a bit warmer in scotland than 19—22. a bit warmer in scotland than recently. over the weekend of it was cloud, not much rain, sunny and warm in the south—east. the british teenagers who self—harm — more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls may have deliebately hurt themselves injust one year. kay ska is one of thousands of young people who repeatedly caused herself pain as a teenager, before seeking help with her mum. not knowing how to deal with my emotions led me to self—harming and, at the time, i thought that was a coping mechanism. we'll be asking why so many young people are self—harming 7 also on the programme tonight... french and british fishermen clash at sea in a row over scallop fishing off the coast of normandy. all or nothing — back the chequers plan or risk there being no deal on brexit, that's the warning from a senior cabinet minister to the eu. an ad for the app that claims to be a natural alternative to contraception is banned for being misleading.

and why the national trust is returning a popular tourist spot in wales to medieval times. and coming up on bbc news — andy murray is getting ready for a hot second—round match at the us open, as players like novak djokovic have been battling soaring temperatures in new york. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the figures are shocking. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls are self—harming, according to a charity which has been looking at the wellbeing of children in the uk. young people who self—harm use a variety of methods to intentionally and repeatedly cause pain. the figures come from a children's society survey carried out during 2015. more than 11,000 children answered

a questionaire asking if they had deliberately hurt themselves. 22% of girls admitted that they had self—harmed. 9% of the boys who were surveyed also said they had hurt themselves deliberately. the figures have prompted calls for more to be done to support vulnerable young people. our correspondent dominic hughes reports. it seemed like taking out on yourself those emotions that you didn't know how to explain or you didn't know how to explain or you did not know how to deal with in a healthy way, there was a lot of anger but it wasn't towards anyone else, it was towards myself. i waited until i was like really, you know, at the bottom to seek help. kay ska is one of thousands of young people who struggled with the turmoil of teenage emotions. self—harming became a way of managing anxiety, panic attacks, bullying at school, a collapse in

self—esteem. bullying at school, a collapse in self-esteem. a lot of like self—loathing and self—hate and not knowing how to deal with my emotions led me to self—harming. and at the timei led me to self—harming. and at the time i thought it was a coping mechanism, i had friends at the time who were self—harming and there were all -- who were self—harming and there were all —— also people who said how much it helped them and help them feel a bit easier. the number of young teenagers who are deliberately hurting themselves in a number of ways including cutting or hitting appears to be growing. and that reflects the changing world we live m, reflects the changing world we live in, particularly the prevalence of social media and the pressures that come with it. there has been a huge rise in the amount of time children are spending on social media. what this means is that children are able to access news in this means is that children are able to access news in a this means is that children are able to access news in a way they have not been able to before and they also report to me that they are aware of the fact that their friends appear to be having a better time on social media than they do. children's mental health services have struggled to cope with growing demand. more money has been promised

to recap extra £300 million for help in english schools, for example. but knowing what to do for a young person in crisis can be hard. some of these things are really scary and if you are worried that your child can be self—harming it is difficult to know what to do. there is a lot of help out there and we would recommend that parents call the young minds helpline which is specifically for parents and they can give you some strategies. now 23, kay is in a much better place. sharing her experiences with others online has been a key part of her recovery. so, if you could go back in time and meet your 14—year—old self who is really struggling, what would you say to her now?” self who is really struggling, what would you say to her now? i would say, seek help. you are not ok. and thatis say, seek help. you are not ok. and that is ok, don't feel ashamed for feeling whatever you're feeling and don't be afraid to seek help. dominic hughes reporting there. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson is here. do we know why so many people are

self—harming? do we know why so many people are self-harming? it is incredibly hard to say but another report published today by the children's society suggests that there are real challenges at school. a survey found that a quarter of children between 13 and 17 witnessed continualjokes and comments about appearance and the same proportion of secondary school children witnessed ongoing jokes about other children's sexual activity and girls reported that those things made them feel terrible about their appearance. now, the children's society says in order to tackle some of this it wants the government to make it a requirement to have councillors in schools, for children to be offered those services, and it wants school inspectors to check that mental health provision is being made. the government says it is already investing £300 million in schools to help with mental health services there. at doctors at the british medical association have said that the government is failing to address an ongoing problem with children and young people's mental health

services and that they must do more to make sure that those mental health budgets are protected and not raided by other parts of the nhs. sophie hutchinson, thank you. and if you have been affected by any of the issues raised in that report, you can find details of organisations which offer advice and support on the bbc actionline website — at bbc.co.uk/actionline. a £5,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of a 21—year—old man wanted over the murders of his ex—partner and her mother. they were stabbed to death in the early hours of monday morning in solihull. our correspondent sima kotecha is in solihull. sophie, today, police told us that the suspect, janbaz tarin, is actually from the birmingham area. we know that he was actually in the west midlands, he was then around this area and we know that the

police have now said that the suspect has been involved with the police before for minor offending. we have previously been contacted about the nature of the relationship between him and miss oudeh who was killed along with her mother. we know that the police had been previously contacted about that and we also know that the police have searched several houses in the birmingham area regarding this crime. today they are offering £5,000 to anybody who may have significant leads regarding this crime. in the meantime the manhunt continues and also the distress and depression felt by the families of these two women who were killed on monday also continues. french fishermen have been accused of throwing rocks, smoke bombs and insults at rival british boats in a bitter row over scallop fishing in the english channel. it's believed they clashed around 12 miles off the normandy coast on monday night in the bay of seine. british fishermen are legally entitled to fish in the scallop—rich

area, but the french accuse them of "pillaging" shellfish stocks and not sticking to an agreement when they can fish. france says it's now ready to send more police boats to man the coast. our environment correspondent claire marshall is at brixham harbour, where the british boats returned. certainly the fishermen i have spoken to say they were genuinely scared by what happened in the early hours. it reflects a long history of what has been happening between the two countries and the lucrative harvest which they are fishing for just watch the blue boat, a 200 ton british trawler. this footage from a french boat shows it colliding with smaller french muscles. british fishermen say french boat like this surrounded them and started

attacking them. just a glimpse of the violent clashes off the coast of normandy in the early hours of tuesday morning. rocks and flowers coming across here. right through here? yeah. there was about 50-60 boats around us in the end. do you think our navy should go with you? the only way to deal with it now is to get our navy involved and try and protect ask ashlar but the french fishermen involved are furious. french law bans them from fishing over the summer in the bay of seine. normally there is a deal where larger british boats stay away, this year, negotiations broke down and they moved in. translation: they have no hours, no quotas, theyjust fill their boats, they come, scrape and leave. they start working a month before us and they leave us the crumbs. dredging is a highly controversial method of fishing. conservationists say it destroys the whole of the seabed. scallops

reproduce in the summer and this is why french fishermen say they should not be won until the 1st of october, it isa not be won until the 1st of october, it is a question of sustainability. but this side of the channel the view is that there is more than enough to go around. we believe that the scallops are in good condition from the middle of august through the rest of the year. british fishermen will continue to fishing in the bay of seine if we don't do a deal with france. that's just what brian and some of the other skippers caught up in the clashes say they plan to do, return to the same waters next week, this time, they say, in force. waters next week, this time, they say, inforce. but waters next week, this time, they say, in force. but tonight, who playing it safe. are you going to in to go out again? yeah, i will be leaving here this evening hopefully i will be fishing a bit close to home this time! it is now down to the international negotiators to call tempers. claire marshall, bbc news at one brixham. the cabinet office minister, david lidington, has told french business leaders that the eu has to choose beteen the british

government's chequers plan or the risk of there being no deal on brexit. it comes as the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier said that the eu was prepared to offer britain a unique partnership, different from that agreed with any outside country. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. britain's marriage with europe was never quite a union of hearts and minds but anyway, it is nearly over, just the divorce to sort out. the government is warning today that agreement on britain's terms or no deal at all. in paris, the prime minister's right—hand man in cabinet of the eu, take it or leave it. exactly seven months until the end of article 50 and less than two months ahead of the october council, we first the choice between the pragmatic proposals we are discussing now with the european commission, or the risk of there being no deal. westminster has been left to the tourists, mps still on a

break. but brexit never stops, nod to government attempts to sound up the, insisting british plans for a single market in goods and farm produce but not services could be the basis for agreement. i'm confident that a deal is within our sites. we are bringing ambition, pragmatism and energy and if it is matched, and i expect it will be, we get a deal. but their work obligations, big one style of avoiding a hard border in ireland or between ireland and britain. the target set between leaders might just slip. we are aiming for the october council but there is some measure of leeway. so, under the brexit timetable, what happens next? in september, negotiations intensify and eu leaders, including theresa may, meet in salzburg. in october it is the eu summit to agree a deal u nless is the eu summit to agree a deal unless that slips. then the crucial vote in parliament on the divorce deal and future relationship. the

following march, the uk leaves the eu. but will brussels agree on british terms? lots of goodwill from the eu's chief negotiator today but that didn't mean letting the uk pick and choose terms of trade. translation: there would be no la ca rte translation: there would be no la carte menu for britain although the uk could still have a closer relationship than any other non—eu state, he said. but the truth is, the government has no wiggle room. anymore concessions to brussels and the number of eurosceptic tory rebels will grow. parliament may well vote down any deal anyway. there is still no sign of an agreed plan to avoid a hard irish border and without one, a no deal brexit becomes more likely. plans for the future after brexit are still a work in progress, just months before britain peels off and goes its own way. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. theresa may has arrived in nigeria on the second day of her trade

mission — to boost ties with africa after brexit. the prime minister discussed security, trade and people trafficking with president muhammadu buhari. yesterday she pledged an extra £4 billion of british support for african economies. our political correspondent ben wright has been travelling with her. they still no briton here, but the days obeying on long gone. this former british colony is africa's largest economy and a destination for visiting trade delegations and national leaders. theresa may is the first british prime minister to visit nigeria since 2011. we have long—standing links with nigeria and close commercial ties. there are british companies who have been here for many years and we want to enhance those trading links and there are opportunities to do so as we leave the european union. a new

trading direction as brexit beckons, but today resisting the temptation tojoin in the dancing. it is a traditional welcome, but make no mistake, this is a dynamic fast—growing economy with a lot of business potential for the uk fast—growing economy with a lot of business potentialfor the uk which is why theresa may is here, hoping to find new markets for british goods and services. theresa may met president muhammadu buhari, promising him more british military help against the fight against the islamist group boko haram. the first agreement has been signed by the countries but it is business deals mrs may wants also. nigeria is the largest african economy, its gdp was £292 billion in 2017, higher than the other two country she is visiting, south africa and kenya. nigeria also has the largest

population, almost 194 million, and many of them are young. there is huge economic growth potential but currently trade from the uk to nigeria is low and the latest numbers show we just imported over £1 billion worth of goods and exported just over 2 billion. by 2050 quarter of the world's consumers will be in africa and a scramble for that market is under way. regardless of brexit, uk businesses need to show they have the goods and services africa once more, the uk to be open for african business. it is an opportunity for the united kingdom and nigeria to engage when it comes to investment. nigerians ra people of enormous potential, the sort of potential in this country, a lot of it u nfortu nately this country, a lot of it

unfortunately is untaxed. tomorrow she heads to kenya where she hopes historic links will help the uk ca ptu re a historic links will help the uk capture a slice of the future. our top story this evening. more than 100,000 14—year—olds across the uk may have deliberately hurt themseleves in the space ofjust one year, according to a children's harity. to a children's charity. and why the national trust is returning a popular tourist spot in wales to medieval times. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. glasgow's hampden park or rugby's murrayfield in edinburgh — what's the future for the home of scottish football? it's an app called natural cycles. it promotes itself as a natural alternative to contraception and has claimed to be "highly accurate" and "clinically tested". but the advertising standards authority has found that these claims are misleading, because they exaggerate the effectiveness of the app. the watchdog has banned

the company from labelling the app highly accurate. the swedish company that developed the app says it respects the outcome of the investigation. ? jean mackenzie has been to meet one woman who got pregnant while using the app. how many months are you now? 34 weeks. so, you know, about five to go. rebecca wasn't planning on having her first child for a few years. i was looking for a sort of alternative to hormonal contraception at the time. i sufferfrom depression and anxiety, and hormone—related contraceptions just seemed to really escalate that. she came across the contraceptive app natural cycles, which tracks women's fertility over the month and tells them when they can and can't get pregnant. she said she started using it after seeing an advert on instagram claiming it was 99% effective. was it based on that 99% that

you decided to use it? yeah. i was sort of sucked into this 99% effective. you know, even more effective than the pill. rebecca says she'd been following the instructions perfectly for three months when she found out she was pregnant. i think this might have to be the going—home outfit. hi, world! just talk to me about the impact that this has had on you over the last eight months. it has been quite high stress levels. because we are selling the flat at the moment and then trying to buy somewhere new. and going to have to move back in with mum temporarily. yeah, just, you know, everything all at once. what, because you weren't ready for it? yeah, exactly. you know, i'm only 26. there's been a lot of things that i would have done differently.

the advertising watchdog has ruled that the app cannot be marketed as highly or 99% effective, because the evidence from users shows there is in fact a 7% chance of getting pregnant. if you had been sold it as seven out of 100 women every year will get pregnant using this, would you have used it? no. a year or so ago when i saw it on instagram, i was led to believe it was 99% effective. i think that is definitely misleading. the company says it's removed the advert in question and its current adverts provide women with the necessary information. jean mackenzie, bbc news. the death toll after a devastating hurricane which tore through puerto rico last year has risen dramatically. 64 people were said to have died at the time. local officials now say they believe almost 3,000 were killed. hurricane maria was the most powerful storm to hit the caribbean in 90 years, and it left much of

puerto rico devastated. the us territory's government has been accused of downplaying the death toll, to avoid a confrontation with president trump. a british mother imprisoned in iran after reportedly suffering panic attacks. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was temporary released a few days ago to see her daughter but returned to prison on sunday. she is serving a five—year sentence for spying, a charge he denies. fire crews and engineers have spent the day inspecting the historic building in belfast that was engulfed in fire yesterday to see whether any of it can be saved. the five—storey primark building has been completely gutted. and there are warnings it could collapse completely. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is there. firefighters continued to hose down

the building because there are we are told still pockets of fire that remain inside. parts of the building have been collapsing so it remains u nsafe have been collapsing so it remains unsafe which is why the cordon is in place and a lot of city centre shops and businesses around the site had to stay closed. you can smell the smoke in the air. thoughts now have turned to the recovery operation because the bank building has been a landmark, right in the heart of belfast, since the late 1800 ‘s and had just undergone a £30 million refurbishment. there are 400 staff who work at the site. primark staff have been told they will be paid for the next week at least, that staff say they are devastated by the loss of the store. there is a sense of sadness this has happened to belfast. a lot of people coming here to look in dismay at the blackened

sheu to look in dismay at the blackened shell backed remains. we know engineers are trying to assess the extent of the damage to see whether any of this historic building can be saved. the british cyclist mark cavendish has announced he's taking an indefinite break from cycling, as he recovers from illness. the 33—year—old, who failed to finish the tour de france earlier this year, said he hadn't felt himself all season, and needed a period of ‘total rest‘. he's suffering from a virus which causes glandular fever. an endurance swimmer has completed a 348—mile swim from lands end in cornwall to dover in kent in 49 days. lewis pugh wanted to swim the length of the english channel to raise awareness about cleaning up oceans. he started his challenge, swimming six to 12 miles every day, in earlyjuly. mr pugh, from plymouth, says he's exhausted and now looking forward to a "really good sleep". it's one of wales's most popular tourist spots,

but the agricultural landscape at rhosilli on the gower peninsula has been undergoing a transformation. land managed by the national trust is being returned to how it would have been farmed in medieval times , as sian lloyd reports. returning this landscape to how it would have looked centuries ago. strips of small fields are the last remnants of an ancient style of farming that has all but disappeared. modern farming methods have favoured larger parcels of land. on this headland alone, more than three and a half miles of field boundaries were removed over time. but now they are putting them back. teams of volunteers have been working on this land known as the vile. they have returned six large fields to 17 smaller parcels of land. all the old fencing has just become embedded into the bank, so we want to take it out. and the guys are putting in new straining posts every 50 metres. so we are coming out about a metre,

just to make the bank area wider, so it is a wider wildlife corridor. the transformation has been dramatic. this tired looking, over—grazed field, is now a sea of yellow. a first crop of sunflowers and they've proved a huge hit with visitors who flock to the rhossili on the gower peninsula as an area of outstanding natural beauty. these are almost ready to harvest for birdseed. i think we are trying to demonstrate the model, where nature—friendly farming can work and you can make a profit on the back of that and, hopefully, that model can be shared more widely and maybe go towards creating policy that will instruct governments on how those incentives can be passed onto farmers. they have chosen to grow crops that are attractive to pollinators, like bumblebees. what we have is flower—rich hay

meadows, alongside flower—rich crops and a network of boundaries that allow wildlife to move freely around the vile in a protected way. like a wildlife superhighway, if you like. the ambition here has been to improve the condition of farmland to benefit nature and wildlife. the extent to which environmentally friendly practices like this feature in future agricultural policy post—brexit is being discussed. sian lloyd, bbc news, rhossili. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett some are onlyjust about still some are only just about still with us some are only just about still with us but not for much longer. it is meteorological. i did it, isaid it. autumn starts on the 1st of september. it has felt like we have moved into autumn recently but it turned out into a nice day with good spells of sunshine around and it is

felt pleasant in the sunshine. we started with rain in east anglia and the south—east and there were lightning strikes from the cloud in northern parts of france, and that cloud has moved through. this evening, most places dry with showers wandering towards east anglia and the south—eastern that moves through and the breeze maintains showers in the north—west of scotla nd maintains showers in the north—west of scotland otherwise dry and clear and it will get cold quickly. in towns and cities we expect these sorts of numbers. in the countryside, we could be down to 3-4d. it countryside, we could be down to 3—4d. it starts colder and bright tomorrow and temperatures rise. cloud bubbles up, most of it fair weather cloud. we could get the odd shower in western parts but they few and far between. sunny spells and temperatures similar to today, 17 central belts, northern ireland, 21

london and the south—east. high pressure is tentatively in charge. weather systems coming in from the atlantic, and they may topple down across the uk this weekend. there is not much rain in the far south—west. we will see cloud increasing in northern ireland and rain here later in the day and perhaps the west of scotla nd in the day and perhaps the west of scotland but it is in the fringes, elsewhere dry, sunny spells and temperatures typically 19—20. as we head into the weekend, the weather fronts and cloud topple down across the uk. not much rain, most of it in the uk. not much rain, most of it in the north—west this weekend. in the midlands and south east of england, it is likely to be dry and there could be sunshine and temperatures will get a boost, 25, possibly 26 degrees. basically it is autumn at the weekend, that is what you are

saying. thank you. that's all from the bbc news at six , so it's goodbye from me , my my husband ron desantis is endorsed by president trump. but he's also an amazing dad. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they've self—harmed as a report says gender stereotypes and worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. the british ambassador to france has raised concerns about the actions of french fishermen off the normandy coast as violence broke out yesterday in a row over scallop fishing.