you down. if it is very humid out there, as we heard one of our contributors say, you want to be going for cool

drinks, but not alcohol. really importantly, alcohol dehydrate you. we do particularly need to be aware of elderly people, anybody with long—term health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, kidney problems in particular. and children, children are tiny and can get dehydrated really easily and their skin is really sensitive. older people often don't realise that they are thirsty, so they will not drink more, they might not be very mobile so they cannot get to fluids regularly, and they will often have those conditions that make them more prone to the side effects of dehydration. if you are trying to sweat, your heart is working harder, and older people are more likely to have heart attacks and things. really valuable advice. any roland, i wonder if i can bring you back in. you are from london, and temperatures here are near record—breaking. how does the heat in portugal compare to hear that hand? you walk out and it isjust oppressive. it is like nothing else.

i couldn't even have predicted it. i've been to portugal many times over the years and i have never, ever felt it like this before. i thought it was hot in london, but this is another level. definitely. doesn't put you off? it doesn't, i just think it is global warming, isn't it? you think this is the way it will be from now on. you know, the uk are going to have incredibly hot summers, as our europe. i think this is just the way things are going to be. yes, that is under discussion. it has been an extraordinary summer. sophie and tom, you lived in the algarve for two and a half years. are people saying about this is very unusual, or can they remember summers where the heat was as high as this?” think is temperatures are quite unusual. they don't regularly see temperatures this high, especially not down on the algarve, where we have got to have a breeze. it is abnormally hot at the moment. sarah

jarvis, the doctor and a studio here with us, was pointing out that people behind you look like they are setting for a day on the beach are they really going to survive and is temperatures? you can see that it is quite breezy, so they have a breeze. but come 11 o'clock, people go for lunch, they have a really long lunch and then it will be busier again. tom, you said that you were doing quite a roaring trade at the moment, it is hard work for you? working in this heat? it is tough, we are doing everything we can, we are getting around as many people as we can to give them a space to cool off and hide from the intense summer that we have right now. one last question to alan on holiday in spain, —— eleanor, are you enjoying it or would you rather be back in the uk?

i'd rather be here. you had to think about it, though, didn't you? thank you all very much indeed. coming up... we'll be getting reaction from zimbabwe, the morning after the country's controversial election result which the oppostion has vowed to challenge the central american country nicaragua has a turbulent past. but in recent years it's been peaceful and just a few months ago — with its beautiful pacific coast beaches — was being touted as a new and exciting tourist destination. so what's happened to plunge the country into crisis? it all began in april, with a small demonstration against pension reforms. since then, anti—government demonstrations have seen more than 300 people killed. arturo wallace reports from the nicaraguan capital, where protesters have been calling for the one—time revolutionary hero daniel ortega, to step down as president. it wasn't supposed to be like this.

40 years ago, the man the protesters want out was a revolutionary. this country was a front line in the cold war. daniel ortega led the socialistas as they overthrew the nicaraguan dictatorship. now the protesters say he is the dictator. but the demonstrations against his regime have led to violence. arrests. death. this busy roundabout in nicaragua's capital became an impromptu memorial. darwin urbina, alvaro conrado, richard pavon, alvez molina, axel bonilla, and the list goes on. and these are only some of first dead. alvaro conrado was only 15 years old. his death was a catalyst. what started as a protest at pension reform had morphed into widespread

civil unrest at the way the country was being run. president ortega's critics accuse him of running nicaragua like a corrupt family business. his vice president happens to be his wife. these metal trees are her pet project. and they are everywhere. she thinks they ward off evil spirits. her opponents think they are a ludicrous vanity project, paid for by the second poorest nation in the americas. they quickly became a target of the uprising. cheering and as the trees were toppled, so hundreds of barricades arose. they were an important physical symbol of resistance but also a powerful echo from the past. back in the ‘70s, daniel ortega and his sandinista revolutionaries

used these same cobblestones in the same way to overthrow the corrupt and infamous dictator, anastasio somoza. 40 years later, as president ortega, facing the same tactic he once employed, he sent in his police and paramilitaries to clear the streets, completing his transformation from revolutionary to repressor. here, there were barricades in every street. now there is only rubble. and most of the people behind them are either injail, in hiding or dead. this man was behind one of the barricades. now he is on the run and fears for his life. many people have been tortured or assassinated. there have been many disappearances. many people's bodies have never been found.

so what does this mean for the protest? ortega is already defeated. that is a fact. he has lost the people. he has not international support. eventually, he will be forced to negotiate his exit. it is difficult to really know how well founded that belief is. but one measure is to be found in the shadow of some of the metal trees that are still standing. those backing ortega have gathered here on revolution day, the biggest celebration in the sandinista calendar. what the government has done is what any government would have done. killing people? i'm killing people? it's not killing people. it is defending what our rights are. my right is actually to be able to go across the country whereever i want to go. but then they actually had to come and create barricades so that i couldn't move around because they believe that that was the way to strike against this government. the government did what they had to do, they cleared the barricades and death occurred.

which basically created more problems on both sides. and that is undoubtedly true. among the 350 dead, 22 were police and there were several sandinista supporters. but only one side has been locking people up. nicaragua's most infamous prison, el chipote, has seen this before. wives, mothers, grandmothers, begging for news. for decades ago it was the sandinista revolutionaries of nicaragua who were held and tortured here. now, once again, the cells are filling up government opponents. but this time the sandinistas, led by president daniel ortega are the ones holding the keys. hundreds of anti—government protesters are locked up here. elida's son is one of them. elida is part of a group

of women who have stood vigil at these gates for months. the faces change but the demands do not. the release of their loved ones, or to know where they are. betsy waits here with her three children. she has ended up as the group's de facto leader, providing both physical and emotional support. but here, at this

pro—government demonstration, that is not how they see it. it is clear what the government narrative is. the real victims are the police, the protesters are terrorists, coup plotters, american stooges. at this opposition rally, they have a very different narrative. what we have here is a tyranny. 0k? the re—election of daniel ortega is illegal. it is the third consecutive case in which he is president. 0k? he controls everything in the states. he controls the judicial system. thejudges, the police, the army. he controls everything.

which is illegal. people are afraid because they are taking prisoners to jail, people who are against the government. so i am here, i am scared, but my love for the country and for freedom is greater. the government has said that this protest is full of terrorists. well, lam a mother, i have children, everyone on this march, 90% of this country is marching against the government so i think the terrorists are the people who have the weapons and the government is full of weapons. rising international condemnation is yet to move president ortega. he has refused to call early elections and has denied he is using paramilitaries.

he says these are volunteer policemen. this will be hard to take for the relatives of one of the latest casualties of the protest. jose palacios was shot dead in the street by masked men. one of the paramilitaries president ortega says do not exist. as he is lowered into the ground, another revolutionary song, the kind that 40 years ago might have been heard as sandinistas were buried. now, it is being used by their opponents. the revolution has become the regime. is the crackdown continues and the death toll rises, so does anger at

the government. it seems nicaraguan is ata the government. it seems nicaraguan is at a decisive moment. the question is, which way will it go? ina in a moment, we will have the weather with matt taylor, but first weather with matt taylor, but first we have had many comments coming in from our discussion on the effects ofair from our discussion on the effects of air pollution on the heart. somebody sent a text saying all buses and taxis should be hybrid or electric across—the—board, full stop. and what happened to trams? an e—mailfrom andrew, stop. and what happened to trams? an e—mail from andrew, he says stop. and what happened to trams? an e—mailfrom andrew, he says it stop. and what happened to trams? an e—mail from andrew, he says it is an interesting topic, i've been complaining to my bus company about buses leaving the engines running while waiting at the terminus, sometimes revving the engine and waiting for 20 minutes, breathing in those fumes is not good. they should switch off while they stand still. jill has said why has nobody mentioned the role of trees in cutting pollution? still, councils chopping trees down that could save

lives. all very interesting, valid comments. please keep them coming matt taylor has the weather forecast for the weekend. for many it is not looking too bad, we talked about heat in portugal and spain. it is still very hot in southern parts of england, could be a few degrees hotter than it was yesterday. it is not a day complete of dry, sunny and hot weather, there will be clouds and the chance of some refreshing showers, heavy bursts of rain as well. they are linked into north—east scotland, but also this weather front that stretches across north west wales and northern parts of england. a fairly narrow band, producing heavy and thundery rain across the morning and thundery rain across the morning and the early afternoon before scooting off into the near continent. it leaves a trail of outbreaks of rain, showery rain across other parts of northern england, north and west wales. showers spreading across eastern parts of scotland. if you look around with a bit more detail for the afternoon, as you work across southern counties of england. blue

skies overhead, comfortable across the coast, inland, low 30s. 32 possible across southern areas. showers across wales and northern ireland, county durham, teesside, south—east scotland, it should brighten up compared to what we have at the moment. some showers for northern ireland and across north—east scotland could be heavy and thundery. temperatures down a touch on yesterday. let's take us into tonight, the showers we have will clear into the north sea. it's going to be a dry night forjust about all with clear skies. compared to last night, we saw temperatures about 17 or 18 degrees in parts of scotla nd about 17 or 18 degrees in parts of scotland and northern ireland. they will be dropping back to around 11 or 12 celsius, certainly in the countryside there will be temperatures down into single figures. for saturday morning, we will see a lot of dry weather across the country, particularly across southern areas. still lots of sunshine to come. we will see a view showers pushing across orkney and

shetland, but in between the temperatures down a little bit on today's values in parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, into the high and 20s. into the high 20s further south. into saturday night and sunday, high pressure is with us, and that is driving the dry weather, keeping things warm, if not hot across the south. for sunday, the heat will still be building in these areas. a lot of sunshine for england and wales. early rain in shetland on sunday, later on, into the hebrides, there will be more rain pushing in. temperatures in scotland, northern ireland, northern england, still in the high teens and low 20s. we could be closer to 30 degrees again across the south—east corner. as we go into next week, the heat will remain for the next few days, a bit more co mforta ble the next few days, a bit more comfortable further north and from midweek onward we are going to see some showers. temperatures take a bit more of a drop. hello. it's friday, it's ten o'clock. i'm reeta chakrabarti, welcome to the programme. it's been described as the silent killer. deaths from sepsis in hospitals

in england have risen by more than a third over two years. we'll be hearing from the man who led the research into the condition. and we'll hear from a mother whose baby died after contracting the condition. what future for zimbabwe? the man who replaced robert mugabe, emerson mnangagwa, has been declared the winner of the presidential election there, but the opposition has vowed to challenge the result. the results that have been announced have not been verified by us. i did not sign those results. so the results are fake. we will get reaction from both here and in zimbabwe. and a baby girl born with a tooth has had it removed just 12 days after she was born. we'll speak to isla—rose's mum to find out how she's doing. good morning. it's 10 o'clock. here'sjulian in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news. reeta, thank you, good morning.

emmerson mnangagwa we has been declared the winner of zimbabwe's general election. the opposition party rejected the result. the announcement follows days of deadly violence and accusations of vote rigging. deaths from sepsis, which can result from blood poisoning, has risen by a third in two years. professor sir brian jarman from imperial college london analysed official nhs data. campaigners say there needs to be a much bigger effort to bring the silent killer under control. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, says britain faces uncomfortably high risk of a no—deal brexit in an interview with the bbc this morning. mr carney said the prospect of the uk leaving the eu without a deal was a relatively unlikely possibility, but it is a possibility. the pound

declined on the currency markets in the wake of his comments. i think the possibility of a no—deal is uncomfortably high at this point. so you're saying clearly that a no—deal brexit would be a disaster? it is highly undesirable. amazon's tax bill in the uk fell last year even though its profits nearly tripled. the full tax bill for the company's uk branch was £4.6 million, but it has deferred paying the remaining 2.9 million. the online firm has faced criticism over the amount of tax it pays, but amazon says it pays all the taxes required by the government and has invested more than £9 billion in britain since 2010. regular exposure to even low levels of air pollution may affect the heart to such an extent that it would be similar to the early stages of heart failure. according to a study for the british heart foundation, the changes were comparable to being consistently inactive or having raised blood pressure.

two men are being treated in hospital after being stabbed outside glasgow rangers' ibrox stadium last night. the two men, aged 24 and 40, are ina night. the two men, aged 24 and 40, are in a stable condition. police scotla nd are in a stable condition. police scotland have appealed for witnesses. reports from sweden say that a man who was shot dead by police in stockholm yesterday had down‘s syndrome and a form of autism. 20—year—old eric torell was carrying a plastic toy gun, described by his mother as looking like a submachine gun. he was shot in the vasastan district of stockholm in the early hours of the morning. police said they'd reopened fire in response to a threatening situation. an investigation is under way. britain's biggest food bank charity has called for extra donations to ensure that children who get free school meals during term time don't go hungry during the school

holidays. the trussell trust says that last year thousands more emergency food packs were provided during the summer months. last year the government announced a £2 million fund in england to provide some poorer children with healthy meals during the holidays. a three metre long whale shark that lost its way and found itself in a creek in central dubai has been transported back to the ocean by a tea m transported back to the ocean by a team of divers. the operation took five hours and involved towing the young shark 13 kilometres underwater back to the arabian gulf. experts say that while sharks tend to be more coastal, but are attracted to the marina because of the bright lights at night. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10.30. julian, many thanks. do get in touch with us throughout the morning. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you are e—mailing and are happy for us to contact you to take part in the programme, please include your phone number. and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate.

let's get some sport now. john watson is at the bbc sport centre. good morning. andy murray broke down in tears after reaching the quarter finals of the washington open in the early hours of this morning. he came from a set down to beat marius copil, the match finishing just after 3am local time, and after he took the deciding set on a tie—break, murray sat in his chairfor a good two minutes, crying into his towel — as far as we know, just the relief and no doubt tiredness that brought out those emotions. this is his first quarterfinal in over a year — his mother judy murray tweeted afterwards just one word — brutal. and by the looks of it, it was. sarah storey has won gold on her return to international competition, ten months after giving birth to her second child. she won the c5 time trial gold at the para—cycling road world championships in maniago, italy. laura kenny continues her bid for three gold medals at the european championships in glasgow later. she and the rest of great britian's team pursuit quartet set the fastest time in qualifying.

they'll face france this afternoon for a place in the final. we're looking forward to what could well be a pivotal day in the first test at edgbaston. sam curran put england on top with some brilliant bowling in just his second test. but with india in trouble, england missed more than one chance to remove captain virat kohli. he went on to score 149, and that score kept his side in the game. alistair cook was bowled with the last ball of the day, so england resume on 9—1, that's a lead of 22. the ireland coach described his side as "an incredible group of people" after they reached the semifinals of the hockey world cup for the first time. they produced another surprise victory, beating india in a shoot—out. remember, ireland entered the tournament as the second—lowest ranked team, but now now they take on spain tomorrow for a place in the final. who would have thought? it is like

christmas has come. no one would have picked us to beat here. we didn't exactly think ourselves that we would get here. but we skipped that and went straightaway to the quarterfinal, and here we are now in the semifinal, so emotions are unbelievable at the minute, it's a great feeling. what a contrast to england's fate. they were beaten 2—0 by the netherlands, the defending champions, who now play australia. it's been a really disappointing event for england, who're ranked second in the world and had eight olympic champions in the side. burnley‘s first european tie for more than half a century ended with victory over aberdeen, in the europa league qualifiers. burnley went ahead in the second leg, but 18—year—old lewis ferguson scored a brilliant equaliser — that's his first goal for aberdeen. but in extra time, a goal from jack cork and a late penalty gave the premier league side a 4—2 win. also through are rangers, hibernian and welsh champions new saints. that's all the sport for now.

i will be back with more in around half an hour, see you then. thank you very much. the man who replaced robert mugabe as leader of zimbabwe has been declared the winner of the presidential election. the votes received by emmerson mnangagwa by zanu—pf party are more than half the number of votes. therefore emmerson mnangagwa of the zanu—pf party is duly declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe with effect from the 3rd of august 2018. that was the moment emmerson mnangagwa was declared the winner by the head of the electoral commission. he got more than 50% of the vote, avoiding a run—off poll. but the opposition leader nelson chamisa has refused to accept the result, saying he will challenge the outcome. six people were killed on wednesday when troops fired live rounds against demonstrators alleging

the vote had been rigged. let's get some reaction to that result and talk to farai muhvuti who runs a recruitment consultancy in the uk and hopes to move back to zimbabwe soon. and to samantha tapfumaneyi, who is a journalism student who's lived in the uk since she was five, but had hoped to move back to zimbabwe after the election. farai, a lot of yourfamily farai, a lot of your family still lives in the zimbabwe. what has changed since robert mugabe was president? there is a new sense of freedom, so an opening up of democratic spaces, freedom of speech, right of association, access, the opposition couldn't access, the opposition couldn't access particular areas, for example

the raw constituencies, that seems to have faded away since november, since the moment of citation. so you have been quite optimistic?” since the moment of citation. so you have been quite optimistic? i am, andi have been quite optimistic? i am, and i remain very optimistic. i think that it is a departure from the past, an opening for us to not be captured by history any more but to engage the local community so as to engage the local community so as to establish more economic freedom and space for the people in the rural areas as well as other areas. but how did you feel when you saw ta nks but how did you feel when you saw tanks on the streets on wednesday and the fact of these six deaths that then happened ? and the fact of these six deaths that then happened? it was very u nfortu nate. that then happened? it was very unfortunate. it was an unfortunate circumstance but i feel was driven by antagonising forces within the electoral process, and i think that stems from not appreciating our own institutions, which historically is justified, to a degree. but what i

found to be fortunate in terms of the outcome was the response of the government, something unprecedented, which is an independent investigation, and that has not happened ever in zimbabwe post—colonisation. so it is those kind of outcomes that keep me optimistic, because we are opening up optimistic, because we are opening up our spaces to be more transparent, so i'm optimistic in that sense. samantha, what do you feel about the results of the election just declared today? mixed emotions. i feel like a lot of young zimbabweans really felt that this was a time that we would see a different zimbabwe away from zanu—pf, liberated from the party and with something new, but obviously last night we found that wasn't the case and we are stuck with zanu—pf again. and i feel like a lot of young people were very upset, and looking at the vote you can see that the rural areas voted forzanu—pf, can see that the rural areas voted for zanu—pf, but mdc got a big vote

in urban areas where young people reside, so it is mixed emotions. we have accepted the votes that we have been given, but not everybody is happy. but has the opposition accepted? you happy. but has the opposition accepted ? you may happy. but has the opposition accepted? you may have accepted, but it is unclear what is going to happen next. i was on twitter this morning i saw the tweets coming through, and it is scary. the social media part is the part i find very concerning. there is a trump domino effect going ahead where politicians feel confident to go to twitter. three days ago it was twitter that cause people to go out, so i think you have to be careful what you are tweeting, and nelson chamisa needs to be very careful with the message that he is sending out and not incite violence. do you feel he has been? i don't feel like he has, but it could lead there, because people are very angry, and if they see something that perhaps speaks to them, it can cause them to go to the streets, so i think they need to be

careful and stay away from social media and deal with it behind closed doors the right way. i'm struck that both of you will only have voted in elections where the name robert mugabe has appeared on the ballot paper. this is an extraordinary moment, really, isn't it? it is the first time in zimbabwe's history, farai, that he is not on the ballot paper. is the country still struggling to release itself from his shadow. you could call it post—traumatic is. this is a man who was at the helm the 38 years, who was at the helm the 38 years, who was at the core of the founding principles in terms of a post—colonial atte. he led the deed colonial project, and he was deeply entrenched, i have known no other president apart from the change in november. so it is deeply a blast in a sense because it is like a shock to the system, so naturally i don't

think it would be a process that would go on overnight to change in terms of what people's thinking is. but i think we have an opportunity as well, and i think with just the seven months that we have seen, and approach towards reforming our institutions, to better service delivery, that is the promise, isn't it? but also i think we have a responsibility, be it to the opposition party and the citizenry as well as the leadership at last, to have faith in the institutions that they helped craft. so if there is no faith in that sense, then i think we risk not moving on from robert mugabe, but being captured by that past, and not being able to say, let's form a trajectory together, irrespective of what party people belong to. i think people have had enough suffering so far. samantha, you have been toying with the idea of going back to zimbabwe. how does this result affect your

decision? as an aspiring journalist, it has always been very iffy, because journalists have never had the freedom to report what they want to report. and i'm still not convinced that everything has changed, so i'm very apprehensive about the whole thing. i'm not moving back any time soon, i don't think. and yourself? because you we re think. and yourself? because you were also thinking of moving back?” definitely do intend to resettle back home. with the new government perhaps in place, it is going to ta ke perhaps in place, it is going to take quite a bit of convincing, but the promises so far are things that interest me such is the ease of doing business, re—engaging the global community, boosting bilateral trade with the world at large, and capital markets. these are things that are attractive to me, so i will be optimistic and see how that goes. 0k. be optimistic and see how that goes. ok. i think we are going to have to leave it there. samantha and farai,

thank you very much. sepsis is a silent killer. the condition, which can develop from an infection in any part of the body, has risen by more than a third over two years at england's hospitals. and according to the figures released to the bbc radio 4 today programme, in the year to 2017, there were more than 15,500 deaths in hospital within 30 days of discharge where sepsis was leading cause. so what's behind the rise and why do they get missed? professor sir brian jarman, who is behind this morning's research — and an leadng expert in hospital mortality is here with me. and in plymouth is — melissa meade — who lost her onre—year—old son after doctors misdiagnosed his sepsis. following his death in 2014 — the former health secretary — jeremy hunt made a public apology

to melissa and her family. thank you very much indeed for joining us this morning, sir brian and melissa. melissa, let's start with you, terribly sad story. tell us what happened. william had a protracted illness of a chest infection which developed into pneumonia. these went undiagnosed, well, they were diagnosed as a viral infection, nothing important or sinister going on. in the 36 hours before he died, there were three presentations of him to health care professionals, but we were just sent home and ultimately i woke on sunday, december 14 to find that my son had passed away. so incredibly sad. were there signs that weren't picked up on at the time? yes, there were, certainly in the last appointment with the doctor, there

we re appointment with the doctor, there were quite a few observations that would take that should have been taken that would have indicated that he was a very clinically and systemically unwell. his high heart rate, respiratory rate, those sorts of things that would have been indicators that would trigger red flags for sepsis. sir brian, you wrote this report today about sepsis. why's it so hard to diagnose to? it is a generalised disease, it all systems. you can feel as though it is reallyjust pneumonia or something like that, and it then may lead to renal failure very quickly, and you get a failure of all systems through a blood infection. so it is ha rd to through a blood infection. so it is hard to diagnose, but there must be signs that clinicians lookout for? yes, and also for patients, if you suddenly feel very, very ill, in melissa's case, for instance, or you see a person shivering, a whole

range of different things, and one of the problems is the vast variety of the problems is the vast variety of different symptoms that might be also rather minor, apparently when put together are likely to possibly be sepsis. i wonder if you could tell us exactly what sepsis is. be sepsis. i wonder if you could tell us exactly what sepsis ism is an infection of, septicaemia of the blood, and in the diagnoses that are included in this data, it also includes shock, which is about 1% of all the data that we have, someone going straight into shock, so it is a sort of blood infection that need antibiotics, and it can kill very quickly. you could have a cut on your finger, and something dirty gets into that which is an infection, and it can go right around the body. it can happen as easily as that? it can happen as easily as that? it can happen as easily as that? it can happen as easily as that, or you could have the case of the person who had acid thrown onto them, was admitted to

hospital, and that became infected, and she didn't actually die of the burn, the acid burn, she died of septicaemia. melissa, william was u nwell septicaemia. melissa, william was unwell for septicaemia. melissa, william was u nwell for two septicaemia. melissa, william was unwell for two months prior to his death. when did you realise that his illness was changing, that there was something that was really more serious? certainly in the last three days of his life, he seemed much worse. in the kind of seven or eight weeks leading up to it, he had the common symptoms of a chest infection and pneumonia, but in those last two or three days of its life, he really was much worse than before. and what we re was much worse than before. and what were the doctor saying to you? they just told us that his high temperature and then his low—temperature would just a viral infection, that he was likely teething, and basically to keep at

home with lots fluids and rest. your little boy, william, what was he like? he was the most pleasurable little boy that any parent could ever ask for, and i'm honoured to be able to call him my son. and you remember him very fondly, clearly. you have, melissa, had an apology from the then health secretary, jeremy hunt, haven't you, saying that you were let down in the worst possible way by the nhs. it can't make it any easier to bear, but there is a recognition that things went very badly wrong. yes, i think in order to make changes or to improve outcomes for other patients, there has to be an acknowledgement that something has gone wrong. certainly as a family we have endeavoured to work with large stakeholders like the nhs and the uk sepsis trust in order to raise awareness around sepsis in the public, but also within the health ca re public, but also within the health

care sector. how have you been able to go on to be able to pick yourselves up as a family and to move forward after what happened?” think losing a child, the only way i can describe it is an indescribable journey of survival. there is no plan for it, no one to tell you how you're going to be how you are going to act, but the one thing that william wants more than anything in world is his life, and i have mine, andi world is his life, and i have mine, and i can't waste it, and i won't waste it. this campaigning and doing this kind of thing is my way now of being william's mum, so i will a lwa ys being william's mum, so i will always be his mum, so i will continue. and you are in fact contracted the condition yourself a few years ago, and you were hospitalised for it? yes, i was very seriously poorly, but i was never told that i had sepsis. it was only when looking through my medical notes after william died but someone

said to me, how do you feel knowing that you survived sepsis and your son didn't? and i said, i haven't had sepsis, and they said, you have. but i was never told that i had sepsis. but that is extraordinary, isn't it, sir brian? indeed. and we will analyse the factors that are associated with high death in hospital, we found that the lack of hospital, we found that the lack of hospital doctors per bed, and also gps per thousand population, was one of the significant factors related to higher death rates. so if it is difficult to get to see a gp, for instance, in the instance that we have seen here, that could add to the problem, and of course we've found a statistical difference, and we publish these results in the british medicaljournal. we have had some comments coming in from viewers, clearly very moved by listening to melissa need. ——

melissa mead. roy says he nearly died after a routine medical procedure during which he had a catheter. he developed a urinary tract infection and two days later was running a temperature of 103. he called an ambulance, the crew recognise the symptoms to construct a hospital, where he remained for almost a week being treated with intravenous antibiotics and oxygen. after completing the treatment he went home and spent the next few weeks feeling weak generally debilitated, but has thankfully 18 months later made a complete recovery. we have also got e—mails from irene, whose mother died almost nine years ago from sepsis. at the time of admission, there was a sign above her bed alerting staff to the simple signs of sepsis, but staff paid not a bit of notice to them, she says. her mother spent nine days on full life—support, but eventually succumbed. and richard an e—mail says that he also survived a sepsis

infection after having a kidney cancer operation. he was sent home only to be rushed back in with signs of sepsis. he has multiple sclerosis, and the shaking and tremor that he had was similar to symptoms of ms. so a very frightening episode for all of those people. how is it that doctors screen for sepsis? a whole range of different ways, looking for the different ways, looking for the different symptoms. the key test is the blood test, so if you take the example of the catheterisation, quite possibly there was damage done to the urethra when they were catheter rising, and the infection in the blood from luring went around the body, and you need to pick it up. but the essential thing behind all of these things is the fact that you need enough staff, qualified staff, very qualified staff, to pick up staff, very qualified staff, to pick up sepsis, to be there both within the community and also in the

hospital. we have one of the lowest levels of doctors per thousand population in the oecd countries. and eu believe that as a reason for the increase in the number of cases we are seeing? there are variety of things, so it could be an increase in the community, it could be problems with antibiotic resistance, and a whole range of different things. the other factor is the overcrowding of the hospitals. you are not meant to have a bed occupancy above 85%, and it has gone over 90% now. and in the last 30 years, we have more or less halve the numberof years, we have more or less halve the number of beds and doubled the numberof the number of beds and doubled the number of admissions, so you can see we have gone to a level of overcrowding, so you have a combination, overcrowding, bed occupancy being higher, and the numbers of hospital and gps per bed and per head of population being relatively low. all of these combined together, they are known

that they can be dealt with, but it isa that they can be dealt with, but it is a question of dealing with them. carolyn has sent in a text saying, my son died in 2011 with sepsis at the age of 35. she was told it was heart failure. it was in the postmortem that she was told it was the cause of death. they had missed sepsis. the whole body can be affected, and it is a very nasty disease, and any of us could catch it and it is very important. one of the reasons i publish the data was to show the hospitals that have particular problems and those that have dealt with them very well, so that the former can learn from the latter, and improve the treatment in general of the country. we are going to have to leave it there. sir brian jarman, harare, thank you very much indeed. an nhs england spokesperson said: "over the past three years there has been huge effort across the nhs to increase clinical recognition of, and recording of, sepsis. that improved method of recording

means some cases previously recorded as simple infections are now classified as sepsis. so these data do not prove an increase in sepsis cases per se." still to come. the anti—semitism row in the labour party ru m bles the anti—semitism row in the labour party rumbles on and on, but as the party tries to distance itself from the claims, we take a look at anti—semitism in the uk as a whole. and born with a tooth. we speak to the mother of a baby girl who had to have her tooth removed just 12 days after she was born. but now it's time for the latest news. he is julian. the president of zimbabwe has been declared the winner of the country's general election. he called it a new beginning, but the opposition party has rejected a result. the announcement follows days of deadly

violence and allegations of vote rigging. deaths from sepsis, which can develop from blood poisoning, have risen by more than over a third in two years at england's hospitals. professor sir brian jarman from imperial college london analysed official nhs data. campaigners say there needs to be a much bigger effort to bring the silent killer under control. mark carney says that britain faces high risks of a no—deal brexit. in an interview this morning, he said the prospect of the uk leaving the eu without a deal was a relatively unlikely possibility, but it is a possibility. the pound declined on the currency markets in the wake of the currency markets in the wake of the comments. amazon's tax bill in the uk fell last year, even though its profits nearly tripled. the full tax bill for the company's uk branch was £4.6 million, but it has deferred paying the remaining £2.9 million. the online firm has faced criticism over the amount of tax it pays,

but amazon says it pays all the taxes required by the government, and has invested more than £9 billion in britain since 2010. regular exposure to even low levels of air pollution may affect the heart to such an extent that it would be similar to the early stages of heart failure. according to a study for the british heart foundation, the changes were comparable to being consistently inactive or having raised blood pressure. two men are being treated in hospital after they were stabbed outside glasgow rangers' ibrox stadium last night. fans clashed ahead of the europa league match with croatian side 0sijek. the two men, aged 24 and 40, are in a stable condition. police scotland have appealed for witnesses. that is a summary of the latest news. now time for the sport. an emotional andy murray broke down

in tears after reaching the quarter finals of the washington open. the match didn't finish until 3am local time, with murray saying afterwards the organisers shouldn't have put him in a position like that. he beat romanian marius copil in just his sixth competitive match back since hip surgery. england will have to banish the missed chances to seize the initiative in the first test, when play begins on day three in the next half an hour. captain virat kohli was dropped more than once yesterday, before he scored 149 to get his side back into the game at edgbaston, england resuming 22 runs ahead. ireland reached the semi—finals of the hockey world cup for the first time with a shoot—out victory over india. they'll face spain tomorrow. but england are out, beaten by defending champions the netherlands. it has been a disappointing tournament for them. laura kenny continues her bid for three golds at the european games on day two of the new look multi format games.. after she and the rest of great britian's team pursuit

quartet set the fastest time in qualifying, they'll face france this afternoon for a place in tonight's final. that's all the sport for now. mark carney has told the bbc that the possibility of a no—deal brexit is uncomfortably high and highly undesirable. he said if a no—deal brexit were to happen, it would mean a disruption to trade and economic activity, as well as higher prices for a period of time. his comments came this morning after interest rates reached their highest for nearly a decade. with us is our political correspondent tom barton, westminster. yes, mark carney saying that the possibility of a no—deal brexit was uncomfortably high. he did also say that it was relatively unlikely. but he said that he was

concerned, despite that, that no deal by accident could happen. to some extent he is reasonably on message with the british government. just this week we had jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, in europe, using that exact phrase about a no—deal brexit, saying no deal by accident. mark carney saying the situation, particularly if there was no transition period, would lead to a disruption to trade as we know it, a disruption to trade as we know it, a disruption to the level of economic activity, and higher prices for a period of time. i think the possibility of a no—deal is uncomfortably high at this point. you are saying quite clearly that a no—deal brexit would be a disaster? it is highly undesirable. it does mean potential disruption. certainly

it does mean disruption to trade as we know it. as a consequence of that, a disruption to the level of economic activity, higher prices, for a period of time. now, economic activity, higher prices, fora period of time. now, ourjob at the bank of england is to make sure that those issues don't happen in the financial system, so people will have things to worry about in a no—deal brexit, which is still a relatively unlikely possibility, but it isa relatively unlikely possibility, but it is a possibility. what we don't wa nt it is a possibility. what we don't want to have as people worrying about their money in the bank, whether or not they can get a loan from the bank, whether it is for a mortgage or business ideas. mark carney has got into trouble before for saying things that were deemed to be politically controversial. how are these remarks likely to go down? well, yeah, the government will probably be quite happy. as

well, yeah, the government will probably be quite happy. as for brexit campaigners, not so well. we have heard this morning from one pro—brexit mp, peter bone. he was very involved with one of the leave campaigns. he says this seems to be pa rt campaigns. he says this seems to be part of a political campaign. essentially, saying that any deal, no matter how bad the bastille is, will be better than leaving the eu with no deal. —— no matter how bad that deal is. he believes moving onto world trade organisation rules would be a good thing. he says it is another example of the ongoing project fear campaign. all this week, pressure has been increasing the labour party and jeremy corbyn after claims of anti—semitism in the party. it's not the first time the accusations had been made. as the party tries to distance itself from the claims, we

are going to look at anti—semitism in the uk as a whole. at first, how the labour party became embroiled in an anti—semitism saga. a round—up of the problems in the labour party. let's open this out now and speak to our guests. we can talk now to jonathan sacerdoti — he's a journalist and one of the founders of the campaign against anti—semitism. he no longer works for the organisation. geoffrey alderman — historian who has written numerous books about the history ofjews in the uk. and to katy sian — a sociology lecturer at york university specialising in racism. jonathan, can i start with you? it has been widely assumed that all forms of racism exist within the far right of politics. it is now being suggested that the left has issues with anti—semitism, and where has that come from? i don't think it is actually anything particularly new, and it hasn't just actually anything particularly new, and it hasn'tjust happened under the recent leadership ofjeremy corbyn of the labour party. jeremy corbyn, previously to that, was a fairly unimportant political figure,

a backbencher that often rebelled against his own party and the mainstream of left—wing opinion. he was always be that has been engaging with some very unsavoury characters. i think that when we see those events that he appeared at, and even organised, coming out in the news at the moment, we can see that it dates back many years. it is notjust him, there have also been plenty of other exa m ples there have also been plenty of other examples in the labour party, naz shah, with anti—semitic online comments, which she acknowledged we re comments, which she acknowledged were anti—semitic, labour councillors posting images of hook nosed, bloodthirstyjews, councillors posting images of hook nosed, bloodthirsty jews, we councillors posting images of hook nosed, bloodthirstyjews, we know that the far left has always had some very that the far left has always had some very worrying tendencies. the problem now is thatjeremy corbyn, in charge, as one of their own, seems to be letting this go on the party and it is open season.” seems to be letting this go on the party and it is open season. i would if we could broaden this out from the labour party to the ideas of

anti—semitism, quite where they come from. there is often quite conflation anti—semitism with anti—zionism, can you explain simply what the difference is? zionism is the belief, in short, that the jewish people have a right to national self—determination, their own country, in their historic homeland of israel. some would argue within the jewish community that to oppose that is anti—semitic. certainly you could say that a hugh grant other people is the right to their own national homeland, it does seem suspect when you deny it to jews, when you look at the recent history ofjewish people when over 6 million of them were wiped out in the holocaust. that means there was an even more pressing need for them to have their own homeland where they could protect themselves. to talk about anti—zionism, it is usually a phrase that is misused at the moment to mean against the policies of the particular government of israel, not usually restricted to the current government. those who say they are

anti this government policy, they have been against every policy of the state of israel. it is worth keeping israel in our minds, because a lot of the current anti—semitism is hidden behind a criticism of israel, but it is so angry and aggressive that it is clear it is not all that is at play, or it is motivated by a very skewed image of israel, a liberal democracy in the middle east, that has pluses and minuses like any country, but is based on value similar to our own. katie, a sociology lecturer at york university, you have been listening to what jonathan had university, you have been listening to whatjonathan had to say. you study racism, that is part of your profession. how big an issue do you think anti—semitism is within the whole spectrum of hate politics across the uk? within the whole spectrum of hate politics in the uk, i don't think it is as bad as has been made out. i think what is

remarkable is actually the way in which the same discussions are just not being hard about things like islamophobia, for example. we have seen murderers, acid attacks, punish a muslim day, statistics frequently showing a sharp rise in the number of anti—muslim incidents. showing a sharp rise in the number ofanti—muslim incidents. so, i think also, i don't even want to just exceptional islamophobia, we have seen anti—migrant and anti—refugee rhetoric, what about romaphobia? we have seen anti—black racism, black students being harassed on campuses. and of course we have systematic racism with police violence. i would not want to exceptional eyes anti—semitism, and i'm not denying it. but i think it

is important that we look at racism asa is important that we look at racism as a whole, and i think that is not being talked about enough or discussed in. i don't think it is right to exceptionalise one form of racism over another. this country has a huge problem with racism concerning all groups. that has to be addressed. sorry to but in, i wonder why you think anti—semitism gets so much airtime?” wonder why you think anti—semitism gets so much airtime? i think it gets so much airtime? i think it gets so much airtime? i think it gets so much airtime because of corbyn, and his historic support for palestinian rights. it is part of a much wider political project, which is to essentially silenced any critic of the israeli state expansion. given thatjeremy corbyn is being brought up by people here, i should say that the labour party says that jeremy corbyn and the labour party

are fully committed to the sport, defence and celebration ofjewish communities and its organisations, and the next labour government poses no threat of any kind whatsoever to jewish people. geoffrey oldroyd, can i bring you in to get a wider perspective? jews have been part of british society for centuries, has anti—semitism been part of society for that long? it has been part of british society for as long as jews have been in this country. in medieval times it was the blood libel, the outrageous suggestion thatjew is not murder christian children for the baking bread. jews we re children for the baking bread. jews were expelled in 1290, readmitted under oliver cromwell. i take the long view of anti—semitism here. labour movements before the labour

party was formed, you can see a visceral anti—jewish prejudice, which was grounded in a critique of capitalism, radicals such as william cobbett, for goodness' sake, the trades union congress in the 18905 blamed jews for having given birth to an oppressive capitalist industrialisation in britain, which was oppressing the downtrodden working classes. i have to say, it is in labour's dna, it is in its blood, it has been morphed by anti—zionists. i think it is an outrageous suggestion to say that all of this has been got up in order somehow to get rid ofjeremy corbyn, to do down the labour party.” wa nted to do down the labour party.” wanted to ask if it also has something to do with the actions of the israeli government. you can

criticise... i criticise the israeli government and public. that's fine. but one of the examples of anti—semitism that the labour national executive committee left out of the code of conduct was the allegation thatjews are out of the code of conduct was the allegation that jews are somehow in an internationaljewish allegation that jews are somehow in an international jewish agenda allegation that jews are somehow in an internationaljewish agenda which transcends their loyalty to the country of which they happen to be citizens. that is classic anti—semitism. citizens. that is classic anti-semitism. you were taking issue with the things that katie was saying. do you not accept that for some people it is the actions of the israeli government that they are protesting against? well, katie, with due respect, is a fine example of pa rt with due respect, is a fine example of part of the problem of what many jews are facing, she said there is no reason to exceptionalisejew

hatred, because we should take it with all of the others. she then said something unusual about anti—semitism compared to other races. we don't often hear when roma people say there is anti—roma sentiment, or black people say there is anti—black sentiment, that they are only saying it to manipulate international politics, or the potential future leader of the labour party. i do think she was saying that. not those exact words, you ask what the reason was for the coverage that anti—semitism is getting, and she said words to the effect that it is there because there is a movement againstjeremy corbyn, and that is to silence discussion over his views of israel. now, that in itself is anti—semitic, because when you take a minority group who, with extreme force and unusual unity in this country have said they feel that there is an accident existential problem, and people are discussing the prospect of having to leave the country, when they are in that situation and you

say, you are not allowed to say that, we think you are trying to the delayed international discussion, thatis delayed international discussion, that is anti—semitic. delayed international discussion, that is anti-semitic. i have to give katie a final right of reply to that. you heard what was said there? i would argue that bigotry, violence, harassment, abuse, hatred systematic oppression, enshrined through laws and policies directed at jews through laws and policies directed atjews for simply through laws and policies directed at jews for simply being jews through laws and policies directed atjews for simply being jews is anti—semitic. to critique the israeli colonial state is not anti—semitic. currently, india is governed by an ultranationalist party, it exercises all kinds of atrocities on minority groups, that are systematically abused and violated on a daily basis. critiquing these appalling state practices does not make me anti—hindu. in other words, it practices does not make me anti—hindu. in otherwords, it is not racist to call out abhorrent violence enacted by the state on minorities. we never argued that.

you did not listen to what was said. 0k, you did not listen to what was said. ok, we have to leave it there. katie, jonathan, jeffrey, thank you very much indeed. the sister of missing stoke—on—trent midwifes semantic eastwood has employed her to take —— semantic eastwood has implored her to come home. what did she have to say? was only a very brief statement, she struggles to get it all out. she described her sister, samantha, as happy. described her sister, samantha, as happy, bubbly and smiley. she described her as her best friend and partner in crime. she said that without her, part of me is gone. she then directly addressed to samantha, who they hope is out there and will hear the message. they said we will love you and kiss you very much, she said she was determined to be a midwife from an early age and became

an amazing midwife. she was charming and selfless and would do anything to help anyone. she appealed to the public to come forward with information. we heard from the detective superintendent leading the investigation. he said the priority is to find her. they don't know what happened after she left work at the royal stoke university hospital at 7.45 last friday morning, that is the last confirmed sighting. there is cctv footage of her leaving the hospital. her car is outside her home. the assumption she drove home, but they can't confirm she went into the house. they are desperate hear from anybody who might have seen anything suspicious in stoke—on—trent, in those missing hours. she was due back on a night shift. she did not turn up and that is when the alarm was raised. they are asking for people that might have dash cam footage, commercial vehicles, private drivers, there might be something that could be

significant to the inquiry. they have said the only item that is missing is a distinctive purse. they are going to send a picture out of that which will obviously be shared through the press. there are serious concerns the week after she was last seen for her well—being. everybody is hoping that she is all right, and that she is still out there. there are other lines of investigation as well. there were no concerns, said simon duffy, during the news conference, about her mental state in advance of her disappearance last friday. a baby girl born with a tooth has had it removed atjust 12 days old. most babies start teething at about six months with some starting as young as four months and others after a year, but isla—rose heasman developed her first tooth just days after being born. isla—rose was taken to a dentist to have it removed where she was rewarded with a sticker for bravery after being their "youngest patient". here to tell us more is jasmine heasman,

isla—rose's mother. good morning. firstly, how is she doing? she is doing really well, thank you. she was a brave girl, having a tooth taken out, i suppose she had no choice? yes, it was very wobbly so they had to take it. how ha rd wobbly so they had to take it. how hard was it? very hard, i cried. did you stay to watch? no, i left my mum and my aunt. she was born just a couple of weeks ago, when did you notice? when she was born they checked her over and told me there and then that she had a tooth. what was your reaction? i was very shocked. i had never heard of it. what did you do next?”

shocked. i had never heard of it. what did you do next? i wasjust shocked, and then they told me that they tested it to check if it was stable, and they said it would not come out and it was secured in her mouth. 12 days later it started bleeding, it became wobbly. so i had to ta ke bleeding, it became wobbly. so i had to take her to an emergency dentist. and then it has to be taken out, because it is dangerous to the baby? yes, they said if it falls out she could swallow it. that would have been awful. i am told you have actually kept it and you have got it with you? if you poll it a bit further back from the camera. there we go. great. so, that is a much earlier first tooth than most girls would produce. yes, very early. is it strange to see her without it now? yeah, it was weird, when they took it out it looked so weird. i

was so used to seeing her with a tooth. how our normal activities? is she able to feed properly? yes, before she had a tooth, it was in the way, and is kept getting caught, so she wasn't feeding properly. now she has had it taken out, she is doing a lot better. ok, very good luck to you and little isla—rose, famous at such a young age. many thanks. thank you. we have some more comments coming in on the discussion on pollution earlier. a study that said that there are heart issues for people who live in very polluted areas. mark on e—mail tells us that until the government and local authorities do something about the level of electrical vehicle charging points, we will struggle. kingston upon thames borough, that is in london, have installed a grand total of 12 charging points. the website

currently makes it clear that no more will be installed while a study ta kes more will be installed while a study takes place. jen says over the last month they have seen countless motorists sitting in supermarket car parks and parked outside shops with engines running to keep the air conditioning going. that is a co nsta nt conditioning going. that is a constant issue for people getting in touch. somebody that does not give their name has sent a text to say that local councils must start to be held responsible for poor or bad road infrastructure and layouts. our local council is dreadful at creating new road layouts, creating bottlenecks. congestion, traffic jams, causing unnecessary waste of fuel and pollution. well, thank you very much for your comments. bbc newsroom live is coming up next. thank you for your company. have a good day. there are some rain in the forecast,

but for many areas it will be fine and dry. the heat is continuing to build in the south—east, where it remains hot and humid. build in the south—east, where it remains hotand humid. as we build in the south—east, where it remains hot and humid. as we head to the afternoon, there will be sunny spells for northern ireland, more clouds to northern scotland. the best of the brightness is through the east. sam sharp thundery showers later on. this rain batters straddling northern england could also be quite thundery, but eventually it clears away, to leave a largely fine, dry day. it will be fresher above that area of rain, so cooler conditions here, keeping it humid down to the east. here we could see highs of around 33 celsius. those thundery showers that i mentioned earlier gradually start to ease and fade as we head into the evening. largely fine and dry,

fresher north and west, in the centre of london temperatures not much lower than 19. this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at 11am. a warning from the governor of the bank of england — the possibility of britain crashing out of the eu without a deal is ‘uncomfortably high'. it does mean disruption to trade as we know it. and as a consequence of that a disruption to the level of economic activity... ..changes, higher prices for a period of time. zimba bwe's opposition vows to challenge the result

of the presidential election, after emmerson mnangagwa is declared the winner. also this hour — forecasters say europe could record its highest ever temperature later today. as a heatwave continues across the continent, tourists and locals have been warned to stay out of the sun and to keep hydrated. regular exposure to air pollution —