hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. today at 2: after scenes like these, birmingham prison is taken under government control. inspectors say it's fallen into crisis. it cannot be the case that the only time urgent action is taken to restore decency in a prison is when an inspectorate report is published. surely somebody must have been asleep at the wheel. a man appears in court charged with attempted murder, after a car crashed outside the houses of parliament. lucky to be alive. the british cruise passenger rescued after falling into the adriatic sea. i fell off the back of the norwegian star, and i was in the water for ten hours. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with olly foster. india still building a lead against england in the third test. they certainly are. it is day three at trent bridge. india's batsmen are turning the screw at trent bridge.

they are building a big lead, as they look to keep the test series alive against england. thank you very much. and stav has all the weather. a mild start to the week. absolutely. it will feel very warm in places and quite humid for the next few days, but there will be a change taking place from the north west later in the week. all the details later. thanks, stav. also coming up... dare to wear? we meet the emmy—award—winning designer who's dressed famous names like cher and madonna. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from the private firm gas, after inspectors said it had fallen into a "state of crisis". the chief inspector of prisons said it was the worst prison he'd ever been to,

and that some inmates were scared to leave their cells. it's thought to be the first time the ministry ofjustice has stepped in to take over — midway through a contract — since private firms began running prisons more than 25 years ago. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, has more. birmingham prison has had a long and troubled history. it was the scene of a riot in 2016 which left four wings badly damaged. 500 offenders were moved out, after the worst prison disturbances for decades. since then, inspectors say conditions have deteriorated to the point of crisis. it's forced the government to take over the running of birmingham from the private firm gas. this is a fundamental failure of leadership and management. we had hoped that gas bringing in a new, experienced governor would make a difference. it didn't, which is why we've had

to make the difficult decision to step in ourselves. prison inspectors said there was a lack of order and control at birmingham, with violent inmates able to act with near impunity. a letter to thejustice secretary said... some prisoners refused to come out of their cells. groups of staff had locked themselves in their offices and conditions were found to be filthy, with blood, vomit and rat droppings on the floor. the chief prisons inspector suggested ministers should have intervened earlier. if they already knew about it, why didn't they do something about it? intervene, take effective action, show leadership. it cannot be the case that the only time urgent action is taken to restore decency in a prison is when an inspectorate report is published. surely somebody must have been asleep at the wheel. since the start of the year, gas has been warned

numerous times that it must address the problems at birmingham, official improvement notices were sent to managers. last month, a former prison officer told the bbc he was frightened to go to work. i would sit in the car for a length of time trying to get yourself in the right state of mind to go in and do a day's work. was it your day to be assaulted? you were just expecting things to come along. in may, the voluntary body which carries out regular visits to birmingham was so alarmed by conditions, it wrote to ministers calling for action. the headcount needs to be reduced, managers need to be allowed to manage and be visible on the wings, and the whole issue of safety and violence and drugs need to be addressed. gas won the contract to run birmingham seven years ago, sparking staff protests. the company will not get the present back for at least six months until it's safer and more stable.

gas said they welcomed the opportunity to address what it said were the exceptional challenges. many other prisons in the public sector face similar problems of violence and drug—taking, but none on this scale. and danny is here now. where does responsibility lie? the blame certainly does fly with gas. the company has a 15 year contract to operate birmingham. and it is clearly failing in the past 18 months as the prisons inspector has outlined. at the same time, the ministry ofjustice award of that contract and it is their responsibility to monitor how it is operating. they have their own officials in birmingham prison every single day monitoring the contract, reporting back to officials in the department and so on, so the question is, what were they doing? were they raising the alarm, alerting ministers at the right time? orwere alerting ministers at the right time? or were they sort of

complicit, if you like, with gas, insaeng, things are getting better, it is going to be ok? these are the serious questions peter clarke once addressed. where does this leave the investment private firms in running prisons? it does raise questions about gas and this company has attracted controversy in the past in terms of the justice system. at medway secure training centre in kent, there was undercover filming by bc —— bbc, aroma which resulted in gas losing the contract, it was taken over in gas losing the contract, it was ta ken over by in gas losing the contract, it was taken over by the government. also concerns at brockhaus removal centre at gatwick airport which is run by gas, but the company runs other prisons successfully. oak—wood prison, near birmingham, a prison in merseyside, and other private companies in the system also do or do —— also do a decentjob and are also publicly run jails which are

struggling. there was a lot of coverage about liverpool prison and the cousins cashed the conditions there, which is run by the public sector. it is a mixed picture. there are some underlying problems of overcrowding, lack of staffing, cutbacks in resources and drugs, which have contributed to the difficulties. you mentioned drugs and violence and that is what the prisons minister rory stewart has been talking about, that he wants to see a significant change in the levels of drug use and violence in jails. yes, he made a pledge last week in the ten of the most challenging prisons to cut, substantially cut challenging prisons to cut, su bsta ntially cut levels challenging prisons to cut, substantially cut levels of drug taking and violence in those jails. and he said, i will resign if i have not done that by next year. birmingham was not one of those tempers and is, but here we have the government is taking action to address the problems of birmingham ina address the problems of birmingham in a different way. but he has sta ked in a different way. but he has staked his political career on addressing these problems. and you

very much. a man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of police and members of the public outside parliament six days ago. salih khater, who's 29 and from birmingham, is accused of driving a car at pedestrians, cyclists and police officers, before crashing into a security barrier. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. it was last tuesday, at 7:37am, when a ford fiesta ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square before driving up the access road to the house of lords car park and smashing into the security barrier. counter—terrorism detectives led the investigation. this morning, the suspected driver of the car was brought to court to face two charges of attempted murder. in the dock, 29—year—old salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers. he confirmed his name and address. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese, and then corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got british citizenship six weeks ago. he's charged with attempting

to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder police officers on abingdon street, outside the house of lords. the case is being treated as terrorism by the crown prosecution service. salih khater came to britain in 2010, after travelling for two years through africa and europe from sudan. he continued his education in britain, while also working as a security guard. this morning's hearing lasted less than six minutes. the chief magistrate told salih khater he would remain in custody until his next appearance in court at the old bailey in 11 days' time. daniel sandford, bbc news, at westminster magistrates‘ court. a mother and daughter have been left in a critical condition by a hammer attack in south—east london. 27—year—old joe xuereb, who did not know the women, was arrested on suspicion

of attempted murder last night. the women, aged 6a and 30, are being treated at hospital. our correspondent, jenny kumah, is at the scene in south—east london. what more can you tell us about this attack? well, there is a real sense of shock and horror here. people here describe this as a quiet, peaceful area, but yesterday, here describe this as a quiet, peacefularea, but yesterday, it's turned into the scene of a gruesome hammer attack. two women, a mother and daughter of polish origin, were found near the cones covered in blood with horrific head injuries. they are seriously ill in hospital. i spoke to a neighbour and he described the incident that was caught on his cctv. well, a man came running in with a harrah ——, from left to right here and attacked the mother first. and the daughter confronted, the mother

we nt the daughter confronted, the mother went to running here and the daughter confronted him. and then he hit her then. and they both went down. and then he just repeated it, ke pt down. and then he just repeated it, kept hitting them both, you know? 27—year—old man is in police custody. he was caught after police launched an appeal yesterday, but they did warn the public not to approach him because he was believed to have mental health problems. however, they were able to catch him after a woman followed him in her carand after a woman followed him in her car and kept on following him until the police were able to arrive to arrest him. today, people tell me that they don't feel safe, they feel scared after what has happened. there is a small police presence here and in the last few moments, some men in forensic suits have arrived and they are looking through arrived and they are looking through a property year. thank you very much, jenny. from south east london. a british woman has survived

after falling from a cruise ship off the coast of croatia, and enduring ten hours in the sea. kay longstaff went overboard from the norwegian star liner at around midnight on saturday. officials said the a6 year old was rescued 60 miles offshore. dan johnson reports. kay longstaff, returning safely to dry land on a different sort of ship. the croatian coast guard rescued her from the sea after she spent a whole night treading water. i fell off the back of the norwegian star and i was in the water for ten hours. so, these wonderful guys rescued me. this is the moment she was pulled from the sea on sunday morning. her coast guard rescuers said she was tired and a bit sunburned, but remarkably well considering her ordeal. she was in pretty good physical shape. she was a bit hypodermic and exhausted, but all in all, she was healthy and pretty sound.

kay was aboard the norwegian star, filmed here on an earlier cruise. it's thought she was on the seventh deck, close to the back, when she fell. the ship left the croatian port of dubrovnik and was heading north, towards venice. on saturday evening, just before midnight, kay went overboard, 60 miles out in the adriatic sea. a passenger took this photo showing part of the deck closed. the ship turned back to try to find kay and its next cruise was delayed. there are questions about how she fell into the water and how she survived. the major factors of survival in this case are going to be the warm water, which was about the same temperature as a swimming pool. the fact that it was calm, so there was not a great requirement to work hard to keep her airway clear of the water. that she was female, which helps her float

because females have more body fat than males. and that she had experiences and training that would have assisted her to get through this ordeal. that's her previous experience as airline cabin crew, which may have helped, as well as practising yoga. i am very lucky to be alive. she certainly is. in winter, colder sea temperatures would have meant a survival time as short as two hours. dan johnson, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from private firm gas, after inspectors say it's fallen into a "state of crisis". a man accused of driving a car at members of the public and police officers outside the houses of parliament has appeared in court. and lucky to be alive — the british woman who fell off a cruise ship and survived ten hours in the adriatic sea. and in sport, i's cricketers are building a big lead against england in the third test at trent bridge. virat kohli has passed 50 in his

second innings. the leaders approaching a00 on the third day. england's women either england under 20 world cup semifinal againstjapan in brittany, the first time they have reached the last four in the tournament. they beat the netherlands in the quarterfinals. liverpool's mo salah is named on a three—man shortlist with cristiano ronaldo and luca modric for the uefa player of the year. i will be back with a full update in the next 15 minutes. a bbc investigation has found that conservative councillors spent tens of thousands of pounds of public money on a rugby stadium hospitality box, while their authority was facing a financial crisis. the payments were made by a company owned by northamptonshire county council. it also paid for a flypast by a second world war bomber. the authority says the expenditure was transparent. our news correspondent matt preceyjoins us now from northampton.

how did this come to light? and you kept council had serious concerns about this company and he said his concerns were not responded to. so he instigated a whistle—blower referral through the audit committee of the county council and about ten months later, they produce this report which lists a string of items of expenditure including the higher b-17 of expenditure including the higher b—17 vintage world war ii bomber. to fly over a memorial event in grafton underwood in may 2015. other items of expenditure included £2700 on a dinner with a string quartet, and £250 on cheese and biscuits. nea properties also spent £80,000 with the northampton saints rugby club, £20,000 on a corporate hospitality box at the saints. northamptonshire

cou nty box at the saints. northamptonshire county council was warning of financial problems. bear in mind, it has to save £70 million this financial year. is the county council seems to think it can justify this expenditure? well, they should statement to say that the independent audit report which followed the whistle—blower referral found that the expenditure and financial transactions by nea properties were transparent. the audit report did also say that the spending was in line with what the company was set up to do and was within the powers of its directors. but this report also found that the payments by nea properties were made with minimal government —— governors and documentation. the bbc has contacted the county council is to directors for response also. what was the response? we have not heard from them yet. we started to reach out to them from last thursday. it is possible these two

individuals might be on holiday. but so individuals might be on holiday. but so far, we have not heard back from these two councillors. so very much a work in progress. we will no doubt hear from you a work in progress. we will no doubt hearfrom you again, if we get an answer, thank you very much, from northamptonshire. the collapse of the high street chain house of fraser hit another major retailer today. shares in mulberry, which makes luxury handbags, plunged after it said it was owed up to £3 million by the department store chain. a short while ago, our business correspondent emma simpson talked about the collapse of house of fraser that is causing further ripples. house of fraser is really important to mulberry, it is a big source of sales. it is one of hundreds of suppliers who were owed money by house of fraser when it went into administration. now, the sums are extraordinary. if you add up all the unsecured creditors, including landlords and although suppliers, you get to nearly half £1 billion

worth of debt. now, here is the thing. when a company goes into administration and is then bought by somebody else, those doubts or effectively written off. there is no legal obligation for the new owner to pay those debts. of course, that is what happened when mike ashley's sports direct took over house of fraser. it is the harsh reality that suppliers and up taking the hit. and today, mulberry is the first supplier to reveal the true cost to its business, saying that it will 110w its business, saying that it will now have to set aside up to £3 million to cover the cost. the sum was material enough today that it had to announce it on the stock exchange, some ripple effects indeed. couples raising two children, while working full—time on the minimum wage, don't earn enough to provide their family with even a basic, no—frills lifestyle according to new research. the report blames rising prices and freezes in benefits and tax credits. the government says that household incomes are at an all time high. but the child poverty action group says many parents are struggling to make ends meet.

they are suffering from raising prices, static income, and what has had the biggest effect is the fact that in work benefits as well as out—of—work benefits, notjust tax credits, have not risen over a number of years. so income is pretty static and people are really feeling the pinch. staff at gatwick airport are having to write flight information on whiteboards because of a technical problem with the airport's digital screens. airport management say they've identified the problem and engineers are working on it. our correspondent, briohny williams, is outside gatwick airport. and we can speak to her. what is the situation? well, gatwick airport have told us that some people have missed their flights, but it is unclear just how many missed their flights, but it is unclearjust how many people have been affected. one passenger got in

touch this morning and said that they were booked onto a nine o'clock flight they were booked onto a nine o'clock flight to rome, they missed that light, they are having to reebok onto a different fight this afternoon. because of the chaos and confusion, their backs have now got lost. so obviously, they want to rectify this problem as quickly as possible. it is the responsibility of vodafone, they are the company that look after the it infrastructure, and it is because of the damaged fibre—optic cable which is why this has happened. i have been told engineers are on site and they are working extremely hard to fix the problem, and they have said it is going to be their top priority. because at the moment, it is just whiteboards are being used on the departure for. staff are having to radio information to each other to write on the whiteboards the flight information for passengers. some people have taken to social media to vent their anger,

some people posting pictures saying they can't believe this is happening. but gatwick is the uk's second busiest airport. thousands of passengers passing through each day. and august is an extremely busy time of year come so they will be trying to rectify this as soon as possible. thank you very much. from gatwick airport. more than two million muslims have started the hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia, one of the world's largest annual gatherings. the hajj retraces the last steps of the prophet mohammed. these are the latest pictures from jeddah. every muslim is required to complete the journey to islam's holiest sites at least once in their lifetime — if they are healthy enough. the pilgrimage was struck by its worst ever disaster three years ago, when more than 2,000 worshippers were crushed to death in a stampede. he's famous for creating dresses that only the boldest stars

would dare to wear — women like marilyn monroe, madonna and, most famously, cher. they've all worn some of the outlandish pieces by the costume designer and nine—time emmy award winner bob mackie and now many of their outfits are up for sale. our arts correspondent, david sillito, has been to meet him. i'm bob mackie, and i'm a costume designer. and i've dressed some really interesting women in my life. they come to me to wear something that, when they walk out on stage, the audience knows they're there for a show. bob mackie, one of the first dresses he helped work on was this showstopper for marilyn munroe. # happy birthday, mr president...# but he truly made his name as the master of attention—grabbing style when he teamed up with cher, especially those oscar outfits. these are dresses that stop traffic, aren't they? well, they stop traffic, and they're like smoke and mirrors. they don't show anything, but you think you're seeing everything.

is there anything she said no to? only if she thought it was boring. is there anything you have designed for her and you thought, "no, you can't wear that to the oscars"? yes, yes, and she made me do it, and then i denied doing it, for years. it was her turn back time outfit, that was called the "sailors on the ship". of course, bob's heyday was an era when fashion fame was limited to a tiny number of stars. these days, it's rather more democratic. freddie harrel‘s part of a new era of fashion bloggers and instagram stars, so we invited her to see what she makes of yesterday's attention—grabbing outfits. wow, fantastic! oh, turn around, look at her! and you know this dress is cher‘s dress, not tina turner's. i know, i can't believe it. the dress, a cher classic, from her tv show.

it's certainly eye—catching, but for freddie, the modern era of online fashion fame isn't so much about standing out, but bringing people together. sharing thisjourney on instagram, on social media, it allowed me to find this community of like—minded people who also are really eager to express themselves, and also find who they are and who they are made of. but for bob, this is a moment of farewell. do you feel sorry to say goodbye to them? no, it's ok. they're all documented, and it never looks as good as it did on that woman that day she put it on for the first time. indeed, when you've got someone like freddie, that's when a dress becomes a bob mackie. david sillito, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. we're not quite so daring for our

address that is the dress you should wear for the catwalk! i should, but i would have to breathe in for the day! a mild start the week. yes, but relatively cloudy, with a moist westerly airflow after the atlantic. but a lot of cloud and things will turn a bit cooler as we head towards the latter part of the week. much fresher vertically across the north and west of the country. this afternoon, it is largely dry with some sunny intervals breaking through that cloud. it will feel muqqy through that cloud. it will feel muggy and humid. looking at the satellite picture, you can see the cloud billing in across much of england and wales, but central and northern scotland with the best of the sunshine. it is likely to remain this way for the next few hours. elsewhere, the cloud will hold on. there could be holes in it and breaking through time to time. more ofa breaking through time to time. more of a breeze for the far south—west, otherwise the winds light and we're

not getting the dilution to break up the cloud. we could see showers in central areas and it will be warm and muggy, you could see the mid—20s celsius in the south east. showers clearer way this evening into the north sea and for most, it will be a dry night. variable cloud and mist and murk and clear spells and a warm one. 13, 17 celsius. this is the pressure charter for tuesday, a benign picture. between weather systems. but this is a very weak area of high pressure. to the north west, we have something a bit more substantial, weather front which will bring wind and rain later in the day. elsewhere, another largely cloudy day with the odd spot of late rain and drizzle. the signs and the afternoon that it could turn a bit sunnier across southern and western areas. another warm one, 25, 26 degrees. wetter to the north west. tied into this weather front which moves south east during tuesday night and into wednesday morning. could be fairly heavy rain on it.

quite breezy as well, the isobars posted together. so a bit of a grey and wet start across eastern and southern scotland, northern england, north wales on wednesday. the rain will ease a bit as it moves south east, but you could see sharp showers as it bumps into the warm air across the south east where, once again, we could see 26, maybe 27 degrees. a bit cooler and fresher into the north west, 1a—18d. the cooler and fresher air will not affect the north west. on thursday, it spread south and east and by friday, it will have reached all areas and it is a brisk north—westerly wind which will read plenty of showers and north west of the country, some of them heavy and sunny. but they should be some sunshine around and you will notice by the end of the week it will feel cooler and fresher. a lot of people will be glad it is cooler because this incredible heat does not suit everybody, but we do have a bank holiday coming up. that is right, not for everybody, but most of us a bank holiday into

the new weekend so the cooler and fresher air lingers into the first pa rt fresher air lingers into the first part of it. so on saturday, the best of the sunshine across the south, and further north, quite breezy with further showers. but deep into the bank holiday weekend, condition should improve from the west. a long way off for now, but i will confirm that tomorrow. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. birmingham prison is being taken under government control from the private firm gas, after being declared in a "state of crisis" by inspectors. a 29—year—old man has appeared in court charged with two counts of attempted murder after allegedly crashing a car into barriers outside the houses of parliament last tuesday. a british cruise passenger says she's lucky to be alive after falling into the adriatic sea and spending 10 hours in the water before being rescued. pope francis has condemned the disclosure of hundreds of cases of sex abuse by catholic priests in america, saying the crimes were a "tragic horror". after almost a decade

of economic hardship, greece has successfully completed a bailout programme — worth tens of billions of euros — to tackle its debt crisis. and police urge the home office to close a loophole, which allows antique handguns to be brought into the uk legally, to stop them falling into the hands of criminal gangs. sport now on afternoon live, with olly foster. and it's not going well for england's cricketers at trent bridge, olly? not at all, they could have sealed the series, perhaps they still could, but they need a miracle at trent bridge in nottingham if england are to take the series against india, but remember they we re against india, but remember they were scheduled for 161 in a single session yesterday, that didn't help. they pinched a couple of indian wickets before the close but today india have just taken a firm grip on the third test. they did just take the third test. they did just take the wicket off pujara in the last

couple of minutes. him and virat kohli had been slowly is turning the screw early on, adding to the overnight 12a—2. ben stokes made the breakthrough, caught by alastair cookin breakthrough, caught by alastair cook in the slips but still that lead approaching a00. pujara made 72. a lead of 393, that is. only the third day, so we might get an indian declaration before the close. this won't have helped england either, wicketkeeperjonny bairstow had to go off to hospital. he has a minor fracture in his finger. you might not be able to bat in the second innings. jos buttler who dropped pujara earlier today, he has taken over wicketkeeping duties. another thing that might help england, just some spots of rain in nottingham at the moment, i will keep an eye on that. the brollies are up amongst the crowd but they are betting on

for now. a bit of respite for a while maybe, if it buckets down. for now. a bit of respite for a while maybe, if it buckets downm would add to rain for a long time for england to save this test. yes, maybe. now, football, earlier in the summer england's men's team reached the semifinals of the world cup, today the women under 20s are hoping today the women under 20s are hoping to go one better. absolutely, in their world cup tournament, happening in brittany. they have been going really well. then the next half an hour they play japan in the semifinals, this is taking place in brittany. this is also where they beat the netherlands 2—1 in the quarterfinals last friday to set up this semifinal. the furthest that they have been in this tournament, they have been in this tournament, the last four. japan, though, have been a real surprise package from the moment they beat the usa in their opening match. they beat the three times germany to reach the last four, the french face spain in the other quarterfinal. uefa have

released the shortlist for their men's and women's player of the year. no british players involved but liverpool's mohamed salah is in there for his brilliant season that saw liverpool which the final of the champions league, remember over 30 goals in the premier league as well. real madrid pull factor luka modric and cristiano ronaldo, now of juventus, also up for that award, voted by 80 coaches and journalists around the world. he is in action tonight mo salah, just one of the players that the palace manager will be very wary. you look at the attacking threat they pose, and you think and you work on the training field trying to make certain the players know where that threat's coming from, and what they might be able to do tactically and position lead to nullify it, to some extent. when i say nullify it, you will not be able to stop it completely, because we are talking about players of the highest possible class. the

european para athletics championships begin in berlin today. long jumpers act skin is in action later, the son of the england and lions rugby legend mick skinner, just missed out on a medal at the world championships. in my individual events i am excited. in the long jump it will be very good competition. we have got about five of us all around similar marks, so you can easily come in and hopefully win it, but if anyone can come in fifth. i back my chances, i am a good competitor anything i can bring it to the game when i need to. quick update from trent bridge, india 227-3, 396 update from trent bridge, india 227—3, 396 ahead of england. i will have an update on the next hour. hundreds of unlicensed handguns have been legally brought

into the uk and sold to criminals because of a loophole in the law. under current legislation, it is legal to buy and sell guns — so long as commercially—made ammunition is no longer available. but an investigation for the bbc‘s panorama programme has found criminals are making ammunition for antique weapons at home, and then using them to kill. greg mckenzie reports. this is the west midlands police strongroom in birmingham. it's full of weapons. many are antiques and have been recovered from crime scenes. the uk has very strict gun laws, but because these antiques are so old, the rounds they fire are no longer produced, so the government has classified them as obsolete calibre. that means that, unless you have a criminal record, anyone can own them. but criminals have been getting hold of the guns and making their own ammunition for them. police say they've been used in six killings and dozens of shootings. they're easy to purchase, they don't fall under the licensing, if they're possessed as an antique or a curio, and we know that offenders are quoting that loophole

in the legislation at police officers when they are stopped and searched. we sent reporter daniel foggo to america to see if he could buy an antique handgun and bring it back into the uk. look at that. smith & wesson russian aa. which fires aa calibre ammunition in a russian style, which they don't make any more, so that's why it's designated as obsolete. no licence required. no import licence was needed, and us government and airline shipping instructions are available online. at heathrow, our reporter passed through the red channel and paid 5% duty on the price of the gun, a potential murder weapon legally brought into the uk. two years ago, carl campbell was killed with a russian aa in west bromwich. his three killers were jailed in july last year. police realised the scale of the problem when they investigated antique gun dealer paul edmunds. he was convicted last december

of conspiring to supply arms and ammunition and sentenced to 30 years in prison. it's estimated that hundreds of his weapons are still in circulation. so, there is a real reason for public safety why certain calibres need to become off the obsolete calibre list so that they can no longer be possessed by criminals as an antique. the home office says it has consulted on proposals to enshrine in law a new definition of antique firearms, ensuring older weapons that could still pose a danger to the public are licensed. a decision is expected later this year. greg mckenzie, bbc news. and you can see more on greg mckenzie's investigation, "legal weapon" on panorama tonight on bbc one at 8.30. at least 1,600 more people in england are thought to be alive today because of the establishment of major trauma centres six years ago. a report shows that they lead to patients spending fewer days in hospital — and to them experiencing

a better quality of life. our health correspondent nick triggle reports. tom rock was inspecting the gymnasts on his roof last october when disaster struck. he fell from his ladder on his balcony breaking his leg, arm, wrist, shoulder and every bonein leg, arm, wrist, shoulder and every bone in his face. he was taken by airambulance bone in his face. he was taken by air ambulance from his phone on the kent coast to kings london. one of the nearest, it is the region's major trauma centre and have the staff and equipment to save his life. i felt totally safe, secure and confident and everything that was being done to me. he is one of at least 1600 people who are alive, thanks to a new way of providing trauma care in england. since 2012, the most seriously injured are taken to one of the country's 27

designated regional trauma centres, where their specialist staff and equipment so they can be treated immediately. the study analysed care given to 110,000 former cases between 2008 and 2017. that's about half the total number. —— trauma cases. in a 2012 reorganisation, the chances of survival had increased by a fifth. that extra 20 minutes or 30 minutes in the back of the helicopter or back of the ambulance means that when you arrive there is a trauma team receiving new, operating theatre immediately available to operate on you and save your life, and then the skills to try and put you back together again. meanwhile, ten months on, tom's life is getting back to normal. trying to push myself doing various activities, static bike, then out of my road bike, started playing squash again, hobbling around the court a little bit at first but that has come back to playing ok again now.

amazing recovery from that man. a group of elderly south koreans have visited north korea to meet relatives they haven't seen for decades. the two countries, which are technically still at war, have organised reunion events before. but this is the first in three years. the south koreans were chosen by lottery — the oldest of them is 101. laura bicker reports. they've waited more than 60 years for this moment. and some simply couldn't find the words. the joy of meeting also brings with it the pain of all those missed years. most have brought photographs to help them catch up. but these are the lucky few. half of the 130,000 families waiting to meet their loved ones have died before getting this chance. kim remembers the moment she saw her daughter for the first

time in over 60 years. but the reunion was brief and bittersweet. all too soon, they were torn apart. translation: when time was up, i let go of my daughter's hand and got onto the bus. the moment i sat down i could not speak. not a single word came out of my mouth. i felt like cutting off my own flesh. anyone who has given birth knows what it feels like to leave their children behind. mrs kim knows she was lucky to have at least this one chance. it's unlikely to come again. this man is one of 88 who were chosen this time around. he got a call to say he'll meet his younger sister. he hasn't seen her

for nearly 70 years. translation: after hearing the news, i was so shocked that i drank and couldn't sleep at all that night. he fled north korea in the middle of the night, leaving his family behind after growing concerned about the spread of communism. he fought the north during the korean war and is unhappy with the current division. i want to tell the world that we should allow separated families to meet whenever they want. instead of how it is now, with few people meeting rarely. for decades, this man kept looking north across the border for his mother in the hope she would return. she went back to north korea in 1953 to prepare for peace. he even built his house near where she left him. he's never been selected for the reunions. translation: when can we meet our loved ones? after all of us are dead?

100 people per event isjust meaningless. there are 50,000 people waiting all over the country. as well as bringing joy, this week's reunions will remind koreans on both sides that the pain of separation has not and may never leave this peninsula. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. charlotte is here, in a moment she will take is through the business news but first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from private firm gas, after inspectors say it's fallen into a "state of crisis". a man accused of driving a car at members of the public and police officers outside the houses of parliament has appeared in court. and lucky to be alive — the british woman who fell off a cruise ship and survived 10 hours in the adriatic sea. here's your business

headlines on afternoon live. shares in luxury handbag maker mulberry have plunged 30% after it said it was setting aside £3 million to cover the cost of house of fraser's troubles. the company also warned full—year profits could be "materially reduced" if current tough uk trading continued into the second half of the year. greece is now free to borrow money on the financial markets. the country's bailout programme officially comes to an end. the government says it can stand on its own two feet, after three financial rescue packages totalling over $300 billion. countrywide, the uk's largest estate agency group, has cancelled plans for a new bonus package for its bosses following an outcry from investors. the package could have paid out a total of £20 million to three executives,

depending on the firm's share price performance over the next three years. pepsico, the company that owns pepsi is buying sodastream? yes, ididn't yes, i didn't actually know what soda stream looked like before i googled it today but they are machines that make fizzy drinks. we had one, i am old enough, the first incarnation. you put your drinks through, doesn't have to be water, it comes out fizzy. it is meant to be this healthy drink. it is like m . be this healthy drink. it is like magic! pepsico concerned about the shift from sugary drinks to health—conscious strings, so they are trying to shield themselves from this change in taste, and so they have put in this bed for soda stream. quite a good move, quite an interesting move. we can hear more from paul blake who joins us now from paul blake who joins us now from new york. an interesting move,

but pretty shrewd by pepsico to want to shield itself from these changing trends? that's right, so soda sales, traditional soda sales who would see at the supermarket, pepsi, diet pepsi, they have been flat, but sodastream has as ishant itself as a seltzer company, appealing to young people who are more health conscious who might be more wary of purchasing the sugary drinks that are the bread and butter of pepsico. seltzer water sales according to euromonitor has seen an increase of 6% over the past year and soda stream and its shares have shot up dramatically this year. pepsi is essentially looking at this asa pepsi is essentially looking at this as a way to buttress the flattening sales of its traditional products and still keeping a foothold in the fizzy drink market. do you have a sodastream at home? fizzy drink market. do you have a sodastream at home ?|j fizzy drink market. do you have a sodastream at home? i don't but i we nt sodastream at home? i don't but i went to a friend's house who had won and tried to use it myself and ended

up and tried to use it myself and ended up spraying fizzy water all over the kitchen. not a bad hand yet. apple, we have heard about them and their plans in china today. there are reports out here in the us that apple has yanked the sedgley 25,000 apps from the chinese app store, they version of the app store in china. the report say those apps are largely based around illegal gambling and fake lottery tickets. it would only represent about 1.a% of the total apps, according to these reports in the wall street journal and the state broadcaster cctv. we are hearing a lot about technology companies in china, some trying to bend the rules, others staying firm. a difficult day for mulberry, the hand bag maker. yes, seen as these luxury excess risk

that they have not had a great day, their share price plunged 30% this morning, considerable, because of its troubles with house of fraser. they said they had two sets of money aside because of the collapse of house of fraser. it was owed a few million pounds by the store and its new owner, mike ashley, who owns sports direct, says he is not going to pay the debts house of fraser to his takeover. so it looks like they will have to put that money aside as a loss of income. house of fraser, if you ever go into one, there is a lwa ys if you ever go into one, there is always a mulberry, they are quite prevalent in stores. quite if you staff who work for mulberry will be working in those house of fraser store so it is kind of uncertain for them. lots of ramifications. the markets? the ftse100 in positive territory in the green, countrywide, their share price slightly down after it cancelled that amazing package for executives it was going to pay, about £20 million to two

executives, because investors were not happy. countrywide earlier this year said they had to go and raise money because of the outlook of the housing market not looking too great in the uk at the moment. not a great day for them either. charlotte, thank you, we will see you later. the number 911 is synonymous with an emergency in the united states. but as tensions rise with police and disputes now playing out on social media the calls have now changed. the bbc‘s angelica casas has more. we have seen the videos, read the headlines and searched the hashtags. we have individuals calling 9112 report on individuals not manifesting any evidence of criminality whatsoever, in fact the only that has been manifested

consistently is the fact that they are living while black. according to professor herba, while the internet has made these calls viral, they are nothing new. 911 has a pretty chequered past when it comes to communities of colour in the united states. it is still relatively young. the emergency number has been around for 50 years. when it was first created in the 1960s, its goal was to ease the rising national crime rate. but within the first year, 60% of calls to 911 worth of nonemergencies. they don't ask you high, hello, how is your day, they ask you very specifically what is your 911 emergency? herba says misuse of 91 wonders what we see with these viral cause. —— calls. law enforcement officers are placed in an interesting position here.

when officers show up on the scene and investigate, what theirjob is to do at that point is to dispel or confirm any criminality that may be afoot. there is a question as to whether or not the callers should be criminally prosecuted. despite the growing regularity of viral videos showing these nine 11 nonemergency calls, it still has a purpose. 911 has been a life—saver in particularly in response to medical and fire emergencies in all communities. more than 200 competitors from around the world have been taking part in the british beard and moustache championships in the english town of blackpool. andrew plant reports.

they're calling it a hairy extravaganza. all shapes and sizes of facial haircompeting in 21 different categories. best beard, best moustache, full bea rd freestyle, even finest fake beard, too. a lot of guys really do love their facial hair... well, they're attached to it, so, you know, they love it. so, a lot of guys like to show off. you get quite a lot of extravagant people here and you know, it's somewhere you can come and you feel comfortable, i suppose, amongst your peers. all manner of facial hair is here. from the distinctly european, to respectable english gentleman, sporting some of the world's most celebrated sideburns. i am the reigning world and british natural sideburns champion. it takes a lot of looking after. the conditions here today aren't perfect for the beard, the wind, the humidity is having an effect, but it's the same for everybody so...

it's pretty big this time. there's a lot of people from germany and europe. one ex—world champion. there are guys from new zealand. it's going to be big. no—one takes it terribly seriously. but everybody... as long as you get beaten by a better beard, that's ok. first of all, i couldn't be bothered shaving! but then it becomes an identity. and then once you've grown it for so long, you're kind of like, you don't want to get rid of it, because it takes so long to grow. the british beard and moustache championships take place every two years and are getting more popular each time. as more and more people take part to compete for the acclaim and adulation of world's most winning whiskers. andrew plant, bbc news. i feel remarkably bare all of the sudden. time for a look at the weather... here's stav da naos.

it is staying pretty warm for the next few days across the board before it turns a little bit cooler by the end of the week. we are maintaining this mild and pretty moist atlantic airflow for the rest of today and into this evening. there will be some sunshine around but also quite a bit of cloud, one or two showers were the cloud will be thickest through central areas, tending to clear off into the north sea. much like last night, a few clear spells but also quite a bit of cloud and some misty murkiness too. a mile might pretty much across—the—board. 16 or 17 in the south. this is the big picture per tuesday. we are under the influence ofa tuesday. we are under the influence of a weak area of high pressure, the weather fronts threaten to bring thicker cloud and outbreaks of into the far north—west of the country later on in the day. again we are starting off on a relatively cloudy, murky note, once again some holes will in that cloud. to the

north—west of that country, the weather front and crutches, north—west of that country, the weatherfront and crutches, we north—west of that country, the weather front and crutches, we start to see outbreaks of rain becoming more consistent and heavier, but another warm day, temperatures may be 2a, 25, 26 in the south—east. as we head on to tuesday night and wednesday, more persistent rain to the north—west of the country and slowly slips its way southwards and eastwards through the day. this weather front continuing to migrate south—eastwards, we could see a fewer heavy showers developing at the bit where temperatures will be very warm, given any sunshine, 2627 degrees, a bit cooler and pressure pushing to the north—west but at least bright with some sunshine. that warmer air ebbs away across south—eastern parts and allows this cooler air mass to spread its way. that weather front still bringing outbreaks of rain, as it clears away skies brightened but that cooler air

will arrive, wind is picking up from the north—west, allowing some blustery showers to push into north—western areas where it will feel quite chilly, 13 degrees in stornoway and temperatures lower in the south—east too. by friday much cooler as well. in madrid sunshine and blustery showers. —— a mixture of sunshine. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. today at 3: after scenes like these, birmingham prison is taken under government control. inspectors say it's fallen into crisis. it cannot be the case that the only time urgent action is taken to restore decency in a prison is when an inspectorate report is published. surely somebody must have been asleep at the wheel. a man appears in court charged with attempted murder, after a car crashed outside the houses of parliament. lucky to be alive. the british cruise passenger rescued after falling into the adriatic sea.

i fell off the back of the norwegian star, and i was in the water for ten hours. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport — olly foster is watching india's cricketers build a big lead. yes. hello again. there has been a wicket, but india are slowly putting the third test out of sight, as they look to keep the series alive. thank you very much. a foul bulletin just after half past. and we have all the weather. —— a complete bulletin. a warm bulletin. awarm and bulletin. a warm and humid note, but things turning cooler and fresher by the end of the week. all the details later. dare to wear? we meet the emmy—award winning—designer who's dressed famous names like cher and madonna. hello.

this is afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from the private firm gas, after inspectors said it had fallen into a "state of crisis". the chief inspector of prisons said it was the worst prison he'd ever been to, and that some inmates were scared to leave their cells. it's thought to be the first time the ministry ofjustice has stepped in to take over — midway through a contract — since private firms began running prisons more than 25 years ago. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, has more. birmingham prison has had a long and troubled history. it was the scene of a riot in 2016 which left four wings badly damaged. 500 offenders were moved out, after the worst prison disturbances for decades. since then, inspectors say conditions have deteriorated to the point of crisis.

it's forced the government to take over the running of birmingham from the private firm gas. this is a fundamental failure of leadership and management. we'd hoped that gas bringing in a new, experienced governor would make a difference. it didn't, which is why we've had to make the difficult decision to step in ourselves. prison inspectors said there was a lack of order and control at birmingham, with violent inmates able to act with near impunity. we need to get some people in here... a letter to thejustice secretary said there was a fear of violence among... there was a fear of violence among some prisoners, who refused to come out of their cells. groups of staff had locked themselves in their offices and conditions were found to be filthy, with blood, vomit and rat droppings on the floor.

the chief prisons inspector suggested ministers should have intervened earlier. if they already knew about it, why didn't they do something about it? intervene, take effective action, show leadership. it cannot be the case that the only time urgent action is taken to restore decency in a prison is when an inspectorate report is published. surely somebody must have been asleep at the wheel. since the start of the year, gas has been warned numerous times that it must address the problems at birmingham. official improvement notices were sent to managers. last month, a former prison officer told the bbc he was frightened to go to work. i would sit in the car for a length of time trying to get yourself in the right state of mind to go in and do a day's work. was it your day to be assaulted? you know, you were just expecting things to come along. in may, the voluntary body that carries out regular visits to birmingham was so alarmed about conditions, it wrote to ministers calling for action.

the headcount needs to be reduced, i think managers need to be allowed to manage and be visible on the wings, and the whole issue of safety and violence and drugs needs to be addressed. gas won the contract to run birmingham seven years ago, sparking staff protests. the company won't get the present back for at least six months, until it's safer and more stable. gas said it welcomed the opportunity to address what it said were the exceptional challenges at hmp birmingham. many other prisons in the public sector face similar problems of violence and drug—taking, but none on this scale. earlier, i spoke to danny shaw, and asked him to explain who was responsible for what happened in birmingham prison. well, i think the blame certainly does lie with gas. this company has a 15—year contract to operate birmingham, and it has clearly been failing in the past 18 months, as the prisons inspector has outlined. but at the same time, the ministry ofjustice awarded that contract and it's their responsibility

to monitor how its operating. they have their own officials in birmingham prison every single day monitoring the contract, reporting back to officials in the department, and so on. so the question is, what were they doing? were they raising the alarm, alerting ministers at the right time? or were they sort of complicit, if you like, with gas, in saying, things are getting better, it's going to be ok? so, these are the really serious questions i think peter clarke wants addressed. and where does this leave the involvement of private firms in the running of prisons? well, it does raise questions about gas. this is a company that's attracted controversy in the past, in terms of the justice system. you may remember at medway secure training centre, in kent, there was undercover filming by the bbc panorama programme, which resulted in gas losing the contract. to operate medway. it was taken over by the government. there were also concerns

at brook house removal centre, at gatwick airport, which is run by gas. but on the other hand, the company runs other prisons very successfully. oakwood prison, not far from birmingham, is run very well. altcourse, on merseyside. and there are other private companies in the system who also do a decentjob. and at the same time, there are a number of publicly run jails which are struggling. there was a lot of coverage about liverpool prison and the conditions there. that's run by the public sector. so it's very difficult to say this is all about private sector bad, public sector good. it's a mixed picture, and there are some underlying problems of overcrowding, lack of staffing, cutbacks in resources, and drugs, which have contributed to the difficulties. and you mentioned drugs and violence, and that's exactly what the prisons minister rory stewart has been talking about, that he wants to see a significant change in the levels of drug use and violence in jails. yes, well, he made a pledge last week in the ten of the most challenging prisons to cut — to substantially cut —

levels of drug taking and violence in those jails. and he said, i will resign if i haven't done that by next year. birmingham wasn't one of those ten prisons, but here, we have the government taking action to address the problems of birmingham in a different way. but clearly, he has staked his political career on addressing these problems. a man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of police and members of the public outside parliament six days ago. salih khater, who's 29 and from birmingham, is accused of driving a car at pedestrians, cyclists and police officers, before crashing into a security barrier. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. it was last tuesday, at 7:37am, when a ford fiesta ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square before driving up the access road to the house of lords car park and smashing into the security barrier. counter—terrorism detectives led the investigation.

this morning, the suspected driver of the car was brought to court to face two charges of attempted murder. in the dock, 29—year—old salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers. he confirmed his name and address. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese, and then corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got british citizenship six weeks ago. he's charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder police officers on abingdon street, outside the house of lords. the case is being treated as terrorism by the crown prosecution service. salih khater came to britain in 2010, after travelling for two years through africa and europe from sudan. he continued his education in britain, while also working as a security guard. this morning's hearing lasted less than six minutes. the chief magistrate told salih khater he would remain in custody until his next appearance in court at the old bailey in 11 days' time. daniel sandford, bbc news,

at westminster magistrates‘ court. a british woman has survived after falling from a cruise ship off the coast of croatia, and enduring ten hours in the sea. kay longstaff went overboard from the norwegian star liner at around midnight on saturday. officials said the a6 year old was rescued 60 miles offshore. dan johnson reports. she is said by a doctor treating her in pula, in croatia, to be in excellent condition. kay longstaff, returning safely to dry land on a different sort of ship. the croatian coast guard rescued her from the sea after she spent a whole night treading water. i fell off the back of the norwegian star and i was in the water for ten hours. so, these wonderful guys rescued me. this is the moment she was pulled from the sea on sunday morning.

her coast guard rescuers said she was tired and a bit sunburnt, but remarkably well considering her ordeal. she was in pretty good physical shape. she was a bit hypodermic and exhausted but, all in all, she was healthy and pretty sound. kay was aboard the norwegian star, filmed here on an earlier cruise. it's thought she was on the seventh deck, close to the back, when she fell. the ship left the croatian port of dubrovnik and was heading north, towards venice. on saturday evening, just before midnight, kay went overboard, 60 miles out in the adriatic sea. a passenger took this photo, showing part of the deck closed. the ship turned back to try to find kay and its next cruise was delayed. there are questions about how she fell into the water and how she survived. the major factors in the survival

in this case are going to be the warm water, which was about the same temperature as a swimming pool. the fact that it was calm, so there was not a great requirement to work hard to keep her airway clear of the water. that she was female, which helps her float because females have more body fat than males. and that she had experiences and training that would have assisted her to get through this ordeal. that's her previous experience as airline cabin crew, which may have helped, as well as practising yoga. i am very lucky to be alive. she certainly is. in winter, colder sea temperatures would have meant a survival time as short as two hours. dan johnson, bbc news. in the last few moments, the director of the pula clinic, said kay longstaff probably survived without serious injuries due to her good health and the warm sea. (tx sor) the patient came to hospital yesterday, 2a hours before, she is

feeling good today as she felt yesterday. she doesn't have any bad injuries on her body. and she will be discharged from hospital today, inafew be discharged from hospital today, in a few hours. she is just waiting for herfamily in a few hours. she is just waiting for her family to in a few hours. she is just waiting for herfamily to pick her up. she is in good condition, probably because she is young and healthy person. and nothing happens to her after ten hours to be in the croatian c. croatian sea. police in the spanish region of catalonia say they are treating an attack at a police station outside barcelona as an act of terrorism. officers shot dead a man who entered the building with a large knife. at a news conference, a police spokesman confirmed that the attacker had said "god is great". a mother and daughter have been left in a critical condition by a hammer attack in south—east london. 27—year—old joe xuereb, who did not know the women, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder last night. the women, aged 6a and 30, are being treated in hospital. our correspondent, jenny kumah,

reports from the scene in south—east london. there is a real sense of shock and horror here. people here describe this as a quiet, peaceful area but, yesterday, it turned into the scene of a gruesome hammer attack. two women, a mother and daughter of polish origin, were found near the cones covered in blood, with horrific head injuries. they are seriously ill in hospital. i spoke to a neighbour and he described the incident that was caught on his cctv. well, a man come running in with a hammer, from left to right here, and attacked the mother first. and the daughter confronted. the mother went to run in here and the daughter confronted him. and he hit her then.

and they both went down. and then he just repeately kept hitting them both, you know? well, a 27—year—old man is in police custody. he was caught after the police launched an appeal yesterday, but they did warn the public not to approach him because he was believed to have mental health problems. however, they were able to catch him after a woman followed him in her car and kept on following him until the police were able to arrive to arrest him. today, people tell me that they don't feel safe, they feel scared after what's happened. there is a small police presence here and, in the last few moments, some men in forensic suits have arrived and are looking through a property here. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from private firm gas, after inspectors say it's fallen

into a "state of crisis". a man accused of driving a car at members of the public and police officers outside the houses of parliament has appeared in court. and lucky to be alive — the british woman who fell off a cruise ship and survived ten hours in the adriatic sea. the emmy—award—winning designer who's dressed famous names like marilyn monroe and cher. and in sport, inland have taken a wicket on the third day of the third test, but i still building a very commanding lead in their second innings over a00 runs ahead. captain virat kohli approaching his century. in the's women playjapan in the semifinals of the under 20 world cup. it is goalless in the first half in brittany. and liverpool's mohamed salah has been shortlisted for the uefa player of the year. luka modric and cristiano ronaldo are also up for the award. i will have an update for you the next 15 minutes. a bbc investigation has found that conservative councillors spent tens of thousands of pounds of public money on a rugby stadium hospitality box — while their authority was facing a financial crisis.

the payments were made by a company owned by northamptonshire county council. it also paid for a flypast by a second world war bomber. the authority says the expenditure was transparent. our news correspondent, matt precey, brought us this update from northampton. a ukip county council had serious concerns about this company called nea properties. and he said that his concerns were not been responded to. so he then instigated a whistle—blower referral through the audit committee of the county council, and about ten months later, they produced this report, which lists a string of items of expenditure, including the hire of a b-17 expenditure, including the hire of a b—17 vintage world war ii bomber. to fly over a memorial event in grafton underwood, in may 2015. other items of expenditure also included £2700

ona dinner of expenditure also included £2700 on a dinner with a string quartet, and £250 on cheese and biscuits. but nea properties, this company, also spent £80,000 with a northamptonshire saints rugby club, £20,000 went on a corporate hospitality box at the saints. so this is all the while northamptonshire county council was warning of financial problems. bear in mind it has got to save £70 million this financial year. after almost ten years of economic hardship, greece has successfully completed a bailout programme, in which it received tens of billions of euros to help it fix its economy. it means the country can now borrow again on international markets. the loans given to greece since 2010 amounted to the biggest bailout in global financial history, but were conditional on its government introducing a series of deeply unpopular austerity measures. mark lowen — who covered the crisis for us — has returned to athens and sent this report. from 2010, greece was gripped by unrest. shouting

revealing its sky—high deficit led to three bailouts, totalling over 300 billion euros. as austerity hit, despair turned to rage, running battles consumed central athens. greece was collapsing and risked taking the eurozone with it. a huge bout of tear gas hasjust come up to this place where i'm broadcasting from... i covered the story as the athens correspondent, and have come back as greece finishes its bailouts. the endless days i spent here among the chaos of the protests seem almost like a distant memory. greece is clearly rebuilding, but the problems are still here. unemployment is at 20%, down from a high of 28%. austerity has pushed one in five below the poverty line. the economy has shrunk by a quarter. greece may be coming off life support, but it is still far from real recovery.

and out of sight for those still suffering. the once comfortable depend on food hand—outs, after losing jobs and homes. livelihoods suddenly destroyed in 21st—century europe. translation: i don't see the crisis coming to an end. we are stressed and angry because we don't have jobs. i'm embarrassed that i cannot buy my little grandchildren a present. we just want to live comfortably in our own homes, so we can look our children in the eyes. it's the young fuelling a sense of recovery through start—ups, like this online human resources firm. they're drawing back home some of the half a million who left greece in the crisis brain drain. the fact that we don't have any more particular issues of, "ok, are we going to be in the eurozone, are we going to have euros tomorrow?" it's a good indication, at least we feel there

is some kind of stability. beneath greece's idyllic surface lies pain that will take long to heal. but a ray of hope is beginning to flicker here. mark lowen, bbc news, athens. in the studio is professor iain begg, from the european institute and co—director of the dahrendorf forum at the london school of economic and political science. thank you for coming in. when we talk about a bailout, it is three different programmes. yes, there was initial programme in 2010, 2011, but did not work terribly well and they had another one in 2012 and the third was under the president government of greece in 2015 when we had the grandstanding at the time as the greek finance minister and the prime ministerfired him. what has the impact been in greece? we see, from the report, they may

have come to the end of this programme, but there's still a lot to do. the impact has been dramatic on the economy. we know 25% of a fall in output, gdp, and a high level of unemployment predict we of youths. the impact of the programmes has been to bring the greek economy back from the brink and to put it back from the brink and to put it back on a much more stable basis. the public finances have been the source of the problem in the past. they are reasonably disciplined. but what has also been captured under the term austerity is a massive programme of trying to regenerate the supply side the economy, structural policies. how different is the greek economy structurally these days? we heard the different stories about how people were able to retire very young and very large state salaries, state pensions. houses and construction stopped before a roof went on so taxes were not paid. that all sorts of things

that happened. in it used to be national sport engage in tax evasion, that has been stopped and tax collection has been one of the main areas whether lenders, particularly the imf and the european commission, have insisted there should be transformations. there has been a change in the pension system, in public administration, which had been a wet blanket hovering over the greek economy for decades. all these things contribute to a new sense that the economy has the wherewithal to grow in future. how confident can businesses be about investing in greece today? well, that has been precisely the problem. because of the things wrong with the greek economy, foreign investors in particular were reluctant to unrest in greece and that is gradually changing. we have seen the chinese buying up some of the greek infrastructure, investing there. there are great opportunities available to investors, but it is only slowly happening is the structural transformations take effect. at the time, there were also

some accusations that it was wrong to have greece in the eurozone because its economy did not fit. it would have been better retained its own currency. how secure is the eurozone are now in the light of what is happening?” eurozone are now in the light of what is happening? i don't think the greek problem really makes that much difference to the integrity of the eurozone. it would have been catastrophic for greece to have left the euro because there would have been overnight inflation, a collapse of the banking system much worse than has occurred. greece has been in many ways helped by being in the euro in spite of what you often read. the euro as a whole i would say is pretty secure because all the changes taking place since 2011 have shored up the governance in ways which will enable it to endure. professor, from the european institute and the london school of economics, thank you very much. thank you. more than two million muslims have started the hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia,

one of the world's largest annual gatherings. the hajj retraces the last steps of the prophet mohammed. these are the latest pictures from jeddah. every muslim is required to complete the journey to islam's holiest sites at least once in their lifetime — if they are healthy enough. the pilgrimage was struck by its worst ever disaster three years ago, when more than 2,000 worshippers were crushed to death in a stampede. he's famous for creating dresses that only the boldest stars would dare to wear — women like marilyn monroe, madonna and, most famously, cher. they've all worn some of the outlandish pieces by the costume designer and nine—time emmy—award winner bob mackie, and now many of their outfits are up for sale. our arts correspondent, david sillito, has been to meet him. i'm bob mackie, and i'm a costume designer, and i've dressed some really interesting women in my life. they come to me to wear something that, when they walk out on stage, the audience knows they're there for a show. bob mackie, one of the first dresses he helped work on was this showstopper for marilyn munroe.

# happy birthday, mr president...# but he truly made his name as the master of attention—grabbing style when he teamed up with cher, especially those oscar outfits. these are dresses that stop traffic, aren't they? well, they stop traffic, and they're like smoke and mirrors. they don't show anything, but you think you're seeing everything. is there anything she said no to? only if she thought it was boring. is there anything you have designed for her and you thought, "no, you can't wear that to the oscars"? yes, yes, and she made me do it, and then i denied doing it, for years. it was her turn back time outfit, with the sailors on the ship. of course, bob's heyday was an era when fashion fame was limited to a tiny number of stars. these days, it's rather more democratic. freddie harrel‘s part of a new era of fashion bloggers

and instagram stars, so we invited her to see what she makes of yesterday's attention—grabbing outfits. wow, fantastic! oh, turn around, look at her! and you know, this dress is cher‘s dress, not tina turner's. i know, i can't believe it. the dress, a cher classic, from her tv show. it's certainly eye—catching but, for freddie, the modern era of online fashion fame isn't so much about standing out, but bringing people together. sharing thisjourney on instagram, on social media, it allowed me to find this community of like—minded people who also are really eager to express themselves, and also find who they are and who they are made of. but for bob, this is a moment of farewell. do you feel sorry to say goodbye to them? no, it's ok. i mean, they're all documented.

it never looks as good as it did on that woman that day she put it on for the first time. indeed, when you've got someone like freddie, that's when a dress becomes a bob mackie. david sillito, bbc news. a baby has been born mid—flight on the way to hospital in a coastguard helicopter over cornwall. emergency crews received a call on saturday night, asking for urgent assistance for a woman who had gone into labour while visiting the isles of scilly. there was no midwife on the islands, so the family needed to get to the mainland quickly. a healthy boy was born 1,a00 feet over penzance. he's been named torran. quite a picture for the family album. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. for the rest of today and into the

evening, generally dry apart from the odd shower and feeling warm and humid. most of the showers through central areas were clear into the north sea and then we will have a mixture of variable cloud with clear spells drawing the overnight period. again, light winds and it will feel warm and muggy wherever you are, 13-17d warm and muggy wherever you are, 13—17d across the south. starting tuesday on a warm and a keynote. quite a bit of cloud around, mind you, but holes will appear to allow some sunny spells. the ocho around but the northwest turns breezy, cloudy and wetter with the approaching weather front. kolak getting into a —— into stornoway but elsewhere, one day, particularly in the south east commit 26, 20 7 degrees. watch the end of the week, things are turning cooler from the northwest, increasing sunshine and heavy and blustery showers. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. birmingham prison is being taken under government control from the private firm g—a—s after being declared in a "state

of crisis" by inspectors. a 29—year—old man has appeared in court charged with two counts of attempted murder after allegedly crashing a car into barriers outside the houses of parliament last tuesday. a british cruise ship passenger says she's lucky to be alive after falling into the adriatic sea and spending 10 hours in the water before being rescued. pope francis has condemned the disclosure of hundreds of cases of sex abuse by catholic priests in america — saying the crimes were a "tragic horror". after almost a decade of economic hardship, greece has successfully completed a bailout programme — worth tens of billions of euros to tackle its debt crisis. and police urge the home office to close a loophole, which allows antique handguns to be brought into the uk legally, to stop them falling into the hands of criminal gangs. sport now on afternoon live with olly foster. another difficult day

for england's cricketers. very difficult. remember, it was an awful day yesterday, skilled for just 161 in theirfirst innings awful day yesterday, skilled for just 161 in their first innings at a single afternoon session, they did pinch a kebab afternoon wickets but the tourists have taken a very firm grip on the third test at trent bridge. pujara the one wicket to fall, that was after lunch. he was caught by alastair cook off ben stokes. he and the captain virat kohli put on a really big partnership, virat kohli approaching his century, he is on 87, they are adding to that lead, approaching a50 now. will we get a declaration this evening or will they bat on? 25a—3 at the moment. it is a big, big lead, and it is all in india's hands at the moment, as they look to pull one back on the series. england are 2-0 one back on the series. england are

2—0 up at the moment. what hasn't helped the cause is the factjonny ba i rstow has helped the cause is the factjonny bairstow has broken a finger. he is off the field at the moment. he should be able to bat though, we understand. jos buttler has got the gloves on for the remainder of that indian second innings. we will see just how uncomfortable it will be for ba i rstow. another world cup semi final for england's footballers... indeed, this is the women under 20s world cup in brittany, taking on japan. it is not doing the way of england because japan have two quickfire goals in the last ten minutes or so. the second one was a really good strike. japan have been really good strike. japan have been really good strike. japan have been really good though, they beat the favourites the usa in the group stages, they beat the three—time champions germany in the quarterfinals, currently leading england's quarterfinals 2—0 in the

first half. uefa have released a short list for their men's and women's players of the year, no british players involved but liverpool's mohamed salah has been in there for his brilliant season that saw them reach the champions league final. aa goals in all competitions for the club, real madrid's luka modric and cristiano ronaldo, now ofjuventus, are the two other players on the list. mo salah should be in action tonight at crystal palace in the premier league. part of that liverpool offensive line that his manager thinks will only get better. we feel ina good thinks will only get better. we feel in a good moment, already if you weeks, months, iwouldn't in a good moment, already if you weeks, months, i wouldn't say years, but it is getting better and better, so that is a very important thing, because we are still in a process. we have to develop, that is what i said. we are not the best team in the world, so there is a lot of space for us to improve in all the different departments. you look at

the attacking threat they pose, and you think and you work on the training field at trying to make certain the players know that where that threat is coming from and what they might be what do tactically and position lead to nullify it to some extent. i say nullify coming you are not going to stop it completely, because we are talking about players of the highest possible class. totte n ha m of the highest possible class. tottenham have come to an agreement with uefa to play their first champions league tie of the season at wembley. delays to their new stadium of white hart lane means the opening fixture of october depending on the draw has to be switched. spurs have also asked to apply to the football league to play their third league cup round tie away from home at the end of september, that is if they are drawn at home. that is if they are drawn at home. that is all the sport for now. don't forget, there are some euro para athletics coming up in berlin.

details of that in the next hour. quick update from the cricket comes to no more wickets down, india 270-3. to no more wickets down, india 270—3. thank you, see you in a bit. hundreds of unlicensed handguns have been legally brought into the uk and sold to criminals because of a loophole in the law. under current legislation, it is legal to buy and sell guns — so long as commercially—made ammunition is no longer available. but an investigation for the bbc‘s panorama programme has found criminals are making ammunition for antique weapons at home, and then using them to kill. greg mckenzie reports. this is the west midlands police strongroom in birmingham. it's full of weapons. many are antiques and have been recovered from crime scenes. the uk has very strict gun laws, but because these antiques are so old, the rounds they fire are no longer produced, so the government has classified them as obsolete calibre. that means that, unless you have a criminal record, anyone can own them. but criminals have been getting hold of the guns and making their own ammunition for them. police say they've been used in six killings and dozens of shootings. they're easy to purchase, they don't fall under the licensing,

if they're possessed as an antique or a curio, and we know that offenders are quoting that loophole in the legislation at police officers when they are stopped and searched. we sent reporter daniel foggo to america to see if he could buy an antique handgun and bring it back into the uk. look at that. smith & wesson russian aa. which fires aa calibre ammunition in a russian style, which they don't make any more, so that's why it's designated as obsolete. no licence required. no import licence was needed, and us government and airline shipping instructions are available online. at heathrow, our reporter passed through the red channel and paid 5% duty on the price of the gun, a potential murder weapon legally brought into the uk. two years ago, carl campbell was killed with a russian

aa in west bromwich. his three killers were jailed in july last year. police realised the scale of the problem when they investigated antique gun dealer paul edmunds. he was convicted last december of conspiring to supply arms and ammunition and sentenced to 30 years in prison. it's estimated that hundreds of his weapons are still in circulation. so, there is a real reason for public safety why certain calibres need to become off the obsolete calibre list so that they can no longer be possessed by criminals as an antique. the home office says it has consulted on proposals to enshrine in law a new definition of antique firearms, ensuring older weapons that could still pose a danger to the public are licensed. a decision is expected later this year. greg mckenzie, bbc news. and you can see more on greg mckenzie's investigation, "legal weapon" on panorama tonight on bbc one at 8.30.

staff at gatwick airport are having to write flight information on whiteboards because of a technical problem with the airport's digital screens. airport management say they've identified the problem and engineers are working on it. our correspondent briohny williams who's been at outside gatwick airport for us, had this update. gatwick airport have told some people have missed theirflight, but it is unclear just people have missed theirflight, but it is unclearjust how many people have been affected. one passenger got in touch this morning and said that they were booked onto a nine o'clock flight to rome. they missed that flight, they are having to rebook themselves onto a different flight this rebook themselves onto a different flight this afternoon, but because of the chaos and the confusion, their bags have now got lost. so obviously they are wanting to rectify this problem as quickly as possible. it is actually the responsibility of vodafone, the company that look after the id

infrastructure, and it is because of a damaged fibre—optic cable. that is why this has happened. i have been told their engineers are on site and are working extremely hard to try and fix the problem, and they say it is going to be their top priority, because at the moment it is just white boards that are being used on the departure floor. staff are having to radio information to each other to literally right on the whiteboard is all the flight information for passengers. some people have taken to social media to vent their anger, some people posting pictures saying they can't quite believe this is happening, but of course gatwick is the second busiest airport, and august is an extremely busy time of year, so they will be trying to rectify this as soon as possible. briony williams at gatwick airport. a group of elderly south koreans have visited

north korea to meet relatives they haven't seen for decades. the two countries, which are technically still at war, have organised reunion events before. but this is the first in three years. the south koreans were chosen by lottery — the oldest of them is 101. laura bicker reports. they've waited more than 60 years for this moment. and some simply couldn't find the words. the joy of meeting also brings with it the pain of all those missed years. most have brought photographs to help them catch up. but these are the lucky few. half of the 130,000 families waiting to meet their loved ones have died before getting this chance. kim remembers the moment she saw her daughter for the first time in over 60 years. but the reunion was brief and bittersweet. all too soon, they were torn apart.

translation: when time was up, i let go of my daughter's hand and got onto the bus. the moment i sat down i could not speak. not a single word came out of my mouth. i felt like cutting off my own flesh. anyone who has given birth knows what it feels like to leave their children behind. mrs kim knows she was lucky to have at least this one chance. it's unlikely to come again. this man is one of 88 who were chosen this time around. he got a call to say he'll meet his younger sister. he hasn't seen her for nearly 70 years. translation: after hearing the news, i was so shocked that i drank and couldn't sleep at all that night.

he fled north korea in the middle of the night, leaving his family behind after growing concerned about the spread of communism. he fought the north during the korean war and is unhappy with the current division. i want to tell the world that we should allow separated families to meet whenever they want. instead of how it is now, with few people meeting rarely. for decades, this man kept looking north across the border for his mother in the hope she would return. she went back to north korea in 1953 to prepare for peace. he even built his house near where she left him. he's never been selected for the reunions. translation: when can we meet our loved ones? after all of us are dead? 100 people per event isjust meaningless. there are 50,000 people waiting all over the country.

as well as bringing joy, this week's reunions will remind koreans on both sides that the pain of separation has not and may never leave this peninsula. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. at least 1600 more people in england are thought to be alive today — because of the establishment of major trauma centres six years ago. a report shows that they lead to patients spending fewer days in hospital — and to them experiencing a better quality of life. our health correspondent nick triggle reports. this shows you top to bottom your injuries. tom rocke was inspecting the gymnasts on his roof last october when disaster struck. he fell from his ladder on his balcony breaking his leg, arm, wrist, shoulder and every bone in his face. he was taken by air ambulance from his home on the kent coast to kings college hospital in london.

though not the nearest hospital, it is the region's major trauma centre and has the staff and equipment to save his life. i felt totally safe, secure and confident in everything that was being done to me. he is one of at least 1,600 people who are alive, thanks to a new way of providing trauma care in england. since 2012, the most seriously injured are taken to one of the country's 27 designated regional trauma centres, where there are specialist staff and equipment so they can be treated immediately. the study analysed care given to 110,000 former cases between 2008 and 2017. that's about half the total number. it found that since a 2012 reorganisation, the chances of survival had increased by a fifth. that extra 20 minutes or 30 minutes in the back of the helicopter

or back of the ambulance means that when you arrive there is a trauma team receiving new, operating theatre immediately available to operate on you and save your life, and then the skills to try and put you back together again. meanwhile, ten months on, tom's life is getting back to normal. trying to push myself doing various activities; static bike, then out on my road bike, started playing squash again, hobbling around the court a little bit at first but that has come back to playing ok again now. charlotte is here and in a moment you will have all the business news for us. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from private firm gas, after inspectors say it's fallen into a "state of crisis". a man accused of driving a car at members of the public and police officers outside the houses of parliament has appeared in court. and lucky to be alive — the british woman who fell off a cruise ship and survived 10 hours in the adriatic sea. here's your business headlines on afternoon live.

shares in luxury handbag maker mulberry have plunged 30% after it said it was setting aside £3m to cover the cost of house of fraser's troubles. the company also warned full—year profits could be "materially reduced" if current tough uk trading continued into the second half of the year. greece is now free to borrow money on the financial markets. the country's bailout programme officially comes to an end. the government says it can stand on its own two feet, after three financial rescue packages totalling over $300 billion. countrywide, the uk's largest estate agency group, has cancelled plans for a new bonus package for its bosses following an outcry from investors. the package could have paid out a total of £20 million to three executives, depending on the firm's share price performance over the next three years. talk to me about world trade. yes,

well, we've had some troubles with world trade at the moment with china and the us going tit—for—tat on tariffs. at the moment a delegation from china is heading over to washington to try and ease the tensions. the reason why it is quite important at the moment is that $16 billion in terrorists on both chinese goods going into the us and vice versa are to chinese goods going into the us and vice versa are to come chinese goods going into the us and vice versa are to come into effect, clearly that will create barriers. we are going to talk to somebody in the know about this, and that is joining us now ian malcolm, uk chief finance officer at dp world at london gate wafer us. thank you for joining us. good afternoon. let's start off by looking at global trade. how would something like the china us trade tensions affect us and affect you at the port there in london? sorry, can you repeat the

question? how do trade tensions around the world affect our ports in the uk? trade tensions are another headwind which the industry continually faces, they are in themselves not that unusual. we are a global trade enabler, we are very pro—trade and we think that these are just another example of things that will probably come to pass. an hour eutectic —— uk organisations will not see any disruption. the line is not great so we will have to leave it there, sorry about that, hopefully we will connect to you later on in the day. don't you hate it when that happens! let's for the markets. countrywide is the first one up there, that is down today because investors kicked up a stink about the company paying its executives a package worth £20

million, quite a decent amount, £20 million, quite a decent amount, £20 million, to line your pocket with. it is share price plunged over concerns over the housing market to attempt a strange time to be paying your investors a lot of money. isimat show press go down a little, 4x, isimat show press go down a little, a%, quite considerable. and also mulberry, the luxury hamburg maker, they are in trouble because of house of fraser. you always see a mulberry concession in a house of fraser in the south, they rely on house of fraser for a decent chunk of its revenue. falling into administration it can't recoup the money that house of fraser owes them so they are having to set that money aside. it has seen its share price fall by about 30% today. thank you. families living in a tower block in north london have told this

programme they are living in fear after being told that there is a risk their block of flats could collapse. safety tests on tower blocks run after the grenfell fire found the building could collapse if there was even a minor gas explosion because of the way it's been built. noel phillips reports. the future is uncertain for some of the 87 households on this north london estate, who are being forced from their flats after being suddenly told injune this year by haringey council that their block is at risk of collapse, because of a construction fault that's been known about for years, but only now being addressed. in a way, i have made this my home. and now, all of a sudden, theyjust want to get us and kick us out, and put us somewhere maybe worse. patrick started squatting in tangmere, the block that is being evacuated, when he was 21. you've lived here a long time? 30 years. probably. i've never moved in my life, so, to me it is hard just thinking about it. in the wake of grenfell,

structural tests were carried out on older tower blocks on this estate. tangmere was built using a large panel system in the 19705. it's the same kind of construction, which caused a section of this high—rise block, rowland point, to collapse 50 years ago. haringey council has told residents that a risk of a similar collapse is low, but the threat is sufficiently high that they need to be moved out. how are you feeling, at the moment? i'm feeling bad, because i'm scared. and my children should go to work. and i leave my children home. i'm scared. because i don't know what is going happen. it's a combination of the large panel system of construction and a gas supply that makes this block unsafe. this is my bedroom. it's all the packing. archbishop frimpong, who has lived here for over 20 years, has already started packing. he says the council has neglected the building for some time. you can see the damp

in this place everywhere. people in this block, a lot of them are suffering. every situation they call me, you go to somebody‘s flat, you see the number of damp leakings and you say why? the neglect of the block over many years might have put residents' health at risk but did the council also failed to heed warnings also fail to heed warnings about the danger to people's lives? we've been told by one expert who raised concerns as far back as the 19805 that residents have long been at risk. well, the council has always had people at risk here, ever since they put the gas in in the 805. in the mid to late 805, the building re5earch establishment did a report on large panel systems saying that they were dangerous and you should regularly check them. what has happened to those reports? what has happened to all the reports in between? lord heseltine, who was responsible for reviving rundown estates in high—poverty areas

across in the 19805, wants the government to offer more support to local authorities. i'd like to see far more power from london switched to local people and local authorities, and local communities. de5pite patrick's crumbling flat, he is reluctant to move without assurances of a better life. the council says of the 87 residents in tangmere, 60 have been offered alternative accommodation but only 19 have so far accepted their offers. haringey council sent us this statement. more than 200 competitors from around the world have been taking part in the british beard and moustache championships in blackpool. andrew plant reports. here is my own version i have

fashioned in tribute to them. it is pretty poor. they're calling it a hairy extravaganza. all shapes and sizes of facial haircompeting in 21 different categories. best beard, best moustache, full bea rd freestyle, even finest fake beard, too. a lot of guys really do love their facial hair... well, they're attached to it, so, you know, they love it. so, a lot of guys like to show off. you get quite a lot of extravagant people here and you know, it's somewhere you can come and you feel comfortable, i suppose, amongst your peers. all manner of facial hair is here. from the distinctly european, to respectable english gentlemen, sporting some of the world's most celebrated sideburns. i am the reigning world and british natural sideburns champion. it takes a lot of looking after. the conditions here today aren't perfect for the beardsmen, the wind, the humidity is having an effect, but it's the same for everybody so... it's pretty big this time.

there's a lot of people from germany and europe. one ex—world champion. there are guys from new zealand. it's going to be big. no—one takes it terribly seriously. but everybody... as long as you get beaten by a better beard, that's ok. first of all, i couldn't be bothered shaving! but then it becomes an identity. and then once you've grown it for so long, you're kind of like, you don't want to get rid of it, because it takes so long to grow. the british beard and moustache championships take place every two years and are getting more popular each time, as more and more people take part to compete for the acclaim and adulation of world's most winning whiskers. andrew plant, bbc news. spectacular. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. staying pretty warm for the next few

days pretty much across—the—board before it turns a bit cooler by the end of the week. we are maintaining this mild and pretty moist at atla ntic airflow this mild and pretty moist at atlantic airflow for the rest of today and this evening, some sunshine models are quite a bit of cloud, one or two showers were the cloud, one or two showers were the cloud will be thickest through central areas, tending to clear off into the north sea as we head into the overnight period. but like last night, a few clear spells but also quite a bit of cloud and some mist murk eunice too. it will be a mild night pretty much across—the—board, temperatures 13 to 1617 in the south. this is the big picture for tuesday, we are under the influence of some high pressure, the weather front threatening to bring thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain to the far north—west of the country later on in the day. again starting off on a relatively cloudy murky note. once again, some holes will appear in that cloud, some good sunny spells and places especially across england and places especially across england and wales. the north—west of the country that weather front in

creatures, we start to see outbreaks of rain becoming more persistent and heavier and more of a breeze too but it will be another warm day, temperatures ranging from 20 to 25 or 26 temperatures ranging from 20 to 25 or26 in the temperatures ranging from 20 to 25 or 26 in the south—east. as we head on into tuesday night and wednesday the weather front brings more persistent rain to the north—west of the country and slowly slips its way southwards and eastwards through the day. it will be quite a wet start across much of southern scotland, northern england to parts of north wales, with a front is continuing to migrate south—eastwards, a few heavy showers have anything out of it where temperatures again will be very where temperatures again will be very warm, where temperatures again will be very warm, given any sunshine, 26 or 27 degrees, something a bit cooler and fresher pushing to the north—west but at least bright with some sunshine. that warmer air ebbs away across south—eastern parts and allows this cooler air mass to start to spread its way southwards across all areas. we start thursday off on all areas. we start thursday off on a wet note, the weather from still bringing outbreaks of rain. as it clears away, skies brightened but that cooler air will arrive, wind is picking up from the north—west

allowing some blustery showers to push into north—western areas where it will feel quite chilly. 13 degrees in stornoway and low in the south—east as well. by friday it turns much crueller for all with a mixture of sunshine and blustery showers. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. today at a: after scenes like these, birmingham prison is taken under government control. inspectors say it's fallen into crisis. it cannot be the case that the only time urgent action is taken to restore decency in a prison is when an inspectorate report is published. surely somebody must have been asleep at the wheel. a man appears in court charged with attempted murder,

after a car crashed outside the houses of parliament. lucky to be alive. the british cruise passenger rescued after falling into the adriatic sea. i fell off the back of the norwegian star and i was in the water for ten hours. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. how england doing at trent bridge? not particularly well, just resuming after tea at nottingham in the third test. india almost a00 and 50 runs ahead with seven wickets in hand. thank you very much, more at half past. and stav has all the weather. i'll start. yes, quite humid, sunshine on short supply and a lot of cloud around. into the week, things will brighten up into the week, things will brighten up and it will cool down as well. all the details about later.

thanks, stav. also coming up... dare to wear? we meet the emmy—award—winning designer who's dressed famous names like cher and madonna. hello. this is afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from the private firm gas, after inspectors said it had fallen into a "state of crisis". the chief inspector of prisons said it was the worst prison he'd ever been to, and that some inmates were scared to leave their cells. it's thought to be the first time the ministry ofjustice has stepped in to take over — midway through a contract — since private firms began running prisons more than 25 years ago. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, has more. birmingham prison has had a long and troubled history. it was the scene of a riot in 2016 which left four wings badly damaged.

500 offenders were moved out, after the worst prison disturbances for decades. since then, inspectors say conditions have deteriorated to the point of crisis. it's forced the government to take over the running of birmingham from the private firm gas. this is a fundamental failure of leadership and management. we'd hoped that gas bringing in a new, experienced governor would make a difference. it didn't, which is why we've had to make the difficult decision to step in ourselves. prison inspectors said there was a lack of order and control at birmingham, with violent inmates able to act with near impunity. we need to get some people in here... a letter to thejustice secretary said there was a fear of violence among some prisoners, who refused to come out of their cells. groups of staff had locked themselves in their offices and conditions were found to be filthy, with blood, vomit and rat droppings on the floor.

the chief prisons inspector suggested ministers should have intervened earlier. if they already knew about it, why didn't they do something about it? intervene, take effective action, show leadership. it cannot be the case that the only time urgent action is taken to restore decency in a prison is when an inspectorate report is published. surely somebody must have been asleep at the wheel. since the start of the year, gas has been warned numerous times that it must address the problems at birmingham. official improvement notices were sent to managers. last month, a former prison officer told the bbc he was frightened to go to work. you would sit in the car for a length of time trying to get yourself in the right state of mind to go in and do a day's work. was it your day to be assaulted? you know, you were just expecting things to come along. in may, the voluntary body that carries out regular visits

to birmingham was so alarmed about conditions, it wrote to ministers calling for action. the headcount needs to be reduced, i think managers need to be allowed to manage and be visible on the wings, and the whole issue of safety and violence and drugs needs to be addressed. gas won the contract to run birmingham seven years ago, sparking staff protests. the company won't get the prison back for at least six months, until it's safer and more stable. gas said it welcomed the opportunity to work with the government to address what it said were the ‘exceptional challenges‘ at hmp birmingham. many other prisons in the public sector face similar problems of violence and drug—taking, but none on this scale. earlier, i spoke to danny shaw, and asked him to explain who was responsible for what happened in birmingham prison. well, i think the blame

certainly does lie with gas. this company has a 15—year contract to operate birmingham, and it has clearly been failing in the past 18 months, as the prisons inspector has outlined. but at the same time, the ministry ofjustice awarded that contract and it‘s their responsibility to monitor how it‘s operating. they have their own officials in birmingham prison every single day monitoring the contract, reporting back to officials in the department, and so on. so the question is, what were they doing? were they raising the alarm, alerting ministers at the right time? or were they sort of complicit, if you like, with gas, in saying, things are getting better, it‘s going to be ok? so, these are the really serious questions i think peter clarke wants addressed. and where does this then leave the involvement of private firms in the running of prisons? well, it does raise questions about gas. this is a company that‘s attracted controversy in the past, in terms of the justice system. you may remember at medway secure training centre, in kent, there was undercover filming

by the bbc panorama programme, which resulted in gas losing the contract to operate medway. it was taken over by the government. there were also concerns at brook house immigration removal centre, at gatwick airport, which is run by gas. but on the other hand, the company runs other prisons very successfully. oakwood prison, not far from birmingham, is run very well. altcourse, on merseyside. and there are other private companies in the system who also do a decentjob. and at the same time, there are a number of publicly run jails which are struggling. there was a lot of coverage about liverpool prison and the conditions there. that‘s run by the public sector. so it‘s very difficult to say this is all about private sector bad, public sector good. it‘s a mixed picture, and there are some underlying problems of overcrowding, lack of staffing, cutbacks in resources, and drugs, which have contributed to the difficulties. and you mentioned drugs and violence, and that‘s exactly what the prisons minister rory stewart has been talking about,

that he wants to see a significant change in the levels of drug use and violence in jails. yes, well, he made a pledge last week in the ten of the most challenging prisons to cut — to substantially cut — levels of drug taking and violence in those jails. and he said, i will resign if i haven‘t done that by next year. birmingham wasn‘t one of those ten prisons, but here, we have the government taking action to address the problems at birmingham in a different way. but clearly, he has staked his political career on addressing these problems. a man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of police and members of the public outside parliament six days ago. salih khater, who‘s 29 and from birmingham, is accused of driving a car at pedestrians, cyclists and police officers, before crashing into a security barrier. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. it was last tuesday, at 7:37am, when a ford fiesta ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square before driving up the access road

to the house of lords car park and smashing into the security barrier. counter—terrorism detectives led the investigation. this morning, the suspected driver of the car was brought to court to face two charges of attempted murder. in the dock, 29—year—old salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers. he confirmed his name and address. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese, and then corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got british citizenship six weeks ago. he‘s charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder police officers on abingdon street, outside the house of lords. the case is being treated as terrorism by the crown prosecution service. salih khater came to britain in 2010, after travelling for two years through africa and europe from sudan. he continued his education in britain, while also working as a security guard.

this morning‘s hearing lasted less than six minutes. the chief magistrate told salih khater he would remain in custody until his next appearance in court at the old bailey in 11 days‘ time. daniel sandford, bbc news, at westminster magistrates‘ court. a mother and daughter have been left in a critical condition by a hammer attack in south—east london. 27—year—old joe xuereb, who did not know the women, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder last night. the women — aged 6a and 30 — are being treated in hospital. our correspondent, jenny kumah, is at the scene in south—east london. what more can you tell us? there is a real sense of shock and horror here. neighbours tell me that this is normally a quiet and friendly area

but, yesterday, it became the scene ofa but, yesterday, it became the scene of a gruesome hammer attack. witnesses described seeing the two women, mother and daughter of polish origin, just at around where cozart behind me, and they described seeing them with severe head injuries, covered in blood. one neighbour ca ptu red covered in blood. one neighbour captured the incident on his cctv and he describes how he saw someone banking, hitting the ladies with a hammer on the head. that cctv footage has now been given to the police. police have arrested a 27—year—old man. the women are critically ill in hospital. the police were able to find the suspect after they launched an appeal. they did warn the public not to approach the suspect because it was felt that it was suggested that he had mental health issues. now, earliertoday, there was a lot of police presence here. neighbours have described to me how they don‘t feel safe, but

forensic teams have been here in the property, they removed pet dogs. and this afternoon, we learned a bit more detail about the younger victim. ursula xii years old, and her employer, a financial services company in canary wharf say, they are extremely shocked and saddened by this senseless act cash 30 years old. thank you very much. a british woman has survived after falling from a cruise ship off the coast of croatia, and enduring ten hours in the sea. kay longstaff went overboard from the norwegian star liner at around midnight on saturday. officials said the a6 year old was rescued 60 miles offshore. dan johnson reports. kay longstaff, returning safely to dry land on a different sort of ship. the croatian coast guard rescued her from the sea after she spent a whole

night treading water. i fell off the back of the norwegian star and i was in the water for ten hours. so, these wonderful guys rescued me. this is the moment she was pulled from the sea on sunday morning. her coast guard rescuers said she was tired and a bit sunburnt, but remarkably well considering her ordeal. she is now recovering in hospital. she is now recovering in hospital. she is now recovering in hospital. she is feeling good today as she felt yesterday. she doesn't have any bad injuries on her body and she will be discharged from hospital today, in a few hours. she isjust waiting for her family to pick her up. kay was aboard the norwegian star, filmed here on an earlier cruise. it‘s thought she was on the seventh deck, close to the back, when she fell. the ship left the croatian port of dubrovnik and was heading north, towards venice. on saturday evening, just before midnight, kay went overboard, 60 miles out in the adriatic sea. a passenger took this photo showing part of the deck closed. the ship turned back to try to find

kay and its next cruise was delayed. there are questions about how she fell into the water and how she survived. the major factors in the survival in this case are going to be the warm water, which was about the same temperature as a swimming pool. the fact that it was calm, so there was not a great requirement to work hard to keep her airway clear of the water. that she was female, which helps her float because females have more body fat than males. and that she had experiences and training that would have assisted her to get through this ordeal. that‘s her previous experience as airline cabin crew, which may have helped, as well as practising yoga. i am very lucky to be alive. she certainly is. in winter, colder sea temperatures would mean a survival time as short as two hours. dan johnson, bbc news. guy addington is a community saftey partner at the rnli —

he joins me via webcam from margate. how unusual is an occurrence like this and one that, thankfully, turned out with a happy ending? we do hear reports of this sort of thing from time to time but, thankfully, they are relatively rare. although if we look at general statistics from around the uk, people do fall unexpectedly into water fairly frequently from all sorts of different environments. from slips, trips and falls from power plays, promenades, slipways and bridges. it is those incidents we are keen to raise messaging around and it is the incident we have been talking about that gives us an have been talking about that gives us an opportunity to do that. what would the advice be to anyone who finds themselves in the same decision as kay longstaff? in the uk, one of the big difficulties is to do with our water temperature. kay was lucky in that she fell into water that was 28, 20 9 degrees. we

never experienced water temperatures at that level in the uk and we are lucky if they get close to 20. it is more like 18 in the summer and an average between 12 and 15. 15 is important to remember because it is 15 degrees and below which the physiological responses to cold water immersion become significant. cold water shock. would talk to people about if they happen to fall into cold water and experience that shock, to fight their instinct to swim hard and panic and to try to relax, to lie on their back and extend their legs and do gentle paddling with their hands and to try to let the cold shock response past, which it will do, over a minute or so. then people are in a better frame of mind to plan their next move. that is what people do wrong, they start thrashing about and wasting heat? the cold shock response is really quite unpleasant. most people have some sort of idea what i am talking about. a reflex on

that initial immersion and rapid short and shop breathing. those two, if you experience those two things in water, there is a strong likelihood of inhaling water and people drown. whereas lots of people worry about the conditions like hypothermia in cold water, what concerns us much more hypothermia in cold water, what concerns us much more is drowning. if people fall into water and the gasp reflex and they thrash around and panic, there is a high likelihood that leading to drowning so we are encouraging people to fight that response. try to relax, try to float on their back. that gives you a much better opportunity to think about with a clear frame of mind what you were going to do and extra. what are the chances of you being found if you do fall into the sea? well, of course, the surviving the initial immersion in water is one thing. and the search of search and rescue element is a large,

really large aspect of how well that incident is going to come out. and trying to find a swimmer in the water is incredibly difficult. this lady was really lucky. that is because she was able to stay relatively close to where she had initially fallen in. of course, if we have poor information about the location of a casualty, we then looking for what is effectivelyjust a head in a vast expanse of water. that could be very difficult. indeed, as she said, she is lucky to be alive. from margate, thank you for talking to is this afternoon. thank you. you‘re watching afternoon live. these are our headlines: birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from private firm gas, after inspectors say it‘s fallen into a "state of crisis". a man accused of driving a car at members of the public and police officers outside the houses of parliament has appeared in court. lucky to be alive. the british woman who fell off a cruise ship and survived ten hours

in the adriatic sea. the emmy—award—winning designer who‘s dressed famous names like marilyn monroe and cher. and in sport, india are building a big, big lead in the third test at trent bridge against england. captain beer at kohli hasjust made a century as the tourists lead by almost a50 runs. in the‘s women trailjapan in the under 20 world cup in brittany. they‘ll midway through the second half. liverpool‘s mohamed salah has made the shortlist for uefa‘s player of the year, scoring aa goals for the club last season as they reached the champions league final. back with an update in 15 minutes. the rains have eased in the southern indian state of kerala, giving disaster response teams the chance to get to some of the worst hit areas, of the southern indian state. 22,000 people have now been rescued — by boat and by helicopter. the deathtoll, though,

has gone past 350. chi chi izundu has this report. desperation now driving the survivors of these floods. aid being accepted in any form it comes. translation: i have lost my house. i have lost everything that i had. i am staying in a relief camp and i need help. large parts of kerala are still under vast bodies of water. rescue workers taking advantage of the brief respite. rain has stopped for a few days. it‘s been falling continuously, and heavily, for the last ten. we are going with medical supplies to some six or seven camps, where people evacuated from alleppey and some parts of thiruvananthapuram station. this is alleppey, normally known best for its houseboat cruises along the keralan canal backwaters,

tourists come for its beauty and succulent green paddy fields, all of which are now hidden. officials say more than 22,000 people have been rescued so far. but the number of people taking refuge in some of the nearly 6,000 relief camps now stands at almost three quarters of a million. and those who have little have volunteered to help those left with nothing. for this cause, we all decided to come together and help our brothers and sisters in need, for the calamity that is happening in kerala. so, whatever little bit that we can do, we'll try our level best. but as ever with disasters like this, it‘s the next stage bringing fresh worries — how to control the possible outbreak of waterborne and airborne diseases in these camps. chi chi izundu, bbc news. the collapse of the high street chain house of fraser hit another

major retailer today. shares in mulberry, which makes luxury handbags, plunged after it said it was owed up to £3 million by the department store chain. a short while ago, our business correspondent, emma simpson, talked about how the collapse of house of fraser is causing further ripples. house of fraser‘s really important to mulberry, it‘s a big source of sales. now, it is one of hundreds of suppliers who were owed money by house of fraser when it went into administration. now, the sums are extraordinary. if you add up all the unsecured creditors — so, including landlords and all those suppliers — you get to nearly half a billion—worth of debt. now, here‘s the thing. when a company goes into administration and is then bought by somebody

else, those debts are effectively written off. there is no legal obligation for the new owner to pay those debts. of course, that‘s what happened when mike ashley‘s sports direct took over house of fraser. it‘s the harsh reality that suppliers end up taking the hit. and today, mulberry is the first supplier to reveal the true cost to its business, saying that it will now have to set aside up to £3 million to cover the cost. the sum was material enough today that it had to announce it on the stock exchange, so ripple effects indeed. police in the spanish region of catalonia say they are treating an attack at a police station outside barcelona as an act of terrorism. officers shot dead a man who entered the building with a large knife. at a news conference, a police spokesman confirmed that the attacker had said "god is great". a bbc investigation has found that conservative councillors spent tens of thousands of pounds of public money on a rugby stadium hospitality box, while their authority was facing a financial crisis. the payments were made by a company owned by northamptonshire county council. it also paid for a flypast by a second world war bomber. the authority says the expenditure was transparent. our news correspondent, matt precey,

gave us this update. a ukip county council had serious concerns about this company called nea properties and he said that his concerns weren‘t being responded to. so he then instigated a whistle—blower referral through the audit committee of the county council and, about ten months later, they produced this report, which lists a string of items of expenditure — including the hire of a b—17 vintage world war ii bomber to fly over a memorial event in grafton underwood, in may 2015. other items of expenditure also included £2,700 on a dinner with a string quartet, and £250 on cheese and biscuits. but nea properties, this company, also spent £80,000 with the northampton saints rugby club.

£20,000 went on a corporate hospitality box at the saints. so, this is all the while northamptonshire county council was warning of financial problems. bear in mind it‘s got to save £70 million this financial year. we will have more on that story in nationwide at a:a0 p:m.. staff at gatwick airport are having to write flight information on whiteboards because of a technical problem with the airport‘s digital screens. airport management say they‘ve identified the problem and engineers are working on it. our correspondent briohny williams gave us this update from the airport. (tx sor) gatwick airport have told us some people have missed their flights gatwick airport have told us some people have missed theirflights but it is unclear how many people have been affected. one passenger got in touch this morning and said there

we re touch this morning and said there were booked onto a nine o‘clock flight were booked onto a nine o‘clock flight to rome, they mess that flight flight to rome, they mess that flight and they have to book onto a different flight this afternoon but because of the chaos and confusion, their baggage has got lost. so obviously, they are wanting to rectify this problem as quickly as possible. it is the responsibility of vodafone, they are the company that look after the it infrastructure, and it is because of the damage by brock to have cable that this is why this has happened. i have been told their engineers are on site and working extremely hard to fix the problem and they say it is going to be their top priority. because at the moment, it is just whiteboards being used on the departure desk. staff are having to radio information to each other to write on the whiteboards flight information for passengers. some people have taken to social media to vent their anger. some people posting pictures saying they can‘t quite believe this is happening. but

of course, gatwick is the uk‘s second busiest airport. thousands of passengers passing through each day. and august is an extremely busy time of year. so they will be trying to rectify this as soon as possible. a baby has been born mid—flight on the way to hospital in a coastguard helicopter over cornwall. emergency crews received a call on saturday night asking for urgent assistance for a woman who had gone into labour while visiting the isles of scilly. there was no midwife on the islands, so the family needed to get to the mainland quickly. a healthy boy was born 1,a00 feet over penzance. they come when they are ready! time for a look at the weather. here‘s stav. and quite mild start to the week so far. that‘s right, yes. very mild air from the south—west and moisture laden with guys like this across

much of the country. a bit of sunshine but another great afternoon for most of us. but quite warm, temperatures reaching the mid—205 in the south east. what about the bank holiday weekend, what is it going to look like? we don‘t do well sometimes with a public holiday! no, that is right, and the last weekend, we had a tropical system mixed in to the low pressure system which brought rain to northern areas. the weekend before that, we had the remnants of hurricane debbie, which brought quite a wet weekend. this weekend and for some of us, it is a bank holiday, it is looking a little bit better with high—pressure trying to build so saturday will start fairly cool, but as the weekend wears on, it should be nice, with good spells of sunshine. temperatures going up a bit as well. not as high as what we will see for the next couple of days across england and wales. because we

still have this very warm and humid air moving up from the south—west. but it is bringing rather a lot of cloud. especially for england and wales, the best of the sunshine in the central strip of scotland. lovely afternoon here. wherever you have been generally, my twins, so temperatures have been pretty high. depending on where you get the brightness. 20, 25 degrees across the board. cloud picking up with light rain and drizzle across england towards northern and western wales. likely to continue receiving here. it could get better as it moves out towards the north sea. quite a moves out towards the north sea. quitea damp moves out towards the north sea. quite a damp end to the night for some. but for most, it is going to be dry and muggy. 13—17d across the south east. we have got a very loose area of high pressure over the country. a benign picture. this were the front will bring something more significant into the north west of

the country later. —— weather front. again, starting on a cloudy and misty and murky note through the day with holes breaking in the cloud. a better chance of sunshine for england and wales on tuesday afternoon. meanwhile, it goes downhill across the north of scotland, breezy and wetter and cooler. 20—26d in the south east given some brightness. this weather front will bring wet weather to the north west of the country. and it will sink south and east during tuesday night into wednesday morning. lying around this location during wednesday morning. it could be quite a wet start. as it moves south east, it could increase with heavy bursts of rain as it pushes towards the south east, but you could see sunshine ahead of it and temperatures reaching 27 degrees. further north, temperatures falling away, the mid—teens across the western isles. that cooler air spread south east for thursday. on

friday, it reaches all areas and we will have a run of strong north west winds leading to choppy seas and gusty across western coasts. and it will feel much cooler, with sunshine and some heavy, blustery showers. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. birmingham prison is being taken under government control from the private firm gas, after being declared in a "state of crisis" by inspectors. a 29—year—old man has appeared in court charged with two counts of attempted murder after allegedly crashing a car into barriers outside the houses of parliament last tuesday. a british cruise ship passenger says she‘s lucky to be alive after falling into the adriatic sea and spending 10 hours in the water before being rescued. pope francis has condemned the disclosure of hundreds of cases of sex abuse by catholic priests in america — saying the crimes were a "tragic horror". after almost a decade of economic hardship, greece has successfully completed a bailout programme — worth tens of billions of euros to tackle its debt crisis.

sport now on afternoon live with olly foster. england‘s bowler still toiling away but maybe a bit too late? since we last spoke there have been a couple of wickets, but you are right, england really are still in trouble. always chasing the game after they got skittled for 161 in a single session yesterday. india have got a very firm grip on the third test in nottingham. they resumed on 12a—2, pujara was the first wicket before that i was only after lunch, caught by alastair cook off ben stokes, you made 72. virat kohli brought up his last century, made 97 in the first innings, but the captain hasjust been dismissed, lbw, to chris woa kes. been dismissed, lbw, to chris woakes. the been dismissed, lbw, to chris woa kes. the lead been dismissed, lbw, to chris woakes. the lead is over a50, the wicketkeeper of india just gone out

for one, caught by cook again, off jimmy anderson. only the third day, this, so we might get a declaration from india before the close, but their lead is now over a50. they are in control, looking to pull one back to go 2—1 up, 2—1 down, england 2—0 up to go 2—1 up, 2—1 down, england 2—0 up at the moment. wicketkeeperjonny ba i rstow has up at the moment. wicketkeeperjonny bairstow has broken a finger, gather the delivery very awkwardly. jos buttler has the clubs at the moment. ba i rstow is buttler has the clubs at the moment. bairstow is england‘s top scorer in this series can expected to be above the bat, though that may well be a losing cause. england‘s under 205, the women, sorry, you are going to ask me about that? let me do that, give me something to do, otherwise people will complain they i am not earning my keep. why don't you ask me about the england women‘s under 20 world cup? are they heading for

disappointment? they are come away all watching it here, they are taking onjapan in the semifinals, playing in brittany, where this tournament is being held. both japanese goals came in the first half. japan beat one of the favourites usa in the group stages, a really good team, and they beat germany in the quarterfinals, england running out of time for them. let‘s stay with the football. uefa have released a short list for their men‘s and women‘s players of the year, no british players involved but liverpool‘s mohamed salah has been in there for his brilliant season that saw them reach the champions league final. aa goals in all competitions for the club, real madrid‘s luka modric and cristiano ronaldo, now ofjuventus, are the two other players on the list. mo salah should be in action tonight at crystal palace

in the premier league. part of that liverpool offensive line that his manager thinks will only get better. we feel in a good moment, already if you weeks, months, i wouldn't say years, but it is getting better and better, so that is a very important thing, because we are still in a process. we have to develop, that is what i said. we are not the best team in the world, so there is a lot of space for us to improve in all the different departments. you look at the attacking threat they pose, and you think and you work on the training field at trying to make certain the players know that where that threat is coming from and what they might be what do tactically and position lead to nullify it to some extent. i say nullify — you are not going to stop it completely, because we are talking about players of the highest possible class. tottenham have come to an agreement with uefa to play their first champions league tie of the season at wembley. delays to their new stadium

of white hart lane means the opening fixture of october depending on the draw has to be switched. spurs have also asked to apply to the football league to play their third league cup round tie away from home at the end of september, that is if they are drawn at home. that will be at the end of september. the european para athletics championships starts in berlin today. around half a dozen british athlete in medal contention, including laura sugar, zack skinner goes shortly in the t 13 long jump and is predicting a very competitive event. in my individual events i'm excited, i think in the long jump it will be a very good competition. we've got about five of us all around similar marks, so you could easily come in hopefully and when it, but also then if they have a bad day, you could come in fifth. i back

my chances, i am a good competitor andl my chances, i am a good competitor and i think i can bring it to the game when! and i think i can bring it to the game when i need to. quick update from trent bridge, india 286—5/a50 ru ns from trent bridge, india 286—5/a50 runs ahead of england in their second innings. that is all the sport for now. now on afternoon live, let‘s go nationwide and see what is happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. amelia reynolds in cambridge, where bbc look north test carried out an investigation revealing how a local authority in financial turmoil has spent thousands in public funds on entertainment and hospitality. and peter lisbie is in hull for us where look north has been looking at the life—saving impact major trauma centres have had in the five years since they were introduced. good afternoon to both of you. this is

both aaron finch county council we are talking about, money on a hospitality box at a rugby stadium and a fly past world war ii bowler. yes and this is a cancer that has run out of money. it has been issued with two notices banning any new purchases. that the moment it is being run by government commissioners who were basically parachuted in to sort out the mess. on luke east, —— what bbc look east‘s has recovered is that against this background of intense financial problems money was being spent on a whole range of things. £80,000 of public money went to northampton saints, including a hospitality box. more than £a000 on

a b-17 hospitality box. more than £a000 on a b—17 vintage aircraft at a memorial event. £2700 on a heritage dinner with a string quartet, more than £250 spent on that, with cheese and biscuits, you get the idea, the list goes on. it has provoked a certain degree of disbelief.” list goes on. it has provoked a certain degree of disbelief. i am quite shocked really. i thought anything surplus in the company was coming back to the county council, i didn't believe or think that there was money being held back and it was being spent on all sorts of weird and wonderful projects, but there we are, that's what's happened. so how are, that's what's happened. so how are these things paid for? this is where it starts to get compper gated, payments were made by a company owned by northamptonshire cou nty company owned by northamptonshire county council whose councillors we re county council whose councillors were directors. was called nea properties and had been set up to promote the county but was dissolved a month before the council bound any new spending. concerns about that

company were first raised by a whistle—blowerjanuary last company were first raised by a whistle—blower january last year. then audit commission looked into it and found payments were made with, and found payments were made with, and this is important here, with minimal governance and documentation. however it found no evidence of improper spending or management by the company, and i quote, in the absence of various records, only limited assurance can be provided. what has the response been from northamptonshire county council? they are saying i know this report found that although there we re report found that although there were limited assurances provided about the company, the organisational impact was minor. they are also stressing the report did not find any problems with the financial transactions, which were called transparent. the council is also saying it is working to address also saying it is working to address a number of recommendations made by the report, but this is yet another case of northamptonshire county council making the headlines for the wrong reasons. amelia, thank you very much. let‘s speak to peter in

hull. tell us about these trauma centres. there are 27 of them around the country, they only started eight years ago in 2012, as you hinted a view years ago —— a few minutes ago. specialist centres to deal with very serious incidents. they are vital when every second counts. this one is in hull, they are vital in dealing with serious injury or accidents, also it is worth pointing out it is worth for them as well. for example a serious incident in grimsby in our part of the world would result in the patients travelling to the hull royal infirmary, a distance of 35 miles and as minutes journey across the humber bridge. from the unit in hull, this is doctor chris stray benson. five years ago we were in quite an outdated department. here we have built a department for the future, so we have a ten bedded

recess, there was a £7 million investment, using state—of—the—art equipment so patients can get the right care at the front door. we'll so have a ct scan within yards of the front door and this area, so we can get patients to imaging and then off to theatre as quick as possible. so how successful have these trauma centres been in the time they had been up and running? very successful, patients will arrive by ambulance orair successful, patients will arrive by ambulance or air ambulance and be seen within seconds of arriving. they are being treated by state—of—the—art technology, the ce ntre state—of—the—art technology, the centre at bell car £7 million, but here's the thing, the most interesting thing: one in five patients that would have died before the trauma centres were available are now surviving. that is 20%, which is quite a figure. these new trauma centres are being hailed as an incredible success. nationally, the nhs said that 1600 patients are living today as a result of these trauma centres, and survive

accidents since they started in 2012, so a good new story. isn't it nice to report something so positive. it makes a very pleasant change. thank you both. if you would like to see more of the stories you can find them on the bbc iplayer, and a reminder we go nationwide every afternoon at a:30pm here on afternoon live. a group of elderly south koreans have visited north korea to meet relatives they haven‘t seen for decades. the two countries, which are technically still at war, have organised reunion events before. but this is the first in three years. the south koreans were chosen by lottery — the oldest of them is 101. laura bicker reports. they‘ve waited more than 60 years for this moment. and some simply couldn‘t find the words.

the joy of meeting also brings with it the pain of all those missed years. most have brought photographs to help them catch up. but these are the lucky few. half of the 130,000 families waiting to meet their loved ones have died before getting this chance. kim remembers the moment she saw her daughter for the first time in over 60 years. but the reunion was brief and bittersweet. all too soon, they were torn apart. translation: when time was up, i let go of my daughter‘s hand and got onto the bus. the moment i sat down i could not speak. not a single word came out of my mouth.

i felt like cutting off my own flesh. anyone who has given birth knows what it feels like to leave their children behind. mrs kim knows she was lucky to have at least this one chance. it‘s unlikely to come again. this man is one of 88 who were chosen this time around. he got a call to say he‘ll meet his younger sister. he hasn‘t seen her for nearly 70 years. translation: after hearing the news, i was so shocked that i drank and couldn‘t sleep at all that night. he fled north korea in the middle of the night, leaving his family behind after growing concerned about the spread of communism. he fought the north during the korean war and is unhappy with the current division. i want to tell the world

that we should allow separated families to meet whenever they want. instead of how it is now, with few people meeting rarely. for decades, this man kept looking north across the border for his mother in the hope she would return. she went back to north korea in 1953 to prepare for peace. he even built his house near where she left him. he‘s never been selected for the reunions. translation: when can we meet our loved ones? after all of us are dead? 100 people per event isjust meaningless. there are 50,000 people waiting all over the country. as well as bringing joy, this week‘s reunions will remind koreans on both sides that the pain of separation has not and may never leave this peninsula. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. they‘re calling it a hairy extravaganza. all shapes and sizes of facial haircompeting in 21 different categories. best beard, best moustache, full bea rd freestyle, he is famous for creating chris is

only the broadest stars would dare to wear, women like marilyn monroe, menorah madonna and schar. bob mackie. now many of their outfits are upfor mackie. now many of their outfits are up for sale. david sillito has been to meeting. i‘m bob mackie, and i‘m a costume designer. and i‘ve dressed some really interesting women, in my life. they come to me to wear something that, when they walk out on stage, the audience knows they‘re there for a show. bob mackie, one of the first dresses he helped work on was this showstopper for marilyn munroe. # happy birthday, mr president...# but he truly made his name as the master of attention—grabbing style when he teamed up with cher, especially those oscar outfits. these are dresses that stop traffic, aren‘t they? well, they stop traffic, and they‘re like smoke and mirrors. they don‘t show anything, but you think you‘re

seeing everything. is there anything she said no to? only if she thought it was boring. is there anything you have designed for her and you thought, "no, you can‘t wear that to the oscars?" yes, yes, and she made me do it, and then i denied doing it, for years. it was her turn back time outfit, that was called the "sailors on the ship". of course, bob‘s heyday was an era when fashion fame was limited to a tiny number of stars. these days, it‘s rather more democratic. freddie harrel‘s part of a new era of fashion bloggers and instagram stars, so we invited her to see what she makes of yesterday‘s attention—grabbing outfits. wow, fantastic. 0h, turn around, look at her! and you know this dress is cher's dress, not tina turner's. i know, i can't believe it. the dress, a cher classic,

from her tv show. it‘s certainly eye—catching, but for freddie, the modern era of online fashion fame isn‘t so much about standing out, but bringing people together. sharing thisjourney on instagram, on social media, it allowed me to find this community of like—minded people who also are really eager to express themselves, and also find who they are and who they are made of. but for bob, this is a moment of farewell. do you feel sorry to say goodbye to them? no, it‘s ok. they‘re all documented, and it never looks as good as it did on that woman that day she put it on for the first time. indeed, when you‘ve got someone like freddie, that‘s when a dress becomes a bob mackie. david sillito, bbc news. charlotte is here with the

businesses but first a look of headlines on afternoon live. birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from private firm gas, after inspectors say it‘s fallen into a "state of crisis". a man accused of driving a car at members of the public and police officers outside the houses of parliament has appeared in court. and lucky to be alive — the british woman who fell off a cruise ship and survived 10 hours in the adriatic sea. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. shares in luxury handbag maker mulberry have plunged 30% after it said it was setting aside £3m to cover the cost of house of fraser‘s troubles. the company also warned full—year profits could be "materially reduced" if current tough uk trading continued into the second half of the year. greece is now free to borrow money on the financial markets.

pepsico is buying soda stream. the deal gives pepsi a new way of reaching customers at a time when its signature sugary drinks are becoming less popular. greece is now free to borrow money on the financial markets. the country‘s bailout programme officially comes to an end. the government says it can stand on its own two feet, after three financial rescue packages totalling over $300 billion. yes, so a big day for greece, and exiting this bailout programme, which has gone on for so many years. it has been about ten years, so if we cast our minds back, greece was an huge financial trouble, it went to the european union, the central bank and the imf to get some money to learn it out. that was the amount of money it has learned to greece,

£250 billion over the course of ten yea rs. £250 billion over the course of ten years. today it has exited a bailout programme. those creditors gave greece that money on the conditions that it fits through austerity measures to tighten up its economy. those austerity measures were tough, people in greece have gone through the mill in the last eight years, and it has lost 25% of its gdp in that time and that is because of those measures taking toll on the economy. unemployment for example, it is of about 27%. that has happened since 2010. it has achieved this milestone in its economy and history of being able to exit the bill, the bailout programme. we were talking about the prospect of a grexit long before the prospect of a brexit, and it has managed to claw its way out of trouble. some

politicians were saying we are not having this, it is not right to greece and they were threatening to leave the euro zone. that's right, because it is part of the eurozone, and so they were not very happy with the way it was managing its economy, the way it was managing its economy, the way it was managing its economy, the way it was plunged into debt crisis was affecting other countries, including the bigger ones like germany for example. so when they go to the likes of the european union for a bailout, the likes of germany will be handing that money over to greece, more so than other countries. the shape of the greek economy is rather different now as a result of all this restructuring, but as a consequence of all of this, a lot of the young people on whom greece, the future of greece, depends, they left the country, they felt they had no alternative. that's right, so that is why it if we look at the breakdown on youth unemployment, it has been really tough. we can talk about greece and also some other market stories that

have happened with our markets guest, senior analyst at hargreaves lansdown. guest, senior analyst at hargreaves la nsdown. thank you guest, senior analyst at hargreaves lansdown. thank you forjoining us. just briefly on greece, how have we seen market reaction on that today? it isa seen market reaction on that today? it is a bit ofa seen market reaction on that today? it is a bit of a milestone today of course, it has been eight years in the making. but actually this has not hugely shifted the dial on greece. things are still not great in the greek economy. it is three quarters of the size it was and some worrying metrics, youth unemployment at aa%. positive news today but i don't think there will be any champagne corks popping in athens tonight. let's look at some equities, some share prices, mulberry lost 30% this morning that share price. that is because of the money it has had to set aside because of what has gone on for house of fraser. house of fraser

hit, £3 million, so it is a pretty big wipe—out. not good news for mulberry or house of fraser because one of the things mike ashley wants to do is to turn house of fraser into the harrods of the high street and he will need brands like mulberry on—board to do that. a bit of relationship building to do that. letters di let‘s move on to countrywide, the estate agents, it has dropped its share price because refuse pay out executives to £20 million, investors refuse to pay £20 million, investors refuse to pay £20 million because they don‘t think the company is up to it. yes, and you can understand that, share prices down over the last year so shareholders not happy with that situation and only want to award management for rebuilding just part of the money they have lost.

countrywide still in a difficult position, it has had problems of its own making, in terms of management decisions, it has also been hit by a slow down in the london property market, transactions down 22% last year and also digital disruption from online players as well. shareholders are being asked for more cash. next week they will have to decide whether they are throwing good money after bad. for countrywide, it is a long road to recovery. we could hear you but we could not see you because your picture was frozen. thank you very much. a quick look at the market before we go, carr countrywide down, a little bit less than was earlier today. sterling in dollar, if you are going over to america any time soon, you have picked the wrong time of year really because that is well below 1.30, which was if you months ago. it is an expensive place to visit these days, didn‘t used to be, didn‘t used to be. see you tomorrow. that is your lot from the afternoon

live team. i will be back again tomorrow at 2pm. next bbc news at five with ben brown but first a timely look at the weather forecast. staying pretty warm for the next couple of days before things turn much coolerfor all of us couple of days before things turn much cooler for all of us by the end of the week. for the rest of today into this evening, generally dry, apart from the odd shower, quite warm and humid too. those few showers will eventually clear off into the north sea and then we will have a mixture of variable cloud with clear spells during overnight. light winds and it will feel warm and muggy wherever you are, starting tuesday off on a warm and muggy note. quite a bit of cloud around but a few holes will appear here and there were some sunny spells. the odd shower around but across the north west thames brazier, cloudier and wetter with an approaching weather front, cooler, and wetter with an approaching weatherfront, cooler, just and wetter with an approaching weather front, cooler, just getting into stornoway, but elsewhere a warm day, particularly in the south—east, 2627 degrees. as we head into the

end of the week, things turning cooler from the northwest, increasing sunshine but some heavy and blustery showers. today at five — the government takes over the running of birmingham prison from the private firm gas after inspectors warn that it had slipped into a "state of crisis". there were riots there two years ago, and now a damning review has found widespread violence, drug use and squalid conditions. the chief inspector of prisons says it‘s the worst prison he‘s ever visited, and that some inmates are too scared to leave their cells. it cannot be the case that the only time urgent action is taken to restore decency in a prison is when an inspectorate report is published. surely somebody must have been asleep at the wheel. we‘ll have an eyewitness account of conditions at birmingham prison from an independent visitor. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... the british woman who survived ten hours in the sea after falling