good afternoon. ten people, including two children, have been taken to hospital following a shooting in moss side in manchester. one adult has serious injuries from what are said to be pellet wounds. a carnival had been taking place nearby, but it had finished some time before the attack took place. police have described it as a reckless act that could have had devastating consequences. megan paterson reports from the scene. less than 2a hours ago, this street was busy with people taking part in the nearby caribbean carnival. thousands enjoyed the event peacefully. but at 2.30am this morning, officers were called after shots were heard. this footage was taken by an eyewitness. today's ongoing investigation is upsetting for those who work in the community. i live in moss side, i love moss side, i breathe the air of moss side. i've been there for a long time. i'll continue to spread the good word about this community, but situations like this don't help and it is about sending

messages to the people. extra reassurances are today being given to people in the area. the police are doing everything they can to make sure that people are safe. there will be a heightened presence in that area now and for the next few days. police have described the attack as a reckless act which could have had serious consequences. megan paterson is in moss side for us. it is still unclear exactly what happened in the early hours of the morning. that is right. the police investigation continues behind me. greater manchester police have told us greater manchester police have told us the people who suffered injuries, eight adults and two children, they suffered pellet wounds, which suggests an air rifle was used in the attack. 25, 30 years ago, moss side was an area which did have a

bad reputation, many people will say, for gun crime and violence. an awful lot has changed since then, lots of community work and investment in the area and many people are proud of being associated with that area now. waking up to the news today, many people are frustrated and angry and they are concerned that something like this could happy again. it's alexandra park and we can hear noise coming from the caribbean festival, thousands of people expected to celebrate there again today, organisers hopeful people will not be put off, they hope it is an isolated incident not at all connected to their event. investigations will continue through today. thank you. the us space agency, nasa, has launched a mission to send a spacecraft closer to the sun than ever before. the parker solar probe blasted off from cape canaveral in florida this morning. it will travel faster than any previous space mission and enter the solar atmosphere where temperatures reach millions of degrees centrigrade. michael cowan reports.

five, four, three, two, one, zero. nasser‘s parker solar probe taking off this morning from cape canaveral in florida. a daring mission to shed light on the mysteries of our closest star, the sun. relief are many after closest star, the sun. relief are ma ny after yesterday's closest star, the sun. relief are many after yesterday's planned launch was aborted with moments to go. trajectory looking good. travelling at speeds of up to 430,000 mph, it will be the fastest man—made object in history. and it is the first time the spacecraft has been named after a living person. 91—year—old solar physicist eugene parker, the first person to describe solar winds in the 1950s and he was at the launch. all i am going to say is wow, here we go, learning over

the next several years. they will ta ke the next several years. they will take three months for the probe to get there and it will pass by venus on its route in six weeks' time. the closest we will have ever been to the sun, 4 million miles from the surface. it will stay in the outer atmosphere, the corona, spending seven atmosphere, the corona, spending seve n years atmosphere, the corona, spending seven years looping around the star. but it is hot, 1300 seven years looping around the star. but it is hot, i300 celsius. 0ne seven years looping around the star. but it is hot, i300 celsius. one of the key jobs but it is hot, i300 celsius. one of the keyjobs for nasa was keeping it cool the keyjobs for nasa was keeping it cool. we have a wonderful heat shield we keep orientated between us and the sun keeping everything cool and the sun keeping everything cool and creating a shadow. from the corona, the sun releases chart particles and magnetic fields carried to earth on solar winds. they create breathtaking spectacles like the northern lights. but big outbursts from the sun can be problematic, causing disruption to

communications, knocking satellites off—line and causing power grids to surge. nasa's hope is that it will result in more accurate forecasting so we result in more accurate forecasting so we will be better prepared for solar weather events. around 80 train services have been cancelled on northern rail, affecting journeys to liverpool, lancashire and greater manchester. it follows similar disruption last weekend, and on the day of the world cup final. the company said the cancellations would offer passengers more certainty in planning their journeys. the rmt rail union has again called for northern to be stripped of its franchise. according to the passenger user pressure group northern resist, they cancelled around 100 services and part—cancelled many more on friday, so it isn'tjust sundays, it's happening on weekdays as well. our business correspondent, joe lynam, joins me now. remind us of the background to this. another weekend, more cancellations,

this time it is northern, owned by a riva rail north. they say planned engineering works means most people who work on the weekends do so voluntarily. it is out of 1500 train services. they say they are sorry that customers continue to express disruption, we are advising anyone thinking on travelling on sunday to plan carefully. the largest rail union rmt called for them to be kicked off the tracks, arriva. we have had new timetable is leading to thousands of train services being cancelled, disrupting hundreds of thousands of users, prices have gone up thousands of users, prices have gone upfor thousands of users, prices have gone up for some as well and another franchise was nationalised by the government. there is another slew of strikes potentially on the way next month over a very long—running row

over the role of god southern trains. thank you for that. -- over the role of guards on trains. the government says it's planning to introduce new offences of causing death by dangerous or careless cycling. under the proposal, cyclists who kill pedestrians would be treated in a similar way to dangerous drivers, who face a prison sentence up to 14 years. cycling campaigners are calling for wider reform of road safety legislation. simonjones reports. kim briggs was knocked over by a cyclist in london in 2016. she died a week later. the bike that hit her shouldn't have been on the road — it was designed for the velodrome, with no front brake. charlie alliston was riding it. he was cleared of manslaughter butjailed for 18 months for causing bodily harm by wanton or furious driving, under a law from victorian times. there is no cycling equivalent of the offence of causing death by dangerous driving. with the support of kim briggs‘ family, the government will now consider whether that should change in england, scotland and wales. we were very concerned

because there has been a worry that there was a gap in the law relating to dangerous and careless cycling and the potential offence of death or serious injury caused by that. of course, the gap was highlighted by the alliston case last year. campaigners say adding a couple of new offences specific to cyclists isn't going far enough. the government are missing an opportunity. what they should be doing is having a full review of all road traffic offences and penalties. they've ducked that. four years ago, they said they would do it. what we've ended up with is a review of cycling offences on their own. the whole system in relation to road traffic offences and penalties isn't working. the government says it is also doing more to keep cyclists themselves safe, with improvements to the highway code planned to try to stop drivers passing too closely to bikes. simon jones, bbc news. the nobel prize winning author, sir vs naipaul, has died at the age of 85. his best—known books include

a house for mr biswas, a bend in the river, and in a free state, which won the booker prize. born in trinidad to an indian father, many of his works focused on the traumas of post—colonial change. the author, paul theroux, said vs naipaul had been "one of the greatest writers of our time". several years ago, he spoke to the bbc about his work. to understand me, you've got to know that writing is the most important aspect of my life. and even now, when one is coming to the end of things, i still think of it like that. writing comes from the most secret recesses of the person and the writer himself doesn't know those recesses, so it's a kind of magic. it's a kind of magic. sir vs naipaul, who's died at the age of 85. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel.

the next news on bbc one is at 5pm. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with lukwesa burak. more now on our top story this afternoon. two children are among ten people injured after a shooting in manchester overnight. police say one man is in a serious but stable condition. it happened in moss side, close to where a caribbean carnival had been taking place. earlier, i spoke to beverley hughes, greater manchester's deputy mayor for policing — who reassured local people that a full investgation will take place. well it's completely distressing, and when i first heard about it earlier this morning obviously it sounded very serious,

as time has gone on thankfully it looks as if it may be that injuries are not as serious as thought. it was a particular kind of incident, rather than gunfire. the police will make a statement at 2pm and may well confirm that. we also think most of the people in hospital have either been discharged or will be very shortly. but nonetheless, for the people involved it must have been absolutely terrifying, not knowing what the nature of the incident was, and for the community itself it is very upsetting. it causes a great deal of distress and people feel their reputation is challenged again, and i want to reassure them the police will be doing everything they can, working with the community to complete this investigation and find out who was responsible for this. the row over borisjohnson‘s

controversial comments about the burqa — continues to rumble on. several newspapers are reporting splits in the cabinet over comments saying women in burqas looked like "letter boxes" or "bank robbers". the former close ally of theresa may, damian green, is the latest to intervene in the row , he says borisjohnson shouldn't go ‘full trump', but doesn't believe that the former foreign secretary breached party rules. i spoke to our political correspondentjessica parker, and asked when we were likely to hearfrom borisjohnson himself. boris johnson has been markedly absent over week, he was of course on holiday, he returned home to the uk last night. we've still not heard from him, over the week what has been made clear by sources close to him is that we should not expect an apology, they have said they believed he was standing

up for liberal values and actually arguing againstany total ban of the burqa, but as you say over the last week, lots of people having their say. one of the latest is damian green, the former de facto deputy to theresa may, saying he does not think borisjohnson breached party rules with the comments he made but he fears borisjohnson could be turned into a martyr by the alt—right and he calls for robust but polite debate on sensitive issues. we have heard from various wings of the conservative party, some of them backing boris johnson and defend his right for what they describe as free speech, but we have also heard, dominic grieve saying he would leave the party if borisjohnson ever lead it and it interesting he said that because the background to all this is the speculation surrounding borisjohnson and any future attempt he might make at the leadership of the party. many people are saying this isjust boris being boris, the likelihood of any punishment being metered out by theresa may is also being derided, saying

it is just silly season. there is an element of that, mps are on holiday, its parliamentary recess so sometimes these stories run on more because of that but in the last things have happened to motor the story on. calls for boris to apologise and then it emerged the party was looking at dozens of complaints, we know people have been unhappy and found the comments very offensive, including leaders from the muslim community. in theory if you look at the party's rules it could end up in a suspension or expulsion from the party. we are a long way from anything like that and it's been made clear from some of his allies that if it ever goes that far there would be a price to pay.

christine hamilton has been removed as a charity ambassador for muscular dystrophy uk after comparing burkas to the hoods the broadcaster, who is married to ukip welsh assembly member neil hamilton, sparked outrage on twitter with her comments. but she said the tweet was not intended to equate muslim women with the violent white supremacist organisation. the headlines on bbc news: ten people — incuding two children — are hospitalised with pellet—type injuries after shots are fired in the moss side area of manchester. the government proposes a new law of ‘death by dangerous cycling' — for cyclists who kill pedestrians. nasa‘s ‘parker solar probe‘, which will analyse the sun's atmosphere for the first time, has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s will perry. how‘s it going?

not looking good from an england point of view with the cricket, it is on the pitch but in terms of whether they have come off the rain saw england‘s cricketers continued to dominate the second test but the rain is frustrating them. declared this morning on 396—7, taking two wickets in india‘s second innings, england batting on despite the threat of rain. the declaration coming after a sam curran was caught on 40. england 289 runs ahead and india had yet to score a run when murali vijay became jimmy india had yet to score a run when murali vijay becamejimmy anderson‘s 100 wicket at lord‘s, he then struck again getting rahul lbw. india 17—2 when rain stopped play, the forecast not looking good. liverpool take on west ham at anfield this lunchtime in one of three premier league games, the new liverpool signings allison and navigator start, shaqiri

is on the bench, as isjordan henderson. manuel pellegrini blooding five of his ten summer signings, all fabianski, ryan fredericks, felipe anderson and jack wilshere get the nod, kicks off in about 15 minutes‘ time. these are the games today. i have a lot of respect about his career, he starts at the low, the bottom, and make his excellent career, winning titles and his team is always difficult, so now he‘s at arsenal, one of the best teams in england and of course he a contender to win titles, of course. we are working to improve each match and each training but sunday we need to

show on the pitch our performance about level because the position is demanding our best moment tactically and also maybe individually. dina asher—smith will be hoping to win her third gold medal later at the european championships after becoming the first british athlete male orfemale to becoming the first british athlete male or female to do the sprint double at the championships. the 22—year—old added the 200 metres title to her 100 metre crown when she won on tuesday, a time of 21.89 seconds smashing the british record, the fastest by any women in the world this year. so how good could she be potentially? 0lympic legend michaeljohnson says the sky is the limit. female sprinters are watching less, they have seen this or they will see it and they will absolutely

ta ke will see it and they will absolutely take note. elaine thompson, shaunae miller, daphne —— dafne schippers can tell them all about it because she had a front row seat. she is now one of the best in the world. next year ‘s world championships, the 0lympic year ‘s world championships, the olympic games, this is a true contender now. she is one that as other athletes are training for those medals and those championships they will have dina asher—smith in mind. the pga championship in missouri, american brooks koepka in the lead going into the final round which he starts the next half an hour. he won the us open back to backin hour. he won the us open back to back injune, hour. he won the us open back to back in june, shot hour. he won the us open back to back injune, shot 66 to leave him 12 under par overall, two clear of adam scott in second. tiger woods, we saw him come back in the open and he is lurking on eight under, in the next continuing his comeback from

injury chasing that 15th major title. before we go all the get this from the moto2 in austria, this is the japanese rider effectively surfing his bike to safety after losing control and coming off in the wet conditions. look at the replay on this. amazingly he escaped com pletely on this. amazingly he escaped completely unhurt. he only recently returned from another ugly crash, you can see the sparks flying, tha nkfully you can see the sparks flying, thankfully he is all 0k. you can see the sparks flying, thankfully he is all ok. that the sport, next on bbc news it‘s time for travel show. actually it‘s back to me i‘m afraid! we will have the travel show later in the day. more now on the news that the nobel prize winning writer, vs naipaul, has died aged 85. raised in trinidad — he studied at oxford and worked for the bbc before becoming a prolific author.

his best—known works include: a house for mr biswas — the mystic masseur — a bend in the river, and the booker prize—winning — in a free state. as the award panel put it, "works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories . he died at his home in london. the writer, playwright and broadcaster — farrukh dhondy — is a close friend of vs naipaul. he‘s been sharing some of his memories. i really got to know him when the bbc called me and said will you review his book called india, a million mutinies, that is the third book he had written an india and as i read it to review it and go on the bbc to book a programme he wanted to speak to me and i said to him, we will do this, and he said what should we talk about and i said we will talk about your books and he came with the kind of spirit about

what this book man will say to him and when we sat down in front of the cameras i said you seem to have made progress from your first two books on india, it‘s a much more gentle book and he said oh dear, you are already giving the marks. he was opinionated and pompous and did not suffer fools gladly but he did it because his world vision divided the world, he had no idea of nationalism so world, he had no idea of nationalism so if he saw people on the streets in india he would say so in a book and people would say why are you looking at the gutters, look at our achievements and then he would say what achievements, tell me? he noticed all sorts of things he noticed all sorts of things he noticed one guy in the charge of the nuclear programme in india was getting his daughter married by horoscope is so that was a schizophrenia in their thinking and he was right. but people rejected a

you‘re doing dirt on the country, so the nationalists and politically correct people, people with an ideological agenda of hiding this world did not like him, derek walcott, fellow nobel prize winner called him a racist. but i know he has of friends of all sorts of complexion and has no idea of race orany of complexion and has no idea of race or any of that. you looks at africa and the caribbean critically but that‘s not about racism. itjust doesn‘t. that‘s not about racism. itjust doesn't. what this is nobel prize for literature mean to him?|j doesn't. what this is nobel prize for literature mean to him? i will tell you the story, i was back in india and the bbc world at one calls me up and says do you have a landline and i said yeah, other is,

who are you? they said they wanted to talk to us about my friend vs naipaul i asked all my god, is he dead, and they said no, he‘sjust won the nobel prize, i said it was fantastic i called his house, i was told the place had gone wild, there are camera crews and people and he‘s doing an interview with itv right now, but he came on straightaway and he said you have heard of my little spot of good luck! if you‘re planning to catch a movie this weekend, you might be deciding whether to watch one at home or on the big screen. well now it could be big screens. new technology means films can now be projected onto the side walls of the cinema, as well as the main screen, to deliver a more

"immersive" experience. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. it is summer blockbuster season. do you copy? so, audiences are looking forward to the next big thing to excite them at the movies. over the years, there have been plenty of new innovations to try and bring bigger audiences into cinemas. there has been imax where the screen is bigger and more detailed. 3—d, to try and make people feel they are actually there. and now, this, screen x where the image actually surrounds the audience. as well as the pictures being projected onto the main screen, they are also shown on the left and the right walls. the idea is to make a film much more immersive, with viewers also experiencing images through their peripheral vision. it is supported by some of hollywood‘s biggest studios. i fight bad guys like you. them providing additional left and right camera footage is what screen x relies on. as screen x sign up more cinemas, we are confident that more films are going to come into the mix and give opportunity

to come to screen x. so we have heard it a few times before with things like faster frame rates or 3—d, do you think this is the future of cinema, really? we hope so, but we have to stay ahead of the game and keep offering our customers the newest technology coming onto the market to keep them coming into the cinema. the multi—projection system has been put here by the uk‘s biggest cinema chain, cineworld. the multiplex at the 02 in london is the first to showcase the new technology with plans to expand to other sites over the next few months. the real test will be the reaction from audiences. they are the ones who will ultimately decide whether this might just end up as another unsuccessful gimmick or become a widely enjoyed new cinema format. lizo mzimba, bbc news. for happy couples getting married in the uk, hoping for sunshine and a dry day is all part of the pre—wedding buildup.

and, if your big day is soured by a bit of drizzle, spare a thought for this bride in the philippines. this is 24—year old jobel delos angeles struggling up the aisle of the church in a small town near the capital, manila. tropical storm yagi combined with monsoon rains brought heavy flooding to the capital and outlying areas. this facebook video has been shared thousands of times as the couple grin and bear the bizarre conditions inside the church. you can see the 24—year old bride wade through brown floodwaters in a white gown and veil, before greeting her suited groom dressed in flip—flops at the altar. speaking afterwards, delos angeles said her gown got wet and heavy, but she told herself it felt like she was walking on a red carpet. time for a look at the weather here‘s sarah.

you might want to dodge the showers, quite a few around the country, there will be brightness breaking through, a bit of a hit and miss sword of day in terms of the showers, quite cloudy across much of scotla nd showers, quite cloudy across much of scotland and also down towards eastern, south eastern parts of england and here we have outbreaks of rain to the afternoon, from the west to return to sunshine, scattered hit and miss heavy downpours, some of these spots in the west which will continue into the west which will continue into the evening could bring thunderstorms, hail and a lot of heavy rain in quite a short space of time. could be some service what i think in the early hours of monday morning but these will be mild with the temperatures in the mid—20s. monday starts on a fairly cloudy sort of note, still some showers around tomorrow, particularly across parts of scotland, i outbreaks of

light but slow—moving rain, heavy showers were eastern england particularly the likes of yorkshire could be heavy and thundery, top temperatures are around 17—23, some brighter and sunnier weather moving into the south and south—west later on.