‘ central's ask than those at comedy central‘s friendsfest, which is touring the uk and selling at wherever it goes. rossis and selling at wherever it goes. ross is my favourite character, just brilliant. why? just his facial expressions. ijust watch it over and over. if there's no one's in, that's all i watch. i'm not evenjoking. i grew igrew up i grew up watching fresh prince of bel air but since i watched friends i have never stopped. you were born yea rs i have never stopped. you were born years after friends ended. why do you like it? it makes me laugh. who is your favourite character? rachel. she is funny. to sum up, using the very device that show employed to name each episode, this is the one for friends is still number one. —— where friends is still number one. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. yes, the rains have perked up, certainly looking like what summer should look like over most parts of

the world, pretty unreliable. the show is more widespread than we have even thought. the changeable weather will last through the course of the weekend, very active across the atla ntic weekend, very active across the atlantic right now. weather systems lining up, and they are heading in oui’ lining up, and they are heading in our directions of the weekend is looking pretty mixed. with weather systems off the atlantic moving eastwards that also means that it will be blowing from the west towards the east, where our air is coming from, this fresh atlantic air. by the end of the afternoon, temperatures will be in the mid or high teens. the really heavy showers across many central and southern areas right now should be out of the way, so i know it is pouring out there right now, and we have had some cracks of thunder. the weather is not great. we do need the rain still, but later on the skies were clear and we are in for in the night, even colder than last night. look at that. single figure temperature! let's look at the forecast for saturday. a separate

weather front approaching, not the one we have today, and you will pressure moving in, but ahead of that, if you're up very early there will be tonnes of sunshine around, a cracking start to the day with that nip in the air but the morning into the afternoon the clouds will increase... excuse me, that under the weather myself! i do beg your pardon. —— a bit under the weather. we have rain moving in south—western parts of the country by the time we get to the afternoon. anyway, let's have a look at saturday night now into sunday. that low pressure is with us, moving through. now sunday looks like it will bring some wet weather to almost anywhere really across the uk. notice that the rain is quite broken up so i don't want to give the impression it will be raining everywhere and all the time. on sunday, that is. there will be short breaks in the cloud and actually, despite all the cloud and rain we will see quite humid air

moving in so perhaps the temperatures will rise on sunday. this is the outlook monday into tuesday. temperatures peaking in the mid—20s, so the weather pretty changeable, not great right now and iam not changeable, not great right now and i am not feeling particularly great myself actually! studio: tomasz, thank you very much indeed. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... mike ashley, the owner of sports direct, pays £90 million to rescue the department store chain house of fraser from administration. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. i'm holly hamilton was her latest sports news... i'm here with your latest sports news... england's cricketers made a great start to the second test against india at lord's — before it began to rain again,

with the tourists on i! for 2. our reporter patrick geary is at the ground — and patrick, afterjimmy anderson took those two early wickets, it must‘ve been incredibly frustrating for them to be forced off? yes, especially so given that they had to sit and watch the rain fall all day yesterday. they did manage to get back out there this morning. you could immediately see why they made the decision. jimmy anderson, fifth bowler of the day. very clean bowling. and then later, another great ball. i! bowling. and then later, another great ball. 11 ford two. there was a great ball. 11 ford two. there was a great showdown, one of the great batsman in the world and bowlers in the world but then the weather let us the world but then the weather let us down. the rain came down and it has come and gone. at the moment, it is pretty bright. they are trying to get back out there at 20 to do. some

bulky showers expected. this match was perfectly set up. if england can get out there, they want to make the best of these overcast gloomy conditions which would suit them. but time and this matches of the essence. the penultimate discipline of the heptathlon is under way at the european championships in berlin, with katerina johnson—thompson vying to stay out in front. the javelin is her weakest event but she's thrown a personal best, as she bids to hold off the challenge of the world and olympic champion naffi thiam. johnson—thompson won the long jump earlier to extend her lead but thiam has already thrown further in the javelin. the heptathlon finishes tonight with the 800—metres at 7:20pm and you can watch it live on bbc two. laura muir won her 1500—metres heat to make it through to sunday's final with ease. after an achilles injury put paid to her chances of competing in the 800m, this is muir's sole shot at a european title. fellow briton laura weightman

willjoin her afterfinishing second in the other heat. manchester united manager jose mourinho wasn't happy that they didn't manage to make any more signings in the transfer window but now it's closed, it's time for action — and united welcome leicester city to old trafford tonight in the first premier league game of the season. and after conceding that he'll have to work with the squad he's got, mourinho says the fans willjust have to be patient. i think by the end of november, december, you will see why, by then, which teams are in a position to win the premier league. in this moment words are not important. let's play football and by the end of november, december, you don't need words. you will see which teams are candidates. golf... the american gary woodland is the surprise leader after the opening round of the uspga championship — the last golf major of the season.

but there are some well—placed britons in the field — justin rose and ian poulter are in a large group, three shots off the pace, after rounds of 67. johanna konta is out of the canadian open in montreal. she completed victory over victoria azarenka in a match delayed overnight because of rain. but she then lost in straight sets to the defending champion elina svitolina. that's all the sport for now. head over to the website for the latest from the european championships. and i'll have the latest in the next hour. goodbye for now. holly, thank you very much indeed. more now on our top story... mike ashley, owner of sports direct has struck a £90 million deal to rescue house of fraser. earlier the department store had called in the administrators, but now sports direct has acquired all of the uk stores, the brand and all of the stock in the business. there are reports that some of the stores could become

sports direct outlets and others ‘flannels' stores bbc look north spoke to some shoppers outside house of fraser in hull this morning to gauge their reaction. it is a shame because it is a nice shop. but it is like a lot of the shops, they are not getting the sales any more. are you confident it could be saved? i'm hoping, but i'm not very confident, to be honest. it is expected, really. it is too big. now with the internet coming and everything. you can get everything on the internet. there is no need to come here and shop. if i like... you can get off—line. we do not want it to go. so many have gone. and now this one.

and now this one. where are we going to shop? at ourage? our age. nowhere. well, that's the view of some shoppers. earlier retail expert kate hardcastle told my colleague julian worricker what she made of the rescue deal. it is interesting that mike ashley is adding to a very bizarre and broad retail portfolio. he has the upmarket fashion brand flannels and he has a lot of interests in other stores. actually, also debenhams. this is a big move and i think people will breathing a sigh of relief knowing the house of fraser is an disappearing altogether, but i can't imagine the business or the offer are going to be similar to that what people knows

or recognise as fraser. it has brands that have discount market. that is where the success has been. we don't want gaping holes in the high street because that does not help other retailers surrounding the department stores. it is clear to see that the success of online and the change in consumer buying habits are really having big effects on the uk high street and down the country. what do you think is in this for him? i think he is someone who is very ambitious to see growth in his retail portfolio. he feels he understands the uk consumer and he has had success with the sports direct brand. i think he wants to widen it and have a house of his own brands, maybe. house of fraser was indeed a house of brands. and he has traded out of them quite successfully. it is an interesting development because i don't think it will be the full

portfolio of properties. i think it will be the stores that are trading well that he carries forward. i can't see it being that traditional department store that we all know and reflect on. we think of house of fraser as a heritage brand in the high street. as a middle—market department store, it needed to be exemplary with that service. it really needed to have brands that cut through. it needed to have something as a unique selling point that was very different for the consumers and really it has lost its way. partly because of revolving door of management who have not had its best interest at heart. there have been new entrances into the marketplace in health and fashion. which has seen it fall by the wayside. i think what is intriguing is that some of the stores may well become sports direct outlets and some may become flannels stores. they are very much at the opposite ends. that is right. this is someone who is trading up both sides

of the market place. if you think about the retail space here about the belt—tightening has been on the middle market. he understands that. people very much like discount brands. we see rise and discount brands like primark. they like the luxury brands to bring something interesting difference to them. all of this aside, even the biggest players in traditional retail, bricks and mortar stores know how tough going to be ahead. i don't want to ring the bell of failure already, this is no easy road ahead for mike ashley. this is going to be very tricky. us vice president mike pence has laid out his plans to create a sixth branch of the military,

a so—called space force. he suggested russian and chinese threats justify the military expansion and he promised that a space force department would be ready by 2020. the white house is asking the public to vote for a logo and they'll be asking congress for about eight billion dollars to fund the project. now the time has come to write the next great chapter of our armed forces. to prepare for the next battlefield. where america's best and bravest will be called to deter another jason up demand generation of threats to our people and our nation. the time has come to establish the night state space force. setting up this military branch would not be without its challenges... our correspondent in washington, chris buckler, explains: there is a little bit of concern aboutjust how this would work in terms of bureaucracy, how this would be sliced up. they have monies to get secretary

of defence james mattis on board. he was somewhat cynical not that long ago and now he says that he sees the merit in it. certainly, the argument is that you have to have a dedicated organisation that is looking at this. you have to have a space command, which they are looking to set up, in order to address these problems going forward. certainly, they were saying if you take a look at the technology being developed by other countries, in the next few years, that is going to become very important. donald trump seems very committed to this. his reelection campaign has already got on his website new space force logos, which they are asking people to vote on. so, he might get the logo and he might get the space force. the slovenian—born parents of the us first lady, melania trump, have become us citizens. they took part in a naturalization

ceremony in new york yesterday. the pair are likely to have became citizens under a process — known as chain migration — that has been heavily criticised by the president. in a moment, we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... 17,000 staff are waiting to hear what the future holds for them after sports direct owner mike ashley buys the troubled house of fraser. cricketer ben stokes has finished giving evidence at his affray trial, after he told the court he couldn't remember knocking out a man, but did throw several punches. and a strike by ryanair pilots has forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights, affecting around 75,000 passengers. i'm alice baxter in the business news. the summer heatwave and england's world cup run help the uk economy grow by 0.4% in the second quarter.

there was also a boost from strongerfigures in construction and services. those gdp numbers have had little effect on sterling, which has fallen below 1.28 against the dollar for the first time in more than year, as those doubts over a no—deal on brexit keep investors concerned. and a massive data breach at butlins. the holiday firm says up to 3a,000 guests at their resorts may have had their personal information stolen by hackers. butlin's says it's set up a "dedicated team" to contact guests who may have been affected. there's more turblence for ryanair after their pilots decided to strike in five european countries. the 24—hour walk—out involves staff in germany, sweden, ireland, belgium and the netherlands. pilots are demanding better pay and working conditions. ryanair said 400 flights

had been cancelled due to today's strike action. the airline added around 50,000 passengers would be affected. we're nowjoined by sally gethin from gethin's inflight news. good to talk to you. how bad is the latest strike for ryanair? could it get any worse? this is probably the worst possible day in ryanair‘s entire probably the worst possible day in rya nair‘s entire history. probably the worst possible day in ryanair‘s entire history. it has fought hard to become the market leader. last year it was picked at the posts. this is the last thing it needs. it is definitely going to hurt them. as you said, up to 46000 and 50,000 passengers are going to be affected. and it is not as if it has come out of the blue. they would have known about this for a long

time. although they are saying the german pilots union gave us less than seven days notice, nevertheless, this is a long, rambling, long rumbling putter standing issue. for ryanair. it is a summer standing issue. for ryanair. it is a summer of discontent for them. standing issue. for ryanair. it is a summer of discontent for themm could not come at a worse time. around 50,000 passengers are effected, what's their options? well, they said by 3pm on wednesday august eight, it had contacted all passengers with a refund or re—routing them with all possible alternatives and compensation as well. and these passengers therefore should have been given these options. today, however, if you just type in the hash tag ryanair strike, he will see a different perspective. there are many that are frustrated.

they followed the links, the forms for compensation, they are not working. some are saying that the live chat facility is not effective. in reality, there is definitely going to be some fallout from this. in some ways the timing is odd. ryanair recognised trade unions for the first time last year, why is there relationship with them so rocky? that is a good point. in december for the first time the ryanair recognised union. we have a member they were forced to that position, really. it was the unions that worked together and collaborated on social media, that's what force their hands. they do not go willingly. all the unions, as you say, five countries and five different unions, are all things ryanairare different unions, are all things ryanair are not different unions, are all things rya nair are not meeting different unions, are all things ryanair are not meeting their demands. in turn, ryanair is saying that they are. and working towards

collective labour agreements. that isa collective labour agreements. that is a standoff. thank you very much. mike ashley's sports direct is to buy the ailing department store chain house of fraser. here are the details we know so far. . .. sports direct will pay £90m for house of fraser sport direct already owned ii% of the retailer, but will now take full control. that means it will take over all 59 stores, all stock and the brand name. earlier, we spoke laith khalaf from hargreaves la nsdown, who believes sports direct shareholders will have a few questions regarding the acquisition. for instance, mike ashley holds sta kes for instance, mike ashley holds stakes in a lot of retailers through sports direct. he owns 30% of debenhams. the question is what is the overall strategy. it is one that sports direct‘s investors have been asking for some time. because the

main business is doing relatively well in a challenging atmosphere. recently they had to take a big profit right off because of the sta ke profit right off because of the stake in debenhams. hopefully a bit more clarity later on today. the confederation of british industry says net migration targets should be scrapped after brexit. the business group claims ‘targets should be replaced with a system that ensures people coming to the uk make a positive contribution to the economy'. however, the home office said it had no plans to scrap immigration targets. the deadline for installing smart meters across the uk should be extended for another three years according to citizens advice. up to 53 million smart meters — designed to replace traditional gas and electricity meters — are due to be installed in 30 million homes and businesses by the end of 2020. but citizens advice said it would be "more realistic" to aim for 2023. the turkish lira has fallen sharply against the us dollar today because of concerns over the country's high debt levels. the currency which has fallen

40% so far this year, was down as much as i4% at one point today. it's also contending with soaring inflation with prices of every day items rising sharply — by about 15% a year. and new zealand has become the latest country to ban the use of single—use plastic shopping bags. currently, around 750 million plastic shopping bags are used across the country each year. that's roughly 150 bags per person. a quick look at the markets. department store debenhams has been given a boost by the sports direct deal for house of fraser, with its share price up 2% at 11.76p. and as you can see sterling is still down on the day after those gdp results. we have been talking about that a lot over the last few days.

we have been talking about that a lot over the last few days. it fell below 1.28 against the dollar for the first time in a year. it is still struggling. that's all the business news. a new app is to offer rewards for families for talking to each other around the dinner table rather than checking their screens. the idea was originally designed to help students study. this comes as facebook and instagram release a new tool to limit how much time people spend on their apps. catrin nye has been looking at the rise of ‘anti—tech, tech.‘ can i ask you both how much you check your phone? uh... recently? every day. every hour. quite often. quite a lot. probably too much! at work, probably every hour. quite bad, actually. a fair few hours a day. at home, at least every 20 minutes. every couple of hours? i'm always on it. and now i've got a phone call! there are now loads of apps offering to get you off your phone. one called mute tracks your screen time, space helps you set

goals to use it less, moment sets daily limits on your use — it will even send you a barrage of messages if you're on it too much. and one called forest grows you a tree as long as you're not browsing. it is, of course, very debatable whether tech companies are the ones who should be helping us spend less time on tech. facebook and instagram are releasing their own time—limit tools. an app called hold has just launched in the uk, created for students by three students in copenhagen. why was it that you wanted to start this? we were struggling so much about actually focusing. we checked our phones all the time, and we started to give ourselves incentives. the ones that check their phones the last, they get the coffee. and that really worked out for us three. the app allows you to start a timer to put your phone on hold, which means you can't

get other apps. i think it's a behavioural shift, the idea is you're putting the phone, ideally, to one side, the phone can then get locked, so having the screen up there can be a distraction. but it can be to one side, and the idea is then to say, "right, i'm going to be productive now." once you've done 20 minutes on hold, you start earning rewards — things like cheap cinema tickets, free drinks, donations to charity. this app is still doing advertising. it allows brands to market their products to users — but as rewards. hey, clara — i'm catrin. this app doesn't work overnight and is currentlyjust for students, like clara, a masters student at the london school of economics from singapore. she says the use of phones is a distraction for her whole family. yeah, and i have actually voiced my unhappiness to my parents before. about them using their phones? yeah, yeah. cos i really think that it does compromise the quality of the interactions you have with your family members or friends

at the dinner table, for instance. the creators of hold are now developing a version for families to use together. they say they've had tens of thousands of people get in touch, because phones are disturbing their dinner time too. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. for some of us today it feels like summer has come to an abrupt end. it is fairly cool. it has been raining. very changeable weather today. the weekend will be the same. in fact this evening will be quite chilly. we've got a really nippy night on the way. the atlantic is very active. one weather system coming out of north america and one out of the north atlantic. cloud all over

parts of the country today. we will keep seeing the weather systems coming in off of the atlantic. today into the weekend as well. the winds will be coming from here as well. it will be coming from here as well. it will be coming from here as well. it will be breezy and cool as well. temperatures will peak around the high teens or 20s in the south. for many of us it is the mid or the high teens. as i say, lots of showers around. perhaps a few more than you we re around. perhaps a few more than you were expecting. this evening will be clear. starry skies out there. it will be a sparkling sky on the way for many of us. very nippy. in the countryside could be as low as 4 degrees. in london, barely double figures. we will be waking up to sunny but chilly weather. a weather front is approaching on saturday, but i of it much of the country is in the clear. first thing in the morning on saturday, it is looking beautiful across the uk. nippy but sunny. the clouds will then increase, we see sunny. the clouds will then increase, we see some sunny. the clouds will then increase, we see some rain reaching the west country and wales by the

afternoon. for many of us, it is not looking bad at all on saturday. it will feel a little bit warmer as well. there will be more sunshine. if you are out on saturday night, expect the clouds to increase across the country. saturday night, most of us the country. saturday night, most of us will see at least a little bit of rain here and there. over the weekend, saturday into sunday, the low pressure is over us, so that means we're going to see outbreaks of rain, spreading across the country. it will be pretty u nsettled. country. it will be pretty unsettled. sunday. the winds will be coming in from the southwest, a more southerly component. temperatures will rise. it will feel a little bit more humid. temperatures back into the 20s quite widely across the uk. and outlook into next week. you can see the temperatures are rising a little bit in the south, but generally speaking, it is looking like a bit of a mixed bag. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at two. high street rescue. mike ashley's sports

direct has bought house of fraserfor £90 million — but what it means for 16,000 staff is still unclear. i think we are trying to keep each up, we i think we are trying to keep each up, we are i think we are trying to keep each up, we are trying to stay motivated and hope for a good outcome. we hope they will find a solution, finely. cricketer ben stokes has said he can't remember knocking out a man, but did throw several punches, during his affray trial. staying firmly on the ground: ryanair pilots strike in five european countries — bringing travel misery for thousands at the height of the holiday season. hundreds of holiday—makers — including many in campsites — are evacuated as flash floods hit the south of france. coming up on afternoon live all the sport.