this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at 11. rescuers in northern italy continue to search for possible survivors after the collapse of a motorway viaduct in genoa. at least 35 people are known to have died. police name the 29—year—old man who was arrested in yesterday's suspected westminster terror attack as salih kater, a british citizen originally from sudan. detectives charge 31 people with offences including rape and trafficking, after an investigation into sexual offences against children in the huddersfield area. figures shows that higher transport costs sent inflation up to 2.5% last month — it's the first increase since november. the cost of some rail fares will go up by 3.2% next year. the government's suggesting that future fare rises and wage increases should be based on a lower measure of inflation good morning.

welcome to bbc newsroom live a massive rescue operation is continuing, after the collapse of a motorway viaduct in northern italy which has killed at least 38 people. the incident happened yesterday morning in the northern italian city of genoa. jane frances kelly has this report. u nfortu nately, we jane frances kelly has this report. unfortunately, we have got some problems with going to that report. so we will move on. we will bring you the latest from genoa. hopefully we will be live at the scene with oui’ we will be live at the scene with our correspondent, dan johnson. police have named the 29—year—old man who was arrested on the scene of yesterday's suspected westminster

terrorist attack. he's salih khater, who's a british citizen originally from sudan, and is being questioned by police. searches have been carried out at three addresses in the midlands, in connection with the incident. three people were injured after the vehicle hit cyclists and pedestrians during tuesday morning's rush hour. the silver ford fiesta then crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament just before 07:40. a little earlier, tomos morgan gave us this update from westminster 29—year—old sally kater, originally from sudan, a british citizen. initial reports have suggested he resided in birmingham. we understand on monday night he drove from birmingham to london between half past one and six in the morning. his silver ford fiesta was seen driving around tottenham court road in the centre of london. for an hour and a half he was driving around westminster and whitehall before just after 7:30am, driving around

this traffic island, across pretty much right where we are standing here, through the security barriers, and crashing into those heavy duty barriers behind me. he is still being questioned by police in south london. we understand he is not really cooperating. so we still don't know if he is part of any group. wassey working alone? and what is moses —— motives are. the investigation continues. jon ironmonger is at new scotland yard for us. as we were hearing, he is said to not really be cooperating with the police. what is the latest you are hearing? yeah, exactly that. the head of county —— counterterror at scotla nd head of county —— counterterror at scotland yard last night said he was refusing to cooperate under questioning on suspicion of preparing an act of terror. he was arrested after driving the car into

those ballades outside parliament yesterday. we are getting more details about this man. he was a 29—year—old. we know that his name was salih kater. he is 29. until recently he lived above an internet cafe in the sparkbrook area of birmingham. we understand he suffered —— studied accountancy at birmingham university. friends and neighbours said he was a shy, quite taken —— timid man who kept to himself. clearly, the investigation goes on to try and find out about his motives behind this apparent terror attack. indeed he did carry it out willingly. earlier the former assista nt it out willingly. earlier the former assistant commissioner of the met police gave an idea of some of the challenges that officers are facing. there are two things they are trying

to understand. firstly, the ideology and motivation behind the attack. any papers, any documents they find oi'i any papers, any documents they find on his premises, looking online, seeing which website he has been looking at, trying to understand what led to the attack. the second issue is associations. is this a completely solo act, or as someone in the local community bin provoking him -- in the local community bin provoking him —— been provoking him. they are rapidly working through that to understand it. you can see from the police messages at the moment they don't seem to have found anything that suggests it is beyond him. they have to keep an open mind and work quickly. this is the second attack in that area in18 this is the second attack in that area in 18 months. ourany this is the second attack in that area in 18 months. our any new measures likely to be brought in? can anything be done to improve security? cressida dick, the met commissioner, has hinted at such enforcement. there are already has

been a lot that has taken place outside parliament given the recent spate of attacks. we now see these very secure anti—terror barriers outside the houses of parliament. that is what stopped the car make such an impact yesterday. we do have an increased police presence in london for the coming days and a continued police presence, including armed officers, outside parliament. there are already preventative measures in place. the car itself has now been removed from the scene where it crashed into the barriers. the scene has been cleared. all of the roads have been reopened around the roads have been reopened around the area. forensics obviously completing their work. the focus of the investigation has shifted to the midlands. three properties in particular. two in the birmingham area. and in the radford part of nottingham. they are being searched today. thank you very much.

let's go back to the news that rescu e rs let's go back to the news that rescuers in general are inserting throughout the night for survivors after the dramatic collapse of a motorway bridge. dozens of vehicles fell from the bridge. jane frances kelly reports. aerial shots of the floodlit area showed the desperate search to find survivors continue throughout the night. a crane removed debris. some 300 firefighters from across italy used sniffer dogs and climbing gear to help them scare the enormous —— scale the enormous structure. police are still hopeful of finding people alive. infrared images pick out the activity of the rescuers as if they weren't workarounds. hundreds of people have had to move from the area in case other part of the bridge came down. 0h area in case other part of the bridge came down. oh god, oh god was

the cry of a man who saw the tower collapse. a bass section fell to the road. a rescue helicopter revealed the scale of the disaster. the a—lane highway collapsed more than 40 a—lane highway collapsed more than a0 metres onto the valley floor beneath. the exact cause of the disaster is not known. but the italian prime minister has promised a full investigation. translation: from what we have worked out so far deliberate casualties will increase. at this moment it is an incredible tragedy, above all because there has not been an explosion or an accident. we are working on the hypothesis of a structural failure. the viaduct was built in the 1960s to allow access to the italian riviera and the southern coast of france. it was refurbished two years ago. questions are now being raised about how a bridge in one of the wealthiest parts of italy could simply collapse during a summer storm. danjohnson

during a summer storm. dan johnson is during a summer storm. danjohnson is in general are close to the bridge and sent us this update. rescue work is still going on here this morning. unfortunately, it only seems to be the death toll thatis it only seems to be the death toll that is increasing as rescuers get deeper into those piles of rubble. they are only finding more bodies. there is a lot of work still to do. there is a lot of work still to do. there is a huge amount of equipment, a large amount of —— number of rescue teams have been brought in. they have been researched —— refreshed this morning. dogs are going through the rubble. it is like the aftermath of an earthquake. we have seen a similar response from the emergency services. you can make the emergency services. you can make the huge cranes used to shift the huge bits of concrete that fell down onto the buildings below when the bridge collapsed. you get an idea of exactly how much of this bridge collapsed, leaving just the two bets on either side. there was another pillow like that one with the suspension cables stood in the middle of the valley holding the

bridge up yesterday. that disintegrated and collapsed mid day during this intense shower. we understand the bridge was struck by lightning. there is this belief you that that could have been enough to bring down a sturdy concrete structure that had stood for more than 50 years. the question for investigators is what was it that led to that catastrophic collapse? what went wrong? there is a scrutiny of the maintenance record of this bridge. questions about whether it had been maintained properly and about whether work that was done on the bridge recently, or two years ago when it was refurbished, whether that work could have led to some sort of weakening of the bridge that meant it came down yesterday with the winds and the heavy rains. politicians have been to visit the site. the prime minister was here yesterday. the deputy prime minister is due later today. they have called foran is due later today. they have called for an investigation and for people to be held accountable but for the minute there is still a rescue and

recovery effort to conclude here. and a huge amount of disruption to this city. it is notjust that road thatis this city. it is notjust that road that is cut off. there is a huge pa rt that is cut off. there is a huge part of the town cordoned off with about a00 people having been evacuated, while the emergency services search through the rubble to make everything save. let's get the latest from tim wilcox live in genoa. thank you. the city of genoa in the north—west of italy has declared two days of mourning following what they say is the worst european bridge disaster in many decades. the number of dead officially stands at 38. that is expected to rise further because there are still people unaccounted for. this bridge here was built 50 years ago, and alongside the grief in this city, there is also growing anger about there is also growing anger about the state of the infrastructure of this bridge, which has been more as

macro less on a state of constant repair ever since it was built in 1967. it was built with reinforced concrete. 0ne architect said a couple of years ago it was an engineering failure and should never have been constructed like this. the locals we have been speaking to agree with that. and actually at the time of this disaster yesterday, just over 2a hours ago, one of the supports for the bridge was undergoing maintenance work, trying to shore up the foundations. according to one eyewitness there was a lightning strike which caused that to come them. i don't know if you can see behind, this is about a 100 metre stretch of bridge. because that support fell, everything came tumbling down. the one very lucky lorry driver up there, he slammed the brakes on just lorry driver up there, he slammed the brakes onjust in time lorry driver up there, he slammed the brakes on just in time as that whole section came down. politically know the government is blaming the

eu and the austerity measures which it says doesn't allow the country dispel on infrastructure. they are also bringing —— blaming the autostrade company for not fulfilling its maintenance contract. 0ne deputy prime minister and one transport minister has already said the finger of blame can be levelled at that company and the fact that they didn't carry out the maintenance work. a huge political row building not only with europe, within the country as well. that is mixed up with the grief of people who are now recognising that the number of dead is going to climb probably much higher than 38. thank you, tim. uk inflation rose to 2.5% injuly, after holding steady at 2.a% in the previous three months, as the cost of transport and computer games increased. it was the first jump in the consumer prices index

measure since november, and was in line with forecasts. meanwhile, the retail prices index measure of inflation fell to 3.2%. this figure will be used to set january's rail fare increases i'm joined by our economics correspondent, andy verity. explain ina explain in a nutshell the difference between those two rates? in a word, the difference is 0.7% if you look at the actual numbers. what you mean to ask is why do they come out with different numbers, and why are the differences used in different ways? so, for example, the consumer prices indexis so, for example, the consumer prices index is the official one targeted by the bank of england. when it sets interest rates it looks at the cpi. the retail prices index has been discredited for years. it has not been used as the official measure for more than ten years of inflation. in the last five years,

the office for national statistics doesn't even put it on the front page of that announcement. you have to borrow through the announcement to borrow through the announcement to find it. that makes it all the more puzzling that the government still uses it for example to set the cap on rail fares. still uses it for example to set the cap on railfares. the cap says it is rpi. slightly less than people feared. nevertheless, it means that rail fares feared. nevertheless, it means that railfares in feared. nevertheless, it means that rail fares in january feared. nevertheless, it means that railfares injanuary can go up by 3.2%, the regulated ones. 3.2% is a lot more than pay rises. that means that rail tickets become less affordable. and if you look at, for example, the amount people are earning, 2.7%. the cpi is 2.5%. if rail prices were going up with that, there would be more affordable. it was one of the comment's biggest austerity measures about eight years ago that they took... it changed the official lawbreaking is, so pensions rose only in line with the cpi

rather than the rpi. that was the biggest single austerity measures they talk. although it seems like a tiny little difference when we talk about it like this, over the years compound interest accrues. you are talking about a saving to the government billions. they will use it when setting student loan interest as macro setting a rail fa res interest as macro setting a rail fares cap. interesting. we are going to be talking more about that. as we have been hearing, the higher retail price index is used to set regulated rail fare rises. chris grayling has written to the unions and the rail industry, suggesting the consumer price index should be used instead. the rate of consumer price index inflation was 2.5%. chris grayling explained his reasoning for wanting to change the measure. the big issue is can we move the

industry towards a lower level of inflation calculation? that requires the unions to play ball. it is the case that salaries amounted to about half of the cost of the industry as a whole. you can't make adjustments without working with the unions. i'm disappointed they have said no. they have said they want their members to have said they want their members to have higher pay rises than anybody else. i'm joined in the studio by steve hedley, the senior assistant general secretary of rail union, the rmt. thank you for coming in. we were just hearing the history of it. how rpi has not been used for ten years as the official gauge of inflation. so why shouldn't rail workers pay be linked to cpi in the same way the transport secretary is saying rail fa res transport secretary is saying rail fares should be linked to cpi? to the rich brennan mp who voted themselves above rpi increases every

year, and seem to spend most of that time spent —— set on the backside is filling in expenses forms, that they are saying we should be limited to cpi. cpi is an austerity measure. what they have tried to do is reduce the money that they are given to workers. that is the plan. by taking out things like your mortgage and the rail fares currently there. you can't pay your bills. you can't pay your gas bills. you can't say you're not going to pay the rpi. use a cpi is an austerity measure but it's actually the measure that is used from most other public sector pay rises. in general, average earnings have gone up by 2.7%. average earnings are trailing inflation, they are even trailing cpi. we can't have a race to the bottom. we aren't

responsible for the financial crisis. we are not responsible for the mess that is a privatised railway system where hundreds of millions of pounds are extracted every year and put in the pockets of shareholders and the absolute parasites like richard branson, who pay no tax off the back of it. why should workers suffer when these people refuse to pay their taxes? the rail delivery group says eve ryo ne the rail delivery group says everyone panca ked the rail delivery group says everyone pancaked in fares, 98p goes back into running and improving the railways. they say that actually the increased fares are basically underpinning once in a generation investment in the railways. what they have failed to mention is the fa ct they have failed to mention is the fact they are top up by government subsidies. if they don't lead to predicted profits, they have revenue protection, which gives them even more money. the government's own think tank shows that if the ra i lwa ys think tank shows that if the railways were renationalised, and the middlemen cut out of it, there

would be £1 billion a year more that could go, partly to be invested in the industry and partly to keep fa res lower. the industry and partly to keep fares lower. you are not happy with the fact fares are going up. that's absolutely right. the transport secretary is saying, yeah, we do wa nt to secretary is saying, yeah, we do want to see lower increases, so we would go —— like to use this lower rate of inflation, and therefore it makes sense, he says, for a rail workers to accept the same rate of inflation when it comes to pay. what we are talking about is tinkering with the system, making workers pay for the most inefficient system in europe. people are praying five times as much as they are paying on the continent. instead of going after people earning hundreds of million pounds in our industry due to privatisation, money can be used for a better service and keep fares low, he is going after the working class, which is unacceptable. thank you. an update on the

headlines. rescuers in northern italy are continuing to search for possible survivors after the colla pse possible survivors after the collapse of a motorway viaduct in genoa. at least 38 people are known to have died. a 29—year—old man who was arrested in yesterday's suspected westminster terror attack has been named as salih kater. he is originally from saddam. detectives have charged 31 people with offences including rape and trafficking after an investigation in huddersfield. in sport, the ecb independent investigation, which will decide if ben stokes will face any further action, will begin after the third test against india. he was found not guilty of a fray yesterday. england and worcester centre ben t'eo said injury problems made him contemplate his future in the sport. he missed the tour to south africa but hopes to return in the early part of the new season. and kyle edmund is out

of the cincinnati masters after losing his second round tie to denis shapovalov. more on all those stories that have passed. —— at half—past. an official investigation in the american state of pennsylvania has found that more than a thousand children were victims of sexual abuse by catholic priests dating back to the 19a0s. the grand jury believes there are more victims out there. we should emphasise, that while the list of priests is long, we don't think we got them all. we feel certain that many victims never came forward, and that the diocese did not create written records severy single time they heard somethjing about abuse. cbs correspondentjohn schiumo is in new york for us. this has been a long time coming? yes. just the 18 month investigation

has concluded that this has been a story in pennsylvania whispered about four really decades and it took a long time for enough victims took a long time for enough victims to come forward to get this investigation going. as you mentioned, it named some 301 predator priests who allegedly sexually abused more than a thousand children over 70 years. very troubling. the report concluded senior church officials knew about the abuse committed by priests but routinely covered it up. it is full of damning details and information. it is also unlikely to result in justice for most of the victims. the statute of limitations prevents most of those named in the report from being legally held accountable. where do the authorities go from here? what is likely to happen from here? what is likely to happen from here? i'm sorry, likely to happen is potentially some lawsuits against the diocese. a couple of people will eventually face legal charges. the

catholic church here in america has gone to great lengths to say they've already started to write these wrong is. but these wrongs are simply horrendous. allegations include priests allegedly using whips to sexually assault the young victims, child pornography pictures being taken. the child pornography pictures being ta ken. the church child pornography pictures being taken. the church has a lot to do, a lot more to do, to convince even its own parishioners that these wrongs are truly being righted. thank you. detectives have charged 31 people in huddersfield area on a series of charges, including rape. west yorkshire police say the five alleged victims were girls aged between 12 and 18, with the offence is said to have occurred between 2005 and 2012. it was 20 years ago today that a bomb ripped

through the town of 0magh, killing 29 people, making it the biggest single atrocity of the troubles in northern ireland. the town will later host a vigil of "remembrance and hope" to mark the anniversary. chris page is in 0magh ahead of the commemorations. yes, it is going to be a poignant day of reflection and remembrance. the 15th of august, 1998 was a saturday. the street over there was busy with shoppers. the bombing was carried out by a dissident republican group, the real ira, were opposed to the good friday agreement signed a few months earlier. £500 of explosives. up the road where the glass memorial is, they telephoned a warning but the wrong location was given for the bomb. the police thought the bomb was at the courthouse at the top of the street,

so they evacuated that area. people we re so they evacuated that area. people were actually running down the street towards the car which contained the bomb whenever it went off. emma va rdy contained the bomb whenever it went off. emma vardy has more on the events of 20 years ago. as if in permanent remembrance, 0magh exists each day under the shadow of this terrible atrocity. many here are still coping with the consequences of the bomb which was detonated on the town's main high street. i will never forget the last time i saw aidan. he walked out of the kitchen and looked back and said, "i won't be long." michael gallagher's son had gone to town that day to buy a pairofjeans. the sound of the bomb which detonated at 3:10pm could be heard from miles away. aidan and never returned home. he was one of 29 people killed that day, including a woman pregnant with twins. more than 200 were injured. this afternoon, families will gather for what will be the final official commemoration of the 0magh bomb.

the attack was claimed at the time by the so—called real ira, but despite thousands of hours of investigation and many arrests, there has never been any criminal convictions for these killings. some have given up hope of finding answers, but others like michael gallagher have campaigned to try to bring about a public enquiry. we feel that there has to be answers even 20 years on, because this was a crime that every sane person in ireland would have wanted to see the people responsible for behind bars. today the focus will be on those whose lives were taken from this attack, and 0magh's survivors, who live with the loss. the people taking part in the cross

community vigil of remembrance this afternoon will include church leaders, relatives of those who died and former members of the emergency services who were here on the day of the bombing, the people who tried to bring humanity amidst the horror. just after three o'clock, exactly two decades since the bomb exploded, a bell will ring out. it will appeal 31 times, once for each life lost. then a 32nd time to commemorate all of the victims of terrorism around the world. as emma was saying in a report, the families have decided this would be the last annual commemoration to be held in 0magh. they will continue to hold significant anniversaries. but they feel now is an appropriate time given that two decades have passed, to stop the annual commemoration. so families can mourn in a more private way on this day in years to come. some families have given up hope of ever getting justice for their loved ones. some others will campaign on.

you heard michael gallagher calling for a public enquiry into the atrocity. but more than anything else, today will be a day to remember the people who were killed in northern ireland's worst ever atrocity during the troubles. thank you very much. now here's the weather with simon king. thank you. we have quite a bit of cloud across the uk at the moment. 0utbreaks cloud across the uk at the moment. outbreaks of showery rain towards the north—west. it is not going to be raining all afternoon. it is quite patchy. certainly here in northern ireland, fairly nice cloud escapes with the showers moving through. the rain becoming a bit more intense, heavier across the far north—west of scotland. towards eastern scotland, something brighter. showery rain in north—west england and wales. the further north and —— south and east you go it will remain dry. temperatures 2a to 26. further north, it will not feel

particularly chilly. quite a mild afternoon. tonight the rain will move further south and east. it will turn a little bit heavy in northern areas. it will work for the southward as we go through thursday. rain pushing into the south—east. cooler, fresher conditions. bye—bye. you are watching bbc news. the latest headlines... emergency crews have been scouring for survivors amidst the wreckage of a motorway bridge that collapsed yesterday in northern italy, leaving 38 dead. ca rs northern italy, leaving 38 dead. cars and lorries fell over 100 feet when the bridge in came down. the name of the 29—year—old man suspected thought to have carried

out yesterdays attack has been released. salih khater is a british citizen from sudan who had been studying accountancy at coventry university until may. 31 people have been charged with sex offencesincluding children—rape and trafficking, alleged to have been carried out in huddersfield between 2005 and 2012. uk inflation rose to 2.5% injuly, the firstjump since last november, with experts citing rising prices for computer games and transport fares as factors for the increase. rail fares are to go up by 3.2% injanuary, determined by the increase in the rpi inflation index. however transport secretary chris grayling has called for rail fares and wages to instead follow the lower consumer prices index. sport now, here'sjohn watson. many thanks. the ecb's independent investigation to decide if ben stokes is to face any further action will begin after the third test with

india at trent bridge. stokes was recalled to the england squad hours after the not guilty verdict of affray yesterday. team—mate alex hales was also involved. two of them could possibly face sanctions when the panel meets. jonathan agnew reports. as i understand it the new german of the board and the chief executive are going to go and see stokes before anything else happens and work out where they go from here and work out where they go from here and where stokes goes from here. he has a management team of his own and i would be hoping that they would be saying, listen, if you've got to sort yourself out, this can't carry on. it is the firebrand nature that makes him the cricketer that he is. 0n the field it is jailed and focused on bowling or batting or whatever it might be. but clearly there is an issue away from the cricket field that he has to address. what will happen in this hearing is that the cricket this up and recommission, which is independent to the board, will look at that footage and everything else around it, if notjust a cctv, which will be around for ever, of course,

and they have to decide weather or not on that night the game was brought into disrepute, weather or not the image of that is right for the game. i know there is some discussion on social media, saying he is not guilty so that should be the end of it, well, that is not how it works. as a former cricketer myself i know that you sign contract clauses in which you say that you will not bring the game into disrepute. it's the image thing, it's kids, the whole business of how sport works. and that is why there is this disciplinary process. and i would be surprised if both he and alex hales are not found to have brought the game into disrepute. alex hales are not found to have brought the game into disreputem was a costly night for celtic, who missed out on a place in the jumpy and sleek group phase after losing in the second leg of last night's qualifier. 1—1 from the first leg, if they had to score against the greek champions aek but they went down 2—0 in athens. they did manage to pull one goal back. they miss out

ona to pull one goal back. they miss out on a spot in the lucrative group phase for the first time under brendan rodgers and the £a0 million that it would have brought. they will now play a team from latvia all it away near for a place will now play a team from latvia all it away nearfor a place in will now play a team from latvia all it away near for a place in the europa league. wilfried zaha has signed a new contract with crystal palace. he has been regularly linked with a move away. he has committed himself to the club until 2023. kyle edmund is out of the cincinnati masters. the british number one lost in the second round in straight sets to the canadian denis shapovalov. serena williams is also out having been beaten by petra kvitova. tymal mills had a night to remember as sussex shots pulled off a dramatic win over glamorgan in the t20 blast. the welsh side were needing a pretty remarkable turnaround to get the win. mills took two wickets in two balls to set up a hat—trick opportunity to close the innings... and well, he didn't let it pass,

what a performance. sussex winning by 98 runs. the england and worcester centre ben te'o says his injury problems left him contemplating his future in the by. contemplating his future in the rugby. the 31—year—old had just recovered from a serious ankle injury when he missed the south africa tour with england because of a five problem. he is now targeting a five problem. he is now targeting a return in the early part of the new season. you want to do everything you can to get back. i've come back from some tough injuries and once you're back, its brilliant but the time off is tough. and when you're off and you're working hard and people just ask, you're off and you're working hard and peoplejust ask, where you're off and you're working hard and people just ask, where are you? why aren't you playing? can be sometimes it can be like, i would love to make this go quicker but i can't. sometimes it can go back—to—back to back, if the same as a few other boys here, if you just can't get away from it. i'm praying and hoping that i can get fit and playing it doesn't come back. that

is the sport for now. it's a year since the scottish government introduced the baby box scheme. they contain clothes, toys and a mattress so the box can be used as a safe sleeping space and are given free of charge to every new parent. earlier this month, the royal college of midwives called for the boxes to be given out in england, too. but critics say the £9 million that has been spent on them in scotland so far could have helped families in poverty. 0ur scotland correspondent catriona renton reports. it's time for a rest for five—week—old baby grace, but this is not her bed, it's her baby box. for the past year, the scottish government has been offering them to all babies born here, packed with essentials like clothes and nappies. and for grace, a useful refuge from her older siblings. when it arrived i was surprised about how much stuff was in there,

some really practical things, clothes, everything that you forget you need but you really need at the beginning of having a baby and you don't really have time to do that when everything is going on so it was really nice that it was all there. over 52,000 boxes have been gifted to newborns in scotland in the past year. they cost £160 each, and so far the scottish government has spent almost £9 million on them. this is our warehouse where we keep our stock donations. this baby and family support service in the north of glasgow works like a food bank. it was originally set up to help people with all the things new babies need. in here we have some of our prams. we have our car seats, we have our cots and cotbeds and our buggies. the baby boxes are a nice idea, but we don't live in a world where nice is needed. personally i would have preferred to see the money invested in baby boxes being invested in somehow

helping these parents to achieve these big necessities that are too expensive for most of them. the scottish government says the boxes help give babies the best start in life. there's no proof that sleeping in the boxes reduces infant mortality, but the royal college of midwives says the benefits of giving a baby its own sleep space is likely to reduce the risks associated with unsafe co—sleeping. they now want the scheme introduced throughout the uk. catriona renton, bbc news. dr mary ross davie, the director for scotland at the royal college of midwives, joins me now from glasgow. thank you very much forjoining us. what do you think are the benefits of these boxes? i think there are so many benefits to the boxes, to the scheme that we have seen in scotland. you saw there on the video how delighted grace's mother was to receive the box and all the really useful items that are in there. i think lots of people have focused on the boxes as being a sleep space but you saw there how many really useful

items are in there, things people don't necessarily think about buying, gear thermometers, a thermometerfor buying, gear thermometers, a thermometer for the bath and for the ba by‘s thermometer for the bath and for the baby's bedroom thermometer for the bath and for the ba by‘s bedroom and thermometer for the bath and for the baby's bedroom and a really lovely sling so that parents can carry their babies more easily, which makes life much easier with a newborn baby. there's box and play mats and all sorts of things in there that can give all babies that equal, if best start in life. what about the question of whether it should be governed and funded? there are should be governed and funded? there a re calls should be governed and funded? there are calls for it to be expanded to cover in gland as well, but some are saying, the cost of it, around £9 million, if could be better spent on targeted sport for families who really need it? i'm really glad that i live and work in a country that's making this kind of commitment to new families and babies. by offering this to all families. we often in many walks of life talk about how we would like to be more like scandinavia, we're envious of many

of their outcomes in terms of reducing health inequalities and this is putting our money where our mouth is in terms of trying to do something practical about reducing health inequalities. when you read reports by experts like michael marmot about reducing health inequalities, if what they say is that just by providing inequalities, if what they say is thatjust by providing very targeted support the most deprived, if that isn't how you actually make the most impact on reducing health inequalities. what we really need to do provide excellent universal services and support to families. so, how do these boxes reduce health inequalities and make a difference to outcomes in the long—term? inequalities and make a difference to outcomes in the long-term? jonny walton we know is that having a new babyis walton we know is that having a new baby is a very expensive time the families, it can feel very stressful and not all families are pictureperfect, where they have lots of financial resources or family support or their pregnancy is planned. and so those families can have really very little to provide for their baby. that can lead to

situations where babies don't have the resources they need, they might be unsafe co—sleeping with parents, maybe on sofas, and that is unsafe so there are all sorts of ways that the boxes can reduce inequality. also it is a very strong message to families to say, your baby is welcome and important and all babies here are seen as equal. thank you very much for talking to us. let's return now to the news that at least 38 people have died after a section of motorway bridge collapsed in the italian city of genoa. more than a00 firefighters and rescue workers worked through the night in the hope of finding survivors trapped in spaces beneath thousands of tonnes of rubble. police say around 30 cars and a number of lorries were on the bridge when it collapsed, when it collapsed, falling a5 metres. joining me now from finale ligure, near genoa, is daniele quarta, a resident. thank you very much forjoining us.

i know that your brother was on the bridge driving a lorryjust minutes before it collapsed, tell us where he was and what he experienced? good morning. my brother is a truck driver and he was doing that road, he is doing that road every day to deliver goods and it was about five minutes afterwards he was already down the ramp, going up and just he didn't see anything. and his boss called him and told him the bridge collapsed. so it wasjust called him and told him the bridge collapsed. so it was just five minutes before on that bridge. how has he been about it? obviously, shocking to know that if he had been there a few minutes later, if he may well have been caught up in this? absolutely, yes. he knows about it and hejust absolutely, yes. he knows about it and he just called absolutely, yes. he knows about it and hejust called me absolutely, yes. he knows about it and he just called me straightaway, because he knows that i know his movement and just to reassure me he was fine. and also some people in

the family were there about ten minutes after it happened with the service is trying to take people out of the cars. -- with the services. lots of questions about what has happened here. what are your feelings on what has happened and the impact of it? i personal feeling __ my the impact of it? i personal feeling —— my personal feeling, the impact of it? i personal feeling —— my personalfeeling, in the past, many errors have been done, trying to mend it with some works on the bridge but it didn't succeed, as you can see, and lots of questions to be put now for the government and the region and the mayor, especially to the private, the ones which are dealing with the repair of the motorway, which is a private motorway, which is a private motorway, it was getting funded from the government and it is one of the most expensive motorways in europe.

because it is all built on bridges in italy and that's why it's so expensive to maintain. so now, we have to put things together and everybody has to solve the problem of our city, which is now logistically loads of problems because we have a port, lots of trucks are coming from all over europe to genoa port and also to the people working and living in genoa and they love genoa, becausejenna legg is a great city, generally needs the tourists because we need to keep going and we will keep going the best way. how important is that bridge and what impact is it going to have that it is not there? temperatures very important, a new bridge has got to be built. now, the impact will be naturally tremendous, because we need another bridge. but before that, there is an alternative

route so the transport can be done by train to the port and the people have to use not the motorway but a normal road. so, the train system has to be improved, so the train system needs to be improved, so the government has to put some money on the train system so people can come on the train to work in the city and public transport, so that's what we need to do now. the city needs to have a good, if transport. daniel pudil thank you very much for joining us. turkey is to raise tariffs on a wide range of goods imported from the united states, the latest move in a developing trade war between the two countries. the increased rates will apply to cars, alcohol and tobacco.the turkish vice—president said the move was a response to what he called deliberate attacks on his country's

economy by the us administration. mps say the uk needs to boost its defences, to deal with the increasing threat posed by russia in the arctic. the commons defence committee says vladimir putin is building up a heavy military presence along the arctic coastline. it argues the government must show greater ambition and commit more resources to the region. thousands of students are getting their b—tec results today. they're vocational qualifications and an alternative to traditional a—levels. my colleague steph mcgovern has spent the morning with students gateshead college who've been finding out how well they've done: hello from gateshead college, where lots of students are getting the results of their vocational qualifications. you can see some of the catering guys here today. natasha, what did you get?|j the catering guys here today. natasha, what did you get? i have got my level to nvq for food and beverage service. what are you going to do next? i am going to go on to level three next year so i can work in hotels and become a conference organiser. good luck with its. so many different types of students here. we have got apprentices with

ford as well who do the training on thejob as ford as well who do the training on the job as well as at college. that is what vocational qualifications are, if it's about the work experience as well as the theoretical assignments they have to do. we have got hairdressing here as well. sarah has just do. we have got hairdressing here as well. sarah hasjust got do. we have got hairdressing here as well. sarah has just got her result as well. 0ver well. sarah has just got her result as well. over here we have got kayleigh, what have you got?|j as well. over here we have got kayleigh, what have you got? i got a distinction star double distinction level three which is equivalent to three as in a—levels. level three which is equivalent to three as in a-levels. what are you going to do next? i am going to go to northumbria university to become a midwife. so this has got you in it. i have got triple distinction star which i'm over the moon about. what is it for? business studies which i absolutely love. what are you going to do next?” which i absolutely love. what are you going to do next? i am going to go to uni and study business in hull. thank you very much for chatting to us. it is about 3.8 million people doing vocational qualifications in all manner of things last year and that compares

with around 1.5 million people doing a—levels in england. now, one of those who has done very well from her b—tech is max whitlock, of course double 0lympic her b—tech is max whitlock, of course double olympic champion gymnast. thanks for joining course double olympic champion gymnast. thanks forjoining us. you did a b—tech in sport, what did it involve and why did you do it?” did a b—tech in sport, what did it involve and why did you do it? i did it because it absolutely suited me down to the ground. it was a no—brainer because i had pressures from gymnastics out of the school so it helped in that way by the way it was structured. and for me it's taught me so much in terms of learning the skills that i can tra nsfer towards learning the skills that i can transfer towards my sport and towards business that i'm running now. timekeeping, organisation, hitting deadlines and setting targets. that's why i'm passionate about putting pushing it for others to get the benefits from it as well. that's what vocational training is about, isn't it? it's on—the—job. yeah, getting stuck in and that is the best way you learn. gymnastics the best way you learn. gymnastics the best way you learn is getting on and doing it, 100% the best way to learn. that's why not more young

people are doing it, because it's so beneficial for them for the future level thank you very much for joining us. i'm going to leave you with the wonderful performing arts stu d e nts with the wonderful performing arts students here. take it away, guys! that's if from me here at gateshead college. # i wannabe... let mejust bring # i wannabe... let me just bring you some more news on the rest over the attack yesterday at westminster, a car was driven into cyclists and crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament. police have just put out a statement confirming the identity of the man in custody, 29—year—old salih khater. he was originally arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of acts

of terrorism. we are hearing now from police that he was then arrested again for attempted murder. so he is now being questioned on suspicion of facts of terror is and also attempted murder. he is said to be not cooperating with the lease and he was not known to security services. we will bring you any more updates as we get them. now for people out on the road on their summer holidays, where to stop for a toilet break can often be a cause for concern. the bbc has learnt that some uk high streets and tourist hot spots now no longer have any council—run public toilets — with public toilet provision on the decline. according to figures obtained by the bbc under the freedom of information law, at least 673 public toilets across the uk have stopped being maintained by major councils since 2010, while the population has continued to rise. joining us from belfast to discuss these findings is raymond martin, the managing director of the british toilet association.

ididn't i didn't know there was a british toilet association until now! thank you very much forjoining us. what is going on with the provision of public toilets? well, unfortunately councils are finding themselves cash traps because the government withdrew about 20% of their funding. for some reason the councils have provided toilets for almost the last century but they're now finding they have to do things like clean the streets and look after parks and they can no longer afford to be maintaining as many public toilets. they are not closing all of them, if a lot of them have decided to give the best ones opened once they really need. but it is causing a crisis with lots of people around the country, all of us need to use the country, all of us need to use the where are away from home but it particularly people with disabilities and things like pregnant mums and families with children are all finding this very extremely vexing problem. are they really needed? extremely vexing problem. are they really needed ? restaurants, extremely vexing problem. are they really needed? restaurants, pubs, cafes will have lose that people can

use? some of them do but quite a few of them as we all know have signs in the windows saying, our customers are for toilets only. as well as that they have opening and closing hours whereas public toilets are open very open in the morning for drivers going to work and also in the evenings for people enjoy in the parks or beaches and amenities. so it isa parks or beaches and amenities. so it is a balance between what the council provide and what the shopowners do. it's not one or other, it's about the overall provision around the country. thank you very much. and you can go to bbc.co.uk/news to find out whether the number of public toilets in your area has gone up or down, using our interactive map. ijust want i just want to correct something that we reported on just a few moments ago. i was telling you that the 29—year—old man who has been

arrested following the terror attack in westminster yesterday has been arrested now on suspicion notjust of the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism but also for attempted murder. he is salih khater, a british citizen of sudanese origin. the mistake you may have seen on the screen indicated that he had been charged over those alleged offences. well, he has not been charged, that was an error on our part. so, ijust wanted to make absolutely clear he has not been charged but he is being questioned on suspicion of acts of terror and also attempted murder. so, he remains in custody and he remains being questioned. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. rescuers in northern italy continue to search for possible survivors after the collapse of a motorway viaduct in genoa, at least 38 people are known to have died.

the 29—year—old man who was arrested in yesterday's suspected westminster terror attack has been named as salih khater, a british citizen originally from sudan. detectives have charged 31 people with offences including rape and trafficking after an investigation into sexual offences against children in the huddersfield area. i'm vishala sri—pathma with the business news. higher transport costs has sent inflation up to 2.5% injuly. chief executive pay rose by 11% last year to almost £am, much higher than rises for workers. the highest total payout was £a7.1million. jeff fairburn took that home — he's the boss of persimmon. the rise came despite criticism from investors and government about excessive salaries, about excessive salaries. the competition and markets authority has published a report

on customer service at banks. the royal bank of scotland came joint bottom along with clydesdale bank. first direct, which is owned by hsbc, came top with 85% of its customers satisfied. customers were asked how likely they would be to recommend their bank on a number of measures, such as overall customer service, online and mobile banking, overdrafts and services in branches. welcome to the business news. back to our top story on train fares. train travellers are to be hit by a further increase in ticket prices from january 2019. we now know that the price of train tickets will rise by 3.2% in january, the price of train tickets will rise by 3.2% injanuary, based on the latest inflation data from the office for national. that's slightly lower than the rise analysts had been predicting but this will push the price of some season tickets up by hundreds of pounds.

and it also follows a 3.6% hike in january this year, the steepest rise in five years. so, the real issue here is that fare increases are far outstripping any rise in wages. on tuesday, the 0ns said that average earnings, excluding bonuses, rose by 2.7% for the three months to june. joining us now is liz martins, chief uk economist at hsbc. thanks forjoining us. first off, can we get some clarification on the different measures of inflation? we've got cpi and rpi, can you define the two for us? well, rpi is an older major, somewhat discredited now, actually, it's a different methodology. cpi is the current one, the won the bank of england uses to look at inflation. it's about a percentage point usually than rpi. so what has happened here is that we heard from the government today saying that actually wages of workers should take a bit of a cut

perhaps by using a different measure of inflation so therefore they can then pass on that saving to customers? yes. so, cpi inflation is low so i mean it is a lower cost and some things have moved from rpi to cpi. but a lot of things still use the older rpi index. from an economic perspective it makes sense to use the new one. however clearly if the prices are still going up by 396 if the prices are still going up by 3% and wages are going up by 2%, then wage owners and consumers are losing out. thank you very much for joining us. a quick look at the markets before we go. sterling is lower against the dollar today. that's it from the business. the headlines are coming up on bbc news channel. in a moment we'll say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first, we leave you with a look at the weather. thank you. we have got a bit of

sunshine out there at the moment for but for many others it has been clouded his knowledge of it will remain quite cloudy this afternoon with the addition of some outbreaks of rangers if you have got the sunshine such as this weather watcher here in cambridge, it's quite warm, temperatures getting up to 2a higher —26 in the best of those sunny breaks. still some showers across wales and the north—west of england. persistent rain moving into north—western areas of scotla nd rain moving into north—western areas of scotland this afternoon. temperatures even where you have got the cloud and the rain getting up to about 19—21. quite a breeze for many of us, especially in the far north—west. 0vernight tonight, rain will edge further south and eastwards. behind it, some fresher conditions and as the rain moves to the south—east it is going to linger on into the afternoon before clearing the way. but for all of us much fresher. temperatures down by a

few degrees. this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. these are the top stories developing at midday. rescuers in northern italy continue to search for survivors after the collapse of a motorway viaduct in genoa. at least 38 people are known to have died. translation: we have been working to find survivors. we never ceased throughout the night. the 29—year—old man who was arrested in yesterday's suspected westminster terror attack has been further arrested for attempted murder. he's also been named as salih kater. detectives charge 31 people with offences including rape and trafficking, after an investigation into sexual offences against children in the huddersfield area. figures show that higher transport costs sent inflation up to 2.5% last month — it's the first increase since november. the cost of some rail fares could go up by a maximum of 3.2% next year. the government's suggesting that future pay rises should be based

on a lower measure of inflation. the rmt union says that's unacceptable. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a massive rescue operation is continuing, after the collapse of a motorway viaduct in northern italy which has killed at least 38 people. the incident happened yesterday morning in the city of genoa. live to the scene and my colleague, tim willcox. two days of official mourning have been declared in genoa following the colla pse

been declared in genoa following the collapse of this motorway bridge behind me and the confirmed number of dead now standing at 39. there are still several more missing. that number is expected to rise. heavy cranes and having lifting gear behind me are pulling chunks of concrete away. but according to red cross workers we have in speaking to, hopes that any survivors will be found have now passed. at the same time there was a big political row brewing as well. the people who have been running this motorway section, autostrade, have been directly blamed by political leaders, who are also accusing the eu of not spending enough on infrastructure projects following the years of austerity that this country have to go through. it's just over a 2a—hour is ago that a major thunderstorm hit one of the central pillars of this bridge. 0ne one of the central pillars of this bridge. one of the pillarsjust one of the central pillars of this bridge. one of the pillars just at the edge of the river bank here and on the embankment there, which came

crashing down. lightning, according to eyewitnesses, striking it. within seconds a section came down. you can see from the images behind me lorries braking, swerving to a standstill, as the bridge collapsed before them. those drivers had a hugely lucky escape. for 35 other vehicles and four heavy goods lorries, they came crashing down. after some of the survivors were found, unfortunately now feared that all the others, still trapped, be dead. let's get the first report on this disaster by jane frances kelly. another day of this disaster stretches ahead as the desperate search for survivors continues. 0vernight aerial shots showed the around the clock operation. a crane removed debris. 300 firefighters from across italy used sniffer dogs and climbing gearto from across italy used sniffer dogs and climbing gear to help them scale

the enormous structure. infrared images pick out the ceaseless activity of the rescuers as if they we re activity of the rescuers as if they were worker ands. hundreds of people have had to move from the area in case other parts of the bridge came down. "0h, case other parts of the bridge came down. "oh, god, oh, god," was the words of the man who saw the tower come down. a vast section fell to the ground. a rescue helicopter revealed the scale of the disaster. the a—lane highway collapsed more than a0 metres to the valley floor beneath. the exact cause of the disaster is not known but the prime minister has promised a full investigation. translation: from what we have worked out so far, the number of casualties will increase. at this moment it is an incredible tragedy. above all because there has not been an explosion or an accident but we are working on the hypothesis of structural failure. the viaduct was built in the 1960s

and was designed to allow access to the italian riviera and the southern coast of france. it was refurbished two years ago. questions are being raised about how a breach in one of the wealthiest parts of italy could simply collapse during a summer storm. let's speak to enrico letta, professor of transportation and an economist. you know the infrastructure of italy well. many people we have been speaking to have said that this bridge was a disaster waiting to happen. was it? yes. a numberof engineers in waiting to happen. was it? yes. a number of engineers in technical reports reported that this —— this infrastructure was quickly degrading. it needed higherand higher maintenance. millions of euros were spent on maintaining this

bridge. why wasn't that enough? the maintenance costs we ren't bridge. why wasn't that enough? the maintenance costs weren't nowadays much higher than the cost of replacing it, abolishing it and building another bridge. the problem is there is no alternative for the traffic of the city of the port, and of the entire region from the west to the east. so for this reason it was not possible to stop the operation of this bridge for a couple of years. if not by planning an alternative structure first. it has now been planned and approved but not realised. 25 million vehicles crossed this bridge every year. that is a phenomenal amount of transport. is one of the problem is that when this was finished in 1967, nobody had any concept of how busy this bridge would become? yeah. from that time until now transportation

has increased by a factor of 20. that is in the world. it is in this area by a factor of four. so it quite reasonable. it is more than was seen in the 505 and 605.25 year5 was seen in the 505 and 605.25 years ago people came to claim for another infrastructure. it should have been planned and realised instead of postponing it. this is a big political row now as well because your new populist government says the austerity measures that europe has not released enough money for infrastructure. his italy needing billions to be spent on it? it is like some helter—skelter, some mad maze of concrete tunnels and flyovers, all of which looks pretty ancient now? maintenance have been

done properly. this will be made 5ure by the magistrates in this ca5e. 5ure by the magistrates in this case. there is a political problem. the poor quality not only of the infrastructure but of the politics in italy, because an alternative ha5n't in italy, because an alternative hasn't been planned and realised. those in the government now at the 5ame those in the government now at the same people, the same guy5 those in the government now at the same people, the same guys that were opponents to the project of the new infrastructure. that was three years ago. just briefly, you live here. how are people responding to this disaster? it is a massive tragedy. the number of dead is going to climb, isn't it? a0, maybe 50. the number of dead is going to climb, isn't it? 40, maybe 50. to some extent we were saying —— we think people were prepared for this tragedy. but even for a minute think

it was a terrorist attack. everybody knew that the state of this bridge wa5 knew that the state of this bridge was so knew that the state of this bridge was so poor that sooner or later they might have been a tragedy. it i5 they might have been a tragedy. it is easy to say this now. but believe me, a lot of people used to say this and write this as well in years pa5t. thank you. so the number of dead, 39 at the moment. 0thers thank you. so the number of dead, 39 at the moment. others still missing. we know that three children were among the dead. also, a french family of four. there are more victims buried beneath the rubble, we understand. just one word, which is the only positive thing in this entire tragedy for this reason, and thatis entire tragedy for this reason, and that is that today is the start of national holidays here in italy, which meant that when that large section of bridge came down a lot of people in the factories below here wa nt people in the factories below here want at work. there were already preparing to go away on their summer

holidays. that means that more people potentially were not caught up people potentially were not caught up in this disaster. 0ne people potentially were not caught up in this disaster. one other alarming thing is that now we are hearing that because the infrastructure and the actual support is not safe following the colla pse support is not safe following the collapse of the middle section, there are fears for other towers and other pontoons here as well. that is why several hundred people, aao people, have been evacuated and are still away from this area. back to you. thank you. more details are emerging about the man arrested for the attack in westminster yesterday. salih kater is being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder and terrorism offences. daniel sandford is here. wejust terrorism offences. daniel sandford is here. we just learned terrorism offences. daniel sandford is here. wejust learned actually terrorism offences. daniel sandford is here. we just learned actually in the last few moments about those extra charges that he has been questioned on suspicion of? yeah. as i understand it, quite soon yesterday after his initial arrest

on suspicion of terrorism offences, he was then rearrested on suspicion of attempted murder. the police failed to tell us that yesterday. they are clarifying that this morning. he is currently being held on suspicion of two things. terrorism offences, preparing a terrorist act, and also on suspicion of attempted murder. they were searching three properties, two in birmingham and one in nottingham. now they only surge in one property in birmingham, which is the property they have decided if the one more releva nt to they have decided if the one more relevant to the investigation. —— now they are only searching one property. the investigation is pressing at a reasonable speed. the key thing still from what i understand is about motivation, trying to work out what the motivation was. they still believe it's likely this was a deliberate act. the question is why due is this somebody motivated byjihadists, islamists, some political motive?

did he chose this as a desperate act after something in his life went wrong? there is quite a lot of detail. quite a lot of it we haven't been able to fully confront. there isa been able to fully confront. there is a lot of suggestion from what we have seen that he was born in sudan, did his secondary schooling there. he may have spent some time in libya, possibly. we are trying to confirm that. he first appears in the uk around 2010, 2011, doing what appears to be an english language course. he seems to get into employment, possibly in the security industry. that needs to be confirmed. he followed a fairly classical immigrant path, trying to better himself. you see him studying for a better himself. you see him studying fora diploma in better himself. you see him studying for a diploma in science for three yea rs for a diploma in science for three years in birmingham. in the last academic year he was studying accountancy at coventry university. all of that paints the classic path of quite an intelligent young man who is trying to improve himself

having come from sudan and taken british citizenship. no clues in there as to why if this was a deliberate act, he may have driven into the houses of parliament in his silver ford fiesta. we are looking at pictures of the scene, an area where there have been security improvements because there was an attack previously when pedestrians on the bridge were driven into. this is something different, isn't it? whether it is deliberate or not, somebody driving into cyclists, we're looking at what can be done to improve security... it will be impossible, wanted ? improve security... it will be impossible, wanted? it has reopened the debate about the protection of parliament, whether it should be pedestrianised for security reasons. as you expand a security perimeter around an iconic site, you're still got a perimeter and it is around the perimeter that people are most at risk. these cyclists were nothing to do with parliament. there were people cycling on one of the main

thoroughfares along the river thames. if it was deliberate, somebody was trying to drive into the houses of parliament, they were in their path. 0n westminster bridge, were pedestrians were killed last year, there have been arrangements made to protect pedestrians walking on the footpath on the bridge. that lead cyclists with a hard barrier between them and the pavement and it puts them more at risk. in the end, in order to try to improve security in iconic site and other areas of britain, it is about trying to reduce the number of people who want to carry out attacks. there is a limit to what you can do in terms of improving the physical security. thank you. uk inflation rose to 2.5% injuly, after holding steady at 2.a% in the previous three months as the cost of transport and computer games increased. it was the first jump in the consumer prices index measure since november, and was in line with forecasts. meanwhile, the retail prices index measure of inflation fell to 3.2%. this figure will be used to set the maximum amount of january's rail fare increases

i asked our economics correspondent, andy verity, to explain the difference between cpi and rp! inflation. the consumer prices index is the official one that is targeted by the bank of england. when it says interest rates, it looks at the cpi. the retail prices index has been discredited for years. it has not been used as the official measure of inflation for more than ten years. in the last five years, the office for national statistics doesn't even put it on the front page of its announcement. you have to borrow through the announcement to find it. that makes it all the more puzzling that the comment still uses it, for example, to set the caps on rail fa res. example, to set the caps on rail fares. that is rpi. 3.2%. slightly less tha n fares. that is rpi. 3.2%. slightly less than people feared. they thought it might be 3.5%. nevertheless, rail fares

thought it might be 3.5%. nevertheless, railfares injanuary can go up nevertheless, railfares injanuary can go up by 3.2%, the regulated ones. that is a lot more than pay rises. that means that rail tickets become less affordable. and if you look at, for example, the amount people are earning, 2.7%, the cpi is 2.5%. if railfares people are earning, 2.7%, the cpi is 2.5%. if rail fares were people are earning, 2.7%, the cpi is 2.5%. if railfares were going up in line with that they would be more affordable. it is also the case it was one of the comment's biggest austerity measures eight years ago that they took, was to change the official ratings, for example of public sector pensions, so those pensions rose only in conjunction with the cpi rather than the rpi. that was the biggest single austerity measures they talk, because although it seems like a tiny little difference when we talk about it like this, over the years compound interest a cruise and you are talking about a saving to the government of millions. they will use it to set student loan interest

ora rail use it to set student loan interest or a railfares use it to set student loan interest or a rail fares cap. as andy said, the higher retail price index is used to cap regulated rail fare rises. transport secretary chris grayling has written to the unions and the rail industry suggesting the consumer price index should be used instead. chris grayling explained why he wants to make the change. the big issue is can we move the industry towards a lower level of inflation calculation? that requires the unions to play ball. it is the case that salaries amounted to about half of the cost of the industry as a whole. you can't make adjustments without working with the unions. i'm disappointed they have said no. they have said they want their members to have higher pay rises than anybody else. earlier, i spoke to steve hedley from the rail union the rmt, and asked him why rail workers shouldn't have pay rises linked to the cpi inflation measure. fir5t first of all, i think it's a bit rich for an first of all, i think it's a bit rich foran mp first of all, i think it's a bit rich for an mp who vote them5elve5 above inflation, above rpi

increa5e5, wage increa5e5 every year, and seem to spend most increases, wage increases every year, and seem to spend most of the time sat on their backsides filling in expenses forms and working in other jobs, in expenses forms and working in otherjobs, to be saying we should be limited to cpi. cpi is an austerity measure. they have tried to reduce the money that they have given to workers, that's the plan. by given to workers, that's the plan. by taking out things like your mortgage, things like the rpi in the rail fares that are currently there. they would be taken out of it. you can't pay your bills. the can't pay your gas bill and say, i'm not going to pay the rpi pay rise, i'm going to pay the rpi pay rise, i'm going to pay the cpi. you say cpi is an austerity measure but it's actually the measure that is used for most other public sector pay rises. in general, average earnings have gone up general, average earnings have gone up by general, average earnings have gone up by 2.7%. average earnings are trailing inflation and even thrilling cpi. we can't have a race to the bottom. we aren't responsible

for the financial crisis. we are not responsible for the absolute mess thatis responsible for the absolute mess that is a privatised railway system where hundreds of millions of pounds are extracted every year and put into the pockets of the shareholders. and the absolute parasites like richard branson who pay no tax off the back of it. why should workers suffer when these people are refusing to pay their taxes? the rail delivery group says every £1 paid in tears, 98p goes back into running and improving the railways. they say that actually the increased fares are basically underpinning once in a generation investment in the rovers. what they've failed to mention, obviously, is the fact they are top up obviously, is the fact they are top up by obviously, is the fact they are top up by government subsidies. if they don't meet the predicted profits, they have revenue protection, which gives them even more money. the government's own figures show that if the railways were renationalised

and middlemen cut out of it, there would be £1 billion a year more that could go party to be invested in the industry and partly to keep fares lower. you are not happy with the fa ct fa res lower. you are not happy with the fact fares are going up. that's absolutely right. the transport secretary is saying, we do want to see lower increases. so we would like to use this lower rate of inflation. and therefore it makes sense, he says, for a rail workers to a cce pt sense, he says, for a rail workers to accept the same rate of inflation when it comes to pay. absolutely not because we are talking about tinkering around with the system, making workers pay for the most inefficient system in europe. people here are paying five times more than they are playing on the continent. instead of going after the people who heard — — instead of going after the people who heard —— and hundreds of millions of pounds, money that could be used for a better service and to keep fares low, is going after the working class, which is completely unacceptable. now the sport. good afternoon.

there's plenty of debate over ben stokes' recall to the england squad. having been cleared of affray, he will now face the ecb's independent investigation, which will start after the third test with india. the panel will decide if stokes will face any further action for bringing the game into disrepute. stokes missed the second test because of the trial, but was recalled immediately to the squad for trent bridge hours after yesterday's not guilty verdict. it is that firebrand nature that makes him the cricketer that he is. 0n the field it is channelled, it is focused on bowling or batting. clearly there is an issue away from the cricket field that he has to address. what will happen in this hearing is that the cdc, the cricket disciplinary commission, independent to the board, will look at that for days and everything else around it, not just cctv, which days and everything else around it, notjust cctv, which will be around forever, but they have to decide

whether the game was brought into disrepute on that night. wilfried zaha has signed a new contract with crystal palace. he's been regularly linked with a move away from selhurst park, but has committed himself to the club until 2023. chairman steve parish says it's an example of zaha's "lifelong commitment" to the club. to rugby union, and england and worcester centre ben te'o says his injury problems left him considering retirement. te'o was forced out of england's tour of south africa with a thigh injury, just months after recovering from a serious ankle problem. the new zealand—born former rugby league player, who has won 15 england caps since switching to union, says the back to back injuries left him wondering if its worth it. he now hopes to return in the "earlier part" of the new season. you want to do everything you can to get back. i've come back from tough injuries. 0nce get back. i've come back from tough injuries. once you are back at his brilliant. the time off is tough.

and when you're off and you are working hard and people ask, where are you? why aren't you playing? yeah, sometimes it can be like, i glove to make this go quicker but i can't really. it can gun —— sometimes go back to back—to—back. same asa sometimes go back to back—to—back. same as a few other guys. you can't get away from it. i am praying and hoping that i can get fit and play and it doesn't come back. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. detectives have charged 31 people with offences including rape and trafficking, after an investigation into sexual offences against children in the huddersfield area. 30 men and one woman will appear at kirklees magistrates' court next month. west yorkshire police say the five alleged victims were girls aged between 12 and 18, with the offences said to have occurred between 2005 and 2012. we're hoping to be live with our correspondent on that later.

an official investigation in the american state of pennsylvania has found that more than a thousand children were victims of sexual abuse by catholic priests dating back to the 19aos. the grand jury believes there are more victims out there. we should emphasise that, while the list of priests is long, we don't think we got them all. we feel certain that many victims never came forward, and that the diocese did not create written records severy single time they heard somethjing about abuse. cbs correspondentjohn schiumo is in new york for us. just the 18 month investigation has concluded but this has been a story in pennsylvania whispered about four decades. it took a long time for enough victims to come forward to get this investigation going. if name some 301 predator priest to

allegedly sexually abused more than allegedly sexually abused more than a thousand children over 17 years. very troubling. the report concluded senior church officials knew about the abuse committed by priests, but routinely covered at up. it is full of damning details and information. it is also unlikely to result in justice for most of the victims. the statute of limitations prevent others from being named in this report from being legally held accountable. what is likely to happen from here? yes, likely to happen from here? yes, likely to happen is potentially some lawsuits against the diocese. a couple of people will eventually face legal charges. the catholic church here in america has gone to great lengths to say that they have already started to right these wrongs. but these wrongs are singly horrendous. allegations include priests allegedly using whips to assault the

young victims, child pornography pictures being taken. the church has a lot to do, a lot more to do, to convince even its own parishioners that these wrongs are truly being righted. it was 20 years ago today that a bomb ripped through the town of 0magh, killing 29 people and two unborn children, making it the biggest single atrocity of the troubles in northern ireland. the town will later host a vigil of "remembrance and hope" to mark the anniversary. emma vardy reports. as if in permanent remembrance, 0magh exists each day out of the shadow of this terrible atrocity. many here are still coping with the consequences of the bomb, which was detonated on the town's menai strait. i will never forget the last timei strait. i will never forget the last time i saw aden. he walked out of the kitchen and looked back and said, i won't be long. the kitchen and looked back and said, iwon't be long. michael gallagher's son had gone to town

that day to buy a pair ofjeans. the sound of the bomb which detonated at ten past three could be heard for miles away. we could see smoke rising. you couldn't tell exactly where it was but it was in the town centre direction. the longer that we had no word from aden we got more concerned. he never returned home. he was one of 29 people killed that day, including a woman who was pregnant with twins. more than 200 we re pregnant with twins. more than 200 were injured. this afternoon, families will gatherfor were injured. this afternoon, families will gather for what will be the final official commemoration of the 0magh bomb. the attack was claimed at the time by the so—called real ira. despite thousands of hours of investigation, many arrests, there have never been any criminal convictions for these killings. 20 yea rs convictions for these killings. 20 years on, the chief cause of northern ireland's police service has undermined —— underlined his commitment to the case, saying if

new evidence emerges there will be a fresh investigation. believe me, we would love to solve this horrible crime and bring people to justice. if new evidence emerges we will grab that with both hands. indeed if new technology or science allows us to harvest more evidence from the exhibits we have, we will apply that, we will exploit that, in the interests of getting justice for the families. somehow given up hope of finding answers. 0thers families. somehow given up hope of finding answers. others like michael gallagher have campaigned to try and bring about a public enquiry. we feel that there needs to be answers even 20 years on. this was a crime that every sane person in ireland would have wanted to see the people responsible for behind bars. today the focus will be on those whose lives were taken in this attack. and the survivors who live with the loss. now the weather with louise.

hi, there. quite a lot of cloud around today. so far it has brought rain into the far north—west of scotla nd rain into the far north—west of scotland and northern ireland as we speak. where we have breaks in the cloud temperatures starting to respond. it is still quite warm. highest values of 2a26 degrees. it is the emphasis with the rain overnight tonight, which will drift steadily south and east. it will bring a blanket of cloud and wet weather eventually across england and wales. great news for gardens and wales. great news for gardens and growers out there. we are going to see some rain in the forecast. that would prevent the temperatures from falling too far. lows of 1a to 70 degrees. fresher in the north—west with a scattering of showers. it is the pressure that will push its way steadily south as we go through the day tomorrow. some rain gradually moving its way through lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east corner by lunchtime. behind it we will see a

brightening story with a scattering of showers but a noticeable difference with the feel of the weather tomorrow afternoon. highest values of 15 to 19 degrees. more on the top of the hour. this is bbc news. the headlines: rescue this is bbc news. the headlines: rescu e crews this is bbc news. the headlines: rescue crews are searching for survivors amongst the rubble of a bridge which collapsed yesterday in northern italy. at least 39 people died when the bridge came down. police investigating yesterday's westminster incident say they are now questioning 29—year—old sally kater on suspicion of attempted murder as well as questioning him on terror offences. 31 people have been charged with offences linked to sexual exploitation in huddersfield. the offences including rape and trafficking related to children aged between 12 and 18. uk inflation rose to 2.5% injuly. the firstjump since last november. rising transport costs are being blamed as

a factor. meanwhile some rail fares could increase by up to 3.2% injanuary — a figure determined by the increase in the rp! inflation index. the transport secretary has called rail fares the transport secretary has called railfares and the transport secretary has called rail fares and wages instead to follow the lower cpi. is in back now to our main story — and rescue teams in italy are still searching for the survivors of a collapsed motorway bridge in genoa. officials say at least 39 people were killed yesterday. the prime minister has called for safety checks on similar viaducts across italy. let's talk to journalist, andrea vogt, who is in genoa. isa is a large hope that there may be more survivors? actually ijust spoke to the head of the fire brigade and a told me they are not hearing any more signs of life. there are a multitude of technologies being used, including hydraulic cranes. you can see the

cranes in the distance just over weather she had off bridge is and where the mountain of trouble is. they are focusing their search there but it is looking like there are no longer any audible signs of life coming from the debris. are there concerns about the safety of the structure that remains? absolutely, they're taking every precaution. engineers have not had a chance yet to determine how safe temperatures, because they're focusing on trying to save the lives underneath. but clearly as you can see it has just been sheared off, it's not stable, it will probably be months before they can prepare this section of motorway, which is a very important strategic part of the italian connection with france and the ports. it is going to be a huge economic hit for all of italy aside from the obvious loss of life here. as questions continue to be asked

about why it collapsed, there are questions about what was actually being done in terms of maintaining the bridge and making repairs to the infrastructure to ensure it is safe — tell us more about the criticisms of the firm that was running that toll road in touch well, there are a lot of fingers being pointed, all of the top political officials here in italy are saying we will get to the bottom of this and we will find out who was responsible, there was a big meeting today between the prime minister the transport minister and the interior minister. so i think it is too early to say what might have exactly caused it. obviously, maintenance, if decaying bridge that had been flagged before for its engineering inefficiencies, but it is too early to say. i will say the prime minister, i was with him today at the hospital nearby. he was there to visit the survivors, so there are a few hopeful stories of the survivors who are now recovering

from very survivors who are now recovering from very severe survivors who are now recovering from very severe injuries. what is the wider reaction to what has happened here? shock and anger. i spoke to many people here in genoa who are angry. 0bviously, they are in mourning but they say we have been saying for years that this bridge is dangerous and needs to be replaced and so there is a lot of anger in italy, feeling like they have been abandoned for the last two yea rs, have been abandoned for the last two years, the infrastructure is now crumbling and something has to be done. it is a difficult moment politically for this new government. a lot of anger. pulsing through genoa but italy as a whole, why did this happen? what about similar structures elsewhere, will people be feeling concerned about weather there may be similar issues for other constructions? absolutely this is not the first viaduct to have problems in recent years. they have called for a review of all of the ove rpasses called for a review of all of the overpasses and motorways to look at the structural safety issues. but i think there is a sense of, are we

safe ? think there is a sense of, are we safe? are we safe going about their everyday business? i talked to one man whose wife and daughter were hit as they were walking under the bridge to go to ikea, they were going to a couple of stores and the bridgejust fell on top going to a couple of stores and the bridge just fell on top of them as they were walking beneath it. they we re they were walking beneath it. they were going about their everyday lives, whole families' lives were taken while they were headed to the beach. so there is a sense that daily life has been interrupted by the fragility of italy's infrastructure at this point. andrea, thank you very much. mps say the uk needs to boost its defences, to deal with the increasing threat posed by russia in the arctic. the commons defence committee says vladimir putin is building up a heavy military presence along the arctic coastline. it argues the government must show greater ambition and commit more resources to the region. turkey is to raise tariffs on a wide range of goods imported from the united states,

the latest move in a developing trade war between the two countries. the increased rates will apply to cars, alcohol and tobacco. the turkish vice—president said the move was a response to what he called deliberate attacks on his country's economy by the us administration. it's a year since the scottish government introduced the baby box scheme. they contain clothes, toys and a mattress so the box can be used as a safe sleeping space and are given free of charge to every new parent. earlier this month, the royal college of midwives called for the boxes to be given out in england too. but critics say the nine million pounds that has been spent on them in scotland so far could have helped families in poverty. 0ur scotland correspondent catriona renton reports. it's time for a rest for five—week—old baby grace, but this is not her bed, it's her baby box. for the past year, the scottish government has been offering them to all babies born here, packed with essentials like clothes and nappies. and for grace, a useful refuge from her older siblings. when it arrived i was surprised about how much stuff was in there,

some really practical things, clothes, everything that you forget you need but you really need at the beginning of having a baby and you don't really have time to do that have time to do that when everything is going on so it was really nice that it was all there. over 52,000 boxes have been gifted to newborns in scotland in the past year. they cost £160 each, and so far the scottish government has spent almost £9 million on them. this is our warehouse where we keep our stock donations. this baby and family support service in the north of glasgow works like a food bank. it was originally set up to help people with all the things new babies need. in here we have some of our prams. we have our car seats, we have our cots and cotbeds and our buggies. the baby boxes are a nice idea, but we don't live in a world where nice is needed. personally i would have preferred to see the money invested in baby boxes being invested in somehow

helping these parents to achieve these big necessities that are too expensive for most of them. the scottish government says the boxes help give babies the best start in life. there's no proof that sleeping in the boxes reduces infant mortality, but the royal college of midwives says the benefits of giving a baby its own sleep space is likely to reduce the risks associated with unsafe co—sleeping. they now want the scheme introduced throughout the uk. catriona renton, bbc news. dr mary ross davie, the director for scotland dr mary ross davie the director for scotland at the royal college of midwives told me earlier that the baby boxes help tackle health inequality. i think there are so many benefits to the boxes, to the scheme that we have seen in scotland. you saw there on the video how delighted grace's mother was to receive the box and all the really useful items that are in there. i think lots of people

have focused on the boxes as being a sleep space but you saw there how many really useful items are in there, things people don't necessarily think about buying, ear thermometers, a thermometer for the bath and for the baby's bedroom and a really lovely sling so that parents can carry their babies more easily, which makes life much easier with a newborn baby. there's books and play mats and all sorts of things in there that can give all babies that equal, best start in life. what about the question of whether it should be government funded? there are calls for it to be expanded to cover england as well, but some are saying, the cost of it, around £9 million, could be better spent on targeted support for families who really need it? i'm really glad that i live and work in a country that's making this kind of commitment to new families and babies. by offering this to all families. we often in many walks of life talk about how we would like to be more like scandinavia, we're envious of many of their outcomes in terms

of reducing health inequalities and this is putting our money where our mouth is in terms of trying to do something practical about reducing health inequalities. when you read reports by experts like michael marmot about reducing health inequalities, what they say is that just by providing very targeted support the most deprived, that isn't how you actually make the most impact on reducing health inequalities. what we really need to do provide excellent universal services and support to families. so, how do these boxes reduce health inequalities and make a difference to outcomes in the long—term? well, what we know is that having a new baby is a very expensive time the families, it can feel very for the families, it can feel very stressful and not all families are pictureperfect, where they have lots of financial resources or family support or their pregnancy is planned. and so those families can have really very little to provide for their baby.

that can lead to situations where babies don't have the resources they need, they might be unsafe co—sleeping with parents, maybe on sofas, and that is unsafe so there are all sorts of ways that the boxes can reduce health inequalities. also i think it's a very strong message to families to say, your baby is welcome and important and all babies here are seen as equal. some breaking news about schiphol airport in amsterdam. 0ne news

agency is saying that the problem began just after agency is saying that the problem beganjust after 1pm agency is saying that the problem began just after 1pm local time. agency is saying that the problem beganjust after 1pm local time. the website for the airport is currently showing only two inbound flights as being delayed. so it's not clear at the moment how many flights are affected. but it's obviously a very busy airport and over the past a5 minutes or so, busy airport and over the past a5 minutes orso, a busy airport and over the past a5 minutes or so, a disturbance with a traffic control has meant that flights cannot arrive or depart from schiphol airport. it is being described as a total communication failure and some passengers are reporting that they're stuck in grounded planes. let mejust reporting that they're stuck in grounded planes. let me just show you what schiphol airport are saying on twitter... bosses of the one hundred most valuable companies

on the london stock exchange have had an 11 per cent pay increase over the past year, meaning their average annual salary is almost four million pounds. meanwhile, the average earnings for the wider public have increased just two per cent over the same period, according to a study by the chartered institute of personnel and development and the high pay centre. to africa now, and the increasing problem of poaching. the very existence of the rhino is under threat because of their valuable horns, and tens of thousands of elephants are killed every year for their ivory tusks. right now 1a british soldiers are in the african country of malawi, helping rangers with their fight against this illegal trade. radio1 newsbeat‘s been given exclusive access to join them and to see what effect they're having. here's james waterhouse. an animal checkup with high stakes.

lance corporaljamie knott is one of 1a british soldiers in malawi working with local rangers. today they're tracking black rhino to both check on their health and make sure poachers aren't taking a similar interest. it's 50—50 whether they'lljust turn back and run away orjust charge straight at you. so, it's pretty dangerous. after a near miss, they get their picture. in the last 50 years, malawian rhino numbers have dropped from 70,000 to 5500. the elephant population has halved in the last 30 years as well. right now, this deterrent, along with the money starting to get generated through tourism, is working. there have been no recorded poachings in this area for more than a year. but conservationists say they are already preparing for a new, growing threat that's happening right across africa. international organised crime, it's powered by a wealthy black market in mostly asian countries like china and vietnam. there's been a recent surge in poaching in neighbouring countries but for now, malawi seems to be holding out. malawi is still one of the poorest

countries in the world, though. and historically people have killed animals to either make a small bit of money orjust to eat. translation: i became a poacher in 1995. we used to make guns, so we'd go into the game reserve with our traditionally made guns and kill the animals. we didn't have food in our homes and so the only option which we had was to go and poach into the game reserve. however, critics say this type of armed response is only part of what is needed. i think training and capacity building and building the skills of rangers is a great thing. i'm quite sceptical of the use of the military in training rangers, especially the use of a foreign military, that doesn't necessarily know the context in which they're operating. and that is not trained in conservation. the british army claims its helping

local people benefit from living alongside these beautiful animals. ministers are hoping to announce a similar deployment in africa later this year. poaching, however, is a problem far from being solved. james waterhouse, bbc news at the majete reserve in malawi. and you can see more on this story as part of newsbeat‘s latest documentary the poacher hunters which is on the radio1 channel of the iplayer now. the headlines on bbc news. rescuers in northern italy continue to search for survivors after the collapse of a motorway viaduct in genoa. at least 38 people are known to have died. police investigating yesterday's westminster incident say they're now questioning 29—year—old salih khater on suspicion of attempted murder, as well as questioning him on terror offences. detectives have charged 31 people with offences including rape and trafficking after an investigation into sexual offences against children

in the huddersfield area. the head of the world health 0rganisation says he's even more worried about the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo since his recent visit to the country. conflict has made it difficult to reach infected people, and at least a0 have died in the current outbreak. trying to contain its spread, authorities have started using an experimental treatment. lebo diseko reports this is the front line of the fight against ebola in the drc. beni is one of two cities where it was detected last week. health workers have been carrying out vaccinations and experimental treatment is also being tested. but this city is in an active conflict zone where militia groups regularly kill and kidnap civilians. and after visiting the region last week, the head of the world health organization says he's even more concerned.

we know that it's an active conflict area. so that makes it more difficult to manage. because when there is less access, and when movement is prohibited, and when there are red zones that ebola could hide, that makes it more difficult to fight this dangerous disease or virus. this is the tenth ebola outbreak in the drc since the illness was discovered there in the 1970s. it comes barely a week after the last one was declared over and is affecting more women and children than before. seven health workers have tested positive. it's meant all those working at one of the main hospitals have been put on temporary leave. with reports of seven civilians killed in an attack not far from beni just this weekend, the need to contain

be more urgent. the spread could not be more urgent. lebo diseko, bbc news. thousands of students are getting their b—tec results today. they're vocational qualifications and an alternative to traditional a—levels. my colleague steph mcgovern has spent the morning with students gateshead college who've been finding out how well they've done. hello from gateshead college, where lots of students are getting the results of their vocational qualifications. you can see some of the catering guys here today. natasha, what did you get? i have got my level to nvq for food and beverage service. i am going to go on to level three next year so i can work in hotels and become a conference organiser. good luck with it. so many different types of students here. we have got apprentices with ford as well who do the training on the job as well as at college. that is what vocational qualifications are, if it's about the work experience as well as the theoretical

assignments they have to do. we've got hairdressing here as well. sarah has just got her result as well. over here we have got kayleigh, what have you got? i got a distinction star double distinction level three which is equivalent to three as in a—levels. what are you going to do next? i'm going to go to northumbria university to become a midwife. so this has got you in. yeah, straightaway. i have got triple distinction star which i'm over the moon about. what is it for? business studies which i absolutely love. what are you going to do next? i am going to go to uni and study business in hull. thank you very much for chatting to us. there's about 3.8 million people doing vocational qualifications in all manner of things last year and that compares with around 1.5 million people doing a—levels in england. now, one of those who has done very well from her b—tech well from his b—tech

is max whitlock, of course double olympic champion gymnast. thanks forjoining us. you did a b—tech in sport, what did it involve and why did you do it? i did it because it absolutely suited me down to the ground. it was a no—brainer because i had pressures from gymnastics out of the school so it helped in that way by the way it was structured. and for me it's taught me so much in terms of learning the skills that i can transfer towards my sport and towards business that i'm running now. timekeeping, organisation, hitting deadlines and setting targets. that's why i'm passionate about pushing it for others to get the benefits from it as well. that's what vocational training is about, isn't it? it's on—the—job. yeah, getting stuck in and that is the best way you learn. gymnastics the best way you learn is getting on and doing it, 100% the best way to learn. that's why a lot more young people are doing it, because it's so beneficial for them for the future. thank you very much forjoining us. i'm going to leave

you with the wonderful performing arts students here. take it away, guys! that's if from me here at gateshead college. # i wannabe... it looks like those air traffic control issues over the netherlands have been resolved. it looks like the situation is improving and amsterdam is now accepting flights again, we understand. and schiphol airport has two tweeted to say, slowly starting up again. a girl from north west london has become a household name in pakistan after starring in some of the country s biggest tv dramas over the past two years. kubra khan has been cast in two of the three pakistani films releasing next week to coincide with the islamic festival of eid. haroon rashid has been speaking to kubra here in london. kubra khan swapped harrow for karachi at the age of 19,

when she was approached to star in a pakistani movie. five years on, she's one of the biggest tv and film stars in the country and has two movies releasing on the same day this coming eid. it turns out, though, her mum was apprehensive about her moving nearly 5000 miles away to pursue a career in acting. i remember telling her, i'm going to a drama in pakistan. i'm going to do a drama in pakistan. she was like, ok, that's fine. and then i came home again, i'm going again... and for 11 months i kept saying that. mum, do you think i should just like move there? because like, i'm working quite a bit, i don't get a single day off, i only come home for like five days anyways. and i'd still do the same thing but at least i would be at peace of mind in my own place. and she was very supportive about it. there must have been a sense of validation when you were offered a role in two of this eid's big releases. in many ways, you accomplished what you'd set out to achieve? there was a sense of achievement when i was doing the movies, it was a lot more stressful when i found out they were releasing on eid together.

i was like, why? what am i going to do? what am i going to promote? but of course, there are three movies coming out and two of them are my movies, i am proud, my mother's very proud and she's hardly ever proud of me! you grew up in this country here in london, but you moved to a country that's perceived in western media as being oppressive towards women — were you afraid of those perceptions? i think my perceptions changed the second i stepped into pakistan because i spent my entire life here, so i always thought that all pakistanis would be like closed—minded people. i did think that, i'm going to be honest, i was a littlejudgmental. but when i got there, everyone was so much more modern, everyone was open—minded. life of a woman is pakistan is, i wouldn't say it's definitely not, but it's not half as bad as it's shown on tv. what about the quality of life that you sacrificed here in london in exchange for your new base, which is karachi? the first 11 months, i stayed in guesthouses and hotels and i would work like 15 hours, come back to a dark room alone and i would get really, really depressed. but it's ok because i have a very few like number of friends who i can call like mine, so if i get too loanee i canjust be so if i get too lonely i can just be

like, i'm sad, talk to me! i must ask you, kubra, what you miss most about living in the uk? you know you miss uk when you start missing the tubes. i hated the tube but now i'm like, i miss the tubes! my mum is like, are your normal? i'm like, i don't know! with both of kubra's eid releases predicted to do big business at the box office, it's likely she will continue her dream run in pakistan for the foreseeable future. haroon rashid, bbc news. in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news with jane hill, but first it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. today has not been quite so straightforward for many of us doing the best of the breaks in the cloud coming further south and east. as you can see by this weather watcher picture from east sussex. quite a lot of cloud, particularly further north and west. and that has brought some rain with it as well. for the remainder of the day of the best of

the sunshine we will see the best of the sunshine we will see the best of the warmth, with highest values perhaps into the mid—20s. further north and west, the cloud the breeze, a little bit cooler and fresher. it looks like that rain will continue to push south and east overnight, so some welcome yeah. the gardeners and growers across much of england and wales. and it's not going to be quite as cold a night here. further north and west of it clearer skies, 10—11. let's take a look at the rain in more detail. it will steadily push south and east and into the afternoon it will be sitting across parts of lincolnshire, east anglia and down into the london area. some sunshine behind but a scattering of showers into the afternoon. frequent showers in scotland and quite breezy as well. temperatures, a little more subdued generally on thursday. behind the rain introducing something a little bit fresher.

15-19. the something a little bit fresher. 15—19. the fronts will move through. the isobars state squeezed together in the north—west are so friday will continue to be a breezy day. yet more weather fronts waiting out in the atlantic. i suspect on friday we will see gusts of wind up to a0mph up will see gusts of wind up to a0mph up in the north—west. it will make it feel fresher. hopefully the cloud will continue to break up further south and east and as a result we will get to see something visual warm. that westerly atlantic influence still with us for the start of the weekend. with still yet more weather fronts knocking on the door. there is a level of uncertainty just where the door. there is a level of uncertaintyjust where the rain is likely to be sitting at the weekend. but at the moment it looks likely to bea but at the moment it looks likely to be a little bit further north. so yes, there will be some rain around and winds will continue to be a feature into the weekend that the best of the sunshine looks likely to best of the sunshine looks likely to be further south and east. at least 38 people are now known

to have died after a motorway bridge collapsed in the italian city of genoa yesterday. more than a00 rescuers worked through the night excavating huge chunks of concrete in a desperate search for survivors translation: from the moment of the incident we've been working to try and find survivors. we never ceased throughout the night. there are a00 firefighters at work. we've inspected all the areas that we could access without heavy equipment. we'll have the latest live from genoa. the other headlines this lunchtime: police continue to question a 29—year—old man after the suspected terrorist attack in westminster. he's been named as salih khater, who came to britain as a refugee from sudan. rail fares are likely to go up 3.2% next year, as inflation rises slightly, but the government wants to change the measure used to calculate increases.