be temporary. having said that, friday morning begins on call note. singledigit temperatures in a few places. a fair amount of brightness in the morning and some of that will remain across north—east scotland and south—east england. out west, we see thickening cloud, patchy rain into northern ireland, western scotland, quite windy in the north—west as well. and those temperatures generally and ram mid—to—high teens, but to the south—east with the sunshine 22 or 23 degrees. out on friday into saturday, this warm front works eastwards, taking rain with it, and it is behind that that we bring not only a lot of cloud and moisture, so some misty and murky conditions, but also some warm and quite humid air. notice northern areas stay in the cool air, notice northern areas stay in the coolair, and notice northern areas stay in the cool air, and marking out the divide between the cooler and humid air is a weather front. on saturday this front, bringing cloud and rain across northern ireland, southern scotland, maybe northern england. to the south of that, some sunshine,

rather murky on the western coasts, and on the warm side. it is cooler further north. in the warm air in the south on sunday we develop this area of low pressure with some tropical moisture tied up in this area of low pressure bringing outbreaks of fairly heavyweight for a time, moving out of northern ireland, wales into northern england and scotland, the rain is easing through the day on sunday. south of that, a lot of cloud, still quite humid but for northern scotland there is some sunshine and a cool and fresh feel. we lose this at a weather fronts as we get on into monday. high—pressure tries to establish itself from the south—west. but a new set of weather fronts will push into the north—west scotland, so we will see some rain here at times on monday. generally with the humid air a lot of cloud, mist and with the humid air a lot of cloud, mistand murk with the humid air a lot of cloud, mist and murk and drizzly conditions at times. the odd shower. the temperatures in the mid—20s in the south. on tuesday the front in the north—west pep up if anything and so

some heavy rain is likely in scotla nd some heavy rain is likely in scotland and northern ireland and northern england as the day goes on. further south, some spells of sunshine and those high temperatures. so, what happens through the latter part of next week? well, these frontal systems are likely to take the rain out scotla nd are likely to take the rain out scotland and northern ireland and move into england and wales, fizzling out all the while and what we will see after that is the return to cool north—westerly winds. so, returning to a cool and fresh feel. high—pressure never far away. many of us will be dry. with low pressure in the north—east, probably see a little rain across north—east scotland. so, later next week things will turn fresh again. it is dry for many with some sunshine and just a little bit of rain in the north—east but some changes in the field to the weather over the coming days. —— feel to the weather. hello.

this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines: aretha franklin, the queen of soul, known for hits like respect and say a little prayer, has died in detroit at the age of 76. some of the biggest names in the world of music and politics have been paying tribute to the singer who won 18 grammy awards in a career spanning seven decades.

when to be silent — she knew when to let rip. she knew how to say so much without the words — the notes were enough. in other news: more than one in four a—level entries has been awarded top grades this year — the highest proportion since 2012. allegations that a call to jihad was heard at the didsbury mosque linked to the manchester arena bomber, salman abedi. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are writer and broadcaster mihir bose, and ros altmann, former pensions minister. it is great to have you both along

for the ride. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. simply respect to the queen of soul. and the guardian leads with comments from the former head of the cia who says president trump's denial of russian collusion is hogwash. the daily telegraph says the average gp works only three days a week, describing it as a rise in the part—time family doctor. the times says troops have been at risk because of chronic computer failure at military surgeries across the country. the cost of princess eugenie‘s wedding leading the daily mirror. taxpayers will have to part with £2 million. the metro headlined the case of danny cipriani, guilty of assault at a nightclub. the

threat of us sanctions on turkey leads the financial times. the daily express describes the number of councils who decided to back world wari councils who decided to back world war i commemoration events as shameful. many of tomorrow's front pages are in and we have had a chance to look through them. mihir, you are going to start on the i. of course we must start with the story dominating today, the death of aretha franklin. a lovely picture of her in full flow on the front of the i. yes, the headline, respect for the queen of soul, that's what she was, she was a great voice, and also a person who represented her age, she was a path breaker. her song respect, it became the anthem of the feminist movement. it was also part of the civil rights movement. she sang at martin luther king's funeral. herfather sang at martin luther king's funeral. her father was close to martin luther king. say vettel

prayer, and a picture of barack obama crying. five years after the disease that killed her, getting the president of the us to cry and the whole crowd on their feet and this isa whole crowd on their feet and this is a person who we will always remember, who will sing her songs, andi remember, who will sing her songs, and i am sure, ros, you will give us and i am sure, ros, you will give us a rendition, when you? it is the quality, the soulfulness, the feeling behind her voice. she put such passion into her music. ifelt she spoke to me. the idea of a woman being liberated and being able to sing and let her passions and her emotions come through her song, it you know, iam emotions come through her song, it you know, i am sure millions of us will be saying a little prayer for her tonight, and it isjust... will be saying a little prayer for hertonight, and it isjust... so many of these songs that i used to sing over and over again — feel like

a natural woman, the words and her delivery and her fabulous voice, they all came together and she was just always passionate. she took you do tell mac to a different level. just always passionate. she took you do tell mac to a different levellj was lost in the music —— she took you to a different level. and carole king, natural woman, watching her watch aretha franklin, you could seal the delight on her face as this legend was interpreting her song in a way that was surprising to her as well. she was still performing until the end, last november at elton john‘s concert for the aids foundation and she had music inside her. you could see it ran through her. you could see it ran through her. she knew how to communicate. she knew how to touch you. she was singing to thousands of people. as

you said, it was as if she was singing to you. and embedded in her community, interesting hearing people in detroit and michigan, where she continued to live. she was a natural woman, she really was. there wasn't a and grace, she wasn't putting on a show, shejust there wasn't a and grace, she wasn't putting on a show, she just loved what she did —— air and grace. interesting, i think we can show you the shot, we have the camera of her staff, there we are, on the hollywood walk of fame, and i love the fact that among the crowds and the fact that among the crowds and the flowers is the crown for the queen of soul. absolutely. a really fitting tribute and going to show the power that she had over people and the expression that they found in her music. thank you for those tributes, both of you. ros, move us on to the times — it is a big day in the life of a lot of teenagers today, getting their a—levels results, and the times choosing to unwrap the statistics behind the

results. is really interesting, you know, the number of people taking pe as an a—level has really shot up, and more people, more kids are taking pe than french, and now you've also got the situation where within languages there is a brexit story here, i think, because chinese has overtaken german and the number of people taking chinese has increased significantly, i think it's about i7%. the number of kids taking german, french, spanish, they have all... is it an active response to think, this is not the way at ozzy future lies any more?” to think, this is not the way at ozzy future lies any more? i think pa rt ozzy future lies any more? i think part of that is definitely, you know, what languages will be most useful, you know, coming into the next ten, 15, 20 years, but i think

there is also an element where it is possible that a number of these people taking these languages were natives from those countries. so you had germans here, french, spanish over here, and also now we have a lot more chinese people over here. so the number of europeans has been falling, and the number of people from china, chinese natural, natural chinese speakers, has gone up and in fa ct a chinese speakers, has gone up and in fact a lot of the private schools have been doing chinese mandarin for quite sometime. state schools not so much. so a number of the people taking chinese a—levels are actually chinese. now, maybe we need to look at that in some weight, but it does suggest that the choice of subjects is being influenced to some extent by what's happening in the country asa by what's happening in the country as a whole —— in some way. by what's happening in the country as a whole -- in some way. and they wa nt as a whole -- in some way. and they

want good results, and they are pushing people who are native german speakers to pushing people who are native german speake rs to ta ke pushing people who are native german speakers to take german, but to a certain extent, going to the chinese, the students realising we are living in a different world, this is the emerging part, the second most powerful power in the world coming up, and as far as pe is concerned, surely that should be welcomed, apart from britain becoming a great sporting superpower. surely it would help with obesity, wouldn't it? the sports editor of the bbc! you will have us all taking its own. let's stay here with a—levels because tucked away on the ft‘s front page is talk of possible, well, should we say bribery, or lease something to be of the ring to some of the a—level students who might have decided which university they would going in which place they would like to ta ke going in which place they would like to take up? fascinating story, because they are in great demand, universities have 26,000 places, they don't have students for them,

and it our day when we hunted around for the universities, universities are hunting for students, offering pizza, even ipads and all sorts of... scholarships. and things like that and of course the reason for that and of course the reason for thatis that and of course the reason for that is university funding means that is university funding means that they need the students for student fees, so therefore without the students they don't have the student fees and that of course affects them. and there is also — this will interest ros, the brexit connection, overseas students coming in fewer numbers, overseas students are still classified as migrants. we have fallen behind america for the first time in overseas students and they pay big fees. so the universities note... you are troubled by this. i really am. to include overseas students in immigration numbers just doesn't make sense, you know. we need people in our universities, they are

world —class in our universities, they are world—class universities, they bring in significant revenue, but also of course for the british students with got this problem that, they call of the buyers‘ market, because the universities can‘t fill the places, each student is paying £9,000 a year. —— they call it the buyers‘ market. the rate of interest they pay is really high. you know, i think that there are big issues. this was not how this system was meant to work. this was meant to be that the top universities paid a — charged top fees, whereas other universities had a competitive market. every student, whatever university you go to, pays £9,000. we've not discussed at any stage whether everyone needs to go to university. we need to strengthen out university. we need to strengthen our vocational education and so on. we are starting to do that. there is increased recognition now that actually... they need to do it. it makes a lot of sense. because a lot

of people are necessarily not going to be academic, or don‘t want that kind of experience, we can offer them a different experience, which could even be more valuable in the labour market going forward. so there‘s a lot that we can still do on education. a whole of the debate to be had on apprenticeships and all sorts, is in there? go onto the daily telegraph, and ros, this is about the legal system, prosecutions falling, but oddly, we see crime rising, what‘s going on? falling, but oddly, we see crime rising, what's going on? the article suggests a number of explanations, cuts to the services and cuts to the police force, although there‘s been rising crime... recorded crime is up 1196 rising crime... recorded crime is up ii% to 5.5 million. that seems to me to be an enormous figure. prosecutions are down 7%, 1.6 i

million people were prosecuted or given out of court arrangements. the problem here, according to some reports, is a lot more crime is online. the online fraud means you have to trawl through so much data and information. and a network that could be overseas and much harder to... some of it is due to the time that it‘s taking to actually delve into some of the crimes, but at the end of the day what we don‘t want to do is send a message to the criminals that you‘re not likely to get caught so you might as well carry on. if that‘s contributing to the rise in crime, that‘s a worrying sign. what did you make of this? this shows, if you like, the cutbacks taking place and the nature of crime, the criminal system hasn't

moved at pace with the sophistication of the crimes. online fraud and so on. maybe we need to look into whether our police system is well equipped to cope with it, look into this and be properly directed. hopefully people reported to the police and something happens but often that's not the case. there's a casualness about it, police give the impression they only look at certain crimes. some people say casual, some people talk about resources . say casual, some people talk about resources. the lowest number of prosecutions on record, going back to 1970. the story is on the figures, it‘s working out what is behind it all. take us back to the ft. if we move to one of their other stories, this is about social media and what we might being sold by

celebrities that we need to know more about. the story is about celebrities promoting or telling us to buy certain products, but are they being paid to do so? they're not disclosing that. britain's competition and consumer watchdog is looking into it and they want to find out if they're asking people online, on instagram, instagram it seems, the celebrity endorsements are worth more than $1 £1 billion. a huge figure, people need to know. it's one thing people are saying they use this and that, then if they're being paid, it is different. it's they're being paid, it is different. it‘s interesting, on tv, if you have product placement you have to have a symbol in the corner. consumers want more openness about who‘s getting what for what. i think it's important, what you are doing is tricking people into thinking that actually my friend or that celebrity that i really admire or that person

that i really admire or that person that maybe one day i spire to if you‘re a young person is using this product, it must be great and i‘m going do that too —— aspired to stop the using social media and celebrity endorsements in this way is a lot more cost efficient for the company than some of the general advertising that you might see on the television 01’ that you might see on the television or billboards or wherever. i think it‘s important for people to know whether or not the person they think likes this product truly likes the product, or isjust being paid to say that. or if they actually use the product! that leads us neatly and rather briefly, someone where we always know where he stands, what he likes and doesn‘t like, donald trump! at the bottom of the guardian, a story aboutjohn brennan, former head of the cia, who‘s got himself into a spot of bother, they‘re not great

friends, but now more of a spat, what‘s this? friends, but now more of a spat, what's this? donald trump has taken away this man‘s security clearance. this was the man leading the fbi from 2013 to 2017... the cia, sorry, 2013 to 2017. this is one of huge importance and has had real significance in the protection of the united states and in its security —— this is someone. normally he would always be expected to maintain his security clearance. the president has come along perhaps because there‘s an investigation going on and brennan has been very critical of the president, saying i don‘t like what this guy has said, maybe we can‘t trust him. the president may well think that but also the risk that anyone else who wa nts to also the risk that anyone else who wants to criticise the president will be frightened to do so because he has the power to hit back in this

very worrying wait. this is not the way america would normally work, the kind of authoritarianism, the dictatorship almost. we are short on time, buta dictatorship almost. we are short on time, but a last word to you? this is like the playground bully, i don't like you therefore you can't play with me but he's the president of the united states and what the cia man said was here in his discussions with putin hadn't backed his intelligence agencies and the russians probably interfered in american elections, and the president of the united states has got to stand for his country and intelligence agencies. the latest chapter in this ongoing battle between trump and the intelligence community, and i think there will be many more instalments and hopefully you will be back to discuss them with me. that‘s it for the papers tonight. don‘t forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it‘s all there for you, seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you to both of you for coming

and joining me this evening. that‘s it from us. up next is sport. hello, here‘s a look at the sport on bbc news and rangers are unbeaten under manager steven gerrard as they made it through to join scottish premiership rivals celtic in the all final qualification round for the europa league. they had a goalless draw against maribor. the old firm are draw against maribor. the old firm a re left draw against maribor. the old firm are left to fly the scottish flag after hibs were beaten by mulder in norway. —— molde. burnley were taken to extra time. jack cork‘s winner. richo pochettino said he is

disappointed at the delay in moving to their new stadium —— mauricio pochettino. they hoped to play their first match at the new ground against liverpool next month but chemical problems mean they won‘t move until late october at the earliest, angering some fans who bought tickets for the game at the new ground which will be at wembley instead. 0f instead. of course i understand the problems about the ticket, the money and everything. i feel sorry for them andi everything. i feel sorry for them and i want to say thank you and apologise and we are going to try to reward them with winning games in the way that only we can act. head coach trevor bayliss says the decision to include ben stokes in the england squad for the third test against india on saturday was taken for the all—rounder‘s well—being. here he isjoining up with his england teammates at trent bridge earlier. bayliss said he will take time before deciding whether he will

play, though, after stokes was involved in a fracas in bristol last september, but he was found not guilty of affray earlier this week. we‘ll find that out over the next couple of days. i haven‘t actually spoken to him since, i‘m sure he‘s had plenty of phone calls. we‘ve got the next two days to assess where he‘s at and whether he plays or not. we‘ve got some guys in form in the team. it‘s going to be a difficult decision to make whoever misses out, ben or whether it‘s someone else. it's ben or whether it‘s someone else. it‘s a position we‘ve been trying to get in the test team for a while 110w. get in the test team for a while now. the one—day team, it‘s a difficult team to select. the test team, it‘s been difficult for other reasons but we‘re starting to get some good young players coming into the team, which makes the job of the selectors difficult. england rugby union international danny cipriani has apologised after pleading guilty in court to charges of common assault and resisting

arrest at a nightclub on the island ofjersey. he was fined £2000 and ordered to pay £250 compensation to a police officer following the incident in the early hours of wednesday. the flyhalf said he was truly sorry for the confusing situation and said he was mortified if he had harmed the police officer in any way. great britain have won seven medals on the fourth day of action at the world pa rra on the fourth day of action at the world parra swimming championships in dublin. gold in the 100m backstroke, a full nine seconds clear of megan, who took silver. paralympic champion hannah russell got her second gold of the championships in the 100m backstroke. yeah, i set by the time it gets to tokyoit yeah, i set by the time it gets to tokyo it would be cool to be european commonwealth, world and paralympic champion —— i said. that‘s a little thing in the corner. i think the year‘s gone pretty well, although i would still love a pb!

that‘s all the sport for now. the rest of the stories on the bbc sport website and app. good evening. some sunshine tomorrow before the weather generally turns cloudy with that cloudy weather hanging on still as we head into the weekend. an area of cloud you can see departing our shores is what brought us the rain for all of us during today. another watch of cloud out to the west. this warm front will bring some warmer air wafting across the uk. overnight tonight, we will keep the clear weather across england and wales, a dry night with temperatures plummeting pretty quickly. for scotland and northern ireland, quite cloudy and a few showers here but in the countryside in southern and eastern england, temperatures dropping into single figures. a certain chill in the air first thing friday but plenty of sunshine to start the day across england and wales. cloudy in the north and west and as the day goes

by, the winds pick up and heavy rain getting into northern ireland, western scotland, the north—west of england and wales. damp weather running into the bristol channel but it stays dry and reasonably bright towards south and east england, albeit with cloudy skies. temperatures, high teens to low twenties. on the weekend, we continue the feed of subtropical air across england and wales, relatively warm even without much sunshine. further north, cooler air and the low pressure brings gusts. gusts around scotland could reach 50 or 60 mph around coasts and hills on saturday morning, a blowy start to the weekend elsewhere. we‘ll have a weather front that will be hard to budge. across scotland scotland, northern ireland, northern england and along this zone we will have cloud giving us spits of drizzle. a cloudy day elsewhere. sunju ahn in the far north of scotland and the farce beast and even though not much sunshine, highs between 18 and 25.

for the second half of the weekend, look at this, subtropical storm ernesto and that will bring a load of heavy rain across the uk on sunday. the heaviest getting through on sunday morning, targeting northern ireland, northern england and scotland but the north—south position of this heavier zone of rain could change a bit over the next 2a hours. mainly dry to the south, the odd spot of rain possible, not much sunshine but reasonable temperatures. in southern areas, through the weekend it will probably feel pretty humid. that‘s your latest weather. have a very good night. i‘m rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: aretha franklin, known as the queen of american soul music, has died at the age of 76. bushfires in winter.

australia‘s ongoing drought leads to dozens of wildfires in new south wales. i‘m kasia madera in london. also in the programme: italian rescuers say efforts to find survivors from the collapsed road bridge will continue for two more days. and one of india‘s most influential leaders, former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee, has died. he was 93.