this is bbc news. the headlines at ham... the headlines at 11am... new research finds two thirds of plastic containers still can't be recycled, as councils call for action. manufacturers could do much more to make sure that these plastics are easily recyclable, reducing the cost for council taxpayers. detectives investigating the disappearance of the midwife samantha eastwood are carrying out searches in a rural area of stoke—on—trent. the us secretary of state says he's hopeful north korea's nuclear programme can be stopped, despite a un report which claims it is continuing. spain and portugal could see record temperatures this weekend, as the heatwave continues across parts of the continent. here in cordoba at around midnight last night it was still 37 degrees, so last night it was still 37 degrees, so very uncomfortable conditions and we expect this hot weather to continue for at least a few days yet. also this hour — the record—breaking hydroplane, bluebird, is relaunched. more than 50 years after it crashed, killing its pilot donald campbell, bluebird will take to the water on the isle of bute.

and at 11.30am, dateline looks at this week's events in zimbabwe after its first post—mugabe election and that holiday visit to france by theresa may for brexit talks with president macron. that is at 11:30am. hello, good morning to you. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. most household plastic waste is still ending up in landfill despite efforts to increase the amount we recycle — according to a survey. the local government association says manufacturers are to blame, as the types of plastics used in many yoghurt pots, ready meal trays and other containers limit the ability of councils to recycle them. it says the government should consider a ban on low—grade plastics, as jayne mccubbin reports. the costs to the planet are well documented,

but local authorities are warning that despite their best efforts to recycle more plastic, they are being let down by manufacturers. while almost all local authorities collect plastic bottles for recycling, around a quarter refuse to collect other food packaging because of the way it is manufactured. the rest ends up here in landfill. it seems totally unfair that the burden of an recyclable plastic, the cost of dealing with that lands with the council taxpayer, when actually manufacturers could do much more to make sure that these plastics are easily recyclable, reducing the cost for council taxpayers and making it easier and better for the environment. while plastic bottles are easy to recycle, their lids aren't and are not always collected. not all local authorities collect margarine tubs, food trays and yoghurt pots, because of the mix of polymers that make it difficult to recycle. even fewer authorities accept black microwave meal trays because black

plastic cannot be easily scanned and sorted. the plastics industry has hit back, saying that with 300 different recycling schemes out there, it is no wonder the public is confused. they believe it is down to local authorities to simplify and standardise the protest. but the lga says that if manufacturers are not willing to make a change, they should face a charge to chip in towards the cost of collecting and disposing the products which some councils can't. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. let's talk to simon ellin, the chief executive of the uk recycling association. simon, thanks for being with us on bbc news. how big a problem is the kind of plastic that is used for people in your business? it is a big problem. we produce too much as the local government association are saying and we have too many

different polymers and familiar to is very simple. we produce less, do we need to produce in the first place? if we don't produce it we do not need to recycle it and we don't have a problem. but that which would we do produce we need to design a better and use a much smaller range of polymers so that it makes it easier. is it all the fault of the manufacturers? no, it is not. i think manufacturers do have a big responsibility certainly and i think they have got away with it for too many years up and down the supply chain to the local councils and processes . chain to the local councils and processes. they do need to do more but i agree too with the british plastics association saying that local authorities need to take responsibility as well. we have nearly 350 different collection systems up and down the country, widespread confusion, the public do not know how to use it, it is underfunded and it is the proverbial dog's dinner to be honest and the

solution is supply chain partnership and responsibility. let's all work together to find a common solution that works for everybody. 0nce together to find a common solution that works for everybody. once we do that, the solution is pretty easy. in the end of the problems you are talking about in terms of confusion, i'm surea talking about in terms of confusion, i'm sure a lot of householders would agree with that of a move from one pa rt agree with that of a move from one part of the country to another, they find a completely different recycling setup with some council saying we can recycle this, we cannot recycle bat and with others it is the reverse. but again they might say that is down to the manufacturers. if we had simple packaging, then everybody could have the same model of recycling. absolutely, that is what i was alluding to. it is what we all need to work on. that is the model so that if we have standardised packaging, and to be fairi

standardised packaging, and to be fair i think there is a lot of work going on now, when i meet with tesco earlier in the week they have some fantastic plans to rationalise the number of polymers that they are using and designing for recyclability. that is the holy grail for us recyclability. that is the holy grailfor us asa recyclability. that is the holy grail for us as a recycling industry, every retailer produces the same plastics that is designed for recyclability, that will then allow local authorities to invest in the proper collection infrastructure so the proper collection infrastructure so that it that does not matter where you are in the country, given the yoghurt pot or a meat trade and it is clearly labelled and it says put it in your recycling bin and it is all recycle. it really is that simple. a lot of the pressure in recent yea rs simple. a lot of the pressure in recent years is as a result of the threat from the european union that big fines are going to be imposed for the use of landfill and that is clearly driven government local authorities and others as consumers to recycle more. are you at all concerned that once we are out of the eu that pressure dissipates and some of this will then disappear as a result? it is the uncertainty the brexit is bringing. you are

right,... resource brexit is bringing. you are right, . .. resource list brexit is bringing. you are right,... resource list debt sustainability in this country has been driven by and that has been the ca ta lyst been driven by and that has been the catalyst for us to invest. but what i will say is myjob is to lobby and to cool out government and to cool for change and proper joined to cool out government and to cool for change and properjoined up policy at think of it as an investment and all the indications are that there is a heck of a lot of work going on in the background, particularly in looking at the system that makes retailers and packages and fillers, the ones making these plastic products, to a ptly ta ke making these plastic products, to aptly take response ability for them. because under the current system, retailers and producers only pay for something like 10% of the life cycle of the product, so the yoghurt pot if you like. under the new legislation that is due out at the end of the year, all the indications are that they will be paying something like 80% of the

cost of it. so it will cost a lot more and i think that will fine tune their assertions really to get their act together and start designing and producing stuff that we can recycle. something to look forward to. and you so much for being with us this morning. detectives in staffordshire investigating the disappearance of a midwife are carrying out searches in a rural area of stoke—0n—trent. samantha eastwood was last seen leaving work after her night shift at royal stoke university hospital last friday. specialist teams are extending their search to the village of caverswall. police have cordoned off an area as part of their ongoing investigation. a 32—year—old stoke—on—trent man was arrested but has since been released. the us secretary of state says he's hopeful that north korea's nuclear programme can be stopped, despite a un report that says it is continuing. mike pompeo has called on his counterparts at the association of southeast asian nations to maintain diplomatic and economic pressure on pyongyang.

from singapore, our correspondent karishma vaswani sent this report. less than two months since the historic trump—kim summit which took place in singapore, the americans are back. the us secretary of state mike pompeo is here to meet with his counterparts at the association of southeast asian nations. and while he acknowledged the process to denuclearise north korea will take time, he also stressed how vital it is to keep up the pressure on pyongyang. i've also emphasised the importance of maintaining diplomatic and economic pressure on north korea to achieve the final, fully—verified denuclearisation of the dprk, as agreed to by chairman kim. it is worth remembering, this isn't just an american security goal. it is clear our partners and allies within asia know how important the neutralisation of north korea is for their own security. mr pompeo's comments come as a report commissioned by the un security council says north korea has not stopped its nuclear

and missile programmes, violating un sanctions. mr pompeo didn't directly address that but did say that russia has reportedly started issuing work permits to north korean labourers, which moscow has denied. we expect the russians and all countries to abide by the un security council resolutions and enforced sanctions on north korea. any violation that detracts from the world's goal of finally fully denuclearising north korea would be something that america would take very seriously. it has been less than two months since president trump and kim jong—un met at the historic trump—kim summit and pledged to work towards denuclearisation. but we are still nowhere closer to figuring out what that actually means. all that mr pompeo has said here at the meetings in singapore is that the timeline, in part, is up to the north korean leader. and until then, economic sanctions on pyongyang will stay. karishma vaswani, bbc news, singapore.

it's also been revealed that a us diplomat handed a letter for the north korean leader, kimjong un, from president trump, to north korea's foreign minister at the meeting today. joinging me now to discuss us and north korea diplomacy is scott lucas, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham. thank you for being with us. there are presumably no great surprises in this un report but does it complicate the us government's diplomatic plan for engaging with north korea to think? that would be the case if the trump administration had a diplomatic plan that we can see at this point and by that i mean it has been clear since the summit, indeed before the summit, what the north korea play would be. that is to flatter donald trump, sent him down letters telling how nice it is

and then continue with their nuclear programme and at the same time tried to get some type of easing of international sanctions. and that is what they are doing. the us strategy, at least at the upper level, appears to be you must com pletely level, appears to be you must completely denuclearise and then give an idea of how that is going to occui’ give an idea of how that is going to occur because the north koreans have come back and said we will pull back on our programme as part of the phased programme in which you also make concessions. so i think from the traffic administration an organ to get clearing indications of what is going on. both the chinese and the russians appear to be stepping back from international sanctions, which shows that the north korean approach is having some effect. and secondly, the key talks were really between the north korean and south korea military is to trying defuse tensions, for example, reducing the number of artillery exercises that they have either side of the

demilitarised zone. the secretary of state were saying that he has spoken to china and that china had a clear commitment to continued enforcement of the sanctions. you are saying the reality on the ground is somewhat different? yes, it is different. mike pompeo is basicallyjust putting out standard signals which is all is going to be ok when in fa ct is all is going to be ok when in fact this is a regional process. the north koreans are talking not only to be americans but the chinese. the north koreans are saying look, we're taking steps to trying reduce tensions, why maintain the sanctions must? the chinese are not going to com pletely must? the chinese are not going to completely go against international sanctions but there are signals that they are trying in specific areas to say trying to pull it back. the russians are signalling to pyongyang, we will also give you for example visas for north korean labour is to give you some type of economic assistance. does there come a point in this process, no matter how long people give signals and

send letters, that somebody has to come down on what we mean by denuclearise in the korean peninsular? and the difference between the west‘s interpretation, certainly the us interpretation, and the north korean interpretation? absolutely. if we have been open and honest about this, we would talk about right this is going to be stage process that is going to take many months that he will not seek north korea giving up its nuclear programme on day one. similarly, you will not see the us withdrawing all its military troops from south korea on day one. the problem is, that long, hard, diplomatic process does not make the glorious headlines, especially the type that donald trump ones which is ijust made a wonderful deal and there is no longer a north korea nuclear threat. so we will give the public smoke, the reality behind that smoke, that is something we have to watch carefully for long—term process. thank you for being with us. it is

11:15am. it is 11:15am. the headlines on bbc news... new research shows large mass plastic still can't be recycled. detectives investigating the disappearance of midwife samantha eastwood are carrying out searches in a rural area of stoke—on—trent. the us secretary of state mike pompeo says he is hopeful north korea's nuclear programme can be stopped. the un report suggests it is continuing. three men have died from heatstroke in spain as temperatures in parts of southern europe continue to rise above a0 degrees celsius. holidaymakers are being urged to stay out of the sun and the portuguese government has declared a "zero tolerance" policy on barbeques to avoid the risk of forest fires. the highest temperature ever recorded in europe was in athens in 1977, when the mercury hit 48 degrees. the record in spain is 47 degrees and that was set only last year. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha is in the spanish city

of cordoba and has been explaining how uncomfortable the conditions really are. well, we have been working in this heat since the early hours of this morning and it has not felt very pleasa nt morning and it has not felt very pleasant at all and i think people who live here in cordoba, most of them share the same viewpoint. of course people here are used to hot summers but this weather really has been exceptional. we know that the highest temperature recorded in the south of spain yesterday was 46.1; celsius. and here in cordoba at around midnight last night it was still 37 degrees, so very uncomfortable conditions and we

expect this hot weather to continue for at least a few days yet. especially these temperatures above 40 especially these temperatures above a0 celsius. we also know that three people have died in spain as a result of this torrid weather and we know that 39 of the 50 provinces in spain have heat warnings in place. so medical experts are telling people to stay cool, stay indoors, especially during the afternoon when those temperatures peak and to wear light and loose clothing to keep let's talk to james blick who runs his own tour company in spain and hosts the youtube channel ‘spain revealed'. from this very uncomfortable in madrid? how was it there in yesterday actually but it's still pretty one. the mornings aren't so bad, once it hits about 10am the temperature starts to shoot up and i think we're heading for a high of 39 here today in madrid. so it gets very very warm. by about five or 6pm thatis very very warm. by about five or 6pm that is when it peaks and when you have to be out of the it's a little cooler than yesterday actually but it's still pretty warm. the mornings aren't so bad, once it hits about 10am the temperature starts to shoot

up 10am the temperature starts to shoot up andi 10am the temperature starts to shoot up and i think we're heading for a high of 39 here today in madrid. so it gets very very warm. by about five or 6pm that is when it peaks and when you have to be out of the sum or somewhere and when you have to be out of the sum or somewhere where there is a spain and portugal will be used to seeing and blinds and shutters, people who visit spain and portugal will be used to seeing and siesta gets eve n will be used to seeing and siesta gets even longer. 0ur visitors coping with it because lots of people go precisely for theweather but this is the kind of weather. you come to the weather but you're not quite sure what you're getting yourself in for. when people see temperatures on a gauge you do not know exactly what that feels like. what is interesting, as a tourist in spain after new wind up at about apm wandering around looking for something to do because you need to make use of your time while all the locals are generally in summer hiding away at that time. but at the moment we are seeing that people taking out tours are copying the local rhythm, staying in their hotels until early to mid—evening, walking on the shady side of the street and they are using to reports. locals generally don't have swimming pools but we stick to the

shady side of the street and shut our blinds because you won't go to sleep because air conditioning isn't as common in the houses here is perhaps in uk. when you see people wandering around the streets, as you say, it is often not the locals, they have more sense than to stay in they have more sense than to stay in the sun. when you see brits there, i lay still take in enough precautions, are they taking the sun seriously enough? there are complaints here that we're still been a bit casual but there it is life—threatening potentially. been a bit casual but there it is life—threatening potentiallym been a bit casual but there it is life-threatening potentially. it is. i guess it is life—threatening particularly pure working there are still people working in the streets, road workers and things like that but i think the challenge for tourists is used to want to have your holiday, you want have a couple of glasses of wine. meanwhile the government is recommending that we do not drink alcohol. you still want to have a copy in the afternoon between sites that you are seeing. the ones i have seen, certainly the squares are emptier than they

normally would be so people are taking precautions. but you don't come to madrid or seville barcelona just sit in your hotel swung sure people push the boundaries a little bit. the alcohol is a big one, it does dehydrate. i noticed that august is normally warm and hot but my skin is dry, my lips are drier just from walking in the oven like airout just from walking in the oven like air out there. people are their best but i think they are still out there being tourist. let me ask you finally, if you were planning a trip in the coming few days, what would be your advice? my advice would be stick to the north of spain, green spain as we cool it. it is one of the least visited parts of the country and it is cooler, still very hot at the moment but i would head up hot at the moment but i would head up there and if you are going to hit madrid or barcelona or seville, just get in rhythm with the locals, see what the locals are doing. if no one is on the street followed that, stick to the shady side of the street, drink a lot of water and make sure you wear loose clothing and just be aware of how you feel. if it is getting hot, jump into a

bar where there is a conditioning and grab some tap as! good advice there. do not get devoured by the sun. an nhs heart surgery unit says it's taking swift action, after a leaked report concluded that claims of a "toxic" row between surgeons at a cardiac unit contributed to a higher mortality rate. the report into the unit at st george's hospital in london — seen by the times newspaper — says the team was consumed by a "dark force" and patients were put at risk. the record—breaking hydroplane ‘bluebird' will take to the water for the first time in more than half a century this morning. the high—speed boat arrived on the isle of bute for tests yesterday. a team of enthusiasts has spent the past seventeen years restoring the craft, which crashed at more than 300 miles per hour in the lake district in 1967, killing its pilot donald campbell. 0ur correspondent catriona renton is on the isle of bute and has been meeting members of the team behind the project... so this project is 22 years old this year and we have been, as you say,

15 years in the rebuild, five years of stripped down catalogue cleaning. this is a fully working machine, com pletely this is a fully working machine, completely returning, this is the vehicle that donald campbell drove. it has been incredible amount of work, every part is had to be restored, is that right? that's right, right down to bare bones and then back again. the modern rivets, modern paint, otherwise everything as it was. quite a labour of love! italy was. we just saw you in the cockpit a few minutes ago trying it out. what was it like to be in there? eye fantastic, such a privilege to be part of it and to get into the cockpit, shut the canopy over, it's a phenomenal place to be sat. it is quite cramped. i'm sure we will be observed 0bama ‘s ability wrong. we will hear more from her later in the day. the football season starts earlier

and earlier, john has all the details. we will be touching on the star of the football season in a moment but we begin at edgbaston where players under way. england have taken an early wicket on day four as they look to keep their hopes of an unlikely victory in the first test alive. india resuming on 110-5, first test alive. india resuming on 110—5, they needed 85 more runs at the time for victory but they lost an early wicket. for more wickets needed for victory for england. but india's danger man is still there currently. india on 119—6, tracing back target of 19a which would give them victory. after saying it was a possibility, andy murray has pulled out of his washington open quarterfinal saying his exhausted. he posted this on social media

overnight, saying, boring, miserable, no personality, big heart though. with a picture of him crying into his towel after his last match which did not finish until gone 3am in the morning. his tiredness took its toll after another tough 3—set match but he is clearly not lost his sense of humour. johanna konta's run has ended, she was knocked out in the quarterfinal is. she let the 5— to lead slip in the first set. she was then played willey outplayed in the final set. great britain have a good chance of adding to them medal tally. three dozen meter individual pursuit. the gold medal race is at 7:50pm this evening. archibald has won the last four titles. geordie has won gold to her name from yesterday's team pursuit. in the

pool yesterday's team pursuit. in the pool, george davies has broken the british and european record in the heats for the 50 metres backstroke. she's looking good to improve on the bronze she won in this event two yea rs bronze she won in this event two years ago. and adam peaty is back in the pool later looking to win the 100 metres breaststroke title for the third time in a row. he set a championship record in the heats and although he was slower in the semis, he said he will be bringing his a—game to the final, which is just before 5:15pm this afternoon. you can watch it all live on bbc one. another good medal chance will come in the men's quadruple sculls, they won silver last year, three of their four remain. johnny walton, john collins, john thomas... that race at 12:30pm this lunchtime. coverage across the bbc and bbc sport website. now to the start of the new football season. the football league season well up and running. the former england midfielder frank

lampard former england midfielder frank lampa rd was former england midfielder frank lampard was in the dugout with his new team derby county and what a dream start as a manager for new team derby county and what a dream start as a managerfor him. they came from behind to beat reading to—1 with 15 seconds of injury time remaining. thom lawrence converting that cross. and after all the success that lampard has had as a player he said this win was right up a player he said this win was right up there with the best moments of his career. the scottish permission begins this afternoon with champions celtic setting their sights on an impressive vented trouble trouble if they can win the league, scottish cup and league cup for a third season in a row. that is the challenge facing brendan rodgers's side as they begin against newly promoted livingston. they are bidding to win the title for an eighth year in a row. as the champions it is ourjob not only to defend it but to win again. it is the same ideas, rouen to develop the squad, that is our goalfor this year. we want to develop the work that we have already put in over the last couple of years, the

development of players. i always think when you work with individuals and teams then there is always room for improvement. the football season certainly rosner quickly, doesn't it? that is all the sports and out. now it is time for the weather. hello there, we're going to look at though whether in spain and portugal where we have an extreme heatwave. at the peak of the heatwave is going to be today. we are expecting temperatures to reach a7 celsius in portugal, that is where the hottest there will be. a reminder that the national portuguese record stands at a7.a degrees, so that looks vulnerable and we're going to get pretty close to the spanish and european all—time temperature records as well. it is going to come down two tenths of a degree.

but others here this weekend, we have some hot sunshine, not that hot mind you. temperatures into the low 30s in the hottest areas. across northern parts we have bigger cloud, thatis northern parts we have bigger cloud, that is how we started the day across the midlands. the sun just about getting through that way of high cloud. 0n the satellite picture here we have that area of cloud working in from the north and north—west and the further north west you go the thicker it gets. for scotland, northern ireland on the north of england north wales it is a cloudy day. bright spells around and for most areas it will stay com pletely for most areas it will stay completely dry. there will however bea completely dry. there will however be a few showers across the far north—west. in south of england and east anglia that is where the best of the sunshine will be. temperatures in the mid—temperature —— temperatures in the mid—20s to low 30s. as we push across northern england into scotland and northern ireland it stays quite cloudy here through the rest of the day, indeed the cloud will thicken further later today to bring some rain across the western isles and into the islands as well. for some there will be rain around but not many. 0vernight tonight the rain will continue for a time across the north west of scotland. for the rest of asbo dry night, although it will be a warm night, although it will be a warm night temperatures only slowly ——

for the rest of us a dry night. a little bit more comfortable for sleeping. sunday getting off to a reasonable start of the day and another dry day so not about day for the weekend. quite hazy with some high cloud around, further north and west the same story for scotland and northern ireland, quite a bit of cloud. it could thicken up across western scotland with rain later in the day, it could be quite heavy. further south high 20s to low 30s. hello and welcome to dateline london, the programme in which some of the uk's leading columnists debate with foreign correspondents, who file their stories under the dateline "london". this week. zimbabwe holds its first post—mugabe election, but does the smile of the crocodile suggest itjust can't shake off the legacy of "uncle bob"? donald trump demands the special investigation into claims of russian meddling should stop. is he rattled orjust reckless? and theresa may is wined and dined by president macron, butjust