hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at two. shot across the bow: french fishermen throw rocks and smoke bombs as british vessels are rammed in the latest batttle of the so—called scallop war. before we knew it we had ten, maybe 15 french ports surrendered as, throwing rocks at us, flares. theresa may arrives in nigeria — as part of her trade mission to boost ties with african countries after brexit. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they've self—harmed — a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. it has been a tough couple of days for mourinho. after getting the backing from the manchester united board, now the club's most decorated player, ryan giggs, has given his support. and we have that weather.

we had some rain this morning across the south—east. that is moving away. but we do have sunshine following on behind and most places will be dry in the next few days. also coming up — we'll have the latest on the devastating fire which has all—but destoryed one of the most historic buildings in the centre of belfast. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. it's already been dubbed the scallop war — as the row between uk and french fishermen boiled over in the sea off the normandy coast last night. french crews have been accused of throwing stones and flares — and some of their boats are reported to have rammed ours — after complaining that the british are depleting stocks of scallops. british boats are legally entitled to fish in the area. our correspondent sarah ransome is in brixham

in devon, which is home to some of the boats involved. smoking flares and stones. this video from french television shows british boats being rammed in a bad—tempered opening salvo in yet another clash between french fishermen and british boats off the coast of normandy in a row over scallops. insults accompanied the hull ramming while 35 french boats or so chased a handful of british vessels out of the scallop—rich fishing ground, claiming they were looting the lucrative stocks. translation: they have no hours, no quotas, they just fill their boats, they come, scraped and lead. they start working a month before us and they leave us the crumbs. scallop fishing off the normandy coast has long been a sensitive issue. french boats are banned from fishing in those waters

by their own government from between may and october, but that doesn't apply to british boats. and as some of those caught up in the crash returned to harbour last night, no one was injured, but those who had been on board say they have had to dodge missiles like cans of oil and old bits of anchor thrown onto their decks. they were both angry and upset at what had happened. before we knew it we had around ten, maybe 15, other french boats surrounding us, throwing rocks at us, flares. they were lighting the sky up with flares so that other boats could see us. it was quite an intense moment. two years ago it happened to us, not as forceful as this time i would not have said. but the same thing. the french navy were there on site and never did a thing. we reported it to the mmo and nothing happened. it just went on deaf ears. for a few years a temporary deal on fishing for scallops in those

waters has kept a lid on any anger. but talks broke down last summer and french fishermen‘s frustration has boiled over. those negotiating a deal from this side of the channel say it's time for everyone to get back round the table and talk. i need to know precisely what the french now are offering us by way of a settlement in order to get british boats back into those waters 01’ somewhere else, depending on what the deal is. but i need clarification before i actually go to france to talk to them and we come to an arrangement for 2018. in the meantime, the boats are in harbour and repairs are under way. as are discussions on how to calm those suddenly choppy waters in the channel. our correspondentjoins us now. this

has been a long running row. suddenly we are entering new waters. yes, one of those books that we were talking about, the golden promise, is still there. a small blue hulled boats, tied up. her crew on board checking for any further repairs that might be needed overnight. it was her crew who were telling us how shocked and astounded they were at the ferocity of that clash in the channel when it occurred overnight. they said that they could see the french navy off the coast, they were watching what was going on. i have been feeling what they would like is for british fishery protection vessels to now accompany them if they can, if they need to go back out there. they think they need more support. british negotiator has also

been telling us he is ready to get ona been telling us he is ready to get on a bot ora been telling us he is ready to get on a bot or a plane or a train, he will get back round the table, but only when he knows what the conditions of those talks might be. he is not prepared to sign a rehashed version of a deal that was put forward a few months ago that he is not acceptable to the british fishing industry. but he says if they come back with a better deal, and he would like to know what that is sooner rather than later, he will sit round the table. the eu and the european commission has been urging france and britain to find an amicable solution. they have weighed in saying it could not get involved in the fight as arrangements for trawling this lucrative prize shellfish officially between those individual countries is not dealt with at a european level but at a national level. negotiations are under way. there are a frantic e—mail conversations ongoing. how

that will be resolved is yet to be decided but for these fish are meant yet they would like to get back out to that fishery sooner rather than later, a lucrative fishery, they see they say they need the work and they do not want to be hampered by and refreshed fishermen in the near future. —— angry french fishermen. what does this mean to the fishermen themselves? are any of them seeing it is so serious they do not want to go back out there? they have not said that yet. they are hardy people. they have dealt with many people and that —— b have dealt with many things in the past. this is not the first time that french and british fishermen have clashed over scallops. five or six yea rs clashed over scallops. five or six years ago the previous clash was also a scallop skirmish, if you like. that's the fishermen are resolute, they say they would like to go back out, but they would like to go back out, but they would like

to go back out, but they would like to go back out in the knowledge that they would not meet that level of angen they would not meet that level of anger, that level of violence, if you like, when they next go back out. whether they need to seek to issued and that that will not happen before they leave, they have not given me that indication. at the moment they are checking over their vessels and making sure repairs are done before heading back out. but one of the chief negotiators as saying he wants to make sure that all has fishermen are safe. it is a difficult enoughjob all has fishermen are safe. it is a difficult enough job out there as toes, and that sort of environment you do not need ropes going on board, oil cans or four years you do not need ropes going on board, oil cans orfour years on wooden decks, that could constitute a fire risk, he said. he wants to have an assurance from the french side that that will not happen before he can give any assurance to his british counterparts that they can go out safely. thank you. we hope to talk to the chief

executive of the south western fish producer organisation very shortly. we have established some sort of contact with him. but in the meantime, let us go to westminster, brexit secretary, dominic raab, is being questioned by peers. the original idea was to go to green in october on the inclusion of the withdrawal arrangements. you have already indicated in a throwaway line, it might go further than that. could we ask you to be a little theatre as to the timescale, not least because of the issue of legal implementation in the uk, with the withdrawal bill, and the definitive

votes in parliament, and also the european parliament. how is it looking to you at the moment? my starting point as the end point. that is march of next year. we will leave the eu. i work back from there. you raise the question of the legislative framework that will be needed to implement any deal that we do, and that is the driver for the uk site, but you also referred quite rightly to the eu processes and procedures. we are aiming for the october council, but there is some measure of leeway. thank you. can i also ask a little bit about the flavour of the negotiations and then either with collea g u es negotiations and then either with colleagues come in? you have

understandably talked about your personal interface with michel barnier. at what might be called the technical level, the pace of discussions has intensified within whitehall departments, with their cou nterpa rts whitehall departments, with their counterparts in the commission, looking at practical implications, thatis looking at practical implications, that is one issue. and what is also frees from time to time is the question of who you are negotiating with. is there, and what should be read into it if there is, any shift in the focus away from the commission to watch the eu 27 states ? commission to watch the eu 27 states? is there any pressure from individual eu member states for the commission to soft in the stamps? to

put it in simplistic terms, the negotiations are immediate and real, it has to come to some kind of conclusion. that means that the deal is to be found it must be found. how is to be found it must be found. how is that going forward? first of all, you are absolutely right, the technical teams, as opposed to the political principles, which is the way we free minutes, we have an excellent team, meeting with counterparts on the eu says, that work is very intense. they had a very limited period in august, which is rare mike russell standards. that shows the commitment on both sides.

—— aurier by the standards of brussels. not much point in having those beatings and miss the groundwork has been peeved. in relation —— not much point in having those meetings unless the groundwork has been done. we need a deal that we can optimistically strike to gain broad agreement otherwise it will not be ratified. and at a bilateral level. this is an score on. i have met with simon coveney on the irish side, the french and swedish european ministers, but i want to be clear, but from our point of view, the central negotiation runs through the team and brussels with michel barnier, and obviously we want to make as much progress as we can through that channel, and we are 11096 through that channel, and we are 110% committed to it. the

negotiation takes place through the channel but as issues are raised by actual partners within the eu and beyond the eu obviously we want to talk through our position and make it clear. and just for the record, that enthusiasm and focus, on the two parties, is reciprocated? they wa nt to two parties, is reciprocated? they want to get it sorted? sorry, just spell out the question. want to get it sorted? sorry, just spell out the questionlj want to get it sorted? sorry, just spell out the question. i wasjust making the point, you emphasised your enthusiasm to get the thing done, and to deal with the people that the eu has appointed and mandated to deal with it. that is on behalf of the european union. and even said there may be a question of individual member states with their

own inputs or pressures. but your impression, i am thinking back to this morning's press report, is that generally speaking the task force 50, michel barnier is the negotiator, reciprocate on wanting to get a deal, and in the way that you have expressed in terms of british interest? if i you have expressed in terms of british interest? ifi blinked every time there was a media report i would never do anything else. the fa ct would never do anything else. the fact is that it was i think michel barnier who describe negotiations as one that would move into continuous negotiation, obviously i agree with that, you should judge governments and other political bodies by what they do not buy what they see, that isa they do not buy what they see, that is a good rule of thumb. we have had three meetings directly, michel barnier and myself, since three meetings directly, michel barnierand myself, since my appointment, i barnierand myself, since my appointment, lam barnierand myself, since my appointment, i am going out for a further extend its meeting on

thursday night. i will meet the team oi'i thursday night. i will meet the team on friday morning. you canjudge us by our actions and you can judge michel barnier and his team by peers, which is clearly wanting to intensify engagement and reach a positive deal by both sides. intensify engagement and reach a positive deal by both sidesm intensify engagement and reach a positive deal by both sides. if i might conclude my remarks by saying look at the press reports, the media reports of 26th ofjuly, it did appear that you are both gone wanting to towards a deal. if i may be relatively positive about competing on that? absolutely. i. fairand competing on that? absolutely. i. fair and invite the next questioner. thank you. there is nothing like a tough negotiation to get the adrenaline flowing. i wanted to ask adrenaline flowing. i wanted to ask a couple of questions about ireland, which is always, from the start, and before the referendum, seems to be

the most difficult of brexit issues, if only because it is not one that can be easily sorted out with clever people around a table, without going wrong. those concerns have been magnified rather than corrected by visits to dublin and belfast and most recently to the border. in that context, we were interested in the assertion of the white paper that the proposed uk— eu economic partnership could see the uk and eu meet commitments to northern ireland through the overall future relationship. i wonder if you can see anything about how that would work. the conclusion is that the backstop would not need to be used if that were to work. how it would work? and what indications are given from the eu side, he seemed to think those would not be satisfactory? thank you. it is right to say that

the uk response all along has been that the issue of northern ireland becomes easier to resolve, technically complex as it is, when we moved to thinking about the future states, and that is because of the game to devise a set of proposals, which would minimise friction of any sort at the border. the proposals in the white paperfor the future relationship with the eu would ensure that the backstop solution, as part of the withdrawal agreement, would not used to be brought into effect. at the same time, iwant brought into effect. at the same time, i want to be clear about this, it would be imported for the eu side and it is a commitment that we make, we remain commitment to making all the commitments into legally binding text. the prime minister has been clear, both on that commitment, and also on the eu proposals being an a cce pta ble also on the eu proposals being an

acceptable because of the effect they would have on the uk common market, constitution and integrity of the uk. our counterproposal on the customs end, a temporary backstop, the temporary customs arrangements, that would ensure that they customs arrangement with the eu is not in place in the end of the period they would be no default customs border between northern ireland and ireland, or between northern ireland and the rest of great britain. what we have in mind isa great britain. what we have in mind is a very specific set of circumstances, and the backstop would be time limited. this is an area where there has been a lot of work on going at a technical level. ido work on going at a technical level. i do not have the solution to give you yet but we are committed on both sides to giving effect, and we also wa nt to sides to giving effect, and we also want to affirm our confidence that the proposals that we have set out for the future relationship provide a good basis on which to resolve this issue on a sustainable basis.

that is always encouraging to hear that the technical solutions are about to be found and presented to us about to be found and presented to us but the gap seems to be between the various technical proposals... we are hearing from the brexit secretary, dominic raab, that the government is still aiming to achieve a deal at the october council summit. he says there is some measure of the week and that that timetable may keep, some suggestions that already discussions are being planned for november. dominic raab telling the house of lords eu committee he is confident a deal is within our sites. asked about the white paper he said there had been questions about the government planned but not a total dismissal of the so—called checkers plan. and also dismissed reports in the guardian that michel barnier has not been as readily available as the uk side would have liked, he said he

has already had three meetings with him, and he is heading out on thursday night for a fourth meeting with him on friday. we will keep you up—to—date with any further developments but that is the main points from that session with the brexit committee in the lords. theresa may has arrived in nigeria, on the second day of her trade mission to try to boost ties with african countries after brexit. mrs may is also discussing security and people trafficking with president muhammadu buhari, before meeting victims of modern slavery. our political correspondent, ben wright, is travelling with the prime minister and has given us a sense of what the days holds. this is a three—day visit to sub—saharan africa this is a three—day visit to sub—sa ha ran africa entirely this is a three—day visit to sub—saharan africa entirely focused, or dominantly focused, on building trade links between the uk and these very fast—growing economies such as nigeria. she was met by a troop of traditional nigerian dancers, she resisted the temptation to join in

this time. she is not the only european leader to come to nigeria at the moment, there is competition, president macron has been here twice, he was here last month, angela merkel arrives tomorrow, and many people wanted chunk of the business opportunities that these countries provide. that is what theresa may will be hoping to achieve in her talks with business leaders and politicians. she is stressing in particular the links that she wants to see develop between the city of london and nigeria, african countries to finance the city, and african businesses to was themselves on the stock exchange and london. not only trade, she will also be raising the question of modern slave. a lot of people are trafficked from nigeria to europe and the uk, trying to disrupt that trafficking link on the migration routes the something she will be talking about. she will be offering further assistance to the nigerian government and army in

their battle against islamist group boko haram which has killed thousands of people in recent year. there is a lock on the agenda. she is only here for one day and then she is going to can you. —— going to kenya. the government is being urged to address what's being called a crisis in children's mental health after new analysis suggested that more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they've self—harmed. the children's society says gender stereotypes, and concerns about physical appearance, are contributing to unhappiness. the government says it is investing £300 million to provide more mental health help in schools. ricky boletto reports. all right, bethany, so this is your microphone. bethany started self harming when she was 13. it's something she's happy to talk about today. she wants to open up to other young people. i don't think there was really a reason why, but the bullying made me feel really, really depressed. so i think that was kind of a response for me because it was something that i could control.

starting secondary school was difficult. bethany said she felt isolated. she kept what she was doing a secret from her mum. i got a phone call from her teacher, actually, when i was on the bus on the way home from work. and he said he needed to have a chat with me and he just told me that he'd found out that day that beth was self harming. so that was a bit of a shock. five years on, she stopped harming herself with the support of the harmless charity. i think there are a lot of reasons why. i think the pressures of school itself, you know, with having gcses and all of the work that we have, you know, it can be quite stressful. i think definitely social media because we see a lot of things where it's like you should look like this and you should wear that and you should have this make—up. i think there's a lot of stigma associated with how girls should carry themselves as well. the children's society surveyed more than 11,000 children about their lives. they say a closer look at the data suggests one in four girls aged 1a

had self harmed. across genders, one in six reported self harming at the same age. and from that, the charity estimates that 110,000 14—year—olds all over the uk may have intentionally hurt themselves. what we found is that since 2009 children have been becoming more unhappy with their lives as a whole overall. and particularly that has been driven by girls feeling more and more unhappy with their appearance. the government say they're spending £1.11 billion on transforming young people's mental health by 2020, with an additional 300 million to provide more help in schools. so how long have you been drawing for? years. bethany is now focusing on the future. of course, the scars won't disappear, but her recovery is ongoing. i feel really confident now, i'm happy, ifeel like i've got myself back.

ricky boleto, bbc news. and if you have been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find details of organisations which offer advice and support on the bbc actionline website at bbc.co.uk/actionline. time for a look at the weather. we have ha rd we have hard rain. there has been rain across the south—east. this was france last night. a lot of lightning. big storms have developed across the north—east france, spain. 100,000 lightning strikes in france alone, many of them injust strikes in france alone, many of them in just eight strikes in france alone, many of them injust eight hours, last night. that is a lot of lightning strikes ina that is a lot of lightning strikes in a short period of time. how do you count them? there are

special satellites that measure them. i thought you would have known that. is that coming here? it is not. these are the storms. they formed at ten o'clock last night all of southern. there is a very good reason. warm and muggy levels and lower levels in the atmosphere, cold and dry it from the spanish plateau, blacklisted and cools, but dave and stability. a weather front coming into that that instability. —— that lifted and cooled. bulls storms were not far away. we do not have to worry about those.

we have got higher pressure in charge of our weather. it feels like autumn is upon us. that is, 1st of september, meteorological autumn. the two school here. we are getting more bursts of rain, but cools things down. we are in for some chilly nights as well where we have clear skies. what is in store? this is what the weather was like in east sussex this morning. this is what they are going to see more of today and through the next few days. more sunshine and blue sky. you can see who the rain was across the south—east, it is pushing eastwards and continuing to dry up. that should give the temperature is a boost. there is a band of close behind that. this is towards the latter part of the

afternoon. brighter skies, sunshine giving temperatures the left. thick clouds moving away from northern england and wales. westerly breeze bringing fresh ear, cooler here, one or two showers into the north—west. away from here it will dry up this evening and it will be dry up this evening and it will be dry overnight, clear skies, we have talked about chilly nights, tonight will be one of them, there is no wind and snow cloud, temperatures will fall away quickly. these are the temperatures in towns and cities, and the countryside this will be three or four celsius, we have had a few of those recently. a sunny start for most parts tomorrow. the cloud will build as temperatures rise, there will be sunny spells, most rise, there will be sunny spells, m ost pla ces rise, there will be sunny spells, most places will be dry. there will be scattered showers. higher pressure. temperatures

similarto higher pressure. temperatures similar to those of today, 17—21dc. there is the high pressure, it is not particularly dominant, weather systems a re not particularly dominant, weather systems are coming in from the atlantic, they slow up as they bump into the high pressure and will eventually topple our way over the weekend. flighty, still dry for the most part, good spells of sunshine, reasonably warm, then we will see cloud increasing in northern ireland, a bit of rain in the far south—west, maybe western scotland, just around the edges. most places dry and reasonably warm in the sunshine. that code in the atlantic pushes down from the north—west into the uk. a lot of clouds, not much rain, the south—east and possibly the midlands likely to stay dry, a lwa ys the midlands likely to stay dry, always more sunshine here, temperatures could get up to 25 or 26 celsius. british boats demand government

protection after clashes with french vessels over scholar up fishing rights. theresa may is in nigeria where she will hold talks to boost trade and tackle modern slavery. over a fit of 14—year—old girls have said they self harmed. a man had continuous for a 21—year—old after it emerges one of the two women stabbed in solihull was on the front of police as she was attacked with officials in puerto rican say almost 3000 people died as a result of harry kane maria last year. —— hurricane maria. fans are divided aboutjose mourinho but a decorated player telling us what you think. we are deeply into manchester united

territory here, not too far from old trafford. soul—searching after the 3-0 trafford. soul—searching after the 3—0 defeat to spurs. trafford. soul—searching after the 3-0 defeat to spurs. two defeats in three, was stuck to a premier league season for 23 years. all the money spent over the last couple of years, didn't get the players he wanted, a bizarre press conference on monday. turned the 3—0 scoreline into his own personal scoreline, three premier league titles, demanding respect of everyone. we had the board were supporting him yesterday. we had ryan giggs speaking at a wales news conference, their head coach. he went off topic when asked about manchester united. there are most decorated player, assistant manager underjosey mourinho's predators. a club legend. he had a simple message for manchester united, solidarity, stick together.

there is some flash photography coming up. it is a time for the fans to stick together, get behind the club, get behind the team, the manager, the coaching staff. that is me purely speaking as a fan. tough time at the moment but we have had tough times before and come through it. he was in the team that had the worst outcome at one point from 325 yea rs worst outcome at one point from 325 years ago, and they went on and won the title. not sure if that will happen this season. that was the announcement for the wales squad for the nations league. the women's game. huge growth in that. the fa is hoping for another boost. brilliant

if they get this. important couple of days regarding england women. big match against wales to qualify for the world cup. winner takes all. semifinalists at the euros. the fa has submitted its bid to host the 2021 women's has submitted its bid to host the 2021women's european championship. wembley would host the final but seven smallest area around the country including milton keynes, brighton's annex. rotherham, quite a few of the internationals played there already. austria and hungary are supposed to put in strong bits. uefa will choose in december. enormous to have a major championships like this on home soil across cities all of england. adding in terms of fans and inspiring a generation of young people to want to play the game, fantastic. by then, by 2021, we will have built a whole infrastructure of opportunity for youngsters to play. they will be

excited and be able to find somewhere to play. after 100 years of international football and cup finals at hampden park in glasgow, the scottish football association are weighing up a move to murrayfield, the home of scottish by, murrayfield, the home of scottish rugby, in edinburgh. queens park, the amateur club who also played there are the owners. the lease is up there are the owners. the lease is up in 2020. an option to buy and in our rack. the stadium is in need of renovation. —— to buy hampden park outright. a decision is expected later. england have just outright. a decision is expected later. england havejust named outright. a decision is expected later. england have just named their tea m later. england have just named their team to face india in the fourth test that starts in southampton. marlene ali, the all all—rounder at bat in seven. jonny bairstow in the side despite breaking a finger in the fourth test. —— moeen ali.

side despite breaking a finger in the fourth test. -- moeen ali. we have a lot of depth in terms of our bowlers batting. you look at the form, a hundred and eight double 100. a six for sam, performing brilliantly in the first two games. great to see a good amount of depth, guysin great to see a good amount of depth, guys in and around the squad. sam curran has also been called up for the injured chris woakes. back in the injured chris woakes. back in the next half hour. the continuing hunt for 21—year—old... the next half hour. the continuing hunt for 21—year—old. .. the man wa nted hunt for 21—year—old. .. the man wanted in connection with deaths. police are continuing to search forjanbaz tarin,

after his former partner, 22 year old raneem oudee and her mother khaola saleem, were fatally attacked in the early hours of bank holiday monday. £5,000 reward. the detective superintendent has appealed for him to hand himself in. we will have an update soon. it was the most powerful storm to hit the caribbean island in a century. making landfall with winds

of nearly 250 kilometres per hour, leaving millions of dollars of damage in its wake. president trump marvelled at a relatively low loss of life but it seems the death toll of maria could dwarf the one that has devastated new orleans. the number of people who died at the directly from the aftermath at nearly three dozen. we artificially changing — — aftermath at nearly three dozen. we artificially changing —— officially changing, putting an official number, the death toll, 2975. that is the official estimate. moeen ali

maria registers allen to rubble, power lines cut. rhodes became impossible. —— hurricane maria. death toll is high among the elderly. it hopes it can learn from the experience despite not having been ready for a storm like this. time to show solidarity for all those who have lost family and friends. also a time to reflect on what we did well and badly. so we can have a better response in the future. making such improvements will not be easy. parts of the island still without power. nearly one year after the hurricane and 60,000 homes lacking a proper roof. the trump administration says it will support the island's government but puerto rico was bankrupt before the hurricane and they will be

praying such a disaster never happens again. many millions have fled syria and over1 million have crossed the border into lebanon. now, the lebanese president is telling them to go home despite international warnings it is not safe to do so. an impromptu game in an impromptu setting. ten miles away from their homeland. this camp has been set up for syrian refugees in lebanon. there is little water or electricity. the un says three quarters of the refugees are living in poverty, on less than $4 a day. many have been here for years was up and have no idea when they'll be able to return home. translation: i might be here for another month,

three months, or a year. it depends on the safety. i don't want to go back if there is still a war going on. for some time now more than a million syrians have been living in lebanon in conditions like these. the president here says he wants them to go home. the assad regime wants them to come back. but the united nations says it is not safe to do so. almost 90% of refugees said they do want to return to syria. however, you know, certain refugees expressed concerns with regards to property, with regards to military conscription. so certain guarantees need to be, you know, officially in place. one person looking unlikely to go back is maier mahmood. he left government controlled damascus almost two years ago to pursue his music. he is now going to canada with his acoustic group on a scholarship,

but is still haunted by what he left behind. even if it's more safe now back in syria, even if the war has stopped, you can'tjust forget what you've been through. and in the middle of those thoughts and ideas, you just need to find the purpose of your own life, your goals. the war in syria is complex. the future of its people is likely to be just as difficult. after all, a nation will have to be rebuilt. james waterhouse, bbc news, lebanon. a large cordon remains in place in belfast as firefighters continue to deal with the impact of a fire which has caused enormous damage to one of the city's most historic buildings. there is hope that the facade of the banks building — which dates from 1785, and today houses a primark store — could be saved, but the interior has been destroyed. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. an important part of the city's

heritage up in flames. firefighters battled for hours yesterday to get the blaze under control. staff and shoppers were evacuated. as the building began to give way. people watched in horror as the victorian landmark was destroyed. firefighters worked through the night. now bank buildings is a blackened shell. you can still smell the smoke in the air here today and firefighters have said that parts of the building are still collapsing. so for the safety of pedestrians this 45 metre cordon remains in place. that means many of the shops and businesses in the heart of belfast will have to remain closed. for city centre traders it's unclear how long this will last. for us august is the second busiest month in the trading calendar. so for us we need to get open as quickly as we can. an emergency meeting was held in belfast this morning for recovery plans to be put in place.

initial inspections of the building by structural engineers have determined the exterior is intact but the site remains unsafe for pedestrians and shops nearby. i totally understand that they can't let us near the building until they know it is secure and that is my main worry at the minute, that it might collapse. and if it does it willjust come straight into my shop, it will just wipe it out. the cause of this fire is still unknown. primark staff have said they are devastated by what has happened to the store which had only just had a £30 million refurbishment. there is quite a bit of work in terms of the steelwork the building, it suffered extreme heat. it has been under pressure. i'm pleased that the building is still standing and hopeful that the structural engineers will make a call to say that it can be saved. it would be a huge loss for belfast if that wasn't the case. bank buildings has been a focal point of the city centre since the late 18th century. until the full damage is known, it is unclear how much of this belfast landmark may ever be restored to its former glory. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.

first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. france says it is ready to send more police boats to its north coast to prevent further clashes between french and british fishermen over scallops. theresa may visits nigeria — as part of her trade mission to boost ties with african countries after brexi. more than a fifth of 1a year old girls say they've self—harmed — a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. british gas has paid £2.65m in refunds and compensation after wrongly overcharging more than 94,000 customers who switched to new providers. an ofgem investigation found the energy firm "failed" and "unfairly penalised" customers who were coming to the end

of their fixed term contracts. british gas said those affected have been "refunded and paid an additional goodwill gesture". uk shop prices have risen for the first time in five years, according to the latest data from the british retail consortium. it's also warned that more price rises are to come, if the uk quits the european union without a trade deal. a stark warning from the pensions regulator — that generous lump sum payouts could be putting pensions at risk. earlier this year it contacted 1a schemes encouraging them to consider making reductions, as a record £21bn flowed out of defined schemes in the year to march. so why are we talking about aston martin today? best known for its cameo injames bond movies. looking to float on the

london stock exchange. interesting for various reasons because there are not any british car—makers on the london stock exchange, all foreign owned, land rover, rolls—royce, all owned by foreign companies. it has not made a profit for about ten years. it has managed to turn things around, hitting a healthy profit. i am telling you interesting fact. i am listening! it has made a profit, 25% initially, the minimum requirement by the london stock exchange. another one coming? just a bush. google has strongly denied claims by president trump that its search engine is rigged to make favourable coverage of him difficult to find. mr trump claimed that google search results for "trump news" hid conservative and supportive voices.

only negative news and the liberal media being against him. we can hear more about this from kim. has this had a serious impact? no, notjust on google shares but other tech companies like twitter, apple and facebook, all of whom have been accused of suppressing conservative sites, claiming a liberal bias. donald trump came out as a vociferous proponent of google after the eu issued a fine against google,

claiming it was harbouring a monopoly within europe. he has switched his view. it poses a concern to the tech giant but we have not seen investors react to this because many tech companies have been cot in donald trump ayes cross hairs. just a few weeks ago, we we re cross hairs. just a few weeks ago, we were talking about amazon. plaster without necessary action. —— blaster. if congress gets involved ina blaster. if congress gets involved in a decision to further police these tech companies, many of which have come under criticism from conservatives, regulators that they had become too powerful and as a result need to face some serious regulations from the federal government. looking flat. at news about

overcharging customers. but citigroup have recommended a buy on the shares. i will be back later. oak, ash and birch are trees that are native to britain. over the years other varieties have been imported and, while this adds diversity to our woodlands, it can also bring problems in the form of pests and diseases. our correspondent tomos morgan is has been finding out what is being done to protect british trees. so what we have here is a white fringe tree which is a non—native tree, but what we have noticed

is that it has these rather severe dieback symptoms. alongside the white fringe, the mock privet and its narrow leaf sibling are another three species infected with ash dieback in the uk. it is a fungal disease were leaf loss and a slow death inhibits greenery, but in the heart of gloucestershire specialists are looking at helping the process of saving those affected breeds. we have been researching notjust the ash tree, but the pathogen which causes dieback, and we have discovered tolerance in ash so we are hopeful in future we can select and breed tolerant ash trees so that we can replant. it is notjust ash types that are at risk in the uk. according to the british plant health register there are 1000 pests and diseases across the uk and around 30% of those pose a danger to the future of our trees. and many of those infecting our forest originate from abroad, which has led to the government last week putting a ban certain types

of oak trees from being imported into the uk. the number of pests and diseases coming into the uk that impact on trees has risen exponentially over the last few years. have we been a bit slow in dealing with that issue? we saw the impact 50 years ago with the introduction of dutch elm disease, where elms have disappeared from many landscapes, so we are acting now to make sure that doesn't happen to our most iconic tree species, particularly the oak. trees of ash are not usually taken down as the disease is so widespread and when a species developed symptoms with the disease they are kept alive for monitoring and research purposes. there are scenarios where trees with diseases are felt, say if the risk of spread is very great. some local authorities are using new methods in a bid to save our trees. in london, a method called

bio—char technology is used on oaks in bexley. it is thought injecting the ground with a charcoal helps soil quality improve, trees become healthier and in turn their defence is stronger to deal potential diseases. and here they have seen significant results. so last year the trees had pale and yellow leaves, as soon as spring came around in the first flush of its leaves it was unrecognisable, dark shades of green, the limbs started to lift up, itjust looks like a brand—new tree. the science behind the reliability of methods like bio—char are up for debate but the process of protecting the great woodland has already begun. police had to shut

down a busy street in new york yesterday — because of bees swarming around a hot dog stand. an estimated 30,000 bees gathered at the top of this food ca rt‘s umbrella. this was a job for the new york police department's official beekeeper, who vacuumed the insects into a bucket. oh, yes there is one! good pictures, these. you can guess the sound effects! that's the buzz. things have been getting a bit messy in the spanish town of bunol, with thousands of revellers taking part in spain's annual tomato fight. the "tomatina" festival

attracts more than 20,000 people to the little town near valencia, where they hurl around 160,000 kilos of tomatoes at each other. more than 140 tonnes of tomatoes were shipped in for the occasion, with the tomato battle set to go on for hours — after which the town's streets are expected to be submerged in red mush. time for a look at the weather... here's darren bett. poor weather this morning. dozens of lightning strikes earlier on across the channel. storm is keeping to the east of the uk. moving through and looking to the atlantic to see cloud like this heading our way. running into high pressure, getting blocked off. as the high pressure becomes more established, so most places will end of the day fine and dry.

rain across into the low countries. more cloud heading away from the missjones, more cloud heading away from the miss jones, south—west more cloud heading away from the missjones, south—west of england towards the south east. one or two spots on that. broken cloud, sunshine to follow. some showers in the cooler and fresh air. fading away overnight tonight. on the whole, clear skies. away overnight tonight. on the whole, clearskies. hardlya away overnight tonight. on the whole, clear skies. hardly a breath of wind out there overnight. getting quite chilly quickly. in towns and cities, 8—9, maybe a touch chilly in scotland. in rural areas, 3—4 celsius. more cold nights to come in the next few nights. some sunshine to greet the day on thursday, patchy cloud bubbling up here and there. threatening to arrive in the south—west. far south—west, threatening to arrive in the south—west. farsouth—west, one or two showers. west wales, western scotla nd two showers. west wales, western

scotland see the odd one. on the whole, 17—21. a little below average for this time of year. high pressure areas across the uk, stopping the weather front coming into the south—west. we end up with a weather front of draped towards the west of the uk. bringing more cloud towards northern ireland, little or no rain, some here in the far south. away from here, dry day, spells of sunshine. al towards the west as the band of cloud approaches, stronger southerly winds, light further east. maybe a touch warm across scotland, 18-19. into maybe a touch warm across scotland, 18—19. into the weekend, cloud coming in from the atlantic, bringing some buckets of rain and drizzle. always drier, brighter and a bit warmer. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at three... shot across the bow: french fishermen throw rocks and smoke bombs —

as british vessels are rammed — in the latest batttle of the so—called ‘scallop war‘. before we knew it we had ten or 15 french boats surrounding us, throwing rocks at us and flares. theresa may visits nigeria where she's holding talks to boost trade and also tackle the issues of security and human trafficking. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they've self—harmed — a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. coming up on afternoon live... all the sport with olly foster. we will hear from manchester united legend ryan giggs, after all of the doom and gloom following the club after their defeat to spurs, he says fa ns after their defeat to spurs, he says fans need to stick together and get behind jose mourinho. thanks olly, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. darren bett has all the weather. good afternoon, the weather has

improved across east anglia and the south—east after the rain this morning. this afternoon, quiet with a couple of showers. some sunshine and we look at the weekend forecast later on in the programme. thanks darren. also coming up — we'll have the latest on the devastating fire which has all—but destroyed one of the most historic buildings in the centre of belfast. hello everyone — this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. it's already been dubbed the ‘scallop war‘ — as the row between uk and french fishermen boiled over in the sea off the normandy coast last night. french crews have been accused of throwing stones and flares — and some of their boats are reported to have rammed ours — after complaining that the british are depleting stocks of scallops. british boats are legally entitled to fish in the area. our correspondent sarah ransome is in brixham in devon, which is home to some of the boats involved. smoking flares and stones.

this video from french television shows british boats being rammed in a bad—tempered opening salvo in yet another clash between french fishermen and british boats off the coast of normandy in a row over scallops. insults accompanied the hull ramming while 35 french boats or so chased a handful of british vessels out of the scallop—rich fishing ground, claiming they were looting the lucrative stocks. translation: they have no powers, no quotas, they just fill their boats, they come, scraped and lead. translation: they have no hours, no quotas, they just fill their boats, they come, scrape and leave. they start working a month before us and they leave us the crumbs. scallop fishing off the normandy coast has long been a sensitive issue.

french boats are banned from fishing in those waters by their own government from between may and october, but that doesn't apply to british boats. and as some of those caught up in the crash returned to harbour last night, no one was injured, but those who had been on board say they have had to dodge missiles like cans of oil and old bits of anchor thrown onto their decks. they were both angry and upset at what had happened. before we knew it we had around ten, maybe 15, other french boats surrounding us, throwing rocks at us, flares. they were lighting the sky up with flares so that other boats could see us. it was quite an intense moment. two years ago it happened to us, not as forceful as this time i would not have said. but the same thing. the french navy were there on site and never did a thing. we reported it to the mmo and nothing happened. it just went on deaf ears for a few years a temporary deal on fishing for scallops in those waters has kept a lid on any anger. but talks broke down last summer

and french fishermen's frustration has boiled over. those negotiating a deal from this side of the channel say it's time for everyone to get back round the table and talk. i need to know precisely what the french now are offering us by way of a settlement in order to get british boats back into those waters or somewhere else, depending on what the dealers. waters or somewhere else, depending on what the deal is. but i need clarification before i actually go to france to talk to them and we come to an arrangement for 2018. in the meantime, the boats are in harbour and repairs are under way. as are discussions on how to calm those suddenly choppy waters in the channel. our correspondent sarah ransome has been speaking to the crew of one of the boats in that skirmish. i'm that brixham harbour, one of the boats we were talking about in that piece, the golden promise, is still

in the harbour. she is a small blue hole boat, tied up alongside, her crew on board, checking for any further repairs needed overnight. her crew were telling us how shocked and really quite astounded at the ferocity of that clash in the channel, when it occurred overnight. they said, as you heard, they could see the french navy off to the coast and they were watching what was going on. i've been hearing that what they would really like is for british fishery protection vessels to accompany them, if they can, and if they need to go back out, they have a bit more support. british negotiators, jim porteous in that piece paire, he has been telling us that he is ready to get on a boat, train or plane, to get back around the table but only when he knows the conditions of the talks. he is not

prepared to go back and sign a rehashed version of a deal put forward a few months ago, but he said was not acceptable to the british fishing industry. but if they come back with a better deal, he will go back and sit around the table. the eu, the european commission, has been urging france and britain to find an amicable solution, they called it. they weighed in saying they could not get involved in the fight, as arrangements for trawling this lucrative prize, shellfish, official route between those individual countries, is not dealt with at a european level but a national level. so, negotiations, we are told, are under way. we are told frantic e—mail conversations are ongoing but how that is to be resolved is undecided. but these fishermen would like to go back to the fishery sooner rather than later. it is lucrative, they say they need the work and they do not want to be

hampered by angry french fishermen in the near future. police are offering a £5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of 21—year—old janbaz tarin in connection with the murder of two women in solihull. 22—year—old raneem oudeh and her mother khaola saleem were found fataly injured with stab wounds in a street on monday. west midlands police believe that janbaz tarin is still in the west midlands area and that people are protecting him. our correspondent dan johnson is outside west midlands police headquarters in birmingham. now, news of this reward, the pressure is getting greater to find him? yes, it is, this manhunt is intensifying and i think it is a sign that police believe that someone is helping janbaz tarin. helping him to hide, and evade the search that is now growing, although it is still focused in the west midlands. we've heard today other

agencies are involved in this search. we can take that to mean some other law enforcement agencies and other police forces in this part of the country. i've been speaking to the most senior investigator in the west midlands, he said his feeling was that janbaz tarin has not gone too far, he is still in the area but at least someone must be helping him to hide. that is why they have offered him this reward. a direct appeal has been made to janbaz tarin himself, to hand himself in. this is west midlands police chief superintendent mark pain. i think there are two people i would directly want to appeal to, the first is janbaz tarin would directly want to appeal to, the first isjanbaz tarin himself. we will find you, we will arrest you, please come forward and talk to us about the events that unfolded. orto us about the events that unfolded. or to anyone who may be assisting or holding janbaz tarin, you are likely to be committing a criminal offence. if we find him, we can find you. if you know where he is, contact us or

crimestoppers, and we can get into custody and speak about the events of the 27th. you'd think someone is helping him hide? we think it is likely he is receiving assistance. what progress have you made in him? we have warrants and a number of activities to try and locate him. we are satisfied that we are doing everything within our power but we need the help and assistance of the public. we hope someone can make a phone call to crimestoppers to help us to locate him. but there has been no trace of janbaz tarin us to locate him. but there has been no trace ofjanbaz tarin since he was seen driving away from the house where he killed those two women on sunday night. he was seen driving away in a van, police have found it and some computers, mobile phones, and some computers, mobile phones, and searched a number of properties around birmingham where janbaz tarin was thought to be living. there has been absolutely no sign of him since

sunday night. that is why this manhunt is intensifying. we have learned more from police today about the sequence of events on sunday. it was reported that there had been contact between police and the family, that it had been reported threats were made against the family and the detective has clarified officers were dispatched after that first call and they were trying to find where the women were. they were moving around and it was not clear exactly where they were. apparently, during a later call, the attack started and things escalated, which is when officers were urgently dispatched and could find the women outside their homes that they could not be saved. that is why the independent office for police conduct is involved in this investigation, the police watchdog examining exactly what contact there was between the family and police. there are reports janbaz tarin had been threatening and abusive even further back than sunday and he had

been involved with police before that. questions about the level of reporting surrounding his behaviour and any warning signs. the intense focus at the moment is just trying to find him. dan johnson, thank you. the brexit secretary dominic raab has said the government is still aiming to achieve a deal with the eu at the october council summit, but added that is was possible the timetable might "creep". mr raab explained to the house of lords eu committee how negotiations were progressing and said he was confident a deal could be done. the outstanding separation issues va ry the outstanding separation issues vary from precisely the detail of the dispute over governance provisions, data sharing, administrative procedures and some other issues. what i would say to you, i have this provides reassurance, is that actually most of that is detail rather than on principle issues and i think the contours of the agreement are there.

on top of the withdrawal agreement, obviously we agreed the terms of the indentation period, that is important for business certainty but also for some finality to the process for the average citizen who looks on and wonders how long this will all go on for. there is also theissue will all go on for. there is also the issue of the northern ireland protocol and i would say whilst we have not got a definitive solution to that yet, you will have seen, your committee will have seen, the proposal by the eu and proposals put forward and our shared commitment forward and our shared commitment for the undertakings of the joint report back in december. on the future relationship, on the economic partnership, yes, we have had questions but not a dismissal on the principle grounds of a new relationship. there has been a focus on security corporation and we want to make sure that we continue that valued operation and security capabilities that we share, and

other issues surrounding governance which, on our model, would be similarto which, on our model, would be similar to the government ‘s arrangements, as we have for the withdrawal agreement but obviously there is a difference in the sense that this covers citizens‘ rights, which is a separate set of issues. i think that‘s the best overview i can give you, only to add that i‘m confident a deal with michael cole is within our sites. we bring ambition, pragmatism and energy and if it is matched, we get a deal. theresa may has arrived in nigeria, on the second day of her trade mission to try to boost ties with african countries after brexit. mrs may is also discussing security and people trafficking with president muhammadu buhari, before meeting victims of modern slavery. our political correspondent ben wright has been travelling with the prime minister. this is, of course, a three—day visit to sub saharan africa.

dominantly focused on building trade links between the uk and these very fast—growing economies, such as nigeria. she was met by a troupe of traditional nigerian dancers, she resisted temptation to join in this time. she‘s not the only european leader coming to nigeria at the moment. there is a lot of competition. president macron has been twice, he was here last month. angela merkel is here tomorrow. many people wanted chunk of the business opportunities these countries currently provide and that is what theresa may will be hoping to achieve in abuja and later this afternoon in lagos, in her talks with business leaders and politicians. she is stressing the links she wants to see between london and nigeria, four african countries to finance the city but also african businesses to list themselves on the london stock exchange. but it is not only trade, she will be raising the question of

modern slavery. a lot of people are trafficked from nigeria to europe and the uk, and trying to disrupt that trafficking route, she will be talking about migration routes. she will offer further assistance to the nigerian government and army in their battle against the islamist group boko haram, which has killed thousands of people in recent years. there is a lot on the agenda, she is only there for a day and then she is moving on to kenya. the government is being urged to address what‘s being called a ‘crisis in children‘s mental health‘ after new analysis suggested that more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they‘ve self—harmed. the children‘s society says gender stereotypes, and concerns about physical appearance, are contributing to unhappiness. the government says it is investing 300 million pounds to provide more mental health help in schools. ricky boletto reports. all right, bethany, so this is your microphone. bethany started self harming when she was 13. it‘s something she‘s happy to talk about today. she wants to open up to other young people. i don‘t think there was really a reason why,

but the bullying made me feel really, really depressed. so i think that was kind of a response for me because it was something that i could control. starting secondary school was difficult. bethany said she felt isolated. she kept what she was doing a secret from her mum. i got a phone call from her teacher, actually, when i was on the bus on the way home from work. and he said he needed to have a chat with me and he just told me that he‘d found out that day that beth was self harming. so that was a bit of a shock. five years on, she stopped harming herself with the support of the harmless charity. i think there are a lot of reasons why. i think the pressures of school itself, you know, with having gcses and all of the work that we have, you know, it can be quite stressful. i think definitely social media because we see a lot of things where it‘s like you should look like this and you should wear that and you should have this make—up. i think there‘s a lot of stigma associated with how girls should

carry themselves as well. the children‘s society surveyed more than 11,000 children about their lives. they say a closer look at the data suggests one in four girls aged 1a had self harmed last year. across genders, one in six reported self harming at the same age. and from that, the charity estimates that 110,000 14—year—olds all over the uk may have self harmed in the last 12 months. what we found is that since 2009 children have been becoming more unhappy with their lives as a whole overall. and particularly that has been driven by girls feeling more and more unhappy with their appearance. well, the government say they‘re spending £1.11 billion on transforming young people‘s mental health by 2020, with an additional 300 million to provide more help in schools. so how long have you been drawing for? years. i used to do it when i was little. bethany is now focusing

on the future. of course, the scars won‘t disappear, but her recovery is ongoing. i feel really confident now, i‘m happy, ifeel like i‘ve got myself back. ricky boleto, bbc news. and if you have been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find details of organisations which offer advice and support on the bbc actionline website at bbc.co.uk/actionline. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... france says it is ready to send more police boats to its north coast to prevent further clashes between french and british fishermen over scallops. theresa may visits nigeria as part of her trade mission to boost ties with african countries after brexit. more than a fifth of 1a year—old girls say they‘ve self—harmed — with gender stereotypes and worries about looks contributing to unhappiness. and coming up — british gas pays out more than £2.5 million in refunds and compensation for wrongly overcharging some users

switching suppliers. in the sport, ryan giggs has called on manchester united supporters to get behind the manager, jose mourinho. the club has made the worst start to the premier league season in 25 years, losing two of their first matches. the football association has staged its bid to host the women‘s euro 2021 championship. uefa will decide on a host in december. moeen ali is back in the england tea m moeen ali is back in the england team for the fourth test against india which starts tomorrow in southampton. sam curran will also start, jos buttler is on the wicket withjonny start, jos buttler is on the wicket with jonny bairstow, start, jos buttler is on the wicket withjonny bairstow, the specialist batsmen. a full update in 15 minutes. the british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has been admitted to a prison clinic in iran, after having multiple panic attacks.

she returned to jail in tehran on sunday following a three—day release. ms zaghari—ratcliffe was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies. a large cordon remains in place in belfast as firefighters continue to deal with the impact of a fire which has caused enormous damage to one of the city‘s most historic buildings. there is hope that the facade of the banks building — which dates from 1785, and today houses a primark store — could be saved, but the interior has been destroyed. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. an important part of the city‘s heritage up in flames. firefighters battled for hours yesterday to get the blaze under control. staff and shoppers were evacuated. let‘s go! as the building began to give way. people watched in horror as the victorian landmark was destroyed. firefighters worked through the night. now bank buildings is a blackened shell.

you can still smell the smoke in the air here today and firefighters have said that parts of the building are still collapsing. so for the safety of pedestrians this 45 metre cordon remains in place. that means many of the shops and businesses in the heart of belfast will have to remain closed. for city centre traders it‘s unclear how long this will last. for us august is the second busiest month in the trading calendar. so for us we need to get open as quickly as we can. an emergency meeting was held in belfast this morning for recovery plans to be put in place. initial inspections of the building by structural engineers have determined the exterior is intact but the site remains unsafe for pedestrians and shops nearby. i totally understand that they can‘t let us near the building until they know it is secure and that is my main worry at the minute, that it might collapse. and if it does it willjust come

straight into my shop, it will just wipe it out. the cause of this fire is still unknown. primark staff have said they are devastated by what has happened to the store which had only just had a £30 million refurbishment. there is quite a bit of work in terms of the steelwork the building, it suffered extreme heat. it has been under pressure. i‘m pleased that the building is still standing and hopeful that the structural engineers will make a call to say that it can be saved. it would be a huge loss for belfast if that wasn‘t the case. bank buildings has been a focal point of the city centre since the late 18th century. until the full damage is known, it is unclear how much of this belfast landmark may ever be restored to its former glory. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. it‘s emerged that some company pension schemes have been contacted by the regulator asking them to take extra care with staff members wanting to remove their funds. there has been a sharp rise in in people cashing in valuable final salary retirement pots, and managing the money themselves. the pension regulator warns that overly generous pay—outs could damage the schemes‘ remaining funds. british gas has paid more than £2.5 million

in refunds and compensation, after overcharging thousands of customers who switched to new providers. ofgem says more than 94,000 people were affected. the energy supplier has blamed a systems error. our personal finance reporter simon gompertz says it all stems from those on fixed term deals looking to switch towards the end of their contract. the rules are that there is a 49—day grace period at the end of your deal, during which you can switch, but you are not penalised by exit fees or higher tariffs than what you are paying for. that is what british gas got wrong, they broke the rules. so those 94,000 people were people who had their tariffs raised during the grace period and there was another group of people who were charged an exit charge for leaving when they shouldn‘t have been charged that. what‘s happening is, british gas is paying those people back. it has paid most of them back already and given them a goodwill gesture payment on top of that. by my calculation, the sums involved are not enormous.

so for a typical customer, it would be between £10 and £50 each. but there‘s a big principle here and that‘s why the authorities have been so tough about it. that if companies are seen to interfere with our right to switch providers, take advantage of lower tariffs, and households can save upwards of £300 a year by switching to a cheaper deal, if companies are seen to discourage that, then they will be hauled over the coals. that‘s what happened to british gas and that‘s why they‘ve had to apologise profusely. a year after violence in myanmar prompted hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims to flee the country, the un secretary general has said those responsible must be held to account. the security council met to discuss a report published this week which called for myanmar‘s military leaders to face charges including genocide. the actor and un goodwill ambassador cate blanchett recently

visited bangladesh — where thousands of rohingya muslims have been forced to flee. she‘s been speaking to our correspondent nada tawfik. i think that part of the security council‘s remit is to highlight and continually and unfailingly not give up, you know? this comes from speaking to the secretary—general. when a situation is impossible, push harder. despair is something we cannot give in to and when you see the resilience of refugees themselves, if you see it in a school with children who have lost pa rents, school with children who have lost parents, children have seen their grandparents pushed back into burning buildings, and set on fire. you know, isat burning buildings, and set on fire. you know, i sat with one particular girl who was 14 and she had her three—year—old brother dismembered and thrown into a fire in front of her. when you see them moving

forward positively, trying to go to school, it galvanises me and makes me want to, not forget those individual faces me want to, not forget those individualfaces and me want to, not forget those individual faces and the magnitude of numbers that we hear, it‘s beholding upon the international community to shine a spotlight on it. it may seem impossible but it‘s not an excuse for not doing anything. have you been disappointed that aung san suu kyi, as de facto leader, and the nobel peace prize winner leiria, hasn‘t done more? leader, and the nobel peace prize winner leiria, hasn't done more7m is important they set about concrete paths towards giving the rohingya muslim citizenship. we have a nationality, we are able to vote and we have the right to an education and basic health care. these people have none of those rights, so i think it is absolutely vital the

government of mayan mark, a year on from the crisis, begin to make positive and concrete steps in making sure that these things happen. it is of paramount importance —— myanmar. happen. it is of paramount importance -- myanmar. after visiting the camps, and speaking to international leaders, have you reflected at all upon the fact there had been warning signs for decades, violence against the range of muslims for decades, and yet international leaders did not prevent this from happening? when we are dealing with stateless people, the problem is often invisible. you can feel, particularly in the west, there are cultural barriers but when you sit with a mother, newly arrived, not even unpacked her bags because she is worried the latrine that she has built above us is going to collapse when the rains come, you realise there are human beings inside this crisis, and i think it

is really important that even know we talk about these numbers, we do not lose sight of human beings. part of my role as a goodwill ambassador is to be score that human face. footage from australia has emerged of a fireball believed to have been a meteor entering the atmosphere. the sky above perth was lit up by the object as it hurtled towards the ground. local fire services say they started receiving calls from concerned onlookers who said they had seen a fireball streaking across the sky. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. someone else who stares at the sky for hours. hello, a chilly night on the way tonight, the weather is improving. rain in south anglia —— east anglia and the south—east. one or two showers, mainly in western scotland, those showers fade overnight. rain out towards the east. clearer skies, overnight. rain out towards the

east. clearerskies, hardly any wind. temperatures fall away quite sharply. we are looking at a 29 degrees. in many towns and cities, a touch cold in scotland, starting chilly tomorrow. some sunshine around. a lot of cloud through the day. a threat of some showers in the south—west, west wales and western scotland. on the whole, thursday should be dry with sunny spells and light winds. temperatures 17—21. a little below par for this time of year. we little below par for this time of yea r. we slowly little below par for this time of year. we slowly introduce more cloud in the west. pockets of rain and getting warmer in the sunshine in the south—east. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: british boats demand government protection after clashes with french vessels over scallop fishing rights. theresa may visits nigeria where she‘s holding talks to boost trade and also tackle the issues of security and human trafficking. more than a fifth of 14 year—old girls say they‘ve self—harmed

as a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. police are offering a £5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of 21—year—old janbaz tarin in connection with the murders of two women in solihull. and british gas pays out 2.65 million pounds after wrongly overcharging some customers who switched to new providers. sport now on afternoon live with olly. jose mourinho under some pressure but one of klob‘s most decorated players has been backing him? we are deepin players has been backing him? we are deep in united territory, on the red half of manchester. just a couple of nights ago, the 3—0 defeat to spurs on the monday night. shocking

really. no club has any right to go and do that at old trafford. there was some indignation and outrage from supporters. two defeats in three. their worst start to a premier league season for 25 years and then jose mourinho premier league season for 25 years and thenjose mourinho gave the bizarre news conference. he turned the 3-0 bizarre news conference. he turned the 3—0 scoreline into his own scoreline. he said i have got three premier league titles, more than any manager put together in the premier league at the moment. the man did respect. many manchester united fans swear guessing it would be be endgame. then the board backed him, then we have heard from ryan giggs, clu b then we have heard from ryan giggs, club legend that had a simple message that the fans, stick together. there is some flash photography coming up. it is time for the fans to stick together, get behind the club, get behind the manager, get behind the

coaching staff. that is me speaking asa fan, coaching staff. that is me speaking as a fan, it is tough at the moment but we have had tough times before and we've come through it. giggs giving his backing then at today‘s announcement of the wales squad to face the republic of ireland and denmark in nations league. he‘s coaxed paul dummett out of international retirement but left out hal robson kanu, the west brom striker then promptly announced that he is going to call it a day with wales. we‘ve seen huge growth in the women s game in recent years, now the fa is hoping for a big boost to the sport? the football association has submitted its bid to host the 2021 women‘s european championship. they actually held it back in 2005, in lancashire and cheshire, only eight teams involved, double that expected in 2021 wembley would stage the final with seven other venues, including milton keynes,

brighton, and rotherham. austria and hungary are also expected to bid with uefa choosing the hosts in december. i think it is enormous to have a major championship like this on home soil, across the city, across all over england. i think in terms of fans and inspiring a generation of young people to play the game, fantastic. by 2021, we will have built a whole infrastructure of opportunity for youngsters to play. so they will be excited and they will be able to go and find somewhere to play. after over 100 years of international football and cup finals at hampden park in glasgow the scottish football association are weighing up a move to the home of scottish rugby

murrayfield in edinburgh. hampden‘s owners are queens park, the amateur club who also play there, and the sfa‘s lease is up in 2020. there is an option to buy hampden but the stadium is in need of renovation. the other option bing discussed at today‘s board meeting is relocating to murrayfield, a decision is expected later. england have named their team to face india in the fourth test tomorrow — with moeen ali back in the side. the all—rounder will bat at seven. he‘ll has been recalled in place of ollie pope in the line—up. joe root will have jonny bairstow in the side, that‘s despite breaking his finger in the third test. he‘ll play as a specialist batsman and jos buttler will keep wicket. and sam curran replaces the injured chris woakes. england, lead 2—1, looking to seal victory in the five—match series. got a lot of depth in terms of our

bowlers batting and have made some brilliant contributions as well. look at the form moeen ali is in, for example. double hundred in a week and sam has performed brilliantly this series. it is great to see a good amount of depth, guys in and around the squad. that‘s all the sport for now. this friday marks 21 years since the death of diana, princess of wales and this week we‘re hearing from the winners of the diana award, an award established in the princess‘s memory to celebrate young people who have gone above and beyond to change the world for the better. daniella timperley is one of the diana award winners. she‘s won the award for her work highlighting the issues of domestic violence with the charity women‘s aid, as well as being part of the bbc

children in need youth panel. as you can see, it she joins me as you can see, it shejoins me now from belfast. many congratulations, how did it feel you had actually won? it is absolutely amazing. even to receive an award for princess diana‘s legacy. she was celebrated for her charity work and support she lent to causes such as health so it is an honour. you have worked on the bbc children in need youth panel, how did you get involved with that? i was involved with woman‘s aid, a charity funded by children in need. i went through an application process and recruitment days and i we re process and recruitment days and i were selected for the youth panel to

represent woman‘s aid. so on the panel we are heavily involved in the appeal nights in november. last year, i was answering phones for an auction and we go to the celebrations at night—time, such as titanic belfast and ulster transport museum. on the appeal nights we brainstorm ideas on how to bring charities together. we had our big idea back in march, which invited all young people from different charities and they told us what they get from their charities and right it is special to them. they also had fun getting to know each other. that is the fun side of it but you are determined to highlight the issues of domestic abuse and you describe it in

of domestic abuse and you describe itina of domestic abuse and you describe it in a positive and proactive way, how did you go about that? it in a positive and proactive way, how did you go about that7m it in a positive and proactive way, how did you go about that? it is a cause close to my heart. when i thought i wanted to volunteer for woman‘s aid and give back to the people who work really, really hard just making sure that women get justice as well, and children. we have made films with woman‘s aid and domestic violence and coercive control which was on television and it is very rewarding. you have travelled as well, you have been to romania to volunteer, what did you do there? from my previous school, i travelled with friends delivering medicines, clothes, toys and food to

poorfamilies. we medicines, clothes, toys and food to poor families. we did medicines, clothes, toys and food to poorfamilies. we did fun medicines, clothes, toys and food to poor families. we did fun days for the children and also served food to poor people in the canteen and stuff. you have talked about diana already, you are too young to have met her but you had a brush with royalty this year because you were at harry‘s wedding? how did that come about? my school in ballymena, it was in the paper when i won the spirit of the community award and they put my name forward. my school heard they wanted to give me an invite to the royal wedding which is one of those surreal experiences you don‘t think we‘ll ever happened to you. it was a great day. you have just had your as results, but you

wa nt to just had your as results, but you want to get into the media? yes, the film industry or broadcasting, i hope to study it at a university. but i want to keep up my charity work and volunteering on the side. what do other people your age say to you when they know you do charity work, do they look at you strangely or do they look at you with some jealousy? i don't really talk about it much but a lot has happened this year and it has got a lot of attention. people are surprised and they go, do you ever get tired? but it is normalfor me, i have been doing it forfour years it is normalfor me, i have been doing it for four years now. it is normalfor me, i have been doing it forfour years now. i like to keep busy so i don‘t mind. doing it forfour years now. i like to keep busy so i don't mind. do you ever get tired? yes. but it isjust pa rt ever get tired? yes. but it isjust part of what i do now and it has brought up so many opportunities for me and! brought up so many opportunities for me and i am really grateful and i

love it. if someone younger than you was watching and thinking it was for them, what advice would you give? was watching and thinking it was for them, what advice would you give ?|j would definitely say for them to do it, if something means a lot to them because it can be something very small or it can be something very big. you can make a difference in whatever way. it is great to talk to, many congratulations on winning the award. thank you very much. maybe we will speak to you with another hat on in the future? half of syria‘s population of 22 million has been uprooted by the conflict that began there in 2011. many millions have fled the country, and more than a million of those have crossed the border into neighbouring lebanon. but now, the lebanese president is telling them to go home, despite international warnings that it s not safe to do so. james waterhouse sent this report from close to the syrian border. an impromptu game in an impromptu setting. ten miles away from their homeland. this camp has been set up for syrian refugees in lebanon. there is little water

or electricity. the un says three quarters of the refugees are living in poverty, on less than $4 a day. many have been here for years was up and have no idea when they‘ll be able to return home. translation: i might be here for another month, three months, or a year. it depends on the safety. i don‘t want to go back if there is still a war going on. for some time now more than a million syrians have been living in lebanon in conditions like these. the president here says he wants them to go home. the assad regime wants them to come back. but the united nations says it is not safe to do so. almost 90% of refugees said they do want to return to syria. however, you know, certain refugees expressed concerns with regards to property, with regards to military conscription. so certain guarantees need to be,

you know, officially in place. one person looking unlikely to go back is maier mahmood. he left government controlled damascus almost two years ago to pursue his music. he is now going to canada with his acoustic group on a scholarship, but is still haunted by what he left behind. even if it‘s more safe now back in syria, even if the war has stopped, you can‘tjust forget what you‘ve been through. and in the middle of those thoughts and ideas, you just need to find the purpose of your own life, your goals. the war in syria is complex. the future of its people is likely to be just as difficult. after all, a nation will have to be rebuilt. james waterhouse, bbc news, lebanon. we will have the business news in a

moment. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. france says it is ready to send more police boats to its north coast to prevent further clashes between french and british fishermen over scallops. theresa may visits nigeria as part of her trade mission to boost ties with african countries after brexit. more than a fifth of 14 year—old girls say they‘ve self—harmed with gender stereotypes and worries about looks contributing to unhappiness. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. british gas has paid £2.65 million in refunds and compensation after wrongly overcharging more than 94,000 customers who switched to new providers. an ofgem investigation found the energy firm ‘failed‘ and "unfairly penalised" customers who were coming to the end of their fixed term contracts. british gas said those affected have been refunded and paid an additional goodwill gesture. uk shop prices have risen

for the first time in five years, according to the latest data from the british retail consortium. it‘s also warned that more price rises are to come, if the uk quits the european union without a trade deal. a stark warning from the pensions regulator — that generous lump sum pay—outs could be putting pensions at risk. earlier this year it contacted 14 schemes encouraging them to consider making reductions, as a record £21 billion flowed out of defined schemes in the year to march. so today is the one year deadline for pp! compensation claims? he will be ringing us after that.“ you haven‘t had a pp! pay—out, it is

worth doing so. you can claim on behalf of relatives who are not here any more and you can investigate into their personal finances. ppi was designed to cover loan repayments if borrowers fell ill or lost theirjob. some of those protection plans were believed to have been mis—sold and that is why we have this situation at the moment. if people at home watching this and they don‘t know if it applies to them or they don‘t know how to apply, we have sarah panels with us, thanks forjoining us. it is quite confusing and complex process to go through, could you read who might have been mis—sold? millions of these policies were sold and not while everyone them was the

soul, i believe the majority of them were. the kind of people who can claim with those who were self—employed because they didn't pay out if you are self—employed. people who had already stopped work, if they had retired. people not told about pre—existing conditions being excluded and some people have these policies added onto their loans without realising. so these people can make a claim if they haven't already. what did people do if they think they might fall under that category? these policies were most commonly sold a long personal loans and credit cards if you were sold a policy and you think maybe i was mis—sold, the process is straightforward. you don't need to use one of these claims management companies. the big banks and credit ca rd companies. the big banks and credit card companies have details on their website, they have a section on ppi and it is a form you can fill in

online and download on post if you prefer. there is also on the fca's website, a lot of information on how to claim for ppi. don't be put off and think it won't be much money, it will be complicated and i won't bother because many cases these payments are hundreds, thousands of pounds. you make it sound so early, so why haven‘t people claimed until now? a lot of people who haven't claimed those who fall in the categories of maybe they didn't know they had a ppi policy, one of those people who had the policy lump dong with their loan or credit card. there is a new group who can claim as well as a result of a court case as well as a result of a court case a couple of years ago and that is people who were sold a ppi policy, where the lender was paid a commission that works out at more than half the premiums. those people

may not realise they can claim, but they can. the other group of people who may be haven't yet claimed are those for whom have lost the paperwork, maybe the loan was taken out some time ago and they think it isa out some time ago and they think it is a long time ago and the bank may not know my details, so i won't bother. i cannot guarantee every single person who haven't got the paperwork, will be able to claim, but it is worth doing. if you don't do it between now and this time next year, you will have lost the chance. you can claim on behalf of relatives who are no longer here? yes, if you are acting as somebody who has passed away, if you have their details, you can claim. the more information you have, the easier it will be but if you have information like name, address, where the person lived where they have the loan or credit card, that there is enough to start the process. the credit card company or bank as to make a reasonable effort to track down details for you then to be able to make a claim, either on your own

behalf or somebody else does matter. sarah, thank you very much. yes, let‘s have a look at the markets. pretty flat, in negative territory. commodity related stocks are not doing well. copper is low because of trade tensions and a stronger dollar. mining companies make upa stronger dollar. mining companies make up a huge section of the ftse 100. more of that later on. ok, thank you very much. oak, ash and birch are trees that are native to britain. over the years other varieties have been imported and, while this adds diversity to our woodlands, it can also bring problems in the form of pests and diseases. our correspondent tomos morgan is has been finding out what is being done to protect british trees. so what we have here is a white fringe tree which is a non—native tree, but what we have noticed is that it has these rather severe dieback symptoms. alongside the white fringe,

the mock privet and its narrow leaf sibling are another three species infected with ash dieback in the uk. it is a fungal disease were leaf loss and a slow death inhibits greenery, but in the heart of gloucestershire specialists are looking at helping the process of saving those affected breeds. we have been researching notjust the ash tree, which causes dieback, and we have discovered tolerance in ash so we are hopeful in future we can select and breed tolerant ash trees so that we can replant. it is notjust ash type that risk in the uk. according to the british plant health register there are 1000 pests and diseases across the uk and around 30% of those pose a danger to the future of our trees. and many of those infecting our

forest originate from abroad, which has led to the government last week putting a ban certain types of oak trees from being imported into the uk. the number of pests and diseases coming into the uk that impact on trees has risen exponentially over the last few years. have we been a bit slow in dealing with that issue? we saw the impact 50 years ago with the introduction of dutch elm disease, where elms have disappeared from many landscapes, so we are acting now to make sure that doesn‘t happen to our most iconic tree species, particularly the oak. trees of ash are not usually taken down as the disease is so widespread and when a species developed symptoms with the disease they are kept for monitoring and research purposes. there are scenarios where trees with diseases are felt, say if the risk of spread is very great. some local authorities are using new methods in a bid to save our trees.

in london, a method called bio—char technology is used on oaks in bexley. it is thought injecting the ground with a charcoal helps soil quality improve, trees become healthier and in turn their defence is stronger to deal potential diseases. and here they have seen significant results. so last year the trees had pale and yellow leaves, as soon as spring came around in the first flush of its leaves it was unrecognisable, dark shades of green, the limbs started to lift up, itjust looks like a brand—new tree. the science behind the reliability of methods like bio—char are up for debate but the process of protecting the great woodland has already begun.

police had to shut down a busy street in new york yesterday, because of bees swarming around a hot dog stand. these pictures came in without sound so we have brought in effect to illustrate what was going on. an estimated 30,000 bees gathered at the top of this food ca rt‘s umbrella. this was a job for the new york police department‘s official beekeeper, who vacuumed the insects into a bucket. no sound effects for the vacuum cleaner, so we will stick with the bees. things have been getting a bit messy in the spanish town of bunol, with thousands of revellers taking part in spain‘s annual tomato fight. the "tomatina" festival attracts more than 20,000 people to the little town near valencia, where they hurl around 160,000 kilos of tomatoes at each other.

more than 140 tonnes of tomatoes were shipped in for the occasion, with the tomato battle set to go on for hours, after which the towns streets are expected to be submerged in red mush. time for a look at the weather, here‘s darren bett. we have seen poor weather across east anglia and it could have been worse. across the channel in france there were lightning strikes earlier on and the storms are keeping to the east of the uk. we look to the atla ntic to east of the uk. we look to the atlantic to see cloud like this heading our way but it is running into high pressure so it is getting blocked off to some extent. as a high—pressure gets more established this evening, most places will end the day fine. there is a bit more cloud heading our way from the

midlands, towards the south—east, maybe a few spots of rain on but, nothing much. broken cloud, sunshine and a few scattered showers into the north and west on scotland in the cooler and fresh air. though showers probably will fade away overnight and on the whole we will have clear skies. hardly a breath of wind out there overnight so it will get quite chilly and quite chilly quickly as well. in towns and cities, eight, 9 degrees and maybe more chilly than that in scotland. in rural areas, three or 4 degrees. a chilly night tonight and a few cold bite to come over the next few nights. sunshine to greet the day on thursday with patchy cloud bubbling up here and there. this cloud threatens to arrive from the south—west and may give one or two showers to the far south of england, west wales and northern scotland. a temperature of 17 to 21 degrees. little bit below parfor 17 to 21 degrees. little bit below par for this 17 to 21 degrees. little bit below parfor this time a 17 to 21 degrees. little bit below par for this time a beer.

high—pressure across the uk stopping bisla the front coming into the south—west. we do end up with that weather front brake towards the west of the uk. it will bring more cloud towards northern ireland perhaps but little or no rain. it is more likely to catch rain in the far south—west of england but away from here a dry day with spells of sunshine. i‘ll towards the west as this band of cloud approaches, we see some stronger, southerly winds and light winds, maybe a touch warmer across scotland, 18 or 19 degrees. into the weekend we see cloud coming in from the atlantic and it may bring a few buckets of rain and was above the south—east always will be drier, brighter and a bit warmer. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. today at four... shot across the bow: french fishermen throw rocks and smoke bombs — as british vessels are rammed — in the latest batttle of the so—called ‘scallop war‘. before we knew it we had ten or 15 french boats surrounding us,

throwing rocks at us and flares. theresa may visits nigeria on the second day of her trip to africa aimed at deepening economic and trade ties. we wa nt we want to enhance those trading links, there‘s a real opportunity for us to do so as we are leaving the eu. that‘s one of the things i‘ve been discussing here in nigeria today. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they‘ve self—harmed — a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with olly foster. hello, the board backed jose mourinho today. we heard from a manchester united club legend, ryan giggs urges the club‘s fans to stick together and get behind their manager. thanks olly, and darren bett has all the weather... good afternoon, early rain has

cleared away, no more than one or two showers following from that. and things should be largely drive the sunshine. later in the programme, we look at the storms that got away... thanks darren. also coming up — charities training support dogs for children with autism call for greater regulation due to a huge increase in requests for help. that‘s in news nationwide in half an hour. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live, i‘m simon mccoy. it‘s already been dubbed the ‘scallop war‘ — as the row between uk and french fishermen boiled over in the sea off the normandy coast last night. french crews have been accused of throwing stones and flares — and some of their boats are reported to have rammed ours — after complaining that the british are depleting stocks of scallops. british boats are legally entitled to fish in the area. our correspondent sarah ransome

is in brixham in devon, which is home to some of the boats involved. smoking flares and stones. this video from french television shows british boats being rammed in a bad—tempered opening salvo in yet another clash between french fishermen and british boats off the coast of normandy in a row over scallops. insults accompanied the hull ramming while 35 french boats or so chased a handful of british vessels out of the scallop—rich fishing ground, claiming they were looting the lucrative stocks. translation: they have no hours, no quotas, they just fill their boats, they come, scrape and leave. they start working a month before us and they leave us the crumbs. scallop fishing off the normandy coast has long been a sensitive issue. french boats are banned from fishing in those waters

by their own government from between may and october, but that doesn‘t apply to british boats. and as some of those caught up in the clash returned to harbour last night, no one was injured, but those who had been on board say they have had to dodge missiles like cans of oil and old bits of anchor thrown onto their decks. they were both angry and upset at what had happened. before we knew it we had around ten, maybe 15, other french boats surrounding us, throwing rocks at us, flares. they were lighting the sky up with flares so that other boats could see us. it was quite an intense moment. two years ago it happened to us, not as forceful as this time i would not have said. but the same thing. the french navy were there on site and never did a thing. we reported it to the mmo and nothing happened. it just went on deaf ears for a few years a temporary deal on fishing for scallops in those

waters has kept a lid on any anger. but talks broke down last summer and french fishermen‘s frustration has boiled over. those negotiating a deal from this side of the channel say it‘s time for everyone to get back round the table and talk. i need to know precisely what the french now are offering us by way of a settlement in order to get british boats back into those waters or somewhere else, depending on what the deal is. but i need clarification before i actually go to france to talk to them and we come to an arrangement for 2018. in the meantime, the boats are in harbour and repairs are under way. as are discussions on how to calm those suddenly choppy waters in the channel. the environment secretary michael gove has said the government is talking to french authorities to ensure there will be "no repeat"

of clashes between french and british fishermen over scallops off france‘s north coast. my my heart goes out to the fishermen caught up in this, they have my full sympathy. they are fishing illegally and have every right to be there. we are talking to french authorities at the moment to make sure there are no repeats of the scenes we saw earlier this week. what more can you do to protect those fishermen? the french have a luke douglas buzz ability to ensure we do not have seems like we saw earlier this week. we can make sure that those waters are appropriately policed so legal fishing activity can continue. our correspondent sarah ransome is in brixham. it all got very hairy last night.“ really did, actually. some of those boats are back in the harbour, you may be able to see behind me. there

isa may be able to see behind me. there is a blue boat alongside, called the golden promise, the crew are checking for further repairs that may need to be carried out. they told me that they are surprised at the ferocity of the attack. it came seriously from all quarters, surrounding them as the evening went on, in that lucrative fisheries. this is what it is all about, the scholar from the bay of the sign of the normandy coast. this is a lucrative fishery for all concerned. that is why the french are concerned and, as we have seen, they are very angry about how things have turned out. they say british boats have been going in early and scooping up all the scholar ups and creating difficulties for them when they are allowed in in october —— scallops. but there is an imposed quota, and french authorities say that the british should not be there but the

british should not be there but the british say they are fishing illegally. michael gove said there that his heart goes out to the fishermen who had to deal with that anger last night. i‘ve been speaking to some of the negotiators who will go to france at some point and talk about this, to try and resolve that temporary deal we were talking about in the film, about the fact there is this gentleman ‘s agreement about how that should proceed. jim porters, in that film, he has spoken about the fact he is waiting for a phone call or an e—mail, you will jump phone call or an e—mail, you will jump ona phone call or an e—mail, you will jump on a plane, or even a boat, to go across the channel to get back round the table but only on the terms that will be beneficial to the british fishermen, as well as the french. he said the deal was on the table before it broke down but it did not work for british fishermen. it is not in their interest to go and sign any old deal. he‘s waiting

to see what the terms of those discussions may be before he even thinks of getting on a plane, train or boat. now we can talk tojim portus, chief executive of the south western fish producer organisation. he worked on the negotiations with the french on a deal over scallops in these waters. hejoins me now. let‘s pick up that point first of all, you were to go to france tomorrow to negotiate, if you knew what you were negotiating. is that fair? it absolutely is, i've been waiting for an e—mail back from france. i contacted them yesterday and again today, trying to reopen these negotiations. the french have beenin these negotiations. the french have been in touch with me. but they are a p pa re ntly been in touch with me. but they are apparently just been in touch with me. but they are apparentlyjust repeating been in touch with me. but they are apparently just repeating the been in touch with me. but they are apparentlyjust repeating the deal that they put on the table injuly. that was not acceptable to us cause it would mean our 15 metre boats, some of which have been damaged in the fracas over the last 48 hours, some of those boats should be

unmolested and be able to go about their business in this area and not be restricted in the same ie the larger vessels, more than 15 metres, they are the ones that benefit from they are the ones that benefit from the carl wood we have had in the last five years. they can go to distant and deeper waters, and spend a lot more time at sea. but the smaller boats are affected by the wind, weather and tide. they have a very short window in which they can go to the veda —— out of the bay, it‘s up to the french to kick them out and go elsewhere. they are very small vessels, you saw in that piece, they are vessels, you saw in that piece, they a re less vessels, you saw in that piece, they are less than 50 metres long. they cannot go elsewhere. they are severely restricted. larger vessels, when they benefit from this accord, they can go much further afield and that‘s what we want them to do. they can go much further afield and that's what we want them to do. you call it a fracas. they pose ramming

smaller boats looks really dangerous to me? i've looked at the video, i'm a marinerandi to me? i've looked at the video, i'm a mariner and i know the skipper of that big boat, as you call it, he was surrounded by vessels that were putting themselves in harms way. they had a television crew on board. it was a deliberate act of provocation. the skipper of that vessel had the safety of his crew in mind, because he was having missiles thrown at him, including its for fire. oiland paint, they landed on the vessel and could have caught fire seriously and cause not only serious damage but potential injury and fertility. the skipper of the vessel did the right thing to get himself out of the predicament, as soon as is. that small vessel that he bumped into had lots of offenders

around. if you look carefully at the video, he was expecting to put himself in that position and i think the skipper of the british vessel did the right thing to get out of trouble. all of those vessels are safely back home but i want to get them back into those waters. they are international waters, it is international access to that fishery and the french have no right to restrict access to those fishing grounds at this stage without an accord. i‘m quite happy to come to an accord with them, but we need to know exactly what is on the table before we go back to france to do a deal. we are old enough to remember the cod wars off another coast, are we heading to something similar, with the british navy getting involved? our fisheries protection squadron should be there, when the industry cries out for help our fisheries minister should respond positively and get the royal navy

into the area quickly so that they can intervene if necessary. i‘m not talking about gunboat diplomacy are protections. ourfishermen have every right to go about their lawful business. they are earning their trade in any waters that we currently have access to. if that changes in future, soviet. but at the moment they are international waters where we have access —— so be it. we have every right to be there fishing. i had a french fishermen say that we lead the crumbs. they harvest 17,000 tonnes from that area every year. harvest 17,000 tonnes from that area every yea r. we harvest 17,000 tonnes from that area every year. we take approximately 1000 tonnes. i do not believe that we can be accused of leaving crumbs when they have such a high harvest rate compared to ours. after brexit, what changes here? well, it's anybody‘s guess at the moment. we

have to have a brexit treaty. deals with trade and the northern ireland issue, and deals with the movement of people. they are entirely separate from the issues of the fishing industry, and the common fisheries policy, they must come to an end and it must be replaced with something. we have seen the fisheries white paper come out from michael gove. we need to be consulted on that. that is ongoing. and we have to see, ultimately, a fisheries act being enacted through parliament that will guide us into the coming years of british fisheries agreements. it's great to talk to you. thank you. theresa may has arrived in nigeria, on the second day of her trade

mission to try to strengthen ties with african countries after brexit. mrs may is also discussing security and people trafficking with president muhammadu buhari, before meeting victims of modern slavery. speaking on a visit to the capital, abuja, the prime minister said she looked forward to seeing more uk investment in nigeria. we have long standing links with nigeria and longstanding commercial ties with nigeria, there are british companies that have been here in nigeria for many, many, years. we want to enhance those trading links, i think there are real opportunities for us to do so as we are leaving the eu, that s one of the things ive been discussing here in nigeria today. we offer, as the united kingdom the important capacity the bring in the access to capital markets through the city of london together with professional service expertise with great private sector companies, i look forward to seeing more uk investment in nigeria creating jobs here for nigerians and being good for britain as well. crimestoppers are offering a £5,000

reward for information that leads to the arrest of 21—year—old janbaz tarin in connection with the murders of two women in solihull. 22—year—old raneem oudeh and her mother khaola saleem were found fataly injured with stab wounds in a street on monday. west midlands police believe that janbaz tarin is still in the west midlands area and that people are protecting him. our correspondent dan johnson has been updating us on the police investigation. this manhunt is intensifying and i think this is a sign that police believe someone is helping janbaz tarin. helping him to hide, to evade the search that is now growing. although it is still focused here in the west midlands. we have heard today other agencies are involved in the search, i think we can take that to mean other law enforcement agencies, other police forces in this part of the country. i‘ve been speaking to the west midlands most

senior detective leading the investigation, and he said his feeling was that janbaz tarin has not gone too far. but he is still in the area but at least someone must be helping him to hide. that is why they‘ve offered the reward, and there‘s a direct appeal made to janbaz tarin himself to hand himself in. this is west midlands police detective superintendent mark pain. i think there are two people i wa nt pain. i think there are two people i want to appeal to, the first is to mrtarin want to appeal to, the first is to mr tarin himself, we will find you and arrest you. please come forward and arrest you. please come forward and speak to us about the events that have unfolded. or anyone assisting or harbouring mr tarin, they are likely to be committing criminal offences. we will find mr tarin and then find you. please, if you know where he is, contact us or crimestoppers. then we can get him in custody and speak about the events of the 27th. you think someone is helping him to hide? we

think it is likely he is getting assistance. and what progress have you had over the last few days in tracing his movements? we have executed warrants, we are doing a numberof executed warrants, we are doing a number of activities to try and locate him. we are satisfied we are doing everything within our power, but actually we need the help and assistance of the public. we hope someone can make a phone call to crimestoppers to help us locate him. but there has been no trace of janbaz tarin since he was seen driving away from the house where he killed those two women on sunday night. he was seen driving away in a van, police have found it and some computers and mobile phones, and searched a number of properties around birmingham where janbaz tarin was thought to be living but there has been no sign of him since sunday night. that is why this manhunt is intensifying. we learned a little more from police today about the sequence of events on sunday. it was reported that there had been in

contact between police and the family. it was reported that threats had been made against the family. the detective has clarified officers we re the detective has clarified officers were dispatched after the first call and they were trying to find where the women were. that they were moving around and it was not clear where they were. it was apparently during a later called the attack started, and things escalated. that is when officers were urgently dispatched and they were able to find the women outside their homes but they could not be saved. that is why the independent offers for police conduct is involved in this investigation, the police watchdog monitoring what contact there was between the family and police. there are reports janbaz tarin had been threatening and abusive further back before sunday and had been involved with police before that. questions surrounding the level of reporting onjanbaz surrounding the level of reporting on janbaz tarin‘s behaviour, surrounding the level of reporting onjanbaz tarin‘s behaviour, the warning signs but the intense focus is on trying to find him.

you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... french fishermen throw rocks and smoke bombs — as vessels are rammed — in the latest batttle of the so—called ‘scallop war‘. theresa may visits nigeria — as part of her trade mission to boost ties with african countries after brexit. more than a fifth of 14 year old girls say they‘ve self—harmed — with gender stereotypes and worries about looks contributing to unhappiness. in sport ryan giggs urges fans to get behind jose mourinho. they made their worst start in 25 years to a premier league season, losing two of their last agriculture first matches. manchester city‘s academy stadium will be one of eight venues for matches. uefa will decide on a host in december. moeen ali is in the england team for the fourth test against india tomorrow. some current will start. jonny bairstow will play

as the specialist batsmen. an update in15 as the specialist batsmen. an update in 15 minutes. the government is being urged to address what‘s being called a ‘crisis in children‘s mental health‘ after new analysis suggested that more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they‘ve self—harmed. the children‘s society says gender stereotypes, and concerns about physical appearance, are contributing to unhappiness. the government says it is investing 300 million pounds to provide more mental health help in schools. ricky boletto reports. all right, bethany, so this is your microphone. bethany started self harming when she was 13. it‘s something she‘s happy to talk about today. she wants to open up to other young people. i don‘t think there was really a reason why, but the bullying made me feel really, really depressed. so i think that was kind of a response for me because it was something that i could control. starting secondary school was difficult. bethany said she felt isolated.

she kept what she was doing a secret from her mum. i got a phone call from her teacher, actually, when i was on the bus on the way home from work. and he said he needed to have a chat with me and he just told me that he‘d found out that day that beth was self harming. so that was a bit of a shock. five years on, she stopped harming herself with the support of the harmless charity. i think there are a lot of reasons why. i think the pressures of school itself, you know, with having gcses and all of the work that we have, you know, it can be quite stressful. i think definitely social media because we see a lot of things where it‘s like you should look like this and you should wear that and you should have this make—up. i think there‘s a lot of stigma associated with how girls should carry themselves as well. the children‘s society surveyed more than 11,000 children about their lives. they say a closer look at the data suggests one in four girls aged 14 had self harmed last year. across genders, one in six reported self harming at the same age.

and from that, the charity estimates that 110,000 14—year—olds all over the uk may have self harmed in the last 12 months. what we found is that since 2009 children have been becoming more unhappy with their lives as a whole overall. and particularly that has been driven by girls feeling more and more unhappy with their appearance. well, the government say they‘re spending £1.4 billion on transforming young people‘s mental health by 2020, with an additional 300 million to provide more help in schools. so how long have you been drawing for? years. i used to do it when i was little. bethany is now focusing on the future. of course, the scars won‘t disappear, but her recovery is ongoing. i feel really confident now, i‘m happy, ifeel like i‘ve got myself back. ricky boleto, bbc news. mental health worker suzanne skeete

joins us now from birmingham. this seems to be getting out of control. i‘m just reading up about, you run tapie twins, an enterprise which sends councillors into nurseries and other schools. and primary schools, it‘s across the board? the primary schools, it‘s across the board ? the youngest primary schools, it‘s across the board? the youngest child i‘ve personally worked with was four yea rs personally worked with was four years old. at the moment, we need to look at the figures put out there today. they will only be the ones reported. so many cases are unreported. they never get to that stage of being reported. the figures, from what we see as an organisation, so much higher. personally, the children i am working with, a lot of them are 14 yea rs working with, a lot of them are 14 years old. working with, a lot of them are 14 yea rs old. 85% working with, a lot of them are 14 years old. 85% of those are self harming right now. 85%? 85% of those

working with right now are self harming. and what about your area in terms of numbers? it's hard to say, we only goal of the children we get to see. most of the don‘t even go through the system. they don‘t go to the doctors or other organisations. we work in schools, we pick one of them up, they may have confidence issues but it may turn out they are self harming. because we use our skills as counsellors and therapists, those who work with them are trained counsellors. we overcome theissue are trained counsellors. we overcome the issue with them and take them on a journey to build up their emotional resilience to cope with what is bothering them. how serious does it have to get before someone reports this? i am constantly talking about self harm and it is such a huge issue. the girls are showing each other how to do it better. they hide it from parents, they give it where you cannot see it. it is a huge issue. i‘ve had the

discussion so many times, those who know me well baby getting bored of it but it cannot come down to money. these children are our future. we are drastically letting them down —— those who know me well maybe getting bored of it. and that's one thing that even when they go home they cannot escape from, social media? no, we have bullies, in my day if you were bullied, then you went home, you were free of it but now it is constantly in your face. the phone is beating. kids will not take it out there bedrooms, we want to know what is going on. there are unacceptable know what is going on. there are u na cce pta ble levels know what is going on. there are unacceptable levels of how they should look. i explained to them about body image and said look, a lot of the time these people have been doctored, that isn‘t what they look like on a daily basis but they aspire to look like those people. it isa aspire to look like those people. it is a shame they are not happy with who they are. you say at least 500

primary school children have reported to you that they self harm? yes. what is driving that? it could bea yes. what is driving that? it could be a whole host of different reasons, it could be background, home, bullying, they could have specific needs that have not yet been diagnosed. or they are just struggling. a lot of pressure is put on children from a young age now. it's on children from a young age now. it‘s all about exams, saps, gcses, everything else. from a young age there is an expectation they need to do well and it puts pressure on them from a very early age. it's great to talk to you, suzanne. thank you very much. thank you for having me. if you have been affected by any of the issues raised, you can go to the bbc action line website. the brexit secretary dominic raab has said the government

is still aiming to achieve a deal with the eu at the october council summit, but added that is was possible the timetable might ‘creep‘. mr raab explained to the house of lords eu committee how negotiations were progressing and said he was confident a deal could be done. the outstanding separation issues vary from precisely the detail of the dispute over governance provisions, data sharing, administrative procedures and some other issues. what i would say to you, i have this provides reassurance, is that actually most of that is detail rather than on principle issues and i think the contours of the agreement are there. on top of the withdrawal agreement, obviously we agreed the terms of the indentation period, that is important for business certainty but also for some finality to the process for the average citizen who looks on and wonders how long this will all go on for. there is also the issue of the northern ireland protocol and i would say whilst we have not

got a definitive solution to that yet, you will have seen, your committee will have seen, the proposal by the eu and proposals put forward and our shared commitment for the undertakings of thejoint report back in december. on the future relationship, on the economic partnership, yes, we have had questions but not a dismissal principle grounds of a new relationship. there has on the been a focus on security corporation and we want to make sure that we continue that valued operation and security capabilities that we share, and other issues surrounding governance which, on our model, would be similar to the governance arrangements, as we have for the withdrawal agreement but obviously there is a difference in the sense that this covers citizens‘ rights, which is a separate set of issues. i think that‘s the best overview i can give you, only to add that i‘m confident a deal is within our sight.

we bring ambition, pragmatism and energy and if it is matched, we get a deal. time for a look at the weather now. our very expensive sound effects suggesting that darren bett has arrived... i'm going to work on a drum roll for tomorrow! when i‘m in tomorrow, i want a drum roll, can we get that? a lightning strike does it for now! this is france? we are looking at stores, something that nearly hit uk. this was france last night, a tremendous number of lightning strikes recorded as the storm sparked off in north—east spain, running up into france.

100,000 lightning strikes in france last night, northern france, 40,008 hours. it alljust run away to the south—east of the uk. it got close, mind you. and the reason you know that is because a satellite monitors all of these things? a satellite is watching and piercing through the atmosphere. we watched all the time. somebody is counting however many times you use the words "afternoon life"! yes, really! this was the cloud at ten o‘clock last night... a storm set off all the way over here and drifted northwards, what you had was a lot of warm and muggy air at low levels. you had colder air coming in from the spanish plateau, so you have a recipe there for not indigestion... i was going to say indigestion! thinking voice and speaking voice, the two should be

kept apart! instability is the word i was looking for! close! instability! all the storms sparked off at the same time and ran northwards, clipping the south—east of the uk. and your next question was whether they were coming this way? no. this is what is. let's have a look at the weather forecast, over to you! this is what we‘ve got across many parts of the country today. this is surely in lancashire. this is london, wet and cold underneath the rain. the storms missed us, the rain got us in the east and east anglia. that is moved away into the near continent and the rain has become lighter as well. a few showers coming in on a band of cloud behind that and showers in the north west of scotland. this is how we are looking as we look ahead to the early pa rt looking as we look ahead to the early part of the evening. rain has gone from the south—east and east

anglia and this rain producing a few showers. very hit and miss. cloud brea ks showers. very hit and miss. cloud breaks up further north into northern england and scotland. there isa northern england and scotland. there is a cooler, fresher feel to the early evening. cloud moves across the south—east and then it is gone. clearing skies, tumbling temperatures and hardly any wind overnight. in the towns and cities, these are the temperatures. in rural areas we could beat out to three or 4 degrees. it could be a chilly start again but we are use to those recently. plenty of sunshine to greet the day. we will find the cloud bubbling up. most of it is fair weather cloud but to the west you could get light showers. you could be unlucky and they will be fairly well scattered. most places will have a dry day. sneaking up to

21 or 22 will have a dry day. sneaking up to 21 or22 in will have a dry day. sneaking up to 21 or 22 in the south—east of england and 17 in the central belt of scotland. high—pressure is trying to ta ke of scotland. high—pressure is trying to take charge but not a particularly dominant high. these fronts coming into it over the course of the next few days. friday is generally dry, quite a bit of sunshine with patchy cloud. more cloud coming into northern ireland and maybe rain later in the day. likewise across western parts of scotla nd likewise across western parts of scotland and the far south—west of scotland. elsewhere it will be dry, sunny spells and it may be warmer in scotland. temperatures 19 to 20 degrees fairly widely. there is the cloud coming in from the atlantic. it may not bring a lot of rain, most of it is in the north—west of the uk. for the south—east and possibly the midlands, it will be dry for the weekend. getting warmer, temperatures may be 25 or even 26 celsius. this is bbc news —

our latest headlines: french fishermen throw rocks and smoke bombs as vessels are rammed in the latest battle of the so—called "scallop war". theresa may visits nigeria on the second day of her trip to africa aimed at deepening economic ties. more than a fifth of 14 year—old girls say they‘ve self—harmed — as a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. crime stoppers are offering a £5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of 21—year—old janbaz tarin in connection with the murders of two women in solihull. and british gas pays out £2.65 million after wrongly overcharging some customers who switched to new providers. sport now on afternoon live with olly foster. let‘s talk manchester united. not just because it is the nearest club to where you are sitting now but trouble but joe to where you are sitting now but trouble butjoe is a marine year backing from one of the club‘s

distinguished former players? ryan giggs, he won 13 premier league titles, the most decorated player. he has called on the fans and players to stick together, to see out these tough times. he was at the match on monday night, their 3—0 defeat to spurs at old trafford. shocking for those united fans. two defeats in three, their worst start toa defeats in three, their worst start to a premier league season for 25 yea rs. to a premier league season for 25 years. many fans were pretty sure this was the end game because all sorts of troubles have been bubbling up, player unrest behind—the—scenes, questioning his relationship with some of those players, paul pogba, his captain. but then he gave that bizarre post match news conference at turning their 3—0 scoreline into his own, having three premier league titles. calling on respect from everyone, he says i have one more titles than any other manager put

together in this division. yesterday we had the board was supporting him and today we heard from ryan giggs, and today we heard from ryan giggs, and legend of the club and he had a simple message for those fans. there is some flash photography coming up. it is time for the fans to stick together, get behind the club, get behind the manager, get behind the coaching staff. that is me speaking as a fan, it is tough at the moment but we have had tough times before and we‘ve come through it. giggs was going off topic because he was speaking as the wales manager naming his squad to face the republic of ireland in denmark in nations league matches next week. he‘s coaxed paul dummett out of international retirement but left out hal robson kanu, the west brom striker then promptly announced that he is going to call it a day with wales again.

we‘ve seen huge growth in the women s game in recent years, now the fa is hoping for a big boost to the sport? yes, if they get it it should be fantastic. the football association has submitted its bid to host the 2021 women‘s european championship. they actually held it back in 2005, in lancashire and cheshire, only eight teams involved, double that expected in 2021 wembley would stage the final with seven other venues, including milton keynes, brighton, and rotherham. austria and hungary are also expected to bid with uefa choosing the hosts in december. i think it is enormous to have a major championship like this on home soil, across the city, across all over england. i think in terms of fans and inspiring a generation of young people to play the game, fantastic. by 2021, we will have built a whole infrastructure of opportunity for youngsters to play. so they will be excited and they will be able to go

and find somewhere to play. we should hear shortly from the scottish football association, they‘ve had a board meeting to decide whether or not to leave hampden park after over 100 years of international football and cup finals there, they have an option to move to the home of scottish rugby murrayfield in edinburgh. hampden‘s owners are queens park, the amateur club who also play there, and the sfa‘s lease is up in 2020. there is an option to buy hampden but the stadium is in need of renovation. the other contentious option being discussed at today‘s board meeting is relocating to murrayfield. england have named their team to face india in the fourth test tomorrow — with moeen ali back in the side. the all—rounder will bat at seven, he‘ll has been recalled in place

of ollie pope in the line—up. joe root will have jonny bairstow in the side — that‘s despite breaking his finger in the third test. he‘ll play as a specialist batsman and jos buttler will keep wicket. and sam curran replaces the injured chris woakes. england lead 2—1 with to play. we have a lot of depth in terms of batting. moeen ali, the form he has beenin batting. moeen ali, the form he has been in and sam has done well in this series. it is good to see a good amount of depth in and around the squad. that is all the sport for now. now on afternoon live,

let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let‘s go to luxmy gopal in leeds, where charities training support dogs for children with autism are calling for more regulation afterfigures revealed a quadrupling in requests for help. and david garmston is in bristol where some christmas tree growers in gloucestershire say they‘ve lost up to 90 % of this year‘s crop because of the heatwave earlier in the summer. just explain what an autism assistant dog does? the idea of these dogs is to help people with autism, particular children. coping in situations they might otherwise find stressful, noisy or unfamiliar places. these dogs are trained to help them handle places like shopping centres. parents have told me it makes a huge difference. i met one bomb his seven—year—old son is

autistic and she said there dog chester helps her son go into places she wouldn‘t have thought possible. we went into thomas land and something spooked him. the hands went over the years, the blood drained from his face and he just ran out screaming. we tried again to go the following year and he wouldn't even go through the gate. the following year when we had chester, he went right in and we just enjoyed the day. your story revealed this pressure on demand does have pitfalls? yes, nationalfigures from demand does have pitfalls? yes, national figures from the charities show the demand for these dogs has quadrupled in the past five years. they are saying the issue is some people are choosing the quicker option of going to an nonaccredited provider, paying for a dog. in most other cases, this is fine and there are no issues, they do an excellent job. but some have families

thousands of pounds for a dog that is untrained and unsuitable. you mightfind it is untrained and unsuitable. you might find it surprising giving it is vulnerable people who use and rely on these assistance dogs that the industry is completely unregulated. there is only a volu nta ry unregulated. there is only a voluntary accreditation scheme and most providers are not part of that but that is changing and the government is working with the sector to bring in the uk stander. so if you are getting an assistance dog you can be assured it will be properly trained to do the job it is meant to. thank you very much for that. let‘s go to bristol. alan rickman in the film robin hood, he says christmas is cancelled, is that what you are saying to us now? one christmas tree grower planted 4000 saplings in the spring and 3000 of them have shrivelled up like christmas trees on 12th night. just

ta ke christmas trees on 12th night. just take a look at these in gloucestershire. row after row of them dead in the ground to a lack of water, not even a couple of baubles ora water, not even a couple of baubles or a splash of tinsel could give them any cheer at all. it is down to them any cheer at all. it is down to the long, hot days of the early summer which cracked up the ground and expose the roots. let‘s hear from the grower. christmas trees have suffered quite badly, this year's planting. we planted them with a blade cut into the soil, the soil simply cracked open and exposed the roots to the air, which killed off the trees unfortunately. and how many seedlings did you plant here and how many do you think that you've lost? we planted 3000 here, probably 4000 in total and probably lost 90%, i should think. this is very distressing. what impact will it have? don't panic just yet, because it does take around five or six years for a christmas tree to grow and once they

are established in the ground, they are established in the ground, they are resilient. but this grower isn‘t the only one affected. he is going to replace his trees in the autumn and with luck they will be ok, but he is out of pocket by a couple of thousand pounds. if we have more hot, early summers in the future, then the prices could go up in years to come and you will have to choose whether to be real or artificial. dave, there is only one, only one they‘ve gone stone, that is for sure. great to talk to you. thank you both very much. if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer and a reminder we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon live. half of syria‘s population of 22 million has been uprooted

by the conflict that began there in 2011. many millions have fled the country, and more than a million of those have crossed the border into neighbouring lebanon. but now, the lebanese president is telling them to go home, despite international warnings that it s not safe to do so. james waterhouse sent this report from close to the syrian border. an impromptu game in an impromptu setting. ten miles away from their homeland. this camp has been set up for syrian refugees in lebanon. there is little water or electricity. the un says three quarters of the refugees are living in poverty, on less than $4 a day. many have been here for years was up and have no idea when they‘ll be able to return home. translation: i might be here for another month, three months, or a year. it depends on the safety. i don‘t want to go back if there is still a war going on. for some time now more than a million syrians have

been living in lebanon in conditions like these. the president here says he wants them to go home. the assad regime wants them to come back. but the united nations says it is not safe to do so. almost 90% of refugees said they do want to return to syria. however, you know, certain refugees expressed concerns with regards to property, with regards to military conscription. so certain guarantees need to be, you know, officially in place. one person looking unlikely to go back is maier mahmood. he left government controlled damascus almost two years ago to pursue his music. he is now going to canada with his acoustic group on a scholarship, but is still haunted by what he left behind. even if it‘s more safe now back in syria, even if the war has stopped, you can‘tjust forget what you‘ve been through.

and in the middle of those thoughts and ideas, you just need to find the purpose of your own life, your goals. the war in syria is complex. the future of its people is likely to be just as difficult. after all, a nation will have to be rebuilt. james waterhouse, bbc news, lebanon. we‘ll have the business news in a moment. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live: french fishermen throw rocks and smoke bombs as vessels are rammed in the latest batttle of the so—called "scallop war". theresa may visits nigeria as part of her trade mission to boost ties with african countries after brexit. more than a fifth of 14 year—old

girls say they‘ve self—harmed — with gender stereotypes and worries about looks contributing to unhappiness. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. british gas has paid £2.65 million in refunds and compensation after wrongly overcharging more than 94,000 customers who switched to new providers. an ofgem investigation found the energy firm "failed" and "unfairly penalised" customers who were coming to the end of their fixed term contracts. british gas said those affected have been refunded and paid an additional goodwill gesture. uk shop prices have risen for the first time in five years, according to the latest data from the british retail consortium. it‘s also warned that more price rises are to come, if the uk quits the european union without a trade deal. a stark warning from the pensions regulator that generous lump sum pay—outs could be putting pensions at risk. earlier this year it contacted 14 schemes encouraging them to consider making reductions, as a record £21 billion flowed out of defined schemes in the year to march.

some news about aston martin? yes, it might be floating on the stock exchange. it did struggle for many yea rs, exchange. it did struggle for many years, it is the car we associated with james bond. now they have established themselves as a luxury company, they sell luxury homes.“ is not just company, they sell luxury homes.“ is notjust cars? no, and that is how they have managed to make a profit. car companies are sensitive to brexit talks, tariff free trade is important and we spoke to the ceo of aston martin and this is what he had to say about the impact of brexit. for aston martin, we are

impervious, we are an exporter and ha rd impervious, we are an exporter and hard brexit would tend to weaken the pound and that is good for us, i guess. we export 25% of our cars into the eu. 30% into the united kingdom. you may have a downturn on one side but you get an upswing on the other. ferrari would be importing into the uk. it is pretty neutral and that is one of the reasons in makes it relatively attractive as a stock. if you talk about the industry as a general point of view, most of the car companies that are based here are exporting into europe. any kind of trade tariff or indeed, i think we all fear, non—trade tariffs, is a concern. it is a concern that will make the uk tariffs in particular, will make the uk less competitive. andrew palmer, ceo of aston martin earlier. jeremy stretch, head of currency strategy at cibc world markets.

it is interesting with aston martin they will be the first british car company for a long time to be listed if this goes ahead. is it a good move? it underlines the renaissance in the british car manufacturing industry over the last 20 years. that has been based on foreign manufacturers who have operations in the uk. aston martin have generated a degree of profitability and they are looking to enhance their operation with new factories open in south wales. they will move back to the equity market. do you think with sterling, that will benefit aston martin, as he mentioned, how do you think it will pan out over the next 12 months because the current industry is sensitive to what is going on with brexit? absolutely, it is integral to the story of the auto

sector as the trade with the backdrop of europe plays out. nontariff barriers are important. in the context of what he was saying, the context of what he was saying, the uk is a relatively large component of aston martin sales and it isn‘t dumb primary market. we‘ll see any potential cheapening up of sterling, which is likely in the next few months, to provide an avenue of optimism on the export side. it is very much swings and roundabouts long as the nontariff barriers are not too elevated. centrica, who owns british gas, i wouldn‘t want to be a british gas press officer today? they were overcharging customers, about 94,000 customers who switch to new providers. but that hasn‘t deterred the share price, which has climbed today because citigroup have recommended by nick share price, so why is that? there is an optimism as

long as the regulatory environment doesn‘t worsen than it is. the good sector to be in in terms of long—term revenues. that is one of the reasons investors will continue to look at the energy or utility sector with some interest. but it is the case of negative press headlines hitting the company in the short term. 0k, johnston press, the publisher, they have seen revenue fall 10% in the first half of 2018 and their share price being knocked off that? it underlines the fact that advertising revenues are susceptible to changing trends. it is fascinating the company are talking about the change in the mechanisms in relation to companies like google, which may have impacted the direct flow into their advertising revenues. that details the importance of the fundamental

dynamics in terms of google‘s methodology in terms of a number of different companies and sectors. thank you very much, jeremy. a quick look at the markets? commodity prices are low because of weakening chinese demand. thank you very much. just to update you on one story, of the french and british fishermen almost coming to blows. we have a tweet... the uk ambassador to france ed llewellyn has raised the concerns

of french actions against the french fishermen. the diplomacy kicks in as skull up war enters a new phase. that is the latest from james langdale. just wa nt to latest from james langdale. just want to show you some footage from australia. a fireball believed to have been a meteor entering the atmosphere. the sky above perth was lit up by the object as it hurtled towards the ground. local fire services say they started receiving calls from concerned onlookers who said they had seen a fireball streaking across the sky. that‘s it from your afternoon live team for today. next the bbc news at 5:00 with jane hill. we have seen some poor weather across east anglia. across the

channel in france there were thousands of lightning strikes earlier on from the area of cloud. storm is keeping to the east of the uk. that is moving through and then we look to the atlantic to see cloud like this heading our way but it is running into an area of high pressure and it is getting blocked off to an extent. most places will end the day fine and dry. the earlier rain out into the low countries so some sunshine. there is a bit more cloud heading away from the midlands and the south—west of england towards the south east. maybe 12 spots of rain on that. a few scattered showers unbroken sunshine into the north and west of scotla nd sunshine into the north and west of scotland in the cooler and fresh air. though showers probably will fade away overnight and on the whole we will have clear skies. hardly a breath of wind overnight, so it is going to get quite chilly and chilly quickly as well. in towns and cities, eight, 9 degrees even cooler than that in scotland. in rural

areas temperatures three or 4 degrees. a chilly night tonight and a few more of those cold nights to come in the next few nights. some sunshine to greet the day of thursday‘s patchy cloud bubbling up here and there in this cloud threatens to arrive in the far south—west and may give a few showers in the far south—west of england, west wales. but on the whole it will be a dry day with sunny spells and temperatures 17 to 21 degrees. high pressure across the uk, stopping this weather front coming into the south—west. we do end up with a weather frontjust draped towards the west of the uk. it will bring more cloud towards northern ireland but probably little or no rain. likely to catch a bit of rain in the far south—west of vegan butter dry day and spells of sunshine once again. i‘ve towards the west as this band of cloud approaches, strong and southerly winds and light winds further ease. temperatures not changing an awful

lot, at such warm across scotland, 18 or 19 degrees. into the weekend the atlantic bringing rain. the south—east will be drier, brighter and also a bit warmer. today at five — clashes between british and french fishermen in the english channel — in a row about shellfish stocks. french fishermen sent 40 boats to confront rivals they accuse of dredging stocks off normandy — but the environment secretary says the uk boats are there legally. my heart goes out to the fishermen who‘ve been caught up in this. they have my full sympathy. they are fishing legally and they have every right to be fishing in those waters. and we are talking to the french authorities at the moment. we‘ll be talking to the mp for south west cornwall — and to french fishermen. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they‘ve self—harmed — a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. police offer a reward for the capture ofjanbaz tarin —

wanted in connection with the murder of his former