"w— flit close. it has been a very simple but very powerful commemoration of a battle which did so much to turn the tide of world war i. at its heart, the thoughts, the words, letters of those who were here at the time 100 yea rs those who were here at the time 100 years ago today. before they leave the cathedral, the dignitaries will lay floral tributes in the chapel behind the main altar. it's otherwise known as the chapel of the allies and it was opened in november 1920 and hanging inside there are national flags of the allied nations. the union flag was presented to the bishop of amiens in 1920 by general henry rawlinson and who command of the army during the battle of amiens. the original flag still hangs there. music: "de profundis".

iam going i am going to bring in dan snow now who has been watching this event with me this afternoon, just. watching the tributes being laid, it

does underlie the multinational element of the battle of amiens. does underlie the multinational element of the battle of amiensm was such an important coalitioner fort. . it was the australians and canadians that were in the centre, they pushed forward this record amount. it was their achievement, that laid the found disagrees for what was to come. it provided a model that people have been able to replicate. they thought finally we have been able to get across this no—man‘s land, through this barbed wire, over german trenches, through their front line wire, over german trenches, through theirfront line and wire, over german trenches, through their front line and their second line. and it was an inspiration then and the french and the americans and the belgians and brits without launch a series of puns against the german line. the british were back on the offensive a week later it shows how incredibly effective the british had become at their staff

work, getting things up and running, and it would successively, that threw the germans off balance and pushed them back. we can see prince william meeting some of the descendants who have been invited here today. the stories we heard in the cathedral, the stories i have heard, others have heard outside the cathedral, because people are so keen to tell them. it is funny, we, for a whole generation, this would have been like their d—day or arnhem, it would have been a famous event, to us it has been eclipsed by what came afterwards and whether it is the second world war or more recent battles, but those memories are as vivid and important within those families as any subsequent, any subsequent stories might be. there is a feeling that the battle of amiens is one that has been undertold, given its importance. of amiens is one that has been undertold, given its importancem isa undertold, given its importancem is a real mystery. most people

couldn't name it, and yet military historians will tell you probably pound for pound, the british army in 1918, august 1918 was the best british army we have ever had. it managed to take on and defeat the german army which has been absolutely the world's most impressive and dominant army. it took on, the german army, in the main theatre operations, it beat them at their own game. and that was them at their own game. and that was the product of years of heartbreaking labour and suffering and loss, but also of innovation and slow improvements, that all seemed to come together on this day, and thatis to come together on this day, and that is one of the reasons, you know, it is so important. it loomed so know, it is so important. it loomed so large in military history and is so so large in military history and is so exciting for those of us who care about the first world war. in the public mind it has vanished. when you think about the battle op amiens, the tactics used involving the royal air force which had only just been crated, the tanks, the

cavalry, the artillery coming together, the multi tactic use of them, tactics that are used to this very day. good point. three years before, four years before, at a battle, generals were riding round on horse, infantry were marching along, artillery were looking at people having a pop at them. only four years later they are going, they are using sound ranging equipment, wirelesses, and radios in the place, they are using all sorts of new technology, that it looks frankly, much more like today's wa rfa re frankly, much more like today's warfare 100 years later. dan snow, thank you forjoining us. that is it from us here in amiens. it is extraordinary to think of the battles that were rages around this city, a century ago today. after four years of trench warfare and stalemate along the western front, finally, there was a glimmer of hope that this brutal war that had

claimed so many millions of lives could be coming to an end. we will leave you now with some of the images from today, but from all of us images from today, but from all of us here, in france, goodbye. first world war, amiens found itself at the heart of the conflict. for most of the war, it was just behind the allied front lines. and military personnel soon became a familiar sight on its streets. around its shops, cafes, and hotels. for thousands of servicemen, it

became a home away from home. during the defence of the city, against the great german offensive, in april 1918, shelling and bombing destroyed many of the buildings here, in the summer many of the buildings here, in the summer of 1918, this was the springboard for the allies's offensive, which would eventually lead to victory on the western front. good afternoon. you're watching afternoon live. pressure continues to mount on the former foreign secretary borisjohnson to apologise, for the newspaper column in which he wrote muslim

women who wear a full—face veil look like letterboxes or bank robbers. some colleagues say he should have the tory whip removed — though sources close to mrjohnson say it's important difficult issues are debated. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. what muslim women choose to wear in public can be a sensitive subject — guaranteed to provoke debate, and one on which borisjohnson has made his views clear. but his language has prompted criticism, from his opponents, the prime minister and other senior conservatives who say he went too far and should apologise. it seems to me that what boris might want to do now is consider whether some of the language that he used was inappropriate, and if he chooses to apologise no doubt that will be welcomed. but i don't think we should take from this incident that people are prohibited from discussing this subject — it is a perfectly legitimate subject for debate — but it is one of those subjects, and there are many of them in politics, where politicians should be careful about the language that they use. writing in the daily telegraph on monday, borisjohnson said a total ban on full face coverings

was not the answer, but he said that schools should be able to tell students to remove burkas if they turn up "looking like a bank robber." he added it was "absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes." for this muslim former conservative parliamentary candidate, his words were inflammatory. what bigotry like this is doing, what you do not understand, it is making people politicise religion, it's making people want to be seen as visibly muslim, because the politics is becoming so sort of against muslim people in this country. there are 3 million british muslims in this country, and we are being ostracised at this point. the conservative party really should know better. a source close to the former foreign secretary said he stood by his comments, and failing to stick up for liberal values gave ground to extremists. mrjohnson's supporters say he should not and will not say sorry. we've gone down a route — a sort of pc route — that if political figures say anything that causes

offence to anyone it's considered to be an outrage. we have finished up where joe public cannot even recognise, because none of them ever say anything memorable at all. in greater manchester there is support and some concern. i understand probably what he is trying to say because it can feel threatening and things like that, but, no, the language isn't the right thing. he is a bit controversial and what he says doesn't really resonate with anything i believe in. i pretty much ignore him. everyone's got their own rights to what they want to wear. we don't pull anybody else up for what they're wearing. in the context of an increase in islamophobia, and claims tories haven't done enough to tackle anti—muslim prejudice internally, boris johnson's comments were guaranteed to make an impact. jurors have been shown cctv footage of the england cricketer ben stokes involved in an alleged "melee" outside a nightclub with two other men.

stokes is one of three men accused of being involved in a violent confrontation in bristol last september. all three deny a charge of affray. the heatwave may be over in the uk, with many of us expecting rain over the coming days. but in australia — where it's winter — there's no let up in a prolonged dry spell. officials in the country's most populated state, new south wales, say that is now entirely in drought. from sydney, phil mercer reports. australia is a land well used to nature's extremes. it's the world's driest inhabited continent, but the resilience of its farming communities is being severely tested. south—eastern australia is in the grip of a drought worse than many can remember. it's had one of its driest autumns on record. winter hasn't been kind either. last month was the second hottestjuly ever documented. new south wales is australia's food bowl, but in many parts the land is cracked and parched. official figures show

that the entire state is in drought. two years ago there were floods on gary sunderland's farm near the town of condobolin. how quickly things can change. now it's just the opposite story, the dams have run dry, no feed. the cost of feeding livestock has soared. many cattle are desperate for water. government aid will ease the financial burden and the prime minister is promising more help. i do understand these water challenges and clearly we will work with state and local governments to ensure that water is provided. while government assistance is welcome, it's ultimately a change in fortune from the weather that the farming community is hoping for. they've had a dominance of high—pressure, at bit like we've had here in the uk. the jet stream has been weaker and it's

been pushed down towards the south pole. you normally have severe droughts linked to el nino, but it's just a neutral phase at the moment. however, in the longer term, we could well move into an el nino pattern which is why the long—range forecast for the spring in new south wales is still dry. half of the state of queensland is also in drought, as are parts of victoria and south australia. crops have withered and for farmers there is a mounting psychological cost. light rain has fallen in some eastern areas of the country, but it's nowhere near enough and the outlook isn't good. the fear is that a dry spring will be followed by another hot and punishing summer for australia's farmers. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. regulators have found that the food giants kellogg's and kfc broke the rules about advertising to children. new regulations came into force last year, banning adverts of foods high in fat, sugar and salt to people

under the age of 16. but health campaigners say there needs to be even stronger protection for children, as chi chi izundu reports. for bob lois toulson. really steady for her. maria kurjo showing all her experience to open up a lead at the top of the standings. 13 point zero "13.40 points top of the standings. 13 point zero —— 13.40 points years ahead. but health campaigners say there needs to be even stronger protection for children, as chi chi izundu reports. these complaints involve some of the biggest names in the food industry. coco pops granola! the watchdog upheld two complaints. this kellogg's cereal advert which was shown during a mr bean cartoon, and this kfc ad which was on a phone box close to a primary school. the advertising standards authority found the companies had broken rules over advertising food high in fat, sugar or salt, to children under 16. there are two upheld rulings against kfc and coco pops granola which is owned by kellogg's. and we are telling those companies that they can't repeat those ads. in terms of the kfc ad,

they've got to take down the poster which was next to a school gate. and there will be a message also which goes out to the media placement companies as well to remind them that they've got to take care when they're placing these sorts of ads. the asa dismissed two complaints against the fast—food giants mcdonald's. in a statement, kfc apologised saying their advert outside the school was a total mistake. while kellogg's say it can now advertise on children's tv because it's taken steps to reduce sugar in its products. children know about it anyway, so they don't need lots of adverts to tell them about it. children know about it anyway. they don't need lots of adverts to tell them about these products. i don't think there should be a ban on it. no, i don't. i think us as parents have the right to decide what we give our children or how much amount they're taking. i treat my kids to mcdonald's maybe twice a week, sorry, twice a month. and i don't perceive that asjunk food, i perceive that as a treat for them behaving well. health campaigners say one in three children is now overweight or obese by the age of 11. and the banning ofjunk food ads is a start, but much more needs to be done. chi chi izundu, bbc news. hiv self—testing kits are to be available to buy on the high street for the first time.

the retailer, superdrug, says the kits will be sold in its 200 pharmacy stores across the uk. the self—test product, which manufacturers claim has a 99.7% accuracy rate, was previously only available to buy online. it was legally approved back in 2015. they're an essential aid to help anyone who's in cardiac arrest, increasing their chances of survival. but would you know where your nearest public defibrillator is? there are now tens of thousands of them stations, shops and offices — so now a project is beginning to find, and map, all the public defibrillators across england and scotland. ben ando reports. public defibrillators are in thousands of locations, are easy to use, and save lives. apply pads to patient‘s bare chest — as shown in picture. press pads firmly to patient‘s bare skin... they'll tell you exactly what to do, so even with no medical training, anyone can make the difference

between life and death. people are scared to use these devices, we think. they see lots of things on the television — it's very dramatic and all the rest of it. they worry that they could do harm to the patient. they are really, really simple to use. things can't get any worse for the person at this time. we really actively encourage people to get a defib, grab it off the wall, get it to the patient and stick the pads on and follow the instructions. there are tens of thousands of them in stations, public buildings, offices or department stores. so why does the uk have far worse cardiac arrest survival rates than countries in scandinavia or parts of the united states that have similar coverage? if you're out and about and your heart suddenly stops, the british heart foundation says your chances of living are barely one in ten. that's partly because not enough of us know cpr, but also although there are plenty of defibrillators around, in an emergency, how do you find one? defibrillator locations are usually held by ambulance crews,

but the british heart foundation says knowledge can be patchy, and even 999 operators don't always know where the nearest one is. and that means that potentially life—saving public defibrillators are currently used in just 3% of cases. so working with nhs england, nhs scotland and microsoft, it's launching a year—long scheme to map their locations, create a national database, and ensure they are regularly checked and repaired. it's hoped that this simple measure could drastically improve survival rates and save lives. ben ando, bbc news. politicans in argentina will vote shortly on whether to relax the abortion laws, to allow terminations in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. abortion is currently illegal in the country, except in the case of rape or when the woman's health is in danger. argentina's powerful catholic church is fighting hard to convince politicians to reject the change, as our south america correspondent katy watson reports from buenos aires. the call for change came from the streets. and the decision is now

in the hands of congress. these women are ready, and they're making sure the politicians can hear them. campaigners have been fighting to legalise abortion for more than a decade now. they presented a bill to congress seven times and got nowhere, until now. people say the women's rights movement has become very powerful in the past few years and has played a big role in pushing abortion up the political agenda. argentina's strict laws make criminals out of millions of women. like taxi driver ada and her two daughters, who all had illegal abortions. she now supports women who are looking to end their pregnancies too. translation: having an abortion isn't traumatic — what is traumatic is having to be a mother when you don't want to be. it generates such desperation. jenina is seven weeks pregnant. the morning after pill failed and she scared. she's come to a support

network to learn how to take abortion pills at home. she doesn't want to be identified because what she's doing is illegal. translation: i feel so unsupported, i'm dodging the law. trying to find a solution. it's not easy. i feel so ashamed to be going around asking pharmacists for the pill. but in this country, the birthplace of the current pope, religion holds an important place. father pepe is close to pope francis and shares his view that abortion is wrong. he says it has become a political debate not relevant in the city slums where he preaches. translation: abortion doesn't have the repercussions here that it does for the middle class. poor people want to have children. politics has been used to divide argentina. change won't be easy, with religious groups making their voices heard. argentina could make

history this week, but there are plenty of people determined not to let that happen. katie watson, bbc news, in buenos aires. the largest wildfire ever to hit california could burn for the rest of the month. officials say the mega—blaze has already destroyed nearly 300,000 acres of land. nine people have died since the fires started injuly. lebo diseko reports. it looks like hell on earth. firefighters battled to contain this wildfire, the biggest recorded in californian's history. called the mendocino complex fire, it's actually two blazes which joined together, and this covers an area the size of la. it has destroyed buildings and thousands have had to leave their homes as a registered countryside. it's devastating, really devastating, to see. so many people lost their homes in back, nine in the back. what can you say? it makes you sick to your stomach, everything

they work for, although life, gone ina they work for, although life, gone in a heartbeat. dry, hot weather, along with high winds has allowed the fire to grow in an extraordinary way. it jumped at least the fire to grow in an extraordinary way. itjumped at least four creeks and one major rd the weekend. meanwhile, more fires have broken out across this state where more than a dozen are burning in several counties. the conditions mean something as ordinary as a flat tire can set things off. that is what is thought to have started one fire, a spark from the wheel hitting the road, starting a blaze which is still raging within two weeks later. officials had hoped to put out the mendocino fire by next week but the now say they will need until september. lebo diseko, bbc news. theresa may and prince william have attended a ceremony in northern france to mark the centenary of the battle of amiens — the beginning of the end of world war one. 3,000 members of the publicjoined the duke of cambridge and the prime minister, who gave readings,

to mark the occassion. joining me now from amiens is glyn prysor, chief historian at the commonwealth war graves commission. the important thing, the significant point of this battle, it marked the hundred days, the end of the greatest conflict? that's right. the 8th of august 1918 was one of the most dramatic days of the first world war. after months of hard fighting on the defensive, it was time for the allies to attack the germans, and it was a huge victory for the allies, for cooperation between the british empire, the french, the americans, and between all arms of the military, the infantry, artillery, tanks and aircraft, a very modern form of warfare. as you said, it marked the beginning of the hundred days offensive. a path that would eventually lead to the armistice and peace. what became clear from some of the readings we heard, after months, well, years of attrition,

moving feet, in months, suddenly things moved ratherfast. this was because of a change of tactics and the introduction of technology? well, that's right. it was a new way of warfare, are very modern way of warfare, akin to what we would expect from the second world war, those big french battles, attritional struggle at the sommes, or passchendaele, but amiens was very different. the firepower and men and ammunitions coming together, and really coordinating and planning properly. it marked the moment when the germans really started to take a huge hit for their morale. they had never experienced defeat quite like this during the conflict before, so all the chaos and confusion that came with that kind of defeat really left its mark on german morale. and we can see theresa may walking out of the cathedral behind you, but looking at the international nature of the event, the canadians there are, of course, the australians, and

the germans sticking up it as well. that is important? absolutely. this was a chance to reflect on the experiences of all of those who took pa rt experiences of all of those who took part and we heard very moving testimony from soldiers at the time on both sides of the line, and that british empire edvald and, of course, the canadians, australians, heavily involved in and we shouldn't forget the french and americans as well —— british empire, of course. it marked them all coming together to reflect on the events of 100 yea rs to reflect on the events of 100 years ago. finally, and i knowl am battling against the sound of the band here, but will this be the last such event, 100 years on?” band here, but will this be the last such event, 100 years on? i think it is very unlikely we will see anything on this scale again. obviously we have the centenary of the armistice coming up in november, peace, the end of the first world war, and of course we have some anniversaries of the second world warcoming up as well, but i think what we have seen

over the last four years, during the centenary, both in terms of programming from the bbc, the big government led events during this period, it was very unique, particularly for me the community events, the fact people have rediscovered their family history, the history of their communities and the history of their communities and the wider history of the first world war, so what we think we know well, but there is in reality plenty more to be discovered. very good of you to be discovered. very good of you tojoin us, glyn prysor, from amiens. you're watching afternoon live with me, simon mccoy. a slight change of gear now... now for a man who got more than he bargained for... us marine biologist dr greg skomal was out tracking a white shark at cape cod in massachusetts when this happened... let's take a look. whoa! man! did you see that? whoa! holy...

well greg is on the line now from cape cod, massachusetts. you got a little more than you bargaining for? yeah, not kidding. we have been doing this for several yea rs. we we have been doing this for several years. we approach sharks to identify them using cameras as well is to tag them, study their biology, and this particular shark, it did something we absolutely have never seen something we absolutely have never seen before, and that is launched straight up towards the boat, and where i was standing on the puppet, andi where i was standing on the puppet, and i have to say it was very exciting. —— standing on the pulpit. you got what you were looking for. laughter yes. typically what the sharks do is stay in the water and it is much easierfor me to stay in the water and it is much easier for me to actually get video footage of them and to tag them, but when they are plunging themselves at me it isa

when they are plunging themselves at me it is a whole different perspective. it is clear from watching the video that there are quite a few of view, quite a big mission to find sharks, you're being guided into the area where they roughly are, but this one somehow escaped the attention? well, what happened was this particular shark was swimming in really murky water, and the pilot i had up on the plane above us would normally find these sharks, you could see it. he said, you've got that shark, and you can hear his voice on the video initially, saying it is coming towards the goal of the boat, but we could not see it because of the water, so i am looking down, and then the shark showed itself, face first, with an open mouth —— the bow of the boat. and a gaping jaw, big white teeth, and i have to say, it was an interesting perspective to view the animal. and a very understated reaction which allowed us understated reaction which allowed us to play at! laughter yeah. —— play it. our crew, we

react, we are excited by things, but we try to keep it clean. laughter that is probably not what was going through your mind at the time because, as you see, through your mind at the time because as ou see ou're through your mind at the time because, as you see, you're looking right down... well, you just needed the jaws music to go with you? not kidding, ifelt like i was in the movie jaws, and kidding, ifelt like i was in the moviejaws, and itjust needed the shark to go much higher, but it all really happened in just a second laughter and it was so rapid and my instinctive reaction was to keep the science going and try to get some video of that shark after it left, but it didn't really sink in until shortly after the shark disappeared andi shortly after the shark disappeared and i was looking over the boat, did anybody see that? that was crazy! yeah watch the video over and over, i start to feel a little bit more anxiety. you're lucky to have both your feet still! luckily, i had the pulpit of the

boat, that stand i am on, protecting me from these kind of events, and we never anticipated this happening, but it is a well built to stand and fortu nately but it is a well built to stand and fortunately it was between me and the shark. greg, just before you go, i want you to play it again, and i wa nt i want you to play it again, and i want your commentary over it. three second is an... what was going through your mind i was looking for the shark, look down, itjumped up, then i am trying to video tape it, then i am trying to video tape it, then i am in disbelief as to what happened. does that split second that i am calling over, "did anyone see that?" it was reallyjust absolutely truly amazing, then when you look at it in slow motion, you can actually see the shark coming up with its mouth wide open, gaping at me. and i looked right down at that shark, and i really don't want to do that again. laughter well, greg, lots of people round the

world have now seen that, and i suspect sharing your sheer horror of what happened. and thank you for talking about it. from cape cod in matty —— massachusetts, greg skomal, thank you so much for your time. thank you, i appreciate it. good one! you have to follow that with the business news. quite scary! you're watching afternoon live. let's bring you the headlines first... borisjohnson is under increasing pressure for writing that muslim women in full—face veils looked like letterboxes after the former attorney general, dominic grieve, said he will leave the conservative party, if mrjohnson ever becomes leader. a court has heard that england cricketer ben stokes was the "main aggressor" in a fight outside a nightclub. the 27—year—old one of three men accused of fighting in bristol. he denies affray.

australia s new south wales is suffering from the worst drought in living memory. the state is facing failing crops, water shortages and farmers unable to feed livestock — the government has provided provided 576 million australian dollars in emergency relief funding. here's your business headlines on afternoon live: sterling falls to its lowest level in almost a year against the dollar over worries britain will leave the european union without a trade deal. sterling also falls to a nine—month low against the euro, and is down against the yen and swiss franc. british gas is to raise energy prices for the second time this year. the firm's parent company centrica says the price rise will begin from the 1st of october and affects 3.5 million customers. more on this in a moment. the trade war between the united states and china escalates — after washington and beijing both put new tariffs on $12.4 billion worth of products from each country. the new 25% levy begins from the 23rd of august. and more recalls from bmw, this time overfears

its engines could catch fire. the german carmaker says it will recall over 300,000 cars across europe — with 75,000 of those coming from the uk. and paddy power betfair says it won't be affected by the government's plan to limit the amount you can spend on fixed—odds betting terminals. the government will limit bets to £2, but paddy power says it shops will remain profitable. the gambling firm also reported a 4% rise in half—year profits to £106 million. another rise from the discuss. the second. that's right. we had one backin second. that's right. we had one back in april and this is the second. centrica says the races will affect around 3.5 million of its customers. the increase will be on the standard variable tariff, the svt, which will rise by 3.8% from october, so on a fixed deal you will not be feeling that rise. it means

customers on the variable tariff will be paying an average £44 extra for their bills, taking the annual cost around £1205 a year. customers said 2.4 million of its customers are on fixed rate and therefore u naffected. are on fixed rate and therefore unaffected. the government has been pushing for people to get onto these to avoid the svts and feel the price rise. but it has to be said, simon, british gas are not the first company to rise prices. they have been rising, and the itself says it has been 18% over the past month, a huge rise which it says should be reflected in what customers pay. if you are a customer, what should you do? let's talk to emigrate, an energy expert from money supermarket. we talk about switching so often, but i guess the message from you will be ex your rate, switch, keep shopping —— let's talk to emma. emma craig. yes, at the

minute there is so much competition in the market you can save up to £250 in the market full stop. so by staying with your current provider and being on svt are not switching your missing out on about £250. the british gas owner, centrica, says these posts are justified british gas owner, centrica, says these posts arejustified because british gas owner, centrica, says these posts are justified because of wholesale price rises. what is your take? i think it is a difficult one to have a take on —— these rises are justified. there are a couple of difficult questions around tactics for the upcoming price cap but because actually we don't know what will happen with the price cap coming up it is quite difficult to see whether that is true or not.

yes, and ofgem has announced it is using its prepaid cap which is supposed to protect vulnerable people. the fact they are raising that tells emma —— tells us a lot about it. yes, we tend to use it in the industry, argue that if ofgem, a regulator, effectively saying costs are increasing and they are needing to raise the cap and they are doing so across the market. what would you advise the people watching at home worried about their energy bill, who are thinking they are going to be seeing a big price rise coming 1st of october, what should they do? you will laugh when i say this, but they are going to need to switch. if you don't switch your energy, you're on the back foot. i was actually at a barbecue at the weekend talking to one of my friend's mums, she was shocked by the edge managed to save just by switching her energy. she was one of the higher end consumption level, so she managed to save closer to £400, but actually in

that respect... it is a lot of money to be missing out on if you're not switching. switch today. that sounds like a switching. switch today. that sounds likeafun switching. switch today. that sounds like a fun barbecue! it was great. conversation going well! laughter i bet you get that a lot at family barbecues, don't you? whenever you try to talk about energy at a barbecue, people look at you. they look at the barbecue and think, that is the only energy i am interested in! emma, go to top q. my husband is the one who switches for us, every year. you mean gas supply? yes, not switching anything else! sorry, am i boring you? can i come to your barbecue, please? iwill boring you? can i come to your barbecue, please? i will have good chats. laughter 0k, laughter ok, market yes, the pound is under pressure yet again, simon, and the reason for thatis again, simon, and the reason for that is the markets are worried we will have no—deal brexit which means the currency suffers. against the euro,1 the currency suffers. against the euro, 1 euro 11, pretty low, but

against the dollar, the key currency figure we're looking at, that is the lowest it has been in a year, and i will have more on that with the currency expert in the next hour who will be telling me how it affects people at home, in particular holiday—makers who want to go abroad, it will become a whole lot more expensive if this trend continues. yes, and that bmw are story is quite interesting. yes. do you drive one? no. ok, well, to the later. now... —— we will talk to you later. firefighters have caught footage of a "fire—nado" orfire whirl which engulfed a plastic factory and reached a height of over 50 feet. the leicestershire fire and rescue service said the unusual sight was created by cool air entering the top of the hot air causing a swirl similar to how a tornado is formed. time for a look at the weather... here's ben rich. good afternoon.

what a differernce a day makes! no more 30s today — temperatures topping out around the mid—20s celsius, but there is still plenty of sunshine out there, as captured by a couple of our weather watcher pictures earlier on today. if we look at what's happened, we've pushed the heat away to the east and brought in much cooler, fresher atlantic air. with a few showers, which you can see on the satellie picture, particularly across northern and western areas — some on the heavy side. they continue as we head towards the end of the afternoon. but there'll still be a lot of dry weather, some sunny spells. but those temperatures significantly lower, 25 or 26 degrees across the south—east. most of the showers will fade through the evening, so overnight looking largely dry. still a few showers in the far north—west, then cloud thickens across the south—east as the night wears on with some outbreaks of patchy rain later on. 15 or 16 here, much cooler for scotland and northern ireland. here tomorrow, another day of sunshine and hefty showers with the odd flash of lightning

and rumble of thunder. western parts of england, the midlands, wales, largely dry with just the odd shower. but down to the south—east, an area of really heavy rain trying to spin in from the near continent. uncertainty about just how far west that rain will get, but for some parts of east anglia and the south—east some really soggy weather looks likely as we go on through thursday — courtesy of this deep area of low pressure which could bring some really nasty weather across the low countries, parts of belgium, up into scandinavia as well. by friday, high pressure trying to take charge of our weather again. so some sunshine, but there will still be showers, particulalry across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, and heavy thundery ones — not as many further south, and still with those lower temperatures. 17—22 degrees. then what about the weekend? the big player is quite a deep area of pressure pushing towards the north—west of the uk. it looks most likely that northern and western areas are going to bear the brunt of the wet and windy weather as we go

through the weekend. so glasgow, aberdeen, belfast, some heavy downpours. further south, still actually a fair amount of dry weather, particularly towards the south—east, but it will also be fairly warm. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 4. remembering the battle that changed the course of the first world war — two thousand people gather in amiens to mark the centenary. today we return to learn more about the experience of those involved during the historic summer of 1918. pressure continues to grow on the former foreign secretary borisjohnson to apologise for his comments about women who wear the burka. more than three million british gas customers are facing a rise in prices for the second time this year. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. more british medals at the

multisport european championships and we could have another one later on in the decathlon. all the details later. we have had the cold front and what it difference a day makes, yesterday up it difference a day makes, yesterday up into the 30s but today made 20s at best and we stick with the cool weather for the rest of the week. also coming up. woah! the marine biologist who went looking for a shark and got more than he bargained for. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. theresa may and prince william have attended a ceremony

in northern france to mark the centenary of the battle of amiens — the beginning of the end of world war one. 3,000 members of the publicjoined the duke of cambridge and the prime minister, who gave readings, to mark the occassion. kathryn stanczyszyn has more. they were young as we are young, giving freely of themselves. simple and moving ceremony, today the duke of cambridge and the prime minister were amongst 2000 guests in the stunning setting up khazri cathedral to commemorate what was to be the turning point in the great war. today we return to learn more about the experience of those involved during the historic summer of 1918. to honour the fallen of all nations, to commemorate all those who participated in this great endeavour. and to celebrate the

bonds of friendship which unite nations. the story of amiens was told with music and with first—hand testimony from letters and diaries. the morning of august the ape started very foggy indeed and as the barrage opened a tremendous urge, we wondered how we would get on. but for would—be pushed and met comparatively slight opposition. some germans surrendered bickley, others thought to the end. the americans swept everything before them and the german resistance collapsed. so has said that it was the retreat of the enemy that a german italian commander fled from his dugout abandoning his orders,

map and telephone switchboard. more than 1000 people gathered outside, some clutching letters and photos, each telling its own story. the four—day battle started a series of victories for the allies that shortened the first world war put up tributes were left in this cathedral ben and today it was again a place to honour a crucial moment on the path to peace. we can now cross live to amiens and speak to the culture secretary jeremy wright. thank you forjoining us. these moments of national commemoration are important for the nation but also individuals who have very personal thoughts of services like this and that also goes for you? that is right, i had relatives, my grandfather and great uncle both fought in the great war and as you say many people have been in the cathedral behind me this afternoon who are descendants of those who fought and of course from many

countries put up one of the striking things about amiens and the campaign that followed it is this was an allied effort between many countries that turned the tide of the war put up that turned the tide of the war put up so many personal stories from many parts of the globe. and important that the germans were also represented today? very much so and there was a sense notjust of hopefulness about the way in which the course of this war had changed in the battle of amiens but also clear sense of reconciliation, those who watched the coverage or who were here will have been profoundly moved by all stages of this commemoration and perhaps particularly the act of remembrance in the centre of it and of course the former president of germany was here and gave a reading and then met many of the dead —— met many of the families of the descendants. 100 years on to have a sense that this could be one of the

last moments but we reflect on the conflict that finished 100 years ago, why are these events so important? i think they're very important? i think they're very important because we need to remember what happened in order to ensure we do not make similar m ista kes ensure we do not make similar mistakes in the future. i think one of the striking things about this commemoration which of course leads on now to what will be a very special commemoration of armistice day in november, one of the remarkable things is the involvement of young people. notjust singing but laying wreaths and speaking in the course of the commemoration service and it is important that young people engage with this. i was ata young people engage with this. i was at a youth event last night not far from amiens were students from all the countries that form part of the alliance that fought in this battle researched aspects of the battle from their own national perspectives and then have come together this week to share what they learned and create an exhibition but i think thatis

create an exhibition but i think that is a truly remarkable representation not just that is a truly remarkable representation notjust of what that is a truly remarkable representation not just of what we did together 100 years ago but what we need to carry on doing in the future. it is remarkable driving around the countryside and you see the markers as to whether different unit where in the battle and sometimes the took months just to gaina sometimes the took months just to gain a couple of feet. but this battle of course, things changed very suddenly and dramatically. you are rightand very suddenly and dramatically. you are right and one of the most striking statistics associated with this battle is as you say, three and half years of grinding despair, no progress being made, and yet in the first day of the battle of amiens the allies were able to push forward seven miles into german held territory and that contrasts with less tha n territory and that contrasts with less than that in terms of progress being made in the 141 days of the battle of the somme. so very different feeling and you get the sense from those readings today a personal test from all sides, but people were quite surprised in fact

of how much progress was made and they could see the light at the end of the tunnel and could see the end of the tunnel and could see the end of this conflict. i think all sides we re of this conflict. i think all sides were yearning for that. and with a suitable fitting tribute today. events at home obviously follow cabinet ministers wherever they go and russ johnson, cabinet ministers wherever they go and russjohnson, a story attracting and russjohnson, a story attracting a lot of attention. ruth davidson the scottish conservative leader among those now saying that he must apologise for those comments on the burger. is there a sense that there is an overreaction going on here or do you think that he should apologise? i think there is a balance to be struck, i think it is perfectly reasonable for boris or anyone else to discuss the subject, people up and down the land talk about this and the effect of the burger on our society and on the women who wear it but i do not believe it is impossible to have a conversation and to disagree about it even without offending people. i do not think you need to go as far

as using language would —— which could be seen as offensive and i think that is why he has been asked to apologise. it is not wrong to talk about the subject but i think wrong to use language that people would find offensive. you know that phrase, just boris being boris, you do not buy that? i think we all have a responsibility if we are in the public eye and having a conversation about a subject that is controversial and difficult. by all means have the conversation and have the debate but use language that is not offensive when it does not need to be, that seems to be a good rule to be, that seems to be a good rule to follow for everyone in the public eye on this subject or any other. thank you so much forjoining us. pressure continues to mount on the former foreign secretary borisjohnson to apologise, for the newspaper column in which he wrote muslim women who wear a full—face veil look like letterboxes or bank robbers. some colleagues say he should have the tory whip removed — though sources close to mrjohnson

say it's important difficult issues are debated. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. what muslim women choose to wear in public can be a sensitive subject — guaranteed to provoke debate, and one on which borisjohnson has made his views clear. but his language has prompted criticism, from his opponents, the prime minister and other senior conservatives who say he went too far and should apologise. it seems to me that what boris might want to do now is consider whether some of the language that he used was inappropriate, and if he chooses to apologise no doubt that will be welcomed. but i don't think we should take from this incident that people are prohibited from discussing this subject — it is a perfectly legitimate subject for debate — but it is one of those subjects, and there are many of them in politics, where politicians should be careful about the language that they use. writing in the daily telegraph on monday, borisjohnson said a total ban on full face coverings was not the answer, but he said that schools should be able to tell students to remove burkas

if they turn up "looking like a bank robber." he added it was "absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes." for this muslim former conservative parliamentary candidate, his words were inflammatory. what bigotry like this is doing, what you do not understand, it is making people politicise religion, it's making people want to be seen as visibly muslim, because the politics is becoming so sort of against muslim people in this country. there are 3 million british muslims in this country, and we are being ostracised at this point. the conservative party really should know better. a source close to the former foreign secretary said he stood by his comments, and failing to stick up for liberal values gave ground to extremists. mrjohnson's supporters say he should not and will not say sorry. we've gone down a route — a sort of pc route — that if political figures say anything that causes offence to anyone it's considered to be an outrage. we have finished up with a political

class where joe public cannot even recognise, because none of them ever say anything memorable at all. in greater manchester there is support and some concern. i understand probably what he is trying to say because it can feel threatening and things like that, but, no, the language isn't the right thing. he is a bit controversial and what he says doesn't really resonate with anything i believe in. i pretty much ignore him. everyone's got their own rights to what they want to wear. we don't pull anybody else up for what they're wearing. in the context of an increase in islamophobia, and claims tories haven't done enough to tackle anti—muslim prejudice internally, boris johnson's comments were guaranteed to make an impact. in our westminster studio is now lord sheikh, conservative peer and founder of the conservative muslim forum. what should happen now, what do you

wa nt what should happen now, what do you want boris johnson to what should happen now, what do you want borisjohnson to do now? yesterday i wrote a letter to the chairman of the party brand lewis asking him to take severe action against borisjohnson. asking him to take severe action against boris johnson. i asking him to take severe action against borisjohnson. i believe that his remarks are inflammatory and can cause bigotry amongst the communities in this country and these remarks, in fact not remarks but actually written down words, which means that boris thought about what he was going to write before he wrote them. and these words are totally out of what is exact double. people can wear what they want to wear and that should continue rather than high profile people making remarks which can cause disharmony and harm race relations in this

country. what you see, what to say to those who sin suggest that it might be overreacting, and it was just some comments about the way a few people dress in public with no sense of attacking religion and indeed the article in which it appeared sad that a ban on wearing such outfits in france and denmark was wrong. i accept that and i very much appreciate the fact that he said that the ban was wrong to stop but having said that, he has made remarks about muslim girls looking like bank robbers and letter boxes and people will remember these remarks. i've this morning people writing to me awful things about the prophet muhammad, peace be upon him, not only criticising me, i do not mind criticism but when people write to me about the founder of our religion, that is what has been

provoked by these remarks. and undoubtedly come what i would like to say is that last year there were almost 1800 attacks, hate crime attacks on muslims and this will inflame disposition. but no one would would argue that that is wrong, that is islamophobia but what borisjohnson has written is not, it isa borisjohnson has written is not, it is a silly, throwaway remark that chose for language? language is important, i'm a british politician and language to us is important, if these were supposed to be funny then ido these were supposed to be funny then i do not think that that is funny, i think it is a very weird sense of humour when someone can write remarks of this nature. you have written asking for severe action, what would that be? severe action

means that if you have to take the whip from him that as do that because that is done, that has been donein because that is done, that has been done in all of the parties if someone done in all of the parties if someone behaves badly, then of course we should give consideration for the whip to be withdrawn from him. how concerned are you that some people are saying borisjohnson is being boris, he may have a point but he is not attacking your religion? he not attacking our religion, i accept that but on the other hand what he has said in this article can inflame the situation. i'm a democrat, a british politician and i believe in free speech, i believe in having debate but let's have this debate in a responsible manner and any politician if they are going to say things then they have to be

careful to take responsible action. with regard to what they're saying. you know better than i do what is going on in your party, do you think that there is another motive here for boris johnson? it may be sold but if he is using muslim women as a springboard to achieve a higher position then that is wrong and in this country we do not believe in populism, let there be proper behaviour and let there be a proper argument rather than using populism to gain political support. and if he is using these muslim women as a springboard then that is totally and utterly wrong and i totally abhor such actions. lord sheikh, thank you so such actions. lord sheikh, thank you so much. about three and a half million british gas customers are facing an increase in their bills for the second time this year. the energy supplier is putting up its standard variable tariff by 3.8 percent.

our business correspondent theo leggettjoins me now. not the first time this year that done this. early in the year edition gas introduced a price increase, up to £60 and now it is going up by another £44 on average so a significant increase over the course of six months. and are they alone in doing this customer all the big six energy suppliers to dominate the market had increased prices at least once this year and several of them like british gas have it twice. british gas has increased by more than most at this stage. smaller suppliers have also pushed up prices and with good reason, these suppliers have to buy their energy on the wholesale markets and wholesale energy prices have been going up. it is complicated but the main reason is the increasing price in crude oil which is reading through a british gas says it has so

far protected consumers but now it has got to pass the costs on. and what about fixed tariffs? fixed ta riffs what about fixed tariffs? fixed tariffs are fixed at the end of the tariffs are fixed at the end of the tariff you have to take a new one and we could see there's going up. but standard variable tariffs have been recognised as offering poor value for a long time, the allegation is that energy companies profited from people not shopping around and putting them on these standard variable tariffs so where the end of the year the regulator is set to introduce a cap which will effectively regulate those tariffs without so british gas has already stopped taking new customers onto the standard variable tariffs and is trying to encourage them to go to fixed rate. ultimately if the cost of holder —— if the cost of wholesale energy goes up then our bills will increase as well. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. 2000 people gathered in france

tomorrow 100 years since the battle of amiens. boris johnson tomorrow 100 years since the battle of amiens. borisjohnson is under pressure to apologise over comments about muslim women who wear the broker. dominic grieve says he will leave the conservative party if borisjohnson ever leave the conservative party if boris johnson ever became leave the conservative party if borisjohnson ever became leader. and more than 3 million reddish gas customers are facing a rise in prices for the second time this year. customers could see an annual £44 cost hike is the standard variable tariffs goes up from october. in sport the seventh day of competition at the european championships, the first edition of all of the day came in the diving in edinburgh. and at the athletics in berlin tim duckworth leads the decathlon. just the javelin and the 1500 metres to go. and chelsea look set to break the transfer record for

a goalkeeper. a full update for you in the next ten minutes or so. theresa may and prince william have attended a ceremony in northern france to mark the centenary of the battle of amiens — the beginning of the end of world war one. 3,000 members of the publicjoined the duke of cambridge and the prime minister, who gave readings, to mark the occassion. we can now cross live to amiens and speak to patricia bates, who was in the ceremony — her grandfather died in the battle. some very personal thoughts for you in that ceremony. he was injured on the eighth and he passed away on the 10th of august. your mother obviously did not, you have a very

special memento that i think you have got with you from your mother? idid not have got with you from your mother? i did not bring it with me but it is at home, and buried treasure it, it was the first birthday card that he sent from the front in december in which she promised that he would be home for her second birthday and that they would have a great party. u nfortu nately that they would have a great party. unfortunately he never made it home and she only had the postcard to treasure. and the death telegram. because your mother never actually met him? no, my grandmother and he married and he enlisted not long afterwards and then he was shipped out in october 1916 and my mother was born in december 1916. so she never got to meet your father. how important is it that services like this i still remembering events of 100 years ago, ijust wonder how you

felt as you stood in that remarkable building behind you? it is a beautiful cathedral, i came on friday just to see beautiful cathedral, i came on fridayjust to see it before the ceremony and it means a lot, i've been on a couple of battlefield tours and been through the north of france to see all the graves and the last was just astronomical. add others that i realise multiply that by every family that was left with someone by every family that was left with someone that did not come home or came injured. and i really think it is important to pay attention to the sacrifice that they all made. and 100 years, it took me that long to come to his grave and pay tribute but i think everyone should, there are so many unknown but i think everyone should, there are so many unknown soldiers and i tried to say it a blessing as i passed each grave cost you think no one knows where they are buried. when you drive around that part of

the world it is remarkable the number of young people who seem to have an interest in the various areas of that part of france, where so areas of that part of france, where so many people were killed. yes, we had a couple of boys on the last tour that i was on aged 14 and 16 and they were so interested in all the battles. but the loss was not lost on them as young men, when we said you would have been going over you know in another couple of years and they got that, they would not have had a life. a lot of people say it is 100 years since the armistice, maybe it is time to move on. why do you think it is important that the services continue? i think that the loss does not have a time frame, my mother ‘s childhood probably was not the greatest because she did not

have that stability of a mother and a father and so that loss continues on and! a father and so that loss continues on and i think it is probably true of many families that they want to pay tribute and to remember their dead and want to know the people. i came for my mother. it is remarkable watching the service to see canadians obviously, that is where your grandfather came from, astringent, british, french and importantly the germans also represented today. very much so, we went to one of the german suit —— german cemeteries and i was also in hamburg and saw one of the churches destroyed in the second world war so there was lost on all sides. at this point it does not matter, we are allies so it is just loss. point it does not matter, we are allies so it isjust loss. patricia, thank you for your time this afternoon. regulators have found that the food giants kelloggs

and kfc broke the rules about advertising to children. new regulations came into force last year, banning adverts of foods high in fat, sugar and salt to people under the age of 16. but health campaigners say there needs to be even stronger protection for children, as chi chi izundu reports. these complaints involve some of the biggest names in the food industry. coco pops granola! the watchdog upheld two complaints. this kellogg's cereal advert which was shown during a mr bean cartoon, and this kfc ad which was on a phone box close to a primary school. the advertising standards authority found the companies had broken rules over advertising food high in fat, sugar or salt, to children under 16. there are two upheld rulings against kfc and coco pops granola which is owned by kellogg's. and we are telling those companies that they can't repeat those ads. in terms of the kfc ad, they've got to take down the poster which was next to a school gate. and there will be a message also which goes out to the media

placement companies as well to remind them that they've got to take care when they're placing these sorts of ads. the asa dismissed two complaints against the fast—food giants mcdonald's. in a statement, kfc apologised saying their advert outside the school was a total mistake. while kellogg's say it can now advertise on children's tv because it's taken steps to reduce sugar in its products. children know about it anyway, so they don't need lots of adverts to tell them about it. they already know about those products. i don't think there should be a ban on it. no, i don't. i think us as parents have the right to decide what we give our children or how much amount they're taking. i treat my kids to mcdonald's maybe twice a week, sorry, twice a month. and i don't perceive that as junk food, i perceive that as a treat for them behaving well. health campaigners say one in three children is now overweight or obese by the age of 11. and the banning ofjunk food ads is a start, but much more needs to be done.

chi chi izundu, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. lots of change on the way. we have been talking about the hot weather for weeks. the change has already begun. yesterday we got up to 33 degrees but today what a change. 26 is not exactly chilly, very warm for a normal august but compared with what we have recently it is a big cooldown. that is because we swapped out the hot air from the south and changed the wind direction to bring in is much cooler airfrom the

atlantic. something weird not seen much of this summer. a lot nicer at night. much nicer at night, in some places we had around 19 degrees by night and one evening in london i think last week or early this week we had 26 degrees at 11 o'clock at night which is just disgusting. in my opinion! some people might like it, i do not know. as well as that we have a bit of rain in the forecast. this area across iberia, we have a spell of low pressure here tomorrow. summer that could move into the south—east of england but with the unpleasant weather underneath that, some pretty intense downpours. that then moves over into scandinavia so at least we are escaping the west of that. dashed

worst. so what we have out there at the moment is some sunshine but also some showers. this was how it looked in western scotland and this is the recent satellite picture. both shower clouds drifting east across the country through the day. we keep some showers for the afternoon but in between those showers some spells of sunshine towards east anglia and the south—east remaining dry, 24 degrees in london compared to what we have had in recent days. this evening and tonight it is going to bea evening and tonight it is going to be a fresher night, clear spells overhead, for the most part that is. still some showers afterwards the north and then i showed you that rain approaching against france, some cloud from that moving into the

south east of england and we will see some of the rain just beginning to move in but some uncertainty as to move in but some uncertainty as to just how far west that will get. elsewhere and other day of sunshine and showers, heaviest showers towards the north—west. 18 in belfast and aberdeen, 21 degrees in london. if you do get that rain in the south—east it will feel very cool indeed. and into the evening the rain begins to pull away into the rain begins to pull away into the north sea. then that heads afterwards scandinavia and by friday the weather dominated by this area of high pressure trying to fringe its way in but not quite close enough to kill off the showers. still some showers around on friday. they could be heavy. further south notts a re they could be heavy. further south notts are many showers but again, 17, 32 degrees. then for the weekend, we've been talking about

the area of low pressure, still heading towards earth and still some strong wind especially in the west. it looks like the wettest of the weather will be across northern and western parts of the uk so we see some rain at times and temperatures generally around the height teams. further south actually we will keep afairamount of further south actually we will keep a fair amount of dry weather to the weekend and at times relatively warm but not nearly as warm as it has been. so plenty going on in the next few days. we will keep you up—to—date right here. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the duke of cambridge and the prime minister have attended commemorations in northern france to mark the centenary of the battle of amiens. borisjohnson is under mounting pressure to apologise over comments about muslim women who wear burkas. former attorney general dominic grieve says he'd leave the conservative party ifjohnson ever became leader. and over three million british gas customers will face a price increase for the second time this year. sport now, on afternoon live

with olly foster european championships are still ongoing — great night last night but much more happening today... if we had to more promoting swimming at loch lomond. adam peaty is going in the deep restaurant pretty soon asbo in glasgow. the diving is taking place in edinburgh. another medalfor taking place in edinburgh. another medal for great taking place in edinburgh. another medalfor great britain. the diving is taking place in edinburgh, and there was another medal for great britain in the mixed 3 metre diving event in edinburgh — grace reid and ross haslam took silver. they were beaten to gold by lou massenburg and tina punzel of germany. tampa crisis backend elite. he dropped to second after this

morning, but he finished well ahead of his german competitor. tee events left for those decathletes. the judgment gets going in the next 20 minutes or so. and the 1500 metres. we saw the start of the goal. and we saw the start of the golf today at gleneagles. it's a team event and the new british open champion georgia hall who is 22, is paired with the four—time major winner and hall of famer dame laura davies, who is 54 and they won their first group match 5 & 4 against spain. all the other sports, for golf to be involved in that, it feels like a mini olympics, which i am sure is what the athletes of thing. this is a huge event, and it would be nice if over the next few years the scruff of golf becomes a major part of this. and it is nice to be paying the same venue as the men. what was

it like on that first tee? it was very special. the first time i have had that. it was great, and i had a lot of fun today might, and hopefully i can do about the next couple of days. they play germany tomorrow at gleneagles. table quarter, who is out belching keeper, wa nts to quarter, who is out belching keeper, wants to go to go to real madrid. he has refused to come to training over the last couple of days. they have had to look elsewhere. the premier league transfer window shuts tomorrow and chelsea look set to break the world record fee for a goalkeeper. 23—year—old spaniard kepa arrizabalega, has bought himself out of his athletic bilbao contract ahead of a potential £71 million move. the blues made kepa their number one target to replace thibaut courtois

surrey batsman ollie pope will make his england debut tomorrow in the second test at lords against india. england won the first test but pope was drafted in for the dropped dawid malan. he will bat at number four. i feel it he has got a very good game that can transfer into test cricket and be successful at number four. it really exciting prospect. he has an exceptional about this summer for surrey, and we are excited to go and see him go out there and play exactly as he has done. that is the sport for now. now on afternoon live,

let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. it's 60 years this month since the first of the carry on films appeared in cinemas. one of the stars who appeared in them was kenneth williams. back in the early 1980s, a young radio presenter working for a portsmouth radio station conducted a very nervous interview with williams which he ended up in his memoirs, described as an "idiot". bbc south today has spoken to the presenter, and sally taylor is going to tell us more about it. and beccy barr is in salford, where a preston man gets into guinness book of records by driving his motor mower from lands end tojohn o' groats in five days. the carry on films were of their

time, ithink the carry on films were of their time, i think that is fair to say. the first one was partly filmed at guildford army barracks. kenneth williams was a big star. he was in order of the fans as any of the other comedy actors. we have discovered an entity in 1963 wiki is talking about devices of his characters and where they come from. sta rt characters and where they come from. start messing about... he is based ona start messing about... he is based on a definite characters. he spoke like that all the time. he was always smiling. that is howedes big if you are always smiling. that one, with no teeth. always talking like that. he would strike one as a dream

interviewee? it is lovely to listen to him. he would have thought so. one radio presenter would disagree with you. he remembers a disaster this interview with kenneth williams at least avoid in london. it made it into this dark‘s published diaries, and kenneth williams first to him as and kenneth williams first to him as an idiot in those diaries. and kenneth williams first to him as an idiot in those diarieslj and kenneth williams first to him as an idiot in those diaries. i had to buy them as soon as they came out. i got to page 691, wednesday 22nd of deadly 1984. then and adhered to and up deadly 1984. then and adhered to and up from radio vet today, and i had to record the interviews by five 15. i resent this kind of thing better live. in the end, i was barely polite, and i walked out saying nothing. there is a true? i think you could call it a perfunctory interview. matt kopper did not keep

a copy of it. you can blame him? we have been able to track one down, as a reporter has. he isjust a little snippet with kenneth widens towards the end of the interview is talking about bbc quiz shows. do you enjoy doing them? certainly not for the money. anyone who works with the bbc about lu... very small cheques indeed. i about lu... very small cheques indeed. lam about lu... very small cheques indeed. i am not about lu... very small cheques indeed. lam not kidding. about lu... very small cheques indeed. i am not kidding. it is terrible money. that is extraordinary, isn't it? royal family today on saturday. tomorrow, said james is tomorrow, and we will have his last interview. has daughters have never held it, so you will imagine how emotional that will be. see you tomorrow, sally.

he set on lawn mower doesn't seem to be the best way to get from one end of the country to the other, but we do have a new guinness world record for the fastest journey on do have a new guinness world record for the fastestjourney on each set on lawn mowerfrom lands end for the fastestjourney on each set on lawn mower from lands end to for the fastestjourney on each set on lawn mowerfrom lands end tojohn across. it is 874 miles. this chap is andy maxfield from lancashire. he did it for charity last summer in five days, eight hours and 36 minutes. not on the tractor he is on there, he did it on a lawn mower. the maximum speed of this lawn mower was nine miles per hour. that really is quite impressive. he had to ride the lawn mower 20 hours a day for nearly six days. it really was quite

a feat. i have done the journey on a b i cycle. a feat. i have done the journey on a bicycle. it took me about three weeks, so i'm pretty impressed he managed it on a lawn mower in only five days. why did he do it? why not? ok. it was for charity, i should point out. has father suffered from dementia, see you wa nted suffered from dementia, see you wanted to do something far as time is uk. and he set out to raise £1000, and he has raced in not more than that. he is hoping to make it to £10,000. he had lots of support from friends and family, of course, but it turned out to be a huge undertaking. it is not simple. he has been telling us about how he had two in from the police force along the way, he had to have a raiders front and back. it really involved some precision planning to get this

world record achieved. of course, he does have more plans in the offing. next year, he wants to take another lawn mower challenge, of course, and he wants to have the world—record for the farthest distance with a push lawn mower. apparently, 24 hours so far, the records is 70 kilometres. next year, key is going to try and break that record. kilometres. next year, key is going to try and break that recordlj cannot to try and break that record.” cannot follow that. thank you very much. sally taylor, carrying on. thank you both very much. if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer. as a reminder, we got nationwide every

weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here on bbc news. a great white shark has been caught on camera jumping out of the sea towards an unsuspecting biologist. let's take a look. whoa! man! did you see that? whoa! holy... well, earlier i spoke to the biologist in the clip, dr greg skomal, and he told us about his rather close encounter. we have been doing this for several yea rs. we we have been doing this for several years. we approach sharks to identify them using cameras as well as to tag them and studied biology. this particular shot dead something we absolutely have never seen before, and lunged straight up towards the boat. i have to say, it was very

towards the boat. i have to say, it was very exciting, an opportunity for me to see something like that.” mean, you got what you were looking for. yes! typically, the sharks stay in the water, and make it difficult to actually get video footage of them and tag them. when they land at me, it is a whole different perspective. it is clear from watching the video, there is quite a few of you. this is quite a big mission. you have been gated into the idiot read the above er. this one somehow escaped the attention. what happened was this particular shark was swimming in really murky water, and a pilot in the plane above us normally finds these sharks. he could not see it. we could hear his voice or individual initially saying you are coming to watch the battle of the port. we could not see it in the water. i am

looking down, and then the shark showed itself, face first, with an open mouth and gaping jaws, bake white teeth. i have got to say, that was an interesting perspective to view these animals. and very understated reaction, which allowed us to play it. yet yeah, we react, we are excited by things, but we try and keep it clean! that is probably not what was going to give mind at the time, because you're overlooking write—down... the time, because you're overlooking write—down. .. you just the time, because you're overlooking write—down... you just needed the jaws music to go with it. you are not kidding. ifelt like jaws music to go with it. you are not kidding. i felt like went in the movie jaws. not kidding. i felt like went in the moviejaws. i'm not kidding. i felt like went in the movie jaws. i'm so not kidding. i felt like went in the moviejaws. i'm so happy that the shark did not come much higher. but it all happens in less than a barkley. it was so rapid, that my instinctive reaction was to try and key the science going and try and

get some of of that shark. it did not really sink in until shortly after the shark disappeared. i looked over my shoulder, did anybody see that, that was crazy! i have seen see that, that was crazy! i have seen individual over and over again, andi seen individual over and over again, and i am seen individual over and over again, andiama seen individual over and over again, and i am a little more excited. you are lucky to have both your feet, still. luckily, that stand i am on protect me from these kind of events. that is well built, and fortu nately events. that is well built, and fortunately it was between me and the shark. just before dougall, i just want to play it again. i want your commentary over it. what was going to your mind? we are looking for the shark, i am looking for the shark. the spotter pilot tries to put me on it. itjumps up, and then i tried to video tape it, and then i am in disbelief as to what has happened. i am calling over, did

anyone else see that? it was really just absolutely truly amazing, and when you look at that in slow motion, you can actually see the shark coming up with its mouth wide open, gaping at me. i looked write—down at that, and i really don't want to do that again.” write—down at that, and i really don't want to do that again. i am not entirely surprised. in a moment we will be telling you what's hot and what's not in the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. 2000 people gathered in france to mark the battle of amiens, which marked the beginning of the end of world war one. prince william and theresa may both paid tribute at the service in amiens cathedral. boris johnson is under mounting pressure to apologise over comments about muslim women who wear burkas. former attorney general dominic grieve says he'd leave the conservative party ifjohnson ever became leader. more than three million british gas customers are facing a rise in prices for the second time this year. customers could see an annual £44 cost hike as the firm's standard variable

tariff will go up by 3.8% in october. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. sterling falls to its lowest level in almost a year against the dollar over worries britain will leave the european union without a trade deal. sterling also falls to a nine—month low against the euro, and is down against the yen and swiss franc. british gas is to raise energy prices for the second time this year. the firm's parent company centrica says the price rise will begin from the 1st of october and effect 3.5 million customers. more on this in a moment. the trade war between the united states and china escalates, after washington and beijing both put new tariffs on £12.4 billion worth of products from each country. the new 25% levy begins from the 23rd of august.

and more recalls from bmw, this time overfears its engines could catch fire. the german carmaker says it will recall over 300,000 cars across europe — with 75,000 of those coming from the uk. so it's been interesting 24 hours for tesla, what's the latest? the entrepreneur elon musk doesn't tend to follow tradition. he has spent his life ripping up the rulebook, doing things his own — often controversial — way. yesterday, he and once that he possibly wants to take the company private, and the board of kompany have confirmed that this is in the pipeline. if they do go ahead, have

to pay shareholders quite a bit, and 320 6p per share to each and every shareholder if they want to take the company private. they don't want to have the issues that you have when you have two please shareholders. the hybrid strategy. it is, absolutely. elsewhere, we've seen sterling fall heavily today. why? sterling's fallen to its lowest level in almost a year against the dollar, currently hovering around 1.28 and it's also dropped sharply against the euro today. it has been weakening over the past day. why is the pound so weak now against the dollar? if you look at the valuation of sterling, it often falls in the month of august, so there is a seasonal element, but clearly a specific factor which is

causing investors to flee from stirling and the short—term, and thatis stirling and the short—term, and that is this increasing fear that there could be a no deal scenario. we are seeing investors seeking protection and anticipating further wea kness protection and anticipating further weakness in the economy, as the currency may bop ref to underperform. this time last year, we work wondering whether the bank of england would raise interest rates. that will now be put into sharp relief. investors are very mindful of how the economic numbers will play out over the course of not just this week, but the next few, deceit brother edouard validate what the bank of england did. this is not good news for people who want to travel in the us or in europe. i have been reading predictions that we could see the pound weakening against the euro to as much as 92 cents. that aside. the only respite is if you are going to turkey this

year. that is the only place by the body of sterling is holding up very well. it is very much the case that sterling is losing ground against other major currencies. i think we could easily see those levels you talked about against the usual, so thatis talked about against the usual, so that is bad news for anyone venturing into europe. we are treading back to the levels we saw last august, which was the lowest level since late 2016. what you think lies ahead for the pound in terms of direction. we have had one interest rate rise. if the economic picture does not look as strong as it could do in the coming months, we could then see a interest rate cuts in the bank of england, possibly playing an investors' minds as well. some people have speculated that the entries was to give the bank of england modem to provide insured and should that be necessary, if the economy plus timer down. it might be the case that the markets will be watching the data, the second

estimate of gdp also on friday. those will be key indicators foreign investors to determine whether the economy is decelerating. we will watch to see what the politicians wa nt to watch to see what the politicians want to do when they return from summer recess. want to do when they return from summer recess. indeed be well. good to speak to do as always. the pound has fallen below $1.29 for the first time in almost a year on continuing worries britain will leave the eu without a trade deal. i thought i would give you all three because you are an international man. on sunday, international trade secretary liam fox put the odds at "certainly not much more than 60—40". the no deal aspect is bullying investors. —— bullying investors.

vicki gilbert had her right leg amputated more than 20 years ago, after being misdiagnosed with bone cancer. in 2016, she received another diagnosis — of advanced breast cancer. having come through treatment, vicki decided to take on another challenge — swimming the english channel. fiona lamdin went to see her in training. it is sexy, and vicky gilbert has already swum three kilometres. she will soon be swapping this freshwater for the salty sees as she swims across the english channel. it isa swims across the english channel. it is a talent for the most fit and healthy, but for vicki, this is an unbelievable tennis. 26 years ago while training to be a pe teacher, vicki was diagnosed with bone cancer. she lost her right leg. only to be told a year later it was a misdiagnosis.

the cancer was in fact a harmless cyst. and then two years ago, more unwanted news — at 43, vicki was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer. vicki, you are incredibly upbeat, but surely, it is not an easy combination — the mud, the water, crutches and one leg. no, it's not, it's quite difficult, and sometimes i struggle to go in on the crutches so i go in on my bum, not very elegantly, but it's worth it because once i get in the water, the freedom is fantastic. come on, breakfast time! with the day's training behind her, vicki switches from athlete to mum. you're hungry? well, now, there's a surprise. oh, it's been hell, it's been awful. it's the chemotherapy that does the most damage and makes you the most poorly. but vicki is putting all this behind her. this summer, she's part of a relay team that hopes to cross the channel. ijust think it's crazy. like, cold water, channel swim with, like, boats and ducks

and it's not clean water! and ijust don't get it. like, not even in a wet suit. ijust could never do anything like that. she is quite inspiring, even though i would never admit that to her. waves, jellyfish and sea sickness to name just a few of the side—effects. but vicki hopes the training and the swim will keep the cancer away. people say to me, "how come you're not bitter?" i didn't have a choice. i had to just get on with it. i can't change it. my leg's not going to grow back. so i've to take the best of it, and because i've been given this other chance after the breast cancer and the knowledge and understanding that physical activity can massively help reduce the risk of occurrence, i want to share that with other people and make a difference. this is a woman who, despite losing so much, will not be stopped. that's it from your afternoon live team

for today. next the bbc news at five with jane hill. time for a look at the weather... good afternoon. what a differernce a day makes! no more 30s today — temperatures topping out around the mid—20s celsius, but there is still plenty of sunshine out there, as captured by a couple this show was will turn to fade away later on. still some showers in the far north—west and also some extra cloud in east anglia, with some patchy rain by morning. a much cooler, fresher night for the north and west. for the majority, another day of sunshine and travellers. a few showers for the south—west, wales and england. down to the south—east, outbreaks of heavy rain. uncertainty about how far west these

bold travel, but some places could see some very wet bold travel, but some places could see some very wet weather indeed. at the weekend, largely dying in the south, wet and windy at times for the north—west. today at five — boris johnson faces growing criticism of his comments about muslim women who wear the burqa. senior tories have urged him to apologise but he's stood by his newspaper article despite warnings about encouraging islamophobia. what this is doing, what bigotry like this is doing,

what you do not understand it's doing — it's making people politicise religion. i'll talking to two muslim women who have different views about the former foreign secretary's comments. the other main stories on bbc news at five... 100 years on — remembering the battle of amiens. a ceremony is held to commemorate the centenary of the campaign which helped bring about the end of the first world war.